2010 Girabola

Girabola
Season	2010 (Feb 19–Oct 31)
Champions	Interclube
Relegated	Desportivo da Huíla; Sporting de Cabinda; Benfica do Lubango
Champions League	Interclube (winner) ; Rec Caála (runner-up)
Confederation Cup	1º de Agosto (3rd place)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	539 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mpele Mpele (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Ben Lua 5–0 ASA (17 April 2011) ; Int Lua 5-0 Des Hui
Biggest away win	Ben Lub 1–4 Rec Lib (15 May 2011)
Highest scoring	Ben Lua 5–0 ASA (17 April 2011) ; Int Lua 5-0 Desp Huíla
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Girabola was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 19 February to 31 October 2010. Petro Atlético were the defending champions.

The league comprised 16 teams and the bottom three were relegated to the 2011 Gira Angola.^[1]

Interclube were crowned champions, while Desportivo da Huíla, Sporting de Cabinda and Benfica do Lubango were relegated.^[2] Daniel Mpele Mpele of Kabuscorp finished as top scorer with 14 goals.^[3]

Changes from 2010 season

Relegated: Académica do Lobito, Primeiro de Maio
Promoted: Benfica do Lubango, FC de Cabinda, Sporting de Cabinda, Sagrada Esperança

1º de Agosto
Kabuscorp

Petro

ASA

Benfica
Santos Interclube

Locations of the 2010 Girabola teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Interclube (C)	30	17	4	9	43	20	+23	55	Qualification for Champions League
2	Recreativo da Caála	30	16	7	7	40	25	+15	55	Qualification for Champions League
3	Primeiro de Agosto	30	14	9	7	43	26	+17	51	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Petro de Luanda	30	14	8	8	36	20	+16	50
5	Bravos do Maquis	30	13	9	8	41	30	+11	48
6	Recreativo do Libolo	30	13	9	8	37	28	+9	48
7	ASA	30	13	7	10	29	28	+1	46
8	Kabuscorp	30	11	10	9	39	33	+6	43
9	Académica do Soyo	30	11	9	10	39	35	+4	42
10	Benfica de Luanda	30	11	6	13	34	39	−5	39
11	Sagrada Esperança	30	8	11	11	26	34	−8	35
12	FC de Cabinda	30	8	9	13	27	42	−15	33
13	Santos FC	30	8	9	13	27	42	−15	33
14	Desportivo da Huíla (R)	30	8	8	14	31	42	−11	32	Relegation to Provincial stages
15	Sporting de Cabinda (R)	30	7	4	19	19	36	−17	25
16	Benfica do Lubango (R)	30	5	7	18	28	59	−31	22

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2010. 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	BEN	BLB	BRA	DES	FCC	INT	KAB	PET	PRI	CAA	LIB	SAG	SCC	SAN
Académica do Soyo	—	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–0
ASA	0–2	—	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Benfica de Luanda	1–3	5–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–4	1–1	1–2	1–4	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Benfica do Lubango	1–2	1–2	2–1	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–5	2–2	1–0	2–1
Bravos do Maquis	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1
Desportivo da Huíla	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	—	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	5–4
FC de Cabinda	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	—	1–2	2–1	0–0	4–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0
Interclube	1–0	3–1	2–1	6–2	0–1	5–0	2–0	—	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1
Kabuscorp	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–3	3–4	2–2	2–0	1–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–0
Petro de Luanda	3–2	1–3	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	—	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0
Primeiro de Agosto	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–1
Recreativo da Caála	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	—	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Recreativo do Libolo	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–4	2–2	1–2	—	0–1	2–1	1–0
Sagrada Esperança	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	1–2
Sporting de Cabinda	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	—	1–0
Santos FC	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–5	0–0	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2010. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Daniel Mpele Mpele	Kabuscorp	19
2	Rasca	Recreativo do Libolo	19*

Less games played

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rasca	Recreativo do Libolo	Benfica do Lubango	5-2 ^[4]	5 August 2010
Pedro Henriques	Interclube	Benfica do Lubango	6-2 ^[5]	25 May 2010
Kembua	Académica do Soyo	Benfica de Luanda	3-1 ^[6]	16 April 2010

2010 Girabola winner
Grupo Desportivo Interclube 2nd title

Squad: Capuco, Dias Caires, Diop, Fabrício, Fissy, Gildo, Joel, Kito, Manucho, Messi, Mingo, Minguito, Nari, Nkotto, Paty, Paulito, P.Henriques, Pingo, Tsherry, Zé Augusto
Head coach: Álvaro Magalhães

References

^ King, Ian (May 6, 2011). "Angola 2011". Retrieved May 20, 2011.
^ "Interclube win national first division football championship". ANGOP.com. 1 Nov 2010. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.
^ "Love sagra-se melhor "artilheiro" pela terceira vez". Federação Angolana de Futebol. September 6, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
^ "Benfica do Lubango goleado em casa pelo Libolo" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "1º de Agosto vence Académica do Soyo" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Hat-trick de Kembwa derrota Benfica de Luanda nos Coqueiros" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

External links

[1] King, Ian (May 6, 2011). "Angola 2011". Retrieved May 20, 2011.

[2] "Interclube win national first division football championship". ANGOP.com. 1 Nov 2010. Retrieved 7 Sep 2015.

[3] "Love sagra-se melhor "artilheiro" pela terceira vez". Federação Angolana de Futebol. September 6, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2013-05-22.

[4] "Benfica do Lubango goleado em casa pelo Libolo" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[5] "1º de Agosto vence Académica do Soyo" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[6] "Hat-trick de Kembwa derrota Benfica de Luanda nos Coqueiros" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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