# 2012 Girabola

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

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

## League table

| 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 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 16 | Nacional de Benguela (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 52 | −28 | 20 | Relegation to Provincial stages |

## Results

| 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 | — |

## Season statistics

* 2012 Girabola winner
* Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo 2nd title