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{{Infobox football league
| logo = GPL_official_logo.png
| pixels = 180
| organiser = [[Goa Football Association]]
| country = India
| founded = 1951–1977 (as ''Goa First Division'') 1977–1997 (as ''Goa Super Division'') 1997–present (as ''Goa Professional League'')
| divisions =
| teams = 12
| promotion = [[I-League 3]]
| relegation = [[GFA First Division League|GFA 1st Division]]
| levels = [[Indian football league system|5]]
| domest_cup =
| league_cup = [[Goa Police Cup]] AWES Cup ''Charity Cup''
| confed_cup =
| champions = [[Dempo SC|Dempo]] (16th title)
| most_champs = [[Salgaocar]] (22 titles)<ref>{{cite web|title=India – List of Goa League Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiagoachamp.html|access-date=26 June 2023|website=RSSSF}}</ref>
| tv = FanCode ([[livestreaming|live streaming]])
| season =
| current = [[2022–23 Goa Professional League|2022–23]]
| website =
}}

The '''Goa Football League''' is a ladder-based [[association football|football]] competition in the [[India]]n state of [[Goa]], organised by the [[Goa Football Association]] as part of the [[Indian State Leagues|state leagues]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Arunava Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/gfl.html|title=List of Champions of the Goa Football League (Goa Pro League)|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021181607/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/gfl.html|archive-date=21 October 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> The top division consists of the '''Goa Professional League''' (abbreviated as '''GPL''', also known as the '''Selvel Goa Pro League''' for sponsorship reasons) which is the premier [[state football leagues in India|state-level]] [[association football|football]] league in [[Goa]], [[India]].<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/714004840?journalCode=fsas20#:~:text=Along%20with%20West%20Bengal%2C%20Goa%20dominates%20Indian%20football.&text=Salgaocar%2C%20Goa's%20most%20successful%20club,teams%20in%20the%20top%20flight. Football in Goa: Sport, Politics and the Portuguese in India] (pages 75-88) ''Taylor and Francis''. Author: James Mills. Publication date: 14 September 2010 (online published) Retrieved 20 July 2021</ref> Dempo is the most successful club in the tournament, with fifteen titles.<ref name="Trophy Cabinet">{{cite web|url=https://www.demposportsclub.com/club/trophies/|title=Dempo Sports Club – Trophies (page 1)|website=demposportsclub.com|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203132014/https://www.demposportsclub.com/club/trophies/}} — {{cite web|url=https://www.demposportsclub.com/club/trophies/page/2/|title=Dempo Sports Club – Trophies (page 2)|website=demposportsclub.com|archive-date=27 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427180546/https://www.demposportsclub.com/club/trophies/}}</ref>

==History==
===Goa First Division===
The official league in Goa, called the ''First Division'', began in 1951 and was organised by the Conselho de Desportos. The first Llague champion of Goa was Clube Desportivo de Chinchinim who beat Football Club of Siolim, to clinch the title.

League continued under the aegis of the Conselho de Desportos until the season of 1958–59, with [[Vasco S.C.|Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama]] taking the title that year. In 1959, the Goa Football Association was established as the official administrative body of football and from that season onwards the league was conducted by GFA. The 1959–60 League was conducted by the GFA and Clube Independente de Margao emerged champions.

Until the 1968–69 season, the First division league was considered as senior. The GFA introduced "Senior division league" in 1969–70, which used to be the topmost division, but later was abandoned.

In 1970–71 season, apart from the Senior division league, there came into existence the First division league, which was split into two groups, namely the North Zone and South Zone. While the North Zone consisted of teams from [[Ilhas]] and [[Bardez]], the South Zone accommodated teams from [[Mormugao]] and [[Salcete]].

From the around 24 teams in the Second division, just one would make it to the First division, while there were around 60 teams battling it out in the Third division, of which two teams make it to the next stage. Subsequently, the teams finishing at the bottom of their respective pool are relegated to lower divisions.

===Goa Super Division===
In 1977 Goa Football Association introduced the ''Super league'', with [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar Sports Club]] clinching the title. With football continuing to develop at a fast pace, GFA decided it was time to push the game onto a higher platform. Goa emerged as the first State ever in the country, to go fully professional with the game.

===Goa Professional League===
The first ''Professional league'' was launched in the 1998–99 season. The five top teams of the 1997–98 Super League – [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]], Salgaocar, [[Dempo SC|Dempo]], Vasco and VLM SC – automatically qualified for the Pro league.

The Professional league was expanded to six teams from the 2000–2001 season, after the GFA increased the participating number and competitiveness factor. Since 2002 the league was played as an eight-team format with home-and-away fixtures, making it 14 matches for each club. The GFA then announced that the 2011 season would be played with 10 teams under a new format.

== Competition structure ==

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tier
!Division
|-
!1 (5 on Indian football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|Goa Professional League
|-
!2 (6 on Indian football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|[[GFA First Division League]]
|-
!3 (7 on Indian football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|GFA Second Division League
|-
!4 (8 on Indian football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|GFA Third Division League
|}

==Current clubs==
The following clubs are competing in the GPL during the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goa Pro League |url=https://theawayend.co/goa-pro-league/ |website=The Away End |access-date=7 December 2022 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! City/Town
|-
| Calangute Association || [[Calangute]]
|-
| [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]] || [[Salcete]]
|-
| [[Dempo SC|Dempo]] || [[Panaji]]
|-
| [[FC Goa Reserves and Academy|FC Goa Reserves]] || [[Panaji]]
|-
| Guardian Angel F.C. || [[Curchorem]]
|-
| [[Panjim Footballers]] || [[Panaji]]
|-
| [[Sesa Football Academy]] || [[Sircaim]]
|-
| [[Sporting Clube de Goa]] || [[Panaji]]
|-
| [[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]] || [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]]
|-
| Velsao Sports & Cultural Club || Velsao
|}

==List of champions==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! Season !! [[List of Goan State Football Champions|Champion]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''Goa First Division'''
|-
|1951–52 || Clube Desportivo Chinchinim
|-
|1952–53||Sporting Clube de Goa
|-
|1953–54||[[Vasco SC|Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama]]
|-
|1954–55||Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa
|-
|1955–56||[[Vasco SC|Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama]]
|-
|1956–57||Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa
|-
|1957–58||Grupo Desportivo da Policia
|-
|1958–59||[[Vasco SC|Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama]]
|-
|1959–60||Clube Independente de Margao
|-
|1960–61||[[Salgaocar FC|Clube Desportivo Salgaocar]]
|-
|1962–63||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1963–64||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1964–65||[[Vasco SC|Vasco Sports Club]]
|-
|1965–66||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1966–67||[[Vasco SC|Vasco Sports Club]]
|-
|1967–68||[[Sesa Football Academy|Sesa Goa Sports Club]]
|-
|1968–69||[[Vasco SC|Vasco Sports Club]]
|-
|1969–70||''League Unfinished''
|-
|1970–71||''League Unfinished''
|-
|1971–72||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1972–73||[[Sesa Football Academy|Sesa Goa Sports Club]]
|-
|1973–74||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1974–75||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1975–76||''not held due to national emergency''
|-
|1976–77||''not held due to national emergency''
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''Goa Super League'''
|-
|1977–78||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1978–79||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1979–80||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1980–81||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1981–82||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1982–83||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1983–84||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1984–85||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1985–86||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1986–87||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1987–88||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1988–89||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1989–90||MRF Sports Foundation
|-
|1990–91||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1991–92||MRF Sports Foundation
|-
|1992–93||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1993–94 ||[[Dempo SC|Dempo Sports Club]]
|-
|1994–95||[[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar Sports Club]]
|-
|1995–96||[[Churchill Brothers SC]]
|-
|1996–97||[[Churchill Brothers SC]]
|-
|1997–98||[[Churchill Brothers SC]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''Goa Professional League'''
|-
| 1998||[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|-
| 1999||[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|-
| 2000||[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|-
| 2001||[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|-
| 2002||[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|-
| 2003||[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|-
| 2004||[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|-
| 2005||[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
|-
| 2006||[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|-
| 2007||[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
|-
| 2008||[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|-
| 2009||[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
|-
| 2010–11||[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
|-
| 2011||[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|-
| 2011–12||[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
|-
| [[2012–13 Goa Professional League season|2012–13]]||[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|-
| [[2013–14 Goa Professional League season|2013–14]]||[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/sporting-clube-de-goa-champions-of-airtel-goa-professional-league-201314/amp/|title=Sporting Clube de Goa Champions of Airtel Goa Professional League 2013/14|website=sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com|publisher=[[Sporting Clube de Goa]]|access-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218085400/http://sportingclubedegoa.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/sporting-clube-de-goa-champions-of-airtel-goa-professional-league-201314/|archive-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014–15 Goa Professional League season|2014–15]]||[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|-
| [[2015–16 Goa Professional League|2015–16]]||[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|-
| [[2016–17 Goa Professional League|2016–17]]||[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|-
| [[2017–18 Goa Professional League|2017–18]]||[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|-
| [[2018–19 Goa Professional League|2018–19]]||[[FC Goa Reserves]]
|-
| [[2019–20 Goa Professional League|2019–20]]||[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] and [[Churchill Brothers]]
|-
| [[2020–21 Goa Professional League|2020–21]]||[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|-
| [[2021–22 Goa Professional League|2021–22]]||[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
|-
| [[2022–23 Goa Professional League|2022–23]]||[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
|-
! colspan="2" align="left"|'''Source: [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiagoachamp.html Goa League Champions]'''
|}

==Top scorers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Season
!Top scorer
!Club
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1"|2011
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Koko Sakibo]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Victorino Fernandes]]
|style="text-align:center;"| [[Dempo S.C.]] [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|rowspan="1"|6
|-
|rowspan="1"|2012–13
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Juan Francisco García Peña|Juanfri]]
| [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|-
|rowspan="1"|2013–14
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|India}} Melwin Fernandes
| Wilred Leisure
|rowspan="1"|13
|-
|rowspan<"1"|2014–15
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|India}} [[Victorino Fernandes]]
| [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|rowspan<"1"|11
|-
|rowspan<"1"|2015–16
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Odafa Onyeka Okolie|Odafa Okolie]]
| [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|rowspan<"1"|11
|-
|rowspan<"1"|2016–17
|style="text-align:left;|{{flagicon|India}} [[Liston Colaco]]
| [[Salgaocar F.C.]]
|rowspan<"1"|13
|-
|rowspan<"1"|2017–18
|style="text-align:left;|
{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Joel Sunday]]
| [[Salgaocar F.C.]]
|rowspan<"1"|20
|-
|rowspan<"1"|2018–19
|style="text-align:left;|{{flagicon|India}} [[Devendra Murgaonkar]]
| [[Salgaocar F.C.]]
|rowspan<"1"|20
|-
|rowspan<"1"|2019–20
|style="text-align:left;| {{flagicon|India}} [[Marcus Masceranhas]]
| [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|rowspan<"1"|14
|-
|rowspan<"1"|2020–21
|style="text-align:left;| {{flagicon|India}} [[Marcus Masceranhas]]
| [[Sporting Clube de Goa]]
|rowspan<"1"|9
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Goa Police Cup]]
*[[Bandodkar Gold Trophy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Facebook|100057512137199}}

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