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
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Manager
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Player 1
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Player 2
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Player 3
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Player 4
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Player 5
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Player 6
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Calangute Association
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Charles Dias
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Corps of Signal
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Eban Mesquita
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Churchill Brothers
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Edward Ansah
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Willis Plaza
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Radanfah Abu Bakr
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Joaquín García
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Kalif Alhassan
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Dempo
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Samir Naik
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FC Goa
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Sergio Lobera
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Guardian Angel
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Shekar Kerkar
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Musha Bambatelli
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Mohammed Yakubu
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Panjim Footballers
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Shekar Kerkar
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Salgaocar
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Levino Pereira
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Sporting Clube de Goa
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Francisco Vaz
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Philip Odogwu
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Sesa Football Academy
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Eduard Batlle Basart
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Vasco
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Micky Fernandes
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Olumide Adewale Olowolagba
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Bema Coulibaly
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Velsao Sports & Cultural Club
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Ajay Acharya
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Usman Karamoko
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Smart Smith Ebho
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Standings
Pos
|
Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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Qualification or relegation
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1
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Sporting Goa
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20
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13
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5
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2
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43
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10
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+33
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44
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Champions
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2
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Dempo
|
21
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11
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8
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2
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45
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21
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+24
|
41
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3
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Churchill Brothers
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17
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11
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4
|
2
|
46
|
14
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+32
|
37
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Champions
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4
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Salgaocar
|
21
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9
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8
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4
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36
|
20
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+16
|
35
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5
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FC Goa Reserves
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18
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9
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4
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5
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36
|
20
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+16
|
31
|
6
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Panjim Footballers
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22
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8
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3
|
11
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30
|
41
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−11
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27
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7
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Guardian Angel
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22
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8
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3
|
11
|
27
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49
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−22
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27
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8
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Calangute Association
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19
|
5
|
5
|
9
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15
|
27
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−12
|
20
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9
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Vasco
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22
|
5
|
5
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12
|
22
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41
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−19
|
20
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10
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Corps of Signal
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19
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5
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2
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12
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16
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37
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−21
|
17
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11
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SESA Football Academy
|
17
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3
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6
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8
|
15
|
23
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−8
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15
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12
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Velsao Sports & Cultural Club
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20
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4
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3
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13
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19
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47
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−28
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15
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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
Rank
|
Player
|
Club
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Goals
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1
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Marcus Masceranhas
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Sporting Goa
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14
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2
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Willis Plaza
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Churchill Brothers
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11
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Clencio Pinto
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Churchill Brothers
|
11
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4
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Aaren D'Silva
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FC Goa
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10
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Suraj Hadonkar
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Dempo
|
10
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Chukwuemeka Philip Odogwu
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Sporting Goa
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10
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Source [2]
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