2018–19 FC Goa season

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

Goa

2018–19 season
President	Akshay Tandon
Head Coach	Sergio Lobera
Stadium	Fatorda Stadium
Indian Super League	2nd
ISL playoffs	Runners-up
Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Coro (16 goals) All: Coro (21)
Home colours Away colours
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Season overview

June

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

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

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

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

On 1 October, Goa started their 2018–19 Indian Super League 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

  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.

Deportiva Minera v Goa

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) Friendly	Deportiva Minera	0–3	Goa	La Manga, Spain
00:00 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Mandar Rao Dessai 19' Edu Bedia 34' Liston Colaco 59'

Cartagena B v Goa

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Friendly	Cartagena B	0–20	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'

Cartagena FC v Goa

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) Friendly	Cartagena FC	2–3	Goa	La Manga, Spain
00:00 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Jackichand Singh 17' Ferran Corominas 41' 55'

Mar Menor v Goa

10 September 2018 (2018-09-10) Friendly	Mar Menor	1–2	Goa	La Manga, Spain
00:00 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Miguel Palanca 15' Hugo Boumous 30'

Algar v Goa

13 September 2018 (2018-09-13) Friendly	Algar	1–2	Goa	La Manga, Spain
00:00 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Ahmed Jahouh 19' Hugo Boumous 41'

East Bengal v Goa

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) Friendly	East Bengal	0–1	Goa	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Ferran Corominas 69'	Stadium: Athletic Stadium

Indian Arrows v Goa

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) Friendly	Indian Arrows	1–2	Goa	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Sanjeev Stalin 82'	Report	Miguel Palanca Fernández 60' Princeton Rebello 88'	Stadium: Athletic Stadium

Competitions

Indian Super League

Main article: 2018–19 Indian Super League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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) ISL Cup winners
Notes:

1. Qualified for 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
2. Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Results summary

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

Group stage

NorthEast United FC v FC Goa

1 October 2018 1	NorthEast United FC	2–2	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

Chennaiyin FC v FC Goa

6 October 2018 2	Chennaiyin FC	1–3	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

FC Goa v Mumbai City FC

24 October 2018 3	FC Goa	5–0	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

FC Goa v FC Pune City

28 October 2018 4	FC Goa	4–2	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

Jamshedpur FC v FC Goa

1 November 2018 5	Jamshedpur FC	4-1	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

FC Goa v Delhi Dynamos FC

8 November 2018 6	FC Goa	3–2	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

Kerala Blasters FC v FC Goa

11 November 2018 7	Kerala Blasters FC	1-3	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

FC Goa v Bengaluru FC

22 November 2018 8	FC Goa	1-2	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

ATK v FC Goa

28 November 2018 9	ATK	0-0	FC Goa	Kolkata, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 21,870

FC Pune City v FC Goa

11 December 2018 10	FC Pune City	2-0	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

FC Goa v Northeast United FC

14 December 2018 11	FC Goa	5-1	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

FC Goa v Jamshedpur FC

14 December 2018 12	FC Goa	0-0	Jamshedpur FC	Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 14,875

Mumbai City FC v FC Goa

14 December 2018 13	Mumbai City FC	0-2	FC Goa	Mumbai, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)			Edu Bedia 28' Ferran Corominas 79(p)'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 4,337

Delhi Dynamos FC v FC Goa

14 December 2018 14	Delhi Dynamos FC	0-0	FC Goa	New Delhi, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

FC Goa v ATK

14 December 2018 15	FC Goa	3-0	ATK	Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 15,163

FC Goa v Kerala Blasters FC

14 December 2018 16	FC Goa	3-0	Kerala Blasters FC	Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 14,882

Bengaluru FC v FC Goa

14 December 2018 17	Bengaluru FC	3-0	FC Goa	Bengaluru, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report		Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

FC Goa v Chennaiyin FC

14 December 2018 18	FC Goa	1-0	Chennaiyin FC	Goa, India
19:30 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Goalscorers

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

8 goals

• Ferran Corominas

4 goals

• Edu Bedia

2 goals

• Brandon Fernandes
• Jackichand Singh
• Mourtada Fall
• Miguel Palanca

1 goal

• Manvir Singh
• Hugo Boumous

Goalscorers (Against)

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

2 goals

• Marcelo Pereira (FC Pune City)
• Michael Soosairaj (Jamshedpur FC)

1 goal

• Marco Stankovic (FC Pune City)
• Eli Sabia (Chennaiyin FC)
• Memo (Jamshedpur FC)
• Bikramjit Singh (Delhi Dynamos FC)
• Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos FC)
• Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru FC)
• Sumeet Passi (Jamshedpur FC)
• Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)
• Bartholomew Ogbeche (Northeast United FC)
• Nikola Krčmarević (Kerala Blasters FC)
• Emiliano Alfaro (FC Pune City)
• Federico Gallego (Northeast United FC)

Squad information

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 4 MF  MAR Hugo Boumous 8 FW  ESP Ferran Corominas 9 FW  IND Manvir Singh 6 DF  IND Chinglensana Singh 10 MF  IND Brandon Fernandes 37 DF  IND Mohamed Ali 23 MF  ESP Edu Bedia 7 MF  IND Mandar Rao Desai (captain) — MF  IND Jackichand Singh — MF  IND Lenny Rodrigues — DF  IND Nirmal Chhetri — GK  IND Lalthuammawia Ralte 27 GK  IND Laxmikant Kattimani 1 GK  IND Mohammad Nawaz

Current technical staff

As of June 2018^[update], 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	Sergio Lobera
Assistant coach	Jesús Tato
Technical Director/Reserve team coach	Derrick Pereira
Reserve team Assistant coach	Clifford Miranda

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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