2002 Girabola
# 2002 Girabola

The 2002 Girabola was the 24th season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 23 February to 20 October 2002. Petro de Luanda were the defending champions.

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2003 Gira Angola.

ASA were crowned champions, winning their first title, while Benfica do Lubango, Futebol Clube de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié, were relegated.

Flávio Amado of Petro de Luanda finished as the top scorer with 16 goals.

## Changes from the 2001 season

Relegated: Bravos do Maquis, Primeiro de Maio and Progresso do Sambizanga Promoted: Desportivo da Huíla, Sporting de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ASA (C) | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 57 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Primeiro de Agosto | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 11 | +28 | 53 | Qualification for CAF Cup |
| 3 | Petro de Luanda | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 51 | |
| 4 | Petro do Huambo | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 40 | |
| 5 | Interclube | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 39 | |
| 6 | Académica do Lobito | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 39 | |
| 7 | Sporting de Cabinda | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 35 | |
| 8 | Benfica de Luanda | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 32 | |
| 9 | Sagrada Esperança | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 31 | |
| 10 | Desportivo da Huíla | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 29 | |
| 11 | Sonangol do Namibe | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 28 | |
| 12 | FC de Cabinda (R) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 26 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 13 | Sporting do Bié (R) | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 24 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 14 | Benfica do Lubango (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 40 | −26 | 15 | Relegation to Provincial stages |

* ↑ Name later changed to Atlético do Namibe

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACL | ASA | BEN | BLB | DES | FCC | INT | PET | PHU | PRI | SAG | SBI | SCC | SON |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Académica do Lobito | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| ASA | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Benfica de Luanda | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Benfica do Lubango | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Desportivo da Huíla | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| FC de Cabinda | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Interclube | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Petro de Luanda | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Petro do Huambo | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Sagrada Esperança | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sporting do Bié | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Sporting de Cabinda | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Sonangol do Namibe | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Flávio * | Petro Luanda | 16 |
| 2 | Loló | 1º de Agosto | 16 |
| 3 | Kadima | ASA | 11 |
| 4 | Lucas | 1º de Agosto | 10 |
| 5 | Bravo da Rosa | Desportivo Huíla | 8 |

* Less matches played
* 2002 Girabola winner
* Atlético Sport Aviação 1st title
