2015 FC Goa season

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All: Reinaldo (7)
Highest home attendance	19,438
Lowest home attendance	17,634
Average home league attendance	18,571
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The 2015 season was FC Goa's second season in existence in the Indian Super League.

Background

Brazil's 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.

Season Summary

4 October: FC Goa rode on two first half goals scored by Mandar Rao Dessai (3’) and Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira (45+3’) to beat Delhi Dynamos FC in their opening fixture of the league stage that began with three back to back matches at their home fortress. 7 October: FC Goa came back brilliantly to hold Atletico de Kokata to a 1–1 draw as Keenan Almeida (82’) scored a stunner after Arata Izumi (13’) had given Antonio Lopes Habas’ side the lead in a fiery tie that saw the sending off of Baljit Sahni (62’). 11 October: A result to forget was the first defeat in this season. FC Goa went down to 4–0 defeat at the hands of Chennaiyin FC in Match 9 where Elano Blumer, who scored in the 43rd minute, assisted two of Stiven Mendoza's goals in the Colombian's hat-trick (10’, 63’, 75’). 15 October: The Gaurs got their ISL campaign back on track with an emphatic 3–1 victory over NorthEast United FC at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati. After Francis Dadzie scored the 12th-minute opener, Jonatan Lucca (27’), Reinaldo (30’) and Mandar (70’) completed the comeback for FC Goa. 22 October: FC Goa came from behind once again and reclaimed the top spot with a 2–1 win over Kerala Blasters FC as Leo Moura (45+1’) cancelled Mohammed Rafi's 24th-minute lead while Gregory Arnolin sealed the victory in the 84th minute. 25 October: The winning run came to a halt after Mumbai City FC registered a 2–0 win over the league leaders in Mumbai. In what was FC Goa striker Darryl Duffy's last match of the season where the Scot was ruled out due to a hairline fracture, Sunil Chhetri's penalty (33’) and Frederic Piquonne's header (49’) were enough to give the home team all three points. 30 October: The Virat Kohli co-owned FC Goa remained afloat in the top half with a 1–1 draw against FC Pune City in which an own goal scored by Roger Johnson (46’) was cancelled by Eugeneson Lyngdoh in the 64th minute. 5 November: FC Goa gifted Virat Kohli with a 2–0 win over Chennaiyin FC. On his debut, Rafael Coelho Luiz won both the penalties that were converted by Leo Moura (64’) and Jonatan Lucca (78’) as the Gaurs recorded their second away win of the season. Harmanjot Khabra was sent off in the 89th minute wherein the Chennaiyin player put his studs on Moura's right leg. 8 November: As it almost looked as a win for the league leaders, Adrian Mutu (90+4’) handed the Goan franchise with a heartbreaker at the death. In the thrilling round nine clash, Eugeneson Lyngdoh had bagged the opener in the 32nd minute. Rafael (34’) and Jonatan Lucca (44’) brought FC Goa back into the game but for the unthinkable to happen at the last minute. 17 November: FC Goa hammered Mumbai City FC 7–0 to record the biggest victory in the history of the competition. Thongkhosiem Haokip (34’, 52’, 79’) and Dudu Omagbemi (42’, 64’, 67’) scored more than just their first goals in FC Goa colours, with former bagging the 100th goal in the ISL 2015, while Reinaldo (90’) scored his third of the season. 22 November: FC Goa have not only remained winless against Atletico de Kolkata but also lost 4–0 to the ISL 2014 champions. Sameehg Doutie (20’, 78’), Borja Fernandez (22’) and Iain Hume (68’) were the scorers for this season's semifinalists. 25 November: It was the last home match of the season for FC Goa in the league stage where Zico's troops came from behind to hold NorthEast United FC 1–1 and Leo Moura bagged the "DHL winning pass" award for the most number of assists (6, now 8) provided for his side in the ISL this year. Victor Mendy's 56th-minute goal was cancelled by Reinaldo in the 80th minute. 29 November: FC Goa blasted their way into semifinals thrashing Kerala Blasters FC 5–1. The Blasters’ second-minute lead scored by Victor Herrero Forcada was annulled by Jofre Mateu Gonzalez in the 12th minute. The Gaurs also had their third hat-trick hero in Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira (29’, 50’, 61’) while Mandar Rao Dessai (64’) joined the party to ensure a comfortable win. The home team had to play the second half with 10 men following the sending off of Josu Carrias. 6 December: Having already made it to the final four, FC Goa rallied back from two goals down at half-time to beat Delhi Dynamos FC 3–2 in an exciting clash and finished on top of the standings at the end of the league stage, drawing the same opponents in the semifinals. Serginho Green (31’) and Adil Nabi (40’) gave the Lions a 2–0 lead in the first half but the away team scored three goals in the second half via a brace scored by Romeo Fernandes (68’, 69’) and Jofre Mateu Gonzalez (90’) to snatch all three points. 11 December: FC Goa succumbed a 1–0 loss to Delhi Dynamos FC in the first leg of the semifinals in Delhi. Robin Singh's 42nd-minute goal made the difference as the two teams headed into the second leg of the semifinals in Goa on 15 December with the Delhi franchise leading 1–0 on aggregate. 15 December: FC Goa scripted their maiden final appearance crushing Delhi Dynamos FC 3–0 in the second leg of their semifinal. Jofre Mateu Gonzalez (11’), Rafael Coelho Luiz (27’) and Dudu Omagbemi (84’) were the goalscoring heroes for the Goan franchise who were backed by a deafening home support. Adil Nabi was given the marching orders by referee Pranjal Banerjee due to the Delhi player's indiscipline on the bench after he was already substituted.

Pre Season Friendly

11 September 2015

Al Khaleej

Dubai, UAE

15 September 2015

Al Shabab

Dubai, UAE

16 September 2015

Exhibition match

FC Goa

1–1

Ajman Club

Dubai, UAE

19 September 2015

Exhibition match

FC Goa

–

Al Jazira

Dubai, UAE

20 September 2015

Exhibition match

FC Goa

2–4

Hatta Club

Dubai, UAE

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	East Bengal )
2	DF	IND	Dempo )
3	DF	BRA	Palmeiras )
4	MF	BRA	Pune)^[2]
5	DF	IND	Dempo )
6	DF	IND	Mohun Bagan )
7	FW	BRA	Victor Simões (from Umm Salal)
8	MF	IND	Mohun Bagan )
9	FW	SCO	Salgaocar)^[2]
10	MF	BRA	Léo Moura (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers )
11	FW	BRA	Reinaldo (from Inter de Lages )
12	FW	IND	Pune )
13	MF	IND	Denson Devadas (from Chennaiyin)
14	FW	IND	Sporting Goa )
16	DF	IND	Salgaocar )
17	MF	IND	Dempo )
18	MF	IND	Dempo )
19	MF	IND	Dempo )
20	FW	BRA	Rafael Coelho (from Buriram United)^[3]
22	MF	ESP	Atlético de Kolkata )
23	DF	IND	Sporting Goa )
25	FW	NGA	Atlético de Kolkata)^[3]
27	GK	IND	Dempo )
30	FW	IND	East Bengal )
47	MF	BRA	Atlético Paranaense )
71	FW	IND	East Bengal )
99	GK	BRA	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CZE	Jan Šeda (loan return to Mladá Boleslav)
4	DF	IND	Dempo )
5	DF	FRA	White Star Bruxelles )
6	MF	IND	Dempo )
7	MF	FRA	Robert Pires (Retired)
7	FW	BRA	Victor Simões ^[3]
8	MF	IND	Dempo )
9	FW	POR	Miguel Herlein (to New York Cosmos)
9	FW	SCO	Salgaocar)^[3]
10	FW	POR	Pune )
11	FW	IND	Dempo )
14	MF	IND	Dempo )
16	DF	POR	Apollon Smyrni )
18	DF	AFG	Dempo )
20	FW	CZE	Miroslav Slepička
22	DF	IND	Dempo )
23	MF	IND	Dempo )
24	MF	IND	Dempo )
25	FW	NGA	East Bengal )
26	FW	AUS	Dempo )
27	DF	BRA	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	Luis Barreto
2	DF	IND	Dempo )
3	DF	BRA	Lúcio
4	DF	BRA	Luciano Sabrosa
5	DF	IND	Dempo )
6	DF	IND	Mohun Bagan )
8	MF	IND	Mohun Bagan )
10	MF	BRA	Léo Moura
11	FW	BRA	Reinaldo
12	FW	IND	Pune )
13	MF	IND	Denson Devadas
14	FW	IND	Sporting Goa )
15	DF	MTQ	Grégory Arnolin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	IND	Salgaocar )
17	MF	IND	Dempo )
18	MF	IND	Dempo )
19	MF	IND	Dempo )
20	FW	BRA	Rafael Coelho
22	MF	ESP	Jofre
23	DF	IND	Sporting Goa )
25	FW	NGA	Dudu Omagbemi
27	GK	IND	Dempo )
30	FW	IND	East Bengal )
47	MF	BRA	Atletico Paranaense )
71	FW	IND	East Bengal )
99	GK	BRA	Elinton Andrade

Injured

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	BRA	Victor Simões
9	FW	SCO	Darryl Duffy

Current Technical Staff

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

Indian Super League

First round

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goa	14	7	4	3	29	20	+9	25	Advance to ISL Play-offs
2	Atlético de Kolkata	14	7	2	5	26	17	+9	23
3	Chennaiyin (C)	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

Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2015. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

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	Valdo 88'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

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

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	Desai 70'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

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

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

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

5 November 2015 8	Chennaiyin	0–2	Goa	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Khabra 89'	Report	Moura 64' (pen.) Jonatan 78' (pen.) Colaco 86'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

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

17 November 2015 10	Goa	7–0	Mumbai City	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Reinaldo 90'	Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

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

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

29 November 2015 13	Kerala Blasters	1–5	Goa	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Josu 45+3'	Report	Moura 82'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

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

Finals

11 December 2015 Semifinal 1st leg	Delhi Dynamos	1–0	Goa	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Chicão 44'	Report	Moura 68'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

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

Final

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

Goal scorers

Place	Position	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
11	DF	15	Grégory Arnolin	1	0	1
			TOTALS	29	5	34

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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

References

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[The_Times_of_India-6] "Zico adds trustworthy Brazilians to his coaching staff | Goa News". The Times of India.

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[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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