Football league season
The 2019–20 Goa Professional League is the 22nd season of the Goa Professional League , the top football league in the Indian state of Goa , since its establishment 1996. The league season began on 1 October 2019.[ 1] [ 2] SESA Football Academy was promoted to the premier division and they replaced FC Bardez, who were relegated at the end of the previous campaign. The league matches were played at the Duler Stadium and Navelim Football Ground.
Sporting Clube de Goa and Churchill Brothers were declared joint winners of GPL as the 13 remaining games could not be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the remaining teams wouldn't have topped the league even if they had played.
Teams
Managers and foreign players
Team
Manager
Player 1
Player 2
Player 3
Player 4
Player 5
Player 6
Calangute Association
Charles Dias
Corps of Signal
Eban Mesquita
Churchill Brothers
Edward Ansah
Willis Plaza
Radanfah Abu Bakr
Joaquín García
Kalif Alhassan
Dempo
Samir Naik
FC Goa
Sergio Lobera
Guardian Angel
Shekar Kerkar
Musha Bambatelli
Mohammed Yakubu
Panjim Footballers
Shekar Kerkar
Salgaocar
Levino Pereira
Sporting Clube de Goa
Francisco Vaz
Philip Odogwu
Sesa Football Academy
Eduard Batlle Basart
Vasco
Micky Fernandes
Olumide Adewale Olowolagba
Bema Coulibaly
Velsao Sports & Cultural Club
Ajay Acharya
Usman Karamoko
Smart Smith Ebho
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
Sporting Goa
20
13
5
2
43
10
+33
44
Champions
2
Dempo
21
11
8
2
45
21
+24
41
3
Churchill Brothers
17
11
4
2
46
14
+32
37
Champions
4
Salgaocar
21
9
8
4
36
20
+16
35
5
FC Goa Reserves
18
9
4
5
36
20
+16
31
6
Panjim Footballers
22
8
3
11
30
41
−11
27
7
Guardian Angel
22
8
3
11
27
49
−22
27
8
Calangute Association
19
5
5
9
15
27
−12
20
9
Vasco
22
5
5
12
22
41
−19
20
10
Corps of Signal
19
5
2
12
16
37
−21
17
11
SESA Football Academy
17
3
6
8
15
23
−8
15
12
Velsao Sports & Cultural Club
20
4
3
13
19
47
−28
15
Source:
[1] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Matches
Round 1
Calangute Association v Vasco
Round 2
Panjim Footballers v Calangute Association
Round 3
Calangute Association v Corps of Signals
Guardian Angel SC v Panjim Footballers
Round 4
Corps of Signals v Guardian Angel SC
Vasco v Velsao SCC
Sesa Football Academy v Calangute Association
Dempo v Salgaocar
Round 5
Guardian Angel v SESA Football Academy
Sporting Clube de Goa v Calangute Association
FC Goa v Dempo
Salgaocar v Dempo
Vasco v Panjim Footballers
Round 6
Dempo v Calangute Association
Sporting Clube de Goa v Guardian Angel
SESA Football Academy v Churchill Brothers
Corps of Signals v Vasco
Panjim Footballers v Velsao SCC
Salgaocar v FC Goa
Round 7
Churchill Brothers v Sporting Clube de Goa
Vasco v SESA Football Academy
Panjim Footballers v Corps of Signals
FC Goa v Velsao SCC
Calangute Association v Salgaocar
Guardian Angel v Dempo
Round 8
Sporting Clube de Goa v Panjim Footballers
Top scorers
Source [2]
References
League competitions
First division Second division State leagues Women Youth
Cup competitions