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
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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| Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | ||
| Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 88 | 66 | |
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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| 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 | 
Angola vs Portugal
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Mexico vs Angola
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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  | 1 – 1 | |
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| Bakhtiarizadeh  | 
(Report) | Flávio  | 
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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 | |






