{"id":98895,"date":"2026-04-14T10:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/minjud-and-faf-align-for-international-sports-projection"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:29:39","slug":"minjud-and-faf-align-for-international-sports-projection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/minjud-and-faf-align-for-international-sports-projection","title":{"rendered":"Minjud and FAF Align for International Sports Projection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Angolan Football Federation (FAF) are aligned in placing Angola among the best football teams internationally, according to the minister Rui Falca\u0303o.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The official was speaking on Monday afternoon, at the end of an audience granted to the new national football coach, the Senegalese Aliou Cisse\u0301, with whom he hopes Angola can present a strong playing style to compete with teams on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that there are expectations, and that they are working with the Federation to achieve the objectives, which include qualifying for the 2030 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have the image of other sports in the country and we want to make our football grow in the continental ranking&#8221;, he stressed, considering it a great satisfaction to have Aliou Cisse\u0301 as coach of the &#8220;Palancas Negras&#8221;, after being known as an athlete.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rui Falca\u0303o, during the meeting, the ministry&#8217;s thoughts and objectives were conveyed to the selector, as well as the willingness to help the technician in everything within MINJUD&#8217;s reach, to develop smooth work.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that the goal is the next World Cup, in 2030, to be held simultaneously in Spain, Morocco and Portugal, and to achieve this, the FAF needs the support of the Angolan State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an extremely fruitful relationship with the federation and we work together practically every day, naturally focused on the objectives we have outlined,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Next September marks the start of the qualifying campaign for the African Cup of Nations (CAN&#8217;2027) to be held in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>In their last participation in CAN&#8217;2025, in January of this year, the Palancas Negras were eliminated in the group stage, in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Angolan Football Federation (FAF) are aligned in placing Angola among the best football teams internationally, according to the minister Rui Falca\u0303o. The official was speaking on Monday afternoon, at the end of an audience granted to the new national football coach, the Senegalese Aliou [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-98895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-angola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minjud and FAF Align for International Sports Projection - Angola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/minjud-and-faf-align-for-international-sports-projection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minjud and FAF Align for International Sports Projection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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