2025–26 FC Goa season

FC Goa
2025–26 season
Owner	Goan Football; Club Pvt. Ltd.
President	Akshay Tandon
Head Coach	Manolo Márquez
Stadium	Fatorda Stadium ; (Capacity : 19,000)
Indian Super League	pre-season
Super Cup	Champions
ACL Two	Group stage
Biggest win	3–0 vs Inter Kashi; (AIFF Super Cup)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Al-Nassr ; (ACL Two)
	All statistics correct as of 24 December 2025.

The 2025–26 FC Goa season is the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2014 as well as their 12th season in 2025–26 Indian Super League. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2025–26 AIFF Super Cup and 2025–26 ACL Two.

Team management

Current technical staff

Role	Name	Refs.
Head coach	Manolo Márquez	^[3]
Assistant coach	Benito Montalvo
Assistant coach	Gouramangi Singh	^[4]
Goalkeeping coach	Marc Gamon
Strength & conditioning coach
Head of performance analysis	Joy Gabriel M.

Management

Position	Name
CEO	Ravi Puskur
Head of technical operations	Jonathan D'Souza
Technical director	Derrick Pereira
Team manager	Dion Pinto

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 September 2025^[5]

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
3	DF	IND	Sandesh Jhingan (Captain)
4	DF	ESP	Pol Moreno
9	FW	ESP	Javier Siverio
10	MF	IND	Mohammad Yasir
13	GK	IND	Lara Sharma
14	MF	IND	Ayush Chhetri
15	MF	IND	Sahil Tavora
17	MF	IND	Boris Singh Thangjam
18	DF	IND	Jerry Lalrinzuala
20	DF	IND	Seriton Fernandes
21	MF	IND	Udanta Singh Kumam
22	MF	IND	Prachit Vishwas
23	MF	IND	Harsh Patre


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	ESP	Borja Herrera
27	DF	IND	Aakash Sangwan
30	DF	IND	Nim Dorjee Tamang
34	FW	ESP	Iker Guarrotxena
35	DF	IND	Ronney Willson Kharbudon
42	MF	IND	Brison Fernandes
44	MF	IND	Muhammed Nemil
45	GK	IND	Bob Jackson
55	GK	IND	Hrithik Tiwari
71	FW	SRB	Dejan Dražić
77	FW	IND	Abdul Rabeeh

Friendlies

FC Goa will play Mohun Bagan in a friendly at Kolkata on Sept 9, ahead of their 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two Campaign.^[6]

9 September 2025 (2025-09-09)	Mohun Bagan	0–0	FC Goa	Kolkata, West Bengal
10:00 IST				Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
ISL	December 2025		Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
ACL2	13 August 2025	24 December 2025	Preliminary stage	Group Stage	7	1	0	6	5	15	−10	014.29
Super Cup	26 October 2025	7 December 2025	Group Stage	Champions	5	3	1	1	8	3	+5	060.00
Total					12	4	1	7	13	18	−5	033.33

Last updated: 24 December 2025
Source: Soccerway

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Mohun Bagan^[a]	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13
3	Jamshedpur	6	4	1	1	7	4	+3	13
4	Goa	5	2	3	0	5	2	+3	9	Qualified for the Champions League Two qualifying playoffs^[b]
5	East Bengal	5	2	2	1	9	4	+5	8
6	Bengaluru	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8

Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2026. Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Notes:

^ Mohun Bagan are banned from AFC competitions until the 2028–29 season due to refusing to travel to Iran to fulfil their 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two fixtures.^[7] If Mohun Began become ISL champions, the ISL league runners-up will instead qualify for the AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage.^[8]
^ Goa qualified for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying playoffs as the 2025–26 AIFF Super Cup winners.^[9]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Indian Super League

Matches

Win Draw Loss Void

AIFF Super Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NEU	JFC	INK
1	Goa (H)	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	2–0	3–0
2	NorthEast United	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5			2–2	2–2
3	Jamshedpur	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4				2–0
4	Inter Kashi	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1)1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts

Matches

Win Draw Loss Void

26 October 2025 (2025-10-26) Group Stage	Goa	2–0	Jamshedpur	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Siverio 45' Drazic 66'	I-League PDF Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 327 Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran Man of the Match: Dejan Drazic (Goa)

29 October 2025 (2025-10-29) Group Stage	Goa	3–0	Inter Kashi	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Dražić 4' Borja 38', 42'	I-League PDF Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 893 Referee: Ashwin Man of the Match: Borja Herrera (Goa)

1 November 2025 (2025-11-01) Group Stage	Goa	1–2	North East	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Sahil 72'	I-League PDF Report	Chema 68' Robin Yadav 77'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 1,723 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Dipesh Chauhan (NorthEast United)

Knockout stage

Semifinals			Final

A1	East Bengal	3

C1	Punjab	1
			SF1	East Bengal	0 (5)

			SF2	Goa (p)	0 (6)
B1	Goa	2

D1	Mumbai City	1

4 December 2025 (2025-12-04) Semi-final	Goa	2–1	Mumbai City	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Brison 20' Timor 23'	I-League PDF Report	Brandon 59'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: David Timor (Goa)

7 December 2025 (2025-12-07) Final	East Bengal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Goa	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST		I-League PDF Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,400 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Hrithik Tiwari (Goa)
	Penalties
	Sibille Saúl Miguel Rashid A. Ali Ahadad PV Vishnu		Borja Siverio Dejan Nemil Timor Udanta Tavora

AFC Champions League Two

Matches

Win Draw Loss Void

Qualifying play-offs

13 August 2025 Preliminary stage	Goa	2–1	Al-Seeb	Goa, India
19:30 IST	Dražić 24' Siverio 52'	Report	Nasser 60'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 12,314 Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

Group stage (Group D)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NSR	ZWR	IST	GOA
1	Al-Nassr	6	6	0	22	2	+20	18	Advance to round of 16	—	5–1	5–0	4–0
2	Al-Zawraa	6	3	3	8	11	−3	9	Advance to round of 16	0–2	—	2–1	2–1
3	Istiklol	6	3	3	7	13	−6	9		0–4	2–1	—	2–0
4	Goa	6	0	6	3	14	−11	0		1–2	0–2	1–2	—

Source: ACL2
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

17 September 2025 (2025-09-17) Group Stage	Goa	0–2	Zawraa	Goa, India
19:30 IST		Report	Bani Hani 44' Al-Rashdan 90+5'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 8,756 Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)

1 October 2025 (2025-10-01) Group Stage	Istiklol	2–0	Goa	Hisor, Tajikistan
19:15 IST	Soirov 46' Dehghani 74'	Report		Stadium: Hisor Central Stadium Attendance: 5,750 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) Group Stage	Goa	1–2	Al-Nassr	Goa, India
19:30 IST	Fernandes 41'	Report	Ângelo 10' Camara 27'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 14,389 Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

6 November 2025 (2025-11-06) Group Stage	Al-Nassr	4–0	Goa	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
00:15 IST	Ghareeb 35', 53' Maran 65' João Félix 84'	Report		Stadium: Al-Awwal Park Attendance: 6,736 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

26 November 2025 (2025-11-26) Group Stage	Zawraa	2–1	Goa	Baghdad, Iraq
21:30 IST	Raad 38' Abdulkareem 65'	Report	Ismail 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al Zawraa Stadium Attendance: 8,322 Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)

24 December 2025 (2025-12-24) Group Stage	Goa	1–2	Istiklol	Goa, India
21:30 IST	Dražić 8'	Report	Komolafe 53' Dzhuraboev 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 1,083 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

References

^ "About Us: FC Goa". fcgoa.in. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ "FC Goa Home Ground Venue – Indian Super League". Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Manolo returns to FC Goa after official India exit". Times of India. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
^ "Former India international Gouramangi Singh joins FC Goa as Assistant Coach". fcgoa.in. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ Marcus Mergulhao. "Mohun Bagan vs Goa (Friendly)". Twitter. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
^ India’s Mohun Bagan banned by AFC for refusal to play football game in Iran - Al Jazeera, 18 December 2025
^ "AFC axes Mohun Bagan from ACL2, Asia ban likely". The Times of India. 1 October 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
^ "AIFF Super Cup 2025/26: FC Goa three-time champions". AIFF. 7 December 2025.

External links

[table_note_MSG0.18302946220293-9] Mohun Bagan are banned from AFC competitions until the 2028–29 season due to refusing to travel to Iran to fulfil their 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two fixtures.^[7] If Mohun Began become ISL champions, the ISL league runners-up will instead qualify for the AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage.^[8]

[table_note_res_CLP20.18302946220293-11] Goa qualified for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying playoffs as the 2025–26 AIFF Super Cup winners.^[9]

[about-1] "About Us: FC Goa". fcgoa.in. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[FC-Goa-(Thendi_kalagalVenue-2] "FC Goa Home Ground Venue – Indian Super League". Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[3] "Manolo returns to FC Goa after official India exit". Times of India. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

[4] "Former India international Gouramangi Singh joins FC Goa as Assistant Coach". fcgoa.in. 13 July 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[5] "Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[6] Marcus Mergulhao. "Mohun Bagan vs Goa (Friendly)". Twitter. Retrieved 3 September 2025.

[7] India’s Mohun Bagan banned by AFC for refusal to play football game in Iran - Al Jazeera, 18 December 2025

[8] "AFC axes Mohun Bagan from ACL2, Asia ban likely". The Times of India. 1 October 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

[10] "AIFF Super Cup 2025/26: FC Goa three-time champions". AIFF. 7 December 2025.

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