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 Srđjan Vasiljević
Captain Bastos
Most caps Flávio (91)
Top scorer Akwá (39)
Home stadium Estádio 11 de Novembro
FIFA code ANG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 135 Increase 2 (20 September 2018)
Highest 45 (July 2000)
Lowest 147 (March 2017)
Elo ranking
Current 148 Decrease 2 (30 August 2018)
Highest 50 (September–October 2006)
Lowest 160 (3 September 2016)
First international
 Congo 3–2 Angola Angola
(Brazzaville, Congo; 8 February 1976)
Biggest win
Angola Angola 7–1 Swaziland 
(Luanda, Angola; 23 April 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Portugal 6–0 Angola 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 the 45th place in the FIFA Rankings in July 2002. Their greatest accomplishment was qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, as this was their first appearance on the World Cup finals stage.

History

Angola played their first game against Congo on 8 February 1976, losing 3–2. On 26 June 1977, Cuba became Angola's first non-African opponent when the two countries met in Angola, with Angola winning 1-0.[1] Angola entered World Cup qualifying for the first time in the 1986 qualifying competition. Angola defeated Senegal on penalties in the first round before narrowly losing to Algeria 3-2 on aggregate in the second round.

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 World Cup after only losing one game in the qualifiers 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 the 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 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 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

1999, 2001, 2004
1987
2011

Competition records

World Cup record

As of 2018, Angola has qualified once for a FIFA World Cup. Its first participation in the World Cup qualifiers was in 1986, where they won in the first round, beating Senegal 4−3 on penalty kicks. They later lost in the second round of the 1986 World Cup qualifiers to Algeria. Algeria went to the third round and qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

Angola's first participation in the World Cup was in the 2006 World Cup, in Germany.

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Part of  Portugal Part of  Portugal
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978 Did not enter Declined participation
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 3 4
Italy 1990 8 2 3 3 8 8
United States 1994 5 1 2 2 3 4
France 1998 8 4 4 0 12 5
South Korea Japan 2002 10 5 4 1 19 10
Germany 2006 Group stage 23rd 3 0 2 1 1 2 12 7 3 2 15 9
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 11 8
Brazil 2014 6 1 4 1 7 5
Russia 2018 2 0 0 2 1 4
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Group stage 1/21 3 0 2 1 1 2 61 24 22 15 79 57

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Titles: 0
Appearances: 7
Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position
Sudan 1957Did not enterEthiopia 1976Did not enterTunisia 1994Did not qualifyEquatorial Guinea Gabon 2012Round 1
Egypt 1959Did not enterGhana 1978Did not enterSouth Africa 1996Round 1South Africa 2013Round 1
Ethiopia 1962Did not enterNigeria 1980Did not enterBurkina Faso 1998Round 1Equatorial Guinea 2015Did not qualify
Ghana 1963Did not enterLibya 1982Did not qualifyGhana Nigeria 2000Did not qualifyGabon 2017Did not qualify
Tunisia 1965Did not enterIvory Coast 1984Did not qualifyMali 2002Did not qualifyCameroon 2019To be determined
Ethiopia 1968Did not enterEgypt 1986Did not enterTunisia 2004Did not qualifyIvory Coast 2021To be determined
Sudan 1970Did not enterMorocco 1988Did not qualifyEgypt 2006Round 1Guinea 2023To be determined
Cameroon 1972Did not enterAlgeria 1990Did not qualifyGhana 2008Quarter-finals
Egypt 1974Did not enterSenegal 1992Did not qualify Angola 2010Quarter-finals

Recent and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2018

2019

Kit history

Kit manufacturer

Kit providers Period
Germany Puma 2006–2012
Germany Adidas 2012–2018
Germany Puma 2018–present

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Botswana on 9 September 2018.
Caps and goals updated as of 9 September 2018 after the game against Bostwana.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Landú Mavanga (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 31 0 Angola Interclube
1GK Tony Cabaça (1986-04-23) 23 April 1986 0 0 Angola 1° de Agosto
2DF Dani Massunguna (1986-05-01) 1 May 1986 44 1 Angola 1° de Agosto
2DF Bastos (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 40 2 Italy Lazio
2DF Mingo Bile (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 36 1 Angola 1° de Agosto
2DF Mira (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 13 0 Angola Petro de Luanda
2DF Paízo (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 5 0 Angola 1° de Agosto
3MF Job (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 64 7 Angola Petro de Luanda
3MF Herenilson (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 18 0 Angola Petro de Luanda
3MF Wilson Carmo (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 12 0 Angola Petro de Luanda
3MF Show (1999-03-06) 6 March 1999 7 0 Angola 1° de Agosto
3MF Mário Balbúrdia (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 1 0 Angola 1° de Agosto
4FW Mateus Galiano (Captain) (1984-06-19) 19 June 1984 56 7 Portugal Boavista
4FW Djalma Campos (1987-05-30) 30 May 1987 42 6 Turkey Alanyaspor
4FW Yano (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 27 3 Angola Progresso Sambizanga
4FW Vá (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 21 2 Portugal Leixões
4FW Gelson (1996-07-13) 13 July 1996 19 10 Portugal Rio Ave
4FW Fredy Kulembe (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 17 2 Portugal Belenenses
4FW Mabululu (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 7 4 Angola Domant

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Gerson Barros (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 10 0 Angola Petro de Luanda 2018 COSAFA Cup
GK Ndulo (1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 1 0 Angola Académica Lobito 2018 COSAFA Cup
GK Neblú (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 7 0 Angola 1° de Agosto v.  Zimbabwe, 24 March 2018
DF Nandinho (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 7 0 Angola Progresso Sambizanga 2018 COSAFA Cup
DF Mona (1997-07-26) 26 July 1997 4 0 Angola Caála 2018 COSAFA Cup
DF Jó (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 4 0 Angola Huíla 2018 COSAFA Cup
DF De Paizo (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 4 0 Angola Kabuscorp 2018 COSAFA Cup
DF Bonifácio Caetano (1993-08-09) 9 August 1993 1 0 Angola 1° de Agosto 2018 COSAFA Cup
DF Lulas (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 1 0 Angola Sagrada Esperança 2018 COSAFA Cup
DF Celson Barros (1986-10-05) 5 October 1986 3 0 Angola Recreativo Libolo 2018 CHAN
DF Fabrício Mafuta (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 27 0 Angola Interclube v.  Zimbabwe, 24 March 2018
DF Isaac Correia (1991-04-25) 25 April 1991 15 0 Angola 1° de Agosto v.  Zimbabwe, 24 March 2018
DF Nary (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 14 0 Angola Kabuscorp v.  Zimbabwe, 24 March 2018
DF Tó Carneiro (1995-11-05) 5 November 1995 7 0 Angola Interclube v.  Zimbabwe, 24 March 2018
MF Carlinhos (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 10 0 Angola Petro de Luanda 2018 COSAFA Cup
MF Nandinho (1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 7 0 Angola Kabuscorp 2018 COSAFA Cup
MF Mateus Domingos (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 6 0 Angola Petro de Luanda 2018 COSAFA Cup
MF Chiló (1990-12-23) 23 December 1990 3 0 Angola Progresso Sambizanga 2018 COSAFA Cup
MF Além (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 2 0 Angola Progresso Sambizanga 2018 COSAFA Cup
MF Zé Ventura (1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 2 0 Angola Huíla 2018 COSAFA Cup
MF Pedro Agostinho (2000-07-30) 30 July 2000 2 0 Angola 1° de Agosto 2018 COSAFA Cup
MF Manguxi (1991-11-27) 27 November 1991 17 2 Angola Petro de Luanda 2018 CHAN
MF Ary Papel (1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 35 5 Portugal Sporting CP v.  Zimbabwe, 24 March 2018
MF Paty (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 26 0 Angola Interclube v.  Zimbabwe, 24 March 2018
FW Kaporal (1994-05-16) 16 May 1994 5 1 Angola Interclube 2018 COSAFA Cup
FW Chico Banza (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 3 0 Portugal Leixões 2018 COSAFA Cup
FW Nelito (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 2 0 Angola Kabuscorp 2018 COSAFA Cup
FW Fofó (1994-06-30) 30 June 1994 5 0 Angola 1° de Agosto 2018 CHAN
FW Mano Calesso (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989 27 3 Angola Interclube v.  Zimbabwe, 24 March 2018

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

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup

Africa Cup of Nations

Records

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Angola - List of International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Brodkin, Jon (12 June 2006). "Figo sparkles as Ronaldo's tricks lead to the bench". Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Mexico 0–0 Angola". BBC. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Iran 1–1 Angola". BBC. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Roberto Mamrud. "Angola – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

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