2018 Gira Angola

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The 2018 Gira Angola was the 24th season of the second-tier football league in Angola. The season started on 9 June.

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.

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The league comprises 2 series, one 4 and the other 5 teams, the winner of each series being automatically promoted to the 2019 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.

Stadia and locations

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 Locations of the 2018 Gira Angola teams
PTeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2017
ASA Luanda Estádio dos Coqueiros 8,000DNP
AKC FC Ondjiva Estádio dos Castilhos429DNP
ASK Dragão Uíge Estádio 4 de Janeiro 12,0003rd in Gira Angola, Sr A
Bikuku FC Saurimo Estádio das Mangueiras 7,000DNP
Ferroviário do Huambo Huambo Estádio do Ferrovia 10,0003rd in Gira Angola, Sr B
Jackson Garcia Benguela Estádio de S. Filipe5,0002nd in Gira Angola, Sr B
Mpatu a Ponta Caxito Estádio Municipal 5,000DNP
Real M'buco Cabinda Estádio Municipal do Tafe 9,000DNP
Santa Rita de Cássia Uíge Estádio 4 de Janeiro 12,000DNP
São Salvador M'banza-Kongo Estádio MunicipalDNP
Sporting de Benguela Benguela Edelfride Costa 6,000DNP
Sporting do Bié Kuito Estádio dos Eucaliptos16,000DNP
U.R. Cuanza Norte N'dalatando Estádio Santos Diniz 5,000DNP

Draw

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Serie ASerie B

ASA
ASK Dragão
Mpatu a Ponta
Real M'buco
Santa Rita de Cássia
U.R. Cuanza Norte
São Salvador

AKC FC
Bikuku FC
Ferroviário do Huambo
Jackson Garcia
Sporting de Benguela
Sporting do Bié

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

Serie A

Match details

Round 1 Round 8

Round 2 Round 9

Round 3 Round 10

Round 4 Round 11

Round 5 Round 12

Round 6 Round 13

Round 7 Round 14

Table & results

Serie B

Match details

Round 1 Round 6

Round 2 Round 7

Round 3 Round 8

Round 4 Round 9

Round 5 Round 10

Table & results

2019 Girabola playoff

2018 Gira Angola title match

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 ASA 2–1 Bikuku FC Luanda
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KibeixaSoccerball shade.svg 77' (pen.)
Soccerball shade.svg 15' IbrahStadium: Estádio dos Coqueiros
Referee: João Goma, Júlio Lemos, João Fula

Season statistics

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Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultRefDate
Kanjila Sporting do Bié Bikuku FC 3-29 June 2018
Abel Bikuku FC Sporting do Bié 6-221 July 2018

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References

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  2. "Futebol: Nove equipas disputam ascensão ao GirabolaZap" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 14 Jun 2017. Retrieved 19 Jun 2017.
  3. "Melhores marcadores" . Retrieved 23 Feb 2018.