Angola national under-20 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Angola women's national under-20 football team.

Angola U-20

Nickname	Palanquinhas
Association	Angolan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Samy Matias
Home stadium	Estádio dos Coqueiros
FIFA code	ANG
First colours Second colours
African U-20 Championship
Appearances	13 (first in 1983)
Best result	Winners (2001)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2001)
Best result	Round of 16 (2001)

The Angola national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Angola and is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation. The team competes in the African U-20 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every four years.

Honours

• African U-20 Championship:
  • Winners (1): 2001
• Losofonia Games:
  • Runner-Up in 2006
  • Third place in 2009

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D1	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	3	4
2003	Did not qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025
2027	To be determined
Total	1/25	4	1	2	1	3	4

CAF U-20 Championship record

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 3 / 24
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1979	did not participate
1981
1983	First	–	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2
1985	First	–	4	1	0	3	2	7	-5
1987	did not participate
1989	Preliminary	–	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1
1991	did not participate
1993
1995	Second	–	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4
1997	did not participate
1999	Group stage	–	7	4	0	3	14	18	-4
2001	Champions	–	9	5	2	2	20	8	+12
2003	First	–	2	1	0	1	2	5	-3
2005	Group stage	–	7	2	2	3	7	6	+1
2007	First	–	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
2009	First	–	2	1	0	1	2	5	-3
2011	First	–	2	1	0	1	2	5	-3
2013	First	–	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
2015	Second	–	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3
2017	Third	–	4	1	0	3	3	6	-3
2019	Second	–	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2
2021		-	4	2	0	2	6	3	+3
2023		-	5	2	0	3	15(4)	4(7)	+11
2025		-	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Total	-	-	69	28	8	32	98	97	+1

Starting with the 2011 edition qualification has been done. Starting with the 2021 edition, qualification has been done by regional phases.

COSAFA U-20 Cup record

COSAFA U-20 Cup
Appearances: 6 / 6
Year	Position	G	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
2017	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2
2018	Third place	5	2	2	1	7	3	+4
2019		5	4	0	1	18	5	+13
2020		4	2	0	2	6	3	+3
2022	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	15(4)	4(7)	+11
2024	Semi finals	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2

Current squad

The following players were called for the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification against Malawi on 13 May 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Júlio da Costa	(1999-11-03) 3 November 1999
12	1GK	Teodoro Tchissingui Beny	(2000-02-20) 20 February 2000			Recreativo da Caála
3	2DF	Miguel Daniel Tó Zé	(2000-01-28) 28 January 2000			A.F.A.
4	2DF	Moisés Amor	(2000-02-28) 28 February 2000			Académica do Lobito
13	2DF	José Venâncio de Oliveira	(2000-12-31) 31 December 2000
16	2DF	Daniel Kilola Danilson	(1999-07-06) 6 July 1999			Petro de Luanda
17	2DF	Paulo Bravo Rafa	(2000-09-11) 11 September 2000			Kabuscorp
2	3MF	Bráulio Manuel	(1999-09-14) 14 September 1999
5	3MF	Arilson Jorge Ayson	(1999-05-13) 13 May 1999			Progresso
6	3MF	António Baptista	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000
7	3MF	Vanilson Zeu	(1999-03-20) 20 March 1999			1º de Agosto
8	3MF	Edivaldo Quinanga Jamanta	(1999-07-30) 30 July 1999			1º de Maio
11	3MF	João Mucuia	(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999			A.F.A.
14	3MF	Pedro Agostinho	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998			Petro de Luanda
9	4FW	Jelson Mivo	(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000			1º de Agosto
10	4FW	Chabalala	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999			Académica do Lobito
15	4FW	Adão Cassule Coxe	(1999-05-08) 8 May 1999			Real Sambila
18	4FW	Camilo Ngongue	(2000-04-06) 6 April 2000			Académica do Lobito

See also

• Angola national under-17 football team
• Angola national football team