The League continued to be organised by Conselho de Desportos till the season of 1958-59, Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama taking the title that year. In 1959, 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 there was no Senior League. The First Division League was considered Senior. The GFA introduced the Senior Division League in 1969-70, which was topmost of Division football. But the league was later 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 make it to the First Division League. While there are around 60 teams battling it out in the Third Division, of which two teams are fortunate enough to make it to the next stage. Subsequently, the teams finishing at the bottom of their respective pool, are relegated to other divisions.
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, though better late than never, thought it was time to push the game onto another 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. The five top teams of the 1997-98 Super League - Churchill Brothers Sports Club, Salgaocar Sports Club, Dempo Sports Club, Vasco Sports Club and VLM Sports Club - automatically qualified for the Pro League which is being sponsored by Shaw Wallace under their flagship brand product, Director Special whisky.The Professional league will have six teams from the 2000-2001 season, afterthe GFA thought it wise to increase the number and increase the competitiveness factor.
1951-52 Clube Desportivo Chinchinim bt FC Siolim1952-53 Sporting Clube de Goa1953-54 Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama1954-55 Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa1955-56 Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama1956-57 Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa1957-58 Grupo Desportivo da Policia1958-59 Clube de Desportos de Vasco da Gama1959-60 Clube Independente de Margao1960-61 Clube Desportivo Salgaocar1962-63 Salgaocar Sports Club1963-64 Salgaocar Sports Club1964-65 Vasco Sports Club1965-66 Salgaocar Sports Club1966-67 Vasco Sports Club1967-68 Sesa Goa Sports Club1968-69 Vasco Sports Club1969-70 league not finished1970-71 league not finished1971-72 Dempo Sports Club1972-73 Sesa Goa Sports Club1973-74 Dempo Sports Club1974-75 Salgaocar Sports Club1975-76 not held due to national emergency1976-77 not held due to national emergency1977-78 Salgaocar Sports Club1978-79 Dempo Sports Club1979-80 Dempo Sports Club1980-81 Dempo Sports Club1981-82 Salgaocar Sports Club1982-83 Salgaocar Sports Club1983-84 Dempo Sports Club1984-85 Salgaocar Sports Club1985-86 Salgaocar Sports Club1986-87 Dempo Sports Club1987-88 Dempo Sports Club1988-89 Salgaocar Sports Club1989-90 MRF Sports Foundation1990-91 Salgaocar Sports Club1991-92 MRF Sports Foundation1992-93 Salgaocar Sports Club1993-94 Dempo Sports Club1994-95 Salgaocar Sports Club1995-96 Churchill Brothers SC1996-97 Churchill Brothers SC1997-98 Churchill Brothers SCGoa Professional League1998 Salgaocar Sports Club1999 Churchill Brothers SC2000 Churchill Brothers SC2001 Churchill Brothers SC2002 Salgaocar Sports Club2003 Salgaocar Sports Club2004 Salgaocar Sports Club2005 Dempo Sports Club2006 Sporting Clube de Goa2007 Dempo Sports Club2008 Churchill Brothers SC 2009 Dempo Sports Club2010/11 Dempo Sports Club2011 Salgaocar Sports Club2011/12 Dempo Sports Club2012/13 Salgaocar Sports Club2013 Sporting Clube de Goa 2014/15 Salgaocar Sports Club2015/16 Sporting Clube de Goa 2016/17 Salgaocar Sports Club2017/18 Sporting Clube de Goa 2018/19 FC Goa2019/20 Churchill Brothers SC and Sporting Clube de Goa [shared]2020/21 Sporting Clube de Goa2021/22 Dempo Sports ClubNumber of Wins:22 Salgaocar Sports Club15 Dempo Sports Club 8 Churchill Brothers SC [1 shared] 7 Sporting Clube de Goa [1 shared] 6 Vasco Sports Club 2 Associacao Desportiva de Velha Goa 2 MRF Sports Foundation 2 Sesa Goa Sports Club 1 Clube Desportivo Chinchinim 1 Clube Independente de Margao 1 FC Goa 1 Grupo Desportivo da Policia
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