Goa Pro League - Preliminary Round: Complete Fixtures!

The 10 team preliminary round of the 'Kingfisher' Goa Pro League kicked-off on Tuesday, October 2 with nine round of matches to be played until late-November 2012.

This year the Goa Pro League will feature ten teams - Dempo SC, Churchill Brothers SC, Salgaocar FC, Sporting Clube de Goa, Vasco SC, Sesa Football Academy, Goa Velha SC, Margao SC, Wilred Leisure SC and Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim. As per the format, the Goa Pro League 2012/13 will be played in two phases.

Also with the Pro League being held parallel to the I-League, it means that the four Goan I-League participants will have to give fringe and younger players the chance to show themselves in the local league.


FIXTURES & RESULTS

Round 1
10-Oct-2012: Goa Velha Sports Club - Margao Sports Club
09-Oct-2012: Churchill Brothers SC - Sesa Football Academy
09-Oct-2012: Wilred Leisure SC - Sporting Clube de Goa
09-Oct-2012: Vasco Sports Club - Dempo Sports Club
29-Nov-2012: Salgaocar FC - Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim

Round 2
01-Nov-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Margao Sports Club
30-Oct-2012: Sporting Clube de Goa - Dempo Sports Club
31-Oct-2012: Goa Velha Sports Club - Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim
01-Nov-2012: Wilred Leisure SC - Salgaocar FC
31-Oct-2012: Churchill Brothers SC - Vasco Sports Club

Round 3
02-Oct-2012: Vasco Sports Club 0-1 Margao Sports Club
??-Oct-2012: Churchill Brothers SC - Salgaocar FC
02-Oct-2012: Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim 3-0 Wilred Leisure SC
03-Oct-2012: Dempo Sports Club 1-0 Goa Velha Sports Club
03-Oct-2012: Sporting Clube de Goa 1-2 Sesa Football Academy

Round 4
14-Oct-2012: Margao Sports Club - Wilred Leisure SC
14-Oct-2012: Goa Velha Sports Club - Churchill Brothers SC
15-Oct-2012: Sporting Clube de Goa - Vasco Sports Club
15-Oct-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Salgaocar FC
15-Oct-2012: Dempo Sports Club - Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim

Round 5
17-Oct-2012: Margao Sports Club - Churchill Brothers SC
19-Oct-2012: Wilred Leisure SC - Vasco Sports Club
18-Oct-2012: Salgaocar FC - Goa Velha Sports Club
18-Oct-2012: Sporting Clube de Goa - Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim
19-Oct-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Dempo Sports Club

Round 6
22-Oct-2012: Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim - Margao Sports Club
22-Oct-2012: Dempo Sports Club - Salgaocar FC
24-Oct-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Vasco Sports Club
23-Oct-2012: Sporting Clube de Goa - Churchill Brothers SC
23-Oct-2012: Goa Velha Sports Club - Wilred Leisure SC

Round 7
07-Nov-2012: Margao Sports Club - Salgaocar FC
09-Nov-2012: Vasco Sports Club - Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim
08-Nov-2012: Churchill Brothers SC - Dempo Sports Club
09-Nov-2012: Wilred Leisure SC - Sesa Football Academy
07-Nov-2012: Goa Velha Sports Club - Sporting Clube de Goa

Round 8
14-Nov-2012: Margao Sports Club - Dempo Sports Club
14-Nov-2012: Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim - Sesa Football Academy
15-Nov-2012: Salgaocar FC - Sporting Clube de Goa
15-Nov-2012: Vasco Sports Club - Goa Velha Sports Club
13-Nov-2012: Churchill Brothers SC - Wilred Leisure SC

Round 9
21-Nov-2012: Margao Sports Club - Sporting Clube de Goa
21-Nov-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Goa Velha Sports Club
20-Nov-2012: Dempo Sports Club - Wilred Leisure SC
21-Nov-2012: Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim - Churchill Brothers SC
20-Nov-2012: Salgaocar FC - Vasco Sports Club

Goa-based Brasil Futebol Academia players join Pro clubs!

The Goa-based Brasil Futebol Academia (BFA) will be seeing seven of their players playing professional football this season. The BFA's aim is to develop local talent through Brazilian ways of coaching.

The following seven players have joined professional clubs this year: Alesh Sawant (on loan to Churchill Brothers SC), Faisal Shaikh, Bitu Singh, Jyotesh Palkar, Rajat Chopdekar (all Vasco Sports Club) and Parshuram, Prakash Khatri (both Goa Velha SC). Last season Rahul Kandulkar, Milind Shinde and Rohan Sagar Kamble had joined Vasco SC last season and have been retained by the club.

All of these former Brasil Futebol Academia players are expected to feature pretty heavily for their new clubs in the Goa Professional League this season.

"Playing all over Goa and learning from professional coaches and players along the way has been amazing," said Alesh Sawant, who is currently on loan to Churchill Brothers. He also thanked the BFA head coach Rodrigo Mendes Silva and other coaches for their support in honing his talent.

"The high standard of coaching and great playing opportunities at BFA was fundamental in enabling me to develop as a player and secure a professional contract," said new Vasco SC player Bitu Singh.

"We're delighted that our players will have the opportunity to play for professional clubs at such a young age. It will mean that they are playing at a higher level than and competing against professional teams. It's providing a chance for players to play at an elite level and progress on to a professional playing career," the Brasil Futebol Academia said in a release.

The 2012/2013 season will see a fresh intake of hungry young players joining the Brasil Futebol Academia for a chance to go pro. This season ten new players will join the 20 existing boys to form the nucleus of the Academy's Under-18 and Under-16 squads.

Goa Pro League to kick-off on September 1

The 2012/13 season of the 10 team Goa Professional League will kick-off on September 1 with a match between Goa Velha SC vs Margao SC at the Poriat ground, Calangute. The Goa Football Assocation has finalised the dates for the first couple of rounds until September 10 as thereafter the I-League clubs will be away for Federation Cup action.

This season the Goa Professional League will be played by 10 teams. I-League sides Dempo SC, Churchill Brothers SC, Salgaocar SC and Sporting Clube de Goa will be seen in action along with Vasco SC, Sesa Football Academy, Goa Velha SC, Margao SC and Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim plus promoted team Wilred Leisure SC who have replaced relegated Calangute Association.

But the Goa FA is facing problems of where to hosts it Goa Pro League matches with its three main venues - Nehru Stadium, Margao; Duler ground, Mapusa; and Tilak Maidan, Vasco all undergoing or set to undergo renovations. Therefore matches are being planned at Poriat ground at Calangute and Raia ground.


FIXTURES

Round 1
01-Sep-2012: Goa Velha SC - Margao SC
02-Sep-2012: Vasco SC - Dempo SC
04-Sep-2012: Churchill Brothers SC - Sesa Football Academy
05-Sep-2012: Wilred Leisure SC - Sporting Clube de Goa
06-Sep-2012: Salgaocar SC - Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim

Round 2
08-Sep-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Margao SC
08-Sep-2012: Sporting Clube de Goa - Dempo SC
09-Sep-2012: Goa Velha SC - Santa Cruz Club of Cavelossim
09-Sep-2012: Wilred Leisure SC - Salgaocar SC
10-Sep-2012: Churchill Brothers SC - Vasco SC