FC Goa
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| Full name | Football Club Goa |
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| Nickname(s) | The Gaurs (Reddes) |
| Short name | FCG |
| Founded | 26 August 2014 |
| Ground | Fatorda Stadium, Goa |
| Capacity | 19,000 |
| Owner | Goan Football Club Pvt. Ltd. |
| President | Akshay Tandon |
| Manager | Zico |
| League | Indian Super League |
| 2016 | Regular season: 8th Finals: DNQ |
| Website | Club home page |
| The Fortress | |
| Location | Don Bosco Road, Fatorda, Margao, Goa |
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| Coordinates | 15°17′21″N 73°57′44″E / 15.28917°N 73.96222°ECoordinates: 15°17′21″N 73°57′44″E / 15.28917°N 73.96222°E |
| Owner | Sports Authority of Goa |
| Operator | Goan Football Club Pvt. Ltd. (during ISL) |
| Capacity | 19,088 (All seater) |
| Field size | 106m x 70m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1989 |
| Renovated | 2014 |
FC Goa (also known as The Gaurs) is an Indian professional football franchise based in Goa that competes in the Indian Super League. The club was launched on 26 August 2014. The team is owned by Goan Football Club Pvt. Ltd. which consists of Jaydev Mody, Venugopal Dhoot and Virat Kohli. It represents Goa, the only state or union territory to declare football as its official sport. The logo represents Goa's state animal the Gaur while the colours blue and orange symbolizes the Goan coastline and sunrise.
The club play their home matches at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao. Brazilian footballer Zico has been the club's Manager (Head Coach) since its inception. Its marquee players for its first two seasons have been French winger Robert Pirès and Brazilian defender Lúcio respectively. The team finished the league stage in second position in their first season. In the end-of-season play-offs, they lost via a penalty shootout against Atlético de Kolkata in the semi-finals after a goalless draw. The next year, the team came first in the league stage, then lost the final 3–2 to Chennaiyin FC at home.
One of the traditional powerhouse regions of Indian football, Goa was bound to be one of the cities to participate in the Indian Super League from its inception. In early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League and Major League Soccer in the United States. On 13 April 2014, it was announced that Venugopal Dhoot had won the bidding for the Goa franchise along with Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo. The club was officially launched on 26 August 2014 at a well-attended ceremony at the Goa Marriott Resort & Spa in Miramar.
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