Angola Football Blog

Undefeated Angola should go into their quarter final with Ghana with confidence following recent performances.
 
The Angolan’s finished in top spot in Group A courtesy of a 4-4 draw with Mali, a 2-0 victory over Malawi and o-o draw with Algeria and can approach the match with realistic hopes of progression to the semi-finals for the [...]

Angola look to continued their winning form and qualify for their second successive knockout round as they take on their biggest threat Algeria.
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Angola have had a partly successful start to the season campaign with a 4-4 and a 2-0 on their belt but they will be looking to at least take a point from [...]

Angola look to come back from their miraculous draw in the opening game of the ACN against Mali
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Angola were looking to start their African Cup Of Nations campaign with a win and their ideal outcome was likely to happen as the Black Antelopes were four goals ahead of Mali, but for sensational comeback from The [...]

Angola tonight have made up for throwing away a four-goal lead against Mali in their opening game by beating Malawi 2-0 to move top of Group A .  
Two goals early in the second half from strikers Flavio and Manucho settled the game and brought the whole three points the hosts way. Flavio scored his third [...]

Mali came from four goals down to earn a sensational draw with the hosts in the opening game of the African Nations Cup, on Sunday. Despite being ahead for seventy nine minutes, Angola let a four goal lead drop in the final third of the game.
Manuel Jose’s men went ahead in the thirty seventh minute [...]

Like the home shirt, Angola’s African Cup Of Nations away shirt is unlike any other before it. The Black Antelope’s new away shirt has a retro three colour strip across its yellow centre. The Dominantly yellow shirt, which features both metallic and regular yellow material, is to be manufactured by Puma.  In addition, the away [...]

Like every host nation’s dream, Angola’s wish will be to kick start the competition off with three points in their bag.
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Since the appointment of Manuel Jose in May 2009, The Black Antelopes have experienced a bad run of form with only two wins in ten matches and a goal per match ratio of less than [...]

With the ANC only days away, the host nation Angola have released their home jersey and what a jersey it is. The Puma manufactured shirt, which has a black and yellow strip vertically across the middle, also features the famous black antelope on the left shoulder.  In addition, the dark red shirt also features an [...]

When The Black Antelopes declared their twenty three man squad, there were no surprises even with an uncapped player in the team (Wilson Alegre). Manuel Jose featured a vast age range of Angolan talent including the experienced forward Manucho who plays for the Spanish club Real Valladolid and home grown stopper Lama.
Despite there being more [...]

After a successful stint in the 2008 African cup of nations, Angola were awarded the rights to host the tournament for the first time in its twenty six year history.  Angola, who have only featured in the competition four times, preceded to the quarter finals in 2008.
Manuel Jose’s men have been booked at twenty one [...]