2015 FC Goa season

FC Goa

2015 season
President	Dattaraj Salgaocar[1]
Head Coach	Zico
Stadium	Fatorda Stadium
ISL	1st
ISL Finals	Runners Up
Top goalscorer	League: Reinaldo (7) All: Reinaldo (7)
Highest home attendance	19,438
Lowest home attendance	17,634
Average home league attendance	18,571
Home colours Away colours
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The 2015 season is FC Goa's second season in existence in the Indian Super League.

Background

Brazil's legendary No 10 Zico returned as FC Goa manager for the Indian Super League's second season.Former Brazil skipper and World Cup winner Lucio has signed up as FC Goa's marquee player for the second season.Players retained in the team include- Domestic: Romeo Fernandes, Mandar Rao Desai, Laxmikant Kattimani, Narayan Das, Debabrata Roy, Bikramjit Singh. International: Gregory Arnolin (FRA).Players from the open market include- Domestic: Pronay Halder, C S Sabeeth, Denson Devadas, Joaquim Abranches, Raju Gaikwad, Keenan Almeida,Nicolau Colaco,Luis Barreto. International: Jofre Mateu González (ESP), Lucio (BRA), Elinton Andrade (BRA), Reinaldo Da Cruz Oliveira (BRA), Victor Simões de Oliveira (BRA), Jonatan Lucca(BRA), Léo Moura(BRA).Players selected from draft include forwards Victorino Fernandes and Thongkhosiem Haokip.

FC Goa will play its opening match on its home turf on 4 October with the Delhi Dynamos FC.

Pre Season Friendly

FC Goa v Al Khaleej

11 September 2015 Exhibition match	FC Goa	2 – 2	Al Khaleej	Dubai, UAE

FC Goa v Al Shabab

15 September 2015 Exhibition match	FC Goa	2–1	Al Shabab	Dubai, UAE

FC Goa v Ajman Club

16 September 2015 Exhibition match	FC Goa	1–1	Ajman Club	Dubai, UAE

FC Goa v Al Jazira

19 September 2015 Exhibition match	FC Goa	–	Al Jazira	Dubai, UAE

FC Goa v Hatta Club

20 September 2015 Exhibition match	FC Goa	2–4	Hatta Club	Dubai, UAE

FC Goa v Dempo SC

28 September 2015 Exhibition match	FC Goa	3–1	Dempo SC	Goa,India

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Luis Barreto (from East Bengal) 2 DF Debabrata Roy (loan from Dempo) 3 DF Lúcio (from Palmeiras) 4 MF Luciano Sabrosa (from Pune)[2] 5 DF Narayan Das (loan from Dempo) 6 DF Raju Gaikwad (loan from Mohun Bagan) 7 FW Victor Simões (from Umm Salal) 8 MF Bikramjit Singh (from Mohun Bagan) 9 FW Darryl Duffy (loan from Salgaocar)[2] 10 MF Léo Moura (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers) 11 FW Reinaldo (from Inter de Lages) 12 FW Thongkhosiem Haokip (loan from Pune) 13 MF Denson Devadas (from Chennaiyin) 14 FW Victorino Fernandes (loan from Sporting Goa) 16 DF Nicolau Colaco (loan from Salgaocar) 17 MF Mandar Rao Desai (loan from Dempo) 18 MF Pronay Halder (loan from Dempo) 19 MF Romeo Fernandes (loan from Dempo) 20 FW Rafael Coelho (from Buriram United)[3] 22 MF Jofre (from Atlético de Kolkata) 23 DF Keenan Almeida (from Sporting Goa) 25 FW Dudu Omagbemi (from Atlético de Kolkata)[3] 27 GK Laxmikant Kattimani (loan from Dempo) 30 FW Chinadorai Sabeeth (loan from East Bengal) 47 MF Jonatan Lucca (loan from Atlético Paranaense) 71 FW Joaquim Abranches (loan from East Bengal) 99 GK Elinton Andrade (from Duque de Caxias)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Jan Šeda (loan return to Mladá Boleslav) 4 DF Rowilson Rodrigues (loan return to Dempo) 5 DF Youness Bengelloun (to White Star Bruxelles) 6 MF Peter Carvalho (loan return to Dempo) 7 MF Robert Pirès (Retired) 7 FW Victor Simões [3] 8 MF Alwyn George (loan return to Dempo) 9 FW Miguel Herlein (to New York Cosmos) 9 FW Darryl Duffy (loan return to Salgaocar)[3] 10 FW Edgar Marcelino (to Pune) 11 FW Holicharan Narzary (loan return to Dempo) 14 MF Gabriel Fernandes (loan return to Dempo) 16 DF Bruno Pinheiro (to Apollon Smyrni) 18 DF Zohib Islam Amiri (loan return to Dempo) 20 FW Miroslav Slepička 22 DF Prabir Das (loan return to Dempo) 23 MF Jewel Raja (loan return to Dempo) 24 MF Clifford Miranda (loan return to Dempo) 25 FW Ranti Martins (loan return to East Bengal) 26 FW Tolgay Özbey (loan return to Dempo) 27 DF André Santos (to Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto)

Players and Staff

Current Squad

As of 11 November 2015^[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Luis Barreto 2 DF Debabrata Roy (on loan from Dempo) 3 DF Lúcio 4 DF Luciano Sabrosa 5 DF Narayan Das (on loan from Dempo) 6 DF Raju Gaikwad (on loan from Mohun Bagan) 8 MF Bikramjit Singh (on loan from Mohun Bagan) 10 MF Léo Moura 11 FW Reinaldo 12 FW Thongkhosiem Haokip (on loan from Pune) 13 MF Denson Devadas 14 FW Victorino Fernandes (on loan from Sporting Goa) 15 DF Grégory Arnolin

No. Position Player 16 DF Nicolau Colaco (on loan from Salgaocar) 17 MF Mandar Rao Desai (on loan from Dempo) 18 MF Pronay Halder (on loan from Dempo) 19 MF Romeo Fernandes (on loan from Dempo) 20 FW Rafael Coelho 22 MF Jofre 23 DF Keenan Almeida (on loan from Sporting Goa) 25 FW Dudu Omagbemi 27 GK Laxmikant Kattimani (on loan from Dempo) 30 FW Chinadorai Sabeeth (on loan from East Bengal) 47 MF Jonatan Lucca (on loan from Atletico Paranaense) 71 FW Joaquim Abranches (on loan from East Bengal) 99 GK Elinton Andrade

Injured

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

No. Position Player 7 FW Victor Simões 9 FW Darryl Duffy

Current Technical Staff

Zico-The Head Coach of FC Goa

Position	Name
Head coach	Zico[5]
Assistant coach	Vannucci Fernando[6]
Conditioning Coach	Moraci Sant'anna[7]
Physical Trainer	Goncalves Willian[8]
Physiotherapist	Gabriel Miguel[9]
Assistant Physiotherapist	Russell Pinto[10]
Assistant Physiotherapist	R Venkatesh
Team Manager	Jonathan D'Sousa[11]
Head of Youth Development	Gavin Araujo[12]

Indian Super League

First Round

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goa	14	7	4	3	29	20	+9	25	2015 Indian Super League Semi-final
2	Atlético de Kolkata	14	7	2	5	26	17	+9	23
3	Chennaiyin	14	7	1	6	25	15	+10	22
4	Delhi Dynamos	14	6	4	4	18	20	−2	22
5	NorthEast United	14	6	2	6	18	23	−5	20
6	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	16	26	−10	16
7	Pune City	14	4	3	7	17	23	−6	15
8	Kerala Blasters	14	3	4	7	22	27	−5	13

Updated to games played on 6 December 2015.
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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	7	4	3	28	19	+9	25	3	3	1	13	7	+6	4	1	2	15	12	+3

Last updated: 6 December 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W

Last updated: 6 December 2015.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Goa v Delhi Dynamos

4 October 2015 1	Goa	2 – 0	Delhi Dynamos	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Chakraborty  3' (o.g.) Reinaldo  45+3' Jofre  68' Sabrosa  90+3'	Report	Marmentini  68'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerji

Goa v Atlético de Kolkata

7 October 2015 2	Goa	1 – 1	Atlético de Kolkata	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Devadas  58' Almeida  81' 90' Jofre  83' V.Fernandes  90+5'	Report	Izumi  13' Borja  42' Gavilán  45' Nato  48' Sahni  61', 62' A.Fernandes  84' Valdo  88'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

Goa v Chennaiyin

11 October 2015 3	Goa	0 – 4	Chennaiyin	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Moura  30'	Report	Mendoza  10', 63', 75' Elano  43' Khabra  49' Blasi  85'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 18,888 Referee: Bhuvana Balasubramaniam

NorthEast United v Goa

15 October 2015 4	NorthEast United	1 – 3	Goa	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Hanghal  6' Dadzie  12' Kamara  33' Gurung  90'	Report	Jonatan  28' Reinaldo  30' 38' Singh  64' Desai  70'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Goa v Kerala Blasters

22 October 2014 5	Goa	2 – 1	Kerala Blasters	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Sabrosa  40' Moura  45+1' 89' Grégory  83'	Report	Rafi  24' Williams  44'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Mumbai City v Goa

25 October 2014 6	Mumbai City	2 – 0	Goa	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Mehta  26' Chhetri  33' (pen.) 58' Piquionne  48' Mawia  52' Čmovš  71' Benachour  90'	Report	B.Singh  20' Gaikwad  32'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 23,043 Referee: Ali Shaban

Goa v Pune City

30 October 2015 7	Goa	1 – 1	Pune City	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Johnson  46' (o.g.)	Report	Lyngdoh  64' 66' Uche  66'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Chennaiyin v Goa

5 November 2015 8	Chennaiyin	0 – 2	Goa	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Teferra  45+1' Mendy  63' Elano  70' Wadoo  76' Khabra  89'	Report	Sabrosa  16' Grégory  61' Moura  64' (pen.) Jonatan  78' (pen.) Colaco  86'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Pune City v Goa

8 November 2015 9	Pune City	2 – 2	Goa	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Lyngdoh  32' Mutu  90+4'	Report	Coelho  34' Moura  36' Jonatan  44'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Goa v Mumbai City

17 November 2015 10	Goa	7 – 0	Mumbai City	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Haokip  34', 52', 79' Dudu  42', 64', 67' Reinaldo  90'	Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Atlético de Kolkata v Goa

22 November 2015 11	Atlético de Kolkata	4 – 0	Goa	Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Doutie  20', 78' Borja  22' Hume  68' (pen.)	Report	Devadas  58' Colaco  67' Lúcio  81'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Goa v NorthEast United

25 November 2015 12	Goa	1 – 1	NorthEast United	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Arnolin  49' Dudu  73' Reinaldo  80'	Report	Mendy  55'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Kerala Blasters v Goa

29 November 2015 13	Kerala Blasters	1 – 5	Goa	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Pulga  2' Josu  45+3'	Report	Jofre  12' Reinaldo  29', 50', 61' Desai  64' Moura  82'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Delhi Dynamos v Goa

6 December 2015 14	Delhi Dynamos	2 – 3	Goa	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	R.Singh  14' Greene  31' Nabi  40' Vinícius  65' Chakraborty  65' Lalthlamuana  90+2'	Report	Halder  14' Lúcio  63' Fernandes  68', 70' Jofre  90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Finals

Delhi Dynamos v Goa

11 December 2015 Semifinal 1st leg	Delhi Dynamos	1 – 0	Goa	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Lalthlamuana  14' R.Singh  42' Chicão  44'	Report	Reinaldo  59' Moura  68'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Goa v Delhi Dynamos

15 December 2015 Semifinal 2nd leg	Goa	3 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Delhi Dynamos	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Jofre  11' 49' Coelho  27' Halder  37' Desai  58' Jonatan  69' B.Singh  76' Dudu  84'	Report	Marmentini  34' Malsawmtluanga  88' Nabi  88' Mulder  90+3'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Final

Goa v Chennaiyin

20 December 2015 Final	Goa	2 – 3	Chennaiyin	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Haokip  58' Grégory  60' Jofre  87' 88'	Report	Wadoo  18' Pelissari  54' T.Singh  57' Kattimani  90' (o.g.) Mendoza  90+1' 90+2'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Squad Statistics

As of Match played 20 December 2015

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League		Finals
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Debabrata Roy	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
3	DF		Lúcio	14	0	11	0	3	0
4	DF		Luciano Sabrosa	7	0	5+1	0	0+1	0
5	DF		Narayan Das	9	0	5+3	0	1	0
6	DF		Raju Gaikwad	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
8	MF		Bikramjit Singh	12	0	7+2	0	2+1	0
10	MF		Léo Moura	16	2	13	2	3	0
11	FW		Reinaldo	11	7	8+2	7	1	0
12	FW		Thongkhosiem Haokip	6	4	5	3	0+1	1
13	MF		Denson Devadas	8	0	4+3	0	0+1	0
14	MF		Victorino Fernandes	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
15	MF		Grégory Arnolin	16	1	13	1	3	0
16	DF		Nicolau Colaco	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
17	MF		Mandar Rao Desai	14	2	8+4	2	2	0
18	MF		Pronay Halder	8	0	4+1	0	3	0
19	MF		Romeo Fernandes	13	2	6+4	2	2+1	0
20	FW		Rafael Coelho	5	2	2	1	2+1	1
22	MF		Jofre	12	4	8+1	2	3	2
23	DF		Keenan Almeida	4	1	4	1	0	0
25	FW		Dudu Omagbemi	7	4	4+1	3	2	1
27	GK		Laxmikant Kattimani	13	0	9+1	0	3	0
30	FW		Chinadorai Sabeeth	8	0	3+4	0	1	0
47	MF		Jonatan Lucca	16	3	11+2	3	1+2	0
71	FW		Joaquim Abranches	1	0	1	0	0	0
99	GK		Elinton Andrade	5	0	5	0	0	0
Players who left Goa due to injury during the season:
7	FW		Victor Simões	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Darryl Duffy	4	0	2+2	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Indian Super League	Finals	Total
1	FW		11	Reinaldo	7	0	7
2	FW		25	Dudu Omagbemi	3	1	4
	FW		12	Thongkhosiem Haokip	3	1	4
	MF		22	Jofre	2	2	4
5	MF		47	Jonatan Lucca	3	0	3
6	MF		10	Léo Moura	2	0	2
	MF		17	Mandar Rao Desai	2	0	2
	MF		19	Romeo Fernandes	2	0	2
	FW		20	Rafael Coelho	1	1	1
				Own goal	2	0	2
11	DF		23	Keenan Almeida	1	0	1
	DF		15	Grégory Arnolin	1	0	1
				TOTALS	29	5	34

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Indian Super League		Finals		Total
3		DF	Lúcio	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Luciano Sabrosa	3	0	0	0	3	0
6		DF	Raju Gaikwad	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Bikramjit Singh	2	0	1	0	3	0
10		MF	Léo Moura	4	0	1	0	5	0
11		MF	Reinaldo	1	0	1	0	2	0
13		MF	Denson Devadas	2	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Victorino Fernandes	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Grégory Arnolin	2	0	1	0	3	0
16		DF	Nicolau Colaco	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Mandar Rao Desai	0	0	1	0	1	0
18		MF	Pronay Halder	1	0	1	0	2	0
22		MF	Jofre	2	0	2	0	4	0
23		MF	Keenan Almeida	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		FW	Dudu Omagbemi	1	0	0	0	1	0
47		MF	Jonatan Lucca	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	23	0	9	0	32	0

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