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{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Goa women's football team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox football club
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| image = Goa Football Association logo.gif
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| founded =
| ground = [[Fatorda Stadium]]
| capacity = 19,000
| owner = [[Goa Football Association]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Nobert Gonsalves
| league = [[Santosh Trophy]]
| season = [[2024–25 Santosh Trophy|2024–25]]
| position = Final round
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The '''Goa football team''' is an Indian [[association football|football]] team representing the state of [[Goa]] in Indian state football competitions including the [[Santosh Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/association/492|title=Goa Football Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bengal lift record sixth crown |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr05/sports.htm#11 |website=tribuneindia.com |publisher=The Tribune India |agency=Press Trust of India |date=5 April 1999 |access-date=26 January 2022 |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428084646/https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr05/sports.htm#11 }}</ref>

Goa made their Santosh Trophy debut in the 1964 Madras Nationals. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 13 times, and have won the trophy 5 times.

==Players and staff==
The following 20 players were called up prior to the [[2019–20 Santosh Trophy qualification]]:

===Current players===
{{fs start}}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=GK |name=Jason D'Mello }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=GK |name=Melroy Fernandes }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=GK |name=Ozen Silva }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=DF |name=Brian Faria }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=DF |name=[[Matthew Gonsalves]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=DF |name=[[Joseph Clemente]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=DF |name= Clive Miranda }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=DF |name=[[Sanson Pereira]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=DF |name=Leslie Rebello |other=[[under-20]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=MF |name=Ribhav Sardesai |other=[[under-20]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=MF |name=Samuel Costa }}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=MF |name=[[Velito Cruz]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=MF |name=Chaitan Komarpant |other=[[under-20]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=MF |name=Moses D'Sa }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=MF |name=[[Stendly Fernandes]] |other=[[under-20]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=MF |name=Denson Fernandes |other=[[under-20]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=FW |name=[[Joaquim Abranches]] |other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]] }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=FW |name=[[Devendra Murgaonkar]]}}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=FW |name=Aaren D'Silva }}
{{fs player |no= |nat=IND |pos=FW |name=Olvin Cardozo }}
{{fs end}}

===Coaching staff===
As of 03 February 2023
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Position'''
|'''Name'''
|-
| Head coach
|{{flagicon|IND}} Norbert Gonsalves
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{flagicon|IND}} Mario Soares
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sebastiao Noronha (Seby)
|-
| Physio
| {{flagicon|IND}} Ankit Gaunkar
|-
| Manager
| {{flagicon|IND}} Omkar vaigankar
|-
|}

==Record since 2000==
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[Santosh Trophy]] record
! style="width:1%;" rowspan="26"|
!colspan=6|[[2019-20 Santosh Trophy qualification|Santosh Trophy qualification]] record
|-
! style="width:100px;"|Host/Year
! style="width:100px;"|Result
! style="width:70px;"|Position
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|Pld|Games played}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}
|-
|[[Kerala]] [[1999–2000 Santosh Trophy|2000]]||'''Semi-finalists'''||4th||5||1||2||2||6||7||colspan=6|''Bye''
|-style="background:silver;"
|[[Maharashtra]] [[2001–02 Santosh Trophy|2001]]||'''Runners-up'''||'''2nd'''||'''4'''||'''3'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''4'''||'''3'''||colspan=6|''Bye''
|-
|[[Manipur]] [[2002-03 Santosh Trophy|2002]]||'''Semi-finalists'''||3rd-4th||3||2||0||1||4||2||colspan=6|''Bye''
|-
|[[Delhi]] [[2004-05 Santosh Trophy|2004]]||Quarterfinal league||5th-8th||2||1||1||0||3||2||colspan=6|''Bye''
|-
|-style="background:gold;"
|[[Kerala]] [[2005–06 Santosh Trophy|2005]]||'''Champions'''||'''1st'''||'''4'''||'''3'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''12'''||'''2'''||'''3'''||'''3'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''32'''||'''0'''
|-
|[[Haryana]] [[2006-07 Santosh Trophy|2006]]||Quarterfinal league||5th-6th||3||1||1||1||4||4||colspan=6|''Bye''
|-
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] [[2007-08 Santosh Trophy|2008]]||Quarterfinal league||5th-6th||3||1||1||1||2||1||3||3||0||0||5||2
|-
|-style="background:gold;"
|[[Tamil Nadu]] [[2008-09 Santosh Trophy|2009]]||'''Champions'''||'''1st'''||'''5'''||'''4'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''7'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''5'''||'''0'''
|-
|[[West Bengal]] [[2009-10 Santosh Trophy|2010]]||'''Semi-finalists'''||3rd-4th||4||3||0||1||9||1||colspan=6|''Bye''
|-
|[[Assam]] [[2010-11 Santosh Trophy|2011]]||Quarterfinal league||7th-8th||3||0||2||1||3||6||colspan=6|''Bye''
|-
|[[Odisha]] [[2011-12 Santosh Trophy|2012]]||Quarterfinal league||5th-8th||3||2||1||0||6||3||colspan=6|''?''
|-
|[[Kerala]] [[2012-13 Santosh Trophy|2013]]||Quarterfinal league||9th-12th||3||0||2||1||2||5||2||1||1||0||4||3
|-
|[[West Bengal]] [[2013-14 Santosh Trophy|2014]]||Group stage||7th-8th||4||1||1||2||5||8||2||2||0||0||7||0
|-
|[[Punjab]] [[2014-15 Santosh Trophy|2015]]||Group stage||5th-6th||4||1||2||1||5||4||4||4||0||0||23||3
|-
|[[Maharashtra]] [[2015-16 Santosh Trophy|2016]]||'''Semi-finalist'''||3rd-4th||5||3||1||1||5||2||4||4||0||0||20||2
|-style="background:silver;"
|style="border: 3px solid red"|[[Goa]] [[2016-17 Santosh Trophy|2017]]||'''Runners-up'''||'''2nd'''||'''6'''||'''3'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''7'''||'''4'''||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''12'''||'''0'''
|-
|[[West Bengal]] [[2017-18 Santosh Trophy|2018]]||Group stage||5th-6th||4||2||0||2||12||9||2||2||0||0||22||1
|-
|[[Punjab]] [[2018-19 Santosh Trophy|2019]]||'''Semi-finalist'''||3rd-4th||5||3||1||1||10||7||3||2||1||0||5||0
|-
|[[Mizoram]] [[2019-20 Santosh Trophy|2020]]||colspan=8; " rowspan="2"|''Tournaments suspended due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''|||3||3||0||0||23||1
|-
|2021||colspan=6|''Qualifiers too were not held''
|-
|[[Kerala]] [[2021-22 Santosh Trophy|2022]]||colspan=8|'' Did not qualify ''||3||2||0||1||7||1
|-
|[[Odisha]] [[2022-23 Santosh Trophy|2023]]||Group stage||11th-12th||5||0||0||5||4||14||5||3||2||0||8||3
|-
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]] [[2023-24 Santosh Trophy|2024]]||''Finalist''||||||||||||||||4||3||1||0||5||2
|}

==Honours==
===State (senior)===
* '''[[Santosh Trophy]]'''<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html List of Santosh Trophy Finals]</ref>
** Winners (5): 1982–83, [[1983–84 Santosh Trophy|1983–84]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Marcus|last=Mergulhao|agency=TNN|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/tough-tackling-former-salgaocar-defender-anthony-rebello-no-more/articleshow/98829687.cms|title=Tough-tackling former Salgaocar defender Anthony Rebello no more|date=21 March 2023|access-date=21 March 2023|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=20 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320191502/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/tough-tackling-former-salgaocar-defender-anthony-rebello-no-more/articleshow/98829687.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> [[1989–90 Santosh Trophy|1989–90]], [[2005–06 Santosh Trophy|2005–06]], [[2008–09 Santosh Trophy|2008–09]]
** Runners-up (9): 1978–79, [[1991–92 Santosh Trophy|1991–92]], 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, [[2001–02 Santosh Trophy|2001–02]], [[2016–17 Santosh Trophy|2016–17]], [[2023–24 Santosh Trophy|2023–24]]

*'''[[Football at the National Games of India|National Games]]'''
** Silver medal (2): 1997, 2001
** Bronze medal (1): [[2011 National Games of India|2011]]

===State (youth)===
* '''[[B.C. Roy Trophy]]'''
** Winners (2): 1979–80, 1982–83
** Runners-up (5): 1983–84, 1989–90, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06

* '''[[Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy]]'''
** Winners (2): 1988–89, 1990–91
** Runners-up (1): 1991–92

* '''[[M. Dutta Ray Trophy]]'''
** Winners (6): 1993, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010
** Runners-up (1): 2000

===Others===
* '''[[Bordoloi Trophy]]'''
** Runners-up (1): 1976

==See also==
* [[Goans in football]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.goa-fa.com/ Goa Football Association website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822171306/http://www.goa-fa.com/ |date=22 August 2018 }}

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