Dempo Sports Club is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, Goa. The club currently competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system, and the Goa Professional League. Dempo is owned and sponsored by the Dempo Mining Corporation Limited. Known popularly as "The Whites" and "Golden Eagles", the club has been a constant participant in the National football championships, and gained immense popularity in the last four decades of its existence.
Clube de Desportos Vasco da Gama is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco da Gama, Goa, part of the same named multi-sports club. Incorporated in 1951, the club is nicknamed "The Port Towners", and competes in the Goa Professional League.
Sporting Clube de Goa is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, Goa. The club competes in the I-League 2, the third tier of the Indian football league system and the Goa Football League. Nicknamed "The Flaming Orange", the club was founded in 1999 as Cidade de Goa. They previously competed in the I-League, then top-flight of Indian football league system.
The National Football League (NFL) was the men's highest level of the Indian football league system from 1996 to 2007. Founded by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in 1996, the NFL was the first football league in India to be organized on a national scale. The AIFF then added a second division in 1997 and a third division was soon added by the governing body in 2006. The NFL was eventually replaced by the I-League for the 2007–08 season in order to professionalize the sport in India.
Salgaocar Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa. Being one of the country's most successful clubs, it is currently operating youth teams. Until the disfunction of club's senior team in June 2023, Salgaocar competed in the Goa Professional League.
Churchill Brothers Football Club Goa is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually participated in the National Football League, then top tier of Indian football league system.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Margao, Goa, India. The venue has been used to host both international football as well as International cricket matches.
Viva Kerala Football Club was an Indian professional association football club based in the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. The club was originally formed in 2004, as Viva Kerala. They participated in the National Football League, and later in the I-League, then the top tier of Indian football league system, alongside the Kerala Premier League. The club was dissolved in 2012.
Brahmanand Sagoon Kamat Sankhwalkar is an Indian former footballer and a captain of the Indian team from 1983 to 1986, who played as a goalkeeper. Considered one of India's best goalkeepers, he had 25-year playing career. He played for Panvel Sports Club, Salgaocar, Churchill Brothers, Anderson Mariners at the club level, that included 17 years with Salgaocar, and for Goa state team in the Santosh Trophy. Playing for Goa, he led the team to two consecutive wins at the Santosh Trophy; in 1983 and 1984. Having maintained a clean sheet of 576 minutes in the 1984 tournament, he holds the Indian record.
Remus Gomes is an Indian former professional footballer who is currently the head coach of the U-21 and U19 squad of Dempo SC Academy. He has had a long and successful playing career of over eighteen years, in which he has represented some of the most prestigious Indian clubs including Vasco Sports Club, Dempo Sports Club, Salgaocar Football Club and Sporting Clube De Goa. His most successful period was at Salgaocar Football Club, where he went on to win the Goa Professional League title three times, the Durand Cup once, and one Police Cup and played a pivotal role during his six-year stint with the club.
Sesa Football Academy (SFA) is an Indian professional football club based in Sanquelim, Goa. Originally founded in the 1960s as Sesa Sports Club, it currently competes in the Goa Professional League, and had previously participated in the NFL II and the I-League 2nd Division. SFA is a unit of Sesa Community Development Foundation, which is promoted by Vedanta Limited with the objective of service to the community in its operational areas. Sesa is the acronym of Scambi Economici SA Goa, its parent mining company founded in 1954.
Armando Colaço is an Indian football coach, who is currently the head coach of Sporting Goa in the I-League 2. He is the most successful manager in the history of I-League club Dempo, in terms of trophies in the last 20 years and is also the club's longest-serving manager.
Derrick Pereira is an Indian association football manager and former player, who managed then I-League 2nd Division club FC Goa Reserves and the India national under-23 football team. He is also the technical director of Indian Super League club FC Goa.
The Goa Football League is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of Goa, organised by the Goa Football Association as part of the state leagues. It was formed in 1951 as the Goa Primeira Divisão or Goa First Division, and the current top division consists of the Goa Professional League which is the premier state-level football league in Goa. Dempo is the most successful club in the tournament, with sixtteen titles.
Shabbir Ali is an Indian football manager and former player. He was awarded the Dhyan Chand Award, the highest award in Indian sports for lifetime achievement, given by Government of India in 2011. He is the first footballer to be named for the Dhyan Chand Award.
Roberto Fernandes is a former Indian football player who played as a defender. He appeared in 29 international matches for India national team. Fernandes spent his majority of career by playing for Goan club Salgaocar FC.
The Bandodkar Trophy, currently known as the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy, is an Indian football tournament held in Goa and organized by Goa Football Association. It was also known the Bandodkar Gold Trophy till the 2016 edition, when the tournament was revamped in a new format for the subsequent editions. The tournament was first started in 1970 and to showcase the Goans' capabilities to organise an All-India football tournament.
The 2021–22 Goa Professional League was the 24th season of the Goa Professional League, the top football league in the Indian state of Goa, since its establishment in 1996.
The 2023–24 Goa Professional League, also known as the CAM Goa Professional League for sponsorship reasons, is the 26th season of the Goa Professional League, the top football league in the Indian state of Goa since its establishment in 1996. Dempo SC are the defending champions having won back-to-back titles.
