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Angola Hires AFCON-Winning Coach Aliou Cisse on Four-Year Deal

The move signals a long-term rebuild after Angola faltered at the 2025 Cup of Nations finals.

Soccer Football - Africa Cup of Nations - Round of 16 - Senegal v Ivory Coast - Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast - January 29, 2024  Senegal coach Aliou Cisse REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Aliou Cisse won the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal in 2021

Overview

  • Angola’s football federation unveiled Aliou Cisse as head coach in Luanda and said he signed a four-year contract.
  • Cisse takes the job after stepping down as Libya coach following 10 matches in charge.
  • He previously led Senegal from 2015 to 2024 and won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2021.
  • Angola topped qualifying for AFCON 2025 but exited the finals in Morocco, finishing third in Group B with two points and missing out on goals scored.
  • Federation president Alves Simoes cast the hire as a long-term plan for a team ranked 89th that last reached the AFCON quarter-finals in 2008 and 2010 and made its only World Cup in 2006.