1981 Girabola

The 1981 Girabola was the third season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 9 May 1981 to 7 February 1982.

Girabola 1981
Season1981
(9/5/1981–7/2/1982)
Champions1º de Agosto
RelegatedDesp Chela
FC Uíge
Ferroviário
Petro Huambo
1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs1º de Agosto
(Girabola winner)
1982 African Cup Winners' CupTAAG
(Girabola runner-up)
Matches played182
Top goalscorerJoseph Maluka (20 goals)
← 1980
1982 →

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

Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions and were crowned champions, winning their 3rd title, while Desportivo da Chela, FC do Uíge, Ferroviário da Huíla and Petro do Huambo were relegated.

Joseph Maluka of Primeiro de Maio finished as the top scorer with 20 goals.

Changes from the 1980 season

Diabos Verdes were renamed as Leões de Luanda.
Relegated: Palancas do Huambo, Sagrada Esperança, Sassamba da LS, Welwitschia
Promoted: Petro de Luanda, Petro do Huambo, Primeiro de Maio, Progresso do Sambizanga

Leões de Luanda won a claim against Petro de Luanda for the latter fielding ineligible player João Machado (he was supposed to be suspended for a double yellow card) in their first leg match for the 8th round played on July 11. Petro had originally won the game by 2-1. As a result, Leões were awarded 2 pts and Petro subsequently forfeited 2 pts.

In another case, the so-called Caso Rafael, in which Leões de Luanda fielded an ineligible player named Rafael, Leões de Luanda forfeited a total five points and was therefore relegated. Subsequently, all clubs involved in games where such player took part were awarded the lost points as follows: Mambroa (2 pts), FC Uíge (2 pts) and Desportivo da Chela (1 pt).

In another dispute, Desportivo da Chela was awarded 1 point as a result of the so-called Caso Felix, in its claim against Ferroviário da Huíla. Subsequently, Ferroviário forfeited 1 pt.

 Locations of the 1981 Girabola teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Primeiro de Agosto (C) 26 16 6 4 40 15 +25 38 Qualification for Champions Cup
2 TAAG[lower-alpha 1] 26 13 10 3 43 19 +24 36 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup
3 Mambroa[lower-alpha 2] 26 12 9 5 38 24 +14 33
4 Progresso do Sambizanga 26 13 4 9 31 26 +5 30
5 Académica do Lobito 26 10 7 9 25 27 −2 27
6 Construtores do Uíge 26 10 6 10 38 38 0 26
7 Petro de Luanda 26 8 9 9 37 35 +2 25
8 Primeiro de Maio 26 8 9 9 34 36 −2 25
9 Nacional de Benguela 26 7 11 8 24 24 0 25
10 Leões de Luanda[lower-alpha 3] 26 7 10 9 24 23 +1 24
11 Petro do Huambo (R) 26 7 9 10 24 30 −6 23 Relegation to Provincial stages
12 Desportivo da Chela[lower-alpha 4] (R) 26 7 8 11 26 32 −6 22
13 FC do Uíge (R) 26 6 9 11 28 38 −10 21
14 Ferroviário da Huíla (R) 26 4 1 21 18 53 −35 9
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1981. 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 reverted to its original Sporting de Luanda
  4. Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Lubango

Results
Home \ Away ACL CON DCH TAG FCU FER LEO MAM NAC PET PHU PRI MAI PRO
Académica do Lobito — 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–1
Construtores do Uíge 1–1 — 1–0 1–3 4–1 0–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1
Desportivo da Chela 1–1 1–3 — 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–0
Desportivo da Taag 0–0 1–2 2–1 — 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–2
FC do Uíge 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–5 — 5–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–2
Ferroviário da Huíla 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 — 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–4 3–2 1–1 1–4 0–3
Leões de Luanda 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 — 3–1 1–3 1–0 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–1
Mambroa 4–1 3–4 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 — 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1
Nacional de Benguela 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 — 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1
Petro de Luanda 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–2
Petro do Huambo 1–2 4–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–0
Primeiro de Agosto 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 — 0–0 3–0
Primeiro de Maio 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 — 0–2
Progresso do Sambizanga 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 1982. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team \ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
1º de Agosto105575542221111111111111111
TAAG35322211112222222222222222
Mambroa67733334345444433333333333
Progresso63244425653566555444544444
Académica do Lobito101513111211121111111112128677966677665
Construtores21410127877977810121012118910866886
Nacional Benguela69891112108788679119810119998777
Petro de Luanda115699898999111086667810129898
1º de Maio16411108766434333344555455559
Leões de Luanda37121314141413141413131314141413131212121112111110
Petro do Huambo10944669101010101081112109787781081011
Desportivo da Chela698710101112121212119791112121011131313131212
FC Uíge321111535667557810111313111011121313
Ferroviário da Huíla1516141413131314131314141413131314141414141414141414

Source: Girabola

Season statistics

Champions
 1981 Girabola winner 

Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto
3rd title
Squad: Agostinho, Alves, Amândio, Ângelo, Barros, Dinis, Lourenço, Manico, Mendinho, Mesquita, Napoleão, Ndongala, Ndunguidi, Nsuka, Tandu, Zeca
Head Coach: Joaquim Dinis

References
    • "Girabola Resultados e Classificação" [Girabola results and standing]. Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 7 Feb 1982.
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