panajisporting clube de goa officials never had any doubt that they would walk away with the goa pro league title this season but nobody believed they could do it in such an emphatic fashion sporting clube reached a record 55 points this season in the goa pro league and even though itrsquos for the first time that 12 teams featured in the league sportingrsquos 17 wins from 22 matches proved they were clearly a cut above the rest ldquowhen we looked at our team list at the start of the season and the progress they were making in training there was no doubt that we would settle for the title and nothing lessrdquo said club ceo victor fernandes sporting clube finished their league engagements with 17 wins four draws and the solitary loss against churchill brothers sc in the concluding league clash to everyonersquos eyes the loss against churchill came after sporting clube had already pocketed the title but victor admits an unbeaten record would have made them even happier ldquoin hindsight yes we should have won the league unbeatenrdquo said victor coach mateus costa also admitted that winning the goa pro league with an unbeaten record would have made him proud ldquoafter we won the league and were still left to play churchill i could sense that motivating them would be a problem i was constantly asking them to stay focusedrdquo said costa having won the goa pro league and also the police cup last week sporting have now turned their focus to next season and are confident that they can continue to dominate ldquoall our players will continue with us for the next season and needless to say we can only get better we played fantastic football towards the closing stages of the season and proof of our dominance was provided in the goa police cup when we had little problems in emerging championsrdquo said victor sporting clube defeated churchill brothers 31 in the police cup final ldquomost of our players have been with us for a long time and even the youngsters are now measuring up to the challenge the mix of old and new has worked wellrdquo said victor experienced campaigners like joseph clemente peter carvalho marcus mascarenhas and victorino fernandes all gave a good account of themselves but youngsters like george drsquosouza quan gomes keeper melroy fernandes alesh sawant and captain glan martins provide for plenty of hope for the future