Salgaocar FC
Salgaocar Football Club (formerly Salgaocar Sporting Club) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa. Being one of the country's most successful clubs, it is currently operating youth teams. Until the disfunction of club's senior team in June 2023, Salgaocar competed in the Goa Professional League.
| Full name | Salgaocar Football Club | ||
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| Short name | SFC | ||
| Founded | 1956 (as Vimson Club) 1961 (as Salgaocar Sports Club) | ||
| Ground | Duler Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Owner | Shivanand Salgaocar (V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Salgaocar previously competed in I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, and nicknamed "the greens", the club is owned by V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies. Salgaocar has won 21 Goa League Championships, 4 Federation Cups, 3 Durand Cups, 3 Rovers Cups, 2 Indian Super Cups and the National Football League in 1998–99, and I-League in 2010–11. They became the first Goan side to win the NFL in 1998–99 under the guidance of coach Shabbir Ali. It is also the first Goan club to win the following: Goa Super Division, Federation Cup, Goa Professional League, Durand Cup and the former Indian Super Cup.
Salgaocar pulled out of I-League 2016–17 citing All India Football Federation (AIFF) bias against I-League.