As Namibia steps into 2025, the Namibia Football Association (NFA) extends its warmest greetings to the public, media, and all football stakeholders. The NFA expresses its sincere appreciation for the unwavering support received in 2024, which played a crucial role in the implementation of various programmes and projects. The NFA also acknowledges the vital role the public and media played in holding the association accountable, contributing to greater transparency and progress. While significant strides have been made, the NFA recognizes that substantial work remains to fully transform Namibian football and elevate the quality of the game nationwide. The association remains…
Author: Tuzera_Otjiua M Jeomba
The Namibia U17 Women’s National Team reported for camp on 5 January 2025 as they kick start preparations for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers. The Baby Gladiators will play the qualifiers against Uganda in a two-legged tie. The first leg will be played on 16 January 2025 at the Kampala Hamz Stadium at 16H00 with the second leg scheduled for 19 January at the same stadium. Commenting on the preparations and matches ahead, Head Coach Hafeni Ndeitunga stressed the importance of the qualification matches against Uganda. “We are starting from the ground up and assembling a new team, after the…
Local law firm, Sisa Namandje Inc., has demonstrated its commitment to youth development by sponsoring the Namibia Football Association (NFA) with N$300,000 over three years. This significant contribution, amounting to N$100,000 annually, will directly benefit the NFA’s Third Division leagues. The NFA has recently implemented a decentralized approach, empowering each of the 14 football regions to establish autonomous Third Divisions. These divisions will operate independently under their own constitutions and management committees, while remaining affiliated with regional structures. Sisa Namandje, Senior Director of Sisa Namandje Inc., emphasised the firm’s dedication to supporting young people through football. “We are actively encouraging…
NFA Technical Director, Jacqueline Shipanga, has been recognized for her outstanding leadership by being nominated as one of the top three candidates for the FIFA Leadership in Action Award. This award honors exceptional technical directors and experts who have made significant contributions to the training and development of football. While the top prize was ultimately awarded to the FAZ Technical Director, Lyson, Jaqui’s nomination is a testament to her dedication and hard work. She is one of 35 technical directors from 211 FIFA Member Associations who participated in the inaugural cohort of the FIFA Technical Leadership Diploma program. This program…
To address the cultural and social root causes of Gender Based Violence-GBV,the Namibia Football Association (NFA) in collaboration with United Nations Namibia (UN), Ministry of Gender, Equality and Poverty Eradication commemorated the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence with a Mini Football tournament held at the NFA Technical Centre on Saturday, 7 December 2024. The 7-a aside tournament saw Bank Windhoek Namibia, FUTSAL, Namibia Breweries Limited, Standard Bank Namibia, FNB Namibia, Media team, UN and the Ministry of Gender, Equality and Poverty Eradication and the Namibian Newspaper male employees participate in the first edition of the tournament. In…
The Junior National U17 Girls team lost 5-0 to South Africa in their second match of the 2024 COSAFA Girls Championship currently underway at the UJ Soweto Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Head Coach, Hafeni Ndeitunga believes that his side still has a chance to redeem themselves in their final match when they play Malawi on Monday, 9 December. Kanene Tjizuu of Namibia challenged by Katlego Malebana of South Africa during the COSAFA Under 17 Girls Championship match between South Africa and Namibia at UJ Soweto Stadium in Pretoria on 7 December 2024 © Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix ‘Today we were so…
The Baby Gladiators concluded their preparations for the TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations | COSAFA Qualifier that will be staged in Johannesburg from the 4-14 December 2024. Drawn in an interesting group alongside Madagascar,South Africa and Malawi,Namibia is hoping to make a first impression in their opening match when they take on Madagascar at the UJ Soweto Stadium on 5 December 2024. “I am quite impressed with how the girls have been doing considering we only trained for a few days. There is a lot of talent in the country but some girls had to stay behind because…
The Namibia’s U17 Men’s National Team (Baby Warriors) reported for camp ahead of the highly anticipated COSAFA U217 Championships, which will take place in Johannesburg,South Africa from 4-14 December 2024. The Baby Warriors will be looking to do extremely well in the COSAFA Championships, with the main aim of qualifying for the 2025 CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations as the target Speaking to NFA Media Head Coach,Gerald Guther emphasized the importance of this squad doing well in the COSAFA Championships. “We did the best considering the time frame, the overall fitness of the team looks good, we have players…
The Brave Warriors are out of the running for the 2025 AFCON that will be held in Morocco next year after losing four games.The Braves opened their AFCON qualification in September against Cameroon, and played to a 1-0 defeat. They took on Kenya the same month at the Orlando Stadium in South Africa and lost 2-1. In October they played back to back matches against Zimbabwe,losing their home game 1-0 and Zimbabwe capitalized on their home advantage when they defeated Namibia 3-1. Commenting on the results and the upcoming games against Cameroon and Kenya,Head Coach Collin Benjamin didn’t shy away…
Telecommunications giant, MTC launched the MTC Maris Cup earlier today at their Headquarters.The MTC Maris Cup will be played by the Debmarine Namibia Premiership teams over a period of four weeks starting next year January. The winner of the competition walks away with N$ 1.5 million. Speaking at the launch, Chief Human Capital, Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer, Tim Ekandjo highlighted the importance of preseason training. “Every team will receive Thirty thousand Namibian dollars for preparations for every match they are going to play. This will help boost team moral and ease the burden of preparations from the teams. NFA…