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.