2018–19 FC Goa season

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Goa
2018–19 season
PresidentAkshay Tandon
Head CoachSergio Lobera
StadiumFatorda Stadium
Indian Super League2nd
ISL playoffsRunners-up
Super CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Coro (16 goals)
All: Coro (21)

The 2018–19 season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League.

Season overview[edit]

June[edit]

On 9 June 2018, midfielder Hugo Boumous extended his contract with the club.[1] On 17 June, Goa announced the signing of Lenny Rodrigues from Bengaluru FC.[2] On 29 June, Goa signed Jackichand Singh from Kerala Blasters FC.[3]

July[edit]

On 8 July, Goa signed Lalthuammawia Ralte from Bengaluru FC.[4] On 12 July, Goa signed full back Nirmal Chettri.[5] On 20 July, Goa signed defender Mourtada Fall.[6] On 25 July, midfielder Ahmed Jahouh extended his contract with the club.[7]

August[edit]

On 5 August, Goa signed full back Carlos Peña.[8] On 14 August, Goa signed winger Miguel Palanca from Anorthosis Famagusta FC.[9] Goa traveled to Spain for their pre-season preparations.[10] They played their first friendly match of the season in against Deportiva Minera.

September[edit]

They played five friendly matches in Spain, winning all the matches. They returned to Goa and played two friendlies against I-League clubs East Bengal and Indian Arrows and ended their pre-season preparations, they finished their pre-season without losing a single match.[11]

October[edit]

On 1 October, Goa started their 2018–19 Indian Super League season with a 2–2 away draw against NorthEast United.[12] On 6 October, Goa won 1–3 away against Chennaiyin.[13]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 22 August 2018, Goa began their pre-season tour in Spain. Goa played some friendly matches with their first match against Deportiva Minera, second match against FC Cartagena B, third match with Cartagena FC, fourth with Mar Menor FC and fifth with CD Algar. They returned to Goa and played their sixth friendly match against East Bengal and Indian Arrows.

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) Friendly Deportiva Minera Spain 0–3 India Goa La Manga, Spain
00:00 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Mandar Rao Dessai 19'
Edu Bedia 34'
Liston Colaco 59'
4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Friendly Cartagena B Spain 0–20 India Goa La Manga, Spain
23:00 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Ferran Corominas 5' 20' 22' 45' 58'
Hugo Boumous 10' 30'
Jackichand Singh 49' 52' 61'
Edu Bedia 76'
Liston Colaco 65' 82' 84'
Miguel Palanca Fernández 68' 72' 77'
Princeton Rebello 80'
Pratesh Shirodkar 86'
7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) Friendly Cartagena FC Spain 2–3 India Goa La Manga, Spain
00:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report Jackichand Singh 17'
Ferran Corominas 41' 55'
10 September 2018 (2018-09-10) Friendly Mar Menor Spain 1–2 India Goa La Manga, Spain
00:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report Miguel Palanca 15'
Hugo Boumous 30'
13 September 2018 (2018-09-13) Friendly Algar Spain 1–2 India Goa La Manga, Spain
00:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report Ahmed Jahouh 19'
Hugo Boumous 41'
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) Friendly East Bengal India 0–1 India Goa Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Ferran Corominas 69' Stadium: Athletic Stadium
25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) Friendly Indian Arrows India 1–2 India Goa Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Sanjeev Stalin 82' Report Miguel Palanca Fernández 60'
Princeton Rebello 88'		 Stadium: Athletic Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Indian Super League[edit]

Main article: 2018–19 Indian Super League season

Table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bengaluru[a] (C) 18 10 4 4 29 22 +7 34[b] Advance to ISL Playoffs
2 Goa 18 10 4 4 36 20 +16 34[b]
3 Mumbai City 18 9 3 6 25 20 +5 30
4 NorthEast United 18 7 8 3 22 18 +4 29
5 Jamshedpur 18 6 9 3 29 21 +8 27
Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified for 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

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
9 5 2 2 22 14  +8 17 3 0 1 13 6  +7 2 2 1 9 8  +1

Matches[edit]

Group stage[edit]
1 October 2018 1 NorthEast United FC India 2–2 India FC Goa Guwahati, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Federico Gallego 8'
Bartholomew Ogbeche 53'		 Ferran Corominas 14' 38' Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 18,321
6 October 2018 2 Chennaiyin FC India 1–3 India FC Goa Chennai, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Eli Sabiá 90+5' Edu Bedia 12'
Ferran Corominas 53'
Mourtada Fall 80'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 14,992
24 October 2018 3 FC Goa India 5–0 India Mumbai City FC Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Ferran Corominas 7 (p)'
Jackichand Singh 55'
Edu Bedia 61'
Miguel Palanca 84' 90'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 15,932
28 October 2018 4 FC Goa India 4–2 India FC Pune City Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Ferran Corominas 5' 35'
Hugo Boumous 12'
Jackichand Singh 20'		 Marcelo Pereira 8'
Emiliano Alfaro 23'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 16,705
1 November 2018 5 Jamshedpur FC India 4-1 India FC Goa Jamshedpur, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Michael Soosairaj 17' 50'
Memo 77'
Sumeet Passi 78'		 Mourtada Fall 33' Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 22,751
8 November 2018 6 FC Goa India 3–2 India Delhi Dynamos FC Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Edu Bedia 54' 89'
Brandon Fernandes 82'		 Bikramjit Singh 6'
Lallianzuala Chhangte 70'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 17,495
11 November 2018 7 Kerala Blasters FC India 1-3 India FC Goa Kochi, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Nikola Krcmarevic 90' Ferran Corominas 11' 45'
Manvir Singh 67'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 21,962
22 November 2018 8 FC Goa India 1-2 India Bengaluru FC Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Brandon Fernandes 72' Rahul Bheke 34'
Sunil Chhetri 77'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 17,807
28 November 2018 9 ATK India 0-0 India FC Goa Kolkata, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 21,870
11 December 2018 10 FC Pune City India 2-0 India FC Goa Pune, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Marcelo Pereira 74'
Marko Stankovic 90 (p)'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,751
14 December 2018 11 FC Goa India 5-1 India Northeast United FC Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Ferran Corominas 59' 84'
Edu Bedia 69'
Hugo Boumous 71'
Miguel Palanca 90'		 Bartholomew Ogbeche 90' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 17,385
14 December 2018 12 FC Goa India 0-0 India Jamshedpur FC Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 14,875
14 December 2018 13 Mumbai City FC India 0-2 India FC Goa Mumbai, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Edu Bedia 28'
Ferran Corominas 79(p)'		 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 4,337
14 December 2018 14 Delhi Dynamos FC India 0-0 India FC Goa New Delhi, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
14 December 2018 15 FC Goa India 3-0 India ATK Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 15,163
14 December 2018 16 FC Goa India 3-0 India Kerala Blasters FC Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 14,882
14 December 2018 17 Bengaluru FC India 3-0 India FC Goa Bengaluru, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
14 December 2018 18 FC Goa India 1-0 India Chennaiyin FC Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Goalscorers[edit]

There have been 22 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.44 goals per match.

8 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Goalscorers (Against)[edit]

There have been 14 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.56 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Squad information[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Morocco MAR Hugo Boumous
8 FW Spain ESP Ferran Corominas
9 FW India IND Manvir Singh
6 DF India IND Chinglensana Singh
10 MF India IND Brandon Fernandes
37 DF India IND Mohamed Ali
23 MF Spain ESP Edu Bedia
7 MF India IND Mandar Rao Desai (captain)
— MF India IND Jackichand Singh
— MF India IND Lenny Rodrigues
— DF India IND Nirmal Chhetri
— GK India IND Lalthuammawia Ralte
27 GK India IND Laxmikant Kattimani
1 GK India IND Mohammad Nawaz

Current technical staff[edit]

As of June 2018, FC Goa's head coach is Sergio Lobera. He has signed a two-year contract and begins with the club in July 2017.[14]

Position Name
Head coach Spain Sergio Lobera
Assistant coach Spain Jesús Tato
Technical Director/Reserve team coach India Derrick Pereira
Reserve team Assistant coach India Clifford Miranda

Transfers and loans[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date from Position Name From
17 June 2018 MF India Lenny Rodrigues India Bengaluru FC
29 June 2018 MF India Jackichand Singh India Kerala Blasters FC
8 July 2018 GK India Lalthuammawia Ralte India Bengaluru FC
12 July 2018 DF India Nirmal Chhetri India NorthEast United FC
20 July 2018 DF Senegal Mourtada Fall Morocco Moghreb Tétouan
5 August 2018 DF Spain Carlos Peña Spain Lorca FC
14 August 2018 FW Spain Miguel Palanca Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Transfers out[edit]

Position Name To
MF Spain Manuel Lanzarote India ATK
DF Spain Sergio Juste Spain CE L'Hospitalet
FW Netherlands Mark Sifneos Greece Panathinaikos F.C.
DF India Narayan Das India Delhi Dynamos
GK India Naveen Kumar India Kerala Blasters
DF India Amey Ranawade India Mohun Bhagan
MF India Pronay Halder India ATK
MF India Mohammed Yasir Free agent
MF India Anthony D'Souza Free agent
GK India Bruno Colaço Free agent

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hugo Boumous extends stay with FC Goa". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. ^ "FC Goa sign Lenny Rodrigues from Bengaluru FC". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Jackichand Singh signs for FC Goa". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Ralte signs for FC Goa". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  5. ^ "FC Goa announce signing of Nirmal Chettri". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Mourtada Fall signs for FC Goa". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Ahmed Jahouh extends stay with FC Goa". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Carlos Peña signs for FC Goa". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Miguel Palanca signs for FC Goa". FC Goa Official Website. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  10. ^ IANS (20 August 2018). "FC Goa to travel to Spain for pre-season". Business Standard India. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  11. ^ "ISL 2018-19: FC Goa's results in preseason | Goal.com". Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  12. ^ "NorthEast United v Goa Match Report, 01/10/2018, Indian Super League | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  13. ^ "ISL 2018, Chennaiyin vs FC Goa Highlights: Goa thrash Chennaiyin at their home". The Indian Express. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  14. ^ "FC Goa appoint Sergio Lobera as head coach - newkerala #247682". NewKerala.com. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

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