2020–21 Goa Professional League

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Football league season

Goa Professional League
Season	2020–21
Champions	Sporting Clube de Goa 6th GPL title 6th Goan title
Matches played	66
Goals scored	176 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcus Masceranhas
Best goalkeeper	Ozen Silva
Biggest win	9 - 0 (Sporting vs Guardian Angel), 30 April 2021
Highest scoring	9 - 0 (Sporting vs Guardian Angel), 30 April 2021
Longest winning run	Sporting (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Sporting (11)
Longest winless run	Guardian Angel (8)
Longest losing run	Velsao Guardian Angel (4)
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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

Panjim

Vasco da Gama

Churchill Brothers FC Goa

Calangute Association

Dempo S.C.

Guardian Angel F.C.

Sesa Football Academy

Velsao S.C.C.

Manora Y.C.

Panjim teams

Vasco da Gama teams

Salgaocar FC

Vasco S.C.

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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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sporting Goa	11	6	5	0	30	8	+22	23	Champions
2	Dempo	11	6	3	2	24	12	+12	21
3	Salgaocar	11	6	2	3	20	6	+14	20
4	Calangute Association	11	6	2	3	16	13	+3	20
5	FC Goa Reserves	11	4	4	3	13	11	+2	16
6	Vasco	11	5	1	5	11	12	−1	16
7	Churchill Brothers	11	4	3	4	12	18	−6	15
8	Youth Club of Manora	11	3	2	6	9	15	−6	11
9	Panjim Footballers	11	3	1	7	8	17	−9	10
10	Guardian Angel	11	2	4	5	14	25	−11	10
11	Velsao Sports & Cultural Club	11	2	2	7	8	22	−14	8
12	SESA Football Academy*	11	2	5	4	11	17	−6	11	Relegation to the First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2021. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Six points have been deducted of SESA Football Academy as they fielded an ineligible player in two of their games.

Matches

Round 1

FC Goa Reserves v Salgaocar

27 January 2021	FC Goa Reserves	0–2	Salgaocar	Mapusa
			Saeesh Halarnkar 38' (pen.) Stephen Satarkar 90'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Guardian Angel v Panjim Footballers

28 January 2021	Guardian Angel	1–0	Panjim Footballers	Mapusa
	Beneston Barreto 45+1'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Velsao SCC v Calangute Association

29 January 2021	Velsao SCC	0–2	Calangute Association	Mapusa
			Kouame Kossonou 26' Sidharth Kundaikar 85'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Churchill Brothers v Vasco

30 January 2021	Churchill Brothers	0–2	Vasco	Mapusa
			Joaquim Abranches 9' Mathew Colaco 69'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

YC Manora v Sporting Clube de Goa

14 February 2021	YC Manora	0 - 1	Sporting Clube de Goa	Mapusa
			Marcus Masceranhas 84'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Dempo v Sesa Football Academy

1 February 2021	Dempo	4 - 1	Sesa Football Academy	Mapusa
	Beevan D'Mello 9' Uttam Rai 45+1, 83' Gaurav Vaigankar 80'		Kunal Salgaonkar 53'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 2

Salgaocar v Churchill Brothers

2 February 2021	Salgaocar	5 - 0	Churchill Brothers	Mapusa
	Stephen Satarkar 63, 76, 79' Steflon D'Costa 84' Fhezer Gomes 88'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sporting Clube de Goa v Vasco

3 February 2021	Sporting Clube de Goa	1 - 0	Vasco	Mapusa
	Dattaraj Gaonkar 45+2'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Calangute Association v FC Goa Reserves

4 February 2021	Calangute Association	1 - 2	FC Goa Reserves	Mapusa
	Jirjar Terang 36'		Aaren D'Silva 80, 88'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sesa Football Academy v Velsao SCC

5 February 2021	Sesa Football Academy	1 - 1	Velsao SCC	Mapusa
	Viraj Naik 57' (own goal)		Klusner Pereira 32'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Guardian Angel v Dempo

6 February 2021	Guardian Angel	2 - 2	Dempo	Mapusa
	Jovial Dias 15' Joel Barreto 90+6'		Shallum Pires 58' Leny Fernandes 78' (own goal)	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Panjim Footballers v YC Manora

7 February 2021	Panjim Footballers	1 - 0	YC Manora	Mapusa
	Chandan Gawas 48'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 3

Salgaocar v Velsao SCC

8 February 2021	Salgaocar	3 - 0	Velsao SCC	Mapusa
	Stephen Satarkar 39, 78' Valentino Nazareth 87'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Dempo v FC Goa Reserves

9 February 2021	Dempo	1 - 2	FC Goa Reserves	Mapusa
	Darrel Mascarenhas 68'		Vasim Inamdar 43' HP Lalremruata 63'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Churchill Brothers v Panjim Footballers

10 February 2021	Churchill Brothers	1 - 0	Panjim Footballers	Mapusa
	Rakesh Das 41'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Guardian Angel v YC Manora

11 February 2021	Guardian Angel	1 - 1	YC Manora	Mapusa
	Mevan Dias 90+2'		Nicholas Fernandes 19'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Vasco v Sesa Football Academy

12 February 2021	Vasco	1 - 0	Sesa Football Academy	Mapusa
	Joaquim Abranches 86'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sporting Clube de Goa v Calangute Association

28 March 2021	Sporting Clube de Goa	2 - 2	Calangute Association	Mapusa
	Philip Odogwu 39' Marcus Masceranhas 66'		Sidharth Kundaikar 53, 90+6'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 4

FC Goa Reserves v Velsao SCC

19 February 2021	FC Goa Reserves	2 - 0	Velsao SCC	Mapusa
	Romeo Fernandes 60' Kapil Hoble 90+7'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Dempo v Churchill Brothers

20 February 2021	Dempo	2 - 0	Churchill Brothers	Mapusa
	Richard Cardozo 6' Gaurav Vaigankar 40'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Vasco v Guardian Angel

21 February 2021	Vasco	2 - 0	Guardian Angel	Mapusa
	Anil Gaonkar 45+3, 68'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sporting Clube de Goa v Panjim Footballers

3 April 2021	Sporting Clube de Goa	5 - 0	Panjim Footballers	Mapusa
	Marcus Masceranhas 19' Akeraj Martins 40, 45+2' Philip Odogwu 50' Gourav Kankonkar 68'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sesa Football Academy v Salgaocar

26 April 2021	Sesa Football Academy	0 - 3	Salgaocar	Mapusa
		walkover		Stadium: Duler Stadium

Calangute Association v YC Manora

24 February 2021	Calangute Association	1 - 2	YC Manora	Mapusa
	Rohan Pednekar 75'		Nicholas Fernandes 32' Jeh Williamson 73'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 5

Panjim Footballers v FC Goa Reserves

26 February 2021	Panjim Footballers	1 - 0	FC Goa Reserves	Mapusa
	Prasil Kankonkar 26'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Guardian Angel v Calangute Association

27 February 2021	Guardian Angel	2 - 3	Calangute Association	Mapusa
	Basanta Singh 54' Gilbert Oliveira 81'		Siddhant Shirodkar 3, 46' Krishnanath Shirodkar 90+4'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Vasco v Velsao SCC

28 February 2021	Vasco	3 - 2	Velsao SCC	Mapusa
	Desmon Gama 8' Denil Rebello 18' Anil Gaonkar 65'		Ronil Azavedo 4' Brian Mascarenhas 90+2'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Salgaocar v Dempo

1 March 2021	Salgaocar	0 - 0	Dempo	Mapusa
				Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sesa Football Academy v YC Manora

12 April 2021	Sesa Football Academy	3 - 2	YC Manora	Mapusa
	Sameer Kashyap 6' Suraj 35' Rizbon Fernandes 37'		Sweden Barbosa 20' Eldon Colaco 22'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sporting Clube de Goa v Churchill Brothers

3 March 2021	Sporting Clube de Goa	2 - 0	Churchill Brothers	Mapusa
	Philip Odogwu 70' Allen Fernandes 87' (own goal)			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 6

Dempo v Panjim Footballers

4 March 2021	Dempo	3 - 1	Panjim Footballers	Mapusa
	Beevan D'Mello 56, 58' Pedro Gonsalves 78'		Lloyd Cardozo 45'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

FC Goa Reserves v Guardian Angel

28 March 2021	FC Goa Reserves	1 - 1	Guardian Angel	Mapusa
	Joybert Almeida 69'		Joel Barreto 87'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Calangute Association v Vasco

6 March 2021	Calangute Association	1 - 0	Vasco	Mapusa
	Kouame Kossonou 60'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sporting Clube de Goa v Velsao SCC

7 March 2021	Sporting Clube de Goa	4 - 0	Velsao SCC	Mapusa
	Philip Odogwu 10' Rohit Totad 30' Marcus Masceranhas 57' Sachidanand Satelkar 66'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Churchill Brothers v Sesa Football Academy

8 March 2021	Churchill Brothers	1 - 0	Sesa Football Academy	Mapusa
	Trijoy Dias 40'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

YC Manora v Salgaocar

9 March 2021	YC Manora	0 - 1	Salgaocar	Mapusa
			Selwyn Miranda 26'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 7

Panjim Footballers v Velsao SCC

10 March 2021	Panjim Footballers	1 - 2	Velsao SCC	Mapusa
	Akram Yadwad 78'		Jesloy Moniz 38' Brian Mascarenhas 86'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sesa Football Academy v Sporting Clube de Goa

11 March 2021	Sesa Football Academy	1 - 1	Sporting Clube de Goa	Mapusa
	Myron Fernandes 89' (own goal)		Marcus Masceranhas 6'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Guardian Angel v Churchill Brothers

12 March 2021	Guardian Angel	2 - 3	Churchill Brothers	Mapusa
	Gilbert Oliveira 7' Beneston Barreto 58'		Trijoy Dias 26' William Niasso 53' (own goal) Clinton Niasso 83'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Dempo v Calangute Association

13 March 2021	Dempo	1 - 2	Calangute Association	Mapusa
	Suraj Hadkonkar 85'		Siddhant Shirodkar 27' Kouame Kossonou 34'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Vasco v Salgaocar

14 March 2021	Vasco	0 - 4	Salgaocar	Mapusa
			Steflon D'Costa 38, 70, 81' Mark Mascarenhas 47'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

FC Goa Reserves v YC Manora

15 March 2021	FC Goa Reserves	2 - 0	YC Manora	Mapusa
	Joybert Almeida 37' HP Lalremruata 89'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 8

Calangute Association v Sesa Football Academy

16 March 2021	Calangute Association	0 - 0	Sesa Football Academy	Mapusa
				Stadium: Duler Stadium

Guardian Angel v Velsao SCC

17 March 2021	Guardian Angel	0 - 1	Velsao SCC	Mapusa
			Savelon Cardozo 44'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Churchill Brothers v FC Goa Reserves

18 March 2021	Churchill Brothers	1 - 1	FC Goa Reserves	Mapusa
	Afdal Varikkodan 39'		Sarineo Fernandes 7'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

YC Manora v Dempo

19 March 2021	YC Manora	0 - 3	Dempo	Mapusa
			Edwin Viegas 17, 45' Beevan D'Mello 90'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Vasco v Panjim Footballers

20 March 2021	Vasco	1 - 1	Panjim Footballers	Mapusa
	Joaquim Abranches 76'		Joyson Gauncar 10'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sporting Clube de Goa v Salgaocar

21 March 2021	Sporting Clube de Goa	1 - 1	Salgaocar	Mapusa
	Marcus Masceranhas 5'		Saeesh Halarnkar 29'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 9

Churchill Brothers v Calangute Association

22 March 2021	Churchill Brothers	2 - 0	Calangute Association	Mapusa
	Franky Oliveiro 34, 67'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

YC Manora v Velsao SCC

23 March 2021	YC Manora	1 - 0	Velsao SCC	Mapusa
	Nicholas Fernandes 34'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Dempo v Vasco

24 March 2021	Dempo	1 - 0	Vasco	Mapusa
	Desmond Pereira 77'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

FC Goa Reserves v Sporting Clube de Goa

25 March 2021	FC Goa Reserves	0 - 0	Sporting Clube de Goa	Mapusa
				Stadium: Duler Stadium

Guardian Angel v Sesa Football Academy

26 March 2021	Guardian Angel	2 - 2	Sesa Football Academy	Mapusa
	Joel Barreto 20' Beneston Barreto 45+1'		Cajetan Fernandes 52, 55'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Panjim Footballers v Salgaocar

27 March 2021	Panjim Footballers	1 - 0	Salgaocar	Mapusa
	Joyson Gauncar 80'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 10

Velsao SCC v Churchill Brothers

30 March 2021	Velsao SCC	2 - 2	Churchill Brothers	Mapusa
	Brian Mascarenhas 18' Ronil Azavedo 90+5'		Jobern Cardozo 42, 54'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sesa Football Academy v FC Goa

18 April 2021	Sesa Football Academy	2 - 2	FC Goa	Mapusa
	Shajam P 14' Cajetan Fernandes 90+3'		Christy Davis 40' Kapil Hoble 75'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Guardian Angel v Salgaocar

5 April 2021	Guardian Angel	3 - 1	Salgaocar	Mapusa
	Beneston Barreto 1, 53, 80'		Steflon D'Costa 16'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Calangute Association v Panjim Footballers

6 April 2021	Calangute Association	3 - 2	Panjim Footballers	Mapusa
	Siddhant Shirodkar 9, 12' Sidharth Kundaikar 75'		Lloyd Cardozo 43' Pandurang Gawas 48'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sporting v Dempo

7 April 2021	Sporting	4 - 4	Dempo	Mapusa
	Gourav Kankonkar 5, 68' Kunal Kundaikar 31' Joel Colaco 60'		Uttam Rai 8, 10, 29' Desmond Pereira 27'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Vasco v Manora

8 April 2021	Vasco	0 - 1	Manora	Mapusa
			Melisho Camotio 24'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Round 11

Calangute association v Salgaocar

13 April 2021	Calangute association	0 - 0	Salgaocar	Mapusa
		(Match Abandoned at the 75th minute)		Stadium: Duler Stadium

Calangute association v Salgaocar

30 April 2021	Calangute association	1 - 0	Salgaocar	Margao
	Domnic Fernandes 73'	(Rematch)		Stadium: Chowgule Ground

Vasco v FC Goa

14 April 2021	Vasco	2 - 1	FC Goa	Mapusa
	Mathew Colaco 67' Denil Rebello 90+2'		Delton Colaco 66'	Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sesa Football Academy v Panjim Footballers

15 April 2021	Sesa Football Academy	1 - 0	Panjim Footballers	Mapusa
	Minesh Kunkolkar 19'			Stadium: Duler Stadium

Churchill Brothers v YC Manora

20 April 2021	Churchill Brothers	2 - 2	YC Manora	Navelim
	Anford Fernandes 37' Myron Mendes 90'		Aniston Fernandes 69' Sweden Barbosa 71'	Stadium: Rosary Church Ground

Velsao SCC v Dempo

20 April 2021	Velsao SCC	0 - 3	Dempo	Mapusa
		walkover		Stadium: Duler Stadium

Sporting Clube de Goa v Guardian Angel

30 April 2021	Sporting Clube de Goa	9 - 0	Guardian Angel	Margao
	Marcus Masceranhas 30, 77, 90' Gourav Kankonkar 48' Akeraj Martins 50' Gautam Dias 54, 71' Philip Odogwu 56, 87'			Stadium: Chowgule Ground

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 30 April 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marcus Masceranhas	Sporting	9
2	Stephen Satarkar	Salgaocar	6
	Beneston Barreto	Guardian Angel
	Philip Odogwu	Sporting
3	Steflon D'Costa	Salgaocar	5
	Siddhant Shirodkar	Calangute
	Uttam Rai	Dempo
4	Beevan D'Mello	Dempo	4
	Sidharth Kundaikar	Calangute
	Gourav Kankonkar	Sporting
5	Anil Gaonkar	Vasco	3
	Kouame Kossonou	Calangute
	Joaquim Abranches	Vasco
	Nicholas Fernandes	Manora
	Joel Barreto	Guardian Angel
	Brian Mascarenhas	Velsao
	Cajetan Fernandes	SESA
	Akeraj Martins	Sporting
6	Aaren D'Silva	FC Goa	2
	Gaurav Vaigankar	Dempo
	Gilbert Oliveira	Guardian Angel
	Trijoy Dias	Churchill
	HP Lalremruata	FC Goa
	Edwin Viegas	Dempo
	Saeesh Halarnkar	Salgaocar
	Franky Oliveiro	Churchill
	Joyson Gauncar	Panjim
	Joybert Almeida	FC Goa
	Ronil Azavedo	Velsao
	Jobern Cardozo	Churchill
	Lloyd Cardozo	Panjim
	Desmond Pereira	Dempo
	Mathew Colaco	Vasco
	Denil Rebello	Vasco
	Kapil Hoble	FC Goa
	Sweden Barbosa	Manora
	Gautam Dias	Sporting
7	Kunal Salgaonkar	SESA	1
	Fhezer Gomes	Salgaocar
	Dattaraj Gaonkar	Sporting
	Jirjar Terang	Calangute
	Klusner Pereira	Velsao
	Jovial Dias	Guardian Angel
	Shallum Pires	Dempo
	Chandan Gawas	Panjim
	Valentino Nazareth	Salgaocar
	Darrel Mascarenhas	Dempo
	Vasim Inamdar	FC Goa
	Rakesh Das	Churchill
	Mevan Dias	Guardian Angel
	Romeo Fernandes	FC Goa
	Richard Cardozo	Dempo
	Jeh Williamson	Manora
	Rohan Pednekar	Calangute
	Prasil Kankonkar	Panjim
	Basanta Singh	Guardian Angel
	Krishnanath Shirodkar	Calangute
	Desmon Gama	Vasco
	Pedro Gonsalves	Dempo
	Rohit Totad	Sporting
	Sachidanand Satelkar	Sporting
	Selwyn Miranda	Salgaocar
	Jesloy Moniz	Velsao
	Akram Yadwad	Panjim
	Clinton Niasso	Churchill
	Suraj Hadkonkar	Dempo
	Mark Mascarenhas	Salgaocar
	Savelon Cardozo	Velsao
	Sarineo Fernandes	FC Goa
	Afdal Varikkodan	Churchill
	Pandurang Gawas	Panjim
	Kunal Kundaikar	Sporting
	Joel Colaco	Sporting
	Melisho Camotio	Manora
	Sameer Kashyap	SESA
	Suraj	SESA
	Rizbon Fernandes	SESA
	Eldon Colaco	Manora
	Delton Colaco	FC Goa
	Minesh Kunkolkar	SESA
	Shajam P	SESA
	Christy Davis	FC Goa
	Anford Fernandes	Churchill Brothers
	Myron Mendes	Churchill Brothers
	Aniston Fernandes	Manora
	Domnic Fernandes	Calangute

Clean Sheets

As of 30 April 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ozen Silva	Sporting	7
2	Jason D'Mello	Salgaocar	6
3	Melroy Fernandes	Dempo	4
4	Sanju Thapa	Vasco	3
	Debnath Mondal	Churchill
	Antonio Dylan Da Silva	FC Goa
	Preston Rego	Panjim
	Paramveer Singh	Calangute
5	Luis Barreto	Manora	2
6	Prateesh Dinkan	Guardian Angel	1
	Jeet Gupta	Calangute
	Sapam Singh	SESA
	Presley Mascarenhas	Velsao
	Roanal Gaunkar	SESA

References

Sporting Clube de Goa crowned champions of 2020-21 Goa Professional League Khel Now. Retrieved 5 September 2021
"Goa Pro League 2020-21 season postponed due to withdrawal of Corps". Khel Now.
"Goa Pro League 2020-21: Fixtures, results, standings & more". Khel Now.

2020–21 in Indian football

League competitions

First division	I-League Indian Super League Playoffs Final
Second division	I-League Qualifiers
State leagues	Assam Delhi Goa Himachal Pradesh Karnataka Men's Women's Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Sikkim Mizoram Maharashtra (Mumbai, Pune) Odisha (Men's Women's) Punjab Uttarakhand West Bengal (Kolkata)
Women	Indian Women's League Final round
Youth	Elite League

Cup competitions

Men	Santosh Trophy (State) Qualifiers Final Durand Cup IFA Shield
Women	Women's Championship (State)

Club seasons
I-League	Aizawl Chennai City Churchill Brothers Gokulam Kerala Indian Arrows Mohammedan NEROCA Punjab Real Kashmir TRAU Sudeva
Indian Super League	ATK Mohun Bagan Bengaluru Chennaiyin East Bengal Goa Hyderabad Jamshedpur Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha
Indian Super League transfers

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