1981 Girabola

Girabola 1981
Season	1981; (9/5/1981–7/2/1982)
Champions	1º de Agosto
Relegated	Desp Chela; FC Uíge; Ferroviário; Petro Huambo
1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs	1º de Agosto ; (Girabola winner)
1982 African Cup Winners' Cup	TAAG ; (Girabola runner-up)
Matches played	182
Top goalscorer	Joseph Maluka (20 goals)
	← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Girabola was the third season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 9 May 1981 to 7 February 1982.

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

Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions and were crowned champions, winning their 3rd title, while Desportivo da Chela, FC do Uíge, Ferroviário da Huíla and Petro do Huambo were relegated.

Joseph Maluka of Primeiro de Maio finished as the top scorer with 20 goals.

Changes from the 1980 season[]

Diabos Verdes were renamed as Leões de Luanda.
Relegated: Palancas do Huambo, Sagrada Esperança, Sassamba da LS, Welwitschia
Promoted: Petro de Luanda, Petro do Huambo, Primeiro de Maio, Progresso do Sambizanga

Legal disputes[]

Leões de Luanda won a claim against Petro de Luanda for the latter fielding ineligible player João Machado (he was supposed to be suspended for a double yellow card) in their first leg match for the 8th round played on July 11. Petro had originally won the game by 2-1. As a result, Leões were awarded 2 pts and Petro subsequently forfeited 2 pts.

In another case, the so-called Caso Rafael, in which Leões de Luanda fielded an ineligible player named Rafael, Leões de Luanda forfeited a total five points and was therefore relegated. Subsequently, all clubs involved in games where such player took part were awarded the lost points as follows: Mambroa (2 pts), FC Uíge (2 pts) and Desportivo da Chela (1 pt).

In another dispute, Desportivo da Chela was awarded 1 point as a result of the so-called Caso Felix, in its claim against Ferroviário da Huíla. Subsequently, Ferroviário forfeited 1 pt.

Locations of the 1981 Girabola teams

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Primeiro de Agosto (C)	26	16	6	4	40	15	+25	38	Qualification for Champions Cup
2	TAAG^[a]	26	13	10	3	43	19	+24	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup
3	Mambroa^[b]	26	12	9	5	38	24	+14	33
4	Progresso do Sambizanga	26	13	4	9	31	26	+5	30
5	Académica do Lobito	26	10	7	9	25	27	−2	27
6	Construtores do Uíge	26	10	6	10	38	38	0	26
7	Petro de Luanda	26	8	9	9	37	35	+2	25
8	Primeiro de Maio	26	8	9	9	34	36	−2	25
9	Nacional de Benguela	26	7	11	8	24	24	0	25
10	Leões de Luanda^[c]	26	7	10	9	24	23	+1	24
11	Petro do Huambo (R)	26	7	9	10	24	30	−6	23	Relegation to Provincial stages
12	Desportivo da Chela^[d] (R)	26	7	8	11	26	32	−6	22
13	FC do Uíge (R)	26	6	9	11	28	38	−10	21
14	Ferroviário da Huíla (R)	26	4	1	21	18	53	−35	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1981. 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 reverted to its original Sporting de Luanda
^ Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Lubango

Results[]

Home \ Away	ACL	CON	DCH	TAG	FCU	FER	LEO	MAM	NAC	PET	PHU	PRI	MAI	PRO
Académica do Lobito	—	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–1
Construtores do Uíge	1–1	—	1–0	1–3	4–1	0–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1
Desportivo da Chela	1–1	1–3	—	0–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–3	1–0
Desportivo da Taag	0–0	1–2	2–1	—	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–3	3–0	1–2
FC do Uíge	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–5	—	5–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–3	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–2
Ferroviário da Huíla	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	—	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–4	0–3
Leões de Luanda	0–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	—	3–1	1–3	1–0	3–3	0–1	0–1	1–1
Mambroa	4–1	3–4	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	—	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1
Nacional de Benguela	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–1
Petro de Luanda	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	—	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–2
Petro do Huambo	1–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–0
Primeiro de Agosto	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	—	0–0	3–0
Primeiro de Maio	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	—	0–2
Progresso do Sambizanga	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–3	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 1982. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[]

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
Team \ Round
1º de Agosto	10	5	5	7	5	5	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
TAAG	3	5	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Mambroa	6	7	7	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Progresso	6	3	2	4	4	4	2	5	6	5	3	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Académica do Lobito	10	15	13	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	8	6	7	7	9	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	5
Construtores	2	14	10	12	7	8	7	7	9	7	7	8	10	12	10	12	11	8	9	10	8	6	6	8	8	6
Nacional Benguela	6	9	8	9	11	12	10	8	7	8	8	6	7	9	11	9	8	10	11	9	9	9	8	7	7	7
Petro de Luanda	1	1	5	6	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	11	10	8	6	6	6	7	8	10	12	9	8	9	8
1º de Maio	16	4	11	10	8	7	6	6	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	9
Leões de Luanda	3	7	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10
Petro do Huambo	10	9	4	4	6	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	11	12	10	9	7	8	7	7	8	10	8	10	11
Desportivo da Chela	6	9	8	7	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	9	7	9	11	12	12	10	11	13	13	13	13	12	12
FC Uíge	3	2	1	1	1	1	5	3	5	6	6	7	5	5	7	8	10	11	13	13	11	10	11	12	13	13
Ferroviário da Huíla	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: Girabola

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Joseph Maluka	1º de Maio	20
2	Jesus	Petro Atlético	19
3	Alves	1º de Agosto	16
	Eduardo Machado	TAAG
	Julião	Mambroa
	Vicy	Construtores

Most goals scored in a single match[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Round	Date
4 goals (Poker)
Maluka	1º de Maio	Construtores	4-1	2	Sat, 16 May 1981
3 goals (Hat-trick)
Santiago	Petro do Huambo	1º de Maio	2–3	3	Sun, 24 May 1981
Vicy	Construtores	Leões de Luanda	5–1	10	Sun, 13 Sep 1981

Champions[]

1981 Girabola winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 3rd title

Squad: Agostinho, Alves, Amândio, Ângelo, Barros, Dinis, Lourenço, Manico, Mendinho, Mesquita, Napoleão, Ndongala, Ndunguidi, Nsuka, Tandu, Zeca
Head Coach: Joaquim Dinis

References[]

"Girabola Resultados e Classificação" [Girabola results and standing]. Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 7 Feb 1982.

External links[]

Federação Angolana de Futebol

[table_note_DTA0.8180430572564-1] Name later reverted to its original ASA

[table_note_MAM0.8180430572564-2] Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Huambo

[table_note_LEO0.8180430572564-3] Name later reverted to its original Sporting de Luanda

[table_note_DCH0.8180430572564-4] Name later reverted to its original Benfica do Lubango

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Season	1981 (9/5/1981–7/2/1982)
Champions	1º de Agosto
Relegated	Desp Chela FC Uíge Ferroviário Petro Huambo
1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs	1º de Agosto (Girabola winner)
1982 African Cup Winners' Cup	TAAG (Girabola runner-up)
Matches played	182
Top goalscorer	Joseph Maluka (20 goals)
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