Monday 29 December 2025 – 02:34 AM
The Egyptian national football team continues its preparations to face the Angola national team, as part of its journey in the 35th edition of the African Cup of Nations, which began last Sunday evening and continues until the eighteenth of next January.
Everything you want to know about the Angola national team
The official website of the Football Association reviewed all the information about the Angola national team before the expected confrontation against the Pharaohs, which was as follows: –
The Angolan Federation was founded on August 9, 1979 and joined the African and International Confederation in 1980. The Angola national team ranks eighteenth in Africa and 89th in the world, while the best position in its history was forty-fifth in July 2000, and it currently includes among its ranks Gelson Dala, Mabulolo and Chico Panza.
The Angola national team qualified for the finals of the current edition after topping Group F with 14 points from 4 wins, two draws and no losses, and its stars scored 7 goals against only two goals against them.
The Angola national team began the tournament by losing to South Africa 2-1 in the first round, then they tied with Zimbabwe 1-1 in the second round on Friday afternoon, and the goal was scored by Gilson Dala in the 24th minute.
The Angolan national team had previously faced the Egyptian national team in the African Nations Finals twice, the first at the beginning of the two sides’ journey in the South African 1996 edition, and the Pharaohs prevailed 2-1, then the second date came in the quarter-finals of the 2008 edition in Ghana, and the scenario was repeated and the sons of the Nile prevailed with the same result.
The Angola national team participated in the African Nations Finals 9 times before the current edition, the first in the 20th edition in 1996 in South Africa, and the last in the 34th edition held in Côte d’Ivoire in 2024.
The Black Deer team achieved its best achievements in its last appearance when it reached the quarter-finals after topping the fourth group with 7 points, and then eliminated the Namibia team by three in the eighth final, but it did not withstand the Nigerian giant and lost to a goal by Ademola Lookman in the quarter-finals.
The Angola national team played 31 matches in Alkann, starting against the Egyptian national team in the first round of the first group of the 1996 edition in South Africa, and most recently against Nigeria in the quarter-finals of the 2023 edition, and was able to achieve 7 victories, achieved 13 draws and suffered losses in 11 matches.
