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Football league season
Girabola
Season2007 (Feb 14–Oct 21)
ChampionsInterclube
RelegatedAcadémica do Lobito
Primeiro de Maio
Kabuscorp
2008 CAF Champions LeagueInterclube (winner)
1º de Agosto (runner-up)
2008 CAF Confederation CupPetro de Luanda (3rd place)
Matches played182
Goals scored372 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorerManucho Gonçalves (15 goals)
Biggest home winSag Esp 6–1 Atl Nam (23 Sep 2007)
Biggest away winJuv Mox 0–4 Santos (14 Feb 2007)
Aca Soy 0–4 ASA (24 Jun 2007)
Highest scoringSag Esp 6–1 Atl Nam (23 Sep 2007)
← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Girabola was the 29th season of the top-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 14 February to 21 October 2007. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2008 Gira Angola.

Petro Atlético de Luanda were crowned champions, while Académica do Soyo, Atlético do Namibe and Juventude do Moxico were relegated. Manucho Gonçalves of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 14 goals.

Changes from the 2006 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga, Sporting de Cabinda
Promoted: Juventude do Moxico, Petro do Huambo, Santos FC

2007 Girabola is located in AngolaAcadémica SoyoAcadémica SoyoSagradaSagrada1º de Agosto1º de AgostoPetroPetroASAASABenfica Santos InterclubeBenfica
Santos InterclubeJuv do MoxicoJuv do Moxico1º de Maio1º de MaioPetro do HuamboPetro do HuamboBenfica LubangoBenfica LubangoDesportivoDesportivoAtléticoAtléticoclass=notpageimage|  Locations of the 2007 Girabola teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Interclube (C) 26 16 7 3 32 17 +15 55 Qualification for Champions League
2 Primeiro de Agosto 26 16 6 4 41 14 +27 54
3 Petro de Luanda 26 15 5 6 43 25 +18 50 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Sagrada Esperança 26 10 10 6 36 26 +10 40
5 ASA 26 10 10 6 27 19 +8 40
6 Petro do Huambo 26 11 6 9 26 20 +6 39
7 Benfica do Lubango 26 11 6 9 31 26 +5 39
8 Desportivo da Huíla 26 10 8 8 25 24 +1 38
9 Primeiro de Maio 26 9 9 8 23 23 0 36
10 Benfica de Luanda 26 9 8 9 22 21 +1 35
11 Santos FC 26 8 3 15 23 34 −11 27
12 Académica do Soyo (R) 26 5 8 13 15 29 −14 23 Relegation to Provincial stages
13 Atlético do Namibe (R) 26 4 4 18 20 41 −21 16
14 Juventude do Moxico (R) 26 0 6 20 8 53 −45 6
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2007. 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 ACS ASA ATN BEN BLB DES INT JUV PET PHU PRI MAI SAG SAN
Académica do Soyo — 0–4 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–0
ASA 0–0 — 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–0
Atlético do Namibe 1–1 0–3 — 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 4–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–1
Benfica de Luanda 1–0 0–2 2–1 — 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1
Benfica do Lubango 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 — 0–1 0–1 4–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–1
Desportivo da Huíla 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 — 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Interclube 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 — 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–0
Juventude do Moxico 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–4
Petro de Luanda 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 5–1 — 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–1
Petro do Huambo 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Primeiro de Agosto 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–4 1–2 — 0–0 2–0 4–1
Primeiro de Maio 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 — 0–0 1–0
Sagrada Esperança 1–0 2–3 6–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 2–1
Santos FC 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2007. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Angola Manucho Gonçalves Petro de Luanda 15
2 Angola Pedro Henriques Interclube 11
3 Angola Rasca ASA 9*
4 Namibia Levis Primeiro de Agosto 6*

* As of September 2nd

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Manucho Petro de Luanda Primeiro de Maio 4-2 18 February 2007
Bebeto Sagrada Esperança Juventude Moxico 3-0 18 February 2007


 2007 Girabola winner 

Grupo Desportivo Interclube
1st title
Squad: Bebé, Bumba, Carlos, Eduardo, Igor, Ito, Joel, Kanu, Kikas, Kito, Lucas,
Man Baia, Mário, Mingo, Minguito, Nunas, Nuno, Nzinga, P.Henriques, Roger, Romi, Tsherry, Wetshi, Yano, Yuri
Head coach: Carlos Mozer

References

  1. King, Ian (May 6, 2011). "Angola 2011". Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  2. "Football: Interclube Wins National Senior Championship". ANGOP.com. 21 Oct 2007. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
  3. "Football: Petro's Manucho Best Scorer Of First Division Championship". ANGOP.com. 22 Oct 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
  4. "Futebol: "Hat-trick" de Manucho dá vitória ao Petro de Luanda" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. "Futebol: Juventude do Moxico em maus lençóis no Girabola" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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