2015 Girabola

The 2015 Girabola was the 37th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 11 February to 10 October 2015. Recreativo do Libolo survived a late-season scare from 1º de Agosto to win their fourth Angolan championship, all in the past five years. Recreativo do Libolo needed a scoreless draw against Académica do Lobito in their final game to finish in a tie atop the standings with 1º de Agosto, who closed the season with six straight wins. Recreativo do Libolo won the tiebreaker based on head-to-head points.

Girabola

Season	2015
Champions	Recreativo do Libolo
Relegated	Domant Bravos do Maquis Sporting de Cabinda
Champions League	Recreativo do Libolo
Matches played	240
Goals scored	514 (2.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albert Meyong Yano (13)
Biggest home win	1º de Agosto 5-0 ASA (10 May 2015)
Biggest away win	5 matches Progresso 0-3 ASA (4 March 2015) Progresso 0-3 1º de Agosto (4 April 2015) Sporting de Cabinda 1-4 Progresso (16 May 2015) Domant 0-3 Recreativo do Libolo (2 August 2015) Benfica Luanda 1-4 1º de Agosto (4 October 2015)
Highest scoring	Interclube 5-2 Sp Cabinda (21 Feb 2015)
Longest winning run	Recreativo do Libolo (7)
Longest unbeaten run	Recreativo do Libolo (22)
Longest winless run	Recreativo da Caála (11)
Longest losing run	Domant (6)
← 2014 2016 → All statistics correct as of 10 October 2015.

The league comprised 16 of teams and the bottom three were relegated to the 2016 Segundona.^[1] Domant, Onze Bravos and Sporting de Cabinda finished in the last three spots and were relegated.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from the 2014 Segundona, Académica do Lobito, Domant and Progresso Lunda Sul.

Recreativo do Libolo were the defending champions from the 2014 season.

Changes from 2014 season

Relegated: Primeiro de Maio, Benfica do Lubango, União do Uíge
Promoted: Académica do Lobito, Domant FC, Progresso da Lunda Sul

Stadiums and locations

1º de Agosto
Petro

Académica

ASA

Benfica
Kabuscorp
Progresso

Maquis

Caála

Sporting

Domant

Desportivo

Interclube

Libolo

Progresso LS

Sagrada

Locations of the 2014 Girabola teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
Académica do Lobito	Lobito	Estádio do Buraco	15,000	1st in Segundona
ASA	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	13th in Girabola
Benfica de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	3rd in Girabola
Bravos do Maquis	Luena	Estádio Mundunduleno	4,300	6th in Girabola
Desportivo da Huíla	Lubango	Estadio da Tundavala	25,000	11th in Girabola
Domant	Caxito	Estádio Municipal do Dande	5,000	3rd in Segundona
Interclube	Luanda	Estádio 22 de Junho	7,000	9th in Girabola
Kabuscorp	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	2nd in Girabola
Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	5th in Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	4th in Girabola
Progresso da Lunda Sul	Saurimo	Estádio das Mangueiras	7,000	2nd in Segundona
Progresso do Sambizanga	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	30,000	10th in Girabola
Recreativo da Caála	Caála	Estádio Mártires da Canhala	12,000	7th in Girabola
Recreativo do Libolo	Calulo	Estádio Municipal	10,000	Girabola Champions
Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	8,000	8th in Girabola
Sporting de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio Municipal do Tafe	25,000	12th in Girabola

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Recreativo do Libolo (C)	30	16	12	2	44	20	+24	60[a]	Qualification for Champions League
2	Primeiro de Agosto	30	17	9	4	51	23	+28	60[a]
3	Benfica de Luanda	30	14	11	5	35	23	+12	53
4	Kabuscorp	30	11	15	4	32	23	+9	48
5	Interclube	30	11	12	7	34	24	+10	45
6	Progresso da LS	30	10	10	10	31	31	0	40
7	Desportivo da Huíla	30	10	9	11	24	33	−9	39
8	Petro de Luanda	30	10	8	12	25	29	−4	38
9	ASA	30	10	8	12	31	39	−8	38
10	Sagrada Esperança	30	9	10	11	22	28	−6	37
11	Recreativo da Caála	30	7	15	8	28	25	+3	36
12	Progresso do Sambizanga	30	9	8	13	35	38	−3	35
13	Académica do Lobito	30	9	6	15	34	36	−2	33
14	Bravos do Maquis (R)	30	8	7	15	28	40	−12	31	Relegation to Provincial stages
15	Sporting de Cabinda (R)	30	7	10	13	31	46	−15	31
16	Domant FC (R)	30	5	4	21	28	55	−27	19

Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2015. 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. Head-to-head results: 1º de Agosto 1 Rec do Libolo 1; Rec do Libolo 3 1º de Agosto 2.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ASA	BEN	BMQ	DHL	DOM	INT	KAB	PET	PRI	PRL	PRO	RCA	RLB	SAG	SCC
Académica do Lobito	—	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0
ASA	3–1	—	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Benfica de Luanda	2–0	2–0	—	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–2
Bravos do Maquis	1–0	1–2	0–0	—	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2
Desportivo da Huíla	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0
Domant FC	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	—	2–3	1–3	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1
Interclube	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	5–2
Kabuscorp	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2
Petro de Luanda	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
Progresso da Lunda Sul	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–0
Progresso do Sambizanga	3–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–3	4–1	—	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–2
Recreativo da Caála	2–1		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	2–0	1–1
Recreativo do Libolo	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	5–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–2
Sagrada Esperança	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–1
Sporting de Cabinda	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–4	2–2	0–1	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2015. Source: girabola.com^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Recreativo do Libolo 7 11 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1º de Agosto 7 14 15 16 15 14 10 7 6 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 Benfica de Luanda 11 4 6 4 4 5 6 5 5 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 Kabuscorp 7 11 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Interclube 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Progresso Lunda Sul 11 10 14 7 8 7 5 3 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Desportivo da Huíla 4 3 8 11 12 13 15 12 13 14 14 14 14 12 11 13 14 14 11 12 12 11 8 8 10 8 7 7 9 7 Petro de Luanda 14 5 9 5 5 4 4 6 7 7 9 10 7 9 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 9 8 7 8 ASA 1 2 5 9 9 6 8 10 10 13 11 11 12 14 14 11 12 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 10 9 Sagrada Esperança 14 14 11 13 13 16 11 13 14 12 10 8 9 7 9 10 9 10 13 13 13 14 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 Recreativo da Caála 7 11 13 10 11 11 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 12 9 10 10 11 9 9 7 10 10 8 11 Progresso 16 16 16 15 16 15 16 16 11 10 13 12 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 9 9 10 11 8 9 11 9 12 12 Académica do Lobito 11 9 12 8 10 10 13 9 9 9 12 13 13 11 12 12 13 13 15 15 15 13 13 12 12 11 8 12 13 13 Bravos do Maquis 4 6 2 6 7 8 7 8 8 8 7 7 8 10 10 9 10 11 14 14 14 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 Sporting de Cabinda 2 8 7 13 14 12 9 11 12 11 8 9 11 13 13 14 11 12 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 Domant 4 7 9 12 6 9 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Source: Girabola[usurped]

Leader (2016 CAF Champions League) Relegation to 2016 Provincial stages

Season statistics

Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals[2] 1 Albert Meyong Kabuscorp 13 Yano Progresso 13 3 Moco Interclube 12 Ary Papel 1º de Agosto 12 5 Pedro Benfica Luanda 11 6 Chole Bravos do Maquis 10 Fredy Recreativo do Libolo 10 Mateus Galiano 1º de Agosto 10 Gelson 1º de Agosto 10 Jacek Magdziński Académica do Lobito 10 Paizinho Recreativo da Caála 10

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Yano Progresso Sambizanga Progresso da Lunda Sul 4-1 [3] 18 July 2015 Patrick Kabuscorp Domant FC 3-1 [4] 22 April 2015

2015 Girabola winner
Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo 4th title

Squad: Landu, Manaia, Nílton, Ricardo (GK) Carlitos, Eddie, Edy Boyom, Kuagica, Mauro, Mingo Sanda, Natael, Wires (DF) Dany, Dário, Fredy, Fuky, Kaya, Mbongo, Medá, Rudy, Sidnei, Pataca (MF) Alexandre, Brito, Chico, Diawara, Valdinho (FW) João Paulo Costa (Head Coach)

Top Scorer
Albert Meyong

See also

• 2015 Segundona