Angola national football team

Angola

Nickname(s)

Palancas Negras
(Sable Antelopes)

Association

Federação Angolana de Futebol

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Sub-confederation

COSAFA (Southern Africa)

Head coach

Jose Kilamba^[1]

Captain

Gilberto

Top scorer

Akwá (38)

Home stadium

Estádio 11 de Novembro

FIFA code

ANG

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

144

10 (24 November 2016)

Highest

45 (July 2000)

Lowest

144 (November 2016)

Elo ranking

Current

101 (31 March 2015)

Highest

50 (September–October 2006)

Lowest

106 (10 September 2014)

First international

PR Congo 1–3 PR Angola

(Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo; 8 February 1976)

Biggest win

Angola 11–1 Swaziland

(Luanda, Angola; 23 April 2000)

Biggest defeat

Portugal 6–0 PR Angola

(Lisbon, Portugal; 23 March 1989)

World Cup

Appearances

1 (first in 2006)

Best result

Group stage, 2006

Africa Cup of Nations

Appearances

7 (first in 1996)

Best result

Quarter-finals, 2008 and 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 PR Congo on 8 February 1976, losing 3–2.

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 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.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

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 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.

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

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 to 2018	Did not qualify
Total	Group Stage	1/21	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	Did not qualify
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

Lamá

Dani

Bastos

Lunguinha

Miguel

Dédé

Pirolito

Geraldo

Mingo

Djalma

Manucho (c)

2013 Africa Cup of Nations starting lineup

Results and fixtures

2016

3 September 2016 AFCON 2017 Q	Angola	1–1	Madagascar	Estádio 11 de Novembro
16:00 UTC+1	Gelson 55'		Razakanantenaina 17'	Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Botswana on 30 September 2016.^[5]
Caps and goals updated as of 30 September 2016 after the game against Botswana.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	António	(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994	10	0	1° de Agosto
12	1GK	Gerson	(1990-01-04) 4 January 1990	0	0	Petró de Luanda

2	2DF	Fabrício Mafuta	(1988-09-20) 20 September 1988	19	0	Interclube
4	2DF	Gomito II	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991	10	0	Interclube
3	2DF	Eddy Afonso	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994	7	0	Recreativo do Libolo
5	2DF	David Kuagica	(1990-08-10) 10 August 1990	6	0	Recreativo do Libolo
13	2DF	Nandinho	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998	3	0	Kabuscorp
18	2DF	Paízo	(1992-05-10) 10 May 1992	2	0	1° de Agosto

11	3MF	Ary Papel (c)	(1994-03-03) 3 March 1994	26	5	1º de Agosto
10	3MF	Pirolito	(1993-04-07) 7 April 1993	16	0	Interclube
15	3MF	Ito	(1994-11-29) 29 November 1994	11	0	Recreativo do Libolo
14	3MF	Isaac	(1991-04-25) 25 April 1991	9	0	1° de Agosto
7	3MF	Paty	(1990-06-03) 3 June 1990	6	0	Interclube
16	3MF	Carlinhos	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993	5	0	Petró de Luanda
6	3MF	Pana	(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992	3	1	Académico Viseu
17	3MF	Herenilson	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996	2	0	Petró de Luanda

8	4FW	Gelson	(1996-07-13) 13 July 1996	14	8	1º de Agosto
9	4FW	Yano	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992	13	1	Progresso Sambizanga

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Landú	(1990-01-04) 4 January 1990	20	0	Recreativo do Libolo	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
GK	Mário	(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985	5	0	Kabuscorp	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
GK	Josué	(2000-07-17) 17 July 2000	3	0	Kabuscorp	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016

DF	Tekadiomona	(1997-07-26) 26 July 1997	3	0		v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
DF	Pepé	(1999-09-17) 17 September 1999	2	0	Progresso	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
DF	Tomé	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998	2	0	Petró de Luanda	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
DF	Joaquim	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998	2	0	Interclube	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
DF	Genséric Kusunga	(1988-03-12) 12 March 1988	11	0	União da Madeira	v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2016
DF	Jonathan Mananga	(1993-09-27) 27 September 1993	11	0	Waasland-Beveren	v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2016
DF	Abdul	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994	8	2	Petró de Luanda	v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2016
DF	Bastos	(1991-11-23) 23 November 1991	29	2	Lazio	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
DF	Miguel Quiame	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991	28	0	Petró de Luanda	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
DF	Nataniel	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993	12	0	Recreativo do Libolo	v. Ethiopia, 25 January 2016
DF	Silva	(1982-05-13) 13 May 1982	6	1	Kabuscorp	v. Ethiopia, 25 January 2016
DF	Hugo Valdez	(1991-05-25) 25 May 1991	1	0	Interclube	v. Madagascar, 3 September 2016

MF	Mingo Bile	(1987-06-15) 15 June 1987	26	0	1° de Agosto	v. Ethiopia, 25 January 2016
MF	Manucho Diniz	(1986-06-04) 4 June 1986	17	0	1° de Agosto	v. Ethiopia, 25 January 2016
MF	Buá	(1988-09-06) 6 September 1988	5	0	1° de Agosto	v. Ethiopia, 25 January 2016
MF	Nélson da Luz	(1998-02-04) 4 February 1998	2	0	1° de Agosto	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
MF	Zinedine Catraio	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998	1	0	1° de Agosto	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
MF	Mateus Domingos	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993	3	0	Petró de Luanda	v. Ethiopia, 25 January 2016
MF	Manguxi	(1991-11-27) 27 November 1991	2	0	Petró de Luanda	v. Ethiopia, 25 January 2016
MF	Dário	(1982-06-25) 25 June 1982	8	1	Recreativo do Libolo	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
MF	Gildo	(1983-05-01) 1 May 1983	3	0	Recreativo Caála	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
MF	Dany	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990	1	0	Luftëtari	v. Malawi, 12 June 2016
MF	Além	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997	1	0		v. Malawi, 12 June 2016
MF	Clinton	(1992-11-07) 7 November 1992	8	0	Charleroi	v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2016
MF	Sargento	(1989-01-10) 10 January 1989	0	0	1° de Agosto	v. Guinea, 16 January 2016
MF	António Anato	(1994-01-19) 19 January 1994	0	0	Progresso	v. Guinea, 16 January 2016
MF	Dani Traça	(1987-04-03) 3 April 1987	0	0	Desportivo Huíla	v. Guinea, 16 January 2016

FW	Chababala	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999	4	0	Académica Lobito	v. Madagascar, 3 September 2016
FW	Vá	(1998-04-24) 24 April 1998	4	0	Real Sambila	v. Madagascar, 3 September 2016
FW	Paizinho	(1983-03-19) 19 March 1983	2	0	Recreativo Caála	v. Madagascar, 3 September 2016
FW	Atanásio	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997	1	0	Interclube	v. Madagascar, 3 September 2016
FW	Love	(1979-03-14) 14 March 1979	62	9	Sagrada Esperança	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
FW	Mateus	(1984-06-19) 19 June 1984	46	7	Arouca	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
FW	Fredy	(1990-03-27) 27 March 1990	14	1	Excelsior Rotterdam	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
FW	Moco	(1989-05-09) 9 May 1989	3	0	Interclube	v. DR Congo, 29 March 2016
FW	Filhão	(1995-06-14) 14 June 1995	6	0	ASA	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
FW	Popó	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998	2	0	Progresso	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
FW	José Miranda	(1997-07-30) 30 July 1997	2	0	Sagrada Esperança	v. Mauritius, 16 June 2016
FW	Dolly Menga	(1993-05-02) 2 May 1993	9	1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2016
FW	Igor Vetokele	(1993-03-23) 23 March 1993	5	0	Zulte Waregem	v. Central African Republic, 5 June 2016

Notes

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

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup squads – Angola

Africa Cup of Nations

Kit suppliers

Between 2006 and 2012, Angola's kits were supplied by Puma. Adidas took over in 2012 and remain Angola's kit suppliers to this day.

References

↑ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ANG/index.html
↑ Brodkin, Jon (12 June 2006). "Figo sparkles as Ronaldo's tricks lead to the bench". Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "Mexico 0–0 Angola". BBC. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "Iran 1–1 Angola". BBC. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "Angola squad to face Botswana". africanfootball.com.

External links

Squads

Angola squad – 1996 African Cup of Nations

1 Orlando 2 Campos 3 Amadeu 4 Neto 5 Aurélio 6 J. Pinto 7 C. Pedro 8 Castella 9 Diogo 10 Joni 11 Luizinho 12 Tata 13 H. Vicente 14 Wilson 15 Quinzinho 16 Zé Gordo 17 Paulão 18 Walter 19 Minhonha 20 Akwá 21 Rosário 22 Túbia Coach: Alhinho

Angola squad – 1998 African Cup of Nations

1 Marito 2 Bodunha 3 R. Barbosa 4 H. Vicente 5 Neto 6 P. Silva 7 Paulão 8 C. Pedro 9 F. Sousa 10 Akwá 11 Vidigal 12 Nando 13 Aurélio 14 Quinzinho 15 Simão 16 Zito 17 Luís Miguel 18 M. Pereira 19 Cacharamba 20 Julião 21 Assis 22 Lázaro Coach: Neca

Angola squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations

1 J. Ricardo 2 Jacinto 3 Jamba 4 Lebo Lebo 5 Kali 6 Miloy 7 Figueiredo 8 Macanga 9 Mantorras 10 Akwá 11 Macaba 12 Lamá 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 Maurito 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Titi Buengo 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Goliath 23 Abreu Coach: Gonçalves

Angola squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 J. Ricardo 2 Airosa 3 Jamba 4 Lebo Lebo 5 Kali 6 Miloy 7 Figueiredo 8 André 9 Mantorras 10 Akwá (c) 11 Mateus 12 Lamá 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 R. Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Titi Buengo 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Mário 23 Abreu Coach: Gonçalves

Angola squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Lamá 2 Airosa 3 Jamba 4 Machado 5 Kali 6 Yamba Asha 7 Figueiredo 8 A.Macanga 9 Mateus 10 Maurito 11 Gilberto 12 Nuno 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Dédé 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Mário 23 Manucho Coach: O.Gonçalves

Angola squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Lamá 2 Jamuana 3 Enoque 4 Dias Caires 5 Kali 6 Davíd 7 Job 8 Xara 9 Mantorras 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Johnson–Macaba 13 Carlos 14 Djalma 15 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Dédé 20 Stélvio 21 Mabiná 22 Wilson 23 Manucho Coach: Manuel José

Angola squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Wilson 2 Airosa 3 Osório 4 Dani Massunguna 5 Kali 6 Dédé 7 Djalma 8 André Macanga 9 Manucho 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Jaime 13 Carlos 14 Amaro 15 Miguel 16 Flávio 17 Mateus 18 Love 19 Rafael 20 Manucho Barros 21 Mingo Bile 22 Hugo 23 Vunguidica Coach: Vidigal

Football in Angola

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National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Girabola Gira Angola Angolan Third Division

Women	League Campeonatos Provinciais

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Men	Taça de Angola Supertaça de Angola

Women	Taça de Angola Supertaça de Angola Taça Março Mulher

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Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members	Réunion¹

¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Finalists

2006 FIFA World Cup finalists

Champions	Italy

Runners-up	France

Third place	Germany

Fourth place	Portugal

Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Argentina Brazil England Ukraine

Eliminated in the round of 16	Australia Ecuador Ghana Mexico Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland

Eliminated in the group stage	Angola Costa Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Czech Republic Iran Japan South Korea Paraguay Poland Saudi Arabia Serbia and Montenegro Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United States

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2010 Africa Cup of Nations finalists

Champions	Egypt

Runners-up	Ghana

Third place	Nigeria

Fourth place	Algeria

Eliminated in quarter-finals	Angola Cameroon Ivory Coast Zambia

Eliminated in group stage	Benin Burkina Faso Gabon Malawi Mali Mozambique Togo Tunisia

Qualification Squads Knockout stage

2013 Africa Cup of Nations finalists

Winner	Nigeria

Second place	Burkina Faso

Third place	Mali

Fourth place	Ghana

Eliminated in quarterfinals	Cape Verde Ivory Coast South Africa Togo

Eliminated in group stage	Algeria Angola Congo DR Ethiopia Morocco Niger Tunisia Zambia

National sports teams of Angola

Basketball M W Football M W Handball M W Roller Hockey Tennis

Olympics Paralympics

Angola national football team – managers

Szabó (19xx–xx)
Škorić (xxxx–xx)
Garcia (xxxx–88)
Queirós (1988–xx)
Garcia (xxxx–89)
Ferreira (1989–xx)
Kondic (xxxx–93)
Arlindo (1993–xx)
Alhinho (1994–96)
Neca (1996–98)
de Abreu (1998)
Jelušić (1998)
Cavalcante (1999)
Alhinho (2000)
Calado (20xx–xx)
Kurtz (2002–03)
Oliveira Gonçalves (2003–08)
Almeida (2008–09)
Manuel José (2009–10)
Renard (2010)
Amaral (2010–11)
Vidigal (2011–12)
Filemón^c (2012)
Ferrín (2012–13)
Filemón (2014–15)

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