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The Angola national football team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol de Angola) represents Angola in men's international football and is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation. The team made its first appearance in 2006 FIFA World Cup, the team's nickname is Palancas Negras, The team is governing body of Football in Angola in the country, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF).

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Angola women's national football team.

Angola
Nickname(s)Palancas Negras (Giant sable antelopes)
AssociationFederação Angolana de Futebol
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCOSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coachPedro Gonçalves
CaptainDjalma Campos
Most capsFlávio (91)
Top scorerAkwá (39)
Home stadiumEstádio 11 de Novembro
FIFA codeANG
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 119 1 (6 October 2022)[1]
Highest45 (July 2000)
Lowest147 (March 2017)
First international
 Congo 3–2 Angola
(Brazzaville, Congo; 8 February 1976)
Biggest win
Angola 7–1 Swaziland 
(Luanda, Angola; 23 April 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Portugal 6–0 Angola
(Lisbon, Portugal; 23 March 1989)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage (2006)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances8 (first in 1996)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2008, 2010)
African Nations Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2011)
Best resultRunners-up (2011)
COSAFA Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1998)
Best resultChampions (1999, 2001, 2004)
Medal record
CAF African Nations Championship
2011 SudanTeam
COSAFA Cup
1999 Southern Africa
2001 Southern Africa
2004 Southern Africa
2006 Southern Africa
1998 Southern Africa

Angola reached its highest FIFA ranking, 45th place, in July 2000. Their greatest accomplishment was qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, as this was their first appearance on the World Cup finals stage.


History


Angola played their first game against Congo on 8 February 1976, losing 3–2. On 26 June 1977, Cuba became Angola's first non-African opponent when the two countries met in Angola, with Angola winning 1–0.[2] Angola entered World Cup qualifying for the first time in the 1986 qualifying competition. Angola defeated Senegal on penalties in the first round before narrowly losing to Algeria 3–2 on aggregate in the second round.

Angola qualified for their first Africa Cup of Nations in 1996. They were drawn in Group A with South Africa, Egypt and Cameroon. They lost their first two games to Egypt and South Africa, but managed a 3–3 draw against Cameroon. They finished bottom of the group and did not reach the second round. Angola then qualified for their second successive African Cup of Nations in 1998, but again failed to reach the second round, drawing 0–0 with South Africa and 3–3 with Namibia, and losing 5–2 to Ivory Coast.

After missing the last 3 tournaments, they qualified for the 2006 African Nations Cup. They recorded their first African Cup of Nations win against Togo, winning 3–2, two goals coming from Flávio and the other coming from Maurito. They also drew 0–0 against Congo DR and lost 3–1 against Cameroon. Angola's best performance then came in the 2008 African Nations Cup. They were drawn in Group D with Tunisia, South Africa and Senegal. They drew 1–1 and 0–0 with South Africa and Tunisia, then defeated Senegal 3–1, two goals coming from Manucho. In the quarter-finals they were beaten by eventual winners Egypt 2–1, but Manucho scored again, finishing with four goals in total.

Angola also won the COSAFA Cup in 1999, 2001 and 2004.


2006 FIFA World Cup


Angola qualified for the 2006 World Cup after only losing one game in the qualifiers ahead of favourites Nigeria.

When picking the squad, Gonçalves sought advice from Chelsea manager José Mourinho, whose wife was born in Angola. Angola's Golden Generation saw players like Akwá, João Ricardo, Paulo Figueiredo, Flávio Amado and Jamba selected to go to the World Cup. Angola played six warm-up games against South Korea, Mauritius, Lesotho, Argentina, Turkey and USA.

Angola played their first World Cup finals game against the Portuguese side, who won the match 1–0, the only goal coming from Pauleta.[3] There was a very friendly environment in and around the stadium during this match because of the links and friendship between the countries of Angola and Portugal. Angola drew 0–0 in their second game with Mexico, and still had a chance of qualifying for the second round had they beaten Iran in their final group game, but the match finished 1–1 after goals by Flávio and Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh. Angola were eliminated from the tournament only losing one game.[4][5]

Fans of the Angolan national football team in Cologne, Germany.
Fans of the Angolan national football team in Cologne, Germany.

2010 World Cup failure


After the 2006 World Cup, many of Angola's most experienced players such as Akwá and João Ricardo retired from the international game, but the expectation was still high for the team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The team had a bye through the first round of qualification and in the second round they were drawn in Group 3 along with Benin, Uganda and Niger. Despite winning their first two matches, Angola failed to proceed to the third round, missing out by two points.


2010 Africa Cup of Nations


As hosts of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, Angola were seeded in Group A along with Mali, Algeria, and Malawi. Coached by Manuel José, in their first game they drew 4–4 with Mali, after letting a 4–0 lead slip in the last 11 minutes (including three goals in stoppage time). They recovered from this by beating Malawi 2–0 in the second match, and topped the group by drawing 0–0 with Algeria. They were knocked out in the quarter final after a 1–0 defeat by eventual finalists Ghana.


Kit history



Kit manufacturer


Kit providers Period
Olympic 1994–1998
Adidas 1998–2002
Saillev 2002–2006
Puma 2006–2012
Adidas 2012–2018
Puma 2018–2019
Lacatoni 2019–present

Recent schedule and results


Main article: Angola national football team results (2020–present)

The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed


2021


12 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier Angola  2–2  Egypt Luanda, Angola
20:00
  • Costa 25'
  • Nzola 35' (pen.)
 Report
Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro
Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
16 November 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier Libya  1–1  Angola Benghazi, Libya
15:00 UTC+2
Report
  • Zini 81'
 Stadium: 28 March Stadium
Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

2022


26 March Friendly Angola  3–2  Guinea-Bissau Rio Maior, Portugal
 Report
29 March Friendly Equatorial Guinea  0–0  Angola Rio Maior, Portugal
1 June 2023 AFCON qualification Angola  2–1  Central African Republic Talatona, Angola
17:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
5 June 2023 AFCON qualification Madagascar  1–1  Angola Antananarivo, Madagascar
19:00
Report
Stadium: Mahamasina Municipal Stadium
Referee: Thando Ndzandzeka (South Africa)
5 July 2022 COSAFA Cup Angola  3–1  Comoros Durban, South Africa
  • Megue 39'
  • Lépua 49'
  • Higino 74'
 Report
  • N. Ali 76'
7 July 2022 COSAFA Cup Angola  3–0  Seychelles Durban, South Africa
  • Julinho 14'
  • Megue 78' (pen..)
  • Vanilson 90'
 Report
10 July 2022 COSAFA Cup Botswana  1–0  Angola Durban, South Africa
 Report
20 November Friendly South Africa  v  Angola Mbombela, South Africa
Stadium: Mbombela Stadium

2023


March 2023 AFCON qualification Ghana  v  Angola Ghana
Report
March 2023 AFCON qualification Angola  v  Ghana Angola
Report
September 2023 AFCON qualification Central African Republic  v  Angola
September 2023 AFCON qualification Angola  v  Madagascar

Players



Current squad


The following players have been pre-selected for the 2022 COSAFA Cup against Comoros, Seychelles and Botswana in July 2022.[6]

Caps and goals as of 8 July 2022, after the match against Botswana.[7]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Neblú (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993 (age 28) 9 0 1° de Agosto
1GK Augusto Mualucano (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 24) 1 0 Petro de Luanda
1GK Edmilson Cambila (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 20) 0 0 AFA
2DF Eddie Afonso (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 28) 17 0 Petro de Luanda
2DF Paizo (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 30) 18 0 1° de Agosto
2DF Tó Carneiro (1995-11-05) 5 November 1995 (age 27) 13 0 Petro de Luanda
2DF Kialonda Gaspar (1997-09-23) 23 September 1997 (age 25) 12 0 Sagrada Esperança
2DF Quinito (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 24) 6 0 Interclube
2DF Bito (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 22) 3 0 1° de Agosto
2DF Danilson (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 23) 1 0 Interclube
2DF Pedro Agostinho (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 19) 0 0 Real Sambila
2DF Domingos Razão (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 24) 2 0 Interclube
2DF Victoriano (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 28) 2 0 Sagrada Esperança
2DF Vidinho (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998 (age 24) 0 0 Al-Hilal Omdurman
2DF Antonio Hossi (2001-06-12) 12 June 2001 (age 21) 2 0 Unknown
3MF Herenilson (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 26) 39 0 1° de Agosto
3MF Carlinhos (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 27) 12 0 Young Africans
3MF Mário Balbúrdia (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 25) 11 0 1° de Agosto
3MF Lépua (1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 22) 8 1 Sagrada Esperança
3MF Megue (1996-12-02) 2 December 1996 (age 25) 4 2 Petro de Luanda
3MF Vanilson (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 24) 3 1 1° de Agosto
3MF Edmilson Carlos 0 0 Unknown
3MF Maya (2004-08-15) 15 August 2004 (age 18) 1 0 Petro de Luanda
3MF Higino (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 28) 3 1 Interclube
3MF Karanga (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 30) 0 0 Sagrada Esperança
3MF Arilson (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 30) 1 0 Unknown
4FW Yano (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 30) 24 2 Petro de Luanda
4FW Zini (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 20) 6 3 1° de Agosto
4FW Jaredi Lopes Texeira (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 24) 2 0 Petro de Luanda
4FW Anderson Cruz (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 26) 1 0 Petro de Luanda
4FW Depú (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 22) 1 0 Sagrada Esperança
4FW Julinho (1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 23) 3 1 Interclube
4FW Dilson (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 25) 2 0 Unknown

Recent call-ups


The following players have also been called up to the Angola squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Hugo Marques (1986-01-15) 15 January 1986 (age 36) 17 0 Petro de Luanda v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
GK Kadú (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 27) 2 0 Alverca v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
GK Ricardo Batista (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 35) 0 0 Casa Pia v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
DF Jonathan Buatu (1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 (age 29) 27 1 Valenciennes v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
DF Núrio Fortuna (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 (age 27) 10 0 Gent v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
DF Gigli Ndefe (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 28) 2 0 Baník Ostrava v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
DF Clinton Mata (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 30) 8 0 Club Brugge v.  Equatorial Guinea, 29 March 2022
DF Inácio Miguel (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 26) 5 0 Liepāja v.  Equatorial Guinea, 29 March 2022
DF Pedro Bondo Francisco (2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 17) 0 0 Petro de Luanda v.  Libya, 16 November 2021
MF Fredy (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 32) 36 2 Antalyaspor v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
MF Show (1999-03-06) 6 March 1999 (age 23) 27 1 Ludogorets Razgrad v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
MF Nelson da Luz (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 24) 11 0 Vitoria Guimarães v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
MF Estrela (1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 27) 10 0 Erzurumspor v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
MF João Batxi (1998-05-01) 1 May 1998 (age 24) 2 0 Krasnodar v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
MF César Sousa (2000-05-20) 20 May 2000 (age 22) 1 0 Free agent v.  Equatorial Guinea, 29 March 2022
MF Jérémie Bela (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 29) 2 0 Clermont Foot v.  Libya, 16 November 2021
MF Domingos Andrade (2003-05-07) 7 May 2003 (age 19) 1 0 Sporting CP U23 v.  Libya, 16 November 2021
MF Daniel Liberal (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 22) 1 0 Trofense v.  Libya, 16 November 2021
FW Ary Papel (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 28) 48 8 Al Akhdar v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
FW Gelson Dala (1996-07-13) 13 July 1996 (age 26) 32 14 Al-Wakrah v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
FW Zito Luvumbo (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 20) 7 0 Cagliari v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
FW Hélder Costa (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 (age 28) 5 1 Al-Ittihad v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
FW M'Bala Nzola (1996-08-18) 18 August 1996 (age 26) 5 2 Spezia v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
FW Capita (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 20) 2 0 Estrela Amadora v.  Madagascar, 5 June 2022
FW Lucas João (1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 29) 1 0 Reading v.  Equatorial Guinea, 29 March 2022
FW Dereck Kutesa (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 24) 0 0 Servette v.  Equatorial Guinea, 29 March 2022
FW Afimico Pululu (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 (age 23) 0 0 Greuther Fürth v.  Equatorial Guinea, 29 March 2022

DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player has retired from international football.
SUS Suspended from the national team.


Previous squads


FIFA World Cup

Africa Cup of Nations


Records


As of 20 November 2021[8]
Players in bold are still active with Angola.

Managerial history



Competitive record



FIFA World Cup


See also: Angola at the FIFA World Cup

As of 2022, Angola has qualified once for a FIFA World Cup. Its first participation in the World Cup qualifiers was in 1986, where they won in the first round, beating Senegal 4−3 on penalty kicks. They later lost in the second round of the 1986 World Cup qualifiers to Algeria. Algeria went to the third round and qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

Angola's first participation in the World Cup was in the 2006 World Cup, in Germany.

Year Final Tournament Qualification
Round Pld W D L F A Pos. Pld W D L F A
1930 to 1974Part of PortugalPart of Portugal
1978Not a FIFA memberNot a FIFA member
1982Did not enterDeclined participation
1986Did not qualifySecond round411234
1990Second round – 3rd823388
1994First round – 3rd512234
1998Final round – 2nd8440125
2002Final round – 2nd105411910
2006Group stage302112Second round – 1st[A]12732159
2010Did not qualifySecond round – 2nd[B]6312118
2014Second round – 3rd614175
2018Second round200214
2022Second round – 4th832399
2026To be determinedTo be determined
Total1/22302112— !692724188866

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 10 September 2019 after the match against Gambia.

Notes
  1. ^
    A: The African qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.
  2. ^
    B: The African qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

Africa Cup of Nations


Year Final Tournament Qualification
Round Pld W D L F A Pos. Pld W D L F A
1957 to 1974Part of PortugalPart of Portugal
1976 to 1980Not affiliated to CAFNot affiliated to CAF
1982Did not qualifyPreliminary round202011
1984First round421174
1986Did not enterDid not enter
1988Did not qualifyFirst round420224
1990First round411257
19924th603336
1994Did not enterDid not enter
1996Group stage3012461st10622178
1998Group stage3021582nd420244
2000Did not qualify4th82241012
20023rd8422128
20042nd412174
2006Group stage311145Second round – 1st[C]12732159
2008Quarter-finals4121541st6411165
2010Quarter-finals412165Second round – 2nd[D]6312118
2012Group stage3111451st640275
2013Group stage301214Second round210133
2015Did not qualify3rd613255
20173rd612378
2019Group stage3021121st640296
2021Did not qualify4th611447
2023To be determinedTo be determined
2025
Totals8/33264121039— !100462638145114

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks; correct as of 29 March 2021 after the match against Gabon.

Notes
  1. ^
    C: The African qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.
  2. ^
    D: The African qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

COSAFA Cup


Main article: COSAFA Cup
Year COSAFA Cup record
Rank Pld W D L F A
1997Did not enter
1998Third place514064
1999Winners540162
2000Semi-final201112
2001Winners422031
2002Quarter-final100112
2003First round100101
2004Winners422042
2005Semi-final100112
2006Runners-up4301105
2007Quarter-final211020
2008See Angola national under-20 football team.
2009Quarter-final100102
2013Plate final311144
2015Did not enter
2016Group stage300307
2017Group stage312010
2018Group stage311122
2019Withdrew
2020Cancelled
2021Did not enter
2022 Group stage 3 2 0 1 6 2
Totals16/21421614124136

Honours


Angola lining-up before a friendly match in 2014
Angola lining-up before a friendly match in 2014

See also



References


  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. "Angola - List of International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. Brodkin, Jon (12 June 2006). "Figo sparkles as Ronaldo's tricks lead to the bench". Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. "Mexico 0–0 Angola". BBC. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. "Iran 1–1 Angola". BBC. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. "Pedro Gonçalves convoca 30 para Taça COSAFA".
  7. "Botswana vs. Angola - 10 luglio 2022 - Soccerway".
  8. Roberto Mamrud. "Angola – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 September 2016.


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