Angola national under-17 football team
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NicknamePalanquinhas
AssociationFederação Angolana de Futebol
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coach
Mario Catala
Mario Catala | |||
| Nickname | Palanquinhas | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federação Angolana de Futebol | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Mario Catala | ||
| Top scorer | Capitá and Pedro António (8 goals) | ||
| Home stadium | Estádio dos Coqueiros | ||
| FIFA code | ANG | ||
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| U-17 Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1997) | ||
| Best result | Third place (2019) | ||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2019) | ||
The Angola national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol.[1] The team competes in the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.
- Africa U-17 Cup of Nations:
- Winners (0):
Tournament Records
FIFA U-17 World Cup
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CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record
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Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record
| Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification record | Africa U-17 Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 4 / 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 |  1995 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |  1997 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |  1999 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |  2001 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 |  2003 | |||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 |  2005 | |||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 |  2007 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 |  2009 | |||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 |  2011 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 |  2013 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 |  2015 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |  2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 |  2019 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 | Withdrew | ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2025 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 71 | 49 | +22 | Total | 14 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 21 | -8 | ||
Current squad
The following players were called up to the squad for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[2]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Rodrigo Tremoço | 11 January 2008 (aged 17) |  Oriental de Lisboa |
| 2 | DF | Lourenço | 28 June 2008 (aged 16) | Petro de Luanda |
| 3 | DF | Marcos Raimundo | 19 June 2008 (aged 16) | AFA |
| 4 | DF | Ivan Manuel | 16 October 2008 (aged 16) | Nacional de Benguela |
| 5 | DF | Galinha | 4 September 2008 (aged 16) | Petro de Luanda |
| 6 | MF | Lucas | 10 July 2008 (aged 16) | AFA |
| 7 | FW | Edilásio | 22 October 2009 (aged 15) | Petro de Luanda |
| 8 | MF | Manelson | 23 June 2009 (aged 15) | AFA |
| 9 | FW | Hugo Luvumbo | 28 October 2009 (aged 15) | G.D. Interclube |
| 10 | MF | Densel Liyun | 17 January 2008 (aged 17) | Real S.C. |
| 11 | MF | Omar Oliveira | 11 April 2008 (aged 16) | AFA |
| 12 | GK | Gelson Dala | 22 September 2009 (aged 15) | Petro de Luanda |
| 13 | FW | Luís Rasgado | 14 May 2008 (aged 16) | Rio Ave F.C. |
| 14 | MF | Jairo Muanha | 15 March 2009 (aged 16) | AFA |
| 15 | DF | Josemar | 26 November 2008 (aged 16) | Petro de Luanda |
| 16 | DF | Jayden Puna | 29 February 2008 (aged 17) |  Houston Dynamo FC |
| 17 | FW | Kalanguinha | 11 July 2009 (aged 15) | Petro de Luanda |
| 18 | FW | Eliseu Francisco | 7 February 2009 (aged 16) | 1° Agosto |
| 19 | FW | Ayase Miguel | 26 February 2008 (aged 17) | C.F. Os Belenenses |
| 20 | MF | Athos Sousa | 9 February 2008 (aged 17) | F.C. Famalicão |
| 21 | MF | Flávio Faustino | 5 March 2008 (aged 17) | Rio Ave F.C. |
| 22 | GK | Luis Alberto | 22 July 2008 (aged 16) | Vitória S.C. |
| 23 | FW | Ginima | 8 October 2010 (aged 14) | 1° Agosto |
