2011 Girabola

Girabola
Season	2011 (Mar 2–Nov 6)
Champions	Recreativo do Libolo
Relegated	FC Cabinda Primeiro de Maio Académica Lobito
2012 CAF Champions League	Recreativo Libolo
2012 CAF Confederation Cup	Interclube (cup winner)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	532 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Love Cabungula (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Petro Atlético 7–0 Onze Bravos (17 April 2011)
Biggest away win	Académica do Lobito 1–4 Benfica Luanda (15 May 2011)
Highest scoring	Petro Atlético 7–0 Onze Bravos
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Girabola was the 33rd season of top-tier football in Angola. The season began on 11 March. Interclube were the defending champions, having won their 2nd Angolan championship in 2010.

The league comprises 16 teams, the bottom three of which will be relegated to the 2012 Gira Angola.^[1]

Recreativo Libolo were crowned champions, while FC Cabinda, Primeiro de Maio and Académica Lobito were relegated.^[2] Love Cabungula of Petro Luanda finished as top scorer with 20 goals.^[3]

Angola was informed by CAF that it will have only 2 teams (one team in each competition) competing in the 2012 CAF club competitions, according to the latest CAF 5-Year Ranking.^[4] The Girabola champion will play in the 2012 CAF Champions League, and the Taça de Angola will play in the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup.

Teams

C.D. Huíla, SC Petróleos de Cabinda, and Sport Lubango e Benfica were directly relegated to the Gira Angola after finishing 12th, 13th and 14th respectively in the previous year's standings. They are replaced by First Division Série A champions Progresso, Série B champions Primeiro de Maio, and Académica Lobito, winners of the promotion play-off between Série A and B runners-up.

Changes from 2010 season

Relegated: Desportivo da Huíla, Sporting de Cabinda, Benfica do Lubango
Promoted: Académica do Lobito, Primeiro de Maio, Progresso do Sambizanga

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Recreativo do Libolo !Recreativo do Libolo (C)	30	17	6	7	49	26	+23	57	2012 CAF Champions League
2	Kabuscorp !Kabuscorp	30	17	5	8	47	30	+17	56
3	Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	30	13	12	5	46	28	+18	51
4	Recreativo da Caála !Recreativo da Caála	30	14	6	10	37	34	+3	48
5	Interclube !Interclube	30	11	15	4	31	17	+14	48	2012 CAF Confederation Cup
6	Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	30	10	15	5	37	28	+9	45
7	Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	30	10	11	9	26	25	+1	41
8	Bravos do Maquis !Bravos do Maquis	30	9	11	10	36	41	−5	38
9	ASA !ASA	30	9	10	11	28	29	−1	37
10	Académica do Soyo !Académica do Soyo	30	9	10	11	26	28	−2	37
11	Santos FC !Santos FC	30	8	12	10	34	40	−6	36
12	Progresso !Progresso	30	9	9	12	28	37	−9	36
13	Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	30	9	8	13	33	36	−3	35
14	FC de Cabinda !FC de Cabinda (R)	30	7	12	11	25	30	−5	33	Relegation to 2012 Gira Angola
15	Primeiro de Maio !Primeiro de Maio (R)	30	7	9	14	30	42	−12	30
16	Académica do Lobito !Académica do Lobito (R)	30	2	7	21	19	62	−43	13

Updated to games played on 6 November 2011.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home ╲ Away	Académica do Lobito !ACL	Académica do Soyo !ACS	ASA !ASA	Benfica de Luanda !BEN	Bravos do Maquis !MAQ	FC de Cabinda !FCC	Interclube !INT	Kabuscorp !KAB	Petro de Luanda !PET	Primeiro de Agosto !PRI	Primeiro de Maio !MAI	Progresso !PRO	Recreativo da Caála !CAA	Recreativo do Libolo !LIB	Sagrada Esperança !SAG	Santos FC !SAN
Académica do Lobito !Académica do Lobito		1–0	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–5	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2
Académica do Soyo !Académica do Soyo	2–1		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
ASA !ASA	1–0	1–1		0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	2–3	2–2	1–0
Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	5–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1
Bravos do Maquis !Bravos do Maquis	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1		3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–1
FC de Cabinda !FC de Cabinda	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–1		0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Interclube !Interclube	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1
Kabuscorp !Kabuscorp	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1		2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–2
Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	7–0	0–2	2–0	2–3		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0
Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–3	2–1		0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
Primeiro de Maio !Primeiro de Maio	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–5	3–0	1–2		1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2
Progresso !Progresso	2–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–5	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1
Recreativo da Caála !Recreativo da Caála	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	1–0
Recreativo do Libolo !Recreativo do Libolo	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–3	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0		1–0	2–0
Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1		1–1
Santos FC !Santos FC	1–0	3–5	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1

Updated to games played on 6 November 2011.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers ^[5]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Love	Petro de Luanda	20
2	Sawu	Kabuscorp	15
3	Aguinaldo	Recreativo do Libolo	13
4	Abel Manfuila	Kabuscorp	11
5	Amaro	Primeiro de Agosto	10

2011 Girabola winner
Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo 1st title

Top Scorer
Love Kabungula

External links

Federação Angolana de Futebol

References

↑ King, Ian (May 6, 2011). "Angola 2011". Retrieved May 20, 2011.
↑ "Recreativo do Libolo empata na consagração". Federação Angolana de Futebol. September 6, 2011.
↑ "Love sagra-se melhor "artilheiro" pela terceira vez". Federação Angolana de Futebol. September 6, 2011.
↑ CAF diminui participação angolana nas afrotaças(portuguese)
↑ "Love Cabungula é o melhor marcador / Palmarés" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 6 Nov 2011. Retrieved 4 Sep 2016.

2011 in African Football (CAF)

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Domestic leagues	Algeria 10–11 11–12 Angola 10-11 11-12 Cameroon 10–11 Congo DR 11 Egypt 10–11 11–12 Ethiopia 10–11 11–12 Gabon 11–12 Ghana 10–11 11–12 Kenya 11 Libya 10–11 Mali 10–11 Mauritania 10–11 Mauritius 11 Morocco 10–11 11–12 Mozambique 11 Nigeria 10–11 Rwanda 10–11 11–12 São Tomé and Principe 11 Seychelles 11 South Africa 10–11 11–12 Tunisia 10–11 11–12

Domestic cups	Algeria 10–11 11–12 Angola 2011

Regional cups	CECAFA Cup Kagame Interclub Cup Nile Basin Tournament

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

Angola football seasons

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