1998 Girabola

Girabola 1998

Season	1998 (Apr 18–Nov 22)
Champions	Primeiro de Agosto
Relegated	Independente do Tômbwa Progresso do Sambizanga
1998 CAF Champions League	Primeiro de Agosto (Girabola winner)
1998 African Cup Winners' Cup	Sagrada Esperança (1998 cup winner)
1998 CAF Cup	Académica do Lobito (Girabola runnerup)
Matches played	210
Goals scored	434 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Betinho (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Petro 5–0 Pro Sam (30 May 1999) Pet Hua 5–0 FC Cab (05 Aug 1999)
Biggest away win	Kabusc 1–5 1º Agosto (3 May 1998)
Highest scoring	Kabusc 6–4 Ind. Tomb (28 Jun 1998)
← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Girabola was the 20th season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season began on April 1, 1998. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 1999 Gira Angola.

Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, winning their 7th title, while Chicoil, Kabuscorp and SECIL Marítima were relegated.

Alberto Ferreira aka Betinho of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 14 goals.

Changes from the 1997 season

Relegated: Benfica do Huambo, Primeiro de Maio
Promoted: Chicoil, SECIL

FC Cabinda

Sporting

Sagrada

1º de Agosto
Kabuscorp

Petro

ASA

Progresso
Rangol SECIL

11 Bravos

Académica

Petro do Huambo

Sonangol

Independente

FC Chicoil

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 Locations of the 1998 Girabola teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Primeiro de Agosto (C)	28	18	6	4	37	14	+23	60	Qualification for Champions League
2	Petro de Luanda	28	15	8	5	51	18	+33	53
3	Rangol [lower-alpha 1]	28	11	10	7	45	27	+18	43	Qualification for CAF Cup
4	ASA [lower-alpha 2]	28	11	7	10	34	22	+12	40
5	Sagrada Esperança	28	11	7	10	33	33	0	40
6	Progresso do Sambizanga	28	11	7	10	26	30	−4	40
7	Sonangol do Namibe [lower-alpha 3]	28	11	6	11	27	32	−5	39
8	Onze Bravos [lower-alpha 4]	28	10	7	11	36	43	−7	37
9	Independente do Tômbwa	28	10	6	12	36	51	−15	36
10	Académica do Lobito	28	9	9	10	31	29	+2	36
11	Petro do Huambo	28	8	11	9	35	35	0	35
12	FC de Cabinda	28	8	11	9	28	35	−7	35
13	Sporting de Cabinda	28	9	7	12	37	38	−1	34
14	Secil Marítima (R)	28	5	9	14	26	41	−15	24	Relegation to Provincial stages
15	Chicoil (R)	28	6	5	17	28	53	−25	23
16	Kabuscorp [lower-alpha 2] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1999. 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) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Name later changed to Benfica de Luanda
2. Kabuscorp were disqualified after forfeiting their matches in rounds 28, 29 and 30. Forfeiting three matches resulted in all their games being annulled and the team subsequently disqualified, in spite of appeals. Also on account of that, ASA finished 3rd and Saneamento Rangol, 4th. ^[1]
3. Name later changed to Atlético do Namibe
4. Name later changed to Bravos do Maquis

Results

Home \ Away	11B	ACL	ASA	CHI	FCC	IND	KAB	PET	PHU	PRI	PRO	RAN	SAG	SEC	SON	SCC
11 Bravos	—	–	–	–	1–0	1–1	–	–	–	–	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	–	–
Académica do Lobito	3–0	—	1–0	–	3–1	–	0–1	–	–	–	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	–	2–0
ASA	–	–	—	2–1	–	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	–	–	–	1–1	2–0	–
Chicoil	2–1	1–1	–	—	–	–	–	–	2–1	–	2–0	–	–	–	–	–
FC de Cabinda	–	–	0–1	3–2	—	1–0	3–2	–	–	0–1	–	–	2–1	0–0	–	–
Independente do Tômbwa	–	–	–	2–0	–	—	–	0–1	2–1	2–1	–	–	–	–	0–0	–
Kabuscorp	3–1	–	–	3–2	–	6–4	—	–	–	1–5	2–1	–	–	1–0	–	3–1
Petro de Luanda	2–1	3–0	–	–	4–0	–	2–0	—	–	–	0–0	2–0	2–2	–	–	3–1
Petro do Huambo	4–2	2–0	–	–	0–0	–	2–1	1–0	—	–	1–0	2–3	–	–	–	1–1
Primeiro de Agosto	2–1	1–0	–	3–0	–	–	–	2–1	3–1	—	–	–	–	–	2–1	2–1
Progresso do Sambizanga	–	–	0–1	–	2–0	2–1	–	–	–	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	–	–
Rangol	–	–	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	–	–	0–0	–	—	2–1	3–2	–	–
Sagrada Esperança	–	–	2–1	1–0	–	4–1	5–0	–	0–0	0–2	–	–	—	2–1	2–0	–
Sécil Marítima	2–3	–	–	3–2	–	–	–	0–3	1–2	0–1	–	–	–	—	1–0	0–0
Sonangol do Namibe	2–1	1–0	–	–	–	–	2–1	1–0	2–1	–	0–3	1–1	–	–	—	1–2
Sporting de Cabinda	–	–	1–3	–	3–2	–	–	–	–	–	0–0	2–1	1–2	–	–	—

Updated to match(es) played on 31 December 1998. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Alberto Ferreira Betinho

Champions

1998 Girabola winner
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 7th title

Squad:Agó, Assis, Castella, Dé, Filipe, Goliath , Gonçalves, H. Cruz, H. Vicente, Isaac, Ismael, Julião, Kiss, L. Carlos, Mendonça, Mfede, Moisés I, Moisés II, Muanza, Ndola, Neto, Nsilulu, Nzalambila, Pedro, Pena, Stopirrá , Xavier
Head coach: Daniel Ndunguidi

References

1. "Angola 1998". RSSSF . Retrieved 29 Mar 2017.

External links

• Girabola 1998 standings at girabola.com
• Federação Angolana de Futebol