2000 Girabola
| Season | 2000 (Mar 18–Nov 05) |
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| Champions | Petro de Luanda |
| Relegated | ARA da Gabela Sporting Cabinda Sporting do Bié |
| 2001 CAF Champions League | Petro de Luanda (Girabola winner) |
| 2001 African Cup Winners' Cup | Interclube (cup runnerup) |
| 2001 CAF Cup | ASA (Girabola runnerup) |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 444 (2.44 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Blanchard (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Petro 6–1 ARA (30 Apr 2000) Petro 6–1 Acad (29 May 2000) |
| Biggest away win | Benf 0–6 Petro (06 May 2000) |
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The 2000 Girabola was the 22nd season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season began on 18 March 2000. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.
The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2001 Gira Angola.
Petro de Luanda were crowned champions, winning their 12th title,[1] while ARA da Gabela, Sporting de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié, were relegated. Blanchard of Benfica de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 19 goals.[2]
Changes from the 1999 season
Relegated: Independente do Tômbwa and Progresso do Sambizanga
Withdrew: Cambondo de Malanje
Promoted: ARA da Gabela and Sporting do Bié
- Note: From this season on and up until 2009, the Girabola was contested by 14 teams, instead of 16.
League table [3]
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petro de Luanda (C) | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 16 | +49 | 63 | 2001 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | ASA | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 44 | 2001 CAF Cup |
| 3 | Petro do Huambo | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 42 | |
| 4 | Primeiro de Agosto | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 40 | |
| 5 | Interclube | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 40 | 2001 African Cup Winners' Cup |
| 6 | Sonangol do Namibe | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 39 | |
| 7 | Académica do Lobito | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 36 | |
| 8 | Benfica de Luanda | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 35 | |
| 9 | Sagrada Esperança | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 33 | |
| 10 | Onze Bravos | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 33 | |
| 11 | FC de Cabinda | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 32 | |
| 12 | Sporting de Cabinda (R) | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 31 | Relegation to 2002 Gira Angola |
| 13 | ARA da Gabela (R) | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 20 | |
| 14 | Sporting do Bié (R) | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 18 |
Updated to games played on 05 November 2000.
Source: girabola.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 | ACL | ARA | ASA | BEN | FCC | INT | ONZ | PET | PHU | PRI | SAG | SON | SCC | SCB |
| Académica do Lobito | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| ARA da Gabela | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| ASA | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
| Benfica de Luanda | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| FC de Cabinda | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Interclube | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Onze Bravos | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Petro de Luanda | 6–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | |
| Petro do Huambo | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Sagrada Esperança | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Sonangol do Namibe | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sporting de Cabinda | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Sporting do Bié | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Updated to games played on 05 November 2000.
Source: girabola.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| 2000 Girabola winner |
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 Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 12th title |
| Top Scorer |
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 Blanchard |
