FC Goa (women)

Football Club Goa Women, is a women's football club affiliated with FC Goa.[2] The team currently plays in the GFA Vedanta Women's Football League, the state division of women's football in Goa.[3]

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

FC Goa Women
Full nameFootball Club Goa (women)
Nickname(s)The Gaurs
Founded2018 (2018) [1]
GroundPandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
OwnerGoan Football Club Pvt Ltd
LeagueGFA Vedanta women's football League
2020-21GFA Vedanta Women's Football League: Runners up

Formed in 2018, the F.C. Goa Women's team played its inaugural season in the second edition of Vedanta Goa Women's Football 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 16th February 2021[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  IND Swizel Carvalho
— GK  IND Lysandra Rodrigues
— GK  IND Jenoshka Fernandes
— DF  IND Kulsum Shaikh
— DF  IND Malvita Mascarenhas
— DF  IND Prissie Fernandes
— DF  IND Bandhana Roy
— DF  IND Reshmi Munda
— MF  IND Vailanka D’Souza
— MF  IND Geneive Fernandes
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  IND Suveda Kokate
— MF  IND Joyvi Fernades
— MF  IND Rebecca Mascarenhas
— MF  IND Amisha Endro
— MF  IND Kimberley Fernandes
— FW  IND Mable Fernandes
— FW  IND Aqsa Sayed
— FW  IND Blessica Rodrigues
— FW  IND Sujata Shetty
— FW  IND Karina Haldankar
— FW  IND Joizima Fernandes
— FW  IND Leifa Carvalho
— FW  IND Flani Costa
— FW  IND Neefa Clemente

Records
Season GFA Vedanta Women's Football League Other
2018-19 –
2021 Runners-up [9] –

Honours
  • GFA Vedanta Women's Football League:
    • Runners-up (1): 2021[10]

References
  1. "FC Goa launch women's team". m.timesofindia.com.
  2. "FC Goa launches women's team ahead of Vedanta League". sportstar.thehindu.com.
  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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "FC Goa announces 24 member squad for 2021 season of GFA Vedanta Women's league". fcgoa.in.
  9. "Sirvodem SC crowned champions of Vedanta Women's Football League". khelnow.com.
  10. "Sirvodem SC crowned champions of Vedanta Women's Football League". khelnow.com.
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