1999 Girabola

The 1999 Girabola was the 21st season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 18 April to 22 November 1999. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.

Girabola 1999
Season1999
(Apr 18–Nov 22)
ChampionsPrimeiro de Agosto
RelegatedIndependente do Tômbwa
Progresso do Sambizanga
2000 CAF Champions LeaguePrimeiro de Agosto
(Girabola winner)
2000 African Cup Winners' CupSagrada Esperança
(1999 cup winner)
2000 CAF CupAcadémica do Lobito (Girabola runnerup)
Matches played210
Goals scored434 (2.07 per match)
Top goalscorerBoelua Lokuli Isaac
(16 goals)
Biggest home winPetro 5–0 Pro Sam (30 May 1999)
Pet Hua 5–0 FC Cab (05 Aug 1999)
Biggest away winPro Sam 1–5 Petro (16 Sep 1999)
Highest scoringPet Hua 7–4 Pro Sam (13 Jun 1999)
← 1998
2000 →

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2000 Gira Angola.

Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, winning their 8th title,[1] while Independente do Tômbwa and Progresso do Sambizanga, were relegated.

Boelua Lokuli aka Isaac of Primeiro de Agosto finished as the top scorer with 19 goals.[2]

Changes from the 1998 season

Relegated: Chicoil, Kabuscorp, SECIL
Promoted: Cambondo, Inter de Luanda, Ferroviário da Huíla *

  • Note: Ferroviário da Huíla withdrew after being promoted, hence the tournament was contested by 15 teams, instead of 16.
 Locations of the 1999 Girabola teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Primeiro de Agosto (C) 28 16 11 1 33 13 +20 59 Qualification for Champions League
2 Académica do Lobito 28 14 9 5 30 17 +13 51 Qualification for CAF Cup
3 Interclube 28 13 10 5 35 23 +12 49
4 Petro de Luanda 28 15 3 10 49 23 +26 48
5 Petro do Huambo 28 12 8 8 40 31 +9 44
6 ASA 26 13 5 8 47 29 +18 44
7 Sagrada Esperança 28 11 7 10 32 31 +1 40
8 Rangol[lower-alpha 1] 28 8 10 10 26 30 −4 34
9 FC de Cabinda 28 8 9 11 24 34 −10 33
10 Sonangol do Namibe[lower-alpha 2] 28 7 11 10 25 25 0 32
11 Cambondo 28 7 10 11 20 26 −6 31
12 Sporting de Cabinda 28 8 7 13 27 41 −14 31
13 Onze Bravos[lower-alpha 3] 28 7 9 12 19 29 −10 30
14 Independente do Tômbwa (R) 28 5 10 13 17 34 −17 25 Relegation to Provincial stages
15 Progresso do Sambizanga (R) 28 3 8 17 22 53 −31 17
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 1999. Source: Girabola.com [3]
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; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Name later changed to Benfica de Luanda
  2. Name later changed to Atlético do Namibe
  3. Name later changed to Bravos do Maquis

Results
Home \ Away 11B ACL ASA CAM FCC IND INT PET PHU PRI PRO RAN SAG SON SCC
11 Bravos — 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1
Académica do Lobito 0–0 — 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
ASA 1–0 1–2 — 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–0
Cambondo 2–1 0–2 0–2 — 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
FC de Cabinda 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 — 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Independente do Tômbwa 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–0
Interclube 1–1 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 3–0 — 0–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Petro de Luanda 3–0 0–0 3–5 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 — 3–2 0–1 5–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–0
Petro do Huambo 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 — 1–0 7–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2
Primeiro de Agosto 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0
Progresso do Sambizanga 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–1 0–1 — 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0
Rangol 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 — 1–1 2–1 0–0
Sagrada Esperança 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 — 2–1 2–4
Sonangol do Namibe 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 — 2–0
Sporting de Cabinda 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 1999. Source: girabola.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer
  • Boelua Lokuli Isaac

Champions
 1999 Girabola winner 

Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto
8th title
Squad: Almeida, Assis, Dé, Ekobolo, Filipe, Goliath, Gonçalves, Isaac, Julião, Mara, Maninho Loide, Mendonça, Moisés II, Muanza, Neto, Nzalambila, Pedro, Stopirrá
Head Coach: Daniel Ndunguidi

References
  1. "O Petro-atletico de Luanda regressou asconquistas na divisão maior do futebol angolano". ANGOP.com. 6 Nov 2000. Retrieved 18 Sep 2015.
  2. "Palmarés dos melhores marcadores do Girabola desde a primeira edição em 1979". ANGOP.com. 4 Nov 2012. Retrieved 18 Sep 2015.
  3. "Classificação » Girabola 1999" (in Portuguese). girabola.com. Retrieved 18 Sep 2015.
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