2016 Gira Angola

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2016 Gira Angola
Champions Sta Rita de Cássia
Matches played35
Goals scored80 (2.29 per match)
Biggest home win
Highest scoring Polivalente 3-3 C.Militar
(3 Sep 2016)
Longest winning run Bravos Maquis (3)
Longest unbeaten run Bravos Maquis (8)
Longest winless run Polivalente (8)
Longest losing run Polivalente (2)
Santa Rita (2)
2015
2017

The 2016 Gira Angola is the 22nd season of the second-tier football league in Angola. The season ran from 10 July to October 2016.

Gira Angola aka Segundona is the 2nd division of Angolan football (soccer). It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation and gives access to Angola's top tier football division Girabola.

Angola country in Africa

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.

Contents

The league comprises 2 series of 5 teams, the winner of each series being automatically promoted to the 2017 Girabola while the runners-up of each group will contest for the third spot. [1] At the end of the regular season, the three series winners will play a round-robin tournament to determine the league champion.

The 2017 Girabola is the 39th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 10 February to 5 November 2017.

Stadiums and locations

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 Locations of the 2016 Gira Angola teams
PTeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2015
2 Bravos do Maquis Luena Estádio Mundunduleno 4,30014th in Girabola
6Cabinda Sport Clube Cabinda Estádio do Chiazi 25,000DNP
5 Casa Militar [lower-alpha 1] Menongue Campo Municipal5,0005th in Gira Angola, Gr B
5 Domant FC Caxito Estádio Municipal 5,00016th in Girabola
3 J.G.M. Huambo Estádio dos Kurikutelas 7,0004th in Gira Angola, Gr B
6 Jackson Garcia Benguela Estádio de S. Filipe5,0003rd in Gira Angola, Gr B
7 Polivalente do Kwanza Sul Sumbe Estádio Hoji Ya Henda3,000DNP
1 Santa Rita de Cássia Uíge Estádio 4 de Janeiro 12,000DNP
4 Sporting de Cabinda Cabinda Estádio do Chiazi 25,00015th in Girabola

Serie A

Table & results

Match details

Round 1 Round 7

Round 2 Round 8

Round 3 Round 9

Round 4 Round 10

Round 5 Round 11

Round 6 Round 12

Serie B

Table & results

Match details

Round 1 Round 6

Round 2 Round 7

Round 3 Round 8

Round 4 Round 9

Round 5 Round 10

2017 Girabola playoff

2016 Gira Angola title match

Sat, 15 Oct 2016 Santa Rita 3–2 Bravos Maquis Luanda
15:00Vemba Soccerball shade.svg 9' (pen.)
Abel Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Vemba Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Soccerball shade.svg 29' Ikuma
Soccerball shade.svg 74'Betinho
Stadium: Estádio dos Coqueiros
Referee: João Mavungo, Alberto Dumbi, Evaristo Baku
2016 Gira Angola winner

Santa Rita de Cássia FC
1st title

Squad: Abel, Alberto, Bissio, Bruno, Cristiano, Gazeta, Godzilla, Hugo, Iniesta, Joel, Kiná, Milinga, Ministro, Paulo, Pira, Roblin, Vata, Vemba, Yuri, Yuyú
Head Coach: Paulo Saraiva

See also

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References

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