1980 Girabola

Girabola 1980
Season	1980; (19/4/1980 – 28/2/1981)
Champions	1º de Agosto
Relegated	Palancas; Sagrada; Santa Rita; Sassamba
1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs	1º de Agosto ; (Girabola winner)
1981 African Cup Winners' Cup	Nacional
Matches played	182
Top goalscorer	Alves ; (29 goals)
	← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Girabola was the second season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 19 April 1980 to 28 February 1981. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated.

Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, winning their 2nd title, while Palancas do Huambo, Sagrada Esperança, Santa Rita and Sassamba da LS were relegated.

On the course of the championship, Santa Rita de Moçâmedes was renamed as Grupo Desportivo Welwitschia. Estrela Vermelha do Huambo, on its part, was renamed as Mambroa.

Francisco Carlos de Abreu aka Alves of Primeiro de Agosto finished as the top scorer with 29 goals.

Changes from the 1979 season[]

Relegated: 14 de Abril, Desp de Xangongo, Diabos Negros, FC de Cabinda, FC Mbanza Congo, Ginásio do KK, Juv do Kunge, Luta SC Cabinda, Makotas de Malange, Naval Porto Amboim, Sassamba da LS, Vitória AC do Bié
Promoted: Sagrada Esperança, Sassamba da LS

Sassamba

Palancas

Welwitschia

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Locations of the 1980 Girabola teams

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Primeiro de Agosto (C)	26	21	4	1	80	10	+70	46	Qualification for Champions Cup
2	TAAG^[a]	26	19	4	3	72	19	+53	42
3	Mambroa^[b]	26	17	7	2	54	23	+31	41
4	Nacional de Benguela	26	16	7	3	51	24	+27	39	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup
5	Diabos Verdes^[c]	26	10	6	10	37	42	−5	26
6	FC do Uíge	26	9	8	9	42	37	+5	26
7	Académica do Lobito	25	11	3	11	36	33	+3	25
8	Ferroviário da Huíla	26	7	10	9	23	28	−5	24
9	Desportivo da Chela^[d]	26	6	10	10	35	49	−14	22
10	MCH do Uíge	26	6	8	12	30	44	−14	20
11	(R)	25	6	4	15	23	56	−33	16	Relegation to Provincial stages
12	Sagrada Esperança (R)	26	5	5	16	30	46	−16	15
13	(R)	25	3	5	17	24	65	−41	11
14	^[e] (R)	25	1	5	19	10	71	−61	7

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1980. 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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Name later reverted to its original ASA
^ Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Huambo
^ Name later changed to Leões de Luanda and then reverted to its original Sporting de Luanda
^ Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Lubango
^ On the course of the competition they were renamed as Welwitschia

Results[]

Home \ Away	ACL	CHE	TAG	DVE	FCU	FER	MCH	MAM	NAC		PRI	SAG
Académica do Lobito	—	7–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		0–3	1–0	0–0	2–1
Desportivo da Chela	1–0	—	1–2	5–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–0
Desportivo da Taag	5–3	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	6–0	2–0	3–1	11–2	9–0
Diabos Verdes	0–4	0–0	1–4	—	4–3	1–0	2–1	3–5	1–4	3–0	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–0
FC do Uíge	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–4	1–1	0–4		4–2	5–0
Ferroviário da Huíla	2–1	1–1	1–5	1–3	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	4–2
M.C.H. do Uíge	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	4–1	2–1	3–0
Mambroa	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	8–1	—	1–2	3–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–2
Nacional de Benguela	4–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	—	5–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–0
	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–3	—	0–6	0–4	3–1	1–1
Primeiro de Agosto	2–0	7–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	—	3–0	9–0	11–0
Sagrada Esperança	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	—	3–2	2–2
	0–1	4–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–4	—	1–0
	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–2	0–6	1–0	0–4	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–4	1–1		—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1981. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round by round (home)[]

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Académica do Lobito	SAS		MAM		DVE			CHE		WEL		NAC			SAG		TAA		MCH	PAL		FCU		FER		PRI
Desp. da Chela	FER		PRI		SAG	MAM			MCH	PAL		FCU	WEL		NAC		SAS			TAA	ACA			DVE
Desp. da TAAG	SAG			ACA	MCH		CHE	FCU		FER		PRI			MAM	DVE			PAL			WEL		NAC		SAS
Diabos Verdes	MAM		TAA				MCH		PAL		CHE	SAG			WEL		FER	ACA	NAC		PRI		SAS			FCU
FC do Uíge	WEL		NAC		SAS		MAM		ACA				DVE		FER		PRI		SAG		TAA		MCH	PAL	CHE
Ferroviário da Huíla		FCU		DVE	NAC		SAS				ACA			CHE		WEL			PRI		SAG	MAM	TAA		MCH	PAL
M.C.H. do Uíge		SAS		MAM		ACA		PAL		FCU	WEL	FER		PRI		SAG		TAA		DVE		CHE				NAC
Mambroa		TAA			PAL			WEL	FER	NAC		SAS		DVE		ACA	MCH		CHE	FCU				PRI		SAG
Nacional de Benguela		CHE		WEL		DVE	PRI		SAG		TAA		MCH	PAL		FCU		FER			SAS		MAM		ACA
Palancas do Huambo	NAC		SAS	SAG		TAA	ACA				FCU		FER		PRI			MAM			MCH	DVE	CHE		WEL
Primeiro de Agosto	MCH	PAL		FCU		FER		DVE	SAS		MAM		ACA			CHE		WEL		NAC			SAG		TAA
Sagrada Esperança		ACA	MCH			FCU		FER		PRI	SAS		MAM	TAA			PAL	CHE		WEL		NAC			DVE
Sassamba da L.S.				CHE		WEL		NAC		DVE			TAA	ACA	MCH	PAL		FCU	FER			PRI		SAG	MAM
Santa Rita de Moçâmedes		DVE	FER		PRI		SAG		TAA			PAL		FCU			NAC		SAS		MAM		ACA			CHE

Source: Girabola

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Francisco Abreu Alves	1º de Agosto	29

Most goals scored in a single match[]

Player	For	Against	S	R	Date
5 goals
Alves	1º de Agosto	Sassamba da L.S.	9–0 (H)	9	June 14, 1980
4 goals (Poker)
Alves	1º de Agosto	Welwitschia	11-0 (H)	18	September 13, 1980
3 goals (Hat-trick)
Chiby	Académica Lobito	Desp. da TAAG	3–5 (A)	4	May 11, 1980
Ndisso	Desp. da TAAG	Académica Lobito	5–3 (H)	4	May 11, 1980
Maria	Mambroa	Santa Rita	3–2 (H)	8	June 8, 1980
Barros	1º de Agosto	Sassamba da L.S.	9–0 (H)	9	June 14, 1980
Armindo	F.C. do Uíge	Welwitschia *	0–6 (A)	14	August 17, 1980
Samuel	Nacional de Benguela	Diabos Verdes	1–4 (A)	19	October 26, 1980

Season statistics[]

Top scorer[]

Champions[]

1980 Girabola winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 2nd title

Squad: Agostinho, Alves, Amândio, Ângelo, Barros, Cartaxo, Chimalanga, Cuba, Dinis, Garcia, Horácio, Ivo, Januário, Julião, Lourenço, Luvambo, Manico, Mascarenhas, Mateus, Mavuba, Mayele, Mendinho, Mesquita, Napoleão, Ndongala, Ndunguidi, Neto, Nsuka, Rosinha, Sabino, Sansão, Suba, Tandu, Túbia, Vieira Dias, Zeca, Zomi
Head Coach: Ivan Ridanović

References[]

External links[]

Federação Angolana de Futebol

[table_note_TAA0.56166382020417-1] Name later reverted to its original ASA

[table_note_MAM0.56166382020417-2] Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Huambo

[table_note_DVE0.56166382020417-3] Name later changed to Leões de Luanda and then reverted to its original Sporting de Luanda

[table_note_CHE0.56166382020417-4] Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Lubango

[table_note_STR0.56166382020417-5] On the course of the competition they were renamed as Welwitschia

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Season	1980 (19/4/1980 – 28/2/1981)
Champions	1º de Agosto
Relegated	Palancas Sagrada Santa Rita Sassamba
1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs	1º de Agosto (Girabola winner)
1981 African Cup Winners' Cup	Nacional
Matches played	182
Top goalscorer	Alves (29 goals)
← 1979 1981 →