The 2020–21 Goa Professional League was the 23rd season of the Goa Professional League, the top football league in the Indian state of Goa, since its establishment in 1996. The league season commenced on 27 January 2021.
Selvel Advertising Pvt Ltd is the title sponsor of Goa Professional League 2020-21 season. The Kolkata based media firm has signed a five-year deal with the state association for the sponsorship.
This season, the GPL was played with 12 teams in a single leg, which will have 66 matches and all of them will broadcast on an OTT app and will also have Square Circle as digital partners. The matches of the league were played at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, through to the end of April 2021.
Sporting Clube de Goa and Churchill Brothers were defending champions as the 13 remaining games could not be played last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the remaining teams wouldn't have topped the league even if they had played.
Teams
Format The competition has been cut short to single-leg fixtures across three months, as opposed to the two-legged system that was in place till the last season. Every team will face all the other teams once each and the side that finishes at the top spot on the points table at the end of the league will be declared champions.
Rules to note The team standing last in the league shall be demoted to GFA First Division season 2021–22. Only three substitutions per team will be allowed in each match. A maximum of seven substitutes will be allowed on the bench. A minimum of two U-20 players of Goan origin have to be present in the starting XI of both teams in each match. Only two foreign players can be fielded per match.
Standings
Six points have been deducted of SESA Football Academy as they fielded an ineligible player in two of their games.
Matches Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Marcus MasceranhasSporting9 2 Stephen SatarkarSalgaocar 6 Beneston BarretoGuardian Angel Philip OdogwuSporting 3 Steflon D'CostaSalgaocar 5 Siddhant ShirodkarCalangute Uttam RaiDempo 4 Beevan D'MelloDempo 4 Sidharth KundaikarCalangute Gourav KankonkarSporting 5 Anil Gaonkar Vasco 3 Kouame KossonouCalangute Joaquim Abranches Vasco Nicholas FernandesManora Joel Barreto Guardian Angel Brian MascarenhasVelsao Cajetan Fernandes SESA Akeraj MartinsSporting 6 Aaren D'SilvaFC Goa 2 Gaurav Vaigankar Dempo Gilbert OliveiraGuardian Angel Trijoy DiasChurchill HP LalremruataFC Goa Edwin ViegasDempo Saeesh HalarnkarSalgaocar Franky OliveiroChurchill Joyson GauncarPanjim Joybert AlmeidaFC Goa Ronil AzavedoVelsao Jobern CardozoChurchill Lloyd CardozoPanjim Desmond PereiraDempo Mathew Colaco Vasco Denil RebelloVasco Kapil HobleFC Goa Sweden BarbosaManora Gautam DiasSporting 7 Kunal Salgaonkar SESA 1 Fhezer GomesSalgaocar Dattaraj GaonkarSporting Jirjar TerangCalangute Klusner PereiraVelsao Jovial Dias Guardian Angel Shallum Pires Dempo Chandan Gawas Panjim Valentino Nazareth Salgaocar Darrel Mascarenhas Dempo Vasim InamdarFC Goa Rakesh DasChurchill Mevan DiasGuardian Angel Romeo FernandesFC Goa Richard CardozoDempo Jeh WilliamsonManora Rohan PednekarCalangute Prasil KankonkarPanjim Basanta SinghGuardian Angel Krishnanath ShirodkarCalangute Desmon GamaVasco Pedro GonsalvesDempo Rohit TotadSporting Sachidanand SatelkarSporting Selwyn MirandaSalgaocar Jesloy MonizVelsao Akram YadwadPanjim Clinton NiassoChurchill Suraj HadkonkarDempo Mark MascarenhasSalgaocar Savelon CardozoVelsao Sarineo FernandesFC Goa Afdal VarikkodanChurchill Pandurang GawasPanjim Kunal KundaikarSporting Joel ColacoSporting Melisho CamotioManora Sameer KashyapSESA SurajSESA Rizbon FernandesSESA Eldon ColacoManora Delton ColacoFC Goa Minesh KunkolkarSESA Shajam PSESA Christy DavisFC Goa Anford FernandesChurchill Brothers Myron MendesChurchill Brothers Aniston FernandesManora Domnic FernandesCalangute
Clean Sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Ozen Silva Sporting72 Jason D'MelloSalgaocar63 Melroy Fernandes Dempo44 Sanju ThapaVasco3 Debnath Mondal Churchill Antonio Dylan Da Silva FC Goa Preston Rego Panjim Paramveer SinghCalangute5 Luis BarretoManora26 Prateesh DinkanGuardian Angel1 Jeet GuptaCalangute Sapam SinghSESA Presley MascarenhasVelsao Roanal GaunkarSESA
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