2005 Girabola

The 2005 Girabola was the 27th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 20 February to 23 October 2005. ASA were the defending champions.

Girabola 2005
Season2005 (Feb 20–Oct 23)
ChampionsSagrada Esperança
RelegatedAcadémica do Lobito
Petro do Huambo
Sporting do Bié
2006 CAF Champions LeagueSagrada Esperança (winner)
ASA (runner-up)
2006 CAF Confederation CupPetro de Luanda (3rd place)
Matches played182
Goals scored346 (1.9 per match)
Top goalscorerLove Kabungula (13 goals)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winSpo Bié 0–4 Int Lua (31 Jul 2005)
Highest scoringPri Ago 5–2 Atl Nam
(13 Apr 2005)
Longest winning runPet Lua (5) 17 Jul - 21 Aug
Longest unbeaten runPet Lua (11) 03 Jul - 26 Aug
← 2004
2006 →

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2006 Gira Angola.

Sagrada Esperança were crowned champions, while Académica do Lobito, Petro do Huambo and Sporting do Bié were relegated.[1]

Arsénio Kabungula aka Love of ASA finished as the top scorer with 13 goals.[2]

Changes from the 2004 season

Relegated: Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango and Bravos do Maquis
Promoted: Benfica de Luanda, Desportivo da Huíla, Sporting do Bié

 Locations of the 2005 Girabola teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sagrada Esperança (C) 26 15 6 5 34 19 +15 51 Qualification for Champions League
2 ASA 26 14 8 4 37 20 +17 50
3 Petro de Luanda 26 14 6 6 28 17 +11 48 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Primeiro de Agosto 26 11 8 7 36 21 +15 41
5 Benfica de Luanda 26 10 7 9 28 19 +9 37
6 Primeiro de Maio 26 9 10 7 26 25 +1 37
7 Interclube 26 8 9 9 27 28 −1 33
8 Atlético do Namibe 26 8 9 9 25 31 −6 33
9 Sporting de Cabinda 26 9 6 11 23 31 −8 33
10 Progresso do Sambizanga 26 7 11 8 23 26 −3 32
11 Desportivo da Huíla 26 7 10 9 22 25 −3 31
12 Petro do Huambo (R) 26 8 6 12 13 19 −6 30 Relegation to Provincial stages
13 Académica do Lobito (R) 26 6 7 13 20 29 −9 25
14 Sporting do Bié (R) 26 3 3 20 13 45 −32 12
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2005. 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 ACL ASA ATN * BEN DES INT PET PHU PRI MAI PRO SAG SCB SCC
Académica do Lobito — 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0
ASA 2–1 — 2–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–1
Atlético do Namibe * 0–0 1–0 — 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 4–0 2–0
Benfica de Luanda 2–0 1–2 2–0 — 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–0
Desportivo da Huíla 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–0
Interclube 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 — 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–2
Petro de Luanda 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Petro do Huambo 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Primeiro de Agosto 3–1 1–1 5–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–0
Primeiro de Maio 1–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Progresso do Sambizanga 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 2–2
Sagrada Esperança 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 — 3–1 0–1
Sporting do Bié 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 — 3–0
Sporting de Cabinda 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2005. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • Sonangol do Namibe later in the season changed its name do Atlético do Namibe

Season statistics

[3]

 2005 Girabola winner 
Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança
1st title
Squad: Alex, Andia, António, Bondoso, Chinho, Fatite, Filipe, Goliath, Hélder Vicente, Jojó, Kadé, Kivota, Lebo Lebo, Maninho Loide, Marcos, Mbala, Moisés II, Nsuka, Palucho, Roque Sapiri, Santana
Head Coach: Mário Calado

References
  1. "Soccer: Sagrada Esperança Win Girabola 2005". ANGOP.com. 24 Oct 2005. Retrieved 8 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: d`Agosto quebra jejum de vitórias com goleada" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 12 Mar 2005.
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