2009 Girabola

Girabola
Season	2009 (Feb 19–Oct 25)
Champions	Petro de Luanda
Relegated	Académica do Lobito; Primeiro de Maio; Kabuscorp
CAF Champions League	Petro de Luanda (winner); Rec do Libolo (runner-up)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	455 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Magalhães (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Kabusc 6–0 Aca Lob (15 Mar 2009)
Biggest away win	Pri Mai 0–5 Int Lua (8 Apr 2009)
Highest scoring	Kabusc 6–0 Aca Lob (15 Mar 2009)
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Girabola was the 31st season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 21 February to 25 October 2009. Petro Atlético were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams and the bottom three were relegated to the 2010 Gira Angola.

Petro Atlético de Luanda were crowned champions,^[1] while Académica do Lobito, Primeiro de Maio and Kabuscorp were relegated. David Magalhães of Petro Luanda finished as top scorer with 19 goals.^[2]

Changes from 2008 season

Relegated: Benfica do Lubango, Petro do Huambo, Sagrada Esperança
Promoted: Académica do Lobito, Académica do Soyo, Recreativo da Caála

Académica Soyo

1º de Agosto
Kabuscorp

Petro

ASA

Benfica
Santos Interclube

Locations of the 2009 Girabola teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Petro de Luanda (C)	26	17	5	4	44	21	+23	56	Qualification for Champions League
2	Recreativo do Libolo	26	14	6	6	48	29	+19	48	Qualification for Champions League
3	Benfica de Luanda	26	14	5	7	42	32	+10	47
4	Primeiro de Agosto	26	13	6	7	47	30	+17	45
5	Académica do Soyo	26	12	3	11	33	36	−3	39
6	Santos FC	26	9	9	8	29	29	0	36
7	ASA	26	9	8	9	34	28	+6	35
8	Interclube	26	8	9	9	33	26	+7	33
9	Recreativo da Caála	26	9	6	11	28	30	−2	33
10	Bravos do Maquis	26	8	8	10	24	33	−9	32
11	Desportivo da Huíla	26	9	4	13	22	30	−8	31
12	Kabuscorp (Q)	26	7	8	11	37	39	−2	29	Qualification for the Girabola play-offs
13	Primeiro de Maio (R)	26	6	5	15	20	39	−19	23	Relegation to Provincial stages
14	Académica do Lobito (R)	26	5	2	19	14	53	−39	17	Relegation to Provincial stages

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2009. Source: Girabola.com^[usurped]
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; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACL	ACS	ASA	BEN	BRA	DES	INT	KAB	PET	PRI	MAI	CAA	LIB	SAN
Académica do Lobito	—	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–5	0–0
Académica do Soyo	2–0	—	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–3	0–0
ASA	1–0	3–2	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	5–1
Benfica de Luanda	2–0	1–2	1–0	—	3–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	1–5	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Bravos do Maquis	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–1
Desportivo da Huíla	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Interclube	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1
Kabuscorp	6–0	2–0	0–3	3–3	1–1	3–2	2–1	—	2–2	4–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–3
Petro de Luanda	5–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–0
Primeiro de Agosto	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	—	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–2
Primeiro de Maio	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–5	0–1	0–2	2–3	—	0–1	0–3	1–1
Recreativo da Caála	5–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	—	0–2	1–0
Recreativo do Libolo	3–0	2–4	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–0	3–2	—	1–0
Santos FC	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2009. Source: girabola.com^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	David	Petro de Luanda	19
2	Love	Primeiro de Agosto	16

Pokers & Hat-tricks

Poker
Nat	Player	For	Against	Result	Rnd	Date	Ref
	Reginaldo	Rec do Libolo	Bravos do Maquis	4-0	2	February 28, 2009	^[3]
Hat-tricks
Nat	Player	For	Against	Result	Rnd	Date	Ref
	Dudú Leite	Recreativo da Caála	Académica do Lobito	5-0	2	March 1, 2009	^[4]
	Manucho Barros	Santos FC	Rec da Caála	3-1	5	March 23, 2009
	David	Petro de Luanda	Académica do Soyo	3-1	6	April 8, 2009
	David	Petro de Luanda	Académica do Lobito	5-1	14	June 21, 2009	^[5]

2009 Girabola winner
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 15th title

Squad: Carlão, Cassoma, Chara, Dany, David, Day Day, Etah, Humberto, Jamuana, Job, Joka, Kivota, Lamá, Locó, Mabiná, Malamba, Mano, Massinga, Maurito, Miguel, Moussa, Nelo II, Papy, Renato, Santana, Sérgio, Stanick, Tunga, Wanga, Yamba Asha
Head coach: Bernardino Pedroto

References

^ "1º de Agosto's victory causes title celebration for Petro in advance". ANGOP.com. 18 Oct 2009. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
^ "David melhor marcador do Girabola 2009" (in Portuguese). Federação Angolana de Futebol. Retrieved 17 Sep 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Reginaldo conduz goleada do Libolo sobre FC Bravos do Maquis" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 28 Feb 2009. Retrieved 20 Aug 2020.
^ "Caála goleia Académica do Lobito com "hat-trick" de Dudú" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Petro de Luanda goleia com "hat-trick" de David" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

External links

[1] "1º de Agosto's victory causes title celebration for Petro in advance". ANGOP.com. 18 Oct 2009. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.

[2] "David melhor marcador do Girabola 2009" (in Portuguese). Federação Angolana de Futebol. Retrieved 17 Sep 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Reginaldo conduz goleada do Libolo sobre FC Bravos do Maquis" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 28 Feb 2009. Retrieved 20 Aug 2020.

[4] "Caála goleia Académica do Lobito com "hat-trick" de Dudú" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[5] "Petro de Luanda goleia com "hat-trick" de David" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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