 the angola national football team, nicknamed palancas negras (sable antelopes), is the national team of angola and is controlled by the federaÃ§Ã£o angolana de futebol. angola reached 45th in the fifa rankings in july 2002. their greatest accomplishment was qualifying for the 2006 fifa world cup, as this was their first appearance on the world cup finals stage: they were eliminated after one defeat and two draws in the group stage. ==history== angola played their first game against pr congo on 8 february 1976, losing 3â2. angola qualified for their first africa cup of nations in 1996. they were drawn in group a with south africa, egypt and cameroon. they lost their first two games to egypt and south africa, but managed a 3â3 draw against cameroon. they fi
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