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.
Records
| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Uruguay 1930 | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Italy 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| France 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil 1950 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 1958 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
| England 1966 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| West Germany 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| Argentina 1978 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
| Spain 1982 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico 1986 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Italy 1990 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| United States 1994 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| France 1998 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||
| South Korea Japan 2002 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Germany 2006 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Squad | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |
| South Africa 2010 | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
| Brazil 2014 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Russia 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Qatar 2022 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Canada Mexico United States 2026 | Qualifications in progress | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia 2034 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 73 | 28 | 27 | 18 | 90 | 67 | |
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Angola at Germany 2006
Group D of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
| File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Angola vs Portugal
| Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
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| (Report) | Pauleta File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' |
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Mexico vs Angola
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File:Mexico-Angola line-up.svg |
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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 File:Flag of Iran.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola |
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| Bakhtiarizadeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' | (Report) | Flávio File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' |
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File:Iran-Angola line-up.svg |
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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 |
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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 |