2016 Girabola

Gelson (23)
Biggest home win	D'Agosto 5-0 Aca Lob (31 Jul 2016)
Biggest away win	Interclube 1-6 D'Agosto (23 Oct 2016)
Highest scoring	Interclube 1-6 D'Agosto (23 Oct 2016)
Longest winning run	Petro de Luanda (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Petro de Luanda (15)
Longest winless run	Desportivo Huíla (14)
Longest losing run	Porcelana (7)
	← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 5 November 2016.

The 2016 Girabola was the 38th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 19 February to 5 November 2016.^[1]

The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2016 Provincial championships. 1º de Agosto won their first league title.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the

4 de Abril do KK, Porcelana and 1º de Maio

.

Recreativo do Libolo were the defending champions from the 2015 season.

Changes from 2015 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Domant FC, Sporting de Cabinda
Promoted:

4 de Abril do KK, Porcelana, 1º de Maio

Stadiums and locations

Benfica
Kabuscorp
Progresso

Locations of the 2015 Girabola teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2015 season
4 de Abril do K.K.	Menongue	Campo da Banca	?	3rd in Segundona
Académica do Lobito	Lobito	Estádio do Buraco	15,000	13th in Girabola
ASA	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	30,000	9th in Girabola
Benfica de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	3rd in Girabola
Desportivo da Huíla	Lubango	Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla	15,000	7th in Girabola
Interclube	Luanda	Estádio 22 de Junho	7,000	5th in Girabola
Kabuscorp	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	4th in Girabola
Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	8th in Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	2nd in Girabola
Porcelana FC	Ndalatando	Estádio Santos Diniz	5,000	2nd in Segundona
Primeiro de Maio	Benguela	Estádio Edelfrides Costa	6,000	1st in Segundona
Progresso do Sambizanga	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	30,000	12th in Girabola
Progresso da Lunda Sul	Saurimo	Estádio das Mangueiras	7,000	6th in Girabola
Recreativo da Caála	Caála	Estádio Mártires da Canhala	12,000	11th in Girabola
Recreativo do Libolo	Calulo	Estádio Municipal	10,000	Girabola Champions
Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	8,000	10th in Girabola

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Primeiro de Agosto (C)	30	20	6	4	60	22	+38	66	Qualification for Champions League
2	Petro de Luanda	30	19	7	4	37	14	+23	64
3	Recreativo do Libolo	30	17	9	4	49	26	+23	60
4	Progresso LS	30	13	7	10	25	20	+5	46
5	Kabuscorp	30	13	7	10	30	24	+6	46
6	Benfica Luanda	30	13	5	12	29	24	+5	44
7	Interclube	30	11	8	11	28	32	−4	41
8	Progresso do Sambizanga	30	8	15	7	23	23	0	39
9	Sagrada Esperança	30	9	10	11	23	23	0	37
10	Desportivo da Huíla	30	10	6	14	29	39	−10	36
11	Recreativo da Caála	30	8	10	12	27	26	+1	34
12	Académica do Lobito	30	9	7	14	26	38	−12	34
13	ASA	30	10	3	17	28	43	−15	33
14	4 de Abril (R)	30	6	13	11	21	27	−6	31	Relegation to Provincial stages
15	Primeiro de Maio (R)	30	7	8	15	24	44	−20	29
16	Porcelana FC (R)	30	5	3	22	14	48	−34	18

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2016. 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	4AB	ACA	ASA	BEN	DHL	INT	KAB	PET	POR	PRI	PRL	PRM	PRO	RCA	RLB	SAG
4 de Abril do KK	—	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Académica do Lobito	2–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2
ASA	2–0	3–1	—	1–4	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2
Benfica de Luanda	1–0	1–0	0–1	—	4–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
Desportivo da Huíla	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	—	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–0
Interclube	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–6	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1
Kabuscorp	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0
Petro de Luanda	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0
Porcelana FC	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	—	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	0–3
Primeiro de Agosto	2–0	5–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Progresso da Lunda Sul	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0
Primeiro de Maio	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	—	0–0	3–2	2–4	1–0
Progresso do Sambizanga	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	1–0	2–0
Recreativo da Caála	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–0
Recreativo do Libolo	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	—	2–0
Sagrada Esperança	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2016. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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
Team ╲ Round
4 de Abril do KK	10	7	9	13	12	12	12	13	11	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	15	12	14	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	14
1º de Maio	13	16	13	11	13	14	14	12	13	11	11	11	14	14	14	15	12	12	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15
Porcelana	8	12	14	9	8	11	13	14	14	12	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader (2017 CAF Champions League)
	Relegation to 2017 Provincial stages

Source: Girabola

Clubs season progress

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
4 de Abril	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L
Académica Lobito	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W
ASA	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W
Benfica de Luanda	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W
Desportivo da Huíla	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W
Interclube	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L
Kabuscorp	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L
Petro de Luanda	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W
Porcelana FC	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
1º de Agosto	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
1º de Maio	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W
Progresso	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L
Progresso L. Sul	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W
Recreativo da Caála	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	L
Recreativo do Libolo	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L
Sagrada Esperança	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W

Source: ^[citation needed]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 November 2016

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Gelson	1º de Agosto	23
2	Ary Papel	1º de Agosto	12
3	Mongo	Progresso Lunda Sul	10
4	Thiago Azulão	Petro de Luanda	9
4	Paizinho	Recreativo da Caála	9
6	Moco	Interclube	8
	Nelito	ASA	8
	Yano	Progresso	8
9	Dário	Recreativo do Libolo	7
	Geraldo	1º de Agosto	7
	Mano	Kabuscorp	7
	Luiz Phellype	Recreativo do Libolo	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Brito	Recreativo do Libolo	1º de Maio	2-4^[3]	21 February 2016
Gelson	1º de Agosto	Recreativo do Libolo	3-1^[4]	10 April 2016

2017 Girabola winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 11th title

Squad: Gelson, Makiavala, Patrick, Romaric (FW) Dragan Jović (Head Coach)

Top Scorer
Gelson

References

^ "Angola 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2016 - Girabola". Retrieved 17 Feb 2016.
^ "Football: Libolo beat opponent team with Brito's hat-trick - Sports - Angola Press - ANGOP". Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "Angola: Girabola2016 - 1º De Agosto Beat Libolo - allAfrica.com". Retrieved 14 April 2016.

External links

[1] "Angola 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[2] "Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2016 - Girabola". Retrieved 17 Feb 2016.

[3] "Football: Libolo beat opponent team with Brito's hat-trick - Sports - Angola Press - ANGOP". Retrieved 25 February 2016.

[4] "Angola: Girabola2016 - 1º De Agosto Beat Libolo - allAfrica.com". Retrieved 14 April 2016.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e 2016 in African football (CAF)
« 2015 2017 »
Domestic leagues	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Benin Botswana 15–16 16–17 Burkina Faso 15–16 16–17 Burundi 15–16 16–17 Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic 15–16 16 16–17 Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of Congo 15–16 16–17 Djibouti 15–16 16–17 Egypt 15–16 16–17 Equatorial Guinea 15–16 Eritrea Ethiopia 15–16 16–17 Gabon 15–16 16–17 Gambia 15–16 16–17 Ghana Guinea 15–16 16–17 Guinea-Bissau 16 16–17 Ivory Coast 15–16 16–17 Kenya Lesotho 15–16 16–17 Liberia 16 16–17 Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania 15–16 16–17 Mauritius 15–16 16–17 Morocco 15–16 16–17 Mozambique Namibia 15–16 Niger 15–16 16–17 Nigeria men women Réunion 16–17 Rwanda 15–16 16–17 São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal 15–16 16–17 Seychelles ~~Sierra Leone~~ Somalia 15–16 16–17 South Africa 15–16 16–17 ~~South Sudan~~ Sudan Swaziland 15–16 16–17 Tanzania 15–16 16–17 Togo 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17 Zambia Zanzibar 15–16 16–17 Zimbabwe
Domestic cups	Algeria 15–16 16–17 Angola Egypt 15–16 16–17 Morocco South Africa 15–16 16–17 Tunisia 15–16 16–17 Uganda 15–16 16–17
Supercups	Algeria Angola Egypt Kenya Mali
Regional cups	Arab Club Championship
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	Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

v t e Angola football seasons
Girabola	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Segundona	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Taça de Angola	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Supertaça de Angola	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22