2014 Girabola

Girabola
Season	2014
Champions	Recreativo do Libolo
Relegated	1º de Maio Benfica Lubango União SC
Matches played	240
Goals scored	509 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Meyong (17)
Biggest home win	Petro de Luanda 6-1 União SC Recreativo da Caála 5-0 Interclube Br. Maq 5-0 União SC
Biggest away win	Benfica Lubango 0-5 1º de Agosto
Highest scoring	Petro de Luanda 6-1 União SC Petro de Luanda 5-2 Desportivo Huíla
Longest winning run	Recreativo do Libolo (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Recreativo do Libolo (17)
Longest winless run	1º de Maio União SC (14)
Longest losing run	União SC (8)
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The 2014 Girabola was the 36th season of top-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 21 February to 8 November 2014. Kabuscorp were the defending champions, having won their first Angolan championship in 2013.

The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2015 Gira Angola.^[1]

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2013 season and three promoted from the 2013 Gira Angola, Benfica do Lubango, Sporting de Cabinda, União SC do Uíge. On the other hand, Porcelana FC, Atlético do Namibe, Santos FC were the last three teams of the 2013 season and will play in the Gira Angola for the 2014 season. Kabuscorp were the defending champions from the 2013 season.

Stadiums and locations

1º de Agosto
Petro

1º de Maio

ASA

Benfica Luanda
Kabuscorp
Progresso

Locations of the 2014 Girabola teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	4th in Girabola
Atlético Sport Aviação	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	60,000	12th in Girabola
C.D. Huíla	Lubango	Estádio da Tundavala	25,000	6th in Girabola
C.D. Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	2nd in Girabola
C.R. Caála	Caála	Estádio Mártires da Canhala	3,000	11th in Girabola
C.R.D. Libolo	Calulo	Estádio Municipal de Calulo	10,000	8th in Girabola
Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio	Benguela	Estádio Edelfride Costa	6,000	13th in Girabola
F.C. Bravos do Maquis	Luena	Estádio Mundunduleno	4,300	3rd in Girabola
G.D. Interclube	Luanda	Estádio 22 de Junho	7,000	7th in Girabola
G.D. Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	3,000	5th in Girabola
Kabuscorp S.C.P.	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	Girabola Champions
Progresso Associação do Sambizanga	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	9th in Girabola
S.L. Benfica (Luanda)	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	10th in Girabola
S.L. Benfica (Lubango)	Lubango	Estádio Nossa Senhora do Monte	14,000	Gira Angola
Sporting Clube de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio Nacional do Chiazi	25,000	Gira Angola
União Sport Clube do Uíge	Uíge	Estádio 4 de Janeiro	12,000	Gira Angola

Changes from 2013 season

Relegated: Atlético do Namibe, Porcelana FC, Santos FC
Promoted: Benfica do Lubango, Sporting de Cabinda, Progresso do Sambizanga

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Recreativo do Libolo (C)	30	20	9	1	39	13	+26	69	2015 CAF Champions League
2	Kabuscorp	30	17	9	4	44	27	+17	60	2015 CAF Champions League
3	Benfica Luanda	30	14	13	3	31	18	+13	55	2015 CAF Confederation Cup
4	1º de Agosto	30	16	4	10	49	31	+18	52
5	Petro de Luanda	30	13	9	8	43	27	+16	48	2015 CAF Confederation Cup
6	Bravos do Maquis	30	11	11	8	32	23	+9	44
7	Recreativo da Caála	30	10	10	10	34	29	+5	40
8	Sagrada Esperança	30	8	16	6	27	24	+3	40
9	Interclube	30	11	6	13	29	38	−9	39
10	Progresso	30	9	10	11	31	33	−2	37
11	Desportivo Huíla	30	9	5	16	28	42	−14	32
12	Sporting de Cabinda	30	7	10	13	25	31	−6	31
13	ASA	30	8	7	15	28	35	−7	31
14	1º de Maio (R)	30	6	10	14	29	40	−11	28	Relegation to2015 Gira Angola
15	Benfica Lubango (R)	30	5	7	18	24	50	−26	22
16	União SC (R)	30	5	6	19	16	48	−32	21

Updated to games played on 5 November 2014.
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	Primeiro de Agosto !PRI	Primeiro de Maio !MAI	Progresso !PRO	Recreativo da Caála !CAA	Recreativo do Libolo !LIB	Sagrada Esperança !SAG	Sporting de Cabinda !SCC	União SC do Uíge !USU
ASA !ASA		0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	3–0	1–0
Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	3–0		2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0
Benfica do Lubango !Benfica do Lubango	1–1	1–1		0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–5	3–2	1–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–1
Bravos do Maquis !Bravos do Maquis	2–1	0–0	2–0		2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	5–0
Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–1		0–3	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	3–2
Interclube !Interclube	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0		1–3	2–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0
Kabuscorp !Kabuscorp	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		0–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–1
Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–2	0–0	2–0		1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	6–1
Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1		2–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0
Primeiro de Maio !Primeiro de Maio	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	2–1		2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0
Progresso !Progresso	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–2		0–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–1
Recreativo da Caála !Recreativo da Caála	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	5–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1		0–1	1–1	1–0	4–1
Recreativo do Libolo !Recreativo do Libolo	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–1
Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0		2–0	1–1
Sporting de Cabinda !Sporting de Cabinda	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1		1–1
União SC do Uíge !União SC do Uíge	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0

Updated to games played on date=5 November 2014.
Source: girabola.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	Albert Meyong	Kabuscorp	17
2	Ary Papel	1º de Agosto	13
	Ladji Keita	Petro de Luanda
	Fabrício	Recreativo da Caála
5	Patrick II	Sagrada Esperança	12
6	Dário	Recreativo do Libolo	10
6	Chiquinho	Desportivo da Huíla	10
8	Bissio	ASA	9
8	Gelson	1º de Agosto	9
10	Bena	Desportivo da Huíla	8

2014 Girabola winner
Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo 3rd title

Top Scorer
Albert Meyong

External links

Federação Angolana de Futebol

References

↑ King, Ian (6 May 2011). "Angola 2011". Retrieved 20 May 2011.
↑ "Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2014 - Girabola". Retrieved 1 October 2014.

2014 in African Football (CAF)

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Domestic leagues	Algeria 13–14 14–15 Angola 13–14 14–15 Burundi 13–14 14–15 Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire 13–14 14–15 Democratic Republic of Congo 13–14 14–15 Egypt 13–14 14–15 Ethiopia 13–14 14–15 Gabon 13–14 14–15 Ghana 13–14 Kenya Liberia 13–14 Mali 13–14 14–15 Mauritania 14-15 Morocco 13–14 14–15 Nigeria Rwanda 13–14 14–15 Somalia 13–14 South Africa 13–14 14–15 Sudan Tunisia 13–14 14–15 Uganda 13–14 14–15

Domestic cups	Algeria 13–14 14–15 Angola 13–14 14–15 Egypt Kenya South Africa 13–14 14–15 Tunisia 13–14 14–15 Uganda 13–14 14–15

Regional cups	CECAFA Nile Basin Cup Kagame Interclub Cup CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

Girabola seasons

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