# 2006 Girabola

The 2006 Girabola was the 28th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 25 February to 26 November 2006. Sagrada Esperança were the defending champions.
The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2007 Gira Angola.
Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, while Bravos do Maquis, Progresso do Sambizanga and Sporting de Cabinda were relegated. Manucho Gonçalves of Petro Luanda finished as the top scorer with 16 goals.

## Changes from the 2005 season

Relegated: Académica do Lobito, Petro do Huambo, Sporting do Bié
Promoted: Bravos do Maquis, Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Primeiro de Agosto (C) | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 56 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Interclube | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 44 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Benfica do Lubango | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 39 | |
| 5 | ASA | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Sagrada Esperança | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 36 | |
| 7 | Desportivo da Huíla | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 36 | |
| 8 | Benfica de Luanda | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 32 | |
| 9 | Académica do Soyo | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 32 | |
| 10 | Primeiro de Maio | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 31 | |
| 11 | Atlético do Namibe | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 31 | |
| 12 | Bravos do Maquis (R) | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 30 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 13 | Progresso do Sambizanga (R) | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 24 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 14 | Sporting de Cabinda (R) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 40 | −25 | 16 | Relegation to Provincial stages |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACS | ASA | ATN | BEN | BLB | BRA | DES | INT | PET | PRI | MAI | PRO | SAG | SCC |
| Académica do Soyo | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| ASA | 5–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Atlético do Namibe | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Benfica de Luanda | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Benfica do Lubango | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Bravos do Maquis | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Desportivo da Huíla | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Interclube | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Petro de Luanda | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Primeiro de Maio | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Progresso do Sambizanga | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sagrada Esperança | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Sporting de Cabinda | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

## Season statistics

* 2006 Girabola winner
* Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 9th title