2015 Girabola

The 2015 Girabola was the 37th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 11 February to 10 October 2015. Recreativo do Libolo survived a late-season scare from 1º de Agosto to win their fourth Angolan championship, all in the past five years. Recreativo do Libolo needed a scoreless draw against Académica do Lobito in their final game to finish in a tie atop the standings with 1º de Agosto, who closed the season with six straight wins. Recreativo do Libolo won the tiebreaker based on head-to-head points.
The league comprised 16 of teams and the bottom three were relegated to the 2016 Segundona. Domant, Onze Bravos and Sporting de Cabinda finished in the last three spots and were relegated.

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from the 2014 Segundona, Académica do Lobito, Domant and Progresso Lunda Sul.
Recreativo do Libolo were the defending champions from the 2014 season.

Changes from 2014 season

Relegated: Primeiro de Maio, Benfica do Lubango, União do Uíge
Promoted: Académica do Lobito, Domant FC, Progresso da Lunda Sul

Stadiums and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
Académica do Lobito	Lobito	Estádio do Buraco	15,000	1st in Segundona
ASA	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	13th in Girabola
Benfica de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	3rd in Girabola
Bravos do Maquis	Luena	Estádio Mundunduleno	4,300	6th in Girabola
Desportivo da Huíla	Lubango	Estadio da Tundavala	25,000	11th in Girabola
Domant	Caxito	Estádio Municipal do Dande	5,000	3rd in Segundona
Interclube	Luanda	Estádio 22 de Junho	7,000	9th in Girabola
Kabuscorp	Luanda	Estádio dos Coqueiros	8,000	2nd in Girabola
Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	5th in Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Estádio 11 de Novembro	50,000	4th in Girabola
Progresso da Lunda Sul	Saurimo	Estádio das Mangueiras	7,000	2nd in Segundona
Progresso do Sambizanga	Luanda	Estádio da Cidadela	30,000	10th in Girabola
Recreativo da Caála	Caála	Estádio Mártires da Canhala	12,000	7th in Girabola
Recreativo do Libolo	Calulo	Estádio Municipal	10,000	Girabola Champions
Sagrada Esperança	Dundo	Estádio Sagrada Esperança	8,000	8th in Girabola
Sporting de Cabinda	Cabinda	Estádio Municipal do Tafe	25,000	12th in Girabola

League table

Results

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team \ Round
Recreativo do Libolo	7	11	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
1º de Agosto	7	14	15	16	15	14	10	7	6	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2
Benfica de Luanda	11	4	6	4	4	5	6	5	5	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Kabuscorp	7	11	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Interclube	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
	11	10	14	7	8	7	5	3	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Desportivo da Huíla	4	3	8	11	12	13	15	12	13	14	14	14	14	12	11	13	14	14	11	12	12	11	8	8	10	8	7	7	9	7
Petro de Luanda	14	5	9	5	5	4	4	6	7	7	9	10	7	9	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	9	8	7	8
ASA	1	2	5	9	9	6	8	10	10	13	11	11	12	14	14	11	12	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	10	9
Sagrada Esperança	14	14	11	13	13	16	11	13	14	12	10	8	9	7	9	10	9	10	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10
Recreativo da Caála	7	11	13	10	11	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	12	9	10	10	11	9	9	7	10	10	8	11
Progresso	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	11	10	13	12	9	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	10	11	8	9	11	9	12	12
Académica do Lobito	11	9	12	8	10	10	13	9	9	9	12	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	11	8	12	13	13
Bravos do Maquis	4	6	2	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	10	10	9	10	11	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Sporting de Cabinda	2	8	7	13	14	12	9	11	12	11	8	9	11	13	13	14	11	12	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	15
Domant	4	7	9	12	6	9	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source:

	Leader
	Relegation to 2016 Provincial stages

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Squad:
Landu, Manaia, Nílton, Ricardo '
Carlitos, Eddie, Edy Boyom, Kuagica, Mauro, Mingo Sanda, Natael, Wires '
Dany, Dário, Fredy, Fuky, Kaya, Mbongo, Medá, Rudy, Sidnei, Pataca '
Alexandre, Brito, Chico, Diawara, Valdinho '
João Paulo Costa