Football in Namibia is governed by the

Namibia Football Association The Namibia Football Association (NFA) is the governing body of football in Namibia. It was founded in 1990, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1992. It organizes the national football league and the national team. Its aim is to create a foot ...

. The Namibia Premier League is the main domestic league. The

Namibia national football team The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have made three appearances in the Africa Cup o ...

has never qualified for the

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, but has twice been runner up in the

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. They qualified for two Africa Cups of Nations, in

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and

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, being eliminated in the first round both times.

2008 Africa Cup of Nations

In September 2007, the national team qualified for just their second ever African Cup of Nations appearance, which took place in

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. The Namibian squad was defeated 5-1 by

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in their first game, 0-1 by host

in their 2nd and tied Guinea one all and thus did not earn a spot in the quarterfinal round.

Notable Namibian footballers

* Collin Benjamin * Henrico Botes *

Floris Diergaardt Floris Diergaardt (born 23 September 1980 in Windhoek) is a Namibian football striker currently playing for FC Civics. He is a member of the Namibia national football team. Early in his career, Diergaardt played in the fourth-tier German Ober ...

* Richard Gariseb * George Hummel * Laurence Kaapama * Rudi Louw * Robert Nauseb * Jamuovandu Ngatjizeko * Ryan Nyambe * Sydney Plaatjies * Paulus Shipanga * Razundara Tjikuzu

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2008 Africa Cup of Nations

Notable Namibian footballers

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