The Normalisation Committee of the Namibia Football Association yesterday announced that it will hand over power to a new football leadership on 17 November. In a press release issued yesterday, the NC said it is now “focussed on completing its final tasks before returning football to it’s rightful owners, the members, namely to finalise the...
It is uncommon for a former football player to become president of his country’s football body, but former African Stars captain Benjamin ‘Tokollo’ Naobeb defied that notion to become the first president of the Namibian Football Association (NFA). A striker with coastal giants Eleven Arrows before he joined Stars in 1978, Naobeb is a product...
The late match officials Edmund Smith and Christof Alfred Vries were respected for their dedication to the beautiful game in the country, and their presence will be sorely missed, the Namibia Football Association (NFA) said yesterday. The two referees died in a car crash on Sunday. “It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that...
The Namibia Football Association has congratulated Namibia’s women’s football team, the Brave Gladiators on their victory against Gambia in Morocco over the weekend. Competing over two legs, the Brave Gladiators beat Gambia 5-2 on aggregate to qualify for the second round of the 2024 Women Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) qualifiers. The Brave Gladiators won...
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) has suspended its head of finance, administration and information technology, two months prior to its planned 32nd Ordinary Congress. The 32nd Ordinary Congress is scheduled for the 18th of November 2023 at the NamPower Convention Centre. This congress will be an elective one, tasked with selecting new members who will...
Staff Writer THE Nambia Football Association (NFA) as part of its Strategic Development goals will be hosting the NFA C Licence Coaching Course in Rundu from August 15 –24. Participants attending this course will be provided with the necessary knowledge, techniques, and strategies to excel in coaching and enhance their effectiveness in working with athletes....
Women’s football is not an afterthought at the Namibia Football Association (NFA), says the national federation’s interim secretary general, Jochen Traut. Reacting to the outcry over Tura Magic Ladies’ exclusion from the upcoming CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers due to a late application notice, Traut admitted they dropped the ball in an interview with Desert...
By Adolf Kaure. Veteran sports journalist and former football player, Carlos Kambaekwa, was honoured with a Legend’s Award by the Namibia Football Association (NFA) during the opening of the NFA C -License Coaching Course of the Southern Stream First Division (SSFD) which took place on Monday 10 July at the Football House in Windhoek. NFA...