2012 Girabola

Girabola 2012
Season	2012 (Mar 3–Nov 4)
Champions	Rec Libolo
Relegated	Acad. Soyo ; Sp. Cabinda; N. Benguela
Champions League	R. do Libolo (winner) ; 1º de Agosto (runner-up)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	549 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yano (14 goals)
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Girabola was the 34th season of top-tier football in Angola. It ran from 3 March to 4 November 2012 and involved 16 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to 2013 Segundona.

Changes from 2011 season[edit]

Relegated: FC de Cabinda, Primeiro de Maio, Académica do Lobito
Promoted: Atlético do Namibe, Sporting de Cabinda, Nacional de Benguela

Sporting

Académica Soyo

Sagrada

D'Agosto Progresso
Kabuscorp

Petro

ASA

Benfica
Santos Interclube

Locations of the 2012 Girabola teams

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Recreativo do Libolo (C)	30	19	10	1	51	14	+37	67	Qualification for Champions League
2	Primeiro de Agosto	30	17	7	6	42	21	+21	58	Qualification for Champions League
3	Petro de Luanda	30	14	12	4	34	17	+17	54
4	Kabuscorp	30	14	10	6	43	30	+13	52
5	Interclube	30	12	11	7	34	23	+11	47
6	ASA	30	10	11	9	24	22	+2	41
7	Progresso do Sambizanga	30	9	13	8	30	26	+4	40
8	Bravos do Maquis	30	11	7	12	41	41	0	40
9	Atlético do Namibe	30	10	7	13	37	48	−11	37
10	Recreativo da Caála	30	9	8	13	26	31	−5	35
11	Sagrada Esperança	30	8	10	12	29	32	−3	34
12	Benfica de Luanda	30	7	13	10	32	37	−5	34
13	Santos FC	30	9	7	14	41	46	−5	34
14	Académica do Soyo (R)	30	9	5	16	31	46	−15	32	Relegation to Provincial stages
15	Sporting de Cabinda (R)	30	5	7	18	28	61	−33	22
16	Nacional de Benguela (R)	30	4	8	18	24	52	−28	20

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2012. 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[edit]

Home \ Away	ACS	ASA	ATN	BEN	BRA	INT	KAB	NAC	PET	PRI	PRO	CAA	LIB	SAG	SAN	SCC
Académica do Soyo	—	1–0	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–2
ASA	1–0	—	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Atlético do Namibe	0–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–0
Benfica de Luanda	0–0	2–1	2–3	—	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–2
Bravos do Maquis	5–2	0–1	4–2	3–1	—	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	4–2
Interclube	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–1
Kabuscorp	5–3	0–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	0–2	—	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–0
Nacional de Benguela	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–2	—	3–4	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Petro de Luanda	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0
Primeiro de Agosto	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–1
Progresso do Sambizanga	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1
Recreativo da Caála	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0
Recreativo do Libolo	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	6–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	—	1–0	1–0	7–0
Sagrada Esperança	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	3–0
Santos FC	4–2	1–1	5–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	4–2	1–3	—	2–3
Sporting de Cabinda	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–3	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2012. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Yano	Progresso	14
2	Mingo Bile	1º de Agosto	12
3	Álvaro	Atlético do Namibe	11
3	Rivaldo	Kabuscorp	11
4	Kembua	Petro de Luanda	10
	Pedro	Benfica de Luanda
	Mpele Mpele	Kabuscorp
5	Rasca	Recreativo do Libolo	9
6	David	ASA	8

As of 4 November 2012

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rivaldo	Kabuscorp	Bravos do Maquis	4-1 ^[2]	28 July 2012
Rasca	Recreativo do Libolo	Nacional de Benguela	6-1 ^[3]	5 May 2012
Mpele Mpele	Kabuscorp	Benfica de Luanda	3-0 ^[4]	20 April 2012
Yano	Progresso Sambizanga	Santos FC	3-0 ^[5]	16 April 2012
Didí	Santos FC	Interclube	3-2 ^[6]	31 March 2012
Rivaldo	Kabuscorp	Recreativo da Caála	3-1 ^[7]	17 March 2012

2012 Girabola winner
Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo 2nd title

Squad: Adawa, Aguinaldo, Ary, Bota, Henri Camara, Carlitos, Chico Caputo, Dário
Edy Boyom, Fernando, Fredy, Gomito, Guilherme, João Tomás, Lameirão, Landu, Manú, Mussumari, Nílton, Quinzinho, Rasca, Ruben, Sidnei, Totó, Vado, Valdir, Viola
Head coach: Zeca Amaral

References[edit]

^ "Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2012 - Girabola". Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Rivaldo marca três na vitória do Kabuscorp" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Libolo reforça liderança com goleada" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Resultados da 8ª jornada e classificação do Girabola" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Yano faz "hat-trick" e garante vitória sobre Santos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Santos FC derrota Interclube" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Kabuscorp do Palanca 3-1 Clube Recreativo da Caála" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

External links[edit]

[1] "Melhores Marcadores Girabola 2012 - Girabola". Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[2] "Rivaldo marca três na vitória do Kabuscorp" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[3] "Libolo reforça liderança com goleada" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[4] "Resultados da 8ª jornada e classificação do Girabola" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[5] "Yano faz "hat-trick" e garante vitória sobre Santos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[6] "Santos FC derrota Interclube" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[7] "Kabuscorp do Palanca 3-1 Clube Recreativo da Caála" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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