Angola women's national football team

Angola

Nickname(s)	Welwitschias
Association	Angolan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	COSAFA (Southern Africa)
Head coach	Souza Garcia
Captain	None
Top scorer	Irene Gonçalves (33)
Home stadium	Ombaka National Stadium
FIFA code	ANG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	152 1 (7 August 2025)[1]
Highest	82 (December 2003)
Lowest	151 (December 2024 – June 2025)
First international
South Africa 3–1   (South Africa; 7 January 1995)
Biggest win
5–0 Comoros  (Pretoria, South Africa; 5 October 2023)
Biggest defeat
0–6 Zambia  (Luanda, Angola; 29 November 2023)  Zambia 6–0   (Lusaka, Zambia; 5 December 2023)
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 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.

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.

Angola played their first game against South Africa on 7 January 1995, losing 3–1.

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 7 January 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.

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.

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.

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.

The Welwitschias debuted on the Olympic 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.

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,^[2] 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.

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.

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

Angola did not enter for the 2014 African Women's Championship/2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers, which was held in Namibia in Autumn 2014.

The Angola women's national football team plays their home matches on the Estádio Nacional de Ombaka.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or Postponement   Fixture

Zambia  v  

24 October 2024 (2024-10-24) 2024 COSAFA WC GS	Zambia	3–0		Ibhayi, South Africa
12:00 UTC+2	Ochumba 30' Namasiku 47' Chanda 72'	Report		Stadium: Isaac Wolfson Stadium Referee: Grace Gimo (Zimbabwe)

  v  Comoros

27 October 2024 (2024-10-27) 2024 COSAFA WC GS		1–3	Comoros	Gqeberha, South Africa
12:00 UTC+2	Ponda 57'	Report	Chanfi 2' Ahamada 25' Al. Saïd 49'	Stadium: Madibaz Stadium Referee: Thanks Nyahuye (Zimbabwe)

  v  Zimbabwe

20 February 2025 (2025-02-20) 2026 WAFCON qualifying		2–1	Zimbabwe	Luanda, Angola
16:00 UTC+1	Ary Papel 1', 73'	Report	Mucherera 17'	Stadium: Estádio Joaquim Dinis

Zimbabwe  v  

26 February 2025 (2025-02-26) 2026 WAFCON qualifying	Zimbabwe	2–1 (3–3 agg.) (4–5 p)		Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Chinyerere 35' Katona 44'	Report	Ary Papel 78'	Stadium: Lucas Moripe Stadium Referee: Aline A Etong (Cameroon)
	Penalties
	Ncube Chirandu Kaitano Kanyai Magwede		Cristina Margareth Ketcha Docarsia Ngonguinha
Note: 3–3 on aggregate. Angola won 5–4 on penalties.

Statistics correct as of 23 June 2014

Opponent	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
Eswatini	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Zimbabwe	7	1	3	3	4	8	−4
Total	31	11	8	12	46	48	−2

As of January 2025

• Lurdes Lutonda (??–2021)
• Souza Garcia(2021-2024)
• Maniho Lóide Feliz(2024–present)

• The following is the Provisional called up for the 2026 WAFCON qualifying First round named on 14 February 2025.^[3]
• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 7 April 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Maria Muecália	(2006-08-03) 3 August 2006	Petro de Luanda
12	1GK	Sandrinha António		1º de Agosto
4	2DF	Cátia Alves	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005	1º de Agosto
6	2DF	Helena Ecundi	(2005-03-23) 23 March 2005	João de Almeida
3	2DF	Henriqueta Luanda		1º de Agosto
3	2DF	Manuela Simão	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002	CD Terra Nova
18	2DF	Margarete Salvador (Captain)	(2002-08-16) 16 August 2002	1º de Agosto
5	2DF	Matondo Matuvova	(2002-04-19) April 19, 2002	CD 1º de Agosto
19	3MF	Ana Costa	(2001-10-30) 30 October 2001	1º de Agosto
19	3MF	Edmara José		1º de Agosto
14	3MF	Nety Bah	(2000-06-02) 2 June 2000	Petro de Luanda
13	4FW	Ivone Nhanga	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002	Malanje Sport Clube
21	3MF	Paulina Sambo	(1996-12-04) 4 December 1996	Nacional de Benguela
2	3MF	Rufina Pedro	(2004-09-08) 8 September 2004	Petro de Luanda
22	3MF	Sara Luvunga	(1999-09-12) 12 September 1999	TP Mazembe
8	3MF	Teresa Evaristo	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999	Sporting De Catabola
17	4FW	Arminda Lopes	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999	4 de Junho
23	4FW	Candida Gunza		1º de Agosto
7	4FW	Cristina Makua	(1995-05-14) 14 May 1995	1º de Agosto
20	3MF	Domingas Luís	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005	Petro de Luanda
16	4FW	Maria Viera	(2007-08-17) 17 August 2007	Carmona SC
9	4FW	Ruth Lopes	(2006-03-29) 29 March 2006	1º de Agosto
10	3MF	Zeferina Caupe	(1999-07-11) 11 July 1999	1º de Agosto

• The following players have been called up to an Angola squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Rita José	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998	-	-	4 de Junho	2024 COSAFA Women's Championship
DF	Emacleny Lando	(2002-12-27) December 27, 2002			Terra Novo	v.  Zambia, 5 December 2023
DF	Vanuza Francisco	(2002-07-24) July 24, 2002			CD 1º de Agosto	v.  Zambia, 5 December 2023
DF	Helena Malungo	(2005-10-08) 8 October 2005	-	-	Petro de Luanda	2024 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF	Gullhermina sachlmola	(2003-10-25) October 25, 2003			Nacional BenguelaNacional Benguela	v.  Zambia, 5 December 2023
MF	Paulina Nsumbo	(1996-12-04) December 4, 1996			Nacional Benguela	v.  Zambia, 5 December 2023
MF	Arminda lopes	(1996-12-10) December 10, 1996			4 de Junho	v.  Zambia, 5 December 2023
MF	Rosa Ngueve Jamba	(1996-09-07) September 7, 1996			Glorioso FC	v.  Zambia, 5 December 2023
MF	Victoria Fernando	(2002-06-02) June 2, 2002			CD 1º de Agosto	v.  Zambia, 5 December 2023
MF	Ladaínha Silyomunu Haufiku	(1992-03-04) March 4, 1992			Atletico Cunene	v.  Zambia, 5 December 2023
MF	Simba Ngoy	(1993-04-07) 7 April 1993	-	-	Petro de Luanda	2024 COSAFA Women's Championship
MF	Maria Ponda	(2004-04-03) 3 April 2004	-	-	1º de Agosto	2024 COSAFA Women's Championship
FW	Celma Messi
FW	Patricia Seteco	(1992-09-26) 26 September 1992	-	-	ALG Spor	2024 COSAFA Women's Championship

COSAFA Women's Championship

• 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship squad
• 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship squad
• 2022 COSAFA Women's Championship squad
• 2023 COSAFA Women's Championship squad

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 7 April 2021.

African Women's Championship

• Semi-Finalist: (1) 1995

COSAFA Women's Championship

• Runners-up: (1) 2008

• COSAFA Women's Championship

Runners-up: 2008

FIFA Women's World Cup record
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
2023	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
2031	To be determined
2035	To be determined
Total	0/12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did Not Enter
2000
2004
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016
2021
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
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
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
2018
2020	Cancelled
2022	Did not qualify
2024	Did not qualify
Total	Semi Finalist	5	0	3	2	6	9

African Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2003	Did Not Enter
2007	Did not qualify
2011
2015	Did Not Enter
2019	Did not qualify
2023	To Be Determined
Total	0/6	0	0	0	0	0	0

COSAFA Women's Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
2002	did not enter
2006	Group stage
2008	-
2011	did not enter
2017
2018
2019
2020	Group stage	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
2021	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2
2023	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2
Total	Group stage	9	2	3	4	13	14	−1

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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• 2007 All Africa Games Results at RSSSF.com
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