2019–20 Goa Professional League

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.

Goa Professional League
Season2019–20
ChampionsSporting Clube de Goa
Churchill Brothers
RelegatedNone
Matches played106
Goals scored350 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcus Masceranhas (14 Goals)
2020-21 →
All statistics correct as of 30 September 2020.

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 AssociationCalangute
Churchill BrothersSalcete
Corps of SignalNavelim
DempoPanaji
FC Goa ReservesPanaji
Guardian Angel F.C.Curchorem
Panjim FootballersPanaji
SalgaocarVasco da Gama
SESA Football AcademySirsaim
Sporting Clube de GoaPanaji
VascoVasco da Gama
Velsao Sports & Cultural ClubVelsao

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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Matches

Round 1
1 October 2019 Calangute Association 2-2 Vasco Mapusa
Stadium: Duler Stadium
2 October 2019 Dempo 2-0 SESA Football Academy Mapusa
  • Nickson Castanha  63'
  • Joaquim A branches  84'
 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
3 October 2019 Sporting Clube de Goa 2-0 Velsao SCC Mapusa
  • Philip Odogwu  61'
  • Gautam Dias  90'
 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
4 October 2019 FC Goa Cancelled Panjim Footballers Mapusa
Stadium: Duler Stadium
5 October 2019 Salgaocar F.C. 2-0 Corps of Signals Mapusa
Stadium: Duler Stadium
7 October 2019 Guardian Angel SC 0-5 Churchill Brothers Benaulim
Stadium: Navelim Stadium

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

Round 3
13 October 2019 Salgaocar F.C. 0-0 Sporting Clube de Goa Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
14 October 2019 Calangute Association 1-0 Corps of Signals Mapusa
  • Daryl Costa  45'
 Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
15 October 2019 Dempo S.C. 6-0 Velsao SCC Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
16 October 2019 Guardian Angel SC 1-0 Panjim Footballers Benaulim
 Report Stadium: Navelim Stadium
17 October 2019 Vasco S.C. 0-1 Churchill Brothers Mapusa
Report
Stadium: Duler Stadium
18 October 2019 FC Goa 1-1 SESA Football Academy Mapusa
  • Hayden Fernandes  50'
 Report
  • Richard Cardoz  67'
 Stadium: Duler Stadium

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

Round 5
27 October 2019 Guardian Angel 1-1 SESA Football Academy Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
28 October 2019 Sporting Clube de Goa 0-0 Calangute Association Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
29 October 2019 FC Goa 0-1 Dempo Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
30 October 2019 Salgaocar 2-0 Dempo Verna
Report Stadium: Nagoa Ground
31 October 2019 Vasco 0-3 Panjim Footballers Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium

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

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

Round 8
12 November 2019 Sporting Clube de Goa 3-0 Panjim Footballers Mapusa
Report Stadium: Duler Stadium

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

Source

References
  1. "The league kicked off on October 1 at Duler Stadium". khelnow.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. "Defending champions FC Goa won't have it easy as Goa Pro League kicks off". Times Of India m. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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