In a recent interview, Almeida admitted that the Angolan technical team will start scouting for players in Europe.
The technical team will spend 2 weeks in Europe scouting for players. Almeida claimed that the focus will be on the defence, midfield and the goalkeeping positions.
If Almeida and his team get hold of one decent central defenders [...]

There are still many Angolan players in Europe that are unknown to the people in Angola. The Angolan FA (FAF) needs to step up and start approaching these players.
Luwamo Garcia (born 1 May 1985) is a midfielder, who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk (Dutch league)
Antonio Correia (born 22 October 1983)- striker – FC Inter [...]

Mabi de Almeida was confirmed as the permanent replacement for Oliveira Goncalves earlier this week.
His coaching staff will include Zeca Amaral (Benfica de Luanda manager- will also manage the under-23 national team) and Akwa.
Almeida has no experience as a manager, aside from the past 2 games were he took charge as interim manager (a [...]

Heavy rain spoiled what could have been a very interesting match. The end result of the heavy rain was a string of terrible misses by both sides.
The first opportunity of the match fell to Manucho but he could do no better than hit the side netting. The “Vino Tinto” responded with an effort that stretched [...]

The Angolan FA has announced that the National Team will play 10 friendly games before the Nations Cup in 2010.
The first match will be against Venezuela on November 19 in Caracas.
The FA have also announced that they will introduce the new manager by November. They are supposedly looking for a manager with high experience and [...]

Let’s be honest and admit that when Kali and Rui Marques are not playing as central defenders for the Palancas, the team looks incredibly fragile.
Loco still has a lot to learn (and he still has time- but it’s running out) but the biggest worry is Jamba. It is hard to believe that the Angolan [...]

The next Angolan coach will have a difficult task ahead of him. The next competitive match that Angola will play will be the first group match of the AFCON- But the scariest thing for the new manager is that the team is expected to at least get to the semi-finals. Is there a clearer example [...]

Angola beat Niger on Sunday but still failed to reach the final phase of the World Cup qualification.
The match kicked-off 2 hours later than the Benin v Uganda match in Kampala. The Palancas had no chance of going through by the time their match started meaning that the match was only significant to Uganda, who [...]

Mabi de Almeida has made his first selection since taking over from Oliveira Goncalves. Here is a list of the selected players:

Oliveira Goncalves has been sacked from his role as Angolan national team manager.
Goncalves transformed the Angolan national team when he took charge in 2003.
Having lost the first leg of the World Cup qualifier preliminary stage to Chad by 3-1 in 2003, the Angolan FA (FAF) appointed Goncalves in place of the Brazilian Ismael Kurtz. Goncalves [...]