2002 Girabola

Girabola 2002
Season	2002 (Feb 23–Oct 20)
Champions	ASA
Relegated	Benfica do Lubango F.C. de Cabinda Sporting do Bié
2003 CAF Champions League	ASA (Girabola winner)
2003 African Cup Winners' Cup	Petro de Luanda (cup winner)
2003 CAF Cup	1º de Agosto (Girabola runner-up)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	374 (2.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Flávio Amado (16 goals)
Biggest home win	ASA 7–0 Des Hui (01 Jul 2002)
Biggest away win	3 matches Des Hui 1–4 ASA (06 Mar 2002) Ben Lub 1–4 Aca Lob (30 Mar 2002) Spo Cab 1–4 ASA (29 Sep 2002)
Highest scoring	ASA 7–0 Des Hui (01 Jul 2002)
← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Girabola was the 24th season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season began on 23 February 2002. Petro de Luanda were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2003 Gira Angola.

ASA were crowned champions, winning their first title,^[1] while Benfica do Lubango, Futebol Clube de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié, were relegated. Flávio Amado of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 16 goals.^[2]

Changes from the 2001 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Primeiro de Maio and Progresso do Sambizanga
Promoted: Desportivo da Huíla, Sporting de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ASA !ASA (C)	26	17	6	3	44	16	+28	57	2003 CAF Champions League
2	Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	26	15	8	3	39	11	+28	53	2003 CAF Cup
3	Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	26	15	6	5	47	17	+30	51	2003 African Cup Winners' Cup
4	Petro do Huambo !Petro do Huambo	26	11	7	8	29	27	+2	40
5	Interclube !Interclube	26	10	9	7	28	24	+4	39
6	Académica do Lobito !Académica do Lobito	26	10	9	7	28	27	+1	39
7	Sporting de Cabinda !Sporting de Cabinda	26	9	8	9	18	23	−5	35
8	Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	26	8	8	10	23	27	−4	32
9	Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	26	8	7	11	17	29	−12	31
10	Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla	26	8	5	13	26	40	−14	29
11	Sonangol do Namibe !Sonangol do Namibe	26	6	10	10	18	23	−5	28
12	FC de Cabinda !FC de Cabinda (R)	26	7	5	14	25	39	−14	26	Relegation to 2003 Gira Angola
13	Sporting do Bié !Sporting do Bié (R)	26	7	3	16	18	31	−13	24
14	Benfica do Lubango !Benfica do Lubango (R)	26	4	3	19	14	40	−26	15

Updated to games played on 20 October 2002.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

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

Home ╲ Away	Académica do Lobito !ACL	ASA !ASA	Benfica de Luanda !BEN	Benfica do Lubango !LUB	Desportivo da Huíla !HUI	FC de Cabinda !FCC	Interclube !INT	Petro de Luanda !PET	Petro do Huambo !PHU	Primeiro de Agosto !PRI	Sagrada Esperança !SAG	Sonangol do Namibe !SON	Sporting do Bié !SCB	Sporting de Cabinda !SCC
Académica do Lobito !Académica do Lobito		1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
ASA !ASA	3–0		3–1	2–1	7–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1
Benfica de Luanda !Benfica de Luanda	2–2	1–2		3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–2
Benfica do Lubango !Benfica do Lubango	1–4	0–1	0–1		1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–2
Desportivo da Huíla !Desportivo da Huíla	1–0	1–4	0–1	0–0		2–0	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2
FC de Cabinda !FC de Cabinda	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–2		2–4	0–0	3–0	0–3	5–1	0–0	3–2	0–0
Interclube !Interclube	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–2		2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Petro de Luanda !Petro de Luanda	3–0	2–0	4–2	4–0	5–1	6–1	0–2		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	4–0
Petro do Huambo !Petro do Huambo	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–0
Primeiro de Agosto !Primeiro de Agosto	2–0	2–0	0–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	4–1		3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Sagrada Esperança !Sagrada Esperança	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–2		0–0	1–1	1–0
Sonangol do Namibe !Sonangol do Namibe	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1		1–0	0–0
Sporting do Bié !Sporting do Bié	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2		1–0
Sporting de Cabinda !Sporting de Cabinda	0–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0

Updated to games played on 20 October 2002.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers ^[3]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Flávio *	Petro Luanda	16
2	Loló	1º de Agosto	16
3	Kadima	ASA	11
4	Lucas	1º de Agosto	10
5	Bravo da Rosa	Desportivo Huíla	8

* Less matches played

2002 Girabola winner
Atlético Sport Aviação 1st title

Top Scorer
Flávio Amado

External links

References

↑ "O Atlético Sport Aviação (Asa) conquistou o primeiro título" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 21 Oct 2002. Retrieved 6 Dec 2014.
↑ "O avançado do Petro de Luanda, Flávio Amado,melhor marcador do campeonato nacional de futebol da Iª divisão "Girabola-2002"". ANGOP.com. 15 Nov 2002. Retrieved 13 Sep 2015.
↑ "O avançado do Petro de Luanda, Flávio Amado,ao marcar dois dos quatro golos" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. 15 Sep 2002. Retrieved 14 Sep 2015.

2002 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Algeria 01–02 02–03 Angola 02 Cameroon 02 Cape Verde 02 Egypt 01–02 02–03 Libya 01–02 02–03 Senegal 01–02 02–03 South Africa 01–02 02–03 Tunisia 01–02 02–03 Uganda 02

Domestic cups	Algeria 01–02 02–03

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League Super Cup

Girabola seasons

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