Angola women's national football team

Angola
Nickname(s)Welwitschias
AssociationAngolan Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationCOSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coachSouza Garcia
CaptainNone
Top scorerIrene Gonçalves (33)
Home stadiumOmbaka National Stadium
FIFA codeANG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 148 Steady (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest82 (December 2003)
Lowest149 (December 2023)
First international
 South Africa 3–1 Angola 
(South Africa; 7 January 1995)
Biggest win
 Angola 5–0 Comoros 
(Pretoria, South Africa; 5 October 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Angola 0–6 Zambia 
(Luanda, Angola; 29 November 2023)
 Zambia 6–0 Angola 
(Lusaka, Zambia; 5 December 2023)
African Women's Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1995)
Best resultSemi-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.[citation needed]

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.

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

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