Angola women's national football team

Angola

Nickname(s)

Welwitschias

Association

Federação Angolana de Futebol

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Sub-confederation

COSAFA (Southern Africa)

Head coach

Manuel Augusto

Captain

None

Top scorer

Irene Gonçalves (33)

Home stadium

Ombaka National Stadium

FIFA code

ANG

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

NR (26 August 2016)

Highest

82 (December 2003)

Lowest

148 (September 2015)

First international

South Africa 3–1 Angola

(South Africa; January 7, 1995)

Biggest win

Angola 4–0 Mozambique

(Malanje, Angola; May 3, 2008)

Biggest defeat

South Africa 6–2 Angola

(Johannesburg, South Africa; February 1, 2004)

South Africa 4–0 Angola

(Johannesburg, South Africa; February 4, 2007)

World Cup

Appearances

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 Federação Angolana de Futebol. Their best place on the FIFA Rankings was the 82nd place, on 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

Angola played their first game against South Africa on January 7, 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 January 7, 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 Olympics 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,^[1] 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.

Competition records

Achievements

African Women's Championship Semi-Finalist: 1

1995

COSAFA Women's Championship Runners-up: 1

2008

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
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	To Be Determined
Total	0/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Women's Championship record

African Women's Championship
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	Did Not Enter
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
Total	Semi Finalist	5	0	3	2	6	9

Olympics record

Summer Olympics
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000
2004
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012
2016
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Africa Games record

All-Africa Games
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter
2007	Did Not Qualify
2011	Did Not Qualify
2015	Did Not Enter
2019	To Be Determined
Total	0/5	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matches

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Competition
January 7, 1995	South Africa	L	1–3	1995 African Championship
January 21, 1995	South Africa	D	3–3	1995 African Championship
July 2, 2002	São Tomé and Príncipe	W	4–2	Friendly
August 11, 2002	Equatorial Guinea	W	3–0	2002 AWC qualification
August 24, 2002	Equatorial Guinea	W	3–1	2002 AWC qualification
September 22, 2002	DR Congo	W	1–0	2002 AWC qualification
October 11, 2002	DR Congo	L	0–1 (5–4 PSO)	2002 AWC qualification
December 8, 2002	Zimbabwe	D	1–1	2002 African Championship
December 11, 2002	South Africa	D	1–1	2002 African Championship
December 14, 2002	Cameroon	L	0–1	2002 African Championship
October 26, 2003	Zimbabwe	D	0–0	Friendly
November 8, 2003	Zimbabwe	W	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Friendly
February 1, 2004	South Africa	L	2–6	Friendly
February 14, 2004	South Africa	W	3–2	Friendly
March 12, 2006	Equatorial Guinea	W	3–2	2006 AWC qualification
March 26, 2006	Equatorial Guinea	L	1–3	2006 AWC qualification
August 22, 2006	Zimbabwe	L	1–3	COSAFA Cup
August 24, 2006	Zimbabwe	L	0–1	COSAFA Cup
October 27–29, 2006	Tanzania	W	w/o	2008 OG qualification
January 21, 2007	South Africa	W	3–2	2007 AAG qualification
February 4, 2007	South Africa	L	0–4	2007 AAG qualification
February 17, 2007	Ghana	L	1–2	2008 OG qualification
March 11, 2007	Ghana	L	0–2	2008 OG qualification
May 3, 2008	Mozambique	W	4–0	Friendly
May 4, 2008	Swaziland	W	2–0	Friendly
May 6, 2008	Namibia	W	3–0	Friendly
March 7, 2010	Namibia	L	1–2	2010 AWC qualification
March 21, 2010	Namibia	D	1–1	2010 AWC qualification
January 15, 2011	Namibia	D	2–2	2012 OG qualification
January 29, 2011	Namibia	D	0–0	2012 OG qualification
May 1, 2011	Zimbabwe	D	1–1	2011 AAG qualification
May 15, 2011	Zimbabwe	L	0–2	2011 AAG qualification

Angola all-time record

Correct as of June 23, 2014

Against	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
Swaziland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Zimbabwe	7	1	3	3	4	8	-4
Total	31	11	8	12	46	48	−2

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

National women's football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar^†

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members	Réunion^†

^†Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Football in Angola

Angolan Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Girabola Gira Angola Angolan Third Division

Women	League Campeonatos Provinciais

Domestic cups

Men	Taça de Angola Supertaça de Angola

Women	Taça de Angola Supertaça de Angola Taça Março Mulher

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

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