# 2009 Girabola

The 2009 Girabola was the 31st season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 21 February to 25 October 2009. Petro Atlético were the defending champions.
The league comprised 14 teams and the bottom three were relegated to the 2010 Gira Angola.
Petro Atlético de Luanda were crowned champions, while Académica do Lobito, Primeiro de Maio and Kabuscorp were relegated. David Magalhães of Petro Luanda finished as top scorer with 19 goals.

## Changes from 2008 season

Relegated: Benfica do Lubango, Petro do Huambo, Sagrada Esperança
Promoted: Académica do Lobito, Académica do Soyo, Recreativo da Caála

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Petro de Luanda (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 56 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Recreativo do Libolo | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 48 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Benfica de Luanda | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 47 | |
| 4 | Primeiro de Agosto | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 45 | |
| 5 | Académica do Soyo | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 39 | |
| 6 | Santos FC | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 36 | |
| 7 | ASA | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 35 | |
| 8 | Interclube | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 33 | |
| 9 | Recreativo da Caála | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 33 | |
| 10 | Bravos do Maquis | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 32 | |
| 11 | Desportivo da Huíla | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 31 | |
| 12 | Kabuscorp (Q) | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 29 | Qualification for the Girabola play-offs |
| 13 | Primeiro de Maio (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 23 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 14 | Académica do Lobito (R) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 53 | −39 | 17 | Relegation to Provincial stages |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACL | ACS | ASA | BEN | BRA | DES | INT | KAB | PET | PRI | MAI | CAA | LIB | SAN |
| Académica do Lobito | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 |
| Académica do Soyo | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| ASA | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 |
| Benfica de Luanda | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bravos do Maquis | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Desportivo da Huíla | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Interclube | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Kabuscorp | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Petro de Luanda | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Primeiro de Maio | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Recreativo da Caála | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Recreativo do Libolo | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Santos FC | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — |

## Season statistics

* 2009 Girabola winner
* Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 15th title