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									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	Did not enter								Declined participation
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									8	3	2	3	9	9
2026	To be determined								To be determined
2030
2034
Total	Group stage	1/22	3	0	2	1	1	2	69	27	24	18	88	66

Angola at Germany 2006

Group D of the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Mexico	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Angola	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
Iran	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Angola vs Portugal

11 June 2006

21:00

Angola	0–1	Portugal
	(Report)	Pauleta 4'

FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)


GK	1	João Ricardo
RB	20	Locó	45+3'
CB	3	Jamba	28'
CB	5	Kali
LB	21	Delgado
RM	17	Zé Kalanga		70'
CM	8	André Macanga	52'
CM	7	Figueiredo		80'
CM	11	Mateus
LM	14	Mendonça
CF	10	Akwá (c)		60'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Pedro Mantorras		60'
MF	13	Édson		70'
MF	6	Miloy		80'
Manager:
Luís Oliveira Gonçalves


GK	1	Ricardo
RB	13	Miguel
CB	5	Fernando Meira
CB	16	Ricardo Carvalho
LB	14	Nuno Valente	79'
CM	8	Petit		72'
CM	19	Tiago		83'
AM	7	Luís Figo (c)
RF	17	Cristiano Ronaldo	26'	60'
CF	9	Pauleta
LF	11	Simão
Substitutions:
MF	6	Costinha		60'
MF	18	Maniche		72'
MF	10	Hugo 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

16 June 2006

21:00

Mexico	0–0	Angola
	(Report)

FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)



GK	1	Oswaldo Sánchez
CB	4	Rafael Márquez (c)
CB	5	Ricardo Osorio
CB	3	Carlos Salcido
RM	16	Mario Méndez
CM	8	Pável Pardo
CM	6	Gerardo Torrado
LM	14	Gonzalo Pineda	59'	78'
AM	7	Sinha		52'
CF	19	Omar Bravo
CF	10	Guillermo Franco		74'
Substitutions:
MF	21	Jesus Arellano		52'
FW	17	Francisco Fonseca		74'
MF	11	Ramón Morales		78'
Manager:
Ricardo Lavolpe


GK	1	João Ricardo	86'
RB	20	Locó
CB	3	Jamba
CB	5	Kali
LB	21	Luís Delgado	13'
DM	8	André Macanga	44' 79'
RM	17	Zé Kalanga	50'	83'
CM	11	Mateus		68'
CM	7	Figueiredo		73'
LM	14	Mendonça
CF	10	Akwá (c)
Substitutions:
MF	9	Pedro Mantorras		68'
DF	15	Rui Marques		73'
FW	6	Miloy		83'
Manager:
Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

Man of the Match:
João Ricardo

Assistant referees:
Carlos Chandía (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.

21 June 2006

16:00

Iran	1–1	Angola
Bakhtiarizadeh 75'	(Report)	Flávio 60'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)


GK	1	Ebrahim Mirzapour
RB	13	Hossein Kaebi		67'
CB	3	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
CB	5	Rahman Rezaei
LB	20	Mohammad Nosrati		13'
CM	14	Andranik Teymourian	55'
CM	7	Ferydoon Zandi	90+1'
RW	2	Mehdi Mahdavikia
AM	9	Vahid Hashemian		39'
LW	21	Mehrzad Madanchi	37'
CF	10	Ali Daei (c)
Substitutions:
MF	23	Masoud Shojaei		13'
FW	11	Rasoul Khatibi		39'
FW	15	Arash Borhani		67'
Manager:
Branko Ivanković


GK	1	João Ricardo
RB	20	Loco	22'
CB	3	Jamba
CB	5	Kali
LB	21	Delgado
CM	7	Figueiredo		73'
CM	6	Miloy
RW	17	Zé Kalanga	67'
AM	11	Mateus		23'
LW	14	Mendonça	46'
CF	10	Akwá (c)		51'
Substitutions:
FW	18	Love		23'
FW	16	Flávio		51'
DF	15	Rui 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:

Rank	Player	Matches
1	Akwá	3
	Luís Delgado	3
	Paulo Figueiredo	3
	Jamba	3
	João Ricardo	3
	Kali	3
	Locó	3
	Mateus	3
	António Mendonça	3
	Miloy	3
	Zé Kalanga	3

References

v t e Angola national football team
General	Angolan Football Federation History Managers Achievements
Stadiums	Estádio 11 de Novembro
Stats	Records Most capped players Goalscorers
Results	1976-1999 2000-2019 2020-present
Players	Squads Former squads Players
Competitive records	FIFA World Cup AFCON CHAN African Games COSAFA Cup
World Cup	2006
AFCON	1996 1998 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2019 2023
Rivals	DR Congo
Notable matches	2011 African Nations Championship final
Other Angolan teams	U23 U20 U17 Women WU20 WU17 Futsal Beach soccer

v t e Countries at the FIFA World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia² China Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.