Angola, the group D team along with Mexico,
Iran and Portugal, succeeded to qualify for the FIFA World Cup
Finals in its sixth attempt in a span of 21 years. The team signed
up for the qualifying rounds for the first time in 1986 and failed
narrowly against Algeria. Later, four years after, they were beaten
by Cameroon. A single victory against Togo in the next round again
shattered their dreams. The four victories in 1998 was insufficient
to keep their finals dream alive.
In subsequent years, Angola's performance improved. They had 7-1
victory against Swaziland in 2000 but was behind Cameroon in the
qualifying group. This time, its a time for them to celebrate. They
battled their way against Chad in the preliminary qualifiers and
made their dreams come true.
During the preliminary match, the Angolans suffered a shocking 3-1
defeat in November 2003. The Brazilian Coach Ismael Kurtz was
dismissed and the team was lead by Captain Akwa under the guidance
of new coach Goncalves. With this win the Angolan entered the Group
stage and were placed in Group 4 alongside Nigeria, Algeria, Gabon,
Zimbabwe and Rwanda. The team was successful in Algeria and Gabon.
It defeated Nigeria 1-0 in Luanda and had a 1-1 draw match in Kano.
List of Angola Team Players Participating In FIFA World Cup
2006 |
- Joao Ricardo
- Marcos Airosa
- Joao Jamba
- Antonio Lebo Lebo
- Carlos Kali
- Marcos Miloy
- Paulo Figueiredo
- Andre Macanga
- Pedro Manuel Mantorras
- Fabrice Akwa
- Andre Mateus
- Joao Mamona Lama
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- Nobre Edson
- Antonio Mendonca
- Manuel Rui Marques
- Amado Flavio
- Jose Ze Kalanga
- Arsenio Love
- Andre Titi Buengo
- Manuel Loco
- Luis Delgado
- Hipolito Mario
- Marco Abreu
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