FC Goa (women)

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see FC Goa.

FC Goa (women)

Full name	Football Club Goa (women)
Nickname(s)	The Gaurs
Short name	Goa
Founded	2018;7 years ago (2018) [1]
Ground	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
Capacity	19,000
Owner	Goan Football Club Pvt. Ltd.
League	Goa Women's League
2020–21	Runners up
Website	http://www.fcgoa.in/
Home colours Away colours

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

Main article: Fatorda 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IND Josline D'Souza 4 MF   IND Joyvi Fernandes 5 DF   IND Neefa Clemente 6 DF   IND Kusum Shaikh 7 DF   IND Leena Gaunco 8 MF   IND Pushpa Parab 9 MF   IND Velanie Fernandes 10 DF   IND Kimberly Fernandez 11 MF   IND Vailanka Souza 12 FW   IND Arpita Yeshwant Pednekar 13 MF   IND Alisha Tavares 14 GK   IND Prithi Kesrakar 16 FW   IND Namita Govekar 17 DF   IND Snehal Morajkar

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   IND Sushmita Jadhav 21 MF   IND Atiriya Narayan Ardikey 22 DF   IND Khushboo Saundatikar 23 FW   IND Meloshka Carvalho 26 MF   IND Ansiva Vaz 28 MF   IND Gail Avril Fernandes

Records

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

Honours

• Goa Women's League
  • Runners-up (2): 2018, ^[9] 2021 ^[10]

References

1. "FC Goa launch women's team". The Times of India .
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. "FC Goa Women's Team gets off to a flying start". fcgoa.in.
10. "Sirvodem SC crowned champions of Vedanta Women's Football League". khelnow.com.