Sporting Clube de Goa

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Sporting Clube de Goa are an Indian football club based in the state of Goa.[1]

Sporting Clube de Goa is one of the teams which compete in the I-League.

History[change | change source]

The club known as Cidade de Goa until the late 1990s. Changes were made which were modeled after Sporting Clube de Portugal. [2]

Sporting Clube de Goa was established in 1999.[1]

In the 2003-2004 season, Sporting Clube was promoted to the Indian National Football League 1st Division.[2] The Goan club had it's best run in this season when the team finished second to Dempo S.C..[3]

The team became part of the I-League in the 2007-2008 season.[2]

Players[change | change source]

First-team players[change | change source]

As of 10th July 2013

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 India India Gerald D'Mello
2 DF India India Wellington Fernandes
3 DF India India Matthew Gonsalves (Captain)
4 DF India India Deepak Devrani
5 MF India India Beevan D'Mello
8 MF Nigeria Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna
9 FW Australia Australia Boima Karpeh
10 FW India India Dawson Fernandes
11 MF India India Cajetan Fernandes
13 GK India India Ravi Kumar
14 FW India India Victorino Fernandes
15 MF India India Pratesh Shirodkar
16 MF India India Bisheshwor Singh
17 MF India India Mackroy Peixote
18 DF India India Rojen Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK India India Melroy Fernandes
21 MF India India Valerio Rodrigues
22 MF India India Joseph Pereira
23 MF India India Rowllin Borjes
24 MF India India Rovan Pereira
25 DF India India Boboi Singh
26 MF India India Velito Cruz
27 DF India India Joseph Clemente
28 MF India India Amandeep Singh
30 GK India India Agnel Gomes
31 GK India India Saurav Chakraborty
33 DF India India Joyner Lourenco
38 FW India India Stephen Barretto
39 MF India India Pedro Gonsalves
DF Spain Spain Gonzalo Caicedo

Notable past players[change | change source]

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Soccerway.com, Sporting Clube de Goa; retrieved 2012-7-7.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Fan for a Match: Sporting Clube de Goa,"[permanent dead link] The Offside (UK), October 16th, 2009; retrieved 2012-7-8.
  3. Goal.com, "I-League: Sporting Clube De Goa Coach Ekendra Singh Is Looking To Emulate The Club's Past Success," Archived 2011-11-09 at the Wayback Machine November 8 2011; retrieved 2012-7-8.
  4. "Pune FC sign South Sudan striker James Moga," Times of India, June 23, 2012; FIFA.com, James Moja Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-7.

Other websites[change | change source]