2014–15 Goa Professional League

The 2014–15 Goa Professional League (also known as the Airtel Goa Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season of top-tier football in the Indian state of Goa. It began on 24 August 2014.^[1] Sporting Goa were the defending champions.

Goa Professional League

Season	2014–15
Champions	Salgaocar F.C. 7th GPL title 21st Goan title
Relegated	Goa Velha
Matches played	65
Goals scored	173 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Victorino Fernandes (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Sporting Clube de Goa 8- 0 Goa Velha
Biggest away win	Santa Cruz 0-8 Salgaocar F.C.
Highest scoring	Sporting Clube de Goa 8-0 Goa Velha, Santa Cruz 0-8 Salgaocar F.C. (8 Goals)
Longest winning run	Salgaocar F.C. (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Salgaocar F.C. (12 matches)
Longest losing run	Goa Velha ( 4 Matches )
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Teams

Team	City/Town
Calangute Association	Calangute
Churchill Brothers	Salcete
Dempo	Panaji
Goa Velha	Old Goa
Laxmi Prasad	Mapusa
Salgaocar	Vasco da Gama
Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim	Cavelossim
SESA Football Academy	Sanquelim
Sporting Clube de Goa	Panaji
Vasco S.C.	Vasco

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Salgaocar	13	10	3	0	32	9	+23	33	Champions
2	Laxmi Prasad	13	7	3	3	20	10	+10	24
3	SESA FA	13	7	2	4	16	13	+3	23
4	Churchill Brothers	13	6	2	5	21	19	+2	20
5	Santa Cruz	13	5	3	5	13	23	−10	18
6	Sporting Goa	13	5	3	5	25	12	+13	18
7	Dempo	13	5	2	6	19	18	+1	17
8	Vasco	13	4	3	6	12	17	−5	15
9	Calangute Association	13	2	2	9	11	26	−15	8
10	Goa Velha (R)	13	0	5	8	4	26	−22	5	Relegation to 2015 Goa 1st Division

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2014. Source: Goa Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Fixtures and Results

Round 1

Dempo v Vasco

24 August 2014	Dempo	1 — 0	Vasco	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Amiri 34'	Report

Laxmi Prasad v Goa Velha

25 August 2014	Laxmi Prasad	0 — 0	Goa Velha	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report

Sporting Goa v Salgaocar

26 August 2014	Sporting Goa	1 — 1	Salgaocar	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	V. Fernandes 68'	Report	Pierre 43'

SESA v Santa Cruz

27 August 2014	SESA	1 — 2	Santa Cruz	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Gonsalves 50'	Report	Mendes 77' Mascarenhas 79'

Churchill Brothers v Calangute Association

28 August 2014	Churchill Brothers	1 — 1	Calangute Association	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Costa 90+4'	Report	Sequeira 1'

Round 2

Sporting Goa v Dempo

31 August 2014	Sporting Goa	1 — 1	Dempo	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	V. Fernandes 86'	Report	Ferrao 17'

Goa Velha v Churchill Brothers

1 September 2014	Goa Velha	0 — 2	Churchill Brothers	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report	Sona 45+1' Rebello 80'

Salgaocar v Laxmi Prasad

3 September 2014	Salgaocar	1 — 0	Laxmi Prasad	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	T. Singh 13'	Report

Vasco v SESA F.A.

4 September 2014	Vasco	1 — 1	SESA F.A.	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Oliveira 17'	Report	Gonsalves 18'

Calangute Association v Santa Cruz

5 September 2014	Calangute Association	0 — 1	Santa Cruz	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report	J. Fernandes 11'

Round 3

Laxmi Prasad v Dempo

6 September 2014	Laxmi Prasad	1 — 0	Dempo	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Masceranhas 50'	Report

Goa Velha v Salgaocar

7 September 2014	Goa Velha	1 — 2	Salgaocar	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	O. Oliveira 38'	Report	G. Oliveira 23' Pierre 48'

Calangute Association v Vasco

8 September 2014	Calangute Association	1 — 2	Vasco	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	F. Fernandes 3' (o.g.)	Report	A. Dias 29' J. Oliveira 83'

Churchill Brothers v Santa Cruz

9 September 2014	Churchill Brothers	2 — 1	Santa Cruz	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	P. Sona 45+2' Okolie 71'	Report	J. Fernandes 9'

SESA v Sporting Goa

10 September 2014	SESA	1 — 0	Sporting Goa	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	P. Rebello 78'	Report

Round 4

Dempo v Goa Velha

11 September 2014	Dempo	4-0	Goa Velha	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Ozbey 20' M. Fernandes 56' Narzary 77', 83'	Report

Vasco v Santa Cruz

12 September 2014	Vasco	0-1	Santa Cruz	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report	E. Mendes 69'

Salgaocar v Churchill Brothers

14 October 2014	Salgaocar	1-0	Churchill Brothers	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Jairu 70'	Report

Sporting Goa v Calangute Association

14 September 2014	Sporting Goa	3-0	Calangute Association	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	V. Fernandes 5', 12', 32'	Report

SESA v Laxmi Prasad

15 September 2014	SESA	0-3	Laxmi Prasad	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report	P. Naik 57' Peixote 75' A. Miranda 83'

Round 5

Churchill Brothers v Vasco

16 September 2014	Churchill Brothers	1-2	Vasco	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Okolie 47'	Report	J. Dias 12' J. Oliveira 30'

Salgaocar v Dempo

17 September 2014	Salgaocar	3-0	Dempo	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	M. Borges 35', 46' Jairu 74'	Report

Santa Cruz v Sporting Goa

18 September 2014	Santa Cruz	3-2	Sporting Goa	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	J. Fernandes 28', 55' Niasso 90'	Report	D'Mello 7' V. Fernandes 17'

Calangute Association v Laxmi Prasad

19 September 2014	Calangute Association	0-2	Laxmi Prasad	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report	A. Miranda 4' P. Colaco 90+1'

Goa Velha v SESA

20 September 2014	Goa Velha	0-0	SESA	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report

Round 6

Sporting Goa v Vasco

21 September 2014	Sporting Goa	2-0	Vasco	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Rao 11' Karpeh 79'	Report

Laxmi Prasad v Santa Cruz

22 September 2014	Laxmi Prasad	3-0	Santa Cruz	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Peixote 71' Opara 84' Masceranhas 90+1'	Report

Dempo v Churchill Brothers

23 September 2014	Dempo	4-2	Churchill Brothers	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Rai 63' Ozbey 78', 85' Ferrao 79'	Report	Gawli 67' (o.g.) M. Singh 77'

Calangute Association v Goa Velha

24 September 2014	Calangute Association	1-0	Goa Velha	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Felix 4'	Report

SESA v Salgaocar

25 September 2014	SESA	1-2	Salgaocar	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	P. Rebello 31'	Report	M. Borges 48' T. Singh 87'

Round 7

Dempo v Santa Cruz

26 September 2014	Dempo	0-0	Santa Cruz	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report

Sporting Goa v Goa Velha

27 September 2014	Sporting Goa	8-0	Goa Velha	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	R. Borges 20', 44' V. Fernandes 30', 33', 61', 89' M. Borges 72' Karpeh 78'	Report

Churchill Brothers v Laxmi Prasad

28 September 2014	Churchill Brothers	2-1	Laxmi Prasad	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Balmuchu 47' M. Singh	Report	Opara

Vasco v Salgaocar

29 September 2014	Vasco	0-4	Salgaocar	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report	Pierre 1' Oliveira 45+1' Duffy 80', 89'

SESA v Calangute Association

30 September 2014	SESA	2-1	Calangute Association	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	A. Gonsalves 30', 45+1'	Report	L. Martins 85'

Round 8

Laxmi Prasad v Sporting Goa

1 October 2014	Laxmi Prasad	2-0	Sporting Goa	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	A. Miranda 44' Opara 76'	Report

Goa Velha v Vasco

2 October 2014	Goa Velha	2-2	Vasco	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	T. Dias 5', 90+1'	Report	J. Oliveira 44' J. Colaco 63'

Santa Cruz v Salgaocar

3 October 2014	Santa Cruz	1-1	Salgaocar	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	E. Mendes 13'	Report	Dias 3'

Calangute Association v Dempo

4 October 2014	Calangute Association	2-4	Dempo	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Menezes 41' Felix 80'	Report	M. Fernandes 50' Ferrao 57', 85' V. Rai 71'

SESA v Churchill Brothers

5 October 2014	SESA	2-3	Churchill Brothers	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	A. Gonsalves 45+1' C. Viegas	Report	Okolie 15', 52' Nwadialu 44'

Round 9

Vasco v Laxmi Prasad

6 October 2014	Vasco	0-0	Laxmi Prasad	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report

Calangute Association v Salgaocar

7 October 2014	Calangute Association	2-3	Salgaocar	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	Nagle 15' Felix 51'	Report	A. Fernandes 10' T. Singh 18' Jairu 77'

Dempo v SESA

22 October 2014	Dempo	1-2	SESA	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST	U. Rai 79'	Report	P. Rebello 30' A. Gonsalves 77'

Santa Cruz v Goa Velha

29 October 2014	Santa Cruz	0-0	Goa Velha	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00 IST		Report

Churchill Brothers v Sporting Goa

16 November 2014	Churchill Brothers	0-0	Sporting Goa	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00		Report

Championship League Fixtures

Churchill Brothers v Laxmi Prasad

20 November 2014	Churchill Brothers	3 – 1	Laxmi Prasad	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00	N. Fernandes Okolie 70', 90+2'		Wali 59'

Dempo v Santa Cruz

21 November 2014	Dempo	0 – 1	Santa Cruz	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00			S. Fernandes 70'

Dempo v Salgaocar

24 November 2014	Dempo	1 – 2	Salgaocar	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00	U. Rai 6'		Duffy 57' T. Singh 90+2'

Santa Cruz v Churchill Brothers

25 November 2014	Santa Cruz	1 – 3	Churchill Brothers	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00	Niasso		Okolie N. Fernandes

Laxmi Prasad v Dempo

28 November 2014	Laxmi Prasad	2 – 0	Dempo	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00	Opara 15' (pen.) S. Kundaikar 60'

Santa Cruz v Salgaocar

28 November 2014	Santa Cruz	0 – 8	Salgaocar	SAG Ground, Benaulim
16:00	Pierre 3' J. Barbosa 4' Duffy 11', 53' D. Fernandes 63', 72', 76' Jairu 83'

Churchill Brothers v Salgaocar

1 December 2014	Churchill Brothers	0 – 2	Salgaocar	SAG Ground, Benaulim
16:00			U. Harijan 37', 90+7'

Santa Cruz v Laxmi Prasad

1 December 2014	Santa Cruz	2 – 3	Laxmi Prasad	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00	M. Fernandes 33' A. Fernandes 35'		Opara 55', 56' Peixote 57'

Salgaocar v Laxmi Prasad

4 December 2014	Salgaocar	2 – 2	Laxmi Prasad	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00	D. Fernandes 57' Pierre 88'		Wali 31' Masceranhas 75'

Churchill Brothers v Dempo

4 December 2014	Churchill Brothers	2 – 3	Dempo	SAG Ground, Benaulim
16:00	Nwadialu 4', 66'		Ferrao 11' Sawant 38', 73'

Relegation League Fixtures

Vasco v Sporting Goa

18 November 2014	Vasco	3 – 1	Sporting Goa	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00	N. Mendes 33' Chinedu 60', 90+2'		Karpeh

Calangute Association v Goa Velha

19 November 2014	Calangute Association	1 – 1	Goa Velha	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00	E. Fernandes 11' (o.g.)		J. Dias 90+1' (o.g.)

Sporting Goa v Calangute Association

22 November 2014	Sporting Goa	0 – 3	Calangute Association	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00	Karpeh 13', 90' (pen.) M. Borges 44'

SESA v Vasco

23 November 2014	SESA	1 – 0	Vasco	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00	Y. Kadam 34'

Vasco v Calangute Association

29 November 2014	Vasco	1 – 2	Calangute Association	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
16:00	Chinedu 24'		Felix 86' S. Coutinho 90+1'

SESA v Goa Velha

29 November 2014	SESA	1 – 0	Goa Velha	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00	M. Fernandes 67'

Goa Velha v Sporting Goa

2 December 2014	Goa Velha	0 – 4	Sporting Goa	Cuncolim Ground, Cuncolim
16:00			Wolfe 61' V. Fernandes 66' Passi 75', 80'

Goa Velha v Vasco

5 December 2014	Goa Velha	0 – 1	Vasco
16:00

Calangute Association v SESA

5 December 2014	Calangute Association	0 – 3	SESA
16:00

Sporting Goa v SESA

10 December 2014	Sporting Goa	0 – 1	SESA	Duler Stadium
16:00			M. Fernandes 55'

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Victorino Fernandes	Sporting Goa	11
2	Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Churchill Brothers	7
3	Alber Gonsalves	SESA	6
4	Joy Ferrao	Dempo	5
	Darryl Duffy	Salgaocar
	Douhou Pierre	Salgaocar
	Boima Karpeh	Sporting Goa
5	Jerose Oliveira	Vasco	4
	Thangjam Singh	Salgaocar
	David Opara	Laxmi Prasad
	Dawson Fernandes	Salgaocar
	Felix Chidi Odili	Calangute Association