2017 Girabola

Girabola
Season 2017
Champions Primeiro de Agosto
Relegated ASA
Santa Rita de Cássia
Progresso Lunda Sul
Champions League Primeiro de Agosto
Matches played 240
Goals scored 268 (1.12 per match)
Top goalscorer Tiago Azulão (16)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
Longest winning run Sagrada Esperança (6) (19 Mar–29 Apr)
Longest unbeaten run 1º de Agosto (14) (18 Jun–29 Oct)
Longest winless run Santa Rita (14) (5 Mar–1 Jul)
Longest losing run Académica (5) (5 Mar–2 Apr)
ASA (5) (21 Apr–14 May)
Santa Rita (5) (22 Apr–19 May)
← 2016
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2017.

The 2017 Girabola is the 39th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 10th February to 5th November 2017.[1]

The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom three of which will be relegated to the 2018 Provincial stages.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2016 season and three promoted from the 2016 Gira Angola - Bravos do Maquis, J.G.M. and Santa Rita de Cássia.

On the other hand, 4 de Abril do K.K., Porcelana F.C. and Primeiro de Maio were the last three teams of the 2016 season and will play in the Gira Angola for the 2018 season. Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto are the defending champions from the 2016 season.

On January 23, 2017, Benfica de Luanda issued a press release stating that it would no longer participate in the Girabola, with effect from 2017 and until further notice, citing financial reasons, and that the club would focus on its youth academy and in turning the club into a sports company. With such decision, the club is liable to a heavy penalty by the Angolan Federation that might include a ban to participate in the girabola for an established period[2]

For the repechage to fill the spot of Benfica de Luanda, a round-robin qualifier tournament was announced to be contested by the three relegated teams in the 2016 Girabola plus the two top-ranked teams in the 2016 Gira Angola.[3] As four of the five invited teams declined to participate on financial grounds, Primeiro de Maio was selected to replace Benfica de Luanda.[4]

Estádio 4 de Janeiro disaster

On February 10, 2017, during the inaugural match between home team Santa Rita de Cássia and Recreativo do Libolo, one of the access gates of Estádio 4 de Janeiro collapsed as supporters tried to force their way into the stadium. As a result, 17 people were trampled to death and 76 injured, 5 of whom with life-threatening injuries. The incident began just about 6 minutes from the beginning of the match with the match pursuing its normal course until the end and no one inside the stadium realizing what was going on. The Police has reportedly used tear gas to disperse angry supporters.[5]

Changes from 2016 season

Relegated: 4 de Abril do Cuando, Porcelana, 1º de Maio
Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Desportivo JGM, Santa Rita de Cássia
Withdrew: Benfica de Luanda
Nominated: 1º de Maio

Progresso da Lunda Sul relegation

Progresso da Lunda Sul was relegated for fielding an ineligible player on its 29th round match against Académica do Lobito[6]. As the club was struggling with financial trouble, it was awarded a 3-0 defeat in a home match against Progresso do Sambizanga for round 20.

Stadiums and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2016 season
Académica do Lobito Lobito Estádio do Buraco 15,000 12th in Girabola
ASA Luanda Estádio dos Coqueiros 12,000 13th in Girabola
Bravos do Maquis Luena Estádio Mundunduleno 4,300 2nd in Gira Angola
Desportivo da Huíla Lubango Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla 25,000 10th in Girabola
Interclube Luanda Estádio 22 de Junho 7,000 7th in Girabola
J.G.M. Huambo Estádio dos Kurikutelas 5,000 3rd in Gira Angola
Kabuscorp Luanda Estádio dos Coqueiros 12,000 5th in Girabola
Petro de Luanda Luanda Estádio 11 de Novembro 50,000 2nd in Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto Luanda Estádio 11 de Novembro 50,000 Girabola Champions
Primeiro de Maio Benguela Estádio Edelfride Costa 6,000 15th in Girabola
Progresso do Sambizanga Luanda Estádio dos Coqueiros 12,000 8th in Girabola
Progresso da Lunda Sul Saurimo Estádio das Mangueiras 7,000 4th in Girabola
Recreativo da Caála Caála Estádio Mártires da Canhala 12,000 11th in Girabola
Recreativo do Libolo Calulo Estádio Patrice Lumumba 10,000 3rd in Girabola
Sagrada Esperança Dundo Estádio Sagrada Esperança 8,000 9th in Girabola
Santa Rita de Cássia Uíge Estádio 4 de Janeiro 12,000 1st in Gira Angola

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 1º de Agosto (Q) 30 19 8 3 44 14 +30 65 Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League
2 Petro de Luanda 30 20 2 8 46 20 +26 62
3 Sagrada Esperança 30 15 8 7 34 23 +11 53
4 Kabuscorp 30 13 11 6 40 29 +11 50
5 Recreativo do Libolo 30 13 9 8 41 23 +18 48
6 Interclube 30 12 12 6 34 19 +15 48
7 Progresso 30 11 8 11 34 30 +4 41
8 Recreativo da Caála 30 12 5 13 24 27 −3 41
9 Desportivo Huíla 30 11 8 11 23 28 −5 41
10 1º de Maio 30 12 4 14 41 49 −8 40
11 Bravos do Maquis 30 8 9 13 19 26 −7 33
12 Académica do Lobito 30 8 6 16 39 53 −14 30
13 Desportivo JGM 30 8 6 16 26 55 −29 30
14 ASA (R) 30 6 8 16 20 37 −17 26 Relegation to 2018 Provincial stages
15 Santa Rita (R) 30 4 8 18 24 46 −22 20
16 Progresso Lunda Sul* (DQ) 30 8 8 14 28 39 −11 32

Updated to games played on 3 November 2017.
Source: Girabola.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) play-off
(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 BRA DES INT JGM KAB PET PRI MAI PLS PRO CAA LIB SAG SRC
Académica do Lobito — 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–4 4–0
ASA 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2
Bravos do Maquis 3–1 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Desportivo da Huíla 1–2 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Interclube 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 — 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
J.G.M. 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Kabuscorp 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 — 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–1
Petro de Luanda 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 — 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 4–2
Primeiro de Agosto 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Primeiro de Maio 4–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–3 — 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–4 2–4 3–2
Progresso da Lunda Sul 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 — 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–2
Progresso do Sambizanga 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–2 0–0 2–2 4–0 — 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Recreativo da Caála 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 — 0–3 1–0 3–0
Recreativo do Libolo 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 1–1
Sagrada Esperança 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 — 1–0
Santa Rita 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 – 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: girabola.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 23 August 2017
Rank Scorer Club Goals[7]
1 Brazil Tiago Azulão Petro de Luanda 16
2 Angola Kaporal 1º de Maio 12
3 Cape Verde Rambé 1º de Agosto 11
4 Angola Fofó Progresso 10
Democratic Republic of the Congo Jiresse Académica do Lobito
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo Jacques Kabuscorp 9
Angola Paizinho Recreativo do Libolo
6 Brazil Tony Petro de Luanda 8

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultRefDate
Angola FofóProgressoBravos do Maquis4-0[8]5 May 2017
Angola GermanoAcadémica do LobitoSanta Rita4-0[9]10 September 2017
Zambia ChilesheProgresso Lunda SulJ.G.M.0-3[10]4 October 2017

References

  1. ↑ "Futebol: GirabolaZap2016 inicia dia 19 de Fevereiro". Angop (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 Jan 2017.
  2. ↑ "Football: Benfica de Luanda suspend participation in Girabola". ANGOP.com. 25 Jan 2017. Retrieved 25 Jan 2017.
  3. ↑ "Girabola2017: Winner of playoff tournament to replace Benfica". ANGOP.com. 26 Jan 2017. Retrieved 26 Jan 2017.
  4. ↑ "FAF confirms 1º de Maio soccer Team in Girabola2017". ANGOP.com. 31 Jan 2017. Retrieved 31 Jan 2017.
  5. ↑ "Uíge: Dezassete mortos na partida de futebol entre Santa Rita e Recreativo do Libolo" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 10 Feb 2017. Retrieved 10 Feb 2017.
  6. ↑ "Girabola2017: Progresso da Lunda Sul despromovido". Angop (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 Mar 2018.
  7. ↑ "Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2016 - Girabola". Retrieved 17 Feb 2016.
  8. ↑ "Progresso do Sambizanga 4-0 Bravos do Maquis - Girabola". Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Detalhe de Jogo - Girabola 2017". Retrieved 1 Mar 2018.
  10. ↑ "Detalhe de Jogo - Girabola 2017". Retrieved 1 Mar 2018.
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