2016 FC Goa season

Goa
2016 season
Owner Jaydev Mody
Head Coach Zico
Stadium Fatorda Stadium
Top goalscorer Rafael Coelho
Jofre
Richarlyson
Júlio César
(1 goal each)
Highest home attendance 19003
Lowest home attendance 17989
Average home league attendance 18383

The 2016 FC Goa season will be the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League.

Background

After retaining Brazilian head coach, Zico, as well as the core Indian players from the 2014 season such as Romeo Fernandes, Mandar Rao Desai, Narayan Das, and Laxmikant Kattimani, Goa began the season in good fashion with a 2–0 victory at home against Delhi Dynamos.[1] Goa went on the finish the regular season in first place, winning seven of their fourteen games, losing only once in the second half of the season.[2] In the finals, Goa took on Delhi Dynamos in the semi-finals. After losing the away leg 1–0, Goa qualified for the final after winning the home leg 3–0. Goals from Jofre, Rafael Coelho, and Dudu Omagbemi, saw Goa win on aggregate 3–1.[3]

Goa took on Chennaiyin in the final at the Fatorda Stadium. Bruno Pelissari gave Chennaiyin the lead in the 54th minute after missing his penalty before Goa took a 2–1 going into stoppage time through Thongkhosiem Haokip and Jofre. However, an own goal from Kattimani and a strike from Stiven Mendoza saw Chennaiyin win the match 3–2 and win the championship.[4]

Season overview

FC Goa will played their first match on 4 October 2016 against NorthEast United FC and succumbed a 2–0 away defeat in Guwahati. Four days later, Goa lost their first home match of the season against FC Pune City after Momar Ndoye scored at the 90th minute winner to give them a 1–2 victory.

Pre Season Friendly

Player movement

Signings

In

Position Player Old club Date Ref
MF India Pratesh Shirodkar India Mumbai City 26 April 2016 [5]

Indian Super League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Atlético de Kolkata 14 4 8 2 15 13 +2 20 2016 Indian Super League Semi-finals
5 NorthEast United 14 5 3 6 14 14 0 18
6 Pune City 14 4 4 6 13 16 3 16
7 Chennaiyin 14 3 6 5 20 25 5 15
8 Goa 14 4 2 8 15 25 10 14
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Indian Super League
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

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2 0 0 2 1 4  −3 0 0 0 1 1 2  −1 0 0 1 0 2  −2

Last updated: 8 October 2016.
Source: Matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Player statistics

Season stats
# Position Player GP G
MF India Pratesh Shirodkar 0 0

See also

References

  1. "Goa 2-0 Delhi Dynamos". Soccerway.
  2. "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. "Goa 3-0 Delhi Dynamos". Soccerway.
  4. "Goa 2-3 Chennaiyin 2015". Soccerway.
  5. "FC Goa Signs Pratesh Shirodkar". NDTV Sports. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
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