2019–20 Goa Professional League

Football league season
Goa Professional League
Season2019–20
ChampionsSporting Clube de Goa and Churchill Brothers
5th GPL title each
5th and 8th Goan title
RelegatedNone
Matches played106
Goals scored350 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcus Masceranhas (14 Goals)
2020-21 →
All statistics correct as of 30 September 2020.

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

Team City/Town
Calangute Association Calangute
Churchill Brothers Salcete
Corps of Signal Navelim
Dempo Panaji
FC Goa Reserves Panaji
Guardian Angel F.C. Curchorem
Panjim Footballers Panaji
Salgaocar Vasco da Gama
SESA Football Academy Sirsaim
Sporting Clube de Goa Panaji
Vasco Vasco da Gama
Velsao Sports & Cultural Club Velsao

Managers and foreign players

Team Manager Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Calangute Association India Charles Dias
Corps of Signal India Eban Mesquita
Churchill Brothers Ghana Edward Ansah Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza Trinidad and Tobago Radanfah Abu Bakr Spain Joaquín García Ghana Kalif Alhassan
Dempo India Samir Naik
FC Goa Spain Sergio Lobera
Guardian Angel India Shekar Kerkar Ghana Musha Bambatelli Ghana Mohammed Yakubu
Panjim Footballers India Shekar Kerkar
Salgaocar India Levino Pereira
Sporting Clube de Goa India Francisco Vaz Nigeria Philip Odogwu
Sesa Football Academy Spain Eduard Batlle Basart
Vasco India Micky Fernandes Nigeria Olumide Adewale Olowolagba Ivory Coast Bema Coulibaly
Velsao Sports & Cultural Club India Ajay Acharya Ivory Coast Usman Karamoko Nigeria 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
1 October 2019 Calangute Association 2-2 Vasco Mapusa
Stadium: Duler Stadium
Dempo v SESA Football Academy
2 October 2019 Dempo 2-0 SESA Football Academy Mapusa
  • Nickson Castanha 63'
  • Joaquim A branches 84'
 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Sporting Clube de Goa v Velsao SCC
3 October 2019 Sporting Clube de Goa 2-0 Velsao SCC Mapusa
  • Philip Odogwu 61'
  • Gautam Dias 90'
 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
FC Goa v Panjim Footballers
4 October 2019 FC Goa Cancelled Panjim Footballers Mapusa
Stadium: Duler Stadium
Salgaocar F.C. v Corps of Signals
5 October 2019 Salgaocar F.C. 2-0 Corps of Signals Mapusa
Stadium: Duler Stadium
Guardian Angel SC v Churchill Brothers
7 October 2019 Guardian Angel SC 0-5 Churchill Brothers Benaulim
Stadium: Navelim Stadium

Round 2

Panjim Footballers v Calangute Association
7 October 2019 Panjim Footballers 0-3 Calangute Association Mapusa
Report
  • Malik Mulla 37'
  • Domnic Fernandes 40'
  • Daryl Costa 69'
 Stadium: Duler Stadium
FC Goa v Corps of Signals
9 October 2019 FC Goa 3-0 Corps of Signals Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Sesa Football Academy v Salgaocar F.C.
10 October 2019 Sesa Football Academy 2-1 Salgaocar F.C. Mapusa
  • Kunal Salgaonkar 89'
  • Olvin Cardozo 90'
 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Vasco S.C. v Guardian Angel SC
11 October 2019 Vasco S.C. 1-2 Guardian Angel SC Mapusa
Stadium: Duler Stadium
Churchill Brothers v Velsao SCC
12 October 2019 Churchill Brothers 3-0 Velsao SCC Mapusa
 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 3

Calangute Association v Corps of Signals
14 October 2019 Calangute Association 1-0 Corps of Signals Mapusa
  • Daryl Costa 45'
 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Dempo S.C. v Velsao SCC
15 October 2019 Dempo S.C. 6-0 Velsao SCC Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Guardian Angel SC v Panjim Footballers
16 October 2019 Guardian Angel SC 1-0 Panjim Footballers Benaulim
Report Stadium: Navelim Stadium
FC Goa v SESA Football Academy
18 October 2019 FC Goa 1-1 SESA Football Academy Mapusa
  • Hayden Fernandes 50'
 Report
  • Richard Cardoz 67'
 Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 4

Corps of Signals v Guardian Angel SC
19 October 2019 Corps of Signals 0-0 Guardian Angel SC Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Panjim Footballers v Churchill Brothers
20 October 2019 Panjim Footballers 0-5 Churchill Brothers Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Vasco v Velsao SCC
21 October 2019 Vasco 4-3 Velsao SCC Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Sesa Football Academy v Calangute Association
22 October 2019 Sesa Football Academy 0-0 Calangute Association Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Dempo v Salgaocar
24 October 2019 Dempo 3-2 Salgaocar Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 5

Guardian Angel v SESA Football Academy
27 October 2019 Guardian Angel 1-1 SESA Football Academy Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Sporting Clube de Goa v Calangute Association
28 October 2019 Sporting Clube de Goa 0-0 Calangute Association Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
FC Goa v Dempo
29 October 2019 FC Goa 0-1 Dempo Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Salgaocar v Dempo
30 October 2019 Salgaocar 2-0 Dempo Verna
Report Stadium: Nagoa Ground
Vasco v Panjim Footballers
31 October 2019 Vasco 0-3 Panjim Footballers Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 6

Dempo v Calangute Association
1 November 2019 Dempo 4-0 Calangute Association Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Sporting Clube de Goa v Guardian Angel
2 November 2019 Sporting Clube de Goa 2-0 Guardian Angel Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
SESA Football Academy v Churchill Brothers
3 November 2019 SESA Football Academy 0-0 Churchill Brothers Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Corps of Signals v Vasco
4 November 2019 Corps of Signals 3-2 Vasco Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Panjim Footballers v Velsao SCC
5 November 2019 Panjim Footballers 3-2 Velsao SCC Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Salgaocar v FC Goa
6 November 2019 Salgaocar 1-1 FC Goa Verna
Report Stadium: Nagoa Ground

Round 7

Churchill Brothers v Sporting Clube de Goa
7 November 2019 Churchill Brothers 2-3 Sporting Clube de Goa Verna
Report Stadium: Nagoa Ground
Vasco v SESA Football Academy
7 November 2019 Vasco 0-0 SESA Football Academy Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Panjim Footballers v Corps of Signals
8 November 2019 Panjim Footballers 0-1 Corps of Signals Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
FC Goa v Velsao SCC
10 November 2019 FC Goa 0-1 Velsao SCC Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Calangute Association v Salgaocar
11 November 2019 Calangute Association 2-1 Salgaocar Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Guardian Angel v Dempo
12 November 2019 Guardian Angel 4-0 Dempo Navelim
Report Stadium: Rosary Ground

Round 8

Sporting Clube de Goa v Panjim Footballers
12 November 2019 Sporting Clube de Goa 3-0 Panjim Footballers Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 India Marcus Masceranhas Sporting Goa 14
2 Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza Churchill Brothers 11
India Clencio Pinto Churchill Brothers 11
4 India Aaren D'Silva FC Goa 10
India Suraj Hadonkar Dempo 10
Nigeria Chukwuemeka Philip Odogwu Sporting Goa 10

Source [2]

References

  1. ^ "The league kicked off on October 1 at Duler Stadium". khelnow.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ Lopes, Flavio (2 October 2019). "Defending champions FC Goa won't have it easy as Goa Pro League kicks off". Times Of India. Retrieved 6 August 2022.