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The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras, ("The Black Antelopes") is the national team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol.
ctober 8, 2005, Angola qualified for the World Cup for the first time, winning their qualifying group ahead of three-time qualifiers Nigeria. They did not progress past the first round of the tournament.
Luís Oliveira Gonçalves took over as coach of the team in 2003, having previously managed the Under-20 team, and is the most successful in Angolan history, having led them into their first World Cup, and to the quarterfinals of the Africa Nations Cup for the first time.
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The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras, ("The Black Antelopes") is the national team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol.
History
On October 8, 2005, Angola qualified for the World Cup for the first time, winning their qualifying group ahead of three-time qualifiers Nigeria. They did not progress past the first round of the tournament.
Luís Oliveira Gonçalves took over as coach of the team in 2003, having previously managed the Under-20 team, and is the most successful in Angolan history, having led them into their first World Cup, and to the quarterfinals of the Africa Nations Cup for the first time. Former assistant coach Mabi de Almeida was named head coach on the 21st of October. At the time, he trained Panteras Negras (Atlético Independiente), which he will still do at least until January 2009, along with the national team. Mabi led the national squad 3-1 win over Niger on October 12 in Luanda at the "Coqueiros Stadium", for the last qualifier for the 2010 World Cup, to occur in South Africa.
Key players
Angola Football Achievements
- COSAFA Cup :
- 3 Times Champion (1999, 2001, 2004)
- Central African Games :
History
Angola came to international prominence in the 1990s with appearances in two African Nations Cup tournaments.
They finished runners-up behind Cameroon in the 1998 and 2002 World Cup qualifying series, losing only one game in the process. They finally qualified for their first World Cup in 2006, and performed credibly to finish third in their group behind Portugal and Mexico.
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1982 - Did not enter
- 1986 to 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - Round 1
- 2010 - Did not qualify
African Nations Cup record
- 1957 to 1980 - Did not enter
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Did not enter
- 1988 to 1992 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Did not enter
- 1996 - Round 1
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2000 to 2004 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - Round 1
- 2008 - Quarterfinals
- 2010 - Qualified automatically as host
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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Multiple citizenship
External links
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- at Weltfussball.
- at National Football Teams.
- at Transfermarkt.
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