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2005 Girabola

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Season
  
2005 (Feb 20–Oct 23)

2006 CAF Champions League
  
Sagrada Esperança ASA

Champions
  
Sagrada Esperança

Matches played
  
182

Relegated
  
Académica do Lobito Petro do Huambo Sporting do Bié

2006 CAF Confederation Cup
  
Interclube (cup runner-up) Petro de Luanda

The 2005 Girabola was the 27th season of top-tier football in Angola. The season began on 20 February 2005. ASA were the defending champions.

Contents

The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated to the 2006 Gira Angola.

Sagrada Esperança were crowned champions, while Académica do Lobito, Petro do Huambo and Sporting do Bié were relegated. Love Kabungula of ASA finished as the top scorer with 13 goals.

Changes from the 2004 season

Relegated: Académica do Soyo, Benfica do Lubango and Bravos do Maquis
Promoted: Benfica de Luanda, Desportivo da Huíla, Sporting do Bié

League table

Updated to games played on 23 October 2005.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Updated to games played on 23 October 2005.
Source: soccerway.com
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

2005 Girabola Wikipedia