2005 Girabola

Girabola 2005
Season 2005 (Feb 20–Oct 23)
Champions Sagrada Esperança
Relegated Académica do Lobito
Petro do Huambo
Sporting do Bié
2006 CAF Champions League Sagrada Esperança
ASA
2006 CAF Confederation Cup Interclube (cup runner-up)
Petro de Luanda
Matches played 182
Goals scored 346 (1.9 per match)
Top goalscorer Love Kabungula (13 goals)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win Spo Bié 0–4 Int Lua (31 Jul 2005)
Highest scoring Pri Ago 5–2 Atl Nam
(13 Apr 2005)
Longest winning run Pet Lua (5) 17 Jul - 21 Aug
Longest unbeaten run Pet Lua (11) 03 Jul - 26 Aug
2004
2006

The 2005 Girabola was the 27th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season began on 20 February 2005. ASA were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2006 Gira Angola.

Sagrada Esperança were crowned champions, while Académica do Lobito, Petro do Huambo and Sporting do Bié were relegated.[1] Love Kabungula of ASA finished as the top scorer with 13 goals.[2]

Changes from the 2004 season

Relegated: Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango and Bravos do Maquis
Promoted: Benfica de Luanda, Desportivo da Huíla, Sporting do Bié

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sagrada Esperança (C) 26 15 6 5 34 19+15 51 2006 CAF Champions League
2 ASA 26 14 8 4 37 20+17 50
3 Petro de Luanda 26 14 6 6 28 17+11 48 2006 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Primeiro de Agosto 26 11 8 7 36 21+15 41
5 Benfica de Luanda 26 10 7 9 19 13+6 37
6 Primeiro de Maio 26 9 10 7 26 25+1 37
7 Interclube 26 8 9 9 27 281 33 2006 CAF Confederation Cup
8 Atlético do Namibe 26 8 9 9 25 316 33
9 Sporting de Cabinda 26 9 6 11 23 318 33
10 Progresso 26 7 11 8 23 263 32
11 Desportivo da Huíla 26 7 10 9 22 253 31
12 Petro do Huambo (R) 26 8 6 12 13 196 30 Relegation to 2006 Gira Angola
13 Académica do Lobito (R) 26 6 7 13 20 299 25
14 Sporting do Bié (R) 26 3 3 20 13 4532 12

Updated to games played on 23 October 2005.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home ╲ Away ACL ASA ATNBENHUIINTPETPHUPRIMAIPROSAGSCCSCB
Académica do Lobito 01 01 02 11 21 11 10 10 20 13 11 10 20
ASA 21 23 02 20 11 20 20 10 10 31 12 21 40
Atlético do Namibe 00 10 22 11 00 02 10 00 10 00 02 20 40
Benfica de Luanda 20 12 20 00 20 21 20 00 00 00 01 40 21
Desportivo da Huíla 00 11 10 21 21 00 21 01 11 00 11 30 30
Interclube 11 02 22 21 10 10 20 00 21 22 01 02 21
Petro de Luanda 10 23 11 10 20 10 21 10 31 10 10 11 10
Petro do Huambo 10 00 20 10 01 00 10 01 00 01 10 21 10
Primeiro de Agosto 31 11 52 11 31 11 12 11 11 41 30 10 30
Primeiro de Maio 10 22 42 10 10 21 00 01 21 21 11 11 10
Progresso 00 11 11 11 20 31 02 00 10 00 01 22 10
Sagrada Esperança 21 00 30 20 31 00 10 10 21 22 10 01 31
Sporting de Cabinda 21 00 10 10 10 12 11 10 12 01 31 21 00
Sporting do Bié 32 01 01 01 11 04 01 00 02 21 01 13 30

Updated to games played on 23 October 2005.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Angola Love Kabungula Petro Luanda 13
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbunga Sporting Cabinda 12
3 Angola Chinho Sagrada Esperança 12
2005 Girabola winner
Angola
Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
1st title
Top Scorer
Angola Love Kabungula

External links

References

  1. "Soccer: Sagrada Esperança Win Girabola 2005". ANGOP.com. 24 Oct 2005. Retrieved 8 Dec 2014.
  2. "Football: Petro`s Manucho Best Scorer Of First Division Championship". Federação Angolana de Futebol. 22 Oct 2007. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
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