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{{Infobox football league
| logo = GPL_official_logo.png
| pixels = 180
| country = {{flag|India}}
| founded = 1998 1977–97 (as ''Goa Super Division'') 1951–77 (as ''Goa First Division'')
| teams = 12
| promotion =
| relegation = [[GFA First Division League|GFA 1st Division]]
| levels = 3
|domest_cup = [[Goa Police Cup]] ''AWES Cup'' ''Charity Cup''
| confed_cup =
| champions = [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] (6th title)
| most_champs = [[Salgaocar]] (21 titles)
| tv = Goa 365 ({{small|live matches}}) 1 Play Sports ({{small|online streaming via Facebook and YouTube)}}
| season = [[2020–21 Goa Professional League|2020–21]]
| current =[[2020–21 Goa Professional League]]
| website = [http://www.goa-fa.com/ Pro League]
}}

The '''Goa Professional League''' ('''GPL'''; known as the '''Selvel Goa Pro League''' for sponsorship reasons) is the premier state-level [[association football|football]] league in [[Goa]], [[India]]. It is organised by the [[Goa Football Association]].

==History==
The official league in Goa, called the First Division, began in 1951 and was organised by the Conselho de Desportos. There was no Super League. The first League champion of Goa was Clube Desportivo de Chinchinim who beat Football Club of Siolim, to clinch the title.

The League continued under the aegis of the Conselho de Desportos till the season of 1958–59, with 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 there was no Senior League. The First Division League was considered Senior. The GFA introduced the Senior Division League in 1969–70, which was topmost of Division football. But the senior league was later 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 make it to the First Division League. While there are 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 other divisions.

In 1977 the Goa Football Association introduced the Super League in the season of 1977–78, with Salgaocar Sports Club clinching the title. With football, globally, continuing to develop at a fast pace, the Goa Football Association, decided it was time to push the game onto a higher platform. Goa emerged as the first State ever in the country, to go professional with the game and till date it remains the only State in the country, where the status of the game is professional.

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.]], [[Salgaocar F.C.]], [[Dempo S.C.]], [[Vasco S.C.]] 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 thought it wise to increase the number and increase the competitiveness factor, and since 2002 the league was played as an eight team league 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 in which Salgaocar won in.

==Goan Pro League clubs 2020-21==
The following 12 clubs are competing in the GPL during the 2020-21 season.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! City/Town
|-
| Calangute Association || [[Calangute]]
|-
| [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]] || [[Salcete]]
|-
| Youth Club of Manora || Manora
|-
| [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] || [[Panaji]]
|-
| [[FC Goa Reserves and Academy|FC Goa Reserves]] || [[Panaji]]
|-
| Guardian Angel F.C. || [[Curchorem]]
|-
| Panjim Footballers || [[Panaji]]
|-
| [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] || [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]]
|-
| [[SESA Football Academy]] || Sirsaim
|-
| [[Sporting Clube de Goa]] || [[Panaji]]
|-
| [[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]] || [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]]
|-
| Velsao Sports & Cultural Club || Velsao
|}
===Managers and foreign players===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Manager
! Player 1
! Player 2
! Player 3
|-
! Calangute Association
| {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Valentine Ezeugo]]
| {{flagicon|CIV}} Mark Harrison
| {{flagicon|CIV}} Kouame Kossonou
|
|-
! Churchill Brothers
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Norberto Gonsalves]]
|
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|-
! Dempo
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Samir Subash Naik|Samir Naik]]
|
|
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|-
! FC Goa Reserves
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Deggie Cardozo]]
|
|
|
|-
! Guardian Angel
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Riston Rodrigues]]
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Musah Bambatelli
|{{flagicon|}} Issac Nuha
|
|-
! Panjim Footballers
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Alex Alvares]]
|
|
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|-
! Salgaocar
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anthony Levino Pereira]]
|
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|-
! Sesa Football Academy
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Charles Dias]]
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|-
! Sporting Clube de Goa
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Savio Vaz]]
|{{flagicon|NGA}} Philip Odogwu
|
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|-
! Vasco
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Micky Fernandes]]
|
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|-
! Velsao Sports & Cultural Club
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jude Barreto]]
|
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|-
! Youth Club of Manora
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Roque Carneiro]]
|
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|}

==List of Champions==
'''Goa Professional League'''

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! Season !! Champion
|-
| 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 S.C.|Dempo]]
|-
| 2006||[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|-
| 2007||[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|-
| 2008||[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|-
| 2009||[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|-
| 2010||[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|-
| 2011||[[Dempo S.C.|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]]
|-
| [[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]]
|}

For past winners at this level before 1997, see [[List of Goan State Football 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==
*[[Kerala Premier League]]
*[[Mizoram Premier League]]
*[[Calcutta Football League]]
*[[Bangalore Super Division]]
*[[DSA Senior Division]]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160626220706/http://www.kolkatasports.com/goa-pro-league-2015.php Goa Professional League 2015–16 Fixtures]
* [http://www.goa-fa.com Goa Football Association website]

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