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2022–23 Goa Professional League
The 2022–23 Goa Professional League, also known as the CAM Goa Professional League for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Goa Professional League, the top association football, football league in the Indian state of Goa, since its establishment in 1996. DafaNews was roped in to be the associate sponsor for the tournament. All the matches were broadcast on the FanCode website and app. Dempo SC are the defending champions having won it for the 16th time after a decade. The Youth Club of Manora was relegated at the end of the previous season. On 31 March 2023, Dempo SC won back-to-back titles, beating FC Goa Reserves and Academy, FC Goa 1–0. Changes Eleven teams played in the 2022–23 season. No team was promoted from the GFA First Division League. Teams Stadiums Matches were played at Duler Stadium in Mapusa, Nagoa Panchayat Ground, Benaulim, Tilak Maidan, and Ella. Phase 1 Standings Phase 2 GFA Super League GFA Relegation League See also *20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dempo SC
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 "The Golden Eagles", the club has been a constant participant in the National football championships, and gained immense popularity in the first four decades of its existence. Dempo became the first Indian football club to reach the semi-final of the AFC Cup tournament in 2008. The club has won several accolades and honors. In the 2004–05 season, the club won its maiden National Football League title. They won the league again in the 2006–07 season, and followed it with the three I-League triumphs in 2007–08 in its inaugural version, and then in 2009–10, and again in 2011–12, making them the second most successful club on the national front with 5 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco SC
Clube de Desportos Vasco da Gama (simply known as both Vasco Sports Club, and Vasco SC) 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. Vasco is the first Goan club run under public shareholding. It previously competed in the National Football League, then highest division of Indian football league system. The club also appeared in the I-League 2nd Division in later years. History Formation In 1951, residents from the port town of Vasco da Gama, Goa, including the Portuguese garrison stationed there, formed the club called Clube de Desportos Vasco da Gama. Tenente Avila became first president of the club. On 1 September of that year, the club earned certification; they became affiliated to the Associação de Futebol de Goa (GFA) in 1959. It was named after the famous Brazilian club Club de Regatas Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salgaocar F
Salgaocar Football Club (formerly Salgaocar Sporting 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 its senior team in June 2023, Salgaocar competed in the Goa Professional League. Salgaocar previously competed in the I-League, then top-flight of the Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, and nicknamed "The Greens", the club is owned by V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies. Salgaocar has won 21 Goa championships, 4 Federation Cups, 3 Durand Cups, 3 Rovers Cups, 2 Indian Super Cups and the National Football League in 1999, and the I-League in 2011. They became the first Goan side to win the National Football League, under the guidance of coach Shabbir Ali. It is also the first Goan club to win the following: Goa Super Division, Federation Cup, Goa Professional League, Durand Cup and the former Indian Super Cup. Salgaocar pulled ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanvordem
Sanvordem (''Sanvodd'ddem'', pronounced, ) is a census town in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is a twin town with Curchorem and is about 14 km from Shiroda via Ponchavadi. Sunday is the major market day and people from the nearby areas flock to buy necessities. A few years back it was considered a more remote place in Goa but today it is a fast developing town. It is a one-and-a-half-hour drive from the Goan capital Panaji. Geography Sanvordem is located at . It has an average elevation of 18 metres (59 feet). Demographics India census, Sanvordem had a population of 4,832. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Sanvordem has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 67%. In Sanvordem, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Government and politics Sanvordem is part of Sanvordem (Goa Assembly constituency) and South Goa (Lok Sabha constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian Angel SC
Guardian Angel Sports Club is an Indian professional football club based in Curchorem, Goa, India. Established on October 2, 1972, the club has a rich history in Goan football and currently competes in the Goa Professional League and plays home matches at the Figueredo Ground in Curchorem. Their home ground for Goan Professional League is Rosary Ground. Guardian Angel SC has been recognized for contributing to the local football scene. They hosted the first All Goa Guardian Angel Festival Soccer - inter-village football tournament in November 2023 at Curchorem where they reached the finals and defeated Curtorim Gymkhana by 6–5 by a tie-breaker. They participated in Bandolkar Trophy, organised by Goa Football Association The Goa Football Association ( GFA) is the governing body of association football, football in Goa. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the national governing body. It sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's ... in Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cansaulim Railway Station
Cansaulim Railway Station (station code: CSM) is a small railway station in South Goa district, Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the .... It serves Cansaulim village. The station consists of one platform. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. Major trains * Vasco da Gama–Kulem Passenger References Hubli railway division Railway stations in South Goa district {{Goa-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margao
Margao (, ) is the commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa. It stands on the banks of the river Sal. It is the district headquarters of South Goa, and administrative headquarters of Salcete sub-district. It is Goa's second largest city by population after Mormugao. Etymology Margão is the Portuguese spelling, with Madgaon being used in Konkani. The etymology of the name has been debated, with theories ranging from the name having evolved from the pre-colonial Mahargao (village of Mahars, a community of weavers) to being derived from the Sanskrit (Maṭhagrāma, a village of monasteries) owing to the shrines of Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath in Ravanphond, now a suburb of Margao. Alternatively, Margão may be derived from Mharuganv (village of demons), or Maravile, Portuguese for “marvellous village.” History Prior to Portuguese rule, Margao was an important settlement and known as Maṭhagrāma (the village of monasteries) as it enshrined nine mathas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill Brothers SC
Churchill Brothers Futebol Clube de Goa (simply known as Churchill Brothers) is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League, alongside the Goa Professional League (reserves). Founded in 1988, the club usually participated in the National Football League, then top tier of the Indian football league system. The club has won the I-League title thrice and has secured a position among the top three teams on nine other occasions in the national league. It has also won eight Goa League Champions Cups, three Durand Cups, and a Federation Cup. Churchill Brothers emerged as fourth ranked Indian team, and 648 universally, in the international rankings of clubs during the first ten years of the 21st century (2001–2010), issued by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 2011. History 1988–2009 Churchill Brothers FC were founded in 1988 as Varca Sports Club. After one season, they were renamed Brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Goa
South Goa district is one of two districts that together constitute the state of Goa, India, within the region known as the Konkan. It is bounded by North Goa district to the north, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast. It ranks among the top 25 developed districts of India. The district capital city is Margao (Madgaon), which also serves as the commercial capital of Goa. History The Portuguese established a colony in Goa in 1510 and expanded the colony to its present boundaries during the 17th and 18th centuries. Goa was annexed by India on 19 December 1961. Goa and two other former Portuguese enclaves became the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, and Goa was organised into a single district in 1965. On 30 May 1987 Goa attained statehood (while Daman and Diu became a separate union territory), and Goa was reorganised into two districts, North Goa and South Goa. Administration Asvin Chandru A, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, is the Collector an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanquelim
Sanquelim is a town and municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. Geography Sanquelim is situated in the Bicholim Taluka of North Goa. It has an average elevation of 78 metres (256 feet). Demographics , Sanquelim had a population of 13,651. Males constitute 51.8% of the population and females 48.2%. Sanquelim has an average literacy rate of 91.5%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 94.22%, and female literacy is 91.48%. In Sanquelim, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Government and politics Sanquelim is part of Sanquelim (Goa Assembly constituency) and North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency). Following the delimitation of constituencies in 2008, Sanquelim was established as a separate assembly constituency. Pratap Prabhakar Gauns of the Indian National Congress became the first elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Sanquelim, after winning the 2008 by-election for the erstwhile Pale con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Goa
North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnataka to the east, by South Goa district to the south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west. Historical background At the advent of the Portuguese in AD 1510, all of today's northern territories ( Ilhas, Bardez, Pernem, Bicholim, Antruz, and Sattari) were part of the Bijapur Sultanate. Ilhas and Bardez were annexed by the Portuguese after their successful conquest and the region is now called '' Velhas Conquistas'' (Old Conquests). After the fall of the Deccan sultanates and rise of the Marathas in the late 1600s, the remaining region eventually fell under the control of the Maratha Kingdom of Sawantwadi until AD 1783. These territories were seen as safe haven for the Hindus, Muslims and new-Christians who fled the Portuguese Inquisit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
