# 2016 Girabola

The 2016 Girabola was the 38th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 19 February to 5 November 2016.
The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2016 Provincial championships. 1º de Agosto won their first league title.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2015 season and three promoted from the 2015 Segundona - 4 de Abril do KK, Porcelana and 1º de Maio.
Recreativo do Libolo were the defending champions from the 2015 season.

## Changes from 2015 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Domant FC, Sporting de Cabinda
Promoted: 4 de Abril do KK, Porcelana, 1º de Maio

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2015 season |
| 4 de Abril do K.K. | Menongue | Campo da Banca | ? | 3rd in Segundona |
| Académica do Lobito | Lobito | Estádio do Buraco | 15,000 | 13th in Girabola |
| ASA | Luanda | Estádio da Cidadela | 30,000 | 9th in Girabola |
| Benfica de Luanda | Luanda | Estádio 11 de Novembro | 50,000 | 3rd in Girabola |
| Desportivo da Huíla | Lubango | Estádio do Ferroviário da Huíla | 15,000 | 7th in Girabola |
| Interclube | Luanda | Estádio 22 de Junho | 7,000 | 5th in Girabola |
| Kabuscorp | Luanda | Estádio dos Coqueiros | 8,000 | 4th in Girabola |
| Petro de Luanda | Luanda | Estádio 11 de Novembro | 50,000 | 8th in Girabola |
| Primeiro de Agosto | Luanda | Estádio 11 de Novembro | 50,000 | 2nd in Girabola |
| Porcelana FC | Ndalatando | Estádio Santos Diniz | 5,000 | 2nd in Segundona |
| Primeiro de Maio | Benguela | Estádio Edelfrides Costa | 6,000 | 1st in Segundona |
| Progresso do Sambizanga | Luanda | Estádio da Cidadela | 30,000 | 12th in Girabola |
| Progresso da Lunda Sul | Saurimo | Estádio das Mangueiras | 7,000 | 6th in Girabola |
| Recreativo da Caála | Caála | Estádio Mártires da Canhala | 12,000 | 11th in Girabola |
| Recreativo do Libolo | Calulo | Estádio Municipal | 10,000 | Girabola Champions |
| Sagrada Esperança | Dundo | Estádio Sagrada Esperança | 8,000 | 10th in Girabola |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Primeiro de Agosto (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 64 | |
| 3 | Recreativo do Libolo | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 60 | |
| 4 | Progresso LS | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 46 | |
| 5 | Kabuscorp | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 46 | |
| 6 | Benfica Luanda | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 44 | |
| 7 | Interclube | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 41 | |
| 8 | Progresso do Sambizanga | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 39 | |
| 9 | Sagrada Esperança | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 37 | |
| 10 | Desportivo da Huíla | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 36 | |
| 11 | Recreativo da Caála | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 34 | |
| 12 | Académica do Lobito | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 34 | |
| 13 | ASA | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 33 | |
| 14 | 4 de Abril (R) | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 31 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 15 | Primeiro de Maio (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 29 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 16 | Porcelana FC (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 18 | Relegation to Provincial stages |

## Results

| Home \ Away | 4AB | ACA | ASA | BEN | DHL | INT | KAB | PET | POR | PRI | PRL | PRM | PRO | RCA | RLB | SAG |
| 4 de Abril do KK | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Académica do Lobito | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| ASA | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Benfica de Luanda | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Desportivo da Huíla | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Interclube | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Kabuscorp | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Petro de Luanda | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Porcelana FC | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Progresso da Lunda Sul | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Primeiro de Maio | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| Progresso do Sambizanga | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Recreativo da Caála | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Recreativo do Libolo | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Sagrada Esperança | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |

### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 1º de Agosto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Petro de Luanda | 5 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Recreativo do Libolo | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Progresso Lunda Sul | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Kabuscorp | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Benfica de Luanda | 13 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Interclube | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Progresso | 8 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Sagrada Esperança | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Desportivo da Huíla | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Recreativo da Caála | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Académica do Lobito | 13 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| ASA | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| 4 de Abril do KK | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 1º de Maio | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Porcelana | 8 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Leader (2017 CAF Champions League)
* Relegation to 2017 Provincial stages

### Clubs season progress

| 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 4 de Abril | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | L |
| Académica Lobito | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| ASA | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Benfica de Luanda | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Desportivo da Huíla | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W |
| Interclube | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | L |
| Kabuscorp | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Petro de Luanda | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Porcelana FC | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| 1º de Agosto | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| 1º de Maio | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Progresso | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L |
| Progresso L. Sul | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W |
| Recreativo da Caála | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L |
| Recreativo do Libolo | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Sagrada Esperança | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W |

## Season statistics

* 2017 Girabola winner
* Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 11th title
* Squad: Dominique, Julião, Tony Cabaça (GK) Dani, Diakité, Fissy, Isaac, Paizo, Sargento, Vado (DF) Ary Papel, Buá, Geraldo, Gogoró, Ibukun, Jumisse, Manucho, Milambo, Mingo Bile, Nelson (MF) Gelson, Makiavala, Patrick, Romaric (FW) Dragan Jović (Head Coach)
* Top Scorer
* Gelson