List of Goan state football champions

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This is a list of champions of the Goa Professional League ever since its creation in 1951 as the Goan First Division. [1] [2]

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History

The official league in Goa, called the First Division began in 1951 and it was organised by the Conselho de Desportos. There was no Super League. The first League champion of Goa was Clube Desportivo de Chinchinim who beat Football Club of Siolim, to clinch the title.

The League continued under the aegis of the Conselho de Desportos till the season of 1958-59, with Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama taking the title that year. In 1959, the Goa Football Association was established as the official administrative body of football and from that season onwards the league was conducted by GFA. [3] The 1959-60 League was conducted by the GFA and Clube Independente de Margao emerged champions.

In 1970-71 season, apart from the Senior Division League, there came into existence the first division league which was split into two groups, namely the North Zone and South Zone. While the North Zone consisted of teams from Ilhas and Bardez the South Zone accommodated teams from Mormugao and Salcete.

In 1977, the Goa Football Association introduced the Super League in the season of 1977-78, with Salgaocar Sports Club clinching the title. With football, globally, continuing to develop at a fast pace, the Goa Football Association, decided it was time to push the game onto a higher platform. Goa emerged as the first State ever in the country, to go professional with the game and till date it remains the only State in the country, where the status of the game is professional.

The first Professional League was launched in the 1998-99 season with 5 teams.

The Professional league was expanded to six teams from the 2000-2001 season, after the GFA thought it wise to increase the number and increase the competitiveness factor, and since 2002 the league was played as an eight team league with home-and-away fixtures making it 14 matches for each club. The GFA then announced that the 2011 season would be played with 10 teams under a new format in which Salgaocar won in.

List of champions

First Division League

SeasonChampions
1951-52Clube Desportivo Chinchinim
1952-53Sporting Clube de Goa
1953-54Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama
1954-55Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa
1955-56Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama
1956-57Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa
1957-58Grupo Desportivo da Policia
1958-59Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama
1959-60Clube Independente de Margao
1960-61Clube Desportivo Salgaocar
1962-63Salgaocar Sports Club
1963-64Salgaocar Sports Club
1964-65Vasco Sports Club
1965-66Salgaocar Sports Club
1966-67Vasco Sports Club
1967-68Sesa Goa Sports Club
1968-69Vasco Sports Club
1969-70League Unfinished
1970-71League Unfinished
1971-72Dempo Sports Club
1972-73Sesa Goa Sports Club
1973-74Dempo Sports Club
1974-75Salgaocar Sports Club
1975-76not held due to national emergency
1976-77not held due to national emergency

Super League

SeasonChampion
1977-78Salgaocar Sports Club
1978-79Dempo Sports Club
1979-80Dempo Sports Club
1980-81Dempo Sports Club
1981-82Salgaocar Sports Club
1982-83Salgaocar Sports Club
1983-84Dempo Sports Club
1984-85Salgaocar Sports Club
1985-86Salgaocar Sports Club
1986-87Dempo Sports Club
1987-88Dempo Sports Club
1988-89Salgaocar Sports Club
1989-90MRF Sports Foundation
1990-91Salgaocar Sports Club
1991-92MRF Sports Foundation
1992-93Salgaocar Sports Club
1993-94Dempo Sports Club
1994-95Salgaocar Sports Club
1995-96Churchill Brothers SC
1996-97Churchill Brothers SC
1997-98Churchill Brothers SC

Goa Professional League

SeasonChampion
1998 Salgaocar
1999 Churchill Brothers
2000 Churchill Brothers
2001 Churchill Brothers
2002 Salgaocar
2003 Salgaocar
2004 Salgaocar
2005 Dempo
2006 Sporting Goa
2007 Dempo
2008 Churchill Brothers
2009 Dempo
2010 Dempo
2011 Dempo
2012–13 Salgaocar
2013–14 Sporting Goa
2014–15 Salgaocar F.C.
2015–16 Sporting Goa
2016–17 Salgaocar F.C. [4]
2017–18 Sporting Goa
2018-19 FC Goa Reserves
2019-20 Sporting Goa and Churchill Brothers
2020-21 Sporting Goa
2021-22 Dempo
2022-23 Dempo

Most titles

SeasonChampion
21Salgaocar FC
16Dempo Sports Club [5]
8Churchill Brothers FC Goa
6Vasco Sports Club
6Sporting Goa
2Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa
2MRF Sports Foundation
2Sesa Goa Sports Club
1Clube Desportivo Chinchinim
1Clube Independente de Margao
1FC Goa Reserves
1Grupo Desportivo da Policia
1Sporting Clube de Goa

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