2015 Girabola Explained

Competition:	Girabola
Season:	2015
Winners:	Recreativo do Libolo
Relegated:	Domant Bravos do Maquis Sporting de Cabinda
Relegation:	Segundona
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Recreativo do Libolo
League Topscorer:	Albert Meyong Yano (13)
Biggest Home Win:
Highest Scoring:
Longest Wins:	Recreativo do Libolo (7)
Longest Unbeaten:	Recreativo do Libolo (22)
Longest Winless:	Recreativo da Caála (11)
Longest Losses:	Domant (6)
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	514
Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2016
Updated:	10 October 2015

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.

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

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	data-sort-value="13"	13th in Girabola
Benfica de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	data-sort-value="03"	3rd in Girabola
Bravos do Maquis	Luena	Estádio Mundunduleno	4,300	data-sort-value="06"	6th in Girabola
Desportivo da Huíla	Lubango	Estadio da Tundavala	25,000	data-sort-value="11"
Domant	Caxito	Estádio Municipal do Dande	5,000	3rd in Segundona
Interclube	Luanda	Estádio 22 de Junho	7,000	data-sort-value="09"	9th in Girabola
Kabuscorp	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	data-sort-value="02"	2nd in Girabola
Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	data-sort-value="05"	5th in Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	data-sort-value="04"	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	data-sort-value="10"	10th in Girabola
Recreativo da Caála	Caála	Estádio Mártires da Canhala	12,000	data-sort-value="07"	7th in Girabola
Recreativo do Libolo	Calulo	Estádio Municipal	10,000	data-sort-value="01"	Girabola Champions
Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	8,000	data-sort-value="08"	8th in Girabola
Sporting de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio Municipal do Tafe	25,000	data-sort-value="12"	12th in Girabola

League table

Results

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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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

	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
			4-1 ^[3]
Patrick			3-1 ^[4]

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)

See also

• 2015 Segundona

External links

• Girabola 2015 stats at jornaldosdesportos.sapo.ao
• Federação Angolana de Futebol

Notes and References

1. Web site: Angola 2011 . 6 May 2011 . 20 May 2011 . King, Ian.
2. Web site: Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2014 - Girabola. 1 October 2014.
3. Web site: Futebol: Hat-trick de Yano garante três pontos ao Progresso. 9 May 2017. pt.
4. Web site: Domant FC averba primeira derrota caseira com hat-trick de Pactrick do Kabuscorp. 9 May 2017. pt.