2007 Girabola

The 2007 Girabola was the 29th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 14 February to 21 October 2007. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

Girabola

Season	2007 (Feb 14–Oct 21)
Champions	Interclube
Relegated	Académica do Lobito Primeiro de Maio Kabuscorp
2008 CAF Champions League	Interclube (winner) 1º de Agosto (runner-up)
2008 CAF Confederation Cup	Petro de Luanda (3rd place)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	372 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Manucho Gonçalves (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Sag Esp 6–1 Atl Nam (23 Sep 2007)
Biggest away win	Juv Mox 0–4 Santos (14 Feb 2007) Aca Soy 0–4 ASA (24 Jun 2007)
Highest scoring	Sag Esp 6–1 Atl Nam (23 Sep 2007)
← 2006 2008 →

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2008 Gira Angola.^[1]

Petro Atlético de Luanda were crowned champions, while Académica do Soyo, Atlético do Namibe and Juventude do Moxico were relegated.^[2] Manucho Gonçalves of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 14 goals.^[3]

Changes from the 2006 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga, Sporting de Cabinda
Promoted: Juventude do Moxico, Petro do Huambo, Santos FC

Académica Soyo

Sagrada

1º de Agosto

Petro

ASA

Benfica
Santos Interclube

Juv do Moxico

1º de Maio

Petro do Huambo

Benfica Lubango

Desportivo

Atlético

 Locations of the 2007 Girabola teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Interclube (C)	26	16	7	3	32	17	+15	55	Qualification for Champions League
2	Primeiro de Agosto	26	16	6	4	41	14	+27	54
3	Petro de Luanda	26	15	5	6	43	25	+18	50	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Sagrada Esperança	26	10	10	6	36	26	+10	40
5	ASA	26	10	10	6	27	19	+8	40
6	Petro do Huambo	26	11	6	9	26	20	+6	39
7	Benfica do Lubango	26	11	6	9	31	26	+5	39
8	Desportivo da Huíla	26	10	8	8	25	24	+1	38
9	Primeiro de Maio	26	9	9	8	23	23	0	36
10	Benfica de Luanda	26	9	8	9	22	21	+1	35
11	Santos FC	26	8	3	15	23	34	−11	27
12	Académica do Soyo (R)	26	5	8	13	15	29	−14	23	Relegation to Provincial stages
13	Atlético do Namibe (R)	26	4	4	18	20	41	−21	16
14	Juventude do Moxico (R)	26	0	6	20	8	53	−45	6

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2007. 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	DES	INT	JUV	PET	PHU	PRI	MAI	SAG	SAN
Académica do Soyo	—	0–4	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0
ASA	0–0	—	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–0
Atlético do Namibe	1–1	0–3	—	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	4–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–1
Benfica de Luanda	1–0	0–2	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–1
Benfica do Lubango	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	—	0–1	0–1	4–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–1
Desportivo da Huíla	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Interclube	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–0
Juventude do Moxico	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	—	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–4
Petro de Luanda	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	5–1	—	3–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–1
Petro do Huambo	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Primeiro de Agosto	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–4	1–2	—	0–0	2–0	4–1
Primeiro de Maio	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	—	0–0	1–0
Sagrada Esperança	1–0	2–3	6–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	2–1
Santos FC	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2007. Source: girabola.com^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Manucho Gonçalves Petro de Luanda 15 2 Pedro Henriques Interclube 11 3 Rasca ASA 9* 4 Levis Primeiro de Agosto 6* * As of September 2nd

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Manucho Petro de Luanda Primeiro de Maio 4-2 [4] 18 February 2007 Bebeto Sagrada Esperança Juventude Moxico 3-0 [5] 18 February 2007

2007 Girabola winner
Grupo Desportivo Interclube 1st title

Squad: Bebé, Bumba, Carlos, Eduardo, Igor, Ito, Joel, Kanu, Kikas, Kito, Lucas,
Man Baia, Mário, Mingo, Minguito, Nunas, Nuno, Nzinga, P.Henriques, Roger, Romi, Tsherry, Wetshi, Yano, Yuri
Head coach: Carlos Mozer