GFA issues charge sheet to 14 players for alleged match-fixing in Goa Pro League season 2025-2026

The Goa Football Association’s ethics committee on Friday filed a chargesheet against fourteen footballers, mostly from local club Chapora Yuvak Sangh, for their alleged match-fixing activities.

In October 2025, Chapora Yuvak Sangh had dismissed nine players from the squad over match-fixing allegations in their 2025-2026 Goa Professional League season.

The club subsequently filed a complaint with the Goa Football Association (GFA) and also lodged an FIR with the Mapusa police station regarding the alleged match-fixing.

GFA acted swiftly on the complaint and appointed retired Deputy Superintendent of Police Sandesh T Chodankar as integrity officer who conducted an investigation.

The Integrity Officer’s investigation report was then submitted to the GFA Ethics Committee, which has now issued charges to fourteen players, giving them ten days to respond to the charges.

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«The investigation by the Goa Football Association Ethics Committee has reached the final stages with the GFA issuing a 288-page chargesheet to 14 players, most of whom were ex-players of Chapora Yuvak Sangh,» a statement said.

The members of the GFA Ethics Committee will meet in early March to consider sanctions in this matter.

Speaking on the issue, GFA President Caitano Fernandes said: “When I took over the GFA in 2022, I promised the clubs that I would do everything I can to eradicate this menace from Goan football and clean up the system.

«We are on the path to achieving that goal. The GFA Executive Committee will take the strongest possible action against all involved.»

Published on February 20, 2026