2014 FC Goa season

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FC Goa
2014 season
PresidentDattaraj Salgaocar[1]
Head CoachZico
StadiumFatorda Stadium
ISL2nd
FinalsSemi-finalist
Top goalscorerLeague: Miroslav Slepička (5)
All: Miroslav Slepička (5)
Highest home attendance19,752 vs. Kerala Blasters
(26 November 2014)
Lowest home attendance16,652 vs. Chennaiyin FC
(15 October 2014)
Average home league attendance18,066
2015 →

The 2014 Season was FC Goa's first season in existence. The club competed in the inaugural edition of the Indian Super League finishing the regular season in second place and reaching the semi-finals of the play-offs.

Background[edit]

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.

Season summary[edit]

FC Goa lost four out of their first six matches but came back strongly in the second half of the tournament with five victories from their last eight encounters keeping five clean sheets in their 14 matches. Overall, Zico has done a remarkable job with six wins, four defeats and three draws, which took them to the second spot of the standings with 22 points.

Match 1 lost to Chennayin FC 2–1 at home Balwant Singh (32') and Elano Blumer (42') gave the southerners a two-goal cushion in the first half, while Gregory Arnolin (65') managed to pull one back for the Goan franchise.

Match 2 drew to NorthEast United FC away Gregory Arnolin scored his second goal in as many matches to put FC Goa in an advantageous position only for the referee to award a controversial penalty which saw Koke convert from the spot to equalize in the first half for NorthEast United.

Match 3 lost to A de Kolkata 2–1 at home Andre Santos had put FC Goa ahead in the first half before Cavin Lobo struck twice in the second session for the Kolkata outfit.

Match 4 lost to Pune City FC 2–0 away A goal each from Kostas Katsouranis and David Trezeguet aided FC Pune City in their 2–0 victory over FC Goa.

Match 5 defeated Delhi Dynamos 2–1 away Tolgay Ozbey and Jewel Raja came to FC Goa’s rescue as they scored twice in the second half to help their side down Delhi Dynamos 2–1 after trailing by a Mads Junker goal for most of the game.

Match 6 lost to Kerala Blasters 1–0 away Milagres Gonsalves and Andrew Barisic combined brilliantly to give Kerala a win in their maiden home game with the former scoring the all-important goal in the 63rd minute.

Match 7 drew goalless to Mumbai at home Both sides created chances but failed to get off the mark as Mumbai moved up the table to fourth with the point.

Match 8 defeated Delhi Dynamos 4–1 away A brace by Youness Bengelloun, a Robert Pires spot-kick and a top strike by Tolgay Ozbey were enough to seal their first three points on the road. Gustavo Marmentini did pull one back for the home side after a penalty was awarded in the 73rd minute.

Match 9 drew goalless to Mumbai away Yet another goalless draw between the teams, this time in Mumbai. May be we might get a result between the two in the second edition of the tournament.

Match 10 defeated Pune City FC 2–0 home. FC Goa took the lead early in the fifth minute through Romeo Fernandes and sealed the victory in injury time courtesy substitute Miroslav Slepicka.

Match 11 beat Kerala Blasters 3–0 at home Zico’s side avenged their away defeat as they trounced their opponents with a brace by Miroslav Slepicka while Andre Santos added the icing on the cake. All goals came in the second period.

Match 12 beat NorthEast United 3–0 at home Romeo Fernandes and Miroslav Slepicka put ahead FC Goa ahead in the first half while Andre Santos sealed three points after change of ends.

Match 13 defeated Channaiyin FC 3–1 away The hosts were handed their first defeat of the campaign of home soil by in-form FC Goa who scored again through ‘The Three Musketeers’ Romeo Fernandes, Andre Santos and Miroslav Slepicka. Jean-Eudes Maurice did pull one back for Chennaiyin Fc in stoppage time.

Match 14 drew 1–1 to A de Kolkata away The Kolkata giants could have been knocked out of the tournament if Edgar Marcelino’s wonder strike in the 27th minute would have remained. But, Atletico de Kolkata relied on little help from match referee B Toledo as Fikru equalized through the controversial penalty at the cost of Bruno Pinheiro’s sending off.

Signings[edit]

Foreign signings[edit]

# Position: Player Last club Date Source
7 MF France Robert Pires Retirement 2 September 2014 [4]
18 DF Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri loan from India Dempo 26 September 2014
25 FW Nigeria Ranti Martins loan from India East Bengal
26 FW Australia Tolgay Özbey loan from India Dempo 26 September 2014
27 DF Brazil André Santos Brazil Flamengo 29 September 2014 [5]

Drafted domestic players[edit]

Round Position Player I-League club
1 GK India Laxmikant Kattimani Dempo
2 DF India Debabrata Roy Dempo
3 MF India Gabriel Fernandes Dempo
4 MF India Clifford Miranda Dempo
5 MF India Jewel Raja Dempo
6 MF India Alwyn George Dempo
7 DF India Narayan Das Dempo
8 MF India Mandar Rao Desai Dempo
9 MF India Romeo Fernandes Dempo
10 MF India Peter Carvalho Dempo
11 FW India Holicharan Narzary Dempo
12 MF India Pronay Halder Dempo
13 DF India Prabir Das Dempo
14 DF India Rowilson Rodrigues Dempo

Drafted foreign players[edit]

Round Position Player Last Club
1 FW Czech Republic Miroslav Slepička Czech Republic 1. FK Příbram
2 GK Czech Republic Jan Šeda Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav
3 DF Portugal Bruno Pinheiro Greece Niki Volos
4 DF France Youness Bengelloun France Mulhouse
5 FW Portugal Miguel Herlein Portugal Vilaverdense
6 DF Template:Country data MTQ Grégory Arnolin Portugal Paços de Ferreira
7 MF Portugal Edgar Marcelino Oman Al-Seeb

Players and staff[edit]

Squad[edit]

As of 15 October 2014.[6]

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

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

Coaching staff[edit]

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

Indian Super League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chennaiyin 14 6 5 3 24 20 +4 23 Advance to ISL Play-offs
2 Goa 14 6 4 4 21 12 +9 22
3 Atlético de Kolkata (C) 14 4 7 3 16 13 +3 19
4 Kerala Blasters 14 5 4 5 9 11 −2 19
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champion.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
14 6 4 4 21 12 Template:Fb gd 22 4 1 2 12 5 Template:Fb gd 2 3 2 9 7 Template:Fb gd

Last updated: 17 September 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by round[edit]

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Matches[edit]

15 October 2014 1 Goa 1–2 Chennaiyin Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) N.Das Yellow card 45'
Grégory Goal 65'
Report Das Yellow card 17'
B.Singh Goal 32'
Elano Yellow card 38'Goal 42'
Devadas Yellow card 51'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Chris Penso
19 October 2014 2 NorthEast United 1–1 Goa Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Chansa Yellow card 16'
Koke Goal 36' (pen.)
Do Yellow card 82'
Report Grégory Goal 17' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Referee: David Gantar
23 October 2014 3 Goa 1–2 Atlético de Kolkata Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Santos Goal 21'Yellow card 52'
G.Fernandes Yellow card 47'
Martins Yellow card 69'
Report Borja Yellow card 12'
Teferra Yellow card 33'
Lobo Yellow card 52'Goal 72'84'
Saha Yellow card 76'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Chris Penso
26 October 2014 4 Pune City 2–0 Goa Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Katsouranis Yellow card 14'Goal 42'
Bolado Yellow card 54'
Trezeguet Goal 81'
Report Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Referee: Pratap Singh
1 November 2014 5 Goa 2–1 Delhi Dynamos Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Grégory Yellow card 14'
Roy Yellow card 67'
Raja Goal 73'
Amiri Yellow card 90+1'
Özbey Goal 90+3'
Report Junker Goal 7'
Houben Yellow card 20'
Khan Yellow card 60'
Marmentini Yellow card 90+6'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: David Gantar
6 November 2014 6 Kerala Blasters 1–0 Goa Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Jhingan Yellow card 52'
Gonsalves Goal 64'
Orji Yellow card 88'
Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Jarred Gillett
9 November 2014 7 Goa 0–0 Mumbai City Goa
16:30 IST (UTC+5:30) N.Das Yellow card 24'
Bengelloun Yellow card 45+5'
Singh Yellow card 66'
Report Costa Yellow card 27'
Štohanzl Yellow card 74'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Jarred Gillett
13 November 2014 8 Delhi Dynamos 1–4 Goa Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Raymaekers Yellow card 45+2'
Van Hout Yellow card 52'
Marmentini Goal 73' (pen.)
Report Bengelloun Goal 18'48'
Singh Yellow card 45'
Pires Goal 53' (pen.)
Özbey Goal 60'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Arumughan Rowan
17 November 2014 9 Mumbai City 0–0 Goa Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Čmovš Yellow card 73' Report Desai Yellow card 28'
Grégory Yellow card 71'
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar
22 November 2014 14 Goa 2–0 Pune City Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) R.Fernandes Goal 6'
Desai Yellow card 30'
Santos Yellow card 69'
Amiri Yellow card 81'
Slepička Goal 90+4'
Miranda Yellow card 90+5'
Report Ravanan Yellow card 50'
Rodrigues Yellow card 54'
Wadoo Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Hettikankanamge Chrishantha Dilan Perera
26 November 2014 11 Goa 3–0 Kerala Blasters Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Santos Yellow card 31'Goal 69'
Singh Yellow card 48'
Slepička Goal 63'79'
Miranda Yellow card 88'
Report Franco Yellow card 12'
Romey Yellow card 28'
Hume Yellow card 62'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
1 December 2014 12 Goa 3–0 NorthEast United Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) R.Fernandes Goal 34'
Slepička Goal 45+1'Yellow card 45+1'
Santos Goal 74'
Das Yellow card 79'
Roy Yellow card 90+6'
Report Sambou Yellow card 36' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar
5 December 2014 13 Chennaiyin 1–3 Goa Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Mendy Yellow card 14'
Cristian Yellow card 14'
Maurice Goal 90+3'
Report Amiri Yellow card 18'
R.Fernandes Goal 23'
Singh Yellow card 25'
Santos Goal 41'
Slepička Goal 62'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
10 December 2014 10 Atlético de Kolkata 1–1 Goa Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Sahni Yellow card 72'
Teferra Goal 68' (pen.)
Report Marcelino Goal 27'
Pinheiro Red card 66'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Indian Super League finals[edit]

14 December 2014 Semifinal 1st leg Atlético de Kolkata 0–0 Goa Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Slepička Yellow card 28' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 53,173
Referee: Santosh Kumar
17 December 2014 Semifinal 2nd leg Goa 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(0–0 agg.)
(2–4 p)
Atlético de Kolkata Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Desai Yellow card 64' Report Jofre Yellow card 74'
Borja Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 19,012
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Penalties
Santos soccer ball with red X
Özbey soccer ball with check mark
Amiri soccer ball with red X
Miranda soccer ball with check mark
Josemi soccer ball with check mark
Rafi soccer ball with check mark
Jofre soccer ball with check mark
Borja soccer ball with check mark

Squad statistics[edit]

As of Match played 10 December 2014

Appearances and goals[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Indian Super League Indian Super League finals
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Czech Republic Jan Šeda 14 0 12 0 2 0
2 DF India Debabrata Roy 15 0 13 0 2 0
3 DF India Narayan Das 14 0 13 0 1 0
4 DF India Rowilson Rodrigues 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
5 DF France Youness Bengelloun 13 2 10+2 2 1 0
6 MF India Peter Carvalho 8 0 6 0 1+1 0
7 MF France Robert Pires 8 1 8 1 0 0
8 MF India Alwyn George 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
9 FW Portugal Miguel Herlein 5 0 3+2 0 0 0
10 MF Portugal Edgar Marcelino 3 1 2+1 1 0 0
11 FW India Holicharan Narzary 3 0 1+2 0 0 0
12 MF India Bikramjit Singh 9 0 7 0 2 0
14 MF India Gabriel Fernandes 8 0 5+3 0 0 0
15 DF Template:Country data MTQ Grégory Arnolin 15 2 13 2 2 0
16 DF Portugal Bruno Pinheiro 14 0 9+4 0 1 0
17 MF India Mandar Rao Desai 11 0 9 0 2 0
18 DF Afghanistan Zohib Islam Amiri 9 0 4+3 0 2 0
19 MF India Romeo Fernandes 11 3 7+2 3 2 0
20 FW Czech Republic Miroslav Slepička 10 5 4+4 5 2 0
21 GK India Laxmikant Kattimani 2 0 2 0 0 0
22 DF India Prabir Das 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 MF India Jewel Raja 9 1 3+4 1 0+2 0
24 MF India Clifford Miranda 11 0 3+7 0 0+1 0
25 FW Nigeria Ranti Martins 7 0 4+3 0 0 0
26 FW Australia Tolgay Özbey 9 2 5+3 2 0+1 0
27 DF Brazil André Santos 12 4 10 4 2 0

Goal scorers[edit]

Place Position Nation Number Name Indian Super League Indian Super League finals Total
1 FW Czech Republic 20 Miroslav Slepička 5 0 5
2 DF Brazil 27 André Santos 4 0 4
3 MF India 19 Romeo Fernandes 3 0 3
4 DF Template:Country data MTQ 15 Grégory Arnolin 2 0 2
FW Australia 26 Tolgay Özbey 2 0 2
DF France 5 Youness Bengelloun 2 0 2
7 MF India 23 Jewel Raja 1 0 1
MF France 7 Robert Pires 1 0 1
MF Portugal 10 Edgar Marcelino 1 0 1
TOTALS 21 0 21

Disciplinary record[edit]

Number Nation Position Name Indian Super League Indian Super League finals Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 India DF Debabrata Roy 2 0 0 0 2 0
3 India DF Narayan Das 3 0 0 0 3 0
5 France DF Youness Bengelloun 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 India MF Bikramjit Singh 4 0 0 0 4 0
14 India MF Gabriel Fernandes 1 0 0 0 1 0
15 Template:Country data MTQ DF Grégory Arnolin 2 0 0 0 2 0
16 Portugal DF Bruno Pinheiro 0 1 0 0 0 1
17 India MF Mandar Rao Desai 2 0 1 0 3 0
18 Afghanistan DF Zohib Islam Amiri 3 0 0 0 3 0
20 Czech Republic FW Miroslav Slepička 1 0 1 0 2 0
24 India MF Clifford Miranda 2 0 0 0 2 0
25 Nigeria FW Ranti Martins 1 0 0 0 1 0
27 Brazil DF André Santos 3 0 0 0 3 0
TOTALS 25 1 2 0 27 1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Club-objects-to-name-of-FC-Goa-in-ISL/articleshow/42286166.cms
  2. "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/sports/virat-kohli-is-the-new-co-owner-of-fc-goa-140923
  4. "Mumbai, Goa to settle for Arsenal legends". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. "Indian Super League Side FC Goa Snap Up Second Former Arsenal Player In Andre Santos". Inside Futbol.
  6. "Squad". Indian Super League. Retrieved 15 October 2014.