印度果阿邦职业联赛

印度果阿邦职业联赛

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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 (abbreviated as GPL, also known as the CAM Goa Pro League for sponsorship reasons) which is the premier state-level football league in Goa. Dempo is the most successful club in the tournament, with sixtteen titles.

History

Goa Primeira Divisão / Goa First Division

The official league in Goa, called the Goa Primeira Divisão or Goa First Division, began in 1951 and was organised by the Conselho de Desportos. The first League champion of Goa was Clube Desportivo de Chinchinim who beat Football Club of Siolim, to clinch the title.

League continued under the aegis of the Conselho de Desportos until 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. The 1959–60 League was conducted by the GFA and Clube Independente de Margao emerged champions.

Until the 1968–69 season, the First division league was considered as senior. The GFA introduced Senior Division in 1969–70, which used to be the topmost division, but later was abandoned.

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.

From the around 24 teams in the Second division, just one would make it to the First division, while there were around 60 teams battling it out in the Third division, of which two teams make it to the next stage. Subsequently, the teams finishing at the bottom of their respective pool are relegated to lower divisions.

Goa Super Division

In 1977 Goa Football Association introduced the Super League, with Salgaocar Sports Club clinching the title. With football continuing to develop at a fast pace, GFA decided it was time to push the game onto a higher platform. Goa emerged as the first State ever in the country, to go fully professional with the game.

Goa Professional League

The first Professional league was launched in the 1998–99 season. The five top teams of the 1997–98 Super League – Churchill Brothers, Salgaocar, Dempo, Vasco and VLM SC – automatically qualified for the Pro league.

The Professional league was expanded to six teams from the 2000–01 season, after the GFA increased the participating number and competitiveness factor. Since 2002 the league was played as an eight-team format 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.

印度果阿邦职业联赛(Goa Professional League)是印度足球联赛系统中的第四级联赛,也是印度足球联赛系统中历史最悠久的联赛之一。该联赛覆盖了印度果阿邦的整个地区,包括该邦的首都果阿。

该联赛成立于1975年,起初名为果阿足球联赛(Goa League),后来在1986年改名为现在的名称。这个联赛的特点是球队地理位置分散,每个城市都有自己的球队,这使得这个联赛具有独特的地理和文化特色。

参加这个联赛的球队数量一直在18支到22支之间,每个球队都在自己的主场进行比赛。由于这个地区的人口相对较少,因此联赛的规模相对较小。然而,这并没有阻止这个联赛成为印度足球的一部分,并继续为印度足球的发展做出贡献。

近年来,印度足球在亚洲足球舞台上逐渐受到关注,而果阿邦职业联赛的球队也在不断崛起。一些来自这个联赛的球队已经成功晋级到印度的顶级联赛,如印度超级联赛。此外,一些来自这个联赛的球员也已经成为印度国家队的成员,并为国家队进球。

总的来说,印度果阿邦职业联赛是一个充满活力和潜力的联赛,为印度足球的发展做出了重要贡献。