Angola women's national football team

Angola

Nickname(s)	Welwitschias
Association	Angolan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Manuel Augusto
Captain	None
Top scorer	Irene Gonçalves (33)
Home stadium	Ombaka National Stadium
FIFA code	ANG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	148 1 (15 March 2024)
Highest	82 (December 2003)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
South Africa 3–1 Angola (South Africa; 7 January 1995)
Biggest win
Angola 4–0 Mozambique (Malanje, Angola; 3 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
South Africa 6–2 Angola (Johannesburg, South Africa; 1 February 2004) South Africa 4–0 Angola (Johannesburg, South Africa; 4 February 2007) Eswatini 4–0 Angola (Ibhayi, South Africa; 3 August 2019)
African Women's Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1995)
Best result	Semi-Finalist: 1995

The Angola women's national football team represents Angola in international women's football and it is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation. Their best place on the FIFA Rankings was the 82nd place, in December 2003. The only tournaments that they qualified were the 1995 and 2002 African Women's Championships, and their best finish was as Semi-Finalists in the 1995 tournament. Angola has, in contrast to many other African countries, has never suffered a heavy defeat. They have seldom lost by more than two goals.

Angola finished in third place at the African Championship in 1995. Angola also qualified for the Championship in 2002, where they beat Zimbabwe and South Africa, but lost to Cameroon by one goal. Since then, Angola have not qualified for the championships.

During qualification for the 2008 Olympics, Angola did not get any further than the first round, where they lost to Ghana. However, they did reach the final of the COSAFA Cup, where they met South Africa, who beat them 3–1.

History

Angola played their first game against South Africa on 7 January 1995, losing 3–1.

1995 African Women's Championship

Angola entered the 1995 African Women's Championship, against Cameroon, but it withdrew, thus Angola advanced by Walkover and in the Second Round, they played their first official match on the first leg of the Second Round, against South Africa on 7 January 1995; in where they lost by 3–1. The second leg, was a 3–3 draw at home. These results provoked the elimination of Angola due to a 6–4 aggregate, but the Welwitschias ended as Semi-Finalists, along with Ghana.

2002 African Women's Championship

Angola participated in the 2002 African Women's Championship qualifiers, against Equatorial Guinea. Both legs were won 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. Second Round matches where against Congo DR and First leg was won 1-0 and Second leg was lost also by 1-0, but won in penalties by 5-4 and qualified for the tournament who was held in Nigeria.

This time Angola was along with Zimbabwe, South Africa and Cameroon. The first match was against Zimbabwe and ended on a 1–1 draw with goal of the captain Irene Gonçalves at the 16 minutes. The same result occurred on the Second match against South Africa, but this time with goal of Jacinta Ramos at the 75 minutes. Last match was lost against Cameroon by 1–0 in a late Cameroonian goal at the 89 minutes, leaving Angola out of the tournament and the World Cup.

2006 African Women's Championship

The Welwitschias played the 2006 African Women's Championship/2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea in First round, winning 3–2 in the first leg, but losing 3–1 in the second leg, and losing in aggregate by 5–4. Angola did not reach both the 2006 African Women's Championship or the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup who was held in China PR.

2007 All-Africa Games

Angola entered for the first time to the All-Africa Games Football tournament, in the qualifiers for the 2007 edition in Algeria. Their rival was South Africa. They won the first leg by 3–2 and lost the second by 4–0, ending with an aggregate of 6–3, thus being eliminated from the tournament.

2008 Olympic Games

The Welwitschias debuted on the Olympic Games football tournament qualifiers in the edition of 2008 edition, celebrated in China PR. Angola's first rival was Tanzania, but it withdrew; thus Angola advanced by walkover. In the Second Round, Angola played against Ghana, losing both matches by 2–1 and 2–0, ending with an aggregate of 4–1.

2010 African Women's Championship

Again, the team entered the 2010 African Women's Championship/2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers in the CAF First Round against Namibia and lost the First leg 2–1, leading 1–0 in the half-time, with goal of Irene Gonçalves at the 37 minutes. The Second leg was a 1–1 draw, when it was winning 1–0, again with a goal of Irene Gonçalves at the 51 minutes. Angola did not qualify for either both tournaments.

2011 All-Africa Games

Angola failed to qualify to the 2011 All-Africa Games, celebrated in Mozambique, after losing in aggregate to Zimbabwe by 3–1, after drawing 1–1 and lose 2–0. Also these matches were the last matches that Angola played to the date.

2012 Olympic Games

Despite being one year after the 2011 All-Africa Games, the 2012 Olympic Games Football Tournament qualification of Africa was held 4 months before the 2011 All-Africa Games qualifiers. Angola was paired with Namibia once again in a qualification round. They draw both matches by 2–2 and 0–0 respectively, but they lost due to the Away goals rule. Angola was eliminated of the tournament who took place in Great Britain

2014 African Women's Championship

Angola did not entered for the 2014 African Women's Championship/2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers, who was held in Namibia in Autumn 2014.

Competition records

Achievements

• African Women's Championship Semi-Finalist: 1

1995

• COSAFA Women's Championship Runners-up: 1

2008

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Did Not Qualify
1999	Did Not Enter
2003	Did Not Qualify
2007
2011
2015	Did Not Enter
2019
2023	To Be Determined
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Women's Championship record

African Women's Championship
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Semi-Finals	2	0	1	1	4	6
1998	Did Not Enter
2000
2002	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	2	3
2004	Did Not Enter
2006	Did Not Qualify
2008	Did Not Enter
2010	Did Not Qualify
2012	Did Not Enter
2014
2016
2018
2020	Cancelled
Total	Semi Finalist	5	0	3	2	6	9

Olympics record

Summer Olympics
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000
2004
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012
2016
2021
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0

African Games record

All-Africa Games
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter
2007	Did Not Qualify
2011
2015	Did Not Enter
2019	Did Not Qualify
2023	To Be Determined
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matches

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Competition
7 January 1995	South Africa	L	1–3	1995 African Championship
21 January 1995	South Africa	D	3–3	1995 African Championship
2 July 2002	São Tomé and Príncipe	W	4–2	Friendly
11 August 2002	Equatorial Guinea	W	3–0	2002 AWC qualification
24 August 2002	Equatorial Guinea	W	3–1	2002 AWC qualification
22 September 2002	DR Congo	W	1–0	2002 AWC qualification
11 October 2002	DR Congo	L	0–1 (5–4 PSO)	2002 AWC qualification
8 December 2002	Zimbabwe	D	1–1	2002 African Championship
11 December 2002	South Africa	D	1–1	2002 African Championship
14 December 2002	Cameroon	L	0–1	2002 African Championship
26 October 2003	Zimbabwe	D	0–0	Friendly
8 November 2003	Zimbabwe	W	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Friendly
1 February 2004	South Africa	L	2–6	Friendly
14 February 2004	South Africa	W	3–2	Friendly
12 March 2006	Equatorial Guinea	W	3–2	2006 AWC qualification
26 March 2006	Equatorial Guinea	L	1–3	2006 AWC qualification
22 August 2006	Zimbabwe	L	1–3	COSAFA Cup
24 August 2006	Zimbabwe	L	0–1	COSAFA Cup
27–29 October 2006	Tanzania	W	w/o	2008 OG qualification
21 January 2007	South Africa	W	3–2	2007 AAG qualification
4 February 2007	South Africa	L	0–4	2007 AAG qualification
17 February 2007	Ghana	L	1–2	2008 OG qualification
11 March 2007	Ghana	L	0–2	2008 OG qualification
3 May 2008	Mozambique	W	4–0	Friendly
4 May 2008	Eswatini	W	2–0	Friendly
6 May 2008	Namibia	W	3–0	Friendly
7 March 2010	Namibia	L	1–2	2010 AWC qualification
21 March 2010	Namibia	D	1–1	2010 AWC qualification
15 January 2011	Namibia	D	2–2	2012 OG qualification
29 January 2011	Namibia	D	0–0	2012 OG qualification
1 May 2011	Zimbabwe	D	1–1	2011 AAG qualification
15 May 2011	Zimbabwe	L	0–2	2011 AAG qualification

Angola all-time record

• Correct as of 23 June 2014

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
DR Congo	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Equatorial Guinea	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4
Ghana	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Namibia	5	1	3	1	7	5	+2
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
South Africa	7	2	2	3	13	21	−8
Eswatini	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Zimbabwe	7	1	3	3	4	8	-4
Total	31	11	8	12	46	48	−2

See also

• Angola national football team

External links

• 1995 AWC Results at RSSSF.com
• 2002 AWC Results at RSSSF.com
• 2006 AWC Results at RSSSF.com
• 2007 All Africa Games Results at RSSSF.com
• FIFA page 2010 AWC Results at CAF Preliminary matches for 2011 Women's World Cup