Check out the Namibian profile for the upcoming 2019 COSAFA Cup tournament.
NAMIBIA – PROFILE
Established: 1990
Affiliated to FIFA: 1992
Affiliated to CAF: 1992
Honours: 2015 COSAFA Cup winners; 2016 COSAFA Castle Plate winners
Biggest win: Namibia 8–2 Benin (15 July 2000)
Biggest defeat: Egypt 7–1 Namibia (8 November 1996); Egypt 8–2 Namibia (13 July 2001)
Biggest win in COSAFA Cup: Namibia 4 Malawi 1 (28 June 1997); Zimbabwe 1 Namibia 4 (21 May 2015); Namibia 3 Mozambique 0 (21 June 2016)
Biggest defeat in COSAFA Cup: Zimbabwe 5-2 Namibia (19 April 1998); South Africa 4-1 Namibia (5 June 2018)
Leading scorer in the COSAFA Cup: Deon Hotto 6 goals
History summary: Namibia are former champions of the COSAFA Cup after a superb run to the trophy in 2015 under current coach Ricardo Mannetti, which ended with a 2-0 victory over Mozambique in the final.
They followed that up with a win in the Plate final on home soil in 2016, and a year later were losing finalists in the Plate, beaten by hosts South Africa, as they continued to fight for silverware.
In 2028 they suffered a quarterfinal exit, narrowly beaten on penalties by Zambia following a 0-0 draw.
In 2008 Namibia broke a run of seven first round exits in the COSAFA Cup – when they lost to Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Swaziland, Angola and Botswana three times – as they progressed to the quarterfinals before losing out to a South African President’s XI.
They also managed to claim their first away win in the competition in 2007 when they beat Lesotho to third place in the group stages in Gaborone. They followed that up in 2008 with away wins against the Comoros Islands and Malawi as the tournament moved to South Africa.
The Brave Warriors were the surprise package of the 1997 edition, finishing second to winners Zambia and in 1998 caused a major upset by knocking out World Cup finalists South Africa at the preliminary round stage.
In 1999, they were again in the final, and narrowly lost to Angola in extra-time in the second leg in Windhoek.
Their showing in Zambia in 2013 ended with a quarterfinal exit at the hands of South Africa, but two years later they stunned the region to claim a maiden victory in the competition.
They played six games in all, building momentum along the way, before their excellent victory over The Mambas in the final.
They have reached the quarterfinals at least in all of their last seven COSAFA Cup competitions
COSAFA CUP FINISHES
1997 – Group stage (second)
1998 – Group stage (fourth)
1999 – Runners-up
2000 – Quarterfinals
2001 – First round
2002 – First round
2003 – First round
2004 – First round
2005 – First round
2006 – First round
2007 – First round
2008 – Quarterfinals
2009 – Quarterfinals
2013 – Quarterfinals
2015 – Winners
2016 – Quarterfinals (Plate Winners)
2017 – Quarterfinals
2018 – Quarterfinals
| COSAFA CUP RESULT RECORD |
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | |
| Home | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 16 |
| Away | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 38 |
| Total | 49 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 63 | 54 |
| vs Angola | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| vs Botswana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| vs Comoros | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| vs Lesotho | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| vs Madagascar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| vs Malawi | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| vs Mauritius | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| vs Mozambique | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| vs Seychelles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| vs South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| vs South Africa Pres XI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| vs Swaziland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| vs Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| vs Zambia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| vs Zimbabwe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
