2011 Girabola

Girabola
Season	2011 (Mar 2–Nov 6)
Champions	Recreativo do Libolo
Relegated	FC Cabinda Primeiro de Maio Académica Lobito
Champions League	Recreativo do Libolo (Girabola 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 Bravos Maquis
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The 2011 Girabola was the 33rd season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 12 March to 6 November 2011. Interclube were the defending champions, having won their 2nd Angolan championship in 2010.

16 teams were involved in the league and the bottom three teams were 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.

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 were 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

FC Cabinda

Académica Soyo

Sagrada

D'Agosto Progresso
Kabuscorp

Petro

ASA

Benfica
Santos Interclube

Locations of the 2011 Girabola teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Recreativo do Libolo (C)	30	17	6	7	48	26	+22	57	Qualification for Champions League
2	Kabuscorp	30	17	5	8	47	30	+17	56
3	Petro de Luanda	30	13	12	5	46	29	+17	51
4	Recreativo da Caála	30	14	6	10	37	34	+3	48
5	Interclube	30	11	15	4	31	17	+14	48
6	Primeiro de Agosto	30	10	15	5	37	28	+9	45
7	Sagrada Esperança	30	10	11	9	26	25	+1	41
8	Bravos do Maquis	30	9	11	10	36	41	−5	38
9	ASA	30	9	10	11	29	29	0	37
10	Académica do Soyo	30	9	10	11	26	28	−2	37
11	Santos FC	30	8	12	10	34	40	−6	36
12	Progresso do Sambizanga	30	9	9	12	28	37	−9	36
13	Benfica de Luanda	30	9	8	13	33	36	−3	35
14	FC de Cabinda (R)	30	7	12	11	25	30	−5	33	Relegation to Provincial stages
15	Primeiro de Maio (R)	30	7	9	14	30	42	−12	30
16	Académica do Lobito (R)	30	2	7	21	20	61	−41	13

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2011. 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) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACL	ACS	ASA	BEN	BRA	FCC	INT	KAB	PET	PRI	MAI	PRO	CAA	LIB	SAG	SAN
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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2
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 do Sambizanga	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	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	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	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	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 match(es) played on 6 November 2011. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

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

Squad: Adawa, Aguinaldo, Alberto, Dany, Edinho, Edy Boyom, Enoque, Fernando, Génesis, Geovany, Gomito, Hugo, Jean-Claude, Lito, Lukose, Machado, Manú, Mendes, Miro, Pitchu, Quinzinho, Rasca, Sanches, Stélvio, Toy, Vado, Viola, Yuri, Zé Kalanga
Head coach: Zeca Amaral

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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. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012.
^ "Love sagra-se melhor "artilheiro" pela terceira vez". Federação Angolana de Futebol. September 6, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
^ "CAF diminui participação angolana nas afrotaças(portuguese)". Archived from the original on 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
^ "Love Cabungula é o melhor marcador / Palmarés" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 6 Nov 2011. Retrieved 4 Sep 2016.

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League competitions

Girabola (level 1)
Gira Angola (level 2)
Angolan Provincial Stage (level 3)

Cup competitions

CAF Club competitions

Interclube 2011 CAF Champions League (second round–E)
Rec da Caála 2011 CAF Confederation Cup (first round–E)

1º de Agosto 2011 CAF Confederation Cup (playoff round–E)
Interclube 2011 CAF Confederation Cup (playoff round–E)
ASA 2011 CAF Confederation Cup (preliminary round–E)

National team competitions

A Senior 2011 African Nations Championship ((final)–RU)
Senior 2012 Africa Cup of Nations ((qualification)–Q)
Women 2012 Summer Olympics ((second round)–E)
Women 2011 All-Africa Games ((first round)–E)

Club seasons
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