
Angola's Golden Generation saw players like Akwá, João Ricardo, Paulo Figueiredo, Flávio Amado and Jamba selected to go to the World Cup. When picking the squad, Gonçalves sought advice from Chelsea manager José Mourinho, whose wife was born in Angola. In the quarter-finals they were beaten by eventual winners Egypt 2–1, but Manucho scored again, finishing with four goals in total.Īngola also won the COSAFA Cup in 1999, 20.Īngola qualified for the 2006 World Cup after only losing one game in the qualifiers ahead of favourites Nigeria. They drew 1–1 and 0–0 with South Africa and Tunisia, then defeated Senegal 3–1, two goals coming from Manucho. They were drawn in Group D with Tunisia, South Africa and Senegal. Angola's best performance then came in the 2008 African Nations Cup. They also drew 0–0 against Congo DR and lost 3–1 against Cameroon. 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. 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 Ivory Coast.Īfter missing the last 3 tournaments, they qualified for the 2006 African Nations Cup. They finished bottom of the group and did not reach the second round. They lost their first two games to Egypt and South Africa, but managed a 3–3 draw against Cameroon.

They were drawn in Group A with South Africa, Egypt and Cameroon. Angola defeated Senegal on penalties in the first round before narrowly losing to Algeria 3–2 on aggregate in the second round.Īngola qualified for their first Africa Cup of Nations in 1996. Angola entered World Cup qualifying for the first time in the 1986 qualifying competition. On 26 June 1977, Cuba became Angola's first non-African opponent when the two countries met in Angola, with Angola winning 1–0. Their greatest accomplishment was qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, their only World Cup to date.Īngola played their first game against Congo on 8 February 1976, losing 3–2. Nicknames Palancas Negras (Black Antelopes), the team is a member of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).Īngola reached its highest FIFA ranking of 45th in July 2000. No promotion or enabling of hacked/pirated content.The Angola national football team ( Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol de Angola) represents Angola in men's international football and is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation.

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