2019–20 FC Goa season

Goa
2019–20 season
President	Akshay Tandon
Head Coach	Sergio Lobera
Stadium	Fatorda Stadium
Indian Super League	1st
ISL playoffs	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Coro (14)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2019–20 season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2014, and their sixth season in the Indian Super League.^[1]^[2]

Players

As of 3 March 2020

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	FRA	Hugo Boumous
5	MF	MAR	Ahmed Jahouh
6	DF	IND	Chinglensana Singh
7	FW	IND	Seiminlen Doungel
8	FW	ESP	Coro
9	FW	IND	Manvir Singh
10	MF	IND	Brandon Fernandes
11	MF	IND	Princeton Rebello
12	MF	IND	Jackichand Singh
13	GK	IND	Mohammad Nawaz
17	DF	ESP	Carlos Peña


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	IND	Kingslee Fernandes
20	DF	IND	Seriton Fernandes
21	DF	IND	Saviour Gama
23	MF	ESP	Edu Bedia
24	MF	IND	Lenny Rodrigues
25	DF	SEN	Mourtada Fall
31	GK	IND	Shubham Dhas
32	GK	IND	Naveen Kumar
37	DF	IND	Mohamed Ali
44	DF	IND	Amey Ranawade
71	MF	IND	Mandar Rao Dessai (captain^[3])

Out on loan

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
—	MF	IND	Alexander Romario Jesuraj (out on loan to Mohun Bagan)

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa (L)	18	12	3	3	46	23	+23	39	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and ISL playoffs
2	ATK^[a] (C)	18	10	4	4	33	16	+17	34	Advance to ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
3	Bengaluru^[a]	18	8	6	4	22	13	+9	30	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup play-off round and ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
4	Chennaiyin	18	8	5	5	32	26	+6	29	Advance to ISL playoffs
5	Mumbai City	18	7	5	6	25	29	−4	26

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; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2020 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).^[4] However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.^[5]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	2	3	2	5	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2020. Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

League stage

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 1	Goa	3–0	Chennaiyin	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Rodrigues 15' Doungel 30' Coro 62' Peña 81'	Report	Goian 80'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 13,017 Referee: Banerjee Man of the Match: Fernandes (Goa)

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28) 2	Goa	1–1	Bengaluru	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Jahouh 71' Dessai 77' Coro 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Singh 62' 80' Augusto 89'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 17,773 Referee: John Man of the Match: Singh (Bengaluru)

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) 3	NorthEast United	2–2	Goa	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Pradhan 33' Leudo 37' Gyan 54' Tlang 58' 74' Heerings 90+5'	Report	Boumous 31' Doungel 90+3' Singh 90+6'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 17,273 Referee: Srikrishna Man of the Match: Tlang (NorthEast)

7 November 2019 (2019-11-07) 4	Mumbai City	2–4	Goa	Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Golui 49' Chakrabarti 55' 70'	Report	Rodrigues 27' Coro 45' Boumous 59' Fernandes 80' Peña 89'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 7,021 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Rodrigues (Goa)

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28) 5	Goa	0–1	Jamshedpur	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Jahouh 5' 72' Bedia 27' Fernandes 45+3'	Report	Singh 8' Castel 17' Tiri 53' Acosta 70'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 14,119 Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Castel (Jamshedpur)

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) 6	Kerala Blasters	2–2	Goa	Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Cidoncha 1' 69' Drobarov 40' Bouli 59'	Report	Fall 41' 52' Fernandes 45' Bedia 62' Rodrigues 90+2'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 21,157 Referee: John Man of the Match: Rodrigues (Goa)

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 7	Hyderabad	0–1	Goa	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Singh 41' Marcelinho 76'	Report	Fernandes 49' Singh 50' Singh 68' Nawaz 73' Boumous 90+1'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Baksi Man of the Match: Singh (Goa)

14 December 2019 8	Goa	2–1	ATK	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Fernandes 14' Fall 60' Coro 66' Jahouh 75'	Report	Agus 8' Singh 30' Justin 64'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 12,817 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Fall (Goa)

22 December 2019 9	Goa	3–0	Odisha	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Coro 19', 89' (pen.) Bedia 73' Fernandes 85' 90+1'	Report	Delgado 43' Bora 67' Das 80'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 12,244 Referee: Meitei Man of the Match: Coro (Goa)

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 10	Chennaiyin	3–4	Goa	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Schembri 57' Crivellaro 59', 90' 84' Goian 65' Vanspaul 85' 90+2' Thapa 90+3' Singh 90+4'	Report	Rodrigues 26' Jahouh 26' Fernandes 41' Fall 44' Boumous 45+1' Coro 63' Nawaz 79' Peña 82'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,531 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Jahouh (Goa)

3 January 2020 11	Bengaluru	2–1	Goa	Bangalore
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Paartalu 12' Juanan 53' Chhetri 59' 84'	Report	Boumous 61'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 13,509 Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikishna

8 January 2020 12	Goa	2–0	NorthEast United	Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Fernandes 38' Komorski 68' (o.g.) Dessai 77' Coro 82' (pen.)	Report	Singh 31' Leudo 80' Gallego 82'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 12,744 Referee: Crystal John

18 January 2020 13	ATK	2–0	Goa	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Kotal 47' Agus 85' Rane 88'	[1]	Boumous 54' Jahouh 87'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 23,552

25 January 2020 14	Goa	3-2	Kerala Blasters	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Boumous 26', 83' 85' Jackichand 45' Brandon 83' Jahouh 88'	[2]	Messi Bouli 53' Moustapha 64' Ogbeche 69' Cidoncha 82'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 12,317 Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei

29 January 2020 15	Odisha	2-4	FC Goa	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Onwu 59' 65' Dhot 79' Bora 90'	Report	Rai 21' (o.g.) Jacki 24' 27' Bedia 83' Fernandes 89' Coro 90'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 7,463 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Jacki (Goa)

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05) 16	Goa	4–1	Hyderabad	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Boumous 19', 50' Jahouh 63' Coro 68', 87' (pen.)	Report	Rai 23' Marcelinho 64' Kilgallon 66' Chakrabarti 85'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 10,212 Referee: Gupta Man of the Match: Boumous (Goa)

References

^ "Indian Super League: FC Goa forward Ferran Corominas extends stay at club for another year". Firstpost.com. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ "East Bengal sign goalie Lalthuammawia Ralte on loan from FC Goa". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ Chitrangada DC (24 September 2018). "ISL 2018: Everyone is a captain in FC Goa: Mandar Rao Dessai". My Khel. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "Bengaluru FC to play in AFC Cup playoffs as AIFF confirms all three continental spots for ISL teams". Scroll.in. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[table_note_ATK0.26227913250321-6] Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2020 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).^[4] However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.^[5]

[1] "Indian Super League: FC Goa forward Ferran Corominas extends stay at club for another year". Firstpost.com. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[2] "East Bengal sign goalie Lalthuammawia Ralte on loan from FC Goa". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[3] Chitrangada DC (24 September 2018). "ISL 2018: Everyone is a captain in FC Goa: Mandar Rao Dessai". My Khel. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

[4] "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[5] "Bengaluru FC to play in AFC Cup playoffs as AIFF confirms all three continental spots for ISL teams". Scroll.in. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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