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2021–22 Girabola
The 2021–22 Girabola was the 44th season of top-tier association football, football in Angola. The season ran from October 1, 2021 until May 2022. RSSSF.com The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2022–23 Angolan Provincial Football Stage, Provincial stages. The winner and runner-up qualified to the 2022–23 CAF Champions League qualifications round. Managerial changes League table Results Season statistics Scorers Top scorers Hat-tricks Stadiums Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:2021-22 Girabola Girabola seasons 2021–22 in Angolan fo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girabola
Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol de Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan association football, football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. The term "Girabola" () is a creation of the nationalist, radio broadcaster and sports reporter Rui Carvalho, in 1972, at a time when the Angolan championship was still officially called "Campeonato do Estado Ultramarino de Angola". The name "Girabola" differentiated the competition from the other overseas provinces and was a subtle form of anti-colonial protest. The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League. History The competition is the successor to the "Campeonato do Estado Ultramarino de Angola". Between 1975 and 1979, this competition did not take place. In 1979, the first edition of the post-independence, the competition was played, consisting of 24 teams, divided into groups of four or six teams, in a competition that started on December 8, 1979. In 1980 the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Own Goal
An own goal occurs in sports when a player performs actions that result in scoring points for the opposition, such as when a Association football, footballer puts a ball into their own net. In some parts of the world, the term has become a metaphor for ''any'' action that backfires on the person or group undertaking it, sometimes even carrying a sense of "poetic justice". During The Troubles, for instance, it acquired a specific metaphorical meaning in Belfast, referring to an IED (improvised explosive device) that detonated prematurely, killing the person making or handling the bomb with the intent to harm others. A player trying to Match fixing, throw a game might deliberately attempt an own goal. Such players run the risk of being sanctioned or banned from further play. Association football In association football, an own goal occurs when a player causes the ball to go into their own team's Goal (sport), goal, resulting in a Scoring in association football, goal being scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Mártires Da Canhala
Estádio Mártires da Canhala is a football stadium in Caála, Huambo, Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c .... It is owned by C.R. Caála. The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation in 2012. and has an 11,000-seat capacity. References Football venues in Angola {{Angola-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caála
Caála is a town and a municipality located 23 km west of the Huambo, city of Huambo, in the namesake Huambo Province, province in Angola. It was known as Vila Robert Williams while Angola was a Portugal, Portuguese colony, after the railroad developer and mining magnate Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park, Sir Robert Williams. The town has a population of 130,000 and the municipality a population of 279,792 according to the 2014 census. History Vila Robert Williams was the former name of Caála, in the then Portuguese Angola (before 1975). The town of Robert Williams was just west of Nova Lisboa (now Huambo) and was remarkable for huge outcroppings of boulders that jutted from the fields just outside the town. In those outcroppings researchers could find pottery shards, primitive metal smelting pits, and other archeological detritus. Sports Caála is home to the local popular soccer club C.R. Caála, Clube Recreativo da Caála who plays in Angola's top league, the Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Do Ferroviário Da Huíla
Estádio do Clube Ferroviário da Huíla is a multi-use stadium in Lubango, Angola. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is owned by Clube Ferroviário da Huíla. The stadium holds 15,000 people. References Football venues in Angola Buildings and structures in Lubango {{Angola-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubango
Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 914,456 in 2022. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in Angola after the capital city Luanda. History Portuguese rule In 1882 approximately one thousand Portuguese settlers came from the island of Madeira to the area of current-day Lubango. These Portuguese farmers helped develop the region and founded the settlement. The city, originally established in 1885 to serve colonists from the Madeira Islands, lies at an elevation of 1,760 metres in a valley of the Huíla Plateau and was surrounded by a scenic park spreading up the mountain slopes. By 1910 there were over 1,700 ethnic Portuguese living in the settlement, which was referred to as "Lubango". By 1923 the Moçâmedes Railway had connected the settlement to the town of Moçâmedes in the coast. The Portuguese government made it a city and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Mundunduleno
Estádio Jones Cufune Mundunduleno is a football stadium located at the Mandengwe neighborhood in the city of Luena, Moxico Province, Angola. It is owned by F.C. Bravos do Maquis, Futebol Clube Bravos do Maquis and holds 4,300 people. History The Stadium was named after Jones Cufune Mundunduleno, a MPLA commander and guerrilla fighter from eastern Angola. Location Mundunduleno is located at the Mandembwe neighborhood, around 2 km from the city of Luena, Moxico Province, Luena, in an area surrounded by eucalyptus trees. In 2013, the Stadium underwent a major renovation which forced the home team to play its home games at the neighboring Estádio das Mangueiras in the province of Lunda Sul. References Football venues in Angola Moxico Province Sports venues completed in 2006 {{Angola-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luena, Moxico Province
Luena, formerly known as Luso, is a city and municipality in eastern Angola, administrative capital of Moxico Province. The municipality had a population of 357,413 in 2014. History The Angolan town is best known as the resting place of former UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, who was shot and killed by Angolan government troops on February 22, 2002. Later on January 3, 2008, Savimbi's tomb at Luena Main Cemetery was vandalised and four members of the youth wing of the MPLA were charged and arrested. '' Mail and Guardian'', January 23, 2008. Climate Luena has a monsoonal |
Estádio 22 De Junho
The Estádio 22 de Junho (22 June stadium) is an Angolan stadium built and owned by G.D. Interclube and is the venue for the club's home games in all events that it takes part of. The 7,800-seat stadium was inaugurated on February 2, 2005 and is located in the Rocha Pinto neighborhood, Maianga district, Luanda, Angola. The stadium is one of the few private-owned stadiums in Luanda Luanda ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Angola, largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Ang ... as the remaining teams based in the capital play in state-owned 11 de Novembro, Cidadela and Coqueiros. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Estadio 22 de Junho Sports venues in Luanda 2005 establishments in Angola G.D. Interclube Sports venues completed in 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Sagrada Esperança
Estádio Sagrada Esperança, formerly Quintalão do Dundo is a football stadium located at the Kamakenzo neighborhood in the city of Dundo, Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c .... The stadium underwent a major rehabilitation in 2003 with the installation of a grass pitch to replace the dirt one. On March 5 2008, the stadium was further renovated. It is owned by and the home ground of Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança. The stadium holds 8,000 people. The stadium includes a gym, over 30 changing rooms, a 235-seat VIP stand, media, referee and athletes rooms and other administrative areas. Located in the Ngacumona neighborhood in Lunda Norte's capital city of Dundo, the stadium further includes a 100-car parking lot and four 12-spotlight lighting towers. A Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundo
Dundo, or Dundo-Chitato, is a former mining town, with a population of 177,604 (2014), now a city and the provincial capital of Lunda Norte Province, Lunda Norte in Angola. Established in the early part of the 20th century as a planned diamond mining community, Dundo has continued to grow, has its Dundo Airport, own airport and is now being superseded by a new city, New Dundo. The city is the home of the football club called Grupo Desportivo Sagrada Esperança, which plays at Estádio Quintalão. The local museum houses objects collected by social anthropologist, Hermann Baumann (social anthropologist), Hermann Baumann. History The settlement of Dundo was founded in 1912 after the discovery of diamonds in the Musalala River, a tributary of the Chiumbue River located in the north-eastern border of Angola where it today adjoins the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Formed as a planned community to support the burgeoning mining operations, Dundo grew after the private investor com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio França Ndalu
Estádio França Ndalu is an Angolan football stadium built and owned by C.D. Primeiro de Agosto, Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto and will be the venue for the club's home games in all events that it takes part of. The stadium is named after General officer, Gen. António França, nicknamed "Ndalu" who was a key figure in the club's foundation in 1977. The 20,000-seat stadium is located in the Cassequel neighborhood, Maianga district, Luanda, Angola. The stadium is only the second private-owned stadium in Luanda, following G.D. Interclube, Interclube's Estádio 22 de Junho, 22 de Junho as the remaining teams based in the capital play in the state-owned Estádio 11 de Novembro, 11 de Novembro and Estádio dos Coqueiros, Coqueiros. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Estadio Franca Ndalu Sports venues in Luanda 2023 establishments in Angola Sports venues completed in 2023 Football venues in Angola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
