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Angola National Football Team
The Angola national football team ( pt, Seleção nacional de futebol de Angola) represents Angola in men's international football and is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation. The team made its first appearance in 2006 FIFA World Cup, the team's nickname is Palancas Negras, The team is governing body of Football in Angola in the country, The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). Angola reached its highest FIFA ranking, 45th place, in July 2000. Their greatest accomplishment was qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, as this was their first appearance on the World Cup finals stage. History Angola played their first game against Congo on 8 February 1976, losing 3–2. On 26 June 1977, Cuba became Angola's first non-African opponent when the two countries met in Angola, with Angola winning 1–0. Angola entered World Cup qualifying for the first time in the 1986 qualifying competition. Angola defeated Senegal on penalties in the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angolan Football Federation
The Angolan Football Federation ( pt, Federação Angolana de Futebol, FAF) is the governing body of football in Angola. It was founded in 1979, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1980. It organizes the national football league Girabola and the national team. Angola's first appearance in the FIFA World Cup was in 2006; playing in Group D, losing only 1-0 to Portugal in their first match. Later that year, they successfully bid for the right to host the 2010 African Cup of Nations. See also * Girabola * Gira Angola * Federação Angolana de Basquetebol * Federação Angolana de Andebol References External links Official siteat the FIFA website. Angolaat CAFONLINE. Índice de Comunicados(Portuguese) Sports governing bodies in Angola Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Africa Cup Of Nations
The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the MTN Africa Cup of Nations due to the competition's sponsorship by MTN, was the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football tournament for nations affiliated to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was staged at four venues around Ghana between 20 January and 10 February 2008. This was the last Africa Cup of Nations to use the old CAF logo. Egypt won the tournament, beating Cameroon 1–0 in the final. As winners, they qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup as the CAF representatives. Host selection Bids: * Ghana * Libya * South Africa The organization of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations was awarded to Ghana on 8 July 2004 by the CAF Executive Committee members which are 12 in Cairo, Egypt. Voters had a choice between Ghana and Libya which was disadvantaged by the fact that two countries in the North Africa region had already hosted the last two editions (Tunisia in 2004, and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In Angola
Football is the most popular sport in Angola, The national team (m) qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and many Angolan footballers play internationally, particularly in Portugal and France. Organized games of women's football teams have been known in Angola since 1993, and since 1995, Campeonato Provincial de Luanda has had a league operation in Angola, albeit limited to the province of Luanda. The top male national league is the Girabola. Women's football in Angola is generally suffering from a lack of attention, also through associations and clubs. As a result, there are hardly any multi-faceted league structures, and due to the lack of youth classes, it is not uncommon for 12-year-old girls and almost 40-year-old women to meet in the same game. Due to a lack of training opportunities for women, there is the threat of an over-aging, and thus to an end to women's football in Angola. Angola was a Portuguese colony since the late 15th century, and so it was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Sable Antelope
The giant sable antelope or royal sable antelope (''Hippotragus niger variani''), also known in Portuguese as the ''palanca-negra-gigante'', is a large, rare subspecies of the sable antelope native and endemic to the region between the Cuango and Luando Rivers in Angola. There was a great degree of uncertainty regarding the number of animals that survived during the Angolan Civil War. In January 2004, a group from the Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica of the Catholic University of Angola, led by Dr. Pedro Vaz Pinto, was able to obtain photographic evidence of one of the remaining herds from a series of trap cameras installed in the Cangandala National Park, south of Malanje. The giant sable antelope is the national symbol of Angola, and is held in a great regard by its people. This was perhaps one of the reasons the animals survived the long civil war. In African mythology, just like other antelopes, they symbolize vivacity, velocity, beauty and visual sharpness. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries to the 2006 COSAFA Cup. Format In the first round, 12 teams were divided into 3 groups of 4 teams each. Each group played a knockout tournament. The winners of each group joined Zimbabwe (holders) into the final round. First round Group A Played in Maseru, Lesotho Semi-finals 3rd/4th Places Final * Angola advance to final round ---- Group B Played in Gaborone, Botswana Semi-finals 3rd/4th Places Final * Botswana advance to final round ---- Group C Played in Windhoek, Namibia Semi-finals 3rd/4th Places Final * Zambia advance to final round Final round * Zimbabwe qualified as 2005 COSAFA Cup winner Semi-finals Final Top scorers ;4 goals * Akwá ;2 goals * Mateus * Zé Kalanga * Love * Dube Phiri Dube Phiri (born 16 January 1983) is a Zambian footballer, who currently plays for Red Arrows F.C. Career He played for Angolan club Primeiro de Agosto in 2008, having joined the team in 2007 from Clube Despo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 African Nations Championship Squads
Below is a list of squads used in the 2011 African Nations Championship. Group A Sudan Coach: Mazda SourceSudan Team Gabon Coach: Pierre Aubameyang SourceGabon Team Uganda Coach: Bobby Williamson SourceUganda Team Algeria Coach: Abdelhak Benchikha SourceAlgeria Team Group B Ghana Coach: Herbert Addo SourceGhana Team South Africa Coach: Simon Ngomane South Africa chose a "Developmental" squad which mostly consisted of players from the third tier in South African football. SourceSouth Africa Team Zimbabwe Coach: Madinda Ndlovu SourcesZimbabwe TeamCommuniqué match No.12: Ghana-Zimbabwe Niger Coach: Harouna Doula Gabde SourceNiger Team Group C Congo DR Coach: Jean-Santos Muntubila SourceCongo DR Team Cameroon Coach: Emmanuel N'Doumbé Bosso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries to the 2004 COSAFA Cup. First round Winners of the first round advanced to the quarter-finals. Quarter-Finals The four quarter-finalists of the 2003 edition Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia and Swaziland received byes into quarter-finals. Note: † The match between Swaziland and Zimbabwe was abandoned at 0–5 in 83' following crowd trouble; the result stood. Semi-Finals Final The final was originally planned for two legs but was reduced to one match for unknown reasons. External links Details at RSSSF archives {{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Cosafa Cup COSAFA Cup Cosafa Cup, 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries to the 2001 COSAFA Cup. First round Winners of the first round advanced to the quarter-finals. Quarter-Finals Zimbabwe (holders), Angola, Lesotho, Zambia received byes into quarter-finals. Semi-Finals Final External links Details at RSSSF archives {{DEFAULTSORT:2001 Cosafa Cup COSAFA Cup The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been ... COSAFA Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries to the 1999 COSAFA Cup. Qualifying round First round Winners of the first round advanced to the quarter-finals; losers advanced to the second round. Second round Losers of the first round competed for the remaining two spots for the quarter-finals. Final round Zambia and Zimbabwe received byes to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final External links details at RSSSF archives {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 Cosafa Cup Cosafa Cup, 1999 COSAFA Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries of the 1998 COSAFA Cup The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been ..., the second edition of the tournament. Qualifying round Final round External linksCOSAFA Cup 1998 Detailsat RSSSF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Cosafa Cup Cosafa Cup, 1998 COSAFA Cup International sports competitions hosted by Zambia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COSAFA Cup
The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been staged there in 1996. History The following teams have participated in the tournament in the past: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Additionally, seven non-COSAFA members have competed: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Senegal. Zimbabwe and Zambia have won the most titles with six wins, followed by South Africa with five wins. Zambia has been the most prolific side in the competition failing to reach the top 4 only four times since the tournament's inception. The first editions of the competition were a knockout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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