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Angola
Nickname(s)	Palancas Negras ; (The Black Antelopes)
Association	Federação Angolana; de Futebol
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Herve Renard
Captain	Kali
Most caps	Flavio Amado (81)
Top scorer	Akwá (36)
Home stadium	Estádio 11 de Novembro
FIFA code	ANG
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	86
Highest	45 (July 2000)
Lowest	124 (March 1994)
First international
	Angola 1 - 0 Cuba ; (Angola; 1 June 1977)
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 Nations Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1996)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 2008 and 2010

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The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras (Black 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.

Honours

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 fist 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.

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 goal lead slip in the last 11 minutes. They beat 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 Ghana.

World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1978	Not a FIFA member	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986 to 2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Round 1	24	3	0	2	1	1	2
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/19		3	0	2	1	1	2

African Nations Cup record

African Cup of Nations
Titles: 0 Appearances: 5
Year	Position	Year	Position	Year	Position
1957	Did not enter	1976	Did not enter	1994	Did not qualify
1959	Did not enter	1978	Did not enter	1996	Round 1
1962	Did not enter	1980	Did not enter	1998	Round 1
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

Latest Games

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers (For Angola)
3 March, 2010	Friendly	Luanda	Latvia	1:1	Ricardo Job Estêvão
13 May, 2010	Friendly	Houston	Mexico	1:0
11 August, 2010	Friendly	Lisbon	Uruguay	2:0

Current Squad

The following 17-man squad was selected for the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying match against Uganda on 3rd September.

Caps and goals updated as August 11, 2010.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Lamá	(1981-02-01) February 1, 1981 (age 43)	36	0	Petro Luanda
1GK	Wilson	(1984-07-22) July 22, 1984 (age 39)	4	0	1º de Agosto

2DF	Kali	(1978-10-11) October 11, 1978 (age 45)	56	0	1º de Agosto
2DF	Enoque	(1987-08-16) August 16, 1987 (age 36)	7	0	Santos
2DF	Kikas	(1981-10-21) October 21, 1981 (age 42)	5	0	Interclube Luanda
2DF	Pataca	(1987-07-10) July 10, 1987 (age 36)	2	0	Kabuscorp
2DF	Dani Massunguna	(1989-03-08) March 8, 1989 (age 35)	1	0	1º de Agosto

3MF	Gilberto	(1981-09-21) September 21, 1981 (age 42)	50	6	Lierse
3MF	Djalma	(1987-05-30) May 30, 1987 (age 36)	21	1	Marítimo
3MF	Job	(1987-09-27) September 27, 1987 (age 36)	21	2	Petro Luanda
3MF	Minguito	(1983-05-15) May 15, 1983 (age 40)	6	0	Interclube Luanda
3MF	Geraldo	(1991-11-23) November 23, 1991 (age 32)	2	0	Coritiba
3MF	Adawa	(1988-10-19) October 19, 1988 (age 35)	2	0	Benfica Luanda
3MF	Mingo Bile	(1987-06-15) June 15, 1987 (age 36)	1	0	1º de Agosto
3MF	Hugo	(1986-03-24) March 24, 1986 (age 38)	1	0	Kabuscorp

4FW	Manucho	(1983-03-07) March 7, 1983 (age 41)	25	10	Bucaspor
4FW	Rasca	(1982-07-10) July 10, 1982 (age 41)	2	0	Cabinda

Recent call ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Carlos	(1979-12-08) December 8, 1979 (age 44)	8	0	Bucaspor
1GK	Mário	(1985-06-01) June 1, 1985 (age 38)	1	0	Interclube Luanda

2DF	Locó	(1984-12-25) December 25, 1984 (age 39)	32	1	Petro Luanda
2DF	Rui Marques	(1977-11-03) November 3, 1977 (age 46)	19	0	Unattached
2DF	Luís Delgado	(1979-11-01) November 1, 1979 (age 44)	18	0	Guingamp
2DF	Jamuana	(1984-11-23) November 23, 1984 (age 39)	13	0	Petro Luanda
2DF	Francisco Zuela	(1983-08-03) August 3, 1983 (age 40)	7	0	PAOK

3MF	André Macanga	(1978-05-14) May 14, 1978 (age 45)	51	2	Kuwait
3MF	Zé Kalanga	(1983-08-12) August 12, 1983 (age 40)	45	5	Libolo
3MF	Chara	(1981-10-10) October 10, 1981 (age 42)	23	0	Petro Luanda
3MF	Mateus	(1983-08-03) August 3, 1983 (age 40)	21	4	Libolo
3MF	Mabiná	(1987-10-06) October 6, 1987 (age 36)	16	0	Petro Luanda
3MF	Dédé	(1981-07-04) July 4, 1981 (age 42)	14	0	Olympiakos Nicosia
3MF	Édson	(1980-03-02) March 2, 1980 (age 44)	12	0	Libolo
3MF	Stélvio	(1989-01-24) January 24, 1989 (age 35)	8	0	1º de Agosto

4FW	Flávio	(1979-12-30) December 30, 1979 (age 44)	60	24	Al-Shabab
4FW	Mantorras	(1982-03-18) March 18, 1982 (age 42)	29	4	Benfica
4FW	Johnson Macaba	(1978-11-23) November 23, 1978 (age 45)	11	0	Chengdu Blades
4FW	Love	(1979-03-14) March 14, 1979 (age 45)	48	7	1º de Agosto
4FW	Maurito	(1981-06-24) June 24, 1981 (age 42)	21	2	Al-Salmiya

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External links

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