2008 Girabola

Girabola
Season 2008 (Mar 02–Nov 02)
Champions Petro de Luanda
Relegated Académica do Lobito
Primeiro de Maio
Kabuscorp
2009 CAF Champions League Petro de Luanda
2009 CAF Confederation Cup 1º de Agosto (cup winner)
Matches played 182
Goals scored 368 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorer Santana Carlos (20 goals)
Biggest home win Ben Lua 6–0 Pet Hua (12 Jul 2008)
Biggest away win Ben Lua 0–4 Pet Lua (2 Nov 2008)
Highest scoring Ben Lua 6–0 Pet Hua (12 Jul 2008)
2007
2009

The 2008 Girabola was the 30th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season began on 2 March 2008. Interclube were the defending champions.

The league comprises 14 teams, the bottom three of which will be relegated to the 2009 Gira Angola.

Petro Atlético de Luanda were crowned champions,[1] while Benfica do Lubango, Petro do Huambo and Sagrada Esperança were relegated. Santana Carlos of Petro Luanda finished as top scorer with 20 goals.[2]

Changes from the 2007 season

Relegated: Académica do Soyo, Atlético do Namibe, Juventude do Moxico
Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Kabuscorp, Recreativo do Libolo

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Petro de Luanda (C) 26 17 7 2 47 18+29 58 2009 CAF Champions League
2 Primeiro de Agosto 26 13 10 3 37 16+21 49
3 Recreativo do Libolo 26 12 8 6 29 24+5 44 2009 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Santos FC 26 10 9 7 28 23+5 39
5 Benfica de Luanda 26 10 7 9 33 28+5 37
6 Primeiro de Maio 26 9 8 9 18 268 35
7 ASA 26 8 9 9 24 251 33
8 Kabuscorp 26 8 7 11 25 261 31
9 Desportivo da Huíla 26 6 13 7 23 263 31
10 Interclube 26 8 7 11 20 299 31
11 Bravos do Maquis 26 9 2 15 30 322 29
12 Sagrada Esperança (R) 26 6 10 10 20 277 28 Relegation to 2009 Gira Angola
13 Petro do Huambo (R) 26 6 5 15 20 3313 23
14 Benfica do Lubango (R) 26 5 8 13 14 3521 23

Updated to games played on 2 November 2008.
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 ASA BEN LUBMAQHUIINTKABPETPHUPRIMAILIBSAGSAN
ASA 10 12 10 11 20 02 11 00 01 20 24 11 20
Benfica de Luanda 01 32 43 11 10 31 04 60 00 01 20 21 11
Benfica do Lubango 00 01 10 22 00 10 01 01 00 11 02 10 01
Bravos do Maquis 12 10 50 10 10 21 12 21 13 50 00 21 12
Desportivo da Huíla 10 10 11 10 11 21 12 11 00 20 00 10 02
Interclube 10 33 20 10 21 21 03 10 01 11 11 01 03
Kabuscorp 11 01 10 20 11 01 21 10 00 31 00 11 10
Petro de Luanda 11 21 40 11 41 31 10 31 02 31 20 21 10
Petro do Huambo 00 01 01 21 11 00 31 02 02 10 01 40 12
Primeiro de Agosto 31 11 20 41 11 10 10 11 32 01 40 11 12
Primeiro de Maio 10 00 11 10 10 01 22 11 10 10 01 00 10
Recreativo do Libolo 21 21 30 10 11 20 13 12 10 11 10 22 11
Sagrada Esperança 11 00 20 10 10 10 10 00 01 13 11 01 11
Santos FC 12 21 11 01 11 22 00 00 21 11 01 10 21

Updated to games played on 6 November 2008.
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 [3]

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Angola Santana Carlos Petro Luanda 20
2 Angola Love 1º de Agosto 15
Brazil Reginaldo Recreativo Libolo
2008 Girabola winner
Angola
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda
14th title
Top Scorer
Angola Santana Carlos

External links

References

  1. "Petro de Luanda win national championship". ANGOP.com. 26 Oct 2008. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
  2. "Petro de Luanda's Santana 2008 season best scorer". ANGOP.com. 3 Nov 2008. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
  3. "Santana inscreve-se na lista dos Melhores Marcadores do Girabola" (in Portuguese). fafutebol.ao. Retrieved 14 Sep 2015.
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