2015 Girabola

Girabola

Season	2015
Champions	Recreativo do Libolo
Relegated	Domant Onze Bravos Sporting de Cabinda
2016 CAF Champions League	Recreativo do Libolo
2016 CAF Confederation Cup	Onze Bravos
Matches played	240
Goals scored	514 (2.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Meyong Yano (13)
Biggest home win	1º de Agosto 5-0 ASA (10 May 2015)
Biggest away win	5 matches Progresso 0-3 ASA (4 March 2015) Progresso 0-3 1º de Agosto (4 April 2015) Sporting de Cabinda 1-4 Progresso (16 May 2015) Domant 0-3 Recreativo do Libolo (2 August 2015) Benfica Luanda 1-4 1º de Agosto (4 October 2015)
Highest scoring	Interclube 5-2 Sporting de Cabinda (21 February 2015)
Longest winning run	Recreativo do Libolo (7)
Longest unbeaten run	Recreativo do Libolo (22)
Longest winless run	Recreativo da Caála (11)
Longest losing run	Domant (6)
← 2014 2016 → All statistics correct as of 10 October 2015.

The 2015 Girabola is the 37th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 11 February to 10 October 2015. Recreativo do Libolo survived a late-season scare from 1º de Agosto to win their fourth Angolan championship, all in the past five years. Recreativo do Libolo needed a scoreless draw against Académica do Lobito in their final game to finish in a tie atop the standings with 1º de Agosto, who closed the season with six straight wins. Recreativo do Libolo won the tiebreaker based on head-to-head points.

The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom three of which will be relegated to the 2016 Gira Angola.^[1] Domant, Onze Bravos and Sporting de Cabinda finished in the last three spots and will be relegated.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from the 2014 Gira Angola, Académica do Lobito, Domant and Progresso Lunda Sul.

On the other hand, 1º de Maio, Benfica Lubango and União SC were the last three teams of the 2014 season and will play in the Gira Angola for the 2015 season. Recreativo do Libolo are the defending champions from the 2014 season.

Changes from 2014 season

Relegated: Primeiro de Maio, Benfica do Lubango, União do Uíge
Promoted: Académica do Lobito, Domant FC, Progresso da Lunda Sul

Stadiums and locations

1º de Agosto
Petro

Académica

ASA

Benfica
Kabuscorp
Progresso

Locations of the 2014 Girabola teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
Académica do Lobito	Lobito	Estádio do Buraco	15,000	Gira Angola
ASA	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	13th in Girabola
Benfica de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	3rd in Girabola
Bravos do Maquis	Luena	Estádio Mundunduleno	4,300	6th in Girabola
Desportivo da Huíla	Lubango	Estadio da Tundavala	25,000	11th in Girabola
Domant	Caxito	Estádio Municipal do Dande	5,000	Gira Angola
Interclube	Luanda	Estádio 22 de Junho	7,000	9th in Girabola
Kabuscorp	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	2nd in Girabola
Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	5th in Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	4th in Girabola
Progresso do Sambizanga	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	30,000	10th in Girabola
Progresso da Lunda Sul	Saurimo	Estádio das Mangueiras	7,000	Gira Angola
Recreativo da Caála	Caála	Estádio Mártires da Canhala	3,000	7th in Girabola
Recreativo do Libolo	Calulo	Estádio Patrice Lumumba	10,000	Girabola Champions
Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	3,000	8th in Girabola
Sporting de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio Municipal do Tafe	25,000	12th in Girabola

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Recreativo do Libolo (C)	30	16	12	2	44	20	+24	60	2016 CAF Champions League	PRI 1-1 LIB LIB 3-2 PRI
2	1º de Agosto	30	17	9	4	51	23	+28	60		PRI 1-1 LIB LIB 3-2 PRI
3	Benfica Luanda	30	14	11	5	35	23	+12	53
4	Kabuscorp	30	11	15	4	33	23	+10	48
5	Interclube	30	11	12	7	34	24	+10	45
6	Progresso Lunda Sul	30	10	10	10	31	31	0	40
7	Desportivo Huíla	30	10	9	11	24	33	−9	39
8	Petro de Luanda	30	10	8	12	25	29	−4	38		ASA 0-1 PET PET 0-1 ASA
9	ASA	30	10	8	12	31	39	−8	38		ASA 0-1 PET PET 0-1 ASA
10	Sagrada Esperança	30	9	10	11	22	28	−6	37
11	Recreativo da Caála	30	7	15	8	28	25	+3	36
12	Progresso	30	9	8	13	35	38	−3	35
13	Académica do Lobito	30	9	6	15	34	37	−3	33
14	Bravos do Maquis (R) (Q)	30	8	7	15	28	40	−12	31	2016 CAF Confederation Cup	SCC 1-1 MAQ MAQ 2-2 SCC
15	Sporting de Cabinda (R)	30	7	10	13	31	46	−15	31	Relegation to 2016 Gira Angola	SCC 1-1 MAQ MAQ 2-2 SCC
16	Domant (R)	30	5	4	21	28	55	−27	19	Relegation to 2016 Gira Angola

Updated to games played on 10 October 2015.
Source: FIFA.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) extra play-off game or tournament between the teams in question
(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

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home ╲ Away	Académica do Lobito !ACL	ASA !ASA	Benfica de Luanda !BEN	Bravos do Maquis !MAQ	Desportivo da Huíla !HUI	Domant FC !DOM	Interclube !INT	Kabuscorp !KAB	Petro de Luanda !PET	Primeiro de Agosto !PRI	Progresso da Lunda Sul !PLS	Progresso !PRO	Recreativo da Caála !CAA	Recreativo do Libolo !LIB	Sagrada Esperança !SAG	Sporting de Cabinda !SCC
Académica do Lobito !Académica do Lobito		2–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0
ASA !ASA	3–1		1–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–2
Bravos do Maquis !Bravos do Maquis	1–0	1–2	0–0		2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2
Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0
Domant FC !Domant FC	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–1		2–3	1–3	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1
Interclube !Interclube	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	5–2
Kabuscorp !Kabuscorp	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2
Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2		1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
Progresso da Lunda Sul !Progresso da Lunda Sul	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–0
Progresso !Progresso	3–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	4–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	4–2
Recreativo da Caála !Recreativo da Caála	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0		0–0	2–0	1–1
Recreativo do Libolo !Recreativo do Libolo	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	5–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–1		2–0	1–2
Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0		2–1
Sporting de Cabinda !Sporting de Cabinda	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–4	2–2	0–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 10 October 2015.
Source: girabola.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

	Leader
	Relegation to Angola Division 2

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Recreativo do Libolo	7	11	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
1º de Agosto	7	14	15	16	15	14	10	7	6	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2
Benfica de Luanda	11	4	6	4	4	5	6	5	5	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Kabuscorp	7	11	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Interclube	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Progresso Lunda Sul	11	10	14	7	8	7	5	3	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Desportivo Huíla	4	3	8	11	12	13	15	12	13	14	14	14	14	12	11	13	14	14	11	12	12	11	8	8	10	8	7	7	9	7
Petro de Luanda	14	5	9	5	5	4	4	6	7	7	9	10	7	9	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	9	8	7	8
ASA	1	2	5	9	9	6	8	10	10	13	11	11	12	14	14	11	12	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	10	9
Sagrada Esperança	14	14	11	13	13	16	11	13	14	12	10	8	9	7	9	10	9	10	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10
Recreativo da Caála	7	11	13	10	11	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	12	9	10	10	11	9	9	7	10	10	8	11
Progresso	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	11	10	13	12	9	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	10	11	8	9	11	9	12	12
Académica do Lobito	11	9	12	8	10	10	13	9	9	9	12	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	11	8	12	13	13
Bravos do Maquis	4	6	2	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	10	10	9	10	11	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Sporting de Cabinda	2	8	7	13	14	12	9	11	12	11	8	9	11	13	13	14	11	12	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	15
Domant	4	7	9	12	6	9	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 10 October 2015
Source: Soccerway (French)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Albert Meyong	Kabuscorp	13
1	Yano	Progresso	13
3	Moco	Interclube	12
3	Ary Papel	1º de Agosto	12
5	Pedro	Benfica Luanda	11
6	Chole	Bravos do Maquis	10
	Fredy	Recreativo do Libolo	10
	Mateus Galiano	1º de Agosto	10
	Gelson	1º de Agosto	10
	Jacek Magdziński	Académica do Lobito	10
	Paizinho	Recreativo da Caála	10

External links

Federação Angolana de Futebol

References

↑ King, Ian (6 May 2011). "Angola 2011". Retrieved 20 May 2011.
↑ "Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2014 - Girabola". Retrieved 1 October 2014.

2015 in African Football (CAF)

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Domestic leagues	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola 14–15 15–16 Benin 14-15 15-16 Botswana 14–15 15–16 Burkina Faso 14–15 15–16 Burundi 14–15 15–16 Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire 14–15 15–16 Democratic Republic of Congo 14–15 15–16 Djibouti 14–15 15–16 Egypt 14–15 15–16 Ethiopia 14–15 15–16 Gabon Gambia 14–15 15–16 Ghana 15 15–16 Guinea 14–15 15–16 Kenya Lesotho 14–15 15–16 Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali 14–15 15–16 Mauritania 14–15 Mauritius 14–15 Morocco 14–15 15–16 Mozambique Namibia 14–15 15–16 Nigeria Réunion Rwanda 14–15 15–16 Senegal 14–15 Somalia 14–15 South Africa 14–15 15–16 Sudan Swaziland 14–15 Tanzania 14–15 Togo Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16 Zambia Zimbabwe

Domestic cups	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Angola Egypt Kenya South Africa 14–15 15–16 Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16

Supercups	Algeria Angola Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mauritania Mali

Regional club cups	Kagame Interclub Cup UNAF Club Cup

CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Super Cup

International competitions	Africa Cup of Nations Africa U-23 Cup of Nations CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

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