Jump to content

Football in Namibia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Soccer in Namibia)

Football in Namibia
CountryNamibia
Governing bodyNamibia Football Association
National team(s)men's national team
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions

Football in Namibia is governed by the Namibia Football Association.[1] The Namibia Premier Football League is the main domestic league. The Namibia national football team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has twice been runner up in the COSAFA Cup.[2] They qualified for two Africa Cups of Nations, in 1998 and 2008, being eliminated in the first round both times.[3]

2008 Africa Cup of Nations

[edit]

In September 2007, the national team qualified for just their second ever African Cup of Nations appearance, which took place in Ghana. The Namibian squad was defeated 5-1 by Morocco in their first game, 0-1 by host Ghana in their 2nd and tied Guinea one all and thus did not earn a spot in the quarterfinal round.

Notable Namibian footballers

[edit]

Football stadiums in Namibia

[edit]
# Stadium Capacity City Club Image
1 Independence Stadium 25,000 Windhoek Namibia national football team
2 Sam Nujoma Stadium 10,300 Windhoek

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "More than just Football | Archive | DW.COM | 22.12.2013". Dw.de. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  2. ^ "Namibia win Cosafa Cup for first time in their history - BBC Sport". Bbc.co.uk. 2015-05-30. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  3. ^ "Namibian football on the rise - ESPN FC". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
Stub icon

This article about sports in Namibia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This association football article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Namibia&oldid=1235884239"