1980 Girabola

The 1980 Girabola was the second season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 19 April 1980 to 28 February 1981. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

Girabola 1980
Season1980
(19/4/1980 – 28/2/1981)
Champions1º de Agosto
RelegatedPalancas
Sagrada
Santa Rita
Sassamba
1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs1º de Agosto
(Girabola winner)
1981 African Cup Winners' CupNacional
Matches played182
Top goalscorerAlves
(29 goals)
← 1979
1981 →

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated.

Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, winning their 2nd title, while Palancas do Huambo, Sagrada Esperança, Santa Rita and Sassamba da LS were relegated.

On the course of the championship, Santa Rita de Moçâmedes was renamed as Grupo Desportivo Welwitschia. Estrela Vermelha do Huambo, on its part, was renamed as Mambroa.

Francisco Carlos de Abreu aka Alves of Primeiro de Agosto finished as the top scorer with 29 goals.

Changes from the 1979 season

Relegated: 14 de Abril, Desp de Xangongo, Diabos Negros, FC de Cabinda, FC Mbanza Congo, Ginásio do KK, Juv do Kunge, Luta SC Cabinda, Makotas de Malange, Naval Porto Amboim, Sassamba da LS, Vitória AC do Bié
Promoted: Sagrada Esperança, Sassamba da LS

 Locations of the 1980 Girabola teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Primeiro de Agosto (C) 26 21 4 1 80 10 +70 46 Qualification for Champions Cup
2 TAAG[lower-alpha 1] 26 19 4 3 72 19 +53 42
3 Mambroa[lower-alpha 2] 26 17 7 2 54 23 +31 41
4 Nacional de Benguela 26 16 7 3 51 24 +27 39 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup
5 Diabos Verdes[lower-alpha 3] 26 10 6 10 37 42 −5 26
6 FC do Uíge 26 9 8 9 42 37 +5 26
7 Académica do Lobito 25 11 3 11 36 33 +3 25
8 Ferroviário da Huíla 26 7 10 9 23 28 −5 24
9 Desportivo da Chela[lower-alpha 4] 26 6 10 10 35 49 −14 22
10 MCH do Uíge 26 6 8 12 30 44 −14 20
11 Palancas do Huambo (R) 25 6 4 15 23 56 −33 16 Relegation to Provincial stages
12 Sagrada Esperança (R) 26 5 5 16 30 46 −16 15
13 Sassamba da LS (R) 25 3 5 17 24 65 −41 11
14 Santa Rita[lower-alpha 5] (R) 25 1 5 19 10 71 −61 7
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1980. Source: Girabola.com
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Name later reverted to its original ASA
  2. Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Huambo
  3. Name later changed to Leões de Luanda and then reverted to its original Sporting de Luanda
  4. Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Lubango
  5. On the course of the competition they were renamed as Welwitschia

Results
Home \ Away ACL CHE TAG DVE FCU FER MCH MAM NAC PAL PRI SAG SAS SRT
Académica do Lobito — 7–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–1
Desportivo da Chela 1–0 — 1–2 5–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0
Desportivo da Taag 5–3 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 6–0 2–0 3–1 11–2 9–0
Diabos Verdes 0–4 0–0 1–4 — 4–3 1–0 2–1 3–5 1–4 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–0
FC do Uíge 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 — 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–4 4–2 5–0
Ferroviário da Huíla 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–3 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 4–2
M.C.H. do Uíge 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 — 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 3–0
Mambroa 2–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 8–1 — 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–2
Nacional de Benguela 4–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 — 5–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–0
Palancas do Huambo 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–4 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–3 — 0–6 0–4 3–1 1–1
Primeiro de Agosto 2–0 7–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 — 3–0 9–0 11–0
Sagrada Esperança 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 — 3–2 2–2
Sassamba da L.S. 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–4 — 1–0
Santa Rita 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–6 1–0 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–4 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1981. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round by round (home)
Team \ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Académica do LobitoSASMAMDVECHEWELNACSAGTAAMCHPALFCUFERPRI
Desp. da ChelaFERPRISAGMAMMCHPALFCUWELNACSASTAAACADVE
Desp. da TAAGSAGACAMCHCHEFCUFERPRIMAMDVEPALWELNACSAS
Diabos VerdesMAMTAAMCHPALCHESAGWELFERACANACPRISASFCU
FC do UígeWELNACSASMAMACADVEFERPRISAGTAAMCHPALCHE
Ferroviário da HuílaFCUDVENACSASACACHEWELPRISAGMAMTAAMCHPAL
M.C.H. do UígeSASMAMACAPALFCUWELFERPRISAGTAADVECHENAC
MambroaTAAPALWELFERNACSASDVEACAMCHCHEFCUPRISAG
Nacional de BenguelaCHEWELDVEPRISAGTAAMCHPALFCUFERSASMAMACA
Palancas do HuamboNACSASSAGTAAACAFCUFERPRIMAMMCHDVECHEWEL
Primeiro de AgostoMCHPALFCUFERDVESASMAMACACHEWELNACSAGTAA
Sagrada EsperançaACAMCHFCUFERPRISASMAMTAAPALCHEWELNACDVE
Sassamba da L.S.CHEWELNACDVETAAACAMCHPALFCUFERPRISAGMAM
Santa Rita de MoçâmedesDVEFERPRISAGTAAPALFCUNACSASMAMACACHE

Source: Girabola

Season statistics

Season statistics

Top scorer

Champions
 1980 Girabola winner 

Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto
2nd title
Squad: Agostinho, Alves, Amândio, Ângelo, Barros, Cartaxo, Chimalanga, Cuba, Dinis, Garcia, Horácio, Ivo, Januário, Julião, Lourenço, Luvambo, Manico, Mascarenhas, Mateus, Mavuba, Mayele, Mendinho, Mesquita, Napoleão, Ndongala, Ndunguidi, Neto, Nsuka, Rosinha, Sabino, Sansão, Suba, Tandu, Túbia, Vieira Dias, Zeca, Zomi
Head Coach: Ivan Ridanović

References
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