Churchill Brothers S.C.

Note: the following list may be incomplete.

1988–2009: Foundation and early years

Churchill Brothers FC was founded in 1988 as Varca Sports Club. After one season it was renamed Brothers Sporting Club. The club was subsequently bought by Churchill Braz Alemao and renamed Churchill Brothers Football Club; it finished as runners-up of the National Football League three times, in 1996–97, 1999–2000 and 2001–02. Churchill Brothers represented India in the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship, but were eliminated in the first round by the Vietnamese side Dong Thap, losing 2–1 on aggregate. In 1998 the club signed Bassim Yonan, the first Iraqi footballer to play in India. The Scottish manager Danny McLennan coached the team in the 1999–2000 season. Churchill Brothers won the Durand Cup in 2007 and the 2008–09 I-League, followed by the Durand Cup again in 2009 and the IFA Shield in the same year. In 2008 the Nigerian World Cup player Emeka Ezeugo was appointed head coach. The club had earlier been runners-up in the inaugural 2007–08 I-League. The I-League title qualified Churchill Brothers for the 2010 AFC Champions League qualifiers, from which they dropped into the 2010 AFC Cup. They won both group matches against Al-Hilal Al-Sahili, finished second in the group and advanced to the knockout stage, where they lost 2–1 to Al-Qadsia at the Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium.

2010–2019: Second title and relegation battles

Vincent Subramaniam of Singapore managed the club for part of the 2010–11 I-League season. Croatian…

League

I-League Champions (2): 2008–09, 2012–13 Runners-up (4): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2020–21, 2024–25 National Football League Runners-up (3): 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02 Third place (2): 1997–98, 1999–2000 National Football League II Runners-up (1): 2005–06

Cup

Durand Cup Champions (3): 2007, 2009, 2011 Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2008 Federation Cup Champions (1): 2013–14 IFA Shield Champions (2): 2009, 2011 Rovers Cup Runners-up (3): 1997, 1999, 2000–01 Goa Governor's Cup Champions (3): 2000, 2002, 2003 Runners-up (2): 1999, 2001 Goa Police Cup Champions (1): 1999 Runners-up (1): 2018 Baji Rout Cup Runners-up (1): 2022

Regional

Goa Football League Champions (8): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008–09, 2019–20 (shared) Third place (1): 2007