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	151 3 (13 December 2024)[1]
Highest	82 (December 2003)
Lowest	151 (December 2024)
First international
South Africa 3–1 Angola  (South Africa; 7 January 1995)
Biggest win
Angola 5–0 Comoros  (Pretoria, South Africa; 5 October 2023)
Biggest defeat
Angola 0–6 Zambia  (Luanda, Angola; 29 November 2023)  Zambia 6–0 Angola  (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.^{[citation needed]}

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.