2024–25 Goa Professional League

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.

Goa Professional League

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 played	134
Goals scored	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 → All statistics correct as of 27 March 2025.

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

• Goa Police^[9][10]

Corporate entries

• Clube de Salgaocar^[11]

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

Churchill Brothers

Calangute Association

Dempo

Guardian Angel

SESA

FC Goa

Cortalim Villagers

Pax of Nagoa

Geno

Panaji

Panaji teams:
Goa Police
Panjim Footballers
Sporting Clube de Goa

Vasco

Vasco teams:
Clube de Salgaocar
Vasco

Duler Stadium

Location of 2024–25 Goa Pro League teams

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

Matches from the league were telecast live on the SportsCast India YouTube channel.^[15]

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

Source: Goa Professional League Official The Away End - Goa Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Fixtures

Home \ Away	SCG	DEM	GEN	SES	SAL	FCG	COR	POL	PXN	CAL	CHB	GUA	PAN	VSC
Sporting Goa	—		3–1		2–3					3–1		8–2	4–1	6–0
Dempo	1–2	—					0–0	4–0		2–1	2–1		2–1
Geno SC		2–1	—						4–1	2–0		2–1	5–1
SESA	0–0	0–0	3–1	—	0–2		1–1	0–0	4–2			2–0
CD Salgaocar		0–2	1–1		—	0–2	1–1		0–0		1–0	2–1
FC Goa B	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–2	—		4–1	2–0			3–1
Cortalim Villagers	0–2		2–3			3–2	—			1–0	2–3		2–2	2–0
Goa Police	1–2		0–2				1–4	—		2–1	3–1		0–3	3–2
Pax of Nagoa	1–3	1–3					0–4	1–4	—	2–0	3–1
Calangute Association				0–1	0–3	2–0				—		2–1	4–0	1–1
Churchill Brothers	1–2		0–4	0–2		3–4				0–2	—		5–0	3–0
Guardian Angel		0–1					1–1	1–4	0–4		3–0	—
Panjim Footballers				1–7	0–4	0–7			0–4			2–2	—	0–2
Vasco		1–8	0–6	1–2	1–4	0–1			0–1			1–2		—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2025. Source: The Away End - Goa Pro League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Source: Goa Professional League Official The Away End - Goa Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Fixtures

Home \ Away	SCG	DEM	SAL	GEN	SES	FCG	COR	POL
Sporting Goa	—		1–2					8–2
Dempo	0–0	—		1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	5–0
CD Salgaocar		1–2	—	2–0			4–1	5–0
Geno SC	1–1			—			1–1
SESA	1–1		0–0	1–2	—	0–2		2–0
FC Goa B	0–1		2–2	3–2		—		3–0
Cortalim Villagers	0–1				3–1	1–1	—
Goa Police				1–3			1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2025. Source: The Away End - Goa Pro League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Source: Goa Professional League Official The Away End - Goa Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Fixtures

Home \ Away	PXN	CAL	GUA	VSC	CHB	PAN
Pax of Nagoa	—	0–1	2–4		3–0
Calangute Association		—		0–1	3–1	1–2
Guardian Angel		2–0	—			3–1
Vasco	3–0		2–2	—
Churchill Brothers			0–0	0–0	—	4–2
Panjim Footballers	0–7			3–5		—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 March 2025. Source: The Away End - Goa Pro League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Prize money

The total pool of prize money is ₹10 lakh (US$12,000)^[17]

Position	Amount
Champions	₹6 lakh (US$7,100)
Runner-ups	₹4 lakh (US$4,700)
Total	₹10 lakh (US$12,000)

See also

• 2024–25 I-League 3
• 2024–25 Indian State Leagues
• 2024 Bandodkar Trophy