2008 Girabola

Girabola
Season	2008 (Mar 02–Nov 02)
Champions	Petro de Luanda
Relegated	Académica do Lobito Primeiro de Maio Kabuscorp
2009 CAF Champions League	Petro de Luanda
2009 CAF Confederation Cup	1º de Agosto (cup winner)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	368 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Santana Carlos (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Ben Lua 6–0 Pet Hua (12 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 began on 2nd March 2008. Interclube were the defending champions.

The league comprises 14 teams, the bottom three of which will be 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]

Changes from the 2007 season

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

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda (C)	26	17	7	2	47	18	+29	58	2009 CAF Champions League
2	Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	26	13	10	3	37	16	+21	49	2009 CAF Champions League
3	Recreativo do Libolo !Recreativo do Libolo	26	12	8	6	29	24	+5	44	2009 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Santos FC !Santos FC	26	10	9	7	28	23	+5	39	2009 CAF Confederation Cup
5	Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	26	10	7	9	33	28	+5	37
6	Primeiro de Maio !Primeiro de Maio	26	9	8	9	18	26	−8	35
7	ASA !ASA	26	8	9	9	24	25	−1	33
8	Kabuscorp !Kabuscorp	26	8	7	11	25	26	−1	31
9	Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla	26	6	13	7	23	26	−3	31
10	Interclube !Interclube	26	8	7	11	20	29	−9	31
11	Bravos do Maquis !Bravos do Maquis	26	9	2	15	30	32	−2	29
12	Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança (R)	26	6	10	10	20	27	−7	28	Relegation to 2009 Gira Angola
13	Petro do Huambo !Petro do Huambo (R)	26	6	5	15	20	33	−13	23
14	Benfica do Lubango !Benfica do Lubango (R)	26	5	8	13	14	35	−21	23

Updated to games played on 2 November 2008.
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	ASA !ASA	Benfica de Luanda !BEN	Benfica do Lubango !LUB	Bravos do Maquis !MAQ	Desportivo da Huíla !HUI	Interclube !INT	Kabuscorp !KAB	Petro de Luanda !PET	Petro do Huambo !PHU	Primeiro de Agosto !PRI	Primeiro de Maio !MAI	Recreativo do Libolo !LIB	Sagrada Esperança !SAG	Santos FC !SAN
ASA !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 !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 !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 !Bravos do Maquis	1–2	1–0	5–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–3	5–0	0–0	2–1	1–2
Desportivo da Huíla !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 games played on 6 November 2008.
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 ^[3]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Santana Carlos	Petro Luanda	20
2	Love	1º de Agosto	15
2	Reginaldo	Recreativo Libolo	15

2008 Girabola winner
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 14th title

Top Scorer
Santana Carlos

External links

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.
↑ "Santana inscreve-se na lista dos Melhores Marcadores do Girabola" (in Portuguese). fafutebol.ao. Retrieved 14 Sep 2015.

2008 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Algeria 08-09 Angola 08-09 Cameroon 07–08 08–09 Côte d'Ivoire 08 Egypt 07–08 08–09 Ethiopia 08–09 Libya 07–08 08–09 Mali 07–08 08–09 Morocco 07–08 08–09 South Africa 07–08 08–09 Sudan 08 Tunisia 07–08 08–09

Domestic cups	Algeria 07–08 08–09 Libya 07–08 08–09 South Africa 08

Regional cups	CECAFA Cup Kagame Interclub Cup

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup Super Cup

Girabola seasons

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