The 2013–14 Goa Professional League (also known as the

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Goa Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the 16th season of top-tier football in the

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n state of

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. It began on 5 August 2013. Salgaocar are the defending champions. On 20 November 2013,

Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa, simply known as Sporting Goa (also known by its abbreviation SCG), is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa, that competes in Goa Professional League. The club has also compet ...

were crowned champions after

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failed to report for final round encounter, the title decider against

, at

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. Sporting Clube reported at the venue as per the fixture and gained a walkover, hence being crowned the champions. The

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made no changes to its fixtures even though

had requested for postponement to the match, citing their

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engagement against

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on 24 November 2013.

Teams

Table

Top scorers

References

External links

Goa Pro League page at Goa Football Association website
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