Angola at the Africa Cup of Nations explained

Angola has participated in the Africa Cup of Nations nine times, made their debut in 1996. The country's best achievement is reaching the quarter-finals in 2008, 2010 and 2023. Angola hosted the 2010 edition.

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Year	Round	Position							Squad
1957	Part of Portugal									Part of Portugal
1959
1962
1963
1965
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976	Not affiliated to CAF									Not affiliated to CAF
1978
1980
1982	Did not qualify									2	0	2	0	1	1
1984	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	7	4
1986	Did not enter									Did not enter
1988	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	2	4
1990										4	1	1	2	5	7
1992										6	0	3	3	3	6
1994	Did not enter									Did not enter
1996	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	4	6	Squad	10	6	2	2	17	8
1998	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	5	8	Squad	4	2	0	2	4	4
2000	Did not qualify									8	2	2	4	10	12
2002										8	4	2	2	12	8
2004										4	1	2	1	7	4
2006	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	5	Squad	12	7	3	2	15	9
2008	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	5	4	Squad	6	4	1	1	16	5
2010	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	2	1	6	5	Squad	6	3	1	2	11	8
2012	Group stage	11th	3	1	1	1	4	5	Squad	6	4	0	2	7	5
2013	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad	2	1	0	1	3	3
2015	Did not qualify									6	1	3	2	5	5
2017	Did not qualify									6	1	2	3	7	8
2019	Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	1	2	Squad	6	4	0	2	9	6
2021	Did not qualify									6	1	1	4	4	7
2023	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	9	4	Squad	6	2	3	1	6	5
2025	Qualified									Qualifications in progress
2027	To be determined									To be determined
2029	To be determined									To be determined
Total			31	7	13	11	39	43	—	106	48	29	39	151	119