Angola at the Africa Cup of Nations

Angola has participated in the Africa Cup of Nations nine times, made their debut in 1996. The country's best achievement is reaching the quarter-finals in 2008, 2010 and 2023. They also hosted the 2010 edition.

Africa Cup of Nations record										Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of Portugal									Part of Portugal
1959
1962
1963
1965
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976	Not affiliated to CAF									Not affiliated to CAF
1978
1980
1982	Did not qualify									2	0	2	0	1	1
1984	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	7	4
1986	Did not enter									Did not enter
1988	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	2	4
1990										4	1	1	2	5	7
1992										6	0	3	3	3	6
1994	Did not enter									Did not enter
1996	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	4	6	Squad	10	6	2	2	17	8
1998	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	5	8	Squad	4	2	0	2	4	4
2000	Did not qualify									8	2	2	4	10	12
2002										8	4	2	2	12	8
2004										4	1	2	1	7	4
2006	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	5	Squad	12	7	3	2	15	9
2008	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	5	4	Squad	6	4	1	1	16	5
2010	Quarter-finals	5th	4	1	2	1	6	5	Squad	6	3	1	2	11	8
2012	Group stage	11th	3	1	1	1	4	5	Squad	6	4	0	2	7	5
2013	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad	2	1	0	1	3	3
2015	Did not qualify									6	1	3	2	5	5
2017	Did not qualify									6	1	2	3	7	8
2019	Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	1	2	Squad	6	4	0	2	9	6
2021	Did not qualify									6	1	1	4	4	7
2023	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	9	4	Squad	6	2	3	1	6	5
2025	Group stage	17th	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad	6	4	2	0	7	2
2027	To be determined									To be determined
2029	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	10/35	34	7	15	12	41	46	—	112	54	31	39	158	121

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	Angola	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Angola	3	0	2	1	5	8	−3	2
4	Namibia	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	DR Congo	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Angola	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Togo	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Angola	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Senegal	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
4	South Africa	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Tournaments

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola (H)	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Algeria	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Mali	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4^[a]
4	Malawi	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sudan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Angola	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Burkina Faso	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cape Verde	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Morocco	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	Angola	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

v t e Angola national football team
General	Angolan Football Federation History Managers Achievements
Stadiums	Estádio 11 de Novembro
Stats	Records Most capped players Goalscorers
Results	1976–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Players	Squads Former squads Players
Competitive records	FIFA World Cup Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship
World Cup	2006
AFCON	1996 1998 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2019 2023 2025
Rivals	DR Congo
Notable matches	2011 African Nations Championship final
Other Angolan teams	U23 U20 U17 Women WU20 WU17 Futsal Beach soccer

v t e Countries at the Africa Cup of Nations
Team appearances
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Sudan Tanzania Uganda
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
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