2008 Girabola

Girabola
Season 2008 (Mar 02–Nov 02)
Champions Petro de Luanda
Relegated Académica do Lobito
Primeiro de Maio
Kabuscorp
CAF Champions League Petro de Luanda (winner)
1º de Agosto (runner-up)
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 ran from 2nd March to 2nd November 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

Stadiums and locations

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
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 26 8 35
7 ASA 26 8 9 9 24 25 1 33
8 Kabuscorp 26 8 7 11 25 26 1 31
9 Desportivo da Huíla 26 6 13 7 23 26 3 31
10 Interclube 26 8 7 11 20 29 9 31
11 Bravos do Maquis 26 9 2 15 30 32 2 29
12 Sagrada Esperança (R) 26 6 10 10 20 27 7 28 Relegation to 2009 Gira Angola
13 Petro do Huambo (R) 26 6 5 15 20 33 13 23
14 Benfica do Lubango (R) 26 5 8 13 14 35 21 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

Home \ Away ASA BEN BLB BRA DES INT KAB PET PHU PRI MAI LIB SAG SAN
ASA 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–0
Benfica de Luanda 0–1 3–2 4–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–4 6–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1
Benfica do Lubango 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1
Bravos do Maquis 1–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–3 5–0 0–0 2–1 1–2
Desportivo da Huíla 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2
Interclube 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3
Kabuscorp 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0
Petro de Luanda 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Petro do Huambo 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–2
Primeiro de Agosto 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–2
Primeiro de Maio 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Recreativo do Libolo 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1
Sagrada Esperança 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1
Santos FC 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2008. Source: girabola.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics


2008 Girabola winner


Atlético Petróleos de Luanda
14th title

Squad: Bennet, Cassoma, Chara, David, Day Day, Etah, Hélder Vicente, Humberto, Jamuana, Job, Kembua, Lamá, Lamick, Mabiná, Malamba, Maninho, Miguel, Nelo II, Renato, Rolf, Santana, Sérgio, Tunga, Wanga, Yamba Asha
Head Coach: Bernardino Pedroto

Top Scorer
Angola Santana Carlos

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.
  4. ""Hat-trick" de Santana fecha em grande ano da recuperação do título" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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