Competition: | Girabola |
Season: | 2008 (Mar 02–Nov 02) |
Winners: | Petro de Luanda |
Relegated: | Académica do Lobito Primeiro de Maio Kabuscorp |
Relegation: | Gira Angola |
Continentalcup1: | CAF Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Petro de Luanda (winner) 1º de Agosto (runner-up) |
League Topscorer: | Santana Carlos |
Biggest Home Win: | |
Biggest Away Win: | |
Highest Scoring: | |
Matches: | 182 |
Total Goals: | 367 |
Prevseason: | 2007 |
Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 Girabola was the 30th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 2 March to 2 November 2008. Interclube were the defending champions.
The league comprised 14 teams and the bottom three were relegated to the 2009 Gira Angola.
Petro Atlético de Luanda were crowned champions,[1] while Benfica do Lubango, Petro do Huambo and Sagrada Esperança were relegated. Santana Carlos of Petro Luanda finished as top scorer with 20 goals.[2]
On its official weekly report 0032/SG/08, F.C. Bravos do Maquis forfeited 3 points regarding their 15 round home match against Primeiro de Maio.[3]
Relegated: Académica do Soyo, Atlético do Namibe, Juventude do Moxico
Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Kabuscorp, Recreativo do Libolo
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Santana Carlos | Petro Luanda | 20 | |
2 | Love | 1º de Agosto | 15 | |
Reginaldo | Recreativo Libolo | |||
3 | Rasca | Santos FC | 11 | |
4 | Vado | Benfica de Luanda | 8 |
Poker | |||||||
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Player | For | Against | Result | Rnd | Date | Ref | |
Vado | 6-0 | 15 | |||||
Hat-tricks | |||||||
Player | For | Against | Result | Rnd | Date | Ref | |
Love | 1-3 | 23 | |||||
Santana Carlos | 4-0 | 23 | |||||
Santana Carlos | 0-4 | 26 | [5] |
Squad: Hélder Cabral, Kivota, Lamá, Lamick (GK) Cassoma, Etah, Hélder Vicente, Jamuana, Mabiná, Maninho, Miguel, Renato, Sérgio, Yamba Asha (DF) Chara, Day Day, David, Job, Malamba, Nelo, Tunga, (MF) Bennet, Humberto, Joca, Kembua, Rolf, Santana (FW) Bernardino Pedroto (Head Coach) |