2003 Girabola

Girabola 2003
Season	2003; (Feb 15–Nov 23)
Champions	ASA
Relegated	Benfica de Luanda; Desportivo da Huíla; Ritondo
2004 CAF Champions League	ASA (winner) ; Petro de Luanda (runner-up)
2004 CAF Confederation Cup	Petro do Huambo (3rd place)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	369 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	André (12 goals)
Biggest home win	ASA 6–0 1º de Maio (25 Sep 2003) ; Int Lua 6–0 Pri Mai (02 Mar 2003)
Biggest away win	Des Hui 1–5 Pet Lua (07 May 2003)
Highest scoring	3 matches ASA 6–0 Pri Mai ; (25 Sep 2003) ; Int Lua 6–0 Pri Mai ; (02 Mar 2003) ; Des Hui 1–5 Pet Lua (07 May 2003) ;
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Season2003
(Feb 15–Nov 23)

ChampionsASA

RelegatedBenfica de Luanda
Desportivo da Huíla
Ritondo

2004 CAF Champions LeagueASA (winner)
Petro de Luanda (runner-up)

The 2003 Girabola was the 25th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season ran from 15 February to 22 November 2003. ASA were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2004 Gira Angola.

ASA were crowned champions, winning a second title in a row, while Benfica de Luanda, Desportivo da Huíla and Ritondo, were relegated.^[1]

Mateus André of Interclube finished as the top scorer with 12 goals.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ASA (C)	26	15	8	3	38	13	+25	53	Qualification for Champions League
2	Petro de Luanda	26	16	4	6	41	17	+24	52	Qualification for Champions League
3	Petro do Huambo	26	14	4	8	34	23	+11	46	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Primeiro de Agosto	26	11	9	6	39	29	+10	42
5	Sonangol do Namibe^[a]	26	11	5	10	23	17	+6	38
6	Académica do Lobito	26	9	10	7	19	23	−4	37
7	Interclube	26	9	7	10	28	24	+4	34
8	Progresso do Sambizanga	26	7	13	6	20	20	0	34
9	Sporting de Cabinda	26	6	13	7	27	32	−5	31
10	Primeiro de Maio	26	8	7	11	19	35	−16	31
11	Sagrada Esperança	26	8	5	13	25	24	+1	29
12	Benfica de Luanda (R)	26	7	7	12	26	36	−10	28	Relegation to Provincial stages
13	Desportivo da Huíla (R)	26	6	9	11	18	29	−11	27
14	Ritondo de Malanje (R)	26	1	7	18	12	47	−35	10

Home \ Away	ACL	ASA	BEN	DES	INT	PET	PHU	PRI	MAI	PRO	RIT	SAG	SON	SCC
Académica do Lobito	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
ASA	2–0	—	5–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Benfica de Luanda	1–0	0–2	—	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1
Desportivo da Huíla	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–5	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2
Interclube	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0
Petro de Luanda	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	—	4–3	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Petro do Huambo	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Primeiro de Agosto	4–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	—	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–3	2–1	2–2
Primeiro de Maio	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	—	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Progresso do Sambizanga	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	—	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–0
Ritondo de Malanje	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	—	0–3	0–1	1–1
Sagrada Esperança	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	0–1	3–0
Sonangol do Namibe	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	—	1–0
Sporting de Cabinda	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	3–2	0–4	—

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	André	Interclube	12
2	Love	ASA	11
3	Flávio	Petro Luanda	10
3	Jaburú	Petro Huambo	10

Player	For	Against	S	R	Date
André	Interclube	Primeiro de Maio	6-0 ^[3]	3	2 March 2003
Malamba	ASA	Benfica de Luanda	5-1 ^[4]	10	10 May 2003

v t e 2003 in African football (CAF)
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Domestic leagues	Algeria 02–03 03–04 Angola 2002 2003 Cameroon 03 Cape Verde 03 Egypt 02–03 03–04 Gambia 03–04 Guinea-Bissau 03–04 Libya 02–03 03–04 Senegal 02–03 03–04 South Africa 02–03 03–04 Tunisia 02–03 03–04
Domestic cups	Algeria 02–03 03–04 Angola 2003 South Africa 2003
CAF competitions	CAF Champions League final African Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup Super Cup

2003 Girabola

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

References

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Season	2003 (Feb 15–Nov 23)
Champions	ASA
Relegated	Benfica de Luanda Desportivo da Huíla Ritondo
2004 CAF Champions League	ASA (winner) Petro de Luanda (runner-up)
2004 CAF Confederation Cup	Petro do Huambo (3rd place)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	369 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	André (12 goals)
Biggest home win	ASA 6–0 1º de Maio (25 Sep 2003) Int Lua 6–0 Pri Mai (02 Mar 2003)
Biggest away win	Des Hui 1–5 Pet Lua (07 May 2003)
Highest scoring	3 matches ASA 6–0 Pri Mai (25 Sep 2003) Int Lua 6–0 Pri Mai (02 Mar 2003) Des Hui 1–5 Pet Lua (07 May 2003)
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