Angola women's national football team

Angola

Nickname(s)	Welwitschias
Association	Angolan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Souza Garcia
Captain	None
Top scorer	Irene Gonçalves (33)
Home stadium	Ombaka National Stadium
FIFA code	ANG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	139 12 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest	82 (December 2003)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
South Africa 3–1 Angola  (South Africa; 7 January 1995)
Biggest win
Angola 4–0 Mozambique  (Malanje, Angola; 3 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
South Africa 6–2 Angola  (Johannesburg, South Africa; 1 February 2004)  South Africa 4–0 Angola  (Johannesburg, South Africa; 4 February 2007)  Eswatini 4–0 Angola  (Ibhayi, South Africa; 3 August 2019)
African Women's Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 1995)
Best result	Semi-Finalist: 1995

The Angola women's national football team represents Angola in international women's football and it is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation. Their best place on the FIFA Rankings was the 82nd place, in December 2003. The only tournaments that they qualified were the 1995 and 2002 African Women's Championships, and their best finish was as Semi-Finalists in the 1995 tournament. Angola has, in contrast to many other African countries, has never suffered a heavy defeat. They have seldom lost by more than two goals.

Angola finished in third place at the African Championship in 1995. Angola also qualified for the Championship in 2002, where they beat Zimbabwe and South Africa, but lost to Cameroon by one goal. Since then, Angola have not qualified for the championships.

During qualification for the 2008 Olympics, Angola did not get any further than the first round, where they lost to Ghana. However, they did reach the final of the COSAFA Cup, where they met South Africa, who beat them 3–1.

History[]

Beginnings[]

Angola played their first game against South Africa on 7 January 1995, losing 3–1.

1995 African Women's Championship[]

Angola entered the 1995 African Women's Championship, against Cameroon, but it withdrew, thus Angola advanced by Walkover and in the Second Round, they played their first official match on the first leg of the Second Round, against South Africa on 7 January 1995; in where they lost by 3–1. The second leg, was a 3–3 draw at home. These results provoked the elimination of Angola due to a 6–4 aggregate, but the Welwitschias ended as Semi-Finalists, along with Ghana.

2002 African Women's Championship[]

Angola participated in the 2002 African Women's Championship qualifiers, against Equatorial Guinea. Both legs were won 3–0 and 3–1 respectively. Second Round matches where against Congo DR and First leg was won 1–0 and Second leg was lost also by 1–0, but won in penalties by 5–4 and qualified for the tournament who was held in Nigeria.

This time Angola was along with Zimbabwe, South Africa and Cameroon. The first match was against Zimbabwe and ended on a 1–1 draw with goal of the captain Irene Gonçalves at the 16 minutes. The same result occurred on the Second match against South Africa, but this time with goal of Jacinta Ramos at the 75 minutes. Last match was lost against Cameroon by 1–0 in a late Cameroonian goal at the 89 minutes, leaving Angola out of the tournament and the World Cup.

2006 African Women's Championship[]

The Welwitschias played the 2006 African Women's Championship/2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea in First round, winning 3–2 in the first leg, but losing 3–1 in the second leg, and losing in aggregate by 5–4. Angola did not reach both the 2006 African Women's Championship or the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup who was held in China PR.

2007 All-Africa Games[]

Angola entered for the first time to the All-Africa Games Football tournament, in the qualifiers for the 2007 edition in Algeria. Their rival was South Africa. They won the first leg by 3–2 and lost the second by 4–0, ending with an aggregate of 6–3, thus being eliminated from the tournament.

2008 Olympic Games[]

The Welwitschias debuted on the Olympic Games football tournament qualifiers in the edition of 2008 edition, celebrated in China PR. Angola's first rival was Tanzania, but it withdrew; thus Angola advanced by walkover. In the Second Round, Angola played against Ghana, losing both matches by 2–1 and 2–0, ending with an aggregate of 4–1.

2010 African Women's Championship[]

Again, the team entered the 2010 African Women's Championship/2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers in the CAF First Round against Namibia and lost the First leg 2–1, leading 1–0 in the half-time, with goal of Irene Gonçalves at the 37 minutes. The Second leg was a 1–1 draw,^[2] when it was winning 1–0, again with a goal of Irene Gonçalves at the 51 minutes. Angola did not qualify for either both tournaments.

2011 All-Africa Games[]

Angola failed to qualify to the 2011 All-Africa Games, celebrated in Mozambique, after losing in aggregate to Zimbabwe by 3–1, after drawing 1–1 and lose 2–0. Also these matches were the last matches that Angola played to the date.

2012 Olympic Games[]

Despite being one year after the 2011 All-Africa Games, the 2012 Olympic Games Football Tournament qualification of Africa was held 4 months before the 2011 All-Africa Games qualifiers. Angola was paired with Namibia once again in a qualification round. They draw both matches by 2–2 and 0–0 respectively, but they lost due to the Away goals rule. Angola was eliminated of the tournament who took place in Great Britain

2014 African Women's Championship[]

Angola did not entered for the 2014 African Women's Championship/2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers, who was held in Namibia in Autumn 2014.

Team image[]

Home stadium[]

The Angola women's national football team plays their home matches on the Estádio Nacional de Ombaka.

Results and fixtures[]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponement   Fixture

2021[]

Head-to-head record[]

Statistics correct as of 23 June 2014

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
DR Congo	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Equatorial Guinea	4	3	0	1	10	6	+4
Ghana	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Namibia	5	1	3	1	7	5	+2
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
South Africa	7	2	2	3	13	21	−8
Eswatini	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Zimbabwe	7	1	3	3	4	8	−4
Total	31	11	8	12	46	48	−2

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

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As of July 2021

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach

Manager history[]

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Players[]

Current squad[]

• The following players were called up for the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship.^[3]

• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 7 April 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mimi	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 26)	3	0
12	1GK	Sandrinha	(1997-10-05) 5 October 1997 (age 24)	4	0	Sagrada Esperança
3	2DF	Nela	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 19)	4	0	Sagrada Esperança
5	2DF	Dorcacia		6	0	Sagrada Esperança
13	2DF			2	0
15	2DF	Erica Panguila		0	0
4	3MF	Lídia (captain)	(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 24)	8	0	Sagrada Esperança
6	3MF	Prado	(1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 (age 22)	6	0	1º de Agosto
8	3MF	Chiquita	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 24)	8	0	Sagrada Esperança
11	3MF	Yara		3	1	Sagrada Esperança
14	3MF	Bia	(1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 24)	6	1
16	3MF		(1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 (age 22)	2	0
17	3MF		(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 22)	7	0
18	3MF	Margarete	(2002-08-16) 16 August 2002 (age 19)	5	0	1º de Agosto
20	3MF	Ladaínha	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 29)	5	0
21	3MF	Ana Costa		1	0	1º de Agosto
7	4FW	Alegria	(1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 26)	7	3	Sagrada Esperança
10	4FW	Ngonguinha	(1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 22)	5	1

Recent call-ups[]

• The following players have been called up to a Angola squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK		(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 23)	3	0		2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF		(1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 (age 28)	5	0		v.  Namibia, 10 April 2021
DF	Indira	(2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 21)	4	0	1º de Agosto	v.  Namibia, 10 April 2021
DF		(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 28)	2	0		v.  Namibia, 10 April 2021
DF		(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Sagrada Esperança	v.  Namibia, 10 April 2021
DF	Vanuza	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 19)	1	0	1º de Agosto	v.  Namibia, 10 April 2021
DF			1	0	1º de Agosto	2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF	Henriqueta Serrote		0	0	1º de Agosto	2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF	Lena	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 23)	0	0	1º de Agosto	2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF		(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 22)	2	0	Sagrada Esperança	v.  Namibia, 10 April 2021
MF	Luzala Nsingui	(1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 22)	0	0		v.  Namibia, 10 April 2021
MF			3	1		2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW		(1999-09-03) 3 September 1999 (age 22)	4	0	1º de Agosto	v.  Namibia, 10 April 2021
FW			2	0		2020 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW			1	0		2020 COSAFA Women's Championship

Previous squads[]

COSAFA Women's Championship

• 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship squad
• 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship squad

Records[]

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 7 April 2021.

Honours[]

African Women's Championship

• Semi-Finalist: (1) 1995

COSAFA Women's Championship

• Runners-up: (1) 2008

Regional[]

• COSAFA Women's Championship

Runners-up: 2008

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Did Not Qualify
1999	Did Not Enter
2003	Did Not Qualify
2007
2011
2015	Did Not Enter
2019
2023	To Be Determined
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000
2004
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012
2016
2021
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa Women Cup of Nations[]

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did Not Enter
1995	Semi-Finals	2	0	1	1	4	6
1998	Did Not Enter
2000
2002	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	2	3
2004	Did Not Enter
2006	Did Not Qualify
2008	Did Not Enter
2010	Did Not Qualify
2012	Did Not Enter
2014
2016
2018
2020	Cancelled
Total	Semi Finalist	5	0	3	2	6	9

African Games[]

African Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter
2007	Did Not Qualify
2011
2015	Did Not Enter
2019	Did Not Qualify
2023	To Be Determined
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

See also[]

• Sport in Angola
  • Football in Angola
    • Women's football in Angola
• Angola women's national under-20 football team
• Angola women's national under-17 football team
• Angola men's national football team

References[]

External links[]

• 1995 AWC Results at RSSSF.com
• 2002 AWC Results at RSSSF.com
• 2006 AWC Results at RSSSF.com
• 2007 All Africa Games Results at RSSSF.com
• FIFA page 2010 AWC Results at CAF Preliminary matches for 2011 Women's World Cup