FC Goa (women)
Full nameFootball Club Goa (women)
Nickname(s)The Gaurs
Short nameFCG
Founded2018 (2018)[1]
GroundFatorda Stadium, Margao
Capacity19,000
OwnerGoan Football Club Pvt. Ltd.
LeagueGoa Women's League
2020–21Runners up
WebsiteClub website

Football Club Goa (women) is a women's football club affiliated with FC Goa.[2] The team currently plays in the Goa Women's League, the state division of women's football in Goa.[3]

Formed in 2018, the F.C. Goa Women's team played its inaugural season in the second edition of GFA Vedanta Women's League.[4]

History

Inception

FC Goa women's team is officially launched on 28 July 2018 became the second Indian Super League (ISL) side, after FC Pune City, to launch a women's team.[5]

The women's side of the Goan Club was launched ahead of the second Vedanta Goa Women's Football League.

"The women's team will be built in the same image and with the same principles as the men's team. The club will work extremely hard towards developing and producing talented women footballers and hope to emulate the successful women that represented the national team from Goa in the 1970's," FC Goa Technical Director Derrick Pereira said on the official launching ceremony.

Stadium

The Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, better known as The Fatorda is the home stadium of Goa. The stadium has hosted many international games, including India national team's qualifiers for both the FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup.[6] It was also one of the six host venues for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in India.

The stadium opened in 1989. In 2014, it has been refurbished and upgraded according to the latest FIFA specifications to host the Lusofonia Games in 2014. It is designed with a 20,000 seating capacity With a roof covering 100 percent of the seating area, the stadium complex provides two levels of fans seating arrangement along with a VIP area.[7]

Players

As of 15th January 2022[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Josline D'Souza
4 MF India IND Joyvi Fernandes
5 DF India IND Neefa Clemente
6 DF India IND Kusum Shaikh
7 DF India IND Leena Gaunco
8 MF India IND Pushpa Parab
9 MF India IND Velanie Fernandes
10 DF India IND Kimberly Fernandez
11 MF India IND Vailanka Souza
12 FW India IND Arpita Yeshwant Pednekar
13 MF India IND Alisha Tavares
14 GK India IND Prithi Kesrakar
16 FW India IND Namita Govekar
17 DF India IND Snehal Morajkar
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW India IND Sushmita Jadhav
21 MF India IND Atiriya Narayan Ardikey
22 DF India IND Khushboo Saundatikar
23 FW India IND Meloshka Carvalho
26 MF India IND Ansiva Vaz
28 MF India IND Gail Avril Fernandes

Records

Season Goa Women's League Other
2018-19 –
2021 Runners-up [9] –

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "FC Goa launch women's team". m.timesofindia.com.
  2. ↑ "FC Goa launches women's team ahead of Vedanta League". sportstar.thehindu.com. 24 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "FC Goa announces 24 member squad for the 2021 Vedanta women's League". fcgoa.in.
  4. ↑ "FC Goa on Saturday launched their women's team ahead of the second Vedanta Goa Women's Football League". www.indiatoday.in.
  5. ↑ "FC Goa on Saturday launched their women's team ahead of the second Vedanta Goa Women's Football League". www.indiatoday.in.
  6. ↑ "2010 FIFA World Cup Asia Group Playoffs Match Report". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Indian Super League Stadiums - A Walkthrough (Part-2) > Fatorda Stadium & JL Nehru Stadium, Kochi | Indian Super League Football". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Women's Team". FC Goa.
  9. ↑ "Sirvodem SC crowned champions of Vedanta Women's Football League". khelnow.com.
  10. ↑ "Sirvodem SC crowned champions of Vedanta Women's Football League". khelnow.com.
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