2016 Girabola

The 2016 Girabola was the 38th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 19 February to 5 November 2016.^[1]

Girabola

Season	2016
Champions	Primeiro de Agosto
Relegated	Primeiro de Maio 4 de Abril do Cuando Porcelana FC
Champions League	Primeiro de Agosto
Matches played	240
Goals scored	473 (1.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gelson (23)
Biggest home win	D'Agosto 5-0 Aca Lob (31 Jul 2016)
Biggest away win	Interclube 1-6 D'Agosto (23 Oct 2016)
Highest scoring	Interclube 1-6 D'Agosto (23 Oct 2016)
Longest winning run	Petro de Luanda (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Petro de Luanda (15)
Longest winless run	Desportivo Huíla (14)
Longest losing run	Porcelana (7)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 5 November 2016.

The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2016 Provincial championships. 1º de Agosto won their first league title.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2015 season and three promoted from the 2015 Segundona - 4 de Abril do KK, Porcelana and 1º de Maio.

Recreativo do Libolo were the defending champions from the 2015 season.

Changes from 2015 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Domant FC, Sporting de Cabinda
Promoted: 4 de Abril do KK, Porcelana, 1º de Maio

Stadiums and locations

1º de Agosto
Petro

Académica

1º de Maio

ASA

Benfica
Kabuscorp
Progresso

Caála

Desportivo

Interclube

Libolo

Prog. LS

Sagrada

4 de Abril

Porcelana

 Locations of the 2015 Girabola teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2015 season
4 de Abril do K.K.	Menongue	Campo da Banca	?	3rd in Segundona
Académica do Lobito	Lobito	Estádio do Buraco	15,000	13th in Girabola
ASA	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	30,000	9th in Girabola
Benfica de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	3rd in Girabola
Desportivo da Huíla	Lubango	Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla	15,000	7th in Girabola
Interclube	Luanda	Estádio 22 de Junho	7,000	5th in Girabola
Kabuscorp	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	4th in Girabola
Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	8th in Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	2nd in Girabola
Porcelana FC	Ndalatando	Estádio Santos Diniz	5,000	2nd in Segundona
Primeiro de Maio	Benguela	Estádio Edelfrides Costa	6,000	1st in Segundona
Progresso do Sambizanga	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	30,000	12th in Girabola
Progresso da Lunda Sul	Saurimo	Estádio das Mangueiras	7,000	6th in Girabola
Recreativo da Caála	Caála	Estádio Mártires da Canhala	12,000	11th in Girabola
Recreativo do Libolo	Calulo	Estádio Municipal	10,000	Girabola Champions
Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	8,000	10th in Girabola

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Primeiro de Agosto (C)	30	20	6	4	60	22	+38	66	Qualification for Champions League
2	Petro de Luanda	30	19	7	4	37	14	+23	64
3	Recreativo do Libolo	30	17	9	4	49	26	+23	60
4	Progresso LS	30	13	7	10	25	20	+5	46
5	Kabuscorp	30	13	7	10	30	24	+6	46
6	Benfica Luanda	30	13	5	12	29	24	+5	44
7	Interclube	30	11	8	11	28	32	−4	41
8	Progresso do Sambizanga	30	8	15	7	23	23	0	39
9	Sagrada Esperança	30	9	10	11	23	23	0	37
10	Desportivo da Huíla	30	10	6	14	29	39	−10	36
11	Recreativo da Caála	30	8	10	12	27	26	+1	34
12	Académica do Lobito	30	9	7	14	26	38	−12	34
13	ASA	30	10	3	17	28	43	−15	33
14	4 de Abril (R)	30	6	13	11	21	27	−6	31	Relegation to Provincial stages
15	Primeiro de Maio (R)	30	7	8	15	24	44	−20	29
16	Porcelana FC (R)	30	5	3	22	14	48	−34	18

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2016. Source: Girabola.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	4AB	ACA	ASA	BEN	DHL	INT	KAB	PET	POR	PRI	PRL	PRM	PRO	RCA	RLB	SAG
4 de Abril do KK	—	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Académica do Lobito	2–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2
ASA	2–0	3–1	—	1–4	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2
Benfica de Luanda	1–0	1–0	0–1	—	4–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
Desportivo da Huíla	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	—	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–0
Interclube	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–6	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1
Kabuscorp	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0
Petro de Luanda	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0
Porcelana FC	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	—	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–3
Primeiro de Agosto	2–0	5–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Progresso da Lunda Sul	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0
Primeiro de Maio	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	—	0–0	3–2	2–4	1–0
Progresso do Sambizanga	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	1–0	2–0
Recreativo da Caála	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–0
Recreativo do Libolo	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	—	2–0
Sagrada Esperança	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2016. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
1º de Agosto	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Petro de Luanda	5	11	7	5	5	5	4	5	3	2	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Recreativo do Libolo	1	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	5	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Progresso Lunda Sul	10	9	9	14	14	13	11	10	8	9	10	10	7	8	8	7	7	5	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4
Kabuscorp	1	4	3	6	3	4	5	7	6	7	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5
Benfica de Luanda	13	15	8	7	7	9	6	4	2	4	6	6	6	7	7	10	9	10	10	6	6	7	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	6
Interclube	5	2	6	4	6	7	7	6	7	6	4	2	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	6	7	7	7
Progresso	8	13	15	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	11	11	9	10	9	8	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	8
Sagrada Esperança	10	6	8	12	11	6	7	8	10	8	9	9	10	6	6	6	6	7	8	10	11	10	11	11	8	8	9	10	10	9
Desportivo da Huíla	5	2	2	3	4	3	2	2	4	5	7	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	14	12	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	10
Recreativo da Caála	13	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	12	12	11	9	9	8	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	11
Académica do Lobito	13	9	9	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	14	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12
ASA	1	7	5	7	10	8	9	11	12	15	15	16	15	15	15	12	13	14	11	11	10	11	10	9	11	11	13	13	14	13
4 de Abril do KK	10	7	9	13	12	12	12	13	11	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	15	12	14	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	14
1º de Maio	13	16	13	11	13	14	14	12	13	11	11	11	14	14	14	15	12	12	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Porcelana	8	12	14	9	8	11	13	14	14	12	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader (2017 CAF Champions League)
	Relegation to 2017 Provincial stages

Source: Girabola

Clubs season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
4 de Abril	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L
Académica Lobito	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W
ASA	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W
Benfica de Luanda	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W
Desportivo da Huíla	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W
Interclube	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L
Kabuscorp	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L
Petro de Luanda	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W
Porcelana FC	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
1º de Agosto	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
1º de Maio	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W
Progresso	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L
Progresso L. Sul	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W
Recreativo da Caála	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	L
Recreativo do Libolo	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L
Sagrada Esperança	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 5 November 2016 Rank Scorer Club Goals[2] 1 Gelson 1º de Agosto 23 2 Ary Papel 1º de Agosto 12 3 Mongo Progresso Lunda Sul 10 4 Thiago Azulão Petro de Luanda 9 Paizinho Recreativo da Caála 9 6 Moco Interclube 8 Nelito ASA 8 Yano Progresso 8 9 Dário Recreativo do Libolo 7 Geraldo 1º de Agosto 7 Mano Kabuscorp 7 Luiz Phellype Recreativo do Libolo 7

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Brito Recreativo do Libolo 1º de Maio 2-4[3] 21 February 2016 Gelson 1º de Agosto Recreativo do Libolo 3-1[4] 10 April 2016

2017 Girabola winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 11th title

Squad: Dominique, Julião, Tony Cabaça (GK) Dani, Diakité, Fissy, Isaac, Paizo, Sargento, Vado (DF) Ary Papel, Buá, Geraldo, Gogoró, Ibukun, Jumisse, Manucho, Milambo, Mingo Bile, Nelson (MF) Gelson, Makiavala, Patrick, Romaric (FW) Dragan Jović (Head Coach)

Top Scorer
Gelson

References

1. "Angola 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
2. "Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2016 - Girabola". Retrieved 17 Feb 2016.
3. "Football: Libolo beat opponent team with Brito's hat-trick - Sports - Angola Press - ANGOP". Retrieved 25 February 2016.
4. "Angola: Girabola2016 - 1º De Agosto Beat Libolo - allAfrica.com". Retrieved 14 April 2016.

External links

• Girabola 2016 stats at jornaldosdesportos.sapo.ao
• Federação Angolana de Futebol