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Goa

2020–21 season
President	Akshay Tandon
Head Coach	Juan Ferrando
Stadium	Fatorda Stadium
Indian Super League	4th
Play-offs	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Igor Angulo (13) All: Igor Angulo (14)
Average home league attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
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The 2020–21 season was the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2014, and their seventh season in the Indian Super League. In addition to the league, the club will also compete in the Indian Super Cup, and the AFC Champions League reaching till its group stages.

Players

Current squad

As of 29 January 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Dheeraj Singh 2 DF  IND Sanson Pereira 4 DF  ESP Iván González 5 MF  ESP Alberto Noguera 6 DF  IND Leander D'Cunha 7 FW  IND Len Doungel 8 DF  AUS James Donachie (on loan from Newcastle Jets) 9 MF  ESP Jorge Ortiz 10 MF  IND Brandon Fernandes 11 MF  IND Princeton Rebello 13 GK  IND Mohammad Nawaz 16 MF  IND Phrangki Buam

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ESP Igor Angulo 19 FW  IND Makan Chote 20 DF  IND Seriton Fernandes 21 DF  IND Saviour Gama 22 MF  IND Redeem Tlang 23 MF  ESP Edu Bedia (Captain) 24 MF  IND Lenny Rodrigues 26 FW  IND Ishan Pandita 27 DF  IND Aibanbha Dohling 32 GK  IND Naveen Kumar 37 DF  IND Mohammed Ali 50 DF  IND Adil Khan (on loan from Hyderabad FC)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	Previous Club	Ref
22 July 2020	FW	Igor Angulo	Górnik Zabrze
2 August 2020	FW	Redeem Tlang	NorthEast United
2 August 2020	FW	Makan Chote	Minerva Punjab
7 August 2020	MF	Jorge Ortiz	Atlético Baleares
9 August 2020	DF	Iván González	Cultural Leonesa
4 September 2020	MF	Alberto Noguera	Numancia
25 September 2020	DF	James Donachie	Newcastle Jets
15 January 2021	GK	Dheeraj Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan
22 January 2021	DF	Adil Khan	Hyderabad FC
2 February 2021	MF	Glan Martins	ATK Mohun Bagan
2 February 2021	MF	Amarjit Singh Kiyam	Jamshedpur FC

Loan Returns

Position	No.	Player	From
RW	14	Alexander Romario Jesuraj	Mohun Bagan A.C.

Loan outs

Position	No.	Player	To
LW	7	Seiminlen Doungel	Jamshedpur FC

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Ref
1 July 2020	DF	Carlos Peña	Retired
1 August 2020	MF	Ahmed Jahouh	Mumbai City
1 August 2020	DF	Mourtada Fall	Mumbai City
1 August 2020	DF	Mandar Rao Dessai	Mumbai City
1 August 2020	MF	Kingsley Fernandes	Churchill Brothers
18 August 2020	MF	Jackichand Singh	Jamshedpur
26 August 2020	FW	Manvir Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan
5 September 2020	DF	Chinglensana Singh	Hyderabad
28 July 2020	MF	Hugo Boumous	Mumbai City
1 February 2021	MF	Lenny Rodrigues	ATK Mohun Bagan

Current technical staff

As of June 2020

Position	Name
Head coach	Juan Ferrando
Assistant & conditioning coach	Javi Gonzalez
Assistant coach	Clifford Miranda
Goalkeeping coach	Virender Singh
Technical Director	Derrick Pereira
Director of Football	Ravi Puskur

Pre-season and friendlies

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) Friendly	Goa	3–2	Jamshedpur	Goa
16:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Angulo Doungel Pandita		Grande Mobashir	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

8 November 2020 Friendly	Chennaiyin	0–3	Goa	Goa, India
16:00 IST		Report	Igor Angulo Princeton Rebello Sanson Pereira

11 November 2020 Friendly	Hyderabad	4–2	Goa	Panaji
16:00	Lalawmpuia Halder (2) Danu	Report	Chote Fernandes	Stadium: Don Bosco Ground

Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 15 April 2021
Source: FBref

Indian Super League

League table

Results by matchday

Matches

6 January 2021 10	East Bengal	1–1	Goa	Vasco
19:30 IST	Raju Gaikwad  31' Ankit  54' Fox  56' Aaron  67' Maghoma  73' Bright 79' *Neville  90+6'	Report	Fernandes  45' Devendra 81' Noguera  82'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Bright (East Bengal)

23 January 2021 13	Kerala Blasters	1–1	Goa	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Rahul  35' 57' Jeakson 63'	Report	Ortiz 25' González  65'  65' Naveen  87'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Sandeep (Kerala Blasters)

Playoffs

5 March 2021 Semi-finals 1st leg	Goa	2–2	Mumbai City	Margao
19:30 IST	Angulo 20' (pen.) Saviour 59'	Report	Boumous 38' Fall 61'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PER	WAH	GOA	RAY
1	Persepolis	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15	Advance to Round of 16		—	1–0	2–1	4–2
2	Al-Wahda	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13			1–0	—	0–0	3–2
3	Goa (H)	6	0	3	3	2	9	−7	3			0–4	0–2	—	0–0
4	Al-Rayyan	6	0	2	4	6	12	−6	2			1–3	0–1	1–1	—

Matches

14 April 2021 1	Goa	0–0	Al-Rayyan	Goa, India
22:30 IST	A. Jesuraj  45+1' Pereira  64'	Report	M. Alaaeldin  13' I. Maqsoud  38' A. Maqsoud  87'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia) Man of the Match: Yacine Brahimi (Al-Rayyan)

17 April 2021 2	Al-Wahda	0–0	Goa	Goa, India
20:00 IST	A. Karbi  60' M. Harbi  89'	Report	I. González  56' A. Jesuraj  61' Bedia  74'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait) Man of the Match: Edu Bedia (Goa)

20 April 2021 3	Persepolis	2–1	Goa	Goa, India
22:30 IST	Torabi 18' (pen.) Hosseini 24'	Report	Seriton  10' Bedia 14',  64'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria) Man of the Match: Dheeraj Singh (Goa)

23 April 2021 4	Goa	0–4	Persepolis	Goa, India
22:30 IST	D'Cunha  15' Pereira  72'	Report	Moghanlou 24' Torabi 43' (pen.) Alekasir 47' Kamyabinia 58'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

26 April 2021 5	Al-Rayyan	1–1	Goa	Goa, India
22:30 IST	Ferydoon 89' Al-Korbi  24' Y. Umar  90+2'	Report	Ortiz 3' I. González  40' B. Fernandes  61' Dheeraj Singh  83'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria) Man of the Match: Jorge Ortiz Mendoza (Goa)

29 April 2021 6	Goa	0–2	Al-Wahda	Goa, India
22:30 IST		Report	Kharbin 61' Barquesh 90' Hamad  37'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		ACL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Dheeraj Singh	5	0	1	0	4	0
13	GK	IND	Mohammad Nawaz	10	0	10	0	0	0
31	GK	IND	Shubham Dhas	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	IND	Naveen Kumar	3	0	3	0	0	0
41	GK	IND	Dylan Ignacio da Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IND	Sanson Pereira	3	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	ESP	Iván González	12	1	12	1	0	0
6	DF	IND	Leander D'Cunha	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	AUS	James Donachie	12	0	12	0	0	0
20	DF	IND	Seriton Fernandes	13	0	13	0	0	0
21	DF	IND	Saviour Gama	13	0	13	0	0	0
27	DF	IND	Aibanbha Dohling	8	0	8	0	0	0
37	DF	IND	Mohammed Ali	2	0	2	0	0	0
42	DF	IND	Sarineo Fernandes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ESP	Alberto Noguera	13	0	13	0	0	0
7	MF	IND	Seiminlen Doungel	7	0	7	0	0	0
10	MF	IND	Brandon Fernandes	11	0	11	0	0	0
11	MF	IND	Princeton Rebello	13	0	13	0	0	0
14	MF	IND	Alexander Romario Jesuraj	13	0	13	0	0	0
16	MF	IND	Phrangki Buam	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	IND	Redeem Tlang	5	0	5	0	0	0
23	MF	ESP	Edu Bedia	19	1	14	0	5	1
24	MF	IND	Lenny Rodrigues	10	0	10	0	0	0
43	MF	IND	Aaren D'Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	IND	Nestor Dias	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	MF	IND	Adil Khan	1	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Jorge Ortiz	19	6	14	5	5	1
17	FW	ESP	Igor Angulo	13	10	13	10	0	0
19	MF	IND	Makan Chote	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	FW	IND	Ishan Pandita	5	2	5	2	0	0
29	FW	IND	Devendra Murgaonkar	6	1	6	1	0	0
88	FW	IND	Flan Gomes	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: FBref

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Indian Super League	Play-offs	AFC Champions League	Total
1	17	FW	Igor Angulo	13	1	0	14
2	9	MF	Jorge Ortiz	6	0	0	6
3	26	FW	Ishan Pandita	4	0	0	4
4	4	DF	Iván González	2	0	0	2
5	5	MF	Alberto Noguera	1	0	0	1
	14	MF	Alexander Romario Jesuraj	1	0	0	1
	21	DF	Saviour Gama	0	1	0	1
	22	MF	Redeem Tlang	1	0	0	1
	25	FW	Glan Martins	1	0	0	1
	29	FW	Devendra Murgaonkar	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Total				31	2	0	33

Last updated: 8 March 2021.
Source: FBref

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Indian Super League	Play-offs	AFC Champions League	Total
1	1	GK	Dheeraj Singh	1	1	2	4
2	13	GK	Mohammad Nawaz	1	0	0	1
	32	GK	Naveen Kumar	1	0	0	1
Total				3	1	0	5

Last updated: 8 March 2021.
Source: FBref

Notes

1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the 2020–21 Indian Super League season would be held entirely in Goa, behind closed doors and FC Goa was allotted the Fatorda Stadium as their home ground for the season.
2. As the Premiers Mumbai City won the ISL playoffs, the regular season runners-up will qualify for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round.
3. ^ Match was played behind closed doors due to government restrictions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

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