Namibia will have to do without the “Range Rover” Ryan Nyambe and Ananias Gebhardt when they take on Liberia and Tunisia in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in June.

The Brave Warriors will host Liberia and Tunisia on the 5th of June & 9th June 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the Orlando Stadium.

Speaking ahead of the two matches, coach Collin Benjamin said: “We are impressed by the players, the first days of camp focused on individual tactics just to have an understanding on how far the players are; especially the young players from the Nedbank Namibian Newspaper Cup, this week we moved into group tactics and during that process we had to trim down the squad from 52 to 35 players, the group is smaller and makes it easier for the technical team to go more in depth.

“Most of the young players had to return for examinations but we will continue keeping an eye on them and we encouraged them to find teams in the Premier League or 1st Division, to help develop their skills.”

Speaking on injuries and the squad, Benjamin explained that: “Ananias is not part of the set up anymore and we must applaud him for the work he did over the years and Ryan Nyambe communicated that he will be unavailable because he is doing rehab this is a small blow, but we remain optimistic because we have a young squad that is eager to play and win and we will work with that.”