Angola at the FIFA World Cup

Angola have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2006, since becoming a member of FIFA in 1980. They were eliminated in the Group Stage after a defeat by Portugal and two draws with Mexico and Iran. In their last match, Flávio scored Angola's first and only goal of the tournament.

FIFA World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Part of  Portugal Part of  Portugal
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978 Did not enter Declined participation
1982
1986 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 3 4
1990 8 2 3 3 8 8
1994 5 1 2 2 3 4
1998 8 4 4 0 12 5
2002 10 5 4 1 19 10
2006 Group stage 23rd 3 0 2 1 1 2 12 7 3 2 15 9
2010 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 11 8
2014 6 1 4 1 7 5
2018 2 0 0 2 1 4
2022 To be determined To be determined
2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Group stage 1/21 3 0 2 1 1 2 61 24 22 15 79 57

Angola at Germany 2006

Group D of the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 330051+49
 Mexico 311143+14
 Angola 302112−12
 Iran 301226−41

Angola vs Portugal
Angola 0 – 1 Portugal
(Report) Pauleta  4'
Attendance: 45,000

ANGOLA:
GK1João Ricardo
RB20Locó 45+3'
CB3Jamba 28'
CB5Kali
LB21Delgado
RM17Zé Kalanga 70'
CM8André Macanga 52'
CM7Figueiredo 80'
CM11Mateus
LM14Mendonça
CF10Akwá (c) 60'
Substitutions:
FW9Pedro Mantorras 60'
MF13Édson 70'
MF6Miloy 80'
Manager:
Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

PORTUGAL:
GK1Ricardo
RB13Miguel
CB5Fernando Meira
CB16Ricardo Carvalho
LB14Nuno Valente 79'
CM8Petit 72'
CM19Tiago 83'
AM7Luís Figo (c)
RF17Cristiano Ronaldo 26' 60'
CF9Pauleta
LF11Simão
Substitutions:
MF6Costinha 60'
MF18Maniche 72'
MF10Hugo Viana 83'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Luís Figo

Assistant referees:
Wálter Rial (Uruguay)
Pablo Fandino (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Kevin Stott (United States)
Fifth official:
Chris Strickland (United States)

Mexico vs Angola
Mexico 0 – 0 Angola
(Report)
Attendance: 43,000

MEXICO:
GK1Oswaldo Sánchez
CB4Rafael Márquez (c)
CB5Ricardo Osorio
CB3Carlos Salcido
RM16Mario Méndez
CM8Pável Pardo
CM6Gerardo Torrado
LM14Gonzalo Pineda 59' 78'
AM7Sinha 52'
CF19Omar Bravo
CF10Guillermo Franco 74'
Substitutions:
MF21Jesus Arellano 52'
FW17Francisco Fonseca 74'
MF11Ramón Morales 78'
Manager:
Ricardo Lavolpe

ANGOLA:
GK1João Ricardo 86'
RB20Locó
CB3Jamba
CB5Kali
LB21Luís Delgado 13'
DM8André Macanga 44'  79'
RM17Zé Kalanga 50' 83'
CM11Mateus 68'
CM7Figueiredo 73'
LM14Mendonça
CF10Akwá (c)
Substitutions:
MF9Pedro Mantorras 68'
DF15Rui Marques 73'
FW6Miloy 83'
Manager:
Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

Man of the Match:
João Ricardo

Assistant referees:
Carlos Chandia (Chile)
Rodrigo González (Chile)
Fourth official:
Prachya Permpanich (Thailand)
Fifth official:
Eisa Ghoulum (United Arab Emirates)

Iran vs Angola

Flávio got the opening goal of the game and Angola's only goal of the tournament when he headed home after a cross from the right in the 60th minute.

Iran 1 – 1 Angola
Bakhtiarizadeh  75' (Report) Flávio  60'
Attendance: 38,000

IRAN:
GK1Ebrahim Mirzapour
RB13Hossein Kaebi 67'
CB3Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
CB5Rahman Rezaei
LB20Mohammad Nosrati 13'
CM14Andranik Teymourian 55'
CM7Ferydoon Zandi 90+1'
RW2Mehdi Mahdavikia
AM9Vahid Hashemian 39'
LW21Mehrzad Madanchi 37'
CF10Ali Daei (c)
Substitutions:
MF23Masoud Shojaei 13'
FW11Rasoul Khatibi 39'
FW15Arash Borhani 67'
Manager:
Branko Ivanković

ANGOLA:
GK1João Ricardo
RB20Loco 22'
CB3Jamba
CB5Kali
LB21Delgado
CM7Figueiredo 73'
CM6Miloy
RW17Zé Kalanga 67'
AM11Mateus 23'
LW14Mendonça 46'
CF10Akwá (c) 51'
Substitutions:
FW18Love 23'
FW16Flávio 51'
DF15Rui Marques 73'
Manager:
Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

Man of the Match:
Zé Kalanga

Assistant referees:
Nathan Gibson (Australia)
Ben Wilson (Australia)
Fourth official:
Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
Fifth official:
Aristeu Tavares (Brazil)

Record players

No less than eleven players have been fielded on all three occasions, making them record World Cup players for their country:

No. Name Matches
1 Akwá3
Luís Delgado3
Paulo Figueiredo3
Jamba3
João Ricardo3
Kali3
Locó3
Mateus3
António Mendonça3
Miloy3
Zé Kalanga3
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