Goa football team

Goa
Ground	Fatorda Stadium
Capacity	19,000
Owner	Goa Football Association
Head coach	Nobert Gonsalves
League	Santosh Trophy
2023–24	Runners-up

The Goa football team is an Indian football team representing the state of Goa in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.^[1]^[2]

Goa made their Santosh Trophy debut in the 1964 Madras Nationals. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 13 times, and have won the trophy 5 times.

Players and Staff

The following 20 players were called up prior to the 2019-20 Santosh Trophy qualification:

Current Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IND	Jason D'Mello
—	GK	IND	Melroy Fernandes
—	GK	IND	Ozen Silva
—	DF	IND	Brian Faria
—	DF	IND	Matthew Gonsalves
—	DF	IND	Joseph Clemente
—	DF	IND	Clive Miranda
—	DF	IND	Sanson Pereira
—	DF	IND	Leslie Rebello (under-20)
—	MF	IND	Ribhav Sardesai (under-20)
—	MF	IND	Samuel Costa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IND	Velito Cruz
—	MF	IND	Chaitan Komarpant (under-20)
—	MF	IND	Moses D'Sa
—	MF	IND	Stendly Fernandes (under-20)
—	MF	IND	Denson Fernandes (under-20)
—	FW	IND	Joaquim Abranches (captain)
—	FW	IND	Devendra Murgaonkar
—	FW	IND	Aaren D'Silva
—	FW	IND	Olvin Cardozo

Coaching staff

As of 03 February 2023

Position	Name
Head coach	Norbert Gonsalves
Assistant coach	Mario Soares
Goalkeeping coach	Sebastiao Noronha (Seby)
Physio	Ankit Gaunkar
Manager	Omkar vaigankar

Record since 2000

Santosh Trophy record									Santosh Trophy qualification record
Host/Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Kerala 2000	Semi-finalists	4th	5	1	2	2	6	7	Bye
Maharashtra 2001	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	4	3	Bye
Manipur 2002	Semi-finalists	3rd-4th	3	2	0	1	4	2	Bye
Delhi 2004	Quarterfinal league	5th-8th	2	1	1	0	3	2	Bye
Kerala 2005	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	12	2	3	3	0	0	32	0
Haryana 2006	Quarterfinal league	5th-6th	3	1	1	1	4	4	Bye
Jammu and Kashmir 2008	Quarterfinal league	5th-6th	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	0	0	5	2
Tamil Nadu 2009	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	7	0	2	2	0	0	5	0
West Bengal 2010	Semi-finalists	3rd-4th	4	3	0	1	9	1	Bye
Assam 2011	Quarterfinal league	7th-8th	3	0	2	1	3	6	Bye
Odisha 2012	Quarterfinal league	5th-8th	3	2	1	0	6	3	?
Kerala 2013	Quarterfinal league	9th-12th	3	0	2	1	2	5	2	1	1	0	4	3
West Bengal 2014	Group stage	7th-8th	4	1	1	2	5	8	2	2	0	0	7	0
Punjab 2015	Group stage	5th-6th	4	1	2	1	5	4	4	4	0	0	23	3
Maharashtra 2016	Semi-finalist	3rd-4th	5	3	1	1	5	2	4	4	0	0	20	2
Goa 2017	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	7	4	2	2	0	0	12	0
West Bengal 2018	Group stage	5th-6th	4	2	0	2	12	9	2	2	0	0	22	1
Punjab 2019	Semi-finalist	3rd-4th	5	3	1	1	10	7	3	2	1	0	5	0
Mizoram 2020	Tournaments suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic	3	3	0	0	23	1
2021	Tournaments suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Qualifiers too were not held
Kerala 2022	Did not qualify								3	2	0	1	7	1
Odisha 2023	Group stage	11th-12th	5	0	0	5	4	14	5	3	2	0	8	3
Arunachal Pradesh 2024	Finalist								4	3	1	0	5	2

Honours

State (senior)

Santosh Trophy^[3]
- Winners (5): 1982–83, 1983–84,^[4] 1989–90, 2005–06, 2008–09
- Runners-up (9): 1978–79, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2016–17, 2023–24

National Games
- Silver medal (2): 1997, 2001
- Bronze medal (1): 2011

State (youth)

B.C. Roy Trophy
- Winners (2): 1979–80, 1982–83
- Runners-up (5): 1983–84, 1989–90, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06

Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
- Winners (2): 1988–89, 1990–91
- Runners-up (1): 1991–92

M. Dutta Ray Trophy
- Winners (6): 1993, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010
- Runners-up (1): 2000

Others

Bordoloi Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 1976

References

^ "Goa Football Association".
^ "Bengal lift record sixth crown". tribuneindia.com. The Tribune India. Press Trust of India. 5 April 1999. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ List of Santosh Trophy Finals
^ Mergulhao, Marcus (21 March 2023). "Tough-tackling former Salgaocar defender Anthony Rebello no more". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

External links

Goa Football Association website Archived 22 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Goa Football Association".

[2] "Bengal lift record sixth crown". tribuneindia.com. The Tribune India. Press Trust of India. 5 April 1999. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[3] List of Santosh Trophy Finals

[4] Mergulhao, Marcus (21 March 2023). "Tough-tackling former Salgaocar defender Anthony Rebello no more". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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