2017 Gira Angola

2017 Gira Angola
Champions	Domant FC
Biggest home win	Sp Cabinda 5–1 J. Garcia (24 Sep 2017)
Biggest away win	Evale 0–3 C. Militar (23 Jul 2017)
Highest scoring	Sp Cabinda 5–1 J. Garcia (24 Sep 2017)
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Last updated April 29, 2019

The 2017 Gira Angola was the 23rd season of the second-tier football league in Angola. The season will run from 9 July to October 2017.

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, 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.

The league comprises 2 series, one 4 and the other 5 teams, the winner of each series being automatically promoted to the 2018 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 2018 Girabola was the 40th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 10 February to 2 September 2018.

Stadia and locations

Sporting

ASK Dragão

Domant

Ajuda Social

Vitória Bié

Locations of the 2017 Gira Angola teams

P	Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2016
–	ASK Dragão	Uíge	Estádio 4 de Janeiro	12,000	DNP
–	Ajuda Social	Saurimo	Estádio das Mangueiras	7,000	DNP
–	Casa Militar	Menongue	Campo Municipal	5,000	3rd in Gira Angola, Gr B
–	Domant FC	Caxito	Estádio Municipal	5,000	3rd in Gira Angola, Gr A
–	Evale FC	Ondjiva	Estádio dos Castilhos	429	DNP
–	Jackson Garcia	Benguela	Estádio de S. Filipe	5,000	4th in Gira Angola, Gr B
–	Ferroviário do Huambo	Huambo	Estádio do Ferrovia	10,000	DNP
–	Vitória do Bié	Kuito	Estádio dos Eucaliptos	–	DNP
–	Sporting de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio do Chiazi	25,000	2nd in Gira Angola, Gr A

Draw

^[2]

Zone A	Zone B
ASK Dragão Domant FC FC Ajuda Social Sporting de Cabinda	Casa Militar Evale FC Ferroviário do Huambo Jackson Garcia Vitória do Bié

All teams in each group play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Zone A

Table & results

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Domant FC (C)	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	6	Qualification for Girabola
2	Sporting de Cabinda	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5	Qualification for Girabola playoff
3	ASK Dragão	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
4	Ajuda Social (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified

Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2017. 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.

DOM	SCC	ASK	AJS
—	0–0	2–1	–
0–0	—	2–1	–
0–0	2–1	—	–
–	–	–	—

Match details

Round 1 Round 4

Sun, 09 Jul 2017	Sporting Cabinda	0–0	Domant FC	Cabinda
15:00				Stadium: Estádio do Tafe

Sun, 20 Aug 2017	Domant FC	0–0	Sporting Cabinda	Caxito
15:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Referee: Avelino Chivela, Ladislau Miguel, António Miguel

Round 2 Round 5

Sun, 16 Jul 2017	ASK Dragão	2–1	Sporting Cabinda	Uíge
15:00	Catongo 13' (pen.) Seda 81'	Report	45+2' (pen.) Djemba	Stadium: 4 de Janeiro Referee: Yuri de Melo, António Miguel, Evandro Rocha

	Sporting Cabinda	2–1	ASK Dragão	Cabinda
15:00				Stadium: Tafe

Round 3 Round 6

Sun, 23 Jul 2017	ASK Dragão	0–0	Domant FC	Uíge
15:00	Leandro 78'	Report	66' Zema	Stadium: 4 de Janeiro Referee: Ismael Francisco, Pedro Micolo, Odeia Miguel

Sun, 03 Sep 2017	Domant FC	2–1	ASK Dragão	Caxito
15:00	Angelino 31', 40' Ducharme 85' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal Referee: Chitânio Francisco, Wilson Tiamba, Adália Jeremias

Zone B

Table & results

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Casa Militar ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	7	1	18	6	+12	21	Qualification for Girabola
2	Jackson Garcia	7	5	2	12	7	+5	15	Qualification for Girabola playoff
3	Ferroviário do Huambo	7	3	4	12	11	+1	9
4	Evale FC	6	1	5	6	13	−7	3
5	Vitória do Bié	6	1	5	3	13	−10	3

Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2017. 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.
Notes:

↑ Later changed their name to Cuando Cubango FC

CAS	JAC	FER	EVA	VIT
—	2–1	3–2	2–1	3–0
1–0	—	3–2	2–0	–
0–2	2–1	—	3–1	2–0
0–3	1–3	–	—	3–0
1–3	0–1	2–1	–	—

Match details

Round 1 Round 6

Sun, 09 Jul 2017	Jackson Garcia	2–0	Evale FC	Benguela
15:00	Larama 30' Edmilson 60'			Stadium: São Filipe

Sun, 20 Aug 2017	Evale FC	1–3	Jackson Garcia	Ondjiva
15:00				Stadium: Castilhos

Sun, 09 Jul 2017	Vitória do Bié	1–3	Casa Militar	Kuito
15:00				Stadium: Vitória

Sun, 20 Aug 2017	Casa Militar	3–0	Vitória do Bié	Menongue
15:00				Stadium: Municipal

Round 2 Round 7

Sun, 16 Jul 2017	Ferroviário	2–0	Vitória do Bié	Huambo
15:00	Tchuna 45' Yuri 62'	Report		Stadium: Ferrovia Referee: Avelino Chivela, Zacarias Kalembe, António Salazar

	Vitória do Bié	2–1	Ferroviário	Kuito
15:00

Sun, 16 Jul 2017	Casa Militar	2–1	Jackson Garcia	Menongue
15:00				Stadium: Municipal

Sat, 26 Aug 2017	Jackson Garcia	1–0	Casa Militar	Benguela
15:00	Okocha 90+3'			Stadium: São Filipe

Round 3 Round 8

Sat, 22 Jul 2017	Jackson Garcia	3–2	Ferroviário	Benguela
15:00	Edmilson 37', 50' Miguel 73'		21' Yuri 90+2'Bucho	Stadium: São Filipe

Sun, 03 Sep 2017	Ferroviário	2–1	Jackson Garcia	Huambo
15:00	Carlos 9' Tchabalala 76'	Report	11' Okocha	Stadium: Ferrovia

Sun, 23 Jul 2017	Evale FC	0–3	Casa Militar	Ondjiva
15:00				Stadium: Castilhos

Sun, 03 Sep 2017	Casa Militar	2–1	Evale FC	Menongue
15:00				Stadium: Municipal

Round 4 Round 9

Sun, 30 Jul 2017	Ferroviário	3–1	Evale FC	Huambo
15:00	Jovany 9' Bucho 22', 44'	Report	45'Máquina	Stadium: Ferrovia Referee: Edson Essoco, Feliciano Tchalo, Faria Hossi

	Evale FC	–	Ferroviário	Huambo
15:00				Stadium: Ferrovia

	Vitória do Bié	0–1	Jackson Garcia	Kuito
15:00				Stadium: Castilhos

	Jackson Garcia	–	Vitória do Bié	Benguela
15:00				Stadium: São Filipe

Round 5 Round 10

Sun, 06 Aug 2017	Casa Militar	3–2	Ferroviário	Menongue
15:00				Stadium: Municipal

Sun, 17 Sep 2017	Ferroviário	0–2	Casa Militar	Huambo
15:00			2' Hamilton 28'Palucho	Stadium: Ferrovia

Sun, 06 Aug 2017	Evale FC	3–0	Vitória do Bié	Ondjiva
15:00				Stadium: Castilhos

	Vitória do Bié	–	Evale FC	Kuito
15:00

2018 Girabola playoff

Sun, 24 Sep 2017	Sporting Cabinda	5–1 (5–1 agg.)	Jackson Garcia	Cabinda
15:00	Castro 14', 62' Gláucio I 21' Shoma 51' Isaías 90+5'		67'Ming	Stadium: Tafe Referee: Inácio Cândido, Samuel Francisco, António Miguel

Sun, 01 Oct 2017	Jackson Garcia	2–1 (3–6 agg.)	Sporting Cabinda	Benguela
15:00	Okocha 6' Miguel 31'		33' Shoma	Stadium: São Filipe

2017 Gira Angola title match

Sun, 15 Oct 2017	Domant FC	3–1	Casa Militar	Luanda
15:00	Sigui 59' Abel 78' Nelo 86'		13' Moussa	Stadium: Estádio dos Coqueiros Referee: Chitano Francisco, Luís Sá Miranda, Adão Silva

2017 Gira Angola winner Domant Futebol Clube 1st title Squad: Abel, Alex, Angelino, Basta, Cebola, Dadá, José, Londaka, Malanga, Milton, Nelo, Nsimba, Orlando, Patrick, Peladão, Sigui, Vado, Vavá, Victor, Zema, Zezas, Zico Head Coach: Francisco André Kito

External links

Federação Angolana de Futebol

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References

↑ "Angola 2017". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 Jun 2017.
↑ "Futebol: Nove equipas disputam ascensão ao GirabolaZap" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 14 Jun 2017. Retrieved 19 Jun 2017.

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[table_note_CAS0.41783718970504-3] Later changed their name to Cuando Cubango FC

[1] "Angola 2017". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 Jun 2017.

[2] "Futebol: Nove equipas disputam ascensão ao GirabolaZap" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 14 Jun 2017. Retrieved 19 Jun 2017.

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2017 Gira Angola

Contents

Stadia and locations

Draw

Zone A

Table & results

Match details

Zone B

Table & results

Match details

2018 Girabola playoff

2017 Gira Angola title match

See also

External links

Related Research Articles

References