Angolan Women's Football League

For the men's league, see Girabola.

Angolan Women's Football League
Country	Angola
Confederation	CAF
Founded	1997
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Taça de Angola SuperTaça de Angola
Current champions	Progresso do Sambizanga (2008)
Most championships	Progresso do Sambizanga (4 titles)

The Angolan Women's Football League, currently inactive, is the top tier women's clubs competition in Angola. In 1997, a national championship was organized in Lubango, Huíla for the first time and on an experimental basis. Blocos FC, a team from Luanda was the winner.

In Luanda, eversince women's football tournaments began in 1993, over 30 clubs went out of business due to lack of support. At present, Progresso is one of the few, if not the only club to maintain a women's football team, even as official competition has halted.

1997 ^[1]

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	Top Scorer
	Lubango	Blocos FC	2–1	Desportivo da Expresso

2005 ^[2]

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	Top Scorer
3–10 Dec, 2005	Lubango	Progresso do Sambizanga	1–0	Amigas do Mártires	Guigui (14)

2006 ^[3]

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	Top Scorer
11–19 Dec 2006	Huambo	Progresso do Sambizanga	3–2	G.D. Terra Nova	Mila (15)

2007 ^[4]^[5]

9th place match

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
14–22 Dec, 2007	Luanda	Baixa de Cassange	2–0	Atrick do Bié

7th place match

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
14–22 Dec, 2007	Luanda	Amigas do 1º de Agosto	1–0	ASCON Lunda Norte

5th place match

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
14–22 Dec, 2007	Luanda	Kilambas da Huíla	0–2	Inter Un. Operativa

Semi-finals

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
14–22 Dec, 2007	Luanda	Progresso do Sambizanga	2–0	G.D. Fagec

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
14–22 Dec, 2007	Luanda	Amigas do Mártires	0–1	G.D. Terra Nova

3rd place match

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
14–22 Dec, 2007	Luanda	G.D. Fagec	3–4	Amigas do Mártires

Final

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	Top Scorer
22 Dec, 2007	Luanda	Progresso do Sambizanga	3–0	G.D. Terra Nova	Irene (24)

2008 ^[6]

Date	City	Winner	Score	Runner-Up	Top Scorer
13–21 Dec, 2008	Luena	Progresso do Sambizanga	2–1	G.D. Fagec	Irene (49)

Trivia

In the 2008 edition, Progresso do Sambizanga thrashed the Moxico Provincial team 30-0. Irene Gonçalves, a Progresso striker scored 22 goals.^[7]

References

↑ "Angola 1997 Women". rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 Dec 2014.
↑ "Angola 2005 (Women)". rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 Dec 2014.
↑ "Angola 2006 (Women)" (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. Retrieved 14 Dec 2014.
↑ "Angola 2007 (Women)". rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 Dec 2014.
↑ "Comunicado Oficial Nº 009/SG/08" (PDF) (in Portuguese). fafutebol-angola.og. Retrieved 1 Jan 2015.
↑ "Homologação do Campeonato Nacional feminino" (PDF) (in Portuguese). ANGOP.com. Retrieved 15 Dec 2014.
↑ "Irene Gonçalves a melhor da actualidade" (in Portuguese). JornaldosDesportos. 30 Mar 2010. Retrieved 15 Dec 2014.

Football in Angola

Federação Angolana de Futebol

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Girabola Gira Angola Angolan Third Division

Women	League Campeonatos Provinciais

Domestic cups

Men	Taça de Angola Supertaça de Angola

Women	Taça de Angola Supertaça de Angola Taça Março Mulher

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

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