FC Goa
| FC Goa | |||
| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Football Club Goa | ||
| Seat | Goa , India | ||
| founding | 2014 | ||
| owner | Venugopal Dhoot Dattaraj Salgaocar Shrinivas Dempo Virat Kohli |
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| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Zico | ||
| Venue | Fatorda Stadium | ||
| Places | 24,500 | ||
| league | Indian Super League | ||
| 2014 | Table position = 2nd place
Play-offs = semi-finals |
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The Football Clube Goa is an Indian football - franchise from the Indian state of Goa .
FC Goa was founded for the Indian Super League , which took place for the first time in 2014 . The club plays its home games at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. The team's first coach is former Brazilian international Zico .
history
founding
At the beginning of 2014, the All India Football Federation announced the establishment of a new football league in cooperation with IMG and Reliance Industries . To do this, they looked for investors for football franchises in eight different cities in India. On April 13, 2014 it was announced that Venugopal Dhoot, an Indian businessman and billionaire, in collaboration with Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo, had been awarded the contract to form a football team from Goa. On September 23, 2014, another partner was won with the cricket player Virat Kohli. On September 20, 2014, the former French international Robert Pires was signed as a marquee player.
First season
Goa FC lost their first game in the Indian Super League on October 15, 2014, 2-1 to Chennaiyin FC . Martinique's international Grégory Arnolin scored the first goal in the history of FC Goa .
Stadion
- Fatorda Stadium ; Margao , Goa
The stadium holds 24,500 spectators and is owned by the Sports Authority of Goa, which is under state administration.
The Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco da Gama is used as a training ground.
owner
Venugopal Dhoot is the chairman of Videocon. This company is mainly active in the consumer electronics and home appliances sectors . Dhoot has a net worth of $ 1.7 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is also a co-owner of the franchise. He was awarded the ICC ODI Player of the Year Award in 2012 and is considered the second most valuable player in the world according to the British magazine SportsPro.
Other owners are Shrinivas Dempo, Chairman of Dempo Mining Corporation Limited, and Dattaraj Salgaocar, owner of the VMSalgaocar Group of Companies. They both also own the I-League teams Dempo SC and Salgaocar FC .
media
FC Goa is the only team in the ISL to have its own TV station. FC Goa TV is broadcast via the Videocon d2h channel.
Sponsorship
The main and shirt sponsor is the television broadcaster Videocon d2h. The supplier is Adidas .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders . In: Business Standard . Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ↑ MATCH CENTER - HERO ISL 2014 . ISL. October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
- ↑ Venugopal Dhoot . In: Forbes . Retrieved October 21, 2014.