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 (winner)
ASA (runner-up)
2006 CAF Confederation Cup Petro de Luanda (3rd place)
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 ran from 20th February to 23rd October 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]

Arsénio Kabungula aka Love 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

Stadiums and locations

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 28 −1 33
8 Atlético do Namibe 26 8 9 9 25 31 −6 33
9 Sporting de Cabinda 26 9 6 11 23 31 −8 33
10 Progresso 26 7 11 8 23 26 −3 32
11 Desportivo da Huíla 26 7 10 9 22 25 −3 31
12 Petro do Huambo (R) 26 8 6 12 13 19 −6 30 Relegation to 2006 Gira Angola
13 Académica do Lobito (R) 26 6 7 13 20 29 −9 25
14 Sporting do Bié (R) 26 3 3 20 13 45 −32 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

Home \ Away ACL ASA ATN BEN DES INT PET PHU PRI MAI PRO SAG SCB SCC
Académica do Lobito — 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0
ASA 2–1 — 2–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–1
Atlético do Namibe 0–0 1–0 — 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 4–0 2–0
Benfica de Luanda 2–0 1–2 2–0 — 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–0
Desportivo da Huíla 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–0
Interclube 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 — 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–2
Petro de Luanda 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Petro do Huambo 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Primeiro de Agosto 3–1 1–1 5–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–0
Primeiro de Maio 1–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Progresso do Sambizanga 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 2–2
Sagrada Esperança 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 — 3–1 0–1
Sporting do Bié 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 — 3–0
Sporting de Cabinda 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2005. Source: girabola.com
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


Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
1st title

Squad: Alex, Andia, António, Bondoso, Chinho, Fatite, Filipe, Goliath, Hélder Vicente, Jojó, Kadé, Kivota, Lebo Lebo, Maninho Loide, Marcos, Mbala, Moisés II, Nsuka, Palucho, Roque Sapiri, Santana
Head Coach: Mário Calado

Top Scorer
Angola Arsénio Kabungula Love


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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