2006 Girabola

Girabola
Season 2006 (Feb 25–Nov 26)
Champions 1º de Agosto
Relegated Bravos do Maquis
Progresso do Sambizanga
Sporting de Cabinda
2007 CAF Champions League 1º de Agosto (winner)
Petro de Luanda (runner-up)
2007 CAF Confederation Cup Interclube (3rd place)
Matches played 182
Goals scored 342 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Manucho Gonçalves (16 goals)
Biggest home win Int Lua 5–0 Aca Soy (27 Aug 2006)
Ben Lub 5–0 Spo Cab (15 Oct 2006)
Biggest away win Pro Sam 0–5 Pet Lua (22 Nov 2006)
Highest scoring ASA 3–4 Ben Lub (27 Aug 2006)
← 2005
2007 →

The 2006 Girabola was the 28th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 25th February to 26th November 2006. Sagrada Esperança were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2007 Gira Angola.

Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, while Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga and Sporting de Cabinda were relegated.[1] Manucho Gonçalves of Petro Luanda finished as the top scorer with 16 goals.[2]

Changes from the 2005 season

Relegated: Académica do Lobito, Petro do Huambo, Sporting do Bié
Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango

Stadiums and locations

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Primeiro de Agosto (C) 26 16 8 2 34 15 +19 56 2007 CAF Champions League
2 Petro de Luanda 26 12 10 4 32 17 +15 46
3 Interclube 26 12 8 6 36 21 +15 44 2007 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Benfica do Lubango 26 11 6 9 33 28 +5 39
5 ASA 26 10 6 10 31 26 +5 36
6 Sagrada Esperança 26 9 9 8 17 16 +1 36
7 Desportivo da Huíla 26 10 6 10 24 24 0 36
8 Benfica de Luanda 26 10 2 14 23 28 −5 32
9 Académica do Soyo 26 8 8 10 19 27 −8 32
10 Primeiro de Maio 26 7 10 9 22 23 −1 31
11 Atlético do Namibe 26 6 13 7 22 25 −3 31
12 Bravos do Maquis (R) 26 6 12 8 14 21 −7 30 Relegation to 2007 Gira Angola
13 Progresso (R) 26 5 9 12 20 31 −11 24
14 Sporting de Cabinda (R) 26 3 7 16 15 40 −25 16

Updated to games played on 26 November 2006.
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 ACS ASA ATN BEN BLB BRA DES INT PET PRI MAI PRO SAG SCC
Académica do Soyo — 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
ASA 5–1 — 1–2 0–1 3–4 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1
Atlético do Namibe 2–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Benfica de Luanda 0–3 3–1 2–0 — 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0
Benfica do Lubango 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 5–0
Bravos do Maquis 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Desportivo da Huíla 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Interclube 5–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1
Petro de Luanda 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
Primeiro de Agosto 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 — 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1
Primeiro de Maio 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 — 0–0 0–1 2–0
Progresso do Sambizanga 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–5 0–2 2–0 — 1–1 1–0
Sagrada Esperança 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 — 0–0
Sporting de Cabinda 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2006. Source: girabola.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics


2006 Girabola winner


Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto
9th title

Squad: Abel, Bebeto, Bena, Danny, Elísio, Gazeta, Henry Milanzi, Ian Bakala, Joãozinho, Josemar, Kumaca, Locó, Mano, Mbinda, Moreno, Nelo, Neruda, Patrício, Pitchu, Riquinho, Roger, Rômulo, Tião, Vado, Zé Augusto
Head Coach: Jan Brouwer

Top Scorer
Angola Manucho Gonçalves

References

  1. ↑ "1º de Agosto New National Champions". ANGOP.com. 15 Oct 2006. Retrieved 14 Dec 2014.
  2. ↑ "Football: Petro`s Manucho Best Scorer Of First Division Championship". Federação Angolana de Futebol. 22 Oct 2007. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
  3. ↑ "Futebol: Homologado campeonato nacional da I divisão" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 8 Dec 2006. Retrieved 12 Sep 2015.
  4. ↑ "Futebol/Girabola: ´Hat-trick` de Fofana derrota campeão antecipado" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Futebol: Atlético do Namibe vence Desportivo da Huíla" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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