Angola
Nickname(s)	Palancas Negras
Association	Federação Angolana de Futebol
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Luís Oliveira Gonçalves
Captain	danny fletcher-scott
Most caps	Luke Kent (80)
Top scorer	Aaron Linge (100)
Home stadium	Estádio da Cidadela
FIFA code	ANG
FIFA ranking	54
Highest FIFA ranking	45 (July 2000)
Lowest FIFA ranking	124 (March 1994)
Elo ranking	50
First kit Second kit
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
African Nations Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1996)
Best result	Round 1, all

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. On October 8, 2005, Angola qualified for the World Cup for the first time ever. Image File history File links AngolaFootballFederation. ... The Federação Angolana de Futebol (FAF) is the governing body of football in Angola. ... The 53 member CAF (Confederation of African Football) , (French : Confédération Africaine de Football) , (Arabic : الإتحاد الأفريقى لكرة القدم) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations, CAF Confederation Cup and the African Champions League. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Luís Oliveira Gonçalves (born 22 June 1960) is the current coach of the Angola national football team, and is part-Brazilian. ... 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Luís Oliveira Gonçalves took over as coach of the Angola national football team in 2003, after successful appearances with the Angola Under-20 national football team. The coach is the nation's favourite and the team managed to finish in first place of Group 4 Football World Cup 2006 (qualification), ahead of traditional African football powers like Nigeria and Cameroon. Group 4 was considered one of the toughest during the Qualifiers. Luís Oliveira Gonçalves (born 22 June 1960) is the current coach of the Angola national football team, and is part-Brazilian. ... In the Qualification process for the 2006 Football World Cup, the six FIFA confederations were allocated a share of the 32 spots available on the basis of the strength of their teams. ...

Captain Fabrice Akwa scored some crucial goals, including the winners against Rwanda in the last game, and in the game against Nigeria. Akwa is the fans' favourite having scored 30 goals in 67 international appearances. "This is the first time we are in the finals and we want to show off our football. We also want to show there is more to Angola than just war and oil," Akwa said. Fabrice Akwa Maieco (born 30 May 1977) is a professional soccer striker from Angola. ...

Angola's best known player is the striker Pedro Mantorras, who plays for the Portuguese team Benfica. Pedro Manuel Torres (born March 18, 1982 in Huambo), is an Angolan soccer player, who is better known as Mantorras. ... Benfica is a civil parish of the Portuguese capital, Lisboa (Lisbon). ...

Key players

• Paulo José Figueiredo - Östers IF
• Pedro Mantorras - SL Benfica
• Rui Marques - Leeds United
• Fabrice Akwa - Al Wakra

• Edgar played with club giants Real Madrid and SL Benfica.

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Angola Football Achievements

COSAFA Cup :

• 3 Times Champion (1999, 2001, 2004)

Central African Games :

• 1 Time Runners-Up

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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

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African Nations Cup record

• 1957 to 1980 - Did not enter
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1984 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Did not enter

Fans of the Angolan national football team in Cologne supporting their side in its first World Cup appearance

• 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

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2006 World Cup squad

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No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK João Ricardo 7 January 1970 29 free agent 2 DF Marcos Airosa 6 August 1984 2 UD Leiria 3 DF Jamba 10 July 1977 38 AS Aviacao 4 DF Lebo Lebo 29 May 1977 15 Petro Atletico 5 DF Kali 11 October 1978 24 FC Sion 6 MF Miloy 27 May 1981 14 InterClube 7 MF Figueiredo 28 November 1972 25 Östers IF 8 MF André Macanga 14 May 1978 35 Kuwait SC 9 FW Mantorras 18 March 1982 13 Benfica 10 FW Akwá 30 May 1977 80 free agent 11 MF Mateus 7 March 1983 7 Gil Vicente 12 GK Lamá 1 February 1981 9 Petro Atletico 13 MF Édson 2 March 1980 8 Pacos Ferreira 14 MF Mendonça 9 October 1982 37 Varzim 15 DF Rui Marques 3 September 1977 3 Leeds United 16 FW Flávio 30 December 1979 47 Al Ahly 17 MF Zé Kalanga 12 October 1983 26 Dinamo Bucureşti 18 FW Love 14 March 1979 36 AS Aviação 19 FW André Titi Buengo 11 February 1980 2 Clermont Foot 20 DF Locó 25 December 1984 14 Primeiro Agosto 21 DF Luis Delgado 1 November 1979 20 FC Metz 22 GK Mário 1 June 1985 1 InterClube 23 DF Marco Abreu 8 December 1974 3 Portimonense

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Other players

Sebastian Manuel Angelo (Goalkeeper)
Yamba Asha (Defender)
Paulo Sérgio Martinho Cabral (Defender)
Felisberto Sebastião da Graca Amaral (Midfielder)
Carlos Narciso Chaínho (Midfielder)
Marco Paulo Faria de Lemos (Midfielder)
Maurito (Striker)
Ricardo Cansado ( Attacking Midfielder )
Eduardo Goncalves ( Striker) Yamba Asha João (born July 31, 1976) is an Angolan footballer, who currently plays for Östers IF in Sweden. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

2006 World Cup Information

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. Angola played Mexico to a 0-0 draw in Hannover on the 16th of June, earning their first World Cup point and later they also 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. Qualifying countries The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the eighteenth instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... José Mourinho, GOIH (pron. ... First international Spain 3 - 1 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 18 November 1921) Biggest win Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Lisbon, Portugal; 18 November 1994) Portugal 8 - 0 Liechtenstein (Coimbra, Portugal; 9 June 1999) Portugal 8 - 0 Kuwait (Leiria, Portugal; 19 November 2003) Biggest defeat Portugal 0 - 10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May... Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes, OIH (born April 28, 1973 in Ponta Delgada, Azores), nicknamed Pauleta (pron. ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Flavio is the short name of Flavio Amado (born 30 December 1979) is an Angolan football forward who currently, as of May 2006, plays for Al Ahly. ...

External links

• Angola FA
• Angola World Cup news
• http://angola.worldcupblog.org
• Team profile of the Angolan national football team, including World Cup 2006 fixtures and results from the Qualifying tournament.
• Image Gallery of the World Cup Match Angola vs. Portugal
• Angola at Weltfussball.
• Angola at National Football Teams.
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Football in Angola v • d • e
Federation | National Team | Girabola | Angolan Cup | Angolan SuperCup Image File history File links Flag_of_Angola. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Angola. ... The Federação Angolana de Futebol (FAF) is the governing body of football in Angola. ... Girabola (or Angolan Championship) is the top division of Angolan football (soccer), and it is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. ... The Angolan football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Angolan football. ... The Angolan football SuperCup is a two matches (home and away) competition in Angolan football, played between the Girabola champions and the Angolan Cup winners. ...
International football v • d • e
FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The International Federation of Association Football (French: ), commonly known by its acronym, FIFA, is the international governing body of association football. ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ... The FIFA Confederations Cup is a football (soccer) tournament for national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (CAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, AFC, OFC, CONCACAF), along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country, to... The FIFA U-20 World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA World Youth Championship (the new name for the competition will be used for the first time in 2007), is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération... The FIFA U-17 World Cup, formerly the FIFA U-17 World Championship and before the FIFA U-16 World Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Football (soccer) was an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. ... The football (soccer) tournament was held at the every edition of All-Africa Games since 1965. ... A mens football (soccer) tournament was held every Pan American Games, womens tournament was only added began 1999. ... Football has been held since 1989 at the Island Games as a mens competition sport. ... The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for mens national teams in football (soccer). ... The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ... This is a list of the mens national football (soccer) teams in the world. ... FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) to each of its member and non-member countries. ...
Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
National football teams of Africa (CAF) v • d • e
Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo | Congo DR | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Réunion† | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zanzibar† | Zimbabwe †Associate member The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel but including Australia. ... The AFC Asian Cup is a football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation. ... The 53 member CAF (Confederation of African Football) , (French : Confédération Africaine de Football) , (Arabic : الإتحاد الأفريقى لكرة القدم) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations, CAF Confederation Cup and the African Champions League. ... The African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition for CAF nations. ... CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ... The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main international football competition of the CONCACAF nations. ... CONMEBOL or CSF (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in most of South America. ... The Copa América (English: America Cup) is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation. ... Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... OFC Nations cup logo The OFC Nations Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. ... The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football... The NF-Board (Nouvelle Fédération-Board, unofficially Non-FIFA-Board) is a football association established for national teams that are not — and usually may not become — members of FIFA, usually because the participating nations do not have internationally recognised sovereign state status. ... The VIVA World Cup is an international football tournament organised by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for nations unaffiliated to FIFA, planned to be held every two years. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 19 KB) Summary This image is copy of World Map FIFA.png I added divisions in UK - England, Scotland & Wales. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... The 53 member CAF (Confederation of African Football) , (French : Confédération Africaine de Football) , (Arabic : الإتحاد الأفريقى لكرة القدم) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations, CAF Confederation Cup and the African Champions League. ... First international Upper Volta 5 - 4 Gabon (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) Burkina Faso 0 - 0 China (Burkina Faso; 28 July 1984) Biggest win Burkina Faso 4 - 0 Mozambique (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 7 June 2003) Biggest defeat Algeria 7 - 0 Upper Volta (Algeria; 30 August 1981) African Nations Cup Appearances 6... First International Guinea-Bissau 3 - 0 Cape Verde (Guinea-Bissau; January 7, 1979) Largest win Cape Verde 3 - 0 Guinea-Bissau (Mali; February 2, 1981) Cape Verde 3 - 0 Mauritania (Praia, Cape Verde; June 21, 2003) Cape Verde 3 - 0 Swaziland (Praia, Cape Verde; November 16, 2003) Worst defeat Senegal... First international Mali 4 - 3 Central African Republic (Madagascar; June 1, 1960) Biggest win Central African Republic 4 - 1 Chad (Libreville, Gabon; November 8, 1999) Central African Republic 3 - 0 ST&P (Libreville, Gabon; November 13, 1999) Biggest defeat Cameroon 7 - 1 Central African Republic (Congo; December 17, 1984) The... First international Congo DR 6 - 0 Mauritania (Senegal; 11 April 1963) Zaire 3-0 Sudan (Cameroon; 25 February 1972) Republic of Congo 1-0 Congo DR (Brazzaville; 8 June 1997) Biggest win Congo DR 10 - 1 Zambia (Congo-Kinshasa; 22 November 1969) Zaire 7-0 Lesotho (Kinshasa; 25 July 1993... First international Côte dIvoire 3 - 2 Dahomey (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) Biggest win Côte dIvoire 6 - 0 Mali (Abidjan, Côte dIvoire; 13 March 1985) Côte dIvoire 6 - 0 Botswana (Abidjan, Côte dIvoire; 11 October 1992) Côte dIvoire 6... First international Equatorial Guinea 0 - 5 Congo (Congo; December 9, 1984) Biggest win Equatorial Guinea 4 - 2 Central African Rep. ... First international Chad 5 - 0 São Tomé and Príncipe (Gabon; June 29, 1976) Biggest win São Tomé and Príncipe 2 - 0 Equatorial Guinea (Libreville, Gabon; November 14, 1999) São Tomé and Príncipe 2 - 0 Sierra Leone (São Tomé, ST&P; April 8, 2000... First international Nigeria 2 - 0 Sierra Leone (Lagos, Nigeria; 8 October 1949) Biggest win Sierra Leone 5 - 1 Niger (Freetown, Sierra Leone; March 7, 1976) Sierra Leone 5 - 1 Niger (Freetown, Sierra Leone; June 3, 1995) Sierra Leone 4 - 0 São Tomé and Príncipe (Freetown, Sierra Leone; April... First international Netherlands 2 - 1 South Africa (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2 November 1924) Biggest win Australia 0 - 8 South Africa (Adelaide, Australia; 17 September 1955) Biggest defeat Australia 5 - 1 South Africa (Newcastle, Australia; 7 June 1947) Mexico 4 - 0 South Africa (Los Angeles, USA; 6 October 1993) USA 4 - 0... First international Kenya 2 - 3 Zanzibar (Zanzibar; Date Unknown, May,1949) Largest win Zanzibar 3 - 0 Tanzania (Kenya; October 10, 1967) Worst defeat Kenya 10 - 0 Zanzibar (Kenya; Date Unknown, 1961) World Cup Appearances none (First in -) Best result - African Nations Cup Appearances none (First in -) Best result - The Zanzibar...
2006 FIFA World Cup finalists v • d • e
Champions: Italy  Qualifying countries The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the eighteenth instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. ... Runners-up: France  Third place: Germany  Fourth place: Portugal  Eliminated in Quarter-finals: Argentina | Brazil | England | Ukraine | First international 1st international match  Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win  Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat  Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances... Eliminated in Round of 16: Australia | Ecuador | Ghana | Mexico | Netherlands | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland Eliminated in Group Stage: Angola | Costa Rica | Côte d'Ivoire | Croatia | Czech Republic | Iran | Japan | Korea Republic | Paraguay | Poland | Saudi Arabia | Serbia & Montenegro | Togo | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | United States First international Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921) Biggest win Costa Rica 12 - 0 Puerto Rico (Barranquilla, Colombia; December 10, 1946) Biggest defeat Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica (Mexico City, Mexico; August 17, 1975) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1990) Best result Round... First international Côte dIvoire 3 - 2 Dahomey (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) Biggest win Côte dIvoire 6 - 0 Mali (Abidjan, Côte dIvoire; 13 March 1985) Côte dIvoire 6 - 0 Botswana (Abidjan, Côte dIvoire; 11 October 1992) Côte dIvoire 6... First international Hungary 2 - 1 Bohemia (Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903) Turkey 1 - 4 Czech Republic (Istanbul, Turkey; 23 February 1994) Biggest win Czech Republic 8 - 1 Andorra (Liberec, Czech Republic; 4 June 2005) Czech Republic 7 - 0 San Marino (Liberec, Czech Republic; 7 October 2006) Biggest defeat Switzerland 3... First international South Korea 5 - 3 Mexico (London, England; August 2, 1948) Biggest win South Korea 16 - 0 Nepal (Incheon, South Korea; September 29, 2003) Biggest defeat Sweden 12 - 0 South Korea (London, England; August 5, 1948) World Cup Appearances 7 (First in 1954) Best result Fourth place, 2002 AFC... First international Saudi Arabia 3 - 1 Syria (Lebanon; October 20, 1957) Biggest win Saudi Arabia 24 - 0 Singapore (Taif, Saudi Arabia; May 14, 1993) Biggest defeat Egypt 13 - 0 Saudi Arabia (Morocco; September 3, 1961) World Cup Appearances 4 (First in 1994) Best result Round 2 1994 AFC Asian Cup... First international Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Yugoslavia[1] (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Brazil 2 - 0 Yugoslavia (Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December 1994) Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 2 Azerbaijan (Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro; 12 February 2003) Czech Republic - Serbia (Prague, Czech Republic; 16 August 2006 Largest win Yugoslavia 10 - 1 India... First international Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 3 Dutch Guiana (Trinidad and Tobago; August 6, 1934) Biggest win Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Aruba (Grenada; June 4, 1989) Biggest defeat Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago (Mexico City, Mexico; October 8, 2000) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 2006) Best result...