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.

FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986 to 2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Round 1	24	3	0	2	1	1	2
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/20		3	0	2	1	1	2

Angola at Germany 2006

Angola squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 J. Ricardo 2 Airosa 3 Jamba 4 Lebo Lebo 5 Kali 6 Miloy 7 Figueiredo 8 André 9 Mantorras 10 Akwá (c) 11 Mateus 12 Lamá 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 R. Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Titi Buengo 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Mário 23 Abreu Coach: Gonçalves

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 v 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)


ANGOLA:
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


PORTUGAL:
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: Portugal win against World Cup first timers in Group D

Man of the Match:
Luís Figo

Assistant referees:
Wálter Rial
Pablo Fandino
Fourth official:
Kevin Stott
Fifth official:
Chris Strickland

Mexico vs Angola

Mexico v Angola

16 June 2006
21:00

Mexico	0 – 0	Angola
	(Report)

FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)


MEXICO:
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


ANGOLA:
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: Angola hold Mexico to 0-0 draw in Group D

Man of the Match:
João Ricardo

Assistant referees:
Carlos Chandia
Rodrigo González
Fourth official:
Prachya Permpanich
Fifth official:
Eisa Ghoulum

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 v Angola

21 June 2006
16:00

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

Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)


IRAN:
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


ANGOLA:
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: Angola draw 1-1 with Iran in Group D

Man of the Match:
Zé Kalanga

Assistant referees:
Nathan Gibson
Ben Wilson
Fourth official:
Carlos Eugênio Simon
Fifth official:
Aristeu Tavares

References

Countries at the FIFA World Cup

Team appearances Teams with no appearances All-time table

AFC	Australia² China PR Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea 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 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 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.