Angola coach Pedro Gonçalves has set his sights on qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The AFCON 2025 tournament will be held in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026.
Angola have been drawn in Group F alongside Ghana, Sudan, and Niger. With the qualifiers set to commence in September, Gonçalves is confident in his team’s ability to secure a place in the prestigious tournament. “We believe that Angola has the potential to reach the Final Stage and that is a great goal that we have, which is to be present in all the major national team competitions’’ he told CAFOnline.
The Portuguese tactician highlighted the team’s growth and performance in the previous AFCON as a foundation for their ambitions. “AFCON is a very important competition and we have seen our growth with the national team that revealed our performance in the last edition. Therefore, within our reach and with our resources, we will do everything to excel and be present in the Morocco in 2025”
On Ghana, a formidable opponent, Gonçalves said “They are the third with the best ranking, 4 titles and 24 participations, a very powerful team full of talents and with whom we recently played in the previous AFCON qualification, therefore, we know well the power which, despite ending up little lower than their expectations at the last AFCON, Ghana is still a very powerful team.”
Angola’s qualifying journey begins with a challenging match against Ghana at the Baba Yara Stadium on September 5.
