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 | width=1% rowspan=41 | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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1930 | Part of | Part of | ||||||||||||||
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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 | 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 |
Group D of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Goals for" | GF | width=20 abbr="Goals against" | GA | width=20 abbr="Goal difference" | GD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | ||||||||||
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | ||||||||||
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | ||||||||||
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
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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) |
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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) |
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.
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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) |
No less than eleven players have been fielded on all three occasions, making them record World Cup players for their country:
Rank | Player | Matches |
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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 | |