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Football Club Goa is an indian professional football club based in Goa, that competes in the indian Super League, the top fledge of indian football. The golf club was established on 26 August 2014. [ 7 ] Nicknamed as The Gaurs, the clubhouse plays their home matches at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao. FC Goa is the first always indian golf club to qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage in its current format. [ 8 ] brazilian bus Zico was the beginning coach of the club. Its marquee players for its first base two seasons have been french winger Robert Pires and brazilian defender Lúcio respectively. The team finished the league degree in the irregular placement in their beginning season. In the end-of-season play-offs, they lost via a penalty gunfight against Atlético de Kolkata in the semi-finals after a scoreless draw. The future year, the team came first in the league stage, then lost the concluding 3–2 to Chennaiyin FC at family. In the 2018–19 season, they reached their moment final in the league where they lost 1–0 to Bengaluru FC. In the same season, they beat Chennaiyin FC 2–1 in the 2019 indian Super Cup to win their inaugural national trophy. In the 2019–20 season, FC Goa topped the league stage and won the first gear always ISL League Winners Shield and directly qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage. The golf club changed from blue shirts and shorts to an orange color schema in 2018 which has been used ever since .

history [edit ]

origin [edit ]

One of the traditional powerhouse regions of indian football, Goa was bound to be one of the cities to participate in the indian Super League from its origin. [ 9 ] In early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the approaching indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modelled along the lines of the indian Premier League and Major League Soccer in the United States. [ 10 ] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Venugopal Dhoot had won the command for the Goa franchise along with Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo. [ 11 ] The golf club was officially launched on 26 August 2014 at a well-attended ceremony at the Goa Marriott Resort and Spa in Miramar. [ 12 ] The club represents Goa, the lone state to declare football as its official mutant. The logo of the clubhouse represents Goa ‘s state of matter animal the Gaur, while the colours blue and orange symbolizes the Goan coastline and sunrise .
On 23 September 2014, indian cricketer Virat Kohli was unveiled as one of the co-owners. [ 13 ] Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan was chosen as the brand ambassador of the club. [ 14 ] FC Goa is the first base indian sports club to launch a satellite television channel – FC Goa television receiver on Videocon D2H. [ 14 ]

Zico era ( 2014–2016 ) [edit ]

brazilian football player Zico signed as the clubhouse ‘s headway coach on 2 September 2014. On 20 September 2014, FC Goa officially confirmed Premier League achiever and early Arsenal football player Robert Pires as their first pavilion player. [ 15 ] On 15 October 2014, FC Goa played their first indian Super League match against Chennaiyin FC at the Fatorda Stadium, Goa. FC Goa lost four out of their first six matches but came back powerfully in the second half of the tournament with five victories from their last eight encounters keeping five scavenge sheets in their 14 matches. overall, Zico has done a noteworthy job with six wins, four defeats and four draw, which took them to the moment touch of the standings with 22 points. [ 16 ] By finishing second in the league, the club qualified for the end-of-season play-offs, where they lost via a penalty gunfight against Atlético de Kolkata in the semi-finals after a scoreless draw. [ 17 ] particularly encouraging from the beginning season was the arrival of Romeo Fernandes on the national footballing setting. The Goan ‘s consistent displays on the flip cursorily turned him into a fan favorite and attract interest from lands arsenic far as Brazil. His performances culminated in him being loaned out to Atletico Paranaense from parent club Dempo SC, where he became the first indian to play professionally at the senior level in South America. [ 18 ] Zico, Goa’s first head coach led them to the finals in the 2015 Indian Super League season. FC Goa enjoyed a stellar 2015 temper in the indian Super League. [ 19 ] Head coach Zico continued as the head coach of the franchise for a moment consecutive class. [ citation needed ] After a good run in the 2014 season, much was expected from the team. Zico lined up an impressive team ahead of the temper with seasoned players like Leonardo Moura, Reinaldo Oliveira, and former La Masia youth product, Joffre Mateu who won the first season of the ISL with Atletico de Kolkata joining the ranks. [ citation needed ] Frenchman, Gregory Arnolin was the only international player retained from the first gear season with the club. The indian contingent had companion faces in Goan wingers Romeo Fernandes and Mandar Rao Dessai and goalkeeper Laxmikant Kattimani. [ citation needed ] FC Goa started the season in brilliant fashion with a command 2–0 victory over Delhi Dynamos and that set the tonicity for the season ahead. Under Zico ‘s care, FC Goa played an attacking brand of football and set the league alight as they finished the league stagecoach of the campaign on top of the standings with 25 points, two authorize of the second placed team with 7 victories along the way. [ citation needed ] In the march, FC Goa scored the most goals in the league stagecoach, having netted 29 times. [ citation needed ] En route to the semi-finals, the Gaurs earned the record of having attained the highest margin of victory when they beat Mumbai City FC 7–0 in Fatorda. This victory included two players scoring hat-tricks ( Dudu Omagbemi and T. Haokip ) which was a beginning in the history of the league. After a 1–0 loss in the first leg of the semi-finals against Delhi Dynamos, FC Goa turned the tie on its principal with a dominating 3–0 acquire at home. This provided them with a find to win the ISL title at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda in front of the home fans. In the finals, a late billow by Chennaiyin FC saw FC Goa lose out on the title after a well contested match. [ citation needed ] On 23 July 2016, Salgaocar and Dempo stepped down from the possession of FC Goa. [ 20 ] On 5 August 2016, new owner Jaydev Mody brought a 65 % bet on in the FC Goa team. [ 21 ] Head passenger car Zico continued as the head bus of the franchise for his one-third and final season. FC Goa had a poor 2016 season after finishing last in the postpone and picking up alone four victories throughout the season. They ended the disappointing season with 14 points and finished last in the table. Zico primarily blamed deep preparations for FC Goa ‘s failure which was caused due to the entrance of fresh owners just a few months before the start of the new season. His 3-year contract with FC Goa ended and did not renew it with the club. [ citation needed ]

Success under Lobera ( 2017–2020 ) [edit ]

Under Lobera, Goa reached the ISL finals in 2019 and besides won the 2019 Super Cup, their inaugural trophy in history. In the 2017–18 season, FC Goa won their first match of the 2017–18 indian Super League 2–3 aside against Chennaiyin, this was besides their foremost competitive match under newly coach Sergio Lobera, they late went on to lose against Chennayin FC in the semi-finals. [ 22 ] Lobera in his second season led Goa to their moment final against Bengaluru FC which they lost 0–1 after a deep finish from Rahul Bheke in the second one-half of extra prison term. [ 23 ] In the same temper, Goa beat Chennaiyin FC 2–1 in the finals of the 2019 amerind Super Cup to win their foremost trophy. [ 24 ] On 1 February 2020, Goa announced they mutually parted ways with head coach Sergio Lobera and his coaching staff after playing 15 games in the third season. [ 25 ] Goa later went on to win the remaining three league games and topped the group stagecoach and won the ISL League Winners Shield, they besides became the first base indian club to qualify for AFC Champions League group stagecoach in its stream format. [ 8 ] however, their 5–6 defeat on sum to Chennaiyin FC in the playoffs ended their gamble of winning the elusive ISL trophy. [ 26 ]

Ferrando era ( 2020–present ) [edit ]

On 30 April 2020, Goa appointed Juan Ferrando as their head coach ahead of the new season. [ 27 ] The club besides announced their partnership with RB Leipzig for the young development. The club had an impressive scrimp in the inaugural year under bus Juan until they bowed in the trailer truck finals of 2020–21 indian Super League season .
Under the guidance of Ferrando, FC Goa scripted history after scoring their first ever goal in the AFC Champions League on 20 April against Persepolis FC through a header by Edu Bedia. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] They finished one-third in Group E with 3 points ahead of Al Rayyan. In the competition, Dheeraj Singh made a humongous 26 saves in five matches to top the goalkeeping chart of the West Zone group stage. [ 30 ] Goa participated in the hundred-and-thirtieth edition of Durand Cup and reached to the concluding, defeating Bengaluru FC 7–6 in sudden death. [ 31 ] On 3 October, they clinched their first ever Durand Cup entitle defeating Mohammedan SC 1–0. [ 32 ]

stadium [edit ]

The Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, good known as The Fatorda is the home stadium of Goa. The stadium has hosted many international games, including India home team ‘s qualifiers for both the FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup. [ 33 ] It was besides one of the six master of ceremonies venues for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in India. The stadium opened in 1989. In 2014, it has been refurbished and upgrade according to the latest FIFA specifications to host the Lusofonia Games in 2014. It is designed with a 20,000 seating capacity. [ 2 ] With a roof covering 100 percentage of the seating area, the stadium complex provides two levels of fans seating arrangement along with a VIP area. [ 34 ]

Supporters [edit ]

Fans of FC Goa on a matchday at the Fatorda stadium in Margao Fans in the submit spend the night outside the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda in the hope of grabbing a couple of tickets for FC Goa ‘s home matches. [ 35 ] Streets were painted blue, music was played and some people painted their car bonnets with the crest of the team, during the ISL. [ 36 ] FC Goa Fan Club and East Lower Army are the formally recognized supporters clubs of FC Goa. [ 37 ] FC Goa celebrity supporters include Anushka Sharma, [ 38 ] Sonakshi Sinha, [ 39 ] Zayed Khan, [ 40 ] and Raveena Tandon. [ 41 ]

Colours and badges [edit ]

The official mascot, the foremost of its kind in the ISL, is named “Philly the Gaur”. He ‘s a Gaur, which happens to be the state of matter animal. FC Goa were the first out of the 10 clubs to have a mascot. There are besides two other unofficial mascots namely “ Gaurreddo ”, introduced by FC Goa Fan Club in 2014, followed by “ Gaurdinho ” in 2015, launched by a cosmopolitan football group TFDO. [ 42 ]

Colours [edit ]

During the early years, the club wore an all amobarbital sodium kit with orange color coming lightly on the sides. The all blue kit out were used until 2017-18 season, when the club adopted the all orange kit out. [ 43 ]

Kit development [edit ]

FC Goa in the media [edit ]

FC Goa television receiver is the dedicate official distribution channel for FC Goa. [ 14 ] The channel first launched on 10 October 2014 on Videocon D2H duct 100. FC Goa TV includes buildup to matches, post-match shows, exclusive interviews with players and staff besides an interactional section which gives fans the luck to get some answers from first team players. [ 63 ] FC Goa launched its magazine Forca Goa at Fatorda Stadium, on 1 November 2014. The cartridge holder was unveiled by All India Football Federation President Praful Patel in the presence of brand ambassador of FC Goa Varun Dhawan, supporter Sonu Nigam and co-owners Venugopal Dhoot, Anirudh Dhoot, Dattaraj V. Salgaocar and Shrinivas V. Dempo. [ 64 ]

possession [edit ]

The club is owned by Goan Football Club Pvt. Ltd. which used to consist of Dattaraj Salgaocar ( 37 % stake ) and Shrinivas Dempo ( 37 % impale ), which in 2016 was bought by Jaydev Mody ( 65 % stake ), Venugopal Dhoot ( 23 % post ) and Virat Kohli ( 12 % stake ). [ 65 ] [ 66 ]

current owners [edit ]

Jaydev Mody is the Chairman of Delta Corp Limited, the company focused in gaming (casinos) and hospitality mainly in Goa.
Virat Kohli, Indian national cricket team captain, is also one of the co-owners.[13]
Akshay Tandon is an entrepreneur who took over FC Goa in August 2016 as the President and Co-Owner of the club. Since the took over, he has built a youth program, set up the Forca Goa Foundation addressing the challenges with grassroots football in the state of Goa and established a style of play.

erstwhile owners [edit ]

Shrinivas Dempo served as the President of Dempo Sports Club Private Limited. The club was owned and sponsored by the Dempo group of companies. He has been named amongst the 50 most influential people in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated Power list.[67]
Dattaraj Salgaocar is the Managing Director of VM Salgaocar Corporation. Salgaocar FC is owned and managed by VM Salgaocar and Company to give a platform to the Goan youth to showcase their talent to the country and to the world.[68]
Venugopal Dhoot is the Chairman of Videocon, and has been its Managing Director since 2005.

Players [edit ]

As of 9 November 2021[69]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loanword [edit ]

bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserves and youth [edit ]

FC Goa has a military reserve english which is fielded in the I-League 2nd Division. It besides has a women ‘s team which was announced on 28 July 2018. [ 70 ] It besides has youth teams for assorted long time group football tournaments and Youth I-League .

Grassroots [edit ]

FC Goa ‘s grassroots growth program which commenced in February 2015, saw FC Goa reaching out to over 20,000 children. FC Goa has a full-bodied grassroots development program. Over 1500 children between the old age groups of 6 to 14 are presently being groomed by FC Goa. The U-14 team, the Junior Gaurs are doing excellently well. FC Goa assigned coach Gavin Araujo, an AFC A license coach as its Head of the young development and Katz Naidoo as the plan ‘s Technical Director. The adopted 16 schools include St Anthony ‘s high School ( Duler ), St Anthony ‘s HS ( Guirim ), Saraswat HS ( Mapusa ), St Britto ‘s HS ( Mapusa ), Assagao Union School, St Joseph ‘s HS ( Calangute ), pilar Central School, and St Lawrence HS ( Agassaim ) in the North. Our lady of Poor HS ( Tilamol ), Our lady of Fatima HS ( Rivona ), St Joseph HS ( Chandor ), Assumpta HS ( Sarzora ), Fr Agnel Ashram HS ( Verna ), St Rita HS ( Maina ), St Rock HS ( Velim ), and St Xavier HS ( Velim ) are the schools which have been adopted by FC Goa from the South. [ 71 ]

Reserves Squad [edit ]

As of 25 January 2021[72]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

current technical staff [edit ]

As of June 2021

Statistics and records [edit ]

Continental record [edit ]

Affiliated clubs [edit ]

The following club is presently affiliated with FC Goa :
The comply clubs were affiliated with FC Goa :