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Angola
Nickname(s)	Palancas Negras; (The Black Antelopes)
Association	Federação Angolana; de Futebol
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Manuel Jose
Captain	Manucho
Most caps	Akwá (80)
Top scorer	Akwá (36)
Home stadium	Estádio da Cidadela
FIFA code	ANG
FIFA ranking	95
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)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Angola 1 - 0 Cuba ; (Angola; 1 June 1977)
Biggest win
	Angola 7 - 1 Swaziland ; (Luanda, Angola; 23 April 2000)
Biggest defeat
	Portugal 6 - 0 Angola ; (Lisbon, Portugal; 23 March 1989)
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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
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

[edit] African Nations Cup record

African Cup of Nations
Titles: 0 Appearances: 6
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

[edit] 2006 World Cup Information

Fans of the Angolan national football team in Cologne, Germany.

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.

[edit] Current Squad

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Lamá	February 1, 1981 (1981-02-01) (age 28)	32	0	Petro Atlético
GK	Carlos	April 25, 1979 (1979-04-25) (age 30)	6	0	Rio Ave
GK	Mário	June 1, 1985 (1985-06-01) (age 24)	1	0	Inter Luanda

DF	Yamba Asha	July 31, 1976 (1976-07-31) (age 33)	52	0	Petro Atlético
DF	Jamba	July 10, 1977 (1977-07-10) (age 32)	39	0	Aviação
DF	Kali	October 11, 1978 (1978-10-11) (age 31)	29	0	AC Arles-Avignon
DF	Luís Delgado	November 1, 1979 (1979-11-01) (age 30)	20	0	En Avant de Guingamp
DF	Rui Marques	September 3, 1977 (1977-09-03) (age 32)	12	0	Leeds United
DF	Marco Airosa	August 6, 1984 (1984-08-06) (age 25)	6	0	Inter Luanda

MF	António Mendonça	October 9, 1982 (1982-10-09) (age 27)	40	3	Inter Luanda
MF	Édson	April 2, 1980 (1980-04-02) (age 29)	12	0	Ethnikos Achna
MF	Gilberto	September 21, 1982 (1982-09-21) (age 27)	35	6	Al-Ahly
MF	André Macanga	May 14, 1978 (1978-05-14) (age 31)	39	0	Al Kuwait Kaifan
MF	Maurito	June 24, 1981 (1981-06-24) (age 28)	22	4	Al Salmiya
MF	Zé Kalanga	October 12, 1983 (1983-10-12) (age 26)	35	4	Dinamo Bucureşti
MF	Dedé	October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10) (age 28)	11	0	Timişoara

FW	Flávio	December 30, 1979 (1979-12-30) (age 29)	51	15	Al-Shabab
FW	Love	March 14, 1979 (1979-03-14) (age 30)	36	6	1º de Agosto
FW	Manucho	March 7, 1983 (1983-03-07) (age 26)	23	13	Real Valladolid
FW	Mantorras	March 18, 1982 (1982-03-18) (age 27)	13	3	Benfica
FW	Mateus	June 19, 1984 (1984-06-19) (age 25)	10	2	Nacional