1980 Girabola

Girabola 1980
Season 1980
(19 Apr – 22 Nov)
Champions 1º de Agosto
Relegated Palancas
Sagrada
Santa Rita
Sassamba
1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1º de Agosto
(Girabola winner)
1981 African Cup Winners' Cup Nacional
Matches played 182
Top goalscorer Alves
(29 goals)
← 1979
1981 →

The 1980 Girabola was the second season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 19 April 1980 to 28th February 1981. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated.

Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, winning their 2nd title, while Palancas do Huambo, Sagrada Esperança, Santa Rita and Sassamba da LS were relegated.

On the course of the championship, Santa Rita de Moçâmedes was renamed as Grupo Desportivo Welwitschia. Estrela Vermelha do Huambo, on its part, was renamed as Mambroa.

Francisco Carlos de Abreu aka Alves of Primeiro de Agosto finished as the top scorer with 29 goals.

Changes from the 1979 season

Relegated: 14 de Abril, Desp de Xangongo, Diabos Negros, FC de Cabinda, FC Mbanza Congo, Ginásio do KK, Juv do Kunge, Luta SC Cabinda, Makotas de Malange, Naval Porto Amboim, Sassamba da LS, Vitória AC do Bié
Promoted: Sagrada Esperança, Sassamba da LS

Stadiums and locations

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Primeiro de Agosto 26 21 4 1 80 10 +70 46 1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs
2 TAAG 26 19 4 3 72 19 +53 42
3 Mambroa 26 17 7 2 52 21 +31 41
4 Nacional de Benguela 26 15 7 4 49 24 +25 37 1981 African Cup Winners' Cup
5 Diabos Verdes 26 10 6 10 38 42 −4 26
6 FC do Uíge 25 9 8 8 42 37 +5 26
7 Académica Lobito 25 11 4 10 38 33 +5 26
8 Ferroviário da Huíla 26 7 10 9 26 26 0 24
9 Desportivo da Chela 26 7 9 10 37 48 −11 23
10 M.C.H. do Uíge 26 6 8 12 20 45 −25 20
11 Sagrada Esperança 26 6 5 15 30 45 −15 17 Relegation to 1981 Gira Angola
12 Palancas Huambo 26 7 3 16 31 58 −27 17
13 Sassamba da LS 25 3 5 17 24 64 −40 11
14 Welwitschia 26 2 4 20 13 66 −53 8
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1980. Source: girabola.com, rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ACL DCH TAG DVE FCU FER MCH MAM NAC PAL PRI SAG SAS WEL
Académica do Lobito — 7–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–1
Desportivo da Chela 1–0 — 1–2 5–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0
Desportivo da Taag 5–3 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 6–0 2–0 3–1 11–2 9–0
Diabos Verdes 0–4 0–0 1–4 — 4–3 1–0 2–1 3–5 1–4 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–0
FC do Uíge 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 — 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–4 2–1 4–2 5–0
Ferroviário da Huíla 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–3 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 4–2
M.C.H. do Uíge 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 — 2–2 2–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 3–0
Mambroa 2–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 8–1 — 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–2
Nacional de Benguela 4–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 — 5–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–0
Palancas do Huambo 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–4 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–3 — 0–6 0–4 3–1 1–1
Primeiro de Agosto 2–0 7–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 — 3–0 9–0 11–0
Sagrada Esperança 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 — 3–2 2–2
Sassamba da L.S. 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–4 — 1–0
Welwitschia 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–6 1–0 0–4 0–1 0–3 0–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1981. Source: girabola.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
1980 Girabola winner


Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto
2nd title

Squad: Agostinho, Alves, Amândio, Ângelo, Barros, Cartaxo, Chimalanga, Cuba, Dinis, Garcia, Horácio, Ivo, Januário, Julião, Lourenço, Luvambo, Manico, Mascarenhas, Mateus, Mavuba, Mayele, Mendinho, Mesquita, Napoleão, Ndongala, Ndunguidi, Neto, Nsuka, Rosinha, Sabino, Sansão, Suba, Tandu, Túbia, Vieira Dias, Zeca, Zomi
Head Coach: Ivan Ridanović

Top Scorer
Angola Francisco Abreu Alves
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