Namibia national under-20 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Namibia women's national under-20 football team.

Namibia-U20

Nickname(s)	Brave Warriors
Association	Namibia Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	James Britz
Home stadium	Independence Stadium
FIFA code	NAM
First colours Second colours Third colours
First international
Lesotho   3–0   Namibia (Maseru, Lesotho; 1990)
Biggest win
Seychelles   1–6   Namibia (Seychelles; 4 December 2007)
Biggest defeat
South Africa 9–0   Namibia (Dobsonville, South Africa; 6 December 2009)
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 2021 )
Best result	Group stage (2021)

The Young Warriors is Namibia's national U/20 football boys team nickname, while the women's team is Young Gladiators. They have never qualified for the World Cup or Olympics.

FIFA World Cup U-20

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025	TBD
Total	0/23	0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1979	Did not enter
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
2023	Did not qualify
Total	1/22	3	0	1	2	1	4

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Ruhuka Ngatangue	(2001-12-02)2 December 2001 (aged 19)	Karibib
2	2 DF	Ngazikue Kandetu	(2001-06-20)20 June 2001 (aged 19)	Namib Eagles
3	2 DF	Tuli-Ngenovali Nashixwa	(2002-05-23)23 May 2002 (aged 18)	Ramblers
4	2 DF	Immanuel Etuna Hamunyela	(2001-12-19)19 December 2001 (aged 19)	Swallows
5	3 MF	Denzel Chrisley Narib	(2002-01-16)16 January 2002 (aged 19)	Swallows
6	2 DF	Tuhafeni Ananias David	(2001-02-05)5 February 2001 (aged 20)	Blue Waters
7	3 MF	Juninho Jantze	(2001-12-17)17 December 2001 (aged 19)	Civics Windhoek
8	3 MF	Jovane Nathalio Narib	(2001-09-27)27 September 2001 (aged 19)	Otjiwarongo
9	3 MF	Giovani Canavaro Kaninab	(2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 19)	Okahandja United
10	3 MF	Prins Menelik Tjiueza	(2002-03-12)12 March 2002 (aged 18)	Young United
11	3 MF	Steven Jr. Damaseb	(2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 18)	Tutaleni
12	4 FW	Ronin Berndt	(2002-01-28)28 January 2002 (aged 19)	Kaizen
13	3 MF	Xavier McClune	(2003-08-06)6 August 2003 (aged 17)	Ramblers
14	3 MF	Edmar Ronaldo Kamatuka	(2002-07-26)26 July 2002 (aged 18)	Ramblers
15	2 DF	Promise Gotileb Gurirab	(2002-09-22)22 September 2002 (aged 18)	Action Star
16	1 GK	Ro-Giano Goagoseb	(2001-03-21)21 March 2001 (aged 19)	Swallows
17	3 MF	Penouua Amazing Kandjii	(2002-05-27)27 May 2002 (aged 18)	Namib Colts
18	3 MF	Tjipenandjambi Carl Karuuombe	(2001-09-21)21 September 2001 (aged 19)	Kaizen
19	3 MF	Pitsi Ameb	(2001-11-28)28 November 2001 (aged 19)	Swallows
20	3 MF	Romeo Vincent Amon	(2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 17)	Kaizen
21	3 MF	Gonzales Richard Tsuseb	(2002-01-07)7 January 2002 (aged 19)	Outjo
22	3 MF	Eubrahim Wizonto Apollus	(2002-08-28)28 August 2002 (aged 18)	Try Again
23	1 GK	Philipus Ignatus Indileni Josef	(2001-11-05)5 November 2001 (aged 19)	Life Fighters
24	2 DF	Gerson Paulus	(2001-12-10)10 December 2001 (aged 19)	Swakopmund
25	2 DF	Ngero Kaanjuka Katua	(2001-07-25)25 July 2001 (aged 19)	Kaizen
26	2 DF	Erastus Brazzy Joseph	(2003-03-14)14 March 2003 (aged 17)	Ongwediva City
27	2 DF	Garere Damaseb	(2003-03-12)12 March 2003 (aged 17)	Chelea
28	2 DF	Matheus Mwanyekange	(2002-07-13)13 July 2002 (aged 18)	Haudano Secondary School
29	3 MF	Herman Uwuseb	(2003-04-13)13 April 2003 (aged 17)	Speed Fire

References

1. "Namibia team list" (PDF). Retrieved 15 February 2021.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120511150454/http://namibiasport.com.na/node/23667