Английская Википедия:Churchill Brothers FC Goa

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Churchill Brothers Football Club Goa (simply known as Churchill Brothers) is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually participated in the National Football League, then top tier of Indian football league system.

The club has won the I-League title twice and has secured a position among the top three teams on nine other occasions in the national league. It has also won eight Goa League Champions Cups, three Durand Cups, and a Federation Cup.

Churchill Brothers emerged as fourth ranked Indian team, and 648 universally, in the international rankings of clubs during the first ten years of the 21st century (2001–2010), issued by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 2011.

History

1988–2009

Churchill Brothers FC were founded in 1988 as Varca Club. After one season, they renamed as Brothers Sporting Club. Later on they were bought out by Churchill Braz Alemao and renamed as Churchill Brothers FC and emerged as runners-up of the National Football League thrice: 1996–97, 1999–2000 and 2001–02. In the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship, Churchill Brothers went on to represent India. But, they had a forgetful debut outing as the Goan outfit was knocked out in the very first round by Vietnamese club Dong Thap with a 2–1 aggregate loss. In 1998, Churchill roped in Bassim Yonan, the first Iraqi player in India.

After the take over by Churchill, the club went on to win the Durand Cup in 2007, and the 2008–09 I-League, Durand Cup in 2009, IFA Shield in the same year. In 2008, Nigerian World Cupper Emeka Ezeugo was appointed club's head coach. They also emerged as runners-up of the 2007–08 I-League, the inaugural season. Through their I-League win Churchill Brothers FC were able to play in the 2010 Asian Champions League qualifiers which they lost and moved to the 2010 AFC Cup. During the AFC Cup they won two games against Al-Hilal Al-Sahili and finished runners-up in their group, advancing to the next round. Finally, they were defeated 1–2 to Al-Qadsia at the Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium.

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Odafe Onyeka Okolie, Churchill Brothers' all-time highest goalscorer (with 128 league goals).

2010–2019

Churchill Brothers was managed by Singaporean Vincent Subramaniam for the 2010–11 season. The club went the rest of the season with Croatian Drago Mamić, who helped them win the IFA Shield that year.

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Manuel Gomes as the manager of Churchill Brothers in 2011

On 9 June 2011, Churchill Brothers announced they have signed former Portugal national football team assistant coach Manuel Gomes as a permanent coach. His start proved to be successful as the club captured the 2011 Durand Cup for the third team in their history in October 2011, defeating Prayag United 5–4. However, on 15 February 2012, it was announced that Gomes had resigned and that former coach Carlos Roberto Pereira would be brought in on a caretaker basis.

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Churchill's Brazilian striker Beto (in No 10, white) in action at the 2011 Federation Cup.

Then on 13 July 2012, it was announced that Mariano Dias had been signed to become their new full-time head coach. After his first season in charge, Dias managed to lead Churchill Brothers to the I-League championship, their second domestic title in the history.

After the end of 2013–14 I-League season, Churchill finished in twelfth position with 25 points in 24 matches and was evicted from I-League for not fulfilling the Asian Football Confederation's club licensing criteria. In that season, they clinched the 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup title. In November 2017, it was announced that Ukrainian Mykola Shevchenko joined Churchill as their head coach. His first game as a manager occurred on 2 December 2017, when Churchill took on Shillong Lajong, resulting in a 2–0 loss. His stint came to an end as he was sacked from the position. Churchill then roped in Joseph Afusi of Nigeria as technical director, but were relegated at the end of the 2017–18 season, with just 17 points from 18 games. However, their position was reinstated by the AIFF, after a successful appeal by the club.

In August 2018, Romanian manager Petre Gigiu was appointed head coach. His first competitive game was on 28 October 2018 in Churchill's opening match against the reigning champions, Minerva Punjab. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. At the end of the 2018–19 I-League season, they finished on fourth position with 34 points.

2020–present

In September 2020, Churchill appointed Fernando Santiago Varela as head coach. Under his guidance, Churchill emerged as the runners-up of the 2020–21 I-League with 29 points. Although Churchill managed a win against RoundGlass Punjab in their last match, Gokulam Kerala FC were crowned champions courtesy of a better head-to-head record.

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Churchill Brothers players (in red) in action against Sporting Goa during a local league match at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa in 2023

Ahead of the 2021–22 I-League, Churchill roped in their first ever Guinean player Sekou Sylla, and Romanian Petre Gigiu returned to the club as head coach. They finished the season in fourth place. The club later in November, reached final of Baji Rout Cup in Odisha, finished as runners-up after defeat to Rajasthan United. They later took part in 2023 Indian Super Cup in Kerala, in April.

Crest, colours & kits

Crest

In 2011, a new red and black coloured crest was introduced. The crest of Churchill Brothers was originally in green and yellow, that had a football on green grass with yellow rays representing the sun's rays, with initials of the club name.

• Former club crest (1988–2011)

  Former club crest (1988–2011)

Colours

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Churchill Brothers player Jayanth Kumar in club's red coloured kit at their home ground in Vasco.

The present colours of Churchill Brothers kit is red for home matches and blue for away matches, but before the brand new crest the home colours were white and the away colours were red.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1988—2011	None	Churchill
2011—2017	Nivia
2017—2018	Faisports
2018—2023	Nivia
2023—present	Trak-Only

Ownership and nickname

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Churchill Alemao (in left), founder and owener of Churchill Brothers.

Churchill Brothers is owned and led for decades by Goan entrepreneur and politician Churchill Alemao, who served as both the president of Goa Football Association and Chief Minister of the state. His daughter Valanka Alemao is current CEO of the club.

Churchill Brothers is predominantly nicknamed the "Red Machine".

Stadiums

Since the I-League began, Churchill Brothers have always played mainly at the Fatorda Stadium in the South Goan city of Margao along with other Goan clubs Dempo, Salgaocar, Sporting Goa and Vasco. They also use Tilak Maidan Stadium for both I-League and Goa Professional League matches.

During the 2012–13 season Churchill Brothers temporarily played at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa, Goa, while the Fatorda Stadium was being renovated for the 2013 Lusophony Games and the Tilak Maidan was being renovated up to AFC standards.

During the 2013 AFC Cup, Churchill Brothers used Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune as their home ground. The club later in 2022–23 season, moved to GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim.

Rivalries

Churchill Brothers has a major rivalry with their fellow Goan side Dempo, popularly known as the "Goan Derby".

They have also rivalries with other two Goan sides, Sporting Clube de Goa and Salgaocar, whom they faced in I-League, and currently in Goa Professional League.

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Javier Pereira
Assistant coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Soares
Goalkeeping coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Nikidesh Kalari Vattath
Head physiotherapist	Шаблон:Flagicon Anandu S Kumar

Honours

League

• I-League
  • Champions (2): 2008–09, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (3): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2020–21
• National Football League
  • Runners-up (3): 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02
  • Third place (2): 1997–98, 1999–00
• 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 ShieldШаблон:Refn
  • 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 Шаблон:SmallШаблон:Refn

Award

• I-League Fair Play Award: 2016–17

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

1997–98: 1st round

• AFC Champions League: 2 appearances

2002–03: Qualifying round 3

2010: Qualifying play-off

• AFC Cup: 3 appearances

2010: Round of 16

2013: Group stage

2014: Round of 16

Records

Seasonal records

Season	Division	Teams	Position	Attendance	Federation Cup/Super Cup	Durand Cup	AFC Champions League	AFC Cup
2016–17	I-League	10	6th	2,560	Group stage	DNP	DNP	DNP
2017–18	I-League	10	9th	2,921	Round of 16	DNP	DNP	DNP
2018–19	I-League	11	4th	3,387	–	DNP	DNP	DNP
2019–20	I-League	11	8th	3,062	–	DNP	DNP	DNP
2020–21	I-League	11	2nd	-	–	DNP	DNP	DNP

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Transfer record

• Highest transfer fee received – Шаблон:Flagicon Khalid Aucho: Шаблон:INRConvert (in 2019) for move to Egyptian club Misr Lel Makkasa.

Goalscoring record

• Highest goalscorer of the Indian NFL (with Churchill Brothers): Шаблон:Flagicon Philip Mensah (1998–99), Шаблон:Flagicon Yusif Yakubu (2001–02; 2002–03).

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Federation Cup	Super Cup	Asia	Round reached	Name	Goals
	League													Top goalscorer
1996–97	Div 1	19	10	6	3	27	16	39	2nd	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash
1997–98	Div 1	18	4	7	7	20	26	19	9th	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash
1998–99	Div 1	20	7	8	5	27	22	29	3rd	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash
1999–2000	Div 1	22	12	5	5	36	17	41	2nd	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash
2000–01	Div 1	22	10	6	6	32	25	36	3rd	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash
2001–02	Div 1	22	12	6	4	44	19	42	2nd	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash
2002–03	Div 1	22	10	7	5	33	22	37	5th	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	AFC Champions League	QR3	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash
2003–04	Div 1	22	10	6	6	29	24	36	4th	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	—	—
2004–05	Div 1	22	5	8	9	23	33	23	9th	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	—	—
2005–06	Div 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash
2006–07	Div 1	18	7	8	3	30	23	29	4th	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	—	—
2007–08	IL	18	11	3	4	40	22	36	2nd	QF	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Sortname	22
2008–09	IL	22	13	7	2	53	23	46	1st	SF	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Sortname	24
2009–10	IL	26	11	10	5	50	35	43	2nd	SF	Шаблон:Sort dash	AFC Cup	R16	Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Sortname	22
2010–11	IL	26	14	8	4	57	31	50	4th	SF	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Sortname	25
2011–12	IL	26	14	6	6	47	28	48	3rd	GS	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Sort dash	Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Antchouet	18
2012–13	IL	26	16	7	3	56	22	55	1st	SF	Шаблон:Sort dash	AFC Cup	GS	Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Antchouet	14
2013–14	IL	24	6	7	11	25	37	25	12th	W	Шаблон:Sort dash	AFC Cup	R16	Шаблон:Flagicon Balwant Singh	10
2018–19	IL	20	9	7	4	35	23	34	4th		-	-	-	Шаблон:Flagicon Willis Plaza	21
2019–20	IL	15	6	2	7	23	21	20	8th

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
Шаблон:Up-arrow	Promoted
Шаблон:Down-arrow	Relegated
♦	Top scorer in division

Managerial history

• Шаблон:Flagicon Armando Colaco (1994–1999)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Danny McLennan (1999–2000)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Gregory Testvin (2000–2001)
• Шаблон:Flagicon T. K. Chathunni (2001–2002)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Marcus Pacheco (2002–2004)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Shabbir Ali (2004–2005)
• Шаблон:Flagicon György Kottán (2005–2006)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Karim Bencherifa (2006–2008)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Emeka Ezeugo (2008)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Zoran Đorđević (2008–2009)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Roberto Pereira (2009–2010)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Vincent Subramaniam (2010–2011)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Drago Mamić (2011)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Sukhwinder Singh (2011)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Gomes (2011–2012)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Roberto Pereira (2012)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Mariano Dias (2012–2014)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Joseph Afusi (2014)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Alfred Fernandes (2014–2016)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Joseph Afusi (2016–2017)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Derrick Pereira (2017)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Mykola Shevchenko (2017)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Petre Gigiu (2018–2019)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Edward Ansah (2019)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Bernardo Tavares (2019–2020)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Mateus Costa (2020)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Fernando Santiago Varela (2020–2021)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Petre Gigiu (2021–2022)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Antonio Rueda Fernández (2022)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Fernando Santiago Varela (2022–2023)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Mateus Costa (2023)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Edgardo Malvestiti (2023–2024)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Francesc Bonet (2024–present)

Notable players

World Cup players

• Шаблон:Flagicon Emeka Ezeugo (1997–1998)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Wolfe (2014, 2017, 2018–2019)

Foreign internationals

Шаблон:Flagicon José Maria da Cruz Martins (1998–1999) Шаблон:Flagicon Tapera Madzima (1998–1999) Шаблон:Flagicon Edward Ansah (1999–2003) Шаблон:Flagicon Igor Shkvyrin (2000–2001) Шаблон:Flagicon Nicholas Muyoti (2006–2007) Шаблон:Flagicon Óscar Sonejee (2008) Шаблон:Flagicon Kayne Vincent (2010–2011) Шаблон:Flagicon Henri Antchouet (2011–2013) Шаблон:Flagicon Balal Arezou (2011–2013)

Шаблон:Flagicon Akram Moghrabi (2012–2013) Шаблон:Flagicon Bilal El Najjarine (2012–2013) Шаблон:Flagicon Ra'ed Al-Nawateer (2013) Шаблон:Flagicon Yasser Shaheen (2013–2014) Шаблон:Flagicon Cristhian Lagos (2014) Шаблон:Flagicon Glenton Wolfe (2014) Шаблон:Flagicon Emmanuel Ariwachukwu (2014–2015) Шаблон:Flagicon Precious Emuejeraye (2017–2018) Шаблон:Flagicon Khalid Aucho (2018–2019)

Шаблон:Flagicon Hussein El Dor (2018–2019) Шаблон:Flagicon Willis Plaza (2018–2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Radanfah Abu Bakr (2019–2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Primus (2019–2020) Шаблон:Flagicon Clayvin Zúñiga (2021) Шаблон:Flagicon Komron Tursunov (2022) Шаблон:Flagicon Abdoulaye Sané (2022–) Шаблон:Flagicon Momo "Mouhamed" Cissé (2022–) Шаблон:Flagicon Sharif Mukhammad (2022–)

Other notable players

• Шаблон:Flagicon Odafe Onyeka Okolie (2005–2011; 2014–2016) – club's all-time highest goalscorer, with 128 league goals (top scorer in league's 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 seasons).
• Шаблон:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri (2013) – most-capped player and the all-time top goalscorer of India.
• Шаблон:Flagicon Yusif Yakubu (2001–2005; 2017) – NFL golden boot winner with Churchill in 2001–02, and 2002–03 [From 2001 to 2005, he scored 65 goals in 103 league matches with club] (also won IndianFootball.com 'player of the Year' award with Churchill in 2003).
• Шаблон:Flagicon Abdelhamid Shabana (2013–2014) – appeared in the African Games, and was part of the Egypt U-20 and U-23.
• Шаблон:Flagicon David Izazola (2018) – won 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with Mexico, alongside being bronze medalist at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ahmad Al Kaddour (2013) – appeared at the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship with Syria U-19.
• Шаблон:Flagicon Sadat Bukari (2018–2019) – appeared at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Ghana U-17.
• Шаблон:Flagicon Dawda Ceesay (2019) – appeared at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup with Gambia U-17.
• Шаблон:Flagicon Martín Cháves (2023–present) – appeared at the 2015 South American U-17 Championship with Uruguay U-17.

Other departments

Women's team

The club has a women's section, that competes in Goa Women's League, and won the league title in 2022–23 season. They also participated in Indian Women's League. Club's midfielder Cia Ryzella Almeida was honoured with "Women's Player of the Year" award by Goa Football Association (GFA) in June 2023.

Honours

• Goa Women's League
  • Champions (1): 2022–23

Youth team

Churchill Brothers' U17 youth men's team competes in the Hero Youth League. Club's U19 team reached championship round in 2011 season. Their U15 team took part in Nike Premier Cup. Club's U20 team competed in I-League U20.

See also

• List of Churchill Brothers S.C. seasons
• List of Goan State Football Champions
• Indian football clubs in Asian competitions

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External links

• Шаблон:Facebook
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• Team profile at the-aiff.com (AIFF)
• Team archive at WorldFootball.net
• Team profile at Global Sports Archive