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	367 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Santana Carlos (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Ben Lua 6–0 Pet Hua (11 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 2 March to 2 November 2008. Interclube were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams and the bottom three were 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]

FAF penalties

On its official weekly report 0032/SG/08, F.C. Bravos do Maquis forfeited 3 points regarding their 15 round home match against Primeiro de Maio.^[3]

Changes from the 2007 season

Relegated: Académica do Soyo, Atlético do Namibe, Juventude do Moxico
Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Kabuscorp, Recreativo do Libolo

Sagrada

1º de Agosto
Kabuscorp

Petro

ASA

Benfica
Santos Interclube

Locations of the 2008 Girabola teams

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	Qualification for Champions League
2	Primeiro de Agosto	26	13	10	3	37	16	+21	49	Qualification for Champions League
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	25	−7	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	29	32	−3	29
12	Sagrada Esperança (R)	26	6	10	10	20	27	−7	28	Relegation to Provincial stages
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 match(es) played on 2 November 2008. Source: Girabola.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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	4–0	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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Santana Carlos	Petro Luanda	20
2	Love	1º de Agosto	15
2	Reginaldo	Recreativo Libolo	15
3	Rasca	Santos FC	11
4	Vado	Benfica de Luanda	8

Pokers & Hat-tricks

Poker
Player	For	Against	Result	Rnd	Date	Ref
Vado	Benfica de Luanda	Petro do Huambo	6-0	15	July 11, 2008
Hat-tricks
Player	For	Against	Result	Rnd	Date	Ref
Love	Primeiro de Agosto	Bravos do Maquis	1-3	23	October 4, 2008
Santana Carlos	Petro de Luanda	Benfica do Lubango	4-0	23	October 5, 2008
Santana Carlos	Petro de Luanda	Benfica de Luanda	0-4	26	November 2, 2008	^[5]

2008 Girabola winner
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 14th title

Squad: Hélder Cabral, Kivota, Lamá, Lamick (GK) Cassoma, Etah, Hélder Vicente, Jamuana, Mabiná, Maninho, Miguel, Renato, Sérgio, Yamba Asha (DF) Chara, Day Day, David, Job, Malamba, Nelo, Tunga, (MF) Bennet, Humberto, Joca, Kembua, Rolf, Santana (FW) Bernardino Pedroto (Head Coach)

References

^ "Petro de Luanda win national championship". ANGOP.com. 26 Oct 2008. Retrieved 5 Dec 2014.
^ "Petro de Luanda's Santana 2008 season best scorer". ANGOP.com. 3 Nov 2008. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
^ "FAF retira 3 Pontos ao FC Bravos do Maquis (FC Bravos do Maquis forfeits 3 points)" (in Portuguese). jornaldosdesportos. 24 Sep 2008. Retrieved 14 Aug 2020.
^ "Santana inscreve-se na lista dos Melhores Marcadores do Girabola" (in Portuguese). fafutebol.ao. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 Sep 2015.
^ ""Hat-trick" de Santana fecha em grande ano da recuperação do título" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

External links

[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] "FAF retira 3 Pontos ao FC Bravos do Maquis (FC Bravos do Maquis forfeits 3 points)" (in Portuguese). jornaldosdesportos. 24 Sep 2008. Retrieved 14 Aug 2020.

[4] "Santana inscreve-se na lista dos Melhores Marcadores do Girabola" (in Portuguese). fafutebol.ao. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 Sep 2015.

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

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