2014 FC Goa season

FC Goa
2014 season
Head Coach Zico
Stadium Fatorda Stadium
ISL 2nd
Top goalscorer Grégory Arnolin
(2 goals)
Highest home attendance 19,752
Lowest home attendance 16,652 (vs Chennaiyin FC, 15 October 2014)
Average home league attendance 18,066
2015 →

The 2014 Season is FC Goa's 1st season in existence in the Indian Super League.

Background

In early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League and Major League Soccer in the United States.[1] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Venugopal Dhoot had won the bidding for the Goa franchise along with Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo. On 23 September 2014 Virat Kohli Indian Cricketer was unveiled as one of the co-owners.[2] The brand ambassador of the club is Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan. FC Goa is the first Indian sports club to launch a satellite TV Channel - FC Goa TV on Videocon D2H. On 20 September 2014 FC Goa officially confirmed Arsenal legend Robert Pires as their marquee player.

Players and Staff

Current Squad

As of 15 October 2014.[3]

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

No. Position Player
1 Czech Republic GK Jan Šeda
2 India DF Debabrata Roy
3 India DF Narayan Das
4 India DF Rowilson Rodrigues
5 France DF Youness Bengelloun
6 India MF Peter Carvalho
7 France MF Robert Pires (Marquee player)
8 India MF Alwyn George
9 Portugal FW Miguel Herlein
10 Portugal MF Edgar Marcelino
11 India FW Holicharan Narzary
12 India MF Bikramjit Singh
13 India GK Gurpreet Chabal
14 India MF Gabriel Fernandes
No. Position Player
15 Martinique DF Grégory Arnolin
16 Portugal DF Bruno Pinheiro
17 India MF Mandar Rao Desai
18 Afghanistan DF Zohib Islam Amiri
19 India MF Romeo Fernandes
20 Czech Republic FW Miroslav Slepička
21 India GK Laxmikant Kattimani
22 India DF Prabir Das
23 India MF Jewel Raja
24 India MF Clifford Miranda
25 Nigeria FW Ranti Martins
26 Australia FW Tolgay Ozbey
27 Brazil DF André Santos

Current Technical Staff

Zico manager of FC Goa
Position Name
Head coach Brazil Zico
Assistant coach Australia Arthur Papas
Conditioning coach Australia Hussein Skenderovic
Head of Youth Development India Mariano Dias
Physiotherapist India R Venkatesh
Assistant Physiotherapist India Russell Pinto
Kit Manager India Rajesh Malgi

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
2014– Adidas Videocon D2H

Competitions


Indian Super League

League Table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chennaiyin 14 6 5 3 24 20+4 23 2014 Indian Super League Semi-final
2 Goa 14 6 4 4 21 12+9 22
3 Atlético de Kolkata 14 4 7 3 16 13+3 19
4 Kerala Blasters 14 5 4 5 9 11−2 19
5 Delhi Dynamos 14 4 6 4 16 14+2 18
6 Pune City 14 4 4 6 12 17−5 16
7 Mumbai City 14 4 4 6 12 21−9 16
8 NorthEast United 14 3 6 5 11 13−2 15

Updated to games played on 10 December 2014.
Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1 0 1 1 2 3 −1 0 0 1 1 2 −1

Last updated: 23 October 2014.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314
GroundHAH           
Result L D L                      

Last updated: 23 October 2014.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Goals

Rank Player Position ISL Other Total
1 Czech Republic Miroslav Slepička FW 3 0 3
2 France Grégory Arnolin DF 2 0 2
3 Brazil André Santos DF 2 0 2
4 Australia Tolgay Ozbey FW 2 0 2
5 France Youness Bengelloun DF 2 0 2
Total 11 0 11

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/sports/virat-kohli-is-the-new-co-owner-of-fc-goa-140923
  3. ↑ "Squad". Indian Super League. Retrieved 15 October 2014.