2024–25 Goa Professional League
32nd season of the Goa Pro League
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The 2024–25 Goa Professional League is the 27th season of the Goa Professional League, the top football league in the Indian state of Goa since its establishment in 1996. Sporting Clube de Goa are the defending champions, having won their 7th title.[7] 14 clubs are participating, with most matches played at Duler Stadium.
8th GPL title
8th Goan title
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 September 2024–2 May 2025[1] |
| Champions | Sporting Goa[2] 8th GPL title 8th Goan title |
| Promoted | CD Salgaocar[3] |
| Relegated | Panjim Footballers[4] |
| Matches | 134 |
| Goals | 441 (3.29 per match) |
| Highest scoring | Sporting Goa 8–2 Guardian Angel (14 January 2025)[5][6] Sporting Goa 8–2 Goa Police (30 April 2025) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
Changes from last season
Relegated from 2023–24 Goa Professional League
- Young Boys of Tonca[8]
Promoted to 2024–25 Goa Professional League
From GFA First Division League
Corporate entries
Before the 2023–24 Goa Professional League season, The Goa Football Association (GFA) opened slots for direct entries into the league. The entry fees were 50 and 30 lakhs for corporate and village clubs respectively. Corporate entry clubs are exempt from relegation for the first season, ensuring a minimum of two years in the top tier. The third team handed a direct entry is owned by Dattaraj V Salgaocar, former co-owner of FC Goa and now chairman of VMS corporation.[12]
 to GPL |  to First Division |
|---|---|
| Goa Police Clube de Salgaocar |
Young Boys of Tonca |
Club locations
| Club | Location | Ground |
|---|---|---|
| Dempo | Carambolim | Ella Academy Ground |
| Panjim Footballers | Panaji | Duler Stadium |
| Goa Police | ||
| Sporting Clube de Goa | ||
| FC Goa B | Porvorim | |
| Calangute Association | Calangute | |
| Geno Sports Club | Mapusa | |
| SESA FA | Sanquelim | Sesa Academy Ground |
| Vasco | Vasco | Tilak Maidan |
| Clube de Salgaocar | ||
| Cortalim Villagers | Cortalim | |
| Pax of Nagoa | Nagoa | Nagoa Ground |
| Churchill Brothers | Margao | Benaulim Ground |
| Guardian Angel SC | Curchorem | |
Format
The 2024–25 Goa Professional League consists of 14 teams and will be played in two phases. In the first phase, all the teams will play each other once.[13]
In the second, the top 8 teams play in the Super League and the team that finishes top of the table is declared the champion. The bottom 6 will play the relegation league and the team finishing last is relegated to the 2025-26 First Division.[14]
Broadcasting
League table
Phase 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Goa | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 13 | +26 | 34 | Super League |
| 2 | Dempo | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 29 | |
| 3 | Geno SC | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 28 | |
| 4 | SESA | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 28 | |
| 5 | CD Salgaocar | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 27 | |
| 6 | FC Goa B | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 21 | |
| 7 | Cortalim Villagers | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 20 | |
| 8 | Goa Police | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 19 | |
| 9 | Pax of Nagoa | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 16 | Relegation League |
| 10 | Calangute Association | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 13 | |
| 11 | Churchill Brothers | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 9 | |
| 12 | Guardian Angel | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 8 | |
| 13 | Panjim Footballers | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 48 | −37 | 5 | |
| 14 | Vasco | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 39 | −30 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Fixtures
Phase 2
All the points from Phase 1 are carried over to Phase 2.[16]
Super League
Indian Super League, I-League 2, I-League 3 and institutional teams are ineligible for 2025-26 I-League 3.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting GoaIL2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 46 | Champions |
| 2 | DempoIL | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 15 | +26 | 45 | |
| 3 | CD Salgaocar | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 41 | Eligible for I-League 3 |
| 4 | Geno SC | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 36 | |
| 5 | FC Goa BISL | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 35 | |
| 6 | SESAIL3 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 33 | |
| 7 | Cortalim Villagers | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 26 | |
| 8 | Goa PoliceINST | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Fixtures
Relegation League
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pax of Nagoa | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 22 | |
| 2 | Calangute Association | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 19 | |
| 3 | Guardian Angel | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 19 | |
| 4 | Vasco | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 44 | −24 | 15 | |
| 5 | Churchill Brothers | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 14 | |
| 6 | Panjim Footballers (R) | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 68 | −49 | 8 | Relegation to First Division |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated