Angolan national football team

Republic of Angola
República de Angola

Nickname (s)

Palancas Negras (Black Impalas )

Association

Federação Angolana de Futebol

confederacy

CAF

Technical sponsor

puma

Head coach

Pedro Goncalves (interim)

Record scorer

Fabrice Akwa (39)

Record player

Flavio (91)

FIFA code

ANG

FIFA rank

124th (1136 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international match Angola 1-0 Cuba Angola ; June 1, 1977

Biggest Win Angola 7: 1 Swaziland Luanda , Angola ; April 23, 2000

Biggest defeat Portugal 6-0 Angola Lisbon , Portugal ; March 23, 1989

Successes in tournaments

World Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( first : 2006 )

Best results

Preliminary round 2006

African Championship

Participation in the finals

8 ( first : 1996 )

Best results

Quarterfinals ( 2008 , 2010 )

(As of November 17, 2019)

The Angolan national football team , also called Palancas Negras (Black Antelopes), is the selection of the Federação Angolana de Futebol . Her greatest success so far was her participation in the 2006 World Cup .

World Championship 2006

Angola was able to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany for the first time. The Angolan team (Group D) had to play the following games:

on June 11, 2006 in Cologne against Portugal ; 150 fans traveled in the original world championship train from 1954 Vt 08;
on June 16, 2006 in Hanover against Mexico and
on June 21, 2006 in Leipzig against Iran .

For the duration of its participation in the tournament, the team moved into quarters in Celle .

Tournaments

World Championship

The Angolan team took part in qualifying for the 1986 World Cup for the first time and was able to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany for the first time.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated				Not an independent state
1934	Italy	not participated				Not an independent state
1938	France	not participated				Not an independent state
1950	Brazil	not participated				Not an independent state
1954	Switzerland	not participated				Not an independent state
1958	Sweden	not participated				Not an independent state
1962	Chile	not participated				Not an independent state
1966	England	not participated				Not an independent state
1970	Mexico	not participated				Not an independent state
1974	Germany	not participated				Not an independent state
1978	Argentina	not participated				no association yet
1982	Spain	not participated
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification in the quarterfinals to Algeria failed.
1990	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification in the 2nd round to Cameroon failed.
1994	United States	not qualified				In the qualifiers in the first round of Zimbabwe failed, which also failed to qualify.
1998	France	not qualified				In the qualification in the second round, Cameroon failed again.
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the qualification in the second round, Cameroon failed again.
2006	Germany	Preliminary round	Portugal , Mexico , Iran	23.	Luís Oliveira Gonçalves	After a narrow defeat (against Portugal) and two draws, eliminated as third in the group
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the qualification in the second round at Benin failed, which also failed to qualify.
2014	Brazil	not qualified				In the qualification Angola could not prevail against Senegal , Uganda and Liberia and already had no chance to qualify after the 1: 2 on June 15, 2013 against Uganda.
2018	Russia	not qualified				South Africa failed in the second qualifying round .
2022	Qatar

African Championship

1957 to 1980	not participated as not a CAF member
1982 in Libya	not qualified
1984 in Ivory Coast	not qualified
1986 in Egypt	not participated
1988 in Morocco	not qualified
1990 in Algeria	not qualified
1992 in Senegal	not qualified
1994 in Tunisia	not participated
1996 in South Africa	Preliminary round
1998 in Burkina Faso	Preliminary round
2000 in Ghana / Nigeria	not qualified
2002 in Mali	not qualified
2004 in Tunisia	not qualified
2006 in Egypt	Preliminary round
2008 in Ghana	Quarter finals
2010 in Angola	Quarter finals
2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea	Preliminary round
2013 in South Africa	Preliminary round
2015 in Equatorial Guinea	not qualified
2017 in Gabon	not qualified
2019 in Egypt	Preliminary round

African Nations Championship

2009 : not qualified
2011 : 2nd place
2014 : not qualified
2016 : preliminary round

South African Championship

1997	not participated
1998	Third
1999	South African champions
2000	Semifinals
2001	South African champions
2002	Quarter finals
2003	not qualified
2004	South African champions
2005	Semifinals
2006	Second
2007	not qualified
2008	Quarter finals
2009	Quarter finals
2013	Sixth
2016	Preliminary round

Notable games

Angola fans in Cologne ( 2006 World Cup )

So far there have been three games against Portugal , the former colonial power . These could come up with many goals conceded as well as inglorious highlights.

If the game ended on February 23, 1989 for the 75th anniversary of the Portuguese association in Lisbon with 0: 6, the highest Angolan defeat to date, the second meeting in 2001 proved to be even more embarrassing. The game lasted only 70 minutes and ended 1: 5. Four Angolan players received a red card (Asha, Wilson, Franklim and Neto) and the Portuguese team received a yellow card (Pauleta). In addition, the Angolan Helder Vincente retired due to injury. Without the possibility of a further substitution, the remaining seven black antelopes left the field of play, which resulted in the game being abandoned .

The game on June 11, 2006 at the Soccer World Cup in Germany ended 0: 1 for Portugal in the Cologne stadium. Most of the sports reporters said the Angolans played a pretty good game, while the performance of the secret favorite Portugal was mostly criticized. In the game, the then Portuguese top scorer Pauleta scored his 47th and last goal for Portugal, a record that his team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo was only able to beat in 2014.

Record player

As of November 17, 2019

Players marked in bold are still active.

#	Surname	Period	Games	Gates
1.	Flávio	2000-2012	91	34
2.	Gilberto	1999-2015	89	10
3.	Love	2001-2016	79	11
4th	Akwá	1995-2006	78	39
5.	Yamba Asha	2000-2009	77	1
6th	Potash	2003-2011	73	0
7th	André Macanga	1999-2012	70	2
8th.	Mateus	2006–	67	11
9.	job	2007–	64	7th
10.	Antonio Neto	1992-2001	59	1

Record goal scorers