2003 Girabola

Girabola 2003
Season	2003 (Feb 15–Nov 23)
Champions	ASA
Relegated	Benfica de Luanda Desportivo da Huíla Ritondo
2004 CAF Champions League	ASA Petro de Luanda
2004 CAF Confederation Cup	Interclube (cup winner) Petro do Huambo
Matches played	182
Goals scored	369 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	André (12 goals)
Biggest home win	ASA 6–0 Pri Mai (25 Sep 2003) Int Lua 6–0 Pri Mai (02 Mar 2003)
Biggest away win	Des Hui 1–5 Pet Lua (07 May 2003)
Highest scoring	3 matches ASA 6–0 Pri Mai (25 Sep 2003) Int Lua 6–0 Pri Mai (02 Mar 2003) Des Hui 1–5 Pet Lua (07 May 2003)
← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Girabola was the 25th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season began on 15 February 2003. ASA were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2004 Gira Angola.

ASA were crowned champions, winning a second title in a row, while Benfica de Luanda, Desportivo da Huíla and Ritondo, were relegated.^[1] Mateus André of Interclube finished as the top scorer with 12 goals.

Changes from the 2002 season

Relegated: Benfica do Lubango, F.C. de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié
Promoted: Primeiro de Maio, Progresso do Sambizanga and Ritondo

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ASA !ASA (C)	26	15	8	3	38	13	+25	53	2004 CAF Champions League
2	Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	26	16	4	6	41	17	+24	52	2004 CAF Champions League
3	Petro do Huambo !Petro do Huambo	26	14	4	8	34	23	+11	46	2004 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	26	11	9	6	39	29	+10	42
5	Sonangol do Namibe !Sonangol do Namibe	26	11	5	10	23	17	+6	38
6	Académica do Lobito !Académica do Lobito	26	9	10	7	19	23	−4	37
7	Interclube !Interclube	26	9	7	10	28	24	+4	34	2004 CAF Confederation Cup
8	Progresso !Progresso	26	7	13	6	20	20	0	34
9	Sporting de Cabinda !Sporting de Cabinda	26	6	13	7	27	32	−5	31
10	Primeiro de Maio !Primeiro de Maio	26	8	7	11	19	35	−16	31
11	Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	26	8	5	13	25	24	+1	29
12	Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda (R)	26	7	7	12	26	36	−10	28	Relegation to 2004 Gira Angola
13	Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla (R)	26	6	9	11	18	29	−11	27
14	Ritondo de Malanje !Ritondo de Malanje (R)	26	1	7	18	12	47	−35	10

Updated to games played on 23 November 2003.
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

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

Home ╲ Away	Académica do Lobito !ACL	ASA !ASA	Benfica de Luanda !BEN	Desportivo da Huíla !HUI	Interclube !INT	Petro de Luanda !PET	Petro do Huambo !PHU	Primeiro de Agosto !PRI	Primeiro de Maio !MAI	Progresso !PRO	Ritondo de Malanje !RIT	Sagrada Esperança !SAG	Sonangol do Namibe !SON	Sporting de Cabinda !SCC
Académica do Lobito !Académica do Lobito		0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
ASA !ASA	2–0		5–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	1–0	0–2		1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1
Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–5	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2
Interclube !Interclube	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0
Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0		4–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Petro do Huambo !Petro do Huambo	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1		2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	4–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–0		2–1	0–0	5–1	1–3	2–1	2–2
Primeiro de Maio !Primeiro de Maio	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1		2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Progresso !Progresso	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		3–0	1–0	0–3	0–0
Ritondo de Malanje !Ritondo de Malanje	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0		0–3	0–1	1–1
Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–0		0–1	3–0
Sonangol do Namibe !Sonangol do Namibe	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0		1–0
Sporting de Cabinda !Sporting de Cabinda	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–4

Updated to games played on 23 October 2005.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers ^[2]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	André	Interclube	12
2	Love	ASA	11
3	Flávio	Petro Luanda	10
3	Jaburú	Petro Huambo	10

2003 Girabola winner
Atlético Sport Aviação 2nd title

Top Scorer
Mateus André

External links

References

↑ "Angola/Soccer: ASA Win Third National Title". ANGOP.com. 27 Oct 2004. Retrieved 17 Sep 2015.
↑ "O avançado André do Interclube sagrou-se melhor marcador do campeonato nacional de futebol" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 24 Nov 2003. Retrieved 14 Sep 2015.

2003 in African Football (CAF)

« 2002 2004 »

Domestic leagues	Algeria 02–03 03–04 Angola 02–03 03–04 Cameroon 03 Cape Verde 03 Egypt 02–03 03–04 Gambia 03–04 Guinea-Bissau 03–04 Libya 02–03 03–04 Senegal 02–03 03–04 South Africa 02–03 03–04 Tunisia 02–03 03–04

Domestic cups	Algeria 02–03 03–04

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League final African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup Super Cup

Angola football seasons

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