2025–26 Goa Professional League

Goa Professional League
Season2025–26
Dates18 September 2025–[1]
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Goa Professional League is the 28th 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 8th title.[2]

The Charity Match, the curtain-raiser to the Goa Pro league was held on 7 September 2025. It was contested between Sporting Clube de Goa and Dempo SC. Dempo won the match on shootouts.[3][4]

Changes from last season

Relegated from 2024–25 Goa Professional League

From GFA First Division League

  • Chapora Yuvak Sangh[6]

Corporate entries

  • Bidesh XI SC[7]

On 12 March 2025, the GFA invited bids for a new team to participate in the tournament.[8]

to GPL to First Division
Chapora Yuvak Sangh
Bidesh XI SC 		Panjim Footballers

Club locations

Location of 2025–26 Goa Pro League teams
Club Location Ground
Dempo Carambolim Ella Academy Ground
Goa Police Panaji Duler Stadium
Sporting Clube de Goa
Bidesh XI SC Assonora
Chapora Yuvak Sangh Chapora
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 2025–26 Goa Professional League consists of 15 teams and will be played in two phases. In the first phase, all the teams will play each other once.[9]

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 7 will play the relegation league and the team finishing last will be relegated to the 2026-27 First Division.[10]

Broadcasting

Matches from the league were telecast live on the SportsCast India YouTube channel.[11]

Controversies

In February 2026, The GFA issued chargesheet to 14 footballers, mostly from Chapora Yuvak Sangh, for their alleged match-fixing activities.[12][13]

League table

Phase 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Goa 14 10 3 1 32 7 +25 33 Super League
2 Salgaocar 14 9 4 1 27 10 +17 31
3 Geno SC 14 9 3 2 27 15 +12 30
4 Dempo 14 8 5 1 25 15 +10 29
5 FC Goa B 14 8 2 4 29 12 +17 26
6 SESA 14 5 5 4 13 11 +2 20
7 Calangute 14 6 2 6 22 19 +3 20
8 Chapora YS 14 6 1 7 25 29 −4 19
9 Goa Police 14 5 4 5 25 20 +5 19 Relegation League
10 Pax of Nagoa 14 4 2 8 16 21 −5 14
11 Cortalim Villagers 14 2 7 5 9 20 −11 13
12 Vasco 14 3 4 7 14 31 −17 13
13 Churchill Brothers 14 3 3 8 13 21 −8 12
14 Guardian Angel 14 2 1 11 12 33 −21 7
15 Bidesh SC 14 0 4 10 6 31 −25 4
Source: Goa Professional League Official The Away End - Goa Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 3) goals scored

Fixtures

Home \ Away SCG DEM GEN SES SAL FCG COR POL PXN CAL CHB GUA CHA VSC BSC
Sporting Goa — 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 7–0
Dempo 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 6–5
Geno 0–0 — 2–2 1–0 2–1 6–1 3–1 3–0
SESA 0–0 0–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–2
Salgaocar 0–4 3–1 — 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 4–0
FC Goa B 2–1 2–3 — 2–0 2–0[14] 5–0 5–0 2–0
Cortalim 0–0 1–0[15] 0–0 0–3 — 0–3 1–1 0–1
Goa Police 0–1 1–2[16] 1–2[17] 2–1 0–0 2–2 — 1–0 1–3
Pax of Nagoa 1–3 1–1 3–1 — 2–5 3–0 2–0 0–0
Calangute 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 — 2–1 2–0 0–0
Churchill 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 — 0–2[18] 1–0
Guardian Angel 2–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 — 0–1 0–2 3–0[19]
Chapora YS 0–3 3–1 1–2[20] 3–2 3–2 1–3 0–3 —
Vasco 0–0 0–0 1–5 2–2 1–7 2–2 1–0[21] —
Bidesh 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 —
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.[22]

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 16 11 4 1 34 8 +26 37 Champions
2 SalgaocarIL3 16 10 5 1 31 12 +19 35
3 Geno SC 15 9 3 3 27 16 +11 30 Eligible for I-League 3
4 DempoIFL 14 8 5 1 25 15 +10 29
5 FC Goa BISL 14 8 2 4 29 12 +17 26
6 SESAIL3 14 5 5 4 13 11 +2 20
7 Calangute 14 6 2 6 22 19 +3 20
8 Chapora YS 15 6 1 8 26 32 −6 19
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. 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 SAL GEN DEM FCG SES CAL CHA
Sporting Goa — 1–1
CD Salgaocar — 3–1
Geno SC 0–1 —
Dempo —
FC Goa B —
SESA —
Calangute —
Chapora YS —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2026. 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 Goa Police 17 7 4 6 32 23 +9 25
2 Pax of Nagoa 16 5 3 8 19 23 −4 18
3 Cortalim Villagers 16 3 8 5 14 22 −8 17
4 Vasco 16 4 4 8 16 33 −17 16
5 Churchill Brothers 16 3 3 10 14 24 −10 12
6 Guardian Angel 15 3 1 11 14 34 −20 10
7 Bidesh SC 16 0 4 12 7 39 −32 4 Relegation to First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2026. 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 POL PXN COR VSC CHB GUA BSC
Goa Police — 0–3 6–0
Pax of Nagoa —
Cortalim Villagers 2–2 —
Vasco 0–1 —
Churchill Brothers 0–1 1–2 —
Guardian Angel —
Bidesh SC 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2026. 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)[23]

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

See also

References

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