The Angola national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Angola and is controlled by the Angolan Football Federation.[1] The team competes in the African U-20 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every four years.
| Nickname(s) | Palanquinhas | ||
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| Association | Angolan Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach |  Samy Matias | ||
| Home stadium | Estádio dos Coqueiros | ||
| FIFA code | ANG | ||
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| African U-20 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 13 (first in 1983) | ||
| Best result | 1st (2001) | ||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2001) | ||
Honours edit
- African U-21 Championship:
- Winners (1): 2001
Tournament Records edit
FIFA U-20 World Cup record edit
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||||||||
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| Appearances: 1 / 20 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
 2001 |
1/16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
 2003 to 2023 |
did not qualify | ||||||||
 2025 |
to be determined | ||||||||
| Total | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
CAF U-20 Championship record edit
| CAF U-20 Championship | |||||||||
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| Appearances: 0 / 11 | |||||||||
| 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
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 1995 |
Second | – | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 |
 1997 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1999 |
Group | – | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -4 |
 2001 |
Gold | – | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
 2003 |
First | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
 2005 |
Group | – | 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 |
| Total | - | - | 56 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 75 | 88 | -13 |
Current squad edit
The following players were called for the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification against Malawi on 13 May 2018.[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Júlio da Costa | 3 November 1999 |
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| 12 | GK | Teodoro Tchissingui Beny | 20 February 2000 | Recreativo da Caála
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| 3 | DF | Miguel Daniel Tó Zé | 28 January 2000 | A.F.A.
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| 4 | DF | Moisés Amor | 28 February 2000 | Académica do Lobito
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| 13 | DF | José Venâncio de Oliveira | 31 December 2000 |
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| 16 | DF | Daniel Kilola Danilson | 6 July 1999 | Petro de Luanda
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| 17 | DF | Paulo Bravo Rafa | 11 September 2000 | Kabuscorp
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| 2 | MF | Bráulio Manuel | 14 September 1999 |
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| 5 | MF | Arilson Jorge Ayson | 13 May 1999 | Progresso
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| 6 | MF | António Baptista | 14 March 2000 |
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| 7 | MF | Vanilson Zeu | 20 March 1999 | 1º de Agosto
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| 8 | MF | Edivaldo Quinanga Jamanta | 30 July 1999 | 1º de Maio
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| 11 | MF | João Mucuia | 8 September 1999 | A.F.A.
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| 14 | MF | Pedro Agostinho | 17 June 1998 | Petro de Luanda
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| 9 | FW | Jelson Mivo | 21 April 2000 | 1º de Agosto
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| 10 | FW | Chabalala | 23 September 1999 | Académica do Lobito
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| 15 | FW | Adão Cassule Coxe | 8 May 1999 | Real Sambila
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| 18 | FW | Camilo Ngongue | 6 April 2000 | Académica do Lobito
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Recent callups edit
The following players have been called up in the last twelve months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Palanquinhas leave for Cote d'Ivoire". ANGOP.com. 24 Sep 2014. Retrieved 17 Jun 2016.
- ^ "Angola - Gabon". CAFOnline. Retrieved 11 Jul 2016.