Angola Provincial Stage (or Angolan Third Division) is the third division of

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

, and it is organized by the

Angolan Football Federation The Angolan Football Federation ( pt, Federação Angolana de Futebol, FAF) is the governing body of football in Angola. It was founded in 1979, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1980. It organizes the national football league Girabola and t ...

. Profile and teams ''Prepared and maintained by José Batalha for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation'' Unlike most league systems worldwide, Angola does not have a regular second-tier league system. The teams that are relegated from the top-tier league, the

Girabola Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol em Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League. Gira ...

, are relegated to the provincial championship from which they originate. The champion of each provincial championship automatically qualifies to the

Segundona Segundona aka Torneio de Apuramento ''(Qualification Tournament)'' or Gira Angola is the 2nd division of Angolan football (soccer). It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation and gives access to Angola's top tier football division Girabola ...

, the league or tournament that qualifies to the Girabola.

History

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Cabinda Sport Clube Cabinda may refer to: *Cabinda Province, an exclave and Province of Angola *Cabinda (city), the administrative capital of Cabinda Province ** Cabinda Airport ** F.C. Cabinda, an association football club ** Sporting Clube de Cabinda, an associatio ...

* C.D. São Salvador

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