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| Full name | Football Club Goa | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Gaurs[1] | |||
| Short name | FCG | |||
| Founded | 26 August 2014 | |||
| Ground | Fatorda Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 19,000[2] | |||
| Owner | Goan Football Club Pvt. Ltd.[3] | |||
| President | Akshay Tandon | |||
| Head coach | Manolo Márquez | |||
| League | Indian Super League | |||
| 2023–24 | Indian Super League, 3rd of 12 Playoffs: Semi-finals | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Football Club Goa is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was established on 26 August 2014.[4][5] Nicknamed as Gaurs, the club plays their home matches at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao.[6]
Brazilian coach Zico was the first manager of the club. Their marquee players for their first two seasons were French winger Robert Pires and Brazilian defender Lúcio, respectively. The team finished the league stage in the second position in their first season. In the end-of-season play-offs, they lost via a penalty shootout against Atlético de Kolkata in the semi-finals after a goalless draw. The next year, the team came first in the league stage, then lost the final 3–2 to Chennaiyin at home.
In the 2018–19 season, they reached their second final in the league where they lost 1–0 to Bengaluru. In the same season, they beat Chennaiyin FC 2–1 in the 2019 Indian Super Cup to win their first national trophy. In the 2019–20 season, FC Goa topped the league stage, winning the first ISL League Winners Shield and directly qualifying for the AFC Champions League group stage. The club changed from blue shirts and shorts to an orange colour scheme in 2018 which has been used ever since.
- ^ FC Goa team profile Archived 2 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Khel Now. Retrieved 14 July 2021
- ^ "FC Goa Home Ground Venue - Indian Super League". Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "About Us: FC Goa". fcgoa.in. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "About FC Goa | Goan Football Club Pvt. Ltd". fcgoa.in. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Schöggl, Hans. "India - List of Foundation Dates". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "FC Goa hammer Jamshedpur FC, finish on top of Indian Super League table | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2020.