Namibia announce 28-man squad for AFCON 2023

The Brave Warriors are in Group E with Tunisia, South Africa and Mali

Namibia coach Collin Benjamin has named 28 players likely to represent the Brave Warriors at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d’Ivoire 2023.

The Namibian team finds itself in Group E alongside South Africa, Tunisia and Mali.

Where is the 2023 AFCON?

Ivory Coast, whose candidature to host the 2021 tournament had defeated that of Guinea, Zambia, and Algeria, will host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2023.

Cameroon was deemed unprepared to host the 2019 event as scheduled, therefore that was pushed back by two years, with the country hosting the 2021 tournament in its place.

Originally scheduled for June and July, the finals were moved to January and February of 2024 because those dates would have overlapped with the height of Ivory Coast’s rainfall season.

Check out the 28 players called up to represent Namibia in Cote d’Ivoire:

Goalkeepers

• Lloydt Kazuapa
• Kamaijanda Ndisiro
• Edward Maova

Defenders

• Lubeni Haukongo
• Ryan Nyambe
• Ivan Kamberipa
• Ikeinge Erasmus
• Amutenya Kennedy
• Ananias Gebhardt
• Riaan Hanamub
• Aprocious Petrus
• Denzel Haoseb
• Charles Hambira

Midfielders

• Marcell Papama
• Ngero Katua
• Romeo Kasume
• Prins Tjiueza
• Petrus Shitembi
• Uetuuru Kambato
• Edmar Kamatuka

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Strikers

• Peter Shalulile
• Deon Hotto
• Wendell Rudath
• Erastus Kulula
• Bethuel Muzeus
• Junior Petrus
• Kamatuka Joslin
• Absalom Imbondi

All squads are provisional until the final list of 27 players is announced by CAF, following their submission by participating teams, on 3 Janaury 2024.

Namibia’s Match Schedule in Group E:

– January 16, 2024: Tunisia vs. Namibia, 17:00 GMT, Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, Korhogo– January 21, 2024: South Africa vs. Namibia, 20:00 GMT, Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, Korhogo– January 24, 2024: Namibia vs. Mali, 17:00 GMT, Laurent Pokou Stadium, San-Pédro

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