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| Nickname(s) | Palancas Negras (The Black Antelopes) |
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| Association | Federação Angolana de Futebol |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Manuel Jose |
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| Captain | Manucho | ||
| Most caps | Akwá (80) | ||
| Top scorer | Akwá (36) | ||
| Home stadium | Estádio da Cidadela | ||
| FIFA code | ANG | ||
| FIFA ranking | 94 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 45 (July 2000) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 124 (March 1994) | ||
| Elo ranking | 84 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 50 (Sept-Oct 2006) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 101 (October 1994) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Angola 1 - 0 Cuba  (Angola; 1 June 1977) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Angola 7 - 1 Swaziland  (Luanda, Angola; 23 April 2000) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| Portugal 6 - 0 Angola (Lisbon, Portugal; 23 March 1989) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2006) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 2006 | ||
| Africa Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Quarterfinals, 2008 | ||
The Angola national football team, nicknamed The Black Antelopes (in Portuguese, Palancas Negras), is the national football team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol. Angola are currently 92nd in the FIFA Rankings, but reached 45th in July 2000. Angola qualified for their first World Cup in 2006. They did not get out of the group stages, but it was still a significant achievement for the country.
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History
Angola came to international prominence in the 1990s with appearances in two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Angola finished runners-up behind Cameroon in the 1998 and 2002 World Cup qualifying series, losing only one game in the process. Angola did qualify for the 2006 World Cup, winning their qualifying group ahead of three-time qualifiers Nigeria. The team finished third in their group and did not progress past the first round of the tournament.
World Cup record
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 1930 to  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 | |||||||||
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| Titles: 0 Appearances: 6 |
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| 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 |
Qualified as host | ||||
2006 World Cup Information
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.
With memorable saves from their keeper João Ricardo, Angola played Mexico to a 0-0 draw in Hannover on the 16th of June, earning their first World Cup point.
For their third match, the team 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.
Current Squad
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Football achievements
- COSAFA Cup: 3
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- 1999, 2001, 2004
- Central African Games runners-up: 1
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- 1987
External links
- Angola FA
- Angola World Cup news
- http://angola.worldcupblog.org
- Team profile of the Angolan national football team, including World Cup 2006 fixtures and results from the Qualifying tournament.
- Image Gallery of the World Cup Match Angola vs. Portugal
- Angola at Weltfussball.
- Angola at National Football Teams.
- Angola at Transfermarkt.
- Mabi de Almedia, new Angola coach
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