This is a list of champions of the Goa Professional League ever since its creation in 1951 as the Goan First Division.List of Champions of the Goa Football League (Goa Pro League) indianfootball.de. Retrieved 23 July 2021
History The official league in Goa, called the First Division began in 1951 and it 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.Goa Football Association discoverfootball.de. Retrieved 10 August 2021 The 1959-60 League was conducted by the GFA and Clube Independente de Margao emerged champions.
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.
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 with 5 teams.
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.
List of champions
First Division League
Season Champions1951-52 Clube Desportivo Chinchinim1952-53Sporting Clube de Goa1953-54Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama1954-55Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa1955-56Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama1956-57Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa1957-58Grupo Desportivo da Policia1958-59Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama1959-60Clube Independente de Margao1960-61Clube Desportivo Salgaocar1962-63Salgaocar Sports Club1963-64Salgaocar Sports Club1964-65Vasco Sports Club1965-66Salgaocar Sports Club1966-67Vasco Sports Club1967-68Sesa Goa Sports Club1968-69Vasco Sports Club1969-70League Unfinished1970-71League Unfinished1971-72Dempo Sports Club1972-73Sesa Goa Sports Club1973-74Dempo Sports Club1974-75Salgaocar Sports Club1975-76not held due to national emergency1976-77not held due to national emergency
Super League
Season Champion1977-78Salgaocar Sports Club1978-79Dempo Sports Club1979-80Dempo Sports Club1980-81Dempo Sports Club1981-82Salgaocar Sports Club1982-83Salgaocar Sports Club1983-84Dempo Sports Club1984-85Salgaocar Sports Club1985-86Salgaocar Sports Club1986-87Dempo Sports Club1987-88Dempo Sports Club1988-89Salgaocar Sports Club1989-90MRF Sports Foundation1990-91Salgaocar Sports Club1991-92MRF Sports Foundation1992-93Salgaocar Sports Club1993-94 Dempo Sports Club1994-95Salgaocar Sports Club1995-96Churchill Brothers SC1996-97Churchill Brothers SC1997-98Churchill Brothers SC
Goa Professional League
Season Champion1998Salgaocar1999Churchill Brothers2000Churchill Brothers2001Churchill Brothers2002Salgaocar2003Salgaocar2004Salgaocar2005Dempo2006Sporting Goa2007Dempo2008Churchill Brothers2009Dempo2010Dempo2011Dempo 2012–13Salgaocar 2013–14Sporting Goa 2014–15Salgaocar F.C. 2015–16Sporting Goa 2016–17Salgaocar F.C. 2017–18Sporting Goa 2018-19FC Goa Reserves 2019-20Sporting Goa and Churchill Brothers 2020-21Sporting Goa 2021-22Dempo 2022-23Dempo 2023-24Sporting Goa
Most titles
Season Champion21 Salgaocar FC16 Dempo Sports Club8 Churchill Brothers FC Goa6 Vasco Sports Club6 Sporting Goa2 Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa2 MRF Sports Foundation2 Sesa Goa Sports Club1 Clube Desportivo Chinchinim1 Clube Independente de Margao1 FC Goa Reserves1 Grupo Desportivo da Policia1 Sporting Clube de Goa
See also Goa Professional League Goa Football Association
References