2007 Girabola

Girabola
Season	2007 (Feb 14–Oct 21)
Champions	Interclube
Relegated	Académica do Lobito Primeiro de Maio Kabuscorp
2008 CAF Champions League	Interclube 1º de Agosto
2008 CAF Confederation Cup	1º de Maio (cup winner) Petro de Luanda
Matches played	182
Goals scored	372 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manucho Gonçalves (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Sag Esp 6–1 Atl Nam (23 Sep 2007)
Biggest away win	Juv Mox 0–4 Santos (14 Feb 2007) Aca Soy 0–4 ASA (24 Jun 2007)
Highest scoring	Sag Esp 6–1 Atl Nam (23 Sep 2007)
← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Girabola was the 29th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season began on 14th February 2007. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2008 Gira Angola.^[1]

Petro Atlético de Luanda were crowned champions, while Académica do Soyo, Atlético do Namibe and Juventude do Moxico were relegated.^[2] Manucho Gonçalves of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 14 goals.^[3]

Changes from the 2006 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga, Sporting de Cabinda
Promoted: Juventude do Moxico, Petro do Huambo, Santos FC

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Interclube !Interclube (C)	26	16	7	3	32	17	+15	55	2008 CAF Champions League
2	Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	26	16	6	4	41	14	+27	54	2008 CAF Champions League
3	Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	26	15	5	6	43	25	+18	50	2008 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	26	10	10	6	36	26	+10	40
5	ASA !ASA	26	10	10	6	27	19	+8	40
6	Petro do Huambo !Petro do Huambo	26	11	6	9	26	20	+6	39
7	Benfica do Lubango !Benfica do Lubango	26	11	6	9	31	26	+5	39
8	Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla	26	10	8	8	25	24	+1	38
9	Primeiro de Maio !Primeiro de Maio	26	9	9	8	23	23	0	36	2008 CAF Confederation Cup
10	Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	26	9	8	9	22	21	+1	35
11	Santos FC !Santos FC	26	8	3	15	23	34	−11	27
12	Académica do Soyo !Académica do Soyo (R)	26	5	8	13	15	29	−14	23	Relegation to 2008 Gira Angola
13	Atlético do Namibe !Atlético do Namibe (R)	26	4	4	18	20	41	−21	16
14	Juventude do Moxico !Juventude do Moxico (R)	26	0	6	20	8	53	−45	6

Updated to games played on 21 October 2007.
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	Académica do Soyo !ACS	ASA !ASA	Atlético do Namibe !ATN	Benfica de Luanda !BEN	Benfica do Lubango !LUB	Desportivo da Huíla !HUI	Interclube !INT	Juventude do Moxico !JUV	Petro de Luanda !PET	Petro do Huambo !PHU	Primeiro de Agosto !PRI	Primeiro de Maio !MAI	Sagrada Esperança !SAG	Santos FC !SAN
Académica do Soyo !Académica do Soyo		0–4	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0
ASA !ASA	0–0		1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0
Atlético do Namibe !Atlético do Namibe	1–1	0–3		0–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	4–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–1
Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	1–0	0–2	2–1		2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1
Benfica do Lubango !Benfica do Lubango	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2		0–1	0–1	4–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–1
Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		2–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Interclube !Interclube	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–0		2–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–0
Juventude do Moxico !Juventude do Moxico	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2		0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–4
Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	5–1		3–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–1
Petro do Huambo !Petro do Huambo	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–0	0–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–4	1–2		0–0	2–0	4–1
Primeiro de Maio !Primeiro de Maio	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2		0–0	1–0
Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	1–0	2–3	6–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		2–1
Santos FC !Santos FC	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–2

Updated to games played on 6 November 2007.
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	Manucho Gonçalves	Petro de Luanda	15
2	Pedro Henriques	Interclube	11
3	Rasca	ASA	9*
4	Levis	Primeiro de Agosto	6*

* As of September 2nd

2007 Girabola winner
Grupo Desportivo Interclube 1st title

Top Scorer
Manucho Gonçalves

External links

References

↑ King, Ian (May 6, 2011). "Angola 2011". Retrieved May 20, 2011.
↑ "Football: Interclube Wins National Senior Championship". ANGOP.com. 21 Oct 2007. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
↑ "Football: Petro`s Manucho Best Scorer Of First Division Championship". ANGOP.com. 22 Oct 2007. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.

2007 in African Football (CAF)

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