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	Lito Vidigal
Captain	Kali
Top scorer	Akwá (37)
Home stadium	Estádio 11 de Novembro
FIFA code	ANG
FIFA ranking	78
Highest FIFA ranking	45 (July 2000)
Lowest FIFA ranking	124 (March 1994)
Elo ranking	78
Highest Elo ranking	50 (Sept–Oct 2006)
Lowest Elo ranking	101 (October 1994)
Home colours Away colours
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 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 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.

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

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	Did not qualify
2014	To Be Determined
2018
2022
Total	Group Stage	1/19	3	0	2	1	1	2

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
Côte d'Ivoire	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

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
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

Schedule

Latest Games

2012 ACoN qual 26 March 2011	Kenya	2 – 1	Angola	Nairobi, Kenya
16:00 UTC+3	Mohammed  57' Mariga  90+1'	Report	Manucho  19'	Stadium: Kasarani Stadium

2012 ACoN qual 5 June 2011	Angola	1 – 0	Kenya	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
15:30 UTC+1	Manucho  71'	Report

Friendly 10 August 2011	Liberia	0 – 0	Angola	Monrovia, Liberia

Friendly 27 August 2011	Angola	1 – 2	Congo DR	Dundo, Angola
				Stadium: Estádio Quintalão

2012 ACoN qual 4 September 2011	Angola	2 – 0	Uganda	Luanda, Angola
16:00 UTC+1	Manucho  57' Flávio  70'	Report		Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Referee: Elahrach Bouchaib (Morocco)

2012 ACoN qual 8 October 2011	Guinea-Bissau	0 – 2	Angola	Bissau, Guinea Bissau
14:00 UTC±0		Report	Manucho  8' Mateus  70'	Stadium: Estadio 24 de Setembro

Friendly 10 November 2011	Angola	4 – 0	Sporting Lisbon

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	Côte d'Ivoire	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)

Upcoming Fixtures

Friendly 29 February 2012	Angola	v	Equatorial Guinea

Friendly 29 May 2012	Angola	0 - 0	Macedonia	Estoril, Portugal
19.00				Attendance: 200

2014 WC qual 1 June 2012	Angola	v	Uganda

2014 WC qual 8 June 2012	Liberia	v	Angola

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 squad has been selected for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Caps and goals updated as at 30 January 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Wilson (1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 (age 27) 6 0 1º de Agosto 13 GK Carlos (1979-12-08) 8 December 1979 (age 32) 14 0 Unattached 22 GK Hugo Marques (1986-01-15) 15 January 1986 (age 26) 1 0 Kabuscorp 2 DF Marco Airosa (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984 (age 27) 19 0 AEL Limassol 4 DF Dani Massunguna (1986-05-01) 1 May 1986 (age 26) 12 0 1º de Agosto 5 DF Kali (1978-10-11) 11 October 1978 (age 33) 59 0 1º de Agosto 10 DF Zuela (1983-08-03) 3 August 1983 (age 28) 15 0 Atromitos 14 DF Amaro (1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 (age 25) 14 0 1º de Agosto 15 DF Miguel (1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 (age 20) 3 0 Petro Luanda 21 DF Mingo Bile (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 24) 8 0 1º de Agosto 3 MF Osório (1981-07-24) 24 July 1981 (age 30) 4 0 Caála 6 MF Dédé (1981-07-04) 4 July 1981 (age 30) 22 0 AEL Limassol 8 MF André Macanga (1978-05-14) 14 May 1978 (age 34) 58 2 Al Jahra 11 MF Gilberto (1982-09-21) 21 September 1982 (age 29) 58 7 AEL Limassol 12 MF Jaime (1982-05-21) 21 May 1982 (age 30) 1 0 Progresso do Sambizanga 7 FW Djalma (1987-05-30) 30 May 1987 (age 25) 22 1 Porto 9 FW Manucho (1983-03-07) 7 March 1983 (age 29) 35 17 Real Valladolid 16 FW Flávio (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979 (age 32) 64 25 Lierse 17 FW Mateus (1984-01-18) 18 January 1984 (age 28) 29 6 Nacional 18 FW Love (1979-03-14) 14 March 1979 (age 33) 51 7 Petro Luanda 19 FW Nando Rafael (1984-01-10) 10 January 1984 (age 28) 2 0 Augsburg 20 FW Manucho Barros (1986-04-19) 19 April 1986 (age 26) 1 0 InterClube 23 FW José Pierre Vunguidica (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 22) 11 0 Preußen Münster

Recent callups

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK Adilson (1982-09-06) 6 September 1982 (age 29) 0 0 ASA vs  Guinea-Bissau, 8 October 2011 DF Fabrício (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 23) 1 0 InterClube vs  Guinea-Bissau, 8 October 2011 DF Enoque (1987-08-16) 16 August 1987 (age 24) 9 0 C.R.D. Libolo vs  Congo DR, 27 August 2011 DF Bastos (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 20) 2 0 Petro Luanda vs  Congo DR, 27 August 2011 DF Jorge Vidigal (1978-01-29) 29 January 1978 (age 34) 1 0 Caála vs  Congo DR, 27 August 2011 MF Tiquinho (1985-07-14) 14 July 1985 (age 26) 2 0 Unattached vs  Guinea-Bissau, 8 October 2011 MF Geraldo (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 20) 4 0 Coritiba vs  Guinea-Bissau, 8 October 2011 MF Adawá (1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 23) 6 0 C.R.D. Libolo vs  Congo DR, 27 August 2011 MF Hugo (1979-07-27) 27 July 1979 (age 32) 5 0 Kabuscorp vs  Congo DR, 27 August 2011 MF Nuno (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 28) 2 0 Petro Luanda vs  Congo DR, 27 August 2011 FW João Martins (1982-06-20) 20 June 1982 (age 29) 2 1 1º de Agosto vs  Guinea-Bissau, 8 October 2011 FW José Pereira (1985-04-18) 18 April 1985 (age 27) 1 0 SuperSport vs  Congo DR, 27 August 2011

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

External links

• Federação Angolana de Futebol

Squads v t e Angola squad – 1996 Africa Cup of Nations GK Orlando GK Tata GK Ze Gordo DF Amadeu DF Neto DF Soares DF Pinto DF Serafin DF Wilson DF Minhonha MF Campos MF de Melo MF Castella MF Diogo MF Joni MF Paulão MF Walter MF Akwá FW Luizinho FW Quinzinho FW Rosario FW Ribeiro Coach: Alhinho v t e Angola squad – 1998 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Marito 2 Agostino 3 dos Santos 4 Serafin 5 Neto 6 Da Silva 7 Alves 8 de Melo 9 de Sousa 10 Akwá 11 Vidigal 12 Morais 13 Soares 14 Quinzinho 15 Lukebano 16 Rosa 17 Costa 18 Pereira 19 Cachaizamba 20 da Kutonda 21 Assis 22 Lázaro Coach: Gomes v t e Angola squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 1 João Ricardo 2 Pereira 3 Jamba 4 Lebo Lebo 5 Kali 6 Miloy 7 Figueiredo 8 André 9 Mantorras 10 Akwá 11 Johnson Macaba 12 Lamá 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 Maurito 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Titi Buengo 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Lundala 23 Marco Abreu Coach: Gonçalves v t e Angola squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 João Ricardo 2 Marco 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 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Titi Buengo 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Mário 23 Marco Abreu Coach: Gonçalves v t e Angola squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Lamá 2 Airosa 3 Jamba 4 Machado 5 Kali 6 Yamba Asha 7 Figueiredo 8 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: Gonçalves v t e 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 v t e 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 Barros 21 Mingo Bile 22 Hugo 23 Vunguidica Coach: Vidigal

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