Sporting Clube de Goa

Origins

Until the end of the Portuguese rule of Goa in 1961, a sports and recreational club named "Sporting Clube de Goa" existed, which in 1951 became branch number 114 of Sporting Clube de Portugal. The original Sporting Clube de Goa were once football champions of Portuguese India. The present Sporting CG, nicknamed "The Flaming Orange", was founded in 1999 as Cidade de Goa. "Cidade de Goa" (transl. City of Goa; the original name for Panaji) was purchased by Sporting CG's former owner Peter Vaz later and it was renamed Sporting Clube de Goa in 1999.

Formation and journey: 1999–2010

The club as a professional football club, came into existence in 1999, when the residents of Panjim decided the launch of a football club after "Cidade dé Goa" (a local club) disbanded its football team. Thus, after Vasco Sports Club, Sporting became the second club of public shareholding in Goa. The club, built on the lines of Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal, has made rapid strides in the national circuit. Sporting shot to prominence with an impressive performance in the 2001–02 Federation Cup, the team made it to the last four after victories over stronger teams like East Bengal FC and Indian Bank Recreational Club. After winning the 2002–03 National Football League II, Sporting made its debut in the 2003–04 season of National Football League. In 2004–05 NFL season, they were on the verge of winning their first league championship but lost out on the last day when…

Alex Alvares (—2007) Clifford Chukwuma (2007–2009) Roy Barreto (2009) Vishwas Gaonkar (2009) Ekendra Singh (2010–2012) Óscar Bruzón (2012–2014) Mateus Costa (2014–2019) Francisco Vaz (2019–2022) Armando Colaco (2022–2025) Fernando Santiago Varela (2025–present)

League

I-League Runners-up (1): 2004–05 Third place (1): 2008–09 National Football League II Champions (1): 2002–03 I-League 2 Runners-up (1): 2010–11 Third place (1): 2024–25 I-League 3 Champions (1): 2023–24 Goa Football League Champions (9): 2006–07, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20 (shared), 2020–21, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2024–25 Runners-up (3): 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23

Cup

Indian Super Cup Champions (1): 2005 Federation Cup Runners-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2013–14 Durand Cup Runners-up (1): 2005 Goa Governor's Cup Champions (2): 2005, 2007–08 Runners-up (1): 2003 Goa Police Cup Champions (1): 2018 Runners-up (3): 2005, 2010, 2019

Others

AWES Cup Champions (1): 2018 GFA Charity Cup Champions (1): 2018 Runners-up (2): 2021, 2023 SCG Goodwill Cup Champions (1): 2015 Guru Gobind Singh Trophy Runners-up (1): 2000