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Angola
Nickname(s)Palancas Negras
AssociationFederação Angolana
de Futebol
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachLuís Oliveira Gonçalves
CaptainAkwá
Most capsAkwá (80)
Top scorerAkwá (36)
Home stadiumEstádio da Cidadela
FIFA codeANG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current73
Highest45 (July 2000)
Lowest124 (March 1994)
First international
Angola Angola 1 - 0 Cuba Cuba
(Angola; 1 June, 1977)
Biggest win
Angola Angola 7 - 1 Swaziland Eswatini
(Luanda, Angola; 23 April, 2000)
Biggest defeat
Portugal Portugal 6 - 0 Angola Angola
(Lisbon, Portugal; 23 March, 1989)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultRound 1, 2006
African Nations Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1996)
Best resultRound 1, all

The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras, ("The Black Antelopes") is the national team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol. On October 8, 2005, Angola qualified for the World Cup for the first time ever.

Luís Oliveira Gonçalves took over as coach of the Angola national football team in 2003, after successful appearances with the Angola Under-20 national football team. The coach is the most successful in Angolan history and the team managed to finish in first place of Group 42006 (qualification)]], ahead of traditional African football powers like Nigeria and Cameroon. Group 4 was considered one of the toughest during the qualifiers.

Captain Akwá scored some crucial goals, including the winners against Rwanda in the last game, and in the game against Nigeria. Akwá is the fans' favourite having scored 30 goals in 67 international appearances. "This is the first time we are in the finals and we want to show off our football. We also want to show there is more to Angola than just war and oil," Akwá said.

Angola's best known player abroad is the striker Mantorras, who plays for the Portuguese team S.L. Benfica but was unable to participate in the World Cup due to injury.

Last and next games

Key players

Angola Football Achievements

COSAFA Cup :
  • 3 Times Champion (1999, 2001, 2004)
Central African Games :
  • 1 Time Runners-Up

History

Angola came to international prominence in the 1990s with appearances in two African Nations Cup tournaments.

They finished runners-up behind Cameroon in the 1998 and 2002 World Cup qualifying series, losing only one game in the process. They finally qualified for their first World Cup in 2006, and performed credibly to finish third in their group behind Portugal and Mexico.

World Cup record

African Nations Cup record

In 2010 the African Nations Cup will be held in Angola.

2006 World Cup Squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK João Ricardo 7 January 1970 29 Free Agent
2 2DF Marco Airosa 6 August 1984 2 Portugal UD Leiria
3 2DF Jamba 10 July 1977 38 Angola AS Aviacao
4 2DF Lebo Lebo 29 May 1977 15 Angola Petro Atletico
5 2DF Kali 11 October 1978 24 Switzerland FC Sion
6 3MF Miloy 27 May 1981 14 Angola InterClube
7 3MF Figueiredo 28 November 1972 25 Sweden Östers IF
8 3MF André Macanga 14 May 1978 35 Kuwait Kuwait SC
9 4FW Mantorras 18 March 1982 13 Portugal Benfica
10 4FW Akwá 30 May 1977 80 Angola Petro Atlético
11 3MF Mateus 7 March 1983 7 Portugal Boavista F.C.
12 1GK Lamá 1 February 1981 9 Angola Petro Atletico
13 3MF Édson 2 March 1980 8 Portugal Pacos Ferreira
14 3MF Mendonça 9 October 1982 37 Portugal Varzim
15 2DF Rui Marques 3 September 1977 3 England Leeds United
16 4FW Flávio 30 December 1979 47 Egypt Al Ahly
17 3MF Zé Kalanga 12 October 1983 26 Portugal Boavista F.C.
18 4FW Love 14 March 1979 36 Angola AS Aviação
19 4FW André Titi Buengo 11 February 1980 2 France Clermont Foot
20 2DF Locó 25 December 1984 14 Angola Primeiro Agosto
21 2DF Luis Delgado 1 November 1979 20 France FC Metz
22 1GK Mário 1 June 1985 1 Angola InterClube
23 2DF Marco Abreu 8 December 1974 3 Portugal Portimonense

2006 World Cup Information

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

When picking the squad, Gonçalves sought advice from Chelsea manager José Mourinho, whose wife was born in Angola. They lost their opening game in the World Cup to a theoretically much stronger Portuguese side. The final score was 1-0, which was a surprise for most people as Portugal dominated throughout the match, but Angola managed to hold on. Pauleta scored the only goal of the game. Angola played Mexico to a 0-0 draw in Hannover on the 16th of June, earning their first World Cup point and later they also played 1-1 against Iran. They took the lead in the last match when Flávio scored after an hour. This gave them a theoretical chance to qualify for the next round, but Iran equalized after 15 minutes, ending Angola's hopes.

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