Angola in the World Cup Finals
Angola qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on October 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Angola's 1st appearance in the World Cup Finals, they finished ahead of Nigeria on the head-to-head rule.

Best World Cup Performance:
Qualifying for Germany 2006.

Angola World Cup Preparations
Angola Team Hotel
Ringhotel Celler Tor:
Scheuener Strasse 2, Celle.
Join the Angola World Cup squad in Celle and fall in love with this romantic town full of timbered houses and scenic views. The Ringhotel Celler Tor offers 73 comfortable rooms, studios and suites with 130 beds, 2 indoor pools, saunas, solarium, massage and cosmetics facilities, biking and shopping arcade.

Hotels in Celle:
If the Ringhotel is full, these are the other options to base yourself near the Angola World Cup team.

Angola Friendly Matches
Beat Mauritius (5-1), Saturday 29th April. (Sesoto Stadium)
Goals from: Fabrice Akwa (2) (27); Andre Mateus (53) (57); Arsenio Love (90).

Beat Lesotho (3-1), Sunday 30th April. (Cidadela)
Goals from: Santana (47), Jose Ze Kalanga (49) (50).

Argentina, Tuesday 30th May in Salerno.

Turkey, Friday 2nd June.

Angola in the 2006 World Cup

Angola's Banco Internacional de Credito (BIC) has promised $5,000 to any Angola player who scores at the World Cup Finals.The bank's president, Fernando Teles, will also reward $5,000 to the best Angola player in each of their Group D matches against Portugal, Mexico and Iran. Also on the table is $50,000 to the team for every game they win in Germany and another $50,000 if Angola qualify for the knockout stage.

Group D
Sunday, 11th June
Angola vs Portugal
Köln -- (21:00)

Friday, 16th June
Mexico vs Angola
Hannover -- (21:00)

Wednesday, 21st June
Iran vs Angola
Leipzig -- (16:00)

Knockout Stage
Group D winner travels to Nuernberg and the runner-up goes to Leipzig.
If Angola are runners-up, they will stay in Leipzig for another 3 days.

Angola World Cup Squad 2006
Palancas Negras

Goalkeepers:
1 Pereira João Ricardo (unattached)
12 Joao Mamona Lama (Petro Atletico)
22. Hipolito Mário (InterClube)

Defenders:
2 Marcos Airosa (FC Barreirense, Portugal)
3 Joao Jamba (AS Aviacao)
4 Antonio Lebo-Lebo (Petro Atletico)
5 Carlos Kali (FC Barreirense, Portugal)
15 Manuel Rui Marques (Hull City, England)
20 Manuel Loco (Primeiro Agosto)
21 Luis Delgado (Petro Atletico)
23 Marco Abreu (Portimonense, Portugal)

Midfielders:
6 Marcos Milloy (InterClube)
8 Andre Macanga (Kuwait SC, Kuwait)
7 Paulo Figueiredo (Varzim, Portugal)
13 Nobre Edson (Pacos Ferreira, Portugal)
14 Antonio Mendonca (Varzim, Portugal)
17 Jose Ze Kalanga (Petro Atletico)

Forwards:
9 Pedro Manuel Mantorras (Benfica, Portugal)
10 Fabrice Akwa (unattached)
11 Andre Mateus (Gil Vicente, Portugal)
16 Amado Flavio (Al Ahli, Egypt)
18 Arsenio Love (AS Aviacao)
19 Andre Titi Buengo (Clermont Foot, France)

Trainer:
Luis de Oliveira Goncalves.

Players to watch:
9 Pedro Manuel Mantorras (Benfica, Portugal)
10 Fabrice 'Akwa' Maieco (formerly at Qatar Sports Club)

Destination Angola
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