Luanda — Angolan national soccer team will play this Thursday, in Tokyo, against Japan's Olympic team, in a friendly match under the date of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

The match is schedule to start at 11:15am local time.

For this encounter, the Angolan coach, Oliveira Gonçalves, took 19 players, including nine who play abroad.

Mário, Minguito, Eduardo, Gildo, Santana, Locó, Bena, Lau, Tunga, Amaro, Nuno, Diangi, Manucho, Mendonça, Airosa, Machado, Edson Nobre, Zé Kalanga and Mateus Galiano, are the players selected by Oliveira Gonçalves.

The Angolan squad dubbed "Black Antelopes" will play in the qualifiers to the 2010 World Cup to be staged in South Africa, and to the World Cup, which the country will host in the same year.