Salgaocar FC

Not to be confused with Clube de Salgaocar.

Salgaocar
Full nameSalgaocar Football Club
Nickname(s)The Greens
Short nameSFC
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956) (as Vimson Club / Clube Desportivo Salgaocar)
OwnerShivanand Salgaocar (V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies)
Websitesalgaocarfc.in

Salgaocar Football Club (formerly Salgaocar Sporting Club) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa.[1] Being one of the country's most successful clubs, it is currently operating youth teams. Until the disfunction of its senior team in June 2023, Salgaocar competed in the Goa Professional League.[2]

Salgaocar previously competed in the I-League,[3] then top-flight of the Indian football league system.[4][5] Founded in 1956, and nicknamed "The Greens",[6][7] the club is owned by V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies.[8][9] Salgaocar has won 21 Goa championships,[10][11] 4 Federation Cups,[12] 3 Durand Cups,[13] 3 Rovers Cups, 2 Indian Super Cups and the National Football League in 1999, and the I-League in 2011.[14] They became the first Goan side to win the National Football League, under the guidance of coach Shabbir Ali.[15][16][17] It is also the first Goan club to win the following: Goa Super Division, Federation Cup, Goa Professional League, Durand Cup and the former Indian Super Cup.[18] Salgaocar pulled out of the I-League in 2017, citing the All India Football Federation (AIFF) bias.[19][20][21][22]

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