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
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Part of Portugal Part of Portugal
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
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 Squad 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 Qualifications in progress 6 1 4 1 4 4
2030 To be determined To be determined
2034
Total Group stage 1/10 3 0 2 1 1 2 — 75 28 28 19 92 70

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

Angola 0–1 Portugal
(Report) Pauleta 4'
Attendance: 45,000
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
Wikinews has related news:

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
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
Wikinews has related news:

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.

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

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

See also

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.