2006 Girabola

The 2006 Girabola was the 28th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 25 February to 26 November 2006. Sagrada Esperança were the defending champions.

Girabola
Season2006 (Feb 25–Nov 26)
Champions1º de Agosto
RelegatedBravos do Maquis
Progresso do Sambizanga
Sporting de Cabinda
2007 CAF Champions League1º de Agosto (winner)
Petro de Luanda (runner-up)
2007 CAF Confederation CupInterclube (3rd place)
Matches played182
Goals scored342 (1.88 per match)
Top goalscorerManucho Gonçalves (16 goals)
Biggest home winInt Lua 5–0 Aca Soy (27 Aug 2006)
Ben Lub 5–0 Spo Cab (15 Oct 2006)
Biggest away winPro Sam 0–5 Pet Lua (22 Nov 2006)
Highest scoringASA 3–4 Ben Lub (27 Aug 2006)
← 2005
2007 →

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2007 Gira Angola.

Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, while Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga and Sporting de Cabinda were relegated.[1] Manucho Gonçalves of Petro Luanda finished as the top scorer with 16 goals.[2]

Changes from the 2005 season

Relegated: Académica do Lobito, Petro do Huambo, Sporting do Bié
Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango

 Locations of the 2006 Girabola teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Primeiro de Agosto (C) 26 16 8 2 34 15 +19 56 Qualification for Champions League
2 Petro de Luanda 26 12 10 4 32 17 +15 46
3 Interclube 26 12 8 6 36 21 +15 44 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Benfica do Lubango 26 11 6 9 33 28 +5 39
5 ASA 26 10 6 10 31 26 +5 36
6 Sagrada Esperança 26 9 9 8 17 16 +1 36
7 Desportivo da Huíla 26 10 6 10 24 24 0 36
8 Benfica de Luanda 26 10 2 14 23 28 −5 32
9 Académica do Soyo 26 8 8 10 19 27 −8 32
10 Primeiro de Maio 26 7 10 9 22 23 −1 31
11 Atlético do Namibe 26 6 13 7 22 25 −3 31
12 Bravos do Maquis (R) 26 6 12 8 14 21 −7 30 Relegation to Provincial stages
13 Progresso do Sambizanga (R) 26 5 9 12 20 31 −11 24
14 Sporting de Cabinda (R) 26 3 7 16 15 40 −25 16
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2006. 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.

Results
Home \ Away ACS ASA ATN BEN BLB BRA DES INT PET PRI MAI PRO SAG SCC
Académica do Soyo — 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
ASA 5–1 — 1–2 0–1 3–4 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1
Atlético do Namibe 2–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Benfica de Luanda 0–3 3–1 2–0 — 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0
Benfica do Lubango 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–3 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 5–0
Bravos do Maquis 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Desportivo da Huíla 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Interclube 5–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1
Petro de Luanda 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
Primeiro de Agosto 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 — 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1
Primeiro de Maio 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 — 0–0 0–1 2–0
Progresso do Sambizanga 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–5 0–2 2–0 — 1–1 1–0
Sagrada Esperança 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 — 0–0
Sporting de Cabinda 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2006. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics
 2006 Girabola winner 

Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto
9th title
Squad: Abel, Bebeto, Bena, Danny, Elísio, Gazeta, Henry Milanzi, Ian Bakala, Joãozinho, Josemar, Kumaca, Locó, Mano, Mbinda, Moreno, Nelo, Neruda, Patrício, Pitchu, Riquinho, Roger, Rômulo, Tião, Vado, Zé Augusto
Head Coach: Jan Brouwer

References
  1. "1º de Agosto New National Champions". ANGOP.com. 15 Oct 2006. Retrieved 14 Dec 2014.
  2. "Football: Petro`s Manucho Best Scorer Of First Division Championship". Federação Angolana de Futebol. 22 Oct 2007. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
  3. "Futebol: Homologado campeonato nacional da I divisão" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 8 Dec 2006. Retrieved 12 Sep 2015.
  4. "Futebol/Girabola: ´Hat-trick` de Fofana derrota campeão antecipado" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. "Futebol: Atlético do Namibe vence Desportivo da Huíla" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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