2006 Girabola

The 2006 Girabola was the 28th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 25 February to 26 November 2006. Sagrada Esperança were the defending champions.

Girabola

Season	2006 (Feb 25–Nov 26)
Champions	1º de Agosto
Relegated	Bravos do Maquis Progresso do Sambizanga Sporting de Cabinda
2007 CAF Champions League	1º de Agosto (winner) Petro de Luanda (runner-up)
2007 CAF Confederation Cup	Interclube (3rd place)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	342 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manucho Gonçalves (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Int Lua 5–0 Aca Soy (27 Aug 2006) Ben Lub 5–0 Spo Cab (15 Oct 2006)
Biggest away win	Pro Sam 0–5 Pet Lua (22 Nov 2006)
Highest scoring	ASA 3–4 Ben Lub (27 Aug 2006)
← 2005 2007 →

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2007 Gira Angola.

Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, while Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga and Sporting de Cabinda were relegated.^[1] Manucho Gonçalves of Petro Luanda finished as the top scorer with 16 goals.^[2]

Changes from the 2005 season

Relegated: Académica do Lobito, Petro do Huambo, Sporting do Bié
Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango

Sporting

Académica Soyo

Sagrada

1º de Agosto

Petro

ASA

Benfica
Progresso Interclube

Bravos do Maquis

1º de Maio

Benfica Lubango

Desportivo

Atlético

 Locations of the 2006 Girabola teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Primeiro de Agosto (C)	26	16	8	2	34	15	+19	56	Qualification for Champions League
2	Petro de Luanda	26	12	10	4	32	17	+15	46
3	Interclube	26	12	8	6	36	21	+15	44	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Benfica do Lubango	26	11	6	9	33	28	+5	39
5	ASA	26	10	6	10	31	26	+5	36
6	Sagrada Esperança	26	9	9	8	17	16	+1	36
7	Desportivo da Huíla	26	10	6	10	24	24	0	36
8	Benfica de Luanda	26	10	2	14	23	28	−5	32
9	Académica do Soyo	26	8	8	10	19	27	−8	32
10	Primeiro de Maio	26	7	10	9	22	23	−1	31
11	Atlético do Namibe	26	6	13	7	22	25	−3	31
12	Bravos do Maquis (R)	26	6	12	8	14	21	−7	30	Relegation to Provincial stages
13	Progresso do Sambizanga (R)	26	5	9	12	20	31	−11	24
14	Sporting de Cabinda (R)	26	3	7	16	15	40	−25	16

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2006. 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

Results

Home \ Away	ACS	ASA	ATN	BEN	BLB	BRA	DES	INT	PET	PRI	MAI	PRO	SAG	SCC
Académica do Soyo	—	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0
ASA	5–1	—	1–2	0–1	3–4	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1
Atlético do Namibe	2–0	0–0	—	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Benfica de Luanda	0–3	3–1	2–0	—	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0
Benfica do Lubango	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	5–0
Bravos do Maquis	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Desportivo da Huíla	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	—	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
Interclube	5–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	—	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–1
Petro de Luanda	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0
Primeiro de Agosto	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	—	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1
Primeiro de Maio	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	—	0–0	0–1	2–0
Progresso do Sambizanga	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–5	0–2	2–0	—	1–1	1–0
Sagrada Esperança	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	—	0–0
Sporting de Cabinda	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2006. Source: girabola.com^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers [3] Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Manucho Petro Luanda 16 2 Sérge Benfica Luanda 10 3 Gazeta 1º de Agosto 10 4 Alberto Benfica Lubango 7 Adolfo Atlético Namibe

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Fofaná ASA Primeiro de Agosto 3-1 [4] 22 November 2006 Lunguinha Atlético do Namibe Desportivo da Huíla 3-1 [5] 2 February 2006

2006 Girabola winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 9th title

Squad: Abel, Bebeto, Bena, Danny, Elísio, Gazeta, Henry Milanzi, Ian Bakala, Joãozinho, Josemar, Kumaca, Locó, Mano, Mbinda, Moreno, Nelo, Neruda, Patrício, Pitchu, Riquinho, Roger, Rômulo, Tião, Vado, Zé Augusto
Head coach: Jan Brouwer