The Palancas are in a difficult position in the WC qualifiers, following their draw with Uganda at home (0-0).
With two games remaining in the group, they need to get a positive result against Benin away from home to stand a realistic chance of qualifying, as well as beating Niger at home.

The last two weeks were very eventful for the Palancas Negras. They played two world cup qualifiers, one against Niger (which they won 2-1) and the other against Uganda (they lost 3-1).
As you might have predicted, the match against Uganda did not go too well with the public and the local media, with the [...]

Angola kicked off their qualifying campaign in style by beating Benin 3-0. The goals were scored by Flavio, Job and Mendonca ( yes, Mendonca scored a goal!).
Mantorras came on for Love in the second half of the match. The striker who had not made an appearance for the national team for a couple of months, [...]

Angola beat Mozambique 1-0 in the first qualifying match for the new African championship.
The goal only came on the 92nd minute and was provided by Love Kabungula. The team did not look very impressive and credit to Mozambique who loooked like they could have sneaked in a goal at any point in the match. Mozambique [...]

The 20-year-old NEC Nijmegen player will turn 21 in September and has to decide whether to represent Angola or to stick to the Dutch team.
Kivuvu would be valuable to the Palancas given his experience, despite a young age. His final decision, could prove to be important for the future of the Angolan National team.
BBC Sport [...]

This new tournament is due to take place in Ivory Coast from February 22 till March 8 in 2009.
The interesting fact about this tournament is that only locally based players will be allowed to take part. It will be a great chance for players in Africa to represent their Nation in a major tournament. It [...]

Goncalves used this match to field some players from the domestic league. Machado and Diangi were also given a debut appearance for the national team.
Japan were the first to score in the 50th minute. Diangi then equalised in the 75th minute.
Few details were disclosed about this match, making it difficult for an analysis to be [...]

The friendly match will take place in Tokyo city on March 26.
Oliveira Goncalves wanted to field home based players only but Japan asked Angola to use at least 10 players from the recently ended AFCON.
This is the selected squad to face Japan and the clubs they represent:
Mario, Minguito and Eduardo (Interclube)
David and Santana (Petro de [...]

Playing for the first time since the AFCON defeat to Egypt ( in which he scored a belter), Manucho seems to have picked up where he left off.
Here is the link to the goal

Luis Oliveira Goncalves has admitted that he is “tracking” around 30 young players performing in European leagues. He feels that it is important to start recruiting now for the World Cup qualification games.
He is absolutely right. He has successfully replaced Akwa with Manucho, and while goalkeeper Lama is not as good as Joao Ricardo [...]