Angola national football team

Angola

Nickname(s)	Palancas Negras (The Sable Antelopes)
Association	Federação Angolana de Futebol
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Gustavo Ferrín
Captain	Kali
Top scorer	Akwá (38)
Home stadium	Estádio 11 de Novembro
FIFA code	ANG
FIFA ranking	93
Highest FIFA ranking	45 (July 2000)
Lowest FIFA ranking	124 (March 1994)
Elo ranking	94
Highest Elo ranking	50 (September–October 2006)
Lowest Elo ranking	101 (October 1994)
First colours Second colours
First international
PR Congo 3–2 Angola (People's Republic of the 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
Appearances	1 (First in 2006)
Best result	Round 1; 2006
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	6 (First in 1996)
Best result	Quarter-finals; 2008, 2010

The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras (Sable Antelopes), is the national team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol. Angola reached 45th in the FIFA Rankings in July 2002. Their greatest accomplishment was qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, as this was their first appearance on the World Cup finals stage: they were eliminated after one defeat and two draws in the group stage.

History

Angola played their first game against Cuba national football team in 1977, winning 1–0.

Angola qualified for their first African 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 Côte d'Ivoire.

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 FIFA World Cup after only losing one game in the qualifying 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 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 Portuguese side, who won the match 1–0, the only goal coming from Pauleta. 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.

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

2010 World Cup failure

After the 2006 FIFA 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 FIFA 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 Jose, 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.

Achievements

• COSAFA Cup: 3

1999, 2001, 2004

• Central African Games runners-up: 1

1987

• African Nations Championship runners-up: 1

2011

FIFA World Cup record

See also: Angola at the FIFA World Cup

As of 2013, Angola has qualified once for a FIFA World Cup. Its first participation on the FIFA World Cup qualification was on 1986, where they won in the first round, beating Senegal 4—3 on penalty kicks. They later lost on the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)#Second_Round to Algeria. Algeria went to the third round and qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

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

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1982	Did not enter
1986 to 2002	Did not qualify
2006	Group Stage	23rd	3	0	2	1	1	2
2010	Did not qualify
2014	To Be Determined
2018
2022
Total	Group Stage	1/19	3	0	2	1	1	2

Africa Cup of Nations record

African Cup of Nations
Titles: 0 Appearances: 6
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Did not enter		1976	Did not enter		1994	Did not qualify		2012	Round 1
1959	Did not enter		1978	Did not enter		1996	Round 1		2013	Round 1
1962	Did not enter		1980	Did not enter		1998	Round 1		2015
1963	Did not enter		1982	Did not qualify		2000	Did not qualify
1965	Did not enter		1984	Did not qualify		2002	Did not qualify
1968	Did not enter		1986	Did not enter		2004	Did not qualify
1970	Did not enter		1988	Did not qualify		2006	Round 1
1972	Did not enter		1990	Did not qualify		2008	Quarterfinals
1974	Did not enter		1992	Did not qualify		2010	Quarterfinals

Angola all-time record against all nations

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	9	1	6	2	10	11	−1
Argentina	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Benin	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Burundi	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Botswana	6	2	4	0	7	2	+5
Congo	9	2	5	2	9	9	0
Chad	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Ivory Coast	5	1	0	4	5	14	−9
Cameroon	13	1	7	5	10	17	−7
Congo DR	5	2	2	1	4	5	−1
Cape Verde	5	2	2	1	7	6	+1
Cuba	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Egypt	5	0	2	3	5	8	−3
Eritrea	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5
Estonia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Gabon	16	9	4	3	27	13	+14
Gambia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ghana	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2
Guinea-Bissau	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3
Guinea	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2
Equatorial Guinea	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
Iran	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Kenya	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Liberia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Libya	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Lesotho	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8
Madagascar	2	1	1	0	0	1	−1
Morocco	5	0	1	4	5	11	−6
Mexico	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Mali	4	1	2	1	5	8	−3
Malta	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Mozambique	14	6	5	3	20	14	+6
Mauritius	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3
Malawi	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5
Namibia	11	5	6	0	17	9	+8
Niger	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Nigeria	10	2	6	2	7	8	−1
Portugal	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11
South Africa	6	0	3	3	3	6	−3
Senegal	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1
Sierra Leone	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Swaziland	8	5	2	1	16	4	+12
Togo	7	4	3	0	12	6	+6
Tunisia	5	0	2	3	4	9	−5
Turkey	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Uganda	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Zambia	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1
Zimbabwe	16	6	3	7	15	18	−3

Schedule

Latest Games

2012 ACoN 22 January 2012	Burkina Faso	1–2	Angola	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
20:00	A. Traoré  58'	Report	Mateus  47' Manucho  68'	Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

2012 ACoN 26 January 2012	Sudan	2–2	Angola	Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
17:00	Bashir  32', 74'	Report	Manucho  4', 50' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

2012 ACoN 30 January 2012	Ivory Coast	2–0	Angola	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
19:00	Eboué  33' Bony  64'	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Estadio de Malabo Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Friendly 29 May 2012	Angola	0–0	Macedonia	Estoril, Portugal
19:00				Attendance: 200

2014 WC qual 3 June 2012	Angola	1–1	Uganda	Luanda, Angola
16:00	Djalma  8'	Report	Okwi  87'	Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

2014 WC qual 10 June 2012	Liberia	0–0	Angola	Monrovia, Liberia
16:00		Report		Stadium: Antoinette Tubman Stadium Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Friendly 15 August 2012	Angola	2–0	Mozambique	Benguela, Angola
14:30	Kivuvu  49' Manucho  65'			Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Ombaka

2013 AFCoN qual 9 September 2012	Zimbabwe	3–1	Angola	Harare, Zimbabwe
	Mateus  4' (o.g.) Billiat  21' Gutu  35'		Djalma  56'	Stadium: National Sports Stadium Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

2013 AFCoN qual 14 October 2012	Angola	2–0	Zimbabwe	Luanda, Angola
16:00 UTC+1	Manucho  5', 7'	Report		Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

Friendly 15 December 2012	Angola	1–1	Gambia	Benguela, Angola
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Ombaka

Friendly 19 December 2012	Angola	1–0	Cameroon	Lubango, Angola
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional da Tundavala

Friendly 22 December 2012	Angola	1–0	Rwanda	Luanda, Angola
		Report		Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro

Friendly 05 January 2013	Zambia	0–2	Angola	Nelspruit, South Africa
		Report		Stadium: Mbombela Stadium

Friendly 13 January 2013	Angola	2–0	Botswana	Johannesburg, South Africa
		Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium

2013 AFCoN 19 January 2013	Angola	0–0	Morocco	Johannesburg, South Africa
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Soccer City Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

2013 AFCoN 23 January 2013	South Africa	2–0	Angola	Durban, South Africa
20:00 UTC+2	Sangweni  30' Majoro  62'	Report		Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

2013 AFCoN 27 January 2013	Cape Verde	2–1	Angola	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
19:00 UTC+2	F. Varela  81' Héldon  90+1'	Report	Nando  33' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Upcoming Fixtures

2014 WC qual 22 March 2013	Senegal	v	Angola

2014 WC qual 7 June 2013	Angola	v	Senegal

2014 WC qual 14 June 2013	Uganda	v	Angola

2014 WC qual 6 September 2013	Angola	v	Liberia

Current squad

The following players has been called for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal on 23 March 2013.

Caps and goals updated as at 23 March 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Landú (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 4 0 C.R.D. Libolo 1GK Hugo Marques (1986-01-15) 15 January 1986 1 0 1º de Agosto 1GK Jota Bé (1987-10-30) 30 October 1987 0 0 Petro Luanda 2DF Dani Massunguna (1986-05-01) 1 May 1986 25 0 1º de Agosto 2DF Miguel (1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 21 0 Petro Luanda 2DF Mabiná (1987-08-02) 2 August 1987 19 0 Petro Luanda 2DF Bastos (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 15 0 Petro Luanda 2DF Fabrício (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 5 0 InterClube 2DF Gomito (1983-06-22) 22 June 1983 2 0 C.R.D. Libolo 3MF Amaro (1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 25 2 1º de Agosto 3MF Job (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 25 2 Petro Luanda 3MF Mingo Bile (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 19 1 1º de Agosto 3MF Manuel (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 9 0 ASA 3MF Pirolito (1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 9 0 InterClube 3MF Ito (1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 2 0 Progresso do Sambizanga 3MF Vado Alves (1989-02-19) 19 February 1989 0 0 InterClube 4FW Manucho Gonçalves (1983-03-07) 7 March 1983 47 22 Real Valladolid 4FW Mateus (1984-01-18) 18 January 1984 43 7 Nacional 4FW Djalma (1987-05-30) 30 May 1987 32 3 Kasımpaşa 4FW Geraldo (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 10 0 Paraná Clube 4FW Yano (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 8 1 Progresso do Sambizanga 4FW Vado Dias (1986-08-26) 26 August 1986 4 1 C.R.D. Libolo 4FW Guilherme (1985-11-15) 15 November 1985 3 0 FC Vaduz

Recent callups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Lamá (1981-02-01) 1 February 1981 49 0 Petro Luanda 2013 Africa Cup of Nations GK Neblú (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 2 0 1º de Agosto 2013 Africa Cup of Nations GK Wilson (1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 6 0 1º de Agosto 2012 Africa Cup of Nations DF Marco Airosa (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984 25 0 AEL Limassol 2013 Africa Cup of Nations DF Lunguinha (1986-01-16) 16 January 1986 10 0 Kabuscorp 2013 Africa Cup of Nations DF Zuela (1983-08-03) 3 August 1983 17 0 APOEL 2013 Africa Cup of Nations DF Paizo 0 0 1º de Agosto vs Mozambique, 15 August 2012 DF Enoque (1987-08-16) 16 August 1987 9 0 C.R.D. Libolo vs Liberia, 10 June 2012 DF Kali (1978-10-11) 11 October 1978 61 0 1º de Agosto 2012 Africa Cup of Nations MF Dédé (1981-07-04) 4 July 1981 28 0 AEL Limassol 2013 Africa Cup of Nations MF Manucho Diniz (1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 6 0 1º de Agosto 2013 Africa Cup of Nations MF Gilberto (1982-09-21) 21 September 1982 64 7 AEL Limassol 2013 Africa Cup of Nations MF Ary Papel (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 2 0 1º de Agosto 2013 Africa Cup of Nations MF Paty (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 2 0 InterClube 2013 Africa Cup of Nations MF Dominique Kivuvu (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 11 1 CFR Cluj vs Zimbabwe, 14 October 2012 MF Diógenes 0 0 Petro Luanda vs Zimbabwe, 14 October 2012 MF Adawá (1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 10 0 C.R.D. Libolo vs Zimbabwe, 9 September 2012 MF Mano (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989 3 0 Petro Luanda vs Mozambique, 15 August 2012 MF André Macanga (1978-05-14) 14 May 1978 62 2 Al Jahra vs Liberia, 10 June 2012 MF Osório (1981-07-24) 24 July 1981 5 0 Petro Luanda 2012 Africa Cup of Nations MF Jaime (1982-05-21) 21 May 1982 1 0 Progresso do Sambizanga 2012 Africa Cup of Nations FW Nando Rafael (1984-01-10) 10 January 1984 3 0 Fortuna Düsseldorf vs Zimbabwe, 14 October 2012 FW Carlitos (1988-09-24) 24 September 1988 1 0 C.R.D. Libolo vs Zimbabwe, 9 September 2012 FW Castro (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 0 0 InterClube vs Zimbabwe, 9 September 2012 FW Manucho Barros (1986-04-19) 19 April 1986 6 0 InterClube vs Liberia, 10 June 2012 FW Kêmbua (1987-08-20) 20 August 1987 2 0 Petro Luanda vs Liberia, 10 June 2012 FW Flávio (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979 67 28 Petro Luanda 2012 Africa Cup of Nations FW Love (1979-03-14) 14 March 1979 54 7 Kabuscorp 2012 Africa Cup of Nations FW José Pierre Vunguidica (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 12 0 Wehen Wiesbaden 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup

• 2006 FIFA World Cup squads – Angola

Africa Cup of Nations

• 2012 Africa Cup of Nations squads – Angola
• 2010 Africa Cup of Nations squads – Angola
• 2008 Africa Cup of Nations squads – Angola
• 2006 Africa Cup of Nations squads – Angola
• 1998 Africa Cup of Nations squads – Angola
• 1996 Africa Cup of Nations squads – Angola

See also

• Angola women's national football team

External links

• Federação Angolana de Futebol