Girabola 1979

Girabola 1979
master	CD Primeiro de Agosto
Teams	24
Top scorer	João Machado (18 goals)
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The 1979 Girabola was the first season of the Girabola , the top national division of football in Angola after the country gained independence from Portugal in 1975.

prehistory

In the last championship in Angola under Portuguese colonial administration in 1975, the CR Caála from Nova Lisboa (today Huambo ) was the front runner when the game had to be canceled after 12 match days. The reason was the outbreak of civil war in Angola (1975–2002). That left Ferrovia Sport Clube de Nova Lisboa , also from Nova Lisboa, the last Angolan champions until independence end 1975th

In 1979 the young country's football association, the Federação Angolana de Futebol (FAF), was founded. She now organized the new Angolan national championship. In order to begin regular league operations, the FAF first held a preliminary round tournament. It selected 24 clubs from all of the then 16 Angolan provinces . On the one hand, the first master of independent Angola was played out. On the other hand, in the end the 14 best clubs qualified for the following Girabola in 1980 , which became the first season in the henceforth regular league operations.

Minguito, striker of Vitória Atlético do Bié, scored on December 8, 1979 in the 11th minute in the game against Académica do Lobito, the first goal of the new Girabola. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

Some clubs had to change their names in the course of the anti-colonial mood in the country, as they reminded too much of their Portuguese past, especially branches of the clubs Sporting Lisbon ( Portuguese : Sporting Clube de Portugal ) and Benfica Lisbon ( Portuguese : Sport Lisboa e Benfica ).

mode

In the preliminary round for Girabola 1979, 24 teams took part, selected by the FAF from all parts of the country.

They competed against each other in four groups, each of which played out a group winner. Then the four winners played against each other in a drawn semi-final in the actual Girabola. The two winners then played out the champions in a final. The 14 best teams also qualified for the following season, the Girabola 1980.

Preliminary round

Série A 1º de Agosto , Luanda MCH do Uíge (now CD Construtores do Uíge ), Uíge FC do Uíge , Uíge Sagrada Esperança , Dundo Luta SC de Cabinda, Cabinda FC Mbanza Congo, M'banza Congo Série B 14 de April Académica do Lobito , Lobito Palancas do Huambo, Huambo Santa Rita Namibe, Namibe Vitória do Bié, Kuito Juventude do Kunje, Kunje

Série C Desportivo da Chela (again today Benfica Lubango ), Lubango Diabos Negros, N'dalatando Ferroviário da Huíla , Lubango Makotas de Malanje, Malanje Nacional de Benguela , Benguela Sassamba da Lunda-Sul, Saurimo Série D Diabos Verdes (also: Leões de Luanda, today again Sporting Luanda ), Luanda Estrela Vermelha (today again Sport Huambo e Benfica ), Huambo Ginásio do Kuando-Kubango, Ondjiva Naval do Porto Amboim, Porto Amboim TAAG (now Atlético Sport Aviação ), Luanda Desportivo Xangongo do Cunene, Xangongo

Results

Qualified

The top 14 teams in the preliminary round qualified for the 1980 Girabola . These goods:

1º de Agosto (Master) Nacional de Benguela TAAG Palancas do Huambo Estrela Vermelha FC do Uíge CD Construtores do Uíge

Académica do Lobito Desportivo da Chela Ferroviário da Huíla Diabos Verdes Santa Rita Namibe Sassamba da Lunda-Sul Sagrada Esperança

Semifinals

• Nacional de Benguela def. Palancas do Huambo (result not recorded)
• 1º de Agosto defeated TAAG (result not recorded)

final

• 1º de Agosto - Nacional de Benguela 2: 1

Web links

• Website for Girabola 1979 (with all data mentioned here) at the RSSSF
• Article on the history of Girabola at the start of the season on February 18, 2005, state news agency ANGOP

See also

• Soccer in Angola
• Girabola

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website on the history of Girabola at the RSSSF , accessed on January 22, 2015
2. ^ Website on Girabola 1979 at the RSSSF, accessed on January 22, 2015