Namibia women's national football team
national association football team
The Namibia women's national football team, nicknamed the Brave Gladiators, is the senior national women's football team of Namibia and is overseen by the Namibia Football Association.
History
The Brave Gladiators have made it to two COSAFA Women's Championships finals and won their maiden trophy in 2025.
They made their African Women's Championship debut as hosts in the 2014 African Women's Championship.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend
Win
Draw
Lose
Fixture
2025
2026
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
As of July 2026
Manager history
Uerikondjera Kasaona (????–2022)
Paulus Shipanga(2022-2024)
Nicolas Woody Jacobs(2024-)
Players
Current squad
The following is the squad called up for the 2025 COSAFA Women's Championship on February 2026.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to a Namibia squad in the past 12 months.
Previous squads
COSAFA Women's Championship
2022 COSAFA Women's Championship squad
2023 COSAFA Women's Championship squad
Records
Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Honours
Regional
COSAFA Women's Championship
Runners-up: 2006
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
Africa Women Cup of Nations
African Games
COSAFA Women's Championship
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
All−time record against FIFA recognized nations
The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.
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