GFA president Caitano turn over Team of the Year award to debutants Clube de Salgaocar
Panaji: In his Vision Plan that he provided to all clubs while looking for election to the president’s post at Goa Football Association (GFA ), Caitano Fernandes guaranteed to clear cash prize that was pending for 5 years and hold a yearly Awards Night.Both guarantees have actually been satisfied with pending cash prize cleared.” This is an event of unique minutes of the season that simply concluded in addition to keep in mind the wonderful days of Goan football,” Caitano stated throughout the Awards Night on Friday, the 3rd succeeding edition considering that 2023. “A great deal of work goes towards arranging a football match and running an association. This night is a minute to acknowledge the efforts of all such individuals; personnel, referee’s, administrators, organisers, club authorities and gamers.
The Awards Night united all stakeholders and permitted the GFA a possibility to display its work. Like the 1,293 matches that were arranged last season, played throughout 34 premises, a record that primary minister Pramod Sawant acknowledged in his address.The brand-new ladies U-17 league was likewise highlighted, besides 5 beach football gamers making it to the nationwide group, 2 ladies winning the SAFF U-17 Championships, Ambelim SC reaching the semifinals of the AIFF Futsal Championships and Clube de Salgaocar– the GFA’s choice for Team of the Year– receiving I-League 3 in their launching season.
“We had an excellent last season and have a lot of factors to commemorate now,” stated the GFA president, describing the 2nd edition of the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy, arranged for the very first time with foreign groups, Brisbane Roar (Australia) and Clube Defensa y Justicia (Argentina), both from the leading tiers of their nations.“The competition was a grand success and was transmitted all over the world on FIFA plus.
The competition got viewership from all 5 continents of the world,” stated Caitano.GFA vice president Jonathan de Sousa likewise made a reference of the Bandodkar Trophy, which was restored with aid from the state govt.“The association, with the assistance of govt, Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs (DSYA) and All India Football Federation (AIFF) has actually taken excellent strides in the last 3 years in administration, competitors, training courses and gamer advancement,” stated Jonathan.Coached by previous global Keenan Almeida, Clube de Salgaocar were adjudged as the group of the year after they ended up third on launching in the Goa Professional League. With a young and identified team, Salgaocar took numerous by surprise, ending up behind Sporting Clube de Goa and Dempo SC.