| Season: | 2015 |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Chairman: | Dattaraj Salgaocar[1] |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners Up |
| League Topscorer: | Reinaldo (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Reinaldo (7) |
| Highest Attendance: | 19,438 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 17,634 |
| Average Attendance: | 18,571 |
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| Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 season was FC Goa's second season in existence in the Indian Super League.
Brazil's No 10 Zico returned as FC Goa manager for the Indian Super League's second season. Former Brazil skipper and World Cup winner Lucio has signed up as FC Goa's marquee player for the second season. Players retained in the team include- Domestic: Romeo Fernandes, Mandar Rao Desai, Laxmikant Kattimani, Narayan Das, Debabrata Roy, Bikramjit Singh. International: Gregory Arnolin (FRA). Players from the open market include- Domestic: Pronay Halder, C S Sabeeth, Denson Devadas, Joaquim Abranches, Raju Gaikwad, Keenan Almeida, Nicolau Colaco, Luis Barreto. International: Jofre Mateu González (ESP), Lucio (BRA), Elinton Andrade (BRA), Reinaldo Da Cruz Oliveira (BRA), Victor Simões de Oliveira (BRA), Jonatan Lucca (BRA), Léo Moura (BRA). Players selected from draft include forwards Victorino Fernandes and Thongkhosiem Haokip.
FC Goa will play its opening match on its home turf on 4 October with the Delhi Dynamos FC.
4 October: FC Goa rode on two first half goalsscored by Mandar Rao Dessai (3’) andReinaldo da Cruz Oliveira (45+3’) to beat DelhiDynamos FC in their opening fixture of theleague stage that began with three back toback matches at their home fortress.7 October: FC Goa came back brilliantly tohold Atletico de Kokata to a 1–1 draw asKeenan Almeida (82’) scored a stunner afterArata Izumi (13’) had given Antonio LopesHabas’ side the lead in a fiery tie that saw thesending off of Baljit Sahni (62’).11 October: A result to forget was the firstdefeat in this season. FC Goa went down to4–0 defeat at the hands of Chennaiyin FC inMatch 9 where Elano Blumer, who scored inthe 43rd minute, assisted two of StivenMendoza's goals in the Colombian's hat-trick(10’, 63’, 75’).15 October: The Gaurs got their ISL campaignback on track with an emphatic 3–1 victoryover NorthEast United FC at the Indira GandhiAthletic Stadium in Guwahati. After FrancisDadzie scored the 12th-minute opener,Jonatan Lucca (27’), Reinaldo (30’) andMandar (70’) completed the comeback for FCGoa.22 October: FC Goa came from behind onceagain and reclaimed the top spot with a 2–1win over Kerala Blasters FC as Leo Moura(45+1’) cancelled Mohammed Rafi's 24th-minute lead while Gregory Arnolin sealed thevictory in the 84th minute.25 October: The winning run came to a haltafter Mumbai City FC registered a 2–0 winover the league leaders in Mumbai. In whatwas FC Goa striker Darryl Duffy's last match ofthe season where the Scot was ruled out dueto a hairline fracture, Sunil Chhetri's penalty(33’) and Frederic Piquonne's header (49’)were enough to give the home team all threepoints.30 October: The Virat Kohli co-owned FC Goaremained afloat in the top half with a 1–1draw against FC Pune City in which an owngoal scored by Roger Johnson (46’) wascancelled by Eugeneson Lyngdoh in the 64thminute.5 November: FC Goa gifted Virat Kohli with a2–0 win over Chennaiyin FC. On his debut,Rafael Coelho Luiz won both the penalties thatwere converted by Leo Moura (64’) andJonatan Lucca (78’) as the Gaurs recordedtheir second away win of the season.Harmanjot Khabra was sent off in the 89thminute wherein the Chennaiyin player put hisstuds on Moura's right leg.8 November: As it almost looked as a win forthe league leaders, Adrian Mutu (90+4’)handed the Goan franchise with aheartbreaker at the death. In the thrilling roundnine clash, Eugeneson Lyngdoh had baggedthe opener in the 32nd minute. Rafael (34’)and Jonatan Lucca (44’) brought FC Goa backinto the game but for the unthinkable tohappen at the last minute.17 November: FC Goa hammered Mumbai CityFC 7–0 to record the biggest victory in thehistory of the competition. ThongkhosiemHaokip (34’, 52’, 79’) and Dudu Omagbemi(42’, 64’, 67’) scored more than just their firstgoals in FC Goa colours, with former baggingthe 100th goal in the ISL 2015, while Reinaldo(90’) scored his third of the season.22 November: FC Goa have not only remainedwinless against Atletico de Kolkata but alsolost 4–0 to the ISL 2014 champions. SameehgDoutie (20’, 78’), Borja Fernandez (22’) andIain Hume (68’) were the scorers for thisseason's semifinalists.25 November: It was the last home match ofthe season for FC Goa in the league stagewhere Zico's troops came from behind to holdNorthEast United FC 1–1 and Leo Mourabagged the "DHL winning pass" award for themost number of assists (6, now 8) providedfor his side in the ISL this year. VictorMendy's 56th-minute goal was cancelled byReinaldo in the 80th minute.29 November: FC Goa blasted their way intosemifinals thrashing Kerala Blasters FC 5–1.The Blasters’ second-minute lead scored byVictor Herrero Forcada was annulled by JofreMateu Gonzalez in the 12th minute. The Gaursalso had their third hat-trick hero in Reinaldoda Cruz Oliveira (29’, 50’, 61’) while MandarRao Dessai (64’) joined the party to ensure acomfortable win. The home team had to playthe second half with 10 men following thesending off of Josu Carrias.6 December: Having already made it to thefinal four, FC Goa rallied back from two goalsdown at half-time to beat Delhi Dynamos FC3–2 in an exciting clash and finished on top ofthe standings at the end of the league stage,drawing the same opponents in thesemifinals. Serginho Green (31’) and Adil Nabi(40’) gave the Lions a 2–0 lead in the first halfbut the away team scored three goals in thesecond half via a brace scored by RomeoFernandes (68’, 69’) and Jofre MateuGonzalez (90’) to snatch all three points.11 December: FC Goa succumbed a 1–0 lossto Delhi Dynamos FC in the first leg of thesemifinals in Delhi. Robin Singh's 42nd-minutegoal made the difference as the two teamsheaded into the second leg of the semifinalsin Goa on 15 December with the Delhifranchise leading 1–0 on aggregate.15 December: FC Goa scripted their maidenfinal appearance crushing Delhi Dynamos FC3–0 in the second leg of their semifinal. JofreMateu Gonzalez (11’), Rafael Coelho Luiz (27’)and Dudu Omagbemi (84’) were thegoalscoring heroes for the Goan franchisewho were backed by a deafening homesupport. Adil Nabi was given the marchingorders by referee Pranjal Banerjee due to theDelhi player's indiscipline on the bench afterhe was already substituted.
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach |  Zico[5] | |
| Assistant coach | Vannucci Fernando[6] | |
| Conditioning Coach | Moraci Sant'Anna[7] | |
| Physical Trainer | Goncalves Willian | |
| Physiotherapist | Gabriel Miguel | |
| Assistant Physiotherapist |  Russell Pinto[8] | |
| Assistant Physiotherapist | R Venkatesh | |
| Team Manager | Jonathan D'Sousa[9] | |
| Head of Youth Development | Gavin Araujo[10] |
See main article: article and 2015 Indian Super League.
See main article: article and 2015 Indian Super League finals.
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| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | Indian Super League | width=150 | Finals | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 11 | Reinaldo | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | 25 | Dudu Omagbemi | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| FW | | 12 | Thongkhosiem Haokip | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| MF |  | 22 | Jofre | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 47 | Jonatan Lucca | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 10 | Léo Moura | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| MF | | 17 | Mandar Rao Desai | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | | 19 | Romeo Fernandes | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| FW | | 20 | Rafael Coelho | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | DF | | 23 | Keenan Almeida | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF |  | 15 | Grégory Arnolin | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 29 | 5 | 34 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Indian Super League | Finals | Total | |||||
| width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | | DF | Lúcio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | DF | Luciano Sabrosa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | DF | Raju Gaikwad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | MF | Bikramjit Singh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | MF | Léo Moura | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | MF | Reinaldo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | MF | Denson Devadas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | MF | Victorino Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | DF | Grégory Arnolin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | DF | Nicolau Colaco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | MF | Mandar Rao Desai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | MF | Pronay Halder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | MF | Jofre | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | MF | Keenan Almeida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | FW | Dudu Omagbemi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 47 | | MF | Jonatan Lucca | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||||