| Full name | Salgaocar Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | SSC | ||
| Founded | 1956 | ||
| Ground | Fatorda Stadium (Capacity: 27,300) |
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| Owner | Mr. Shivanand Salgaocar | ||
| Manager | Karim Bencherifa | ||
| League | I-League | ||
| 2010-11 | I-League, Champions | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Salgaocar Sporting Club is a professional football club who currently play in the I-League. They are based in Vasco, Goa. They are owned by the V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies.
Salgaocar became the first Goan side to win the NFL in 1998-99 under the guidance of coach Shabbir Ali.
Salgaocar have also won nineteen Goa League Champions Cups, three Federation Cups, two Super Cups, two Durand Cups and won the National Football League in 1998-1999.
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The year 1956 may well be described as the dawn of a new era in Goan football. The year when Goa would gain its own football team.
It was the birth of a dream, a dream that was conceived in the heart of the football loving Mr. V.M. Salgaocar, founder President of the VM Salgaocar Group of Companies, to give a platform to the Goan youth to showcase their talent to the country, and to the world.
The year 1961 saw India liberate Goa from the rule of the Portuguese. Goa was now a territory of the Indian Union. In 1962, Salgaocar Football Club became the first Goan team to be extended an invitation to play in the prestigious Durand Cup in New Delhi, and such was the joy of a Goan team’s participation in the Durand Cup, that the Late Prime Minister Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru felicitated the team at his residence.
Salgaocar successfully annexed all possible trophies on the Indian circuit thereby etching their name amongst the top teams in the country. A National League triumph in 1999, 3 Federation Cups in 1988, 1989 & 1997, the Super Cup in 1997 & 1999, the prestigious Rovers Cup, Mumbai, in 1989, 1996 & 1999, the Durand Cup, Delhi, twice in 1999 & 2003, the Sait Nagjee, Calicut, in 1987 and TFA shield at Madurai, in 1979. Salgaocar Sports Club have also been crowned Goa State Champions for a record 19 times including winners for 3 consecutive years of the Goa Professional League in 2002-2003, 2003–2004 and 2004-2005. The Club also won the Governor’s Cup in the years 1999 and 2001. The late 1980s and the 1990s saw Salgaocar SC consistently bag trophies such as the Federation Cup, the National League, the Durand Cup, Rovers Cup and the Super Cup, thus justifiably earning the sobriquet “Soccer Kings”. Such was Salgaocar Sports Clubs consistency in winning tournaments year after year that their exploits soon became folklore.
Federation cup wins in 1988, 1989 and 1997 saw Salgaocar Sports Club represent India as its Champion Club at the international level in the IX & X Asian Club Championships in 1989 at Muscat & 1990 at Dhaka respectively and in 1999 in the IX Asian Cup Winners Cup. Though the team didn’t progress through the next rounds in all the editions, they did remarkably well against their highly illustrious opponents.
Players like Bruno Coutinho, Bramhanand Shankhwalkar went on to win the Arjuna award, the highest sports recognition in the country. Lawrence Gomes, Franky Baretto, Bento Andrew, Arnold Rodrigues, Roy Baretto, Derrick Pereirra, Savio Madeira, Candidio Abreu, Menino Figuereido were legends whose fame extended well beyond the sandy shores of Goa thus not only permanently engraving their names in the history of the club and the hearts of its fans, but also as top quality Indian players who earned laurels for the country.
The last few years, one may describe as one that has seen the glory years seem light years away. Relegation, a successful promotion, and then again relegation has left the Salgaocar faithfully shattered. Critics have been swift in writing the club off, but managed to make the first division of the NFL in 2003 and staying their till the beginning of the I-League.
In the 2010-11 season Salgaocar played in the I-League which is India's biggest football competition. After 26 rounds Salgaocar SC won the title and with this win they will qualify for the 2012 Asian Champions League qualifying round.
On September 29th 2011 Salgaocar won there second trophy in four months by wining the 2011 Indian Federation Cup by beating Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. in the Final 3-1. [1]
The colors of Salgaocar are green and white. The home kit very much shows this as the jersey and socks are green while the shorts are white. The away kit has a set of yellow jerseys and socks while also having blue/purple shorts.
Ever sense 1989 Salgaocar SC has been playing at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Goa.
The Salgaocar players also conduct practices at the Oceanic hotel in Colva. At the hotel Salgaocar have access to a gym with the latest modern equipment along with professional trainers. The hotel also contains a state of the art sauna for the players to use before and after practice.
As of 29 December 2011 [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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As of 13 November 2011
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Karim Bencherifa |
| Assistant manager | Peter Vales |
| First team coach | Sanjiv Nagvenkar |
| Reserve team coach | Micdomeo Rebello |
| Youth team coach | Ignatius Dias |
| Goalkeeping coach | Virender Singh |
| Fitness coach | Sunil Karmalker |
| Physiotherapist | J. Dileep Kumar |
| Kit manager | Abhijit Patil |
| Head of youth development | Anthony Noronha |
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