FC Goa (women)

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FC Goa (women)
FC Goa logo.svg
Full nameFootball Club Goa (women)
Nickname(s) The Gaurs
Short nameFCG
Founded2018;6 years ago (2018) [1]
Ground Fatorda Stadium, Margao
Capacity19,000
Owner Goan Football Club Pvt. Ltd.
League Goa Women's League
2020–21Runners up
Website Club 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]

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

Records

Season Goa Women's League Other
2018Runners-up
2018DNP
2021Runners-up

Honours

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