# 2020–21 FC Goa season

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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| ISL | 22 November 2020 | 8 March 2021 | Matchday 1 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 031.82 |
| AFC Champions League | 14 April 2021 | 29 April 2021 | Group Stage 1st round | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 025.00 |
Last updated: 15 April 2021 Source: FBref

### Indian Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 40 | Qualification to ISL playoffs and 2022 AFC Cup play-off round |
| 3 | NorthEast United | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 33 | Qualification to ISL playoffs |
| 4 | Goa | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 31 | Qualification to ISL playoffs |
| 5 | Hyderabad | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 29 | |
| 6 | Jamshedpur | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 27 | |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | B | H | H | A | H | B | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |

#### Playoffs
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to Round of 16 | 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
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League | Super League | ACL | ACL |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |
| 5 | 14 | MF | Alexander Romario Jesuraj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 21 | DF | Saviour Gama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 22 | MF | Redeem Tlang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 25 | FW | Glan Martins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 29 | FW | Devendra Murgaonkar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 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 |
| 2 | 32 | GK | Naveen Kumar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Last updated: 8 March 2021. Source: FBref