2003 Girabola
# 2003 Girabola

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.

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

## Changes from the 2002 season

Relegated: Benfica do Lubango, F.C. de Cabinda and Sporting do Bié

Promoted: Primeiro de Maio, Progresso do Sambizanga and Ritondo

## League table

| 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 | 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 | Relegation to Provincial stages |
| 14 | Ritondo de Malanje (R) | 26 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 47 | −35 | 10 | Relegation to Provincial stages |

* ↑ Name later changed to Atlético do Namibe

## Results

| 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 | — |

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

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

### Hat-tricks

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

* 2003 Girabola winner
* Atlético Sport Aviação 2nd title
