Guinea Bissau 1977/78

Campeonato Nacional da 1ª Divisão
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NB: fourth edition after independence.

NB: starts Oct 29 1977.

Participants (16):

Team                                             City         Province                   
Sporting Clube de Bissau (3)                     Bissau       Sector Autónomo de Bissau
Sport Bissau e Benfica                           Bissau       Sector Autónomo de Bissau
União Desportiva Internacional de Bissau (1)     Bissau       Sector Autónomo de Bissau
Ajuda Sport Clube			         Bissau       Sector Autónomo de Bissau
Ténis Clube de Bissau (4)		         Bissau       Sector Autónomo de Bissau
Grupo Desportivo, Recreativo e Cultural FARP (6) Bissau       Sector Autónomo de Bissau
Sporting Clube de Bafatá                         Bafatá       Bafatá                   
Club de Regatas de Estrela Negra de Bolama (5)   Bolama	      Bolama
Bula Futebol Clube (2)                 	         Bula         Cacheu 
Futebol Clube de Canchungo  		         Canchungo    Cacheu  
Clube Desportivo Recreativo de Gabú              Gabú         Gabú
Atlético Clube de Bissorã                        Bissorã      Oio 
Clube Desportivo e Recreativo de Farim           Farim        Oio 
Clube de Futebol "Os Balantas"                   Mansôa       Oio
Futebol Clube de Buba (7)		         Buba         Quínara
Futebol Clube Tombali 			         Catió	      Tombali

NB: (1) aka UDIB.
    (2) On 18/12/2007 Bula Futebol Clube renamed Nuno Tristão FC which was its original
        name (founded 1948 and changed name on 1974).
    (3) later renamed Sporting Clube da Guiné-Bissau.
    (4) On Dec 13, 1994 renamed Mavegro Futebol Clube.
    (5) older name Bombeiros Voluntários de Bolama.
    (6) FARP means Forças Armadas Revolucionárias do Povo da Guiné-Bissau;
        later renamed Grupo Desportivo, Recreativo e Cultural Estrela Negra de Bissau
    (7) renamed Futebol Clube de Quínara

Table:

 1.Benfica de Bissau          29  19  8  2  69-26  46 [C]
 2.UDIB                       29  19  8  2  65-23  46
 3.FC Tombali		      29  16  5  8  62-41  37
 4.FARP                       29  14  7  8  56-35  35
 5.Sporting Clube de Bissau   29  13  6 10  63-48  32
 6.Sporting de Bafatá         29  11  9  9  41-43  31
 7.Os Balantas de Mansôa      29  11  8 10  40-38  30
 8.Desportivo de Gabú	      29  10  9 10  52-52  29
 9.Ténis Clube de Bissau      28  11  5 12  48-51  27
10.Bula FC     		      29  11  5 13  42-48  27
11.FC Canchungo               29  10  7 12  28-36  27
12.Estrela Negra de Bolama    29  10  5 14  51-65  25
13.FC Buba                    29  10  4 15  36-62  24
14.Atlético Clube de Bissorã  29   7  4 18  26-45  18
15.Ajuda Sport Clube	      29   5  5 19  47-78  15
16.Desportivo de Farim        28   4  5 19  23-58  13

NB: Superior Sports Council, in the meeting of Jul 24 
    decided annul the championship and will constitute
    a commission of inquiry for the matches:
    Bula FC 0-6 UDIB and FC Tombali 4-12 Benfica Bissau.

Round 1
[Oct 29]
UDIB               2-0 Ajuda SC	   
[Oct 30]
Sporting Bissau    6-0 Buba
EN Bolama	   1-5 Ténis Clube	   
Desp. Gabú	   2-0 Bula FC		   
Desp. Farim        1-1 FC Tombali
Balantas	   0-2 Benfica Bissau	   
Atlético Bissorã   0-1 FC Canchungo	   
FARP		   2-2 Sporting Bafatá

Round 2
[Nov 5]
Ajuda SC	   1-3 Desp. Farim        
[Nov 6]
FARP		   abd EN Bolama		[2-1 abd 60' due poor light]	   
Bula FC		   1-4 Ténis Clube	   
FC Tombali	   1-3 Desp. Gabú	   
Balantas	   1-0 UDIB               
Buba		   0-2 Benfica Bissau	   
FC Canchungo	   1-4 Sporting Bissau    
Sporting Bafatá    2-1 Atlético Bissorã   
[Feb 6]
FARP		   3-0 EN Bolama

Round 3
[Nov 26]
Ténis Clube	   1-2 FC Tombali
UDIB               4-1 Buba
[Nov 27]
Benfica Bissau	   1-2 FC Canchungo
EN Bolama	   1-3 Bula FC
Desp. Gabú	   4-1 Ajuda SC		
Desp. Farim        1-1 Balantas
Atlético Bissorã   1-0 FARP		   
Sporting Bissau    2-1 Sporting Bafatá

Round 4
[Dec 3]
Ajuda SC	   2-0 Ténis Clube	   
[Dec 4]
Sporting Bissau    0-0 Atlético Bissorã   
Bula FC		   1-4 FARP		   
FC Tombali	   2-1 EN Bolama	   
Balantas	   2-0 Desp. Gabú	   
Sporting Bafatá	   0-1 Benfica Bissau	   
Buba		   1-0 Desp. Farim        
FC Canchungo	   0-1 UDIB               

Round 5
[Dec 10]
Ténis Clube	   1-0 Balantas	   
UDIB               3-0 Sporting Bafatá	   
[Dec 11]
Benfica Bissau	   2-1 Atlético Bissorã   
Bula FC		   1-3 FC Tombali	   
EN Bolama	   4-3 Ajuda SC
Desp. Gabú	   0-1 Buba		   
Desp. Farim        0-1 FC Canchungo	   
FARP		   1-0 Sporting Bissau

Round 6
[Dec 17]
Ajuda SC	   1-2 Bula FC		   
Sporting Bissau	   2-2 Benfica Bissau	   
[Dec 18]
FC Tombali	   0-0 FARP		   
Balantas	   4-1 EN Bolama
Buba		   1-1 Ténis Clube	   
FC Canchungo	   4-0 Desp. Gabú	   
Sporting Bafatá	   2-1 Desp. Farim        
Atlético Bissorã   1-1 UDIB               

Round 7
[Dec 28]
Ténis Clube	   1-0 FC Canchungo	   
[Dec 29]
UDIB               3-1 Sporting Bissau	   
[Dec 30]
FARP		   1-4 Benfica Bissau	   
FC Tombali	   awd Ajuda SC			[awarded 3-0; Ajuda SC dns]
Bula FC		   1-1 Balantas	   
EN Bolama	   2-1 Buba			[abd; result stood]		   
Desp. Gabú	   1-1 Sporting Bafatá	   
Desp. Farim        1-0 Atlético Bissorã   

Round 8
[Jan 7]
Ajuda SC	   1-0 FARP		   
Sporting Bissau	   6-1 Desp. Farim        
[Jan 8]
Benfica Bissau	   0-0 UDIB               
Balantas	   0-0 FC Tombali	   
Buba		   2-1 Bula FC		   
FC Canchungo	   1-1 EN Bolama	   
Sporting Bafatá	   1-2 Ténis Clube	   
Atlético Bissorã   1-2 Desp. Gabú	   

Round 9
[Jan 14]
Ajuda SC	   2-4 Balantas	   
Ténis Clube	   0-1 Atlético Bissorã   
[Jan 15]
FARP		   1-1 UDIB               
FC Tombali	   3-0 Buba		   
Bula FC		   1-0 FC Canchungo	   
EN Bolama	   1-2 Sporting Bafatá	   
Desp. Gabú	   3-0 Sporting Bissau	   
Desp. Farim        1-1 Benfica Bissau	   

Round 10
[Jan 21]
Benfica Bissau	   3-0 Desp. Gabú	   
[Jan 22]
UDIB               3-0 Desp. Farim        
Balantas	   2-1 FARP		   
Buba		   3-2 Ajuda SC	   
FC Canchungo	   0-2 FC Tombali	   
Sporting Bafatá	   2-2 Bula FC		   
Atlético Bissorã   0-1 EN Bolama	   
Sporting Bissau	   3-1 Ténis Clube	   

Round 11
[Jan 28]
Ajuda SC	   1-1 FC Canchungo	   
Ténis Clube	   0-4 Benfica Bissau	   
[Jan 29]
FARP		   3-1 Desp. Farim        
Balantas	   2-0 Buba		   
FC Tombali	   2-2 Sporting Bafatá	   
Bula FC		   2-1 Atlético Bissorã   
EN Bolama	   2-1 Sporting Bissau	   
Desp. Gabú	   2-2 UDIB               

Round 12
[Feb 4]
Sporting Bissau	   1-2 Bula FC		   
Benfica Bissau	   0-0 EN Bolama	   
[Feb 5]
UDIB               4-2 Ténis Clube	   
Buba		   0-0 FARP		   
FC Canchungo	   0-2 Balantas	   
Sporting Bafatá	   2-1 Ajuda SC	   
Atlético Bissorã   1-5 FC Tombali	   
Desp. Farim        0-3 Desp. Gabú	   

Round 13
[Feb 11]
Ajuda SC	   5-3 Atlético Bissorã   
FC Tombali	   4-2 Sporting Bissau	   
Ténis Clube	   0-2 Desp. Farim        
[Feb 12]
FARP		   3-3 Desp. Gabú	   
Buba		   1-0 FC Canchungo	   
Balantas	   2-1 Sporting Bafatá	   
Bula FC		   1-1 Benfica Bissau	   
EN Bolama	   3-3 UDIB               

Round 14
[Feb 25]
FARP		   3-2 FC Canchungo	   
Sporting Bissau	   4-3 Ajuda SC	   
[Feb 26]
Benfica Bissau	   2-1 FC Tombali	   
Sporting Bafatá	   1-0 Buba		   
Atlético Bissorã   2-0 Balantas	   
Desp. Farim        2-1 EN Bolama	   
Desp. Gabú	   1-1 Ténis Clube	   
UDIB               1-0 Bula FC		   

Round 15
[Mar 5]
FC Tombali	   0-0 UDIB               
EN Bolama	   1-3 Desp. Gabú	   
FC Canchungo	   n/p Sporting Bafatá		[police dns]
Buba		   3-1 Atlético Bissorã   
Balantas	   3-2 Sporting Bissau	   
Bula FC		   2-0 Desp. Farim        
[Mar 22]
Ajuda SC	   lt  Benfica Bissau
[later]
Ténis Clube	   drw FARP			
FC Canchungo	   bt  Sporting Bafatá

Round 16
[Mar 12]
Bula FC		   1-1 Desp. Gabú
FC Tombali	   awd Desp. Farim		[3-0 awarded; Desp. Farim dns]
Buba		   1-3 Sporting Bissau
FC Canchungo	   0-0 Atlético Bissorã
Sporting Bafatá	   2-2 FARP
[Apr 26]
Benfica Bissau	   3-2 Balantas
[later]
Ténis Clube	   bt  EN Bolama
Ajuda SC	   lt  UDIB

Round 17
[Mar 19]
EN Bolama	   2-3 FARP
Desp. Gabú	   3-1 FC Tombali
Desp. Farim        2-2 Ajuda SC
Atlético Bissorã   0-1 Sporting Bafatá
[later]
Ténis Clube	   drw Bula FC		
Sporting Bissau    bt  FC Canchungo
[May 10]
UDIB               3-2 Balantas			
Benfica Bissau	   2-0 Buba

Round 18 [Mar 26]
FC Tombali	   1-0 Ténis Clube
Buba		   lt  UDIB			
FC Canchungo	   lt  Benfica Bissau		
Bula FC		   bt  EN Bolama		
Ajuda SC	   bt  Desp. Gabú		
Balantas	   bt  Desp. Farim
FARP		   bt  Atlético Bissorã
Sporting Bafatá	   lt  Sporting Bissau		

Round 19
[Apr 1]
FARP		   3-0 Bula FC
Ténis Clube	   5-3 Ajuda SC
[Apr 2]
UDIB               0-1 FC Canchungo
Desp. Gabú	   1-1 Balantas
EN Bolama	   4-3 FC Tombali
Desp. Farim        2-3 Buba
Atlético Bissorã   0-1 Sporting Bissau
[May 17]
Benfica Bissau	   1-1 Sporting Bafatá

Round 20
[Apr 8]
Ajuda SC	   2-4 EN Bolama
[Apr 9]
Balantas	   drw Ténis Clube
FC Tombali	   awd Bula FC			[3-0 awarded; Bula dns]
Buba		   lt  Desp. Gabú
FC Canchungo	   bt  Desp. Farim
[later]
Sporting Bissau	   bt  FARP
[May 24]
Sporting Bafatá	   1-4 UDIB
Atlético Bissorã   0-2 Benfica Bissau

Round 21
[Apr 16]
UDIB               1-0 Atlético Bissorã
Bula FC		   8-2 Ajuda SC
EN Bolama	   awd Balantas			[3-0 awarded; Balantas dns]
Desp. Gabú	   1-1 FC Canchungo
Desp. Farim        1-1 Sporting Bafatá
Ténis Clube	   4-2 Buba
FARP		   awd FC Tombali		[3-0 awarded; FC Tombali dns]
[Apr 18]
Benfica Bissau	   drw Sporting Bissau		

Round 22
[Apr 22]
Ajuda SC	   1-4 FC Tombali
Sporting Bissau	   3-3 UDIB
[Apr 23]
FC Canchungo	   1-0 Ténis Clube
Balantas	   2-4 Bula FC
Buba		   3-3 EN Bolama
Sporting Bafatá	   1-1 Desp. Gabú
Atlético Bissorã   2-0 Desp. Farim
Benfica Bissau	   3-1 FARP

Round 23
[May 6]
FARP		   4-2 Ajuda SC
Ténis Clube	   0-2 Sporting Bafatá
[May 7]
FC Tombali	   2-3 Balantas
Bula FC		   awd Buba			[3-0 awarded; Buba dns]
EN Bolama	   1-0 FC Canchungo
Desp. Gabú	   0-2 Atlético Bissorã
Desp. Farim        1-3 Sporting Bissau
UDIB               0-0 Benfica Bissau		

Table:

 1.Benfica de Bissau          20  12  7  1  39-15  31 [C]
 2.UDIB                       21  11  8  2  38-16  30
 3.FC Tombali		      23  12  5  6  46-26  29
 4.Sporting Clube de Bissau   23  12  4  7  53-35  28
 5.Os Balantas de Mansôa      21  11  5  5  32-22  27
 6.FARP                       23  10  7  6  46-31  27
 7.Desportivo de Gabú	      23   9  8  6  43-37  26
 8.Bula FC     		      23  10  5  8  38-35  25
 9.Sporting de Bafatá         21   7  7  7  26-29  21
10.Ténis Clube de Bissau      23   8  5 10  34-38  21
11.FC Canchungo               23   8  4 11  23-30  20
12.Estrela Negra de Bolama    22   7  4 11  34-50  18
13.FC Buba                    22   7  3 12  27-49  17
14.Atlético Clube de Bissorã  22   5  3 14  19-33  13
15.Desportivo de Farim        23   4  5 14  22-44  13
16.Ajuda Sport Clube	      23   4  2 17  40-70  10

Round 24
[May 13]
Sporting Bissau	   2-2 Desp. Gabú
Benfica Bissau	   4-1 Desp. Farim
[May 14]
Balantas	   2-2 Ajuda SC
Buba		   awd FC Tombali		[0-3 awarded; Buba dns]
FC Canchungo	   3-2 Bula FC
Sporting Bafatá	   5-3 EN Bolama
Atlético Bissorã   3-2 Ténis Clube
UDIB               1-0 FARP

Round 25
[May 20]
FARP		   2-2 Balantas
[May 21]
Ajuda SC	   0-2 Buba
FC Tombali	   awd FC Canchungo		[3-0 awarded; FC Canchungo dns]
Bula FC		   0-1 Sporting Bafatá
EN Bolama	   1-1 Atlético Bissorã
Desp. Gabú	   1-3 Benfica Bissau
Desp. Farim        0-1 UDIB
Ténis Clube	   2-1 Sporting Bissau

Round 26
[May 27]
Benfica Bissau	   2-3 Ténis Clube
[May 28]
FC Canchungo	   0-0 Ajuda SC
Desp. Farim        0-3 FARP			[abd 2nd half due Farim crowd trouble]
Buba		   2-1 Balantas
Sporting Bafatá	   2-1 FC Tombali
Atlético Bissorã   0-1 Bula FC
Sporting Bissau	   2-4 EN Bolama
UDIB               4-0 Desp. Gabú

Round 27
[Jun 3]
FARP		   3-0 Buba
Ajuda SC	   0-1 Sporting Bafatá
[Jun 4]
Ténis Clube	   2-4 UDIB
EN Bolama	   1-3 Benfica Bissau
Balantas	   0-0 FC Canchungo
FC Tombali	   awd Atlético Bissorã		[3-0 awarded; Bissorã dns]
Bula FC		   1-2 Sporting Bissau
Desp. Gabú	   awd Desp. Farim		[3-0 awarded; Farim dns]

Round 28
[Jun 9]
Sporting Bissau	   1-2 FC Tombali
[Jun 10]
Benfica Bissau	   1-0 Bula FC
[Jun 11]
FC Canchungo	   1-1 Buba
Sporting Bafatá	   1-1 Balantas
Atlético Bissorã   1-3 Ajuda SC
Desp. Farim         -  Ténis Clube		[pitch was not aligned]
Desp. Gabú	   0-1 FARP
[Jun 15]
UDIB               4-2 EN Bolama

Round 29
[Jun 17]
Ajuda SC	   2-2  Sporting Bissau
[Jun 18]
Ténis Clube	   5-3  Desp. Gabú
FC Canchungo	   1-0  FARP
Buba		   4-3  Sporting Bafatá
Balantas	   0-2  Atlético Bissorã
FC Tombali	   n/p  Benfica Bissau		[Benfica Bissau dns]
Bula FC		   0-6  UDIB
EN Bolama	   awd  Desp. Farim		[3-0 awarded; Farim dns]
[Jun 21]
FC Tombali	   4-12 Benfica Bissau

NB: Superior Sports Council, in the meeting of Jul 24 
    decided annul the championship and will constitute
    a commission of inquiry for the matches:
    Bula FC 0-6 UDIB and FC Tombali 4-12 Benfica Bissau.

Round 30 [Jul 29; round anulled]
UDIB                -  FC Tombali
Desp. Gabú	    -  EN Bolama
Sporting Bafatá	    -  FC Canchungo
Atlético Bissorã    -  Buba
Sporting Bissau	    -  Balantas
Desp. Farim         -  Bula FC
Benfica Bissau	    -  Ajuda SC
FARP		    -  Ténis Clube

Table:

 1.Benfica de Bissau          29  19  8  2  69-26  46 [C]
 2.UDIB                       29  19  8  2  65-23  46
 3.FC Tombali		      29  16  5  8  62-41  37
 4.FARP                       29  14  7  8  56-35  35
 5.Sporting Clube de Bissau   29  13  6 10  63-48  32
 6.Sporting de Bafatá         29  11  9  9  41-43  31
 7.Os Balantas de Mansôa      29  11  8 10  40-38  30
 8.Desportivo de Gabú	      29  10  9 10  52-52  29
 9.Ténis Clube de Bissau      28  11  5 12  48-51  27
10.Bula FC     		      29  11  5 13  42-48  27
11.FC Canchungo               29  10  7 12  28-36  27
12.Estrela Negra de Bolama    29  10  5 14  51-65  25
13.FC Buba                    29  10  4 15  36-62  24
14.Atlético Clube de Bissorã  29   7  4 18  26-45  18
15.Ajuda Sport Clube	      29   5  5 19  47-78  15
16.Desportivo de Farim        28   4  5 19  23-58  13


Cup Tournaments
---------------

Taça Nacional
- - - - - - -

Round 1
[Jan 11]
UDIB               drw Sporting Bissau	   
FC Tombali	   bt  Buba		   
Desp. Gabú	   bt  Ajuda SC	   
Bula FC		   lt  Balantas	   
EN Bolama	   bt  Sporting Bafatá	   
[Jan 12]
Benfica Bissau	   2-3 Atlético Bissorã   
[Jan 18]
Ténis Clube	   bt  Desp. Farim        
[Jan 19]
FARP		   bt  FC Canchungo	   

Replay [Jan 26]
Sporting Bissau	   0-0 UDIB			[aet; 2-3 pen]

Round 2
[May 31]
FARP		   n/p Balantas			[no electric light]
EN Bolama	   bt  Atlético Bissorã   
[Jun 7]
UDIB		   0-0 FC Tombali	   
[Jun 8]
Ténis Clube	   1-1 Desp. Gabú	   
[later]
FARP		   bt  Balantas

Replay
[date?]
FC Tombali	   lt  UDIB
[Jun 21]
Desp. Gabú	   bt  Ténis Clube

Semifinals
[Jul 23]
Desp. Gabú	   2-5 FARP		   
EN Bolama	   abd UDIB			[1-2 abd 86' UDIB players protest penalty]
[Aug 19]
EN Bolama	   1-2 UDIB		  

Final [Sep 2, Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau]
UDIB		   0-0 FARP		   	[aet]

Referees: José de Pina, Arnaldo Marques, Velez.
UDIB:     Bracia, Braima, Idelino, Adão, João Carlos, Cuca, Nuno (Sillá),
          Bebé, Domingos Cá, Djudjú, Batista.
FARP:     Karaté, João Gomes, Cláudio, Augusto Mário, Caetano, Abulai,
          Mama Djaquité (Elói), Lássana, Mami, Abú (Matos), Dinis.

Replay final [Sep 9, Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau]
UDIB		   1-0 FARP
 [Cuca 53'pen]

Referees: Gregório Baduba, Arnaldo Morais, Romão Morgado.
UDIB:     Bracia, Braima, Idelino, Adão, João Carlos, Domingos Cá
          (Veríssimo), Nuno, Bebé, Cuca, Djudjú, Batista.
FARP:     Karaté, João Gomes, Cláudio, Augusto Mário, Caetano, Abulai,
          Mama Djaquité, Arsénio (Ocante), Mami, Abú, Bubo


Other cup tournaments
---------------------

Taça III Congresso
- - - - - - - - - 

[Nov 23, Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau]
Benfica Bissau	   1-0 Sporting da Praia (Cape Verde Islands)


Taça Encontro dos Ministros da Educação
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Round 1
[Feb 8]
FARP		   lt  Sporting Bissau	   
[Feb 9]
UDIB               lt  Benfica Bissau	   

Final [Feb 15, Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau]
Benfica Bissau	   1-1 Sporting Bissau	   	[1-1 aet; 3-2 pen]


Torneio Dia Internacional de Árbitros
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Round 1 [Jul 22]
Benfica Bissau	   3-0 Ténis Clube	   
Sporting Bissau	   4-2 Ajuda SC	   

Final [Jul 23, Estádio Lino Correia, Bissau]
Benfica Bissau	   2-1 Sporting Bissau	   


1976/77

1978/79

list of champions

list of cup winners


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