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
2025
2026
Coaching staff Current coaching staff
Position Name Ref. Head coach Lucky Kakuva
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.
Most capped players
#PlayerYear(s)Caps
Top goalscorers
#PlayerYear(s)GoalsCaps
Honours Regional COSAFA Women's Championship Runners-up: 2006
Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 1991Did not enter 1995 1999 2003 2007 Did not qualify 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027Total0/10000000
Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 1996Did not enter 2000 2004 2008 2012Did not qualify 2016 2021Total0/7000000
Africa Women Cup of Nations Africa Women Cup of Nations recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA1991Did not enter1995 1998Withdrew 2000Did not enter 2002 2004 2006Did not qualify 2008 2010 2012 2014Group stage310235 2016Did not qualify 2018Did not qualify 2020Cancelled 2022Did not qualify 2024Did not qualifyTotal1/12310235
African Games African Games recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 2003Did not enter 2007 2011Did not qualify 2015Did not qualify 2019Did not qualifyTotal0/4000000
COSAFA Women's Championship COSAFA Women's Championship recordYearRound* 2002Did not enter 2006 Runner-up311146−2 2008 Did not enter 2011 2017 Group stage310265+1 2018 Group stage311142+2 2019 Group stage3102104+6 2020 Did not enter 2021 Group stage311113−2 20224th520286 +2 2023Group stage3111330 2024Group stage320191+8 2025Champions430431+1TotalChampions2511494025+15 *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. Key
Against Confederation
Record per opponent *As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx. Key
The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent: OpponentConfederation Total —
See also
Sport in Namibia Football in Namibia Women's football in Namibia Namibia women's national under-20 football team Namibia women's national under-17 football team Namibia men's national football team
References
External links Namibia women's national football team – official website at NFA FIFA profile facebook