2007 Girabola

Girabola
Season 2007 (Feb 14–Oct 21)
Champions Interclube
Relegated Académica do Lobito
Primeiro de Maio
Kabuscorp
2008 CAF Champions League Interclube
1º de Agosto
2008 CAF Confederation Cup 1º de Maio (cup winner)
Petro de Luanda
Matches played 182
Goals scored 372 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorer Manucho Gonçalves (15 goals)
Biggest home win Sag Esp 6–1 Atl Nam (23 Sep 2007)
Biggest away win Juv Mox 0–4 Santos (14 Feb 2007)
Aca Soy 0–4 ASA (24 Jun 2007)
Highest scoring Sag Esp 6–1 Atl Nam (23 Sep 2007)
2006
2008

The 2007 Girabola was the 29th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season began on 14th February 2007. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2008 Gira Angola.[1]

Petro Atlético de Luanda were crowned champions, while Académica do Soyo, Atlético do Namibe and Juventude do Moxico were relegated.[2] Manucho Gonçalves of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 14 goals.[3]


Changes from the 2006 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga, Sporting de Cabinda
Promoted: Juventude do Moxico, Petro do Huambo, Santos FC

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Interclube (C) 26 16 7 3 32 17+15 55 2008 CAF Champions League
2 Primeiro de Agosto 26 16 6 4 41 14+27 54
3 Petro de Luanda 26 15 5 6 43 25+18 50 2008 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Sagrada Esperança 26 10 10 6 36 26+10 40
5 ASA 26 10 10 6 27 19+8 40
6 Petro do Huambo 26 11 6 9 26 20+6 39
7 Benfica do Lubango 26 11 6 9 31 26+5 39
8 Desportivo da Huíla 26 10 8 8 25 24+1 38
9 Primeiro de Maio 26 9 9 8 23 230 36 2008 CAF Confederation Cup
10 Benfica de Luanda 26 9 8 9 22 21+1 35
11 Santos FC 26 8 3 15 23 3411 27
12 Académica do Soyo (R) 26 5 8 13 15 2914 23 Relegation to 2008 Gira Angola
13 Atlético do Namibe (R) 26 4 4 18 20 4121 16
14 Juventude do Moxico (R) 26 0 6 20 8 5345 6

Updated to games played on 21 October 2007.
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 ACS ASA ATNBENLUBHUIINTJUVPETPHUPRIMAISAGSAN
Académica do Soyo 04 21 00 12 10 10 11 01 10 03 11 00 20
ASA 00 10 02 10 10 12 11 00 11 02 00 22 10
Atlético do Namibe 11 03 00 12 02 01 40 23 10 01 23 00 11
Benfica de Luanda 10 02 21 21 20 11 20 11 30 02 00 11 01
Benfica do Lubango 10 21 10 02 01 01 40 32 01 11 30 21 31
Desportivo da Huíla 32 11 10 11 00 22 20 02 10 11 10 11 21
Interclube 10 10 12 20 22 00 20 10 21 03 00 11 20
Juventude do Moxico 00 01 01 11 01 01 02 00 11 01 01 14 04
Petro de Luanda 20 00 41 10 31 21 12 51 31 10 42 11 21
Petro do Huambo 20 10 20 20 00 00 01 40 01 10 21 21 20
Primeiro de Agosto 10 11 10 20 10 20 00 31 34 12 00 20 41
Primeiro de Maio 11 11 10 10 31 20 12 20 10 11 02 00 10
Sagrada Esperança 10 23 61 10 11 13 12 30 10 10 11 10 21
Santos FC 21 01 21 01 00 21 01 21 20 00 03 10 12

Updated to games played on 6 November 2007.
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

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Angola Manucho Gonçalves Petro de Luanda 15
2 Angola Pedro Henriques Interclube 11
3 Angola Rasca ASA 9*
4 Namibia Levis Primeiro de Agosto 6*

* As of September 2nd

2007 Girabola winner
Angola
Grupo Desportivo Interclube
1st title
Top Scorer
Angola Manucho Gonçalves

External links

References

  1. King, Ian (May 6, 2011). "Angola 2011". Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  2. "Football: Interclube Wins National Senior Championship". ANGOP.com. 21 Oct 2007. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
  3. "Football: Petro`s Manucho Best Scorer Of First Division Championship". ANGOP.com. 22 Oct 2007. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
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