2000 Girabola

The 2000 Girabola was the 22nd season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 18 March to 5 November 2000. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

Girabola 2000

Season	2000 (Mar 18–Nov 05)
Champions	Petro de Luanda
Relegated	ARA da Gabela Sporting Cabinda Sporting do Bié
2001 CAF Champions League	Petro de Luanda (Girabola winner)
2001 CAF Cup	ASA (Girabola runner-up)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	444 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Blanchard (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Petro 6–1 ARA (30 Apr 2000) Petro 6–1 Acad (29 May 2000)
Biggest away win	Benf 0–6 Petro (06 May 2000)
Highest scoring	3 matches Petro 6–1 ARA (30 Apr 2000) Petro 6–1 Acad (29 May 2000) ASA 5–2 Acad (01 May 2000)
← 1999 2001 →

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2001 Gira Angola.

Petro de Luanda were crowned champions, winning their 12th title,^[1] while ARA da Gabela, Sporting de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié, were relegated.

Blanchard of Benfica de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 19 goals.^[2]

Changes from the 1999 season

Relegated: Independente do Tômbwa and Progresso do Sambizanga
Withdrew: Cambondo de Malanje
Promoted: ARA da Gabela and Sporting do Bié

• Note: From this season on and up until 2009, the Girabola was contested by 14 teams, instead of 16.

FC Cabinda

Sporting

Sagrada

1º de Agosto

Petro

ASA

Benfica Interclube

ARA Gabela

11 Bravos

Académica

Sporting do Bié

Petro do Huambo

Sonangol

 Locations of the 2000 Girabola teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Petro de Luanda (C)	26	20	3	3	65	16	+49	63	Qualification for Champions League
2	ASA	26	13	5	8	47	29	+18	44	Qualification for CAF Cup
3	Petro do Huambo	26	12	6	8	28	23	+5	42
4	Primeiro de Agosto	26	11	7	8	33	19	+14	40
5	Interclube	26	12	4	10	30	27	+3	40
6	Sonangol do Namibe[a]	26	11	6	9	32	30	+2	39
7	Académica do Lobito	26	10	6	10	28	35	−7	36
8	Benfica de Luanda	26	11	2	13	36	45	−9	35
9	Sagrada Esperança	25	9	6	10	21	30	−9	33
10	Onze Bravos[b]	26	8	9	9	29	34	−5	33
11	FC de Cabinda	26	8	8	10	24	31	−7	32
12	Sporting de Cabinda (R)	26	8	7	11	28	29	−1	31	Relegation to Provincial stages
13	ARA da Gabela (R)	26	6	2	18	23	46	−23	20
14	Sporting do Bié (R)	25	5	3	17	20	50	−30	18

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2000. Source: Girabola.com^[usurped]
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
Notes:

1. Name later changed to Atlético do Namibe
2. Name later changed to Bravos do Maquis

Results

Home \ Away	11B	ACL	ARA	ASA	BEN	FCC	INT	PET	PHU	PRI	SAG	SBI	SCC	SON
11 Bravos	—	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–1
Académica do Lobito	1–0	—	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1
ARA da Gabela	1–0	2–1	—	0–2	2–2	4–0	0–3	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1
ASA	4–2	2–0	4–1	—	3–1	1–0	5–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–0
Benfica de Luanda	2–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	0–6	3–2	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–0	4–2
FC de Cabinda	3–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	—	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0
Interclube	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	—	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–2
Petro de Luanda	2–1	6–1	6–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	—	2–1	1–0	4–1	5–0	2–1	3–0
Petro do Huambo	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1
Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	—	5–1	4–0	1–1	4–1
Sagrada Esperança	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0
Sporting do Bié	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–5	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–1	–	—	2–0	0–1
Sporting de Cabinda	5–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–3
Sonangol do Namibe	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2000. Source: girabola.com^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Blanchard

Champions

2000 Girabola winner
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 12th title

Squad: Avelino Lopes, Betinho, Cacharamba, Chinho, Dias Caires, Filipe, Flávio, Gilberto, Guedes, Gui, Mbiyavanga, Nando, Nsuka, Renato, William, Zico
Head coach: Djalma Cavalcante