The Flaming
Oranje

Founded

1999

Home ground

Duler Stadium, Mapusa

Modelled after

Sporting Clube de Portugal

How it started

The Beginning

Sporting Clube de Goa — the Flaming Oranje — was founded in 1999, when Goa-based businessman Peter Vaz purchased and renamed Cidade de Goa. Modelled after Sporting Clube de Portugal, the club took its roots in Mapusa and has played its home matches at the Duler Stadium ever since.

1999

A club in chapters

1999

Peter Vaz buys and renames Cidade de Goa. The club is born in Mapusa.

2001

A standout Federation Cup run puts the club on the national map.

2003

Debut season in the Indian National Football League.

2004

National Football League runners-up.

2005

Super Cup winners — the club’s defining honour.

2026

Won Goa Professional League Champions 2025–2026

Our Vision

To keep contributing to the growth of Indian football producing quality footballers, competing with ambition, and staying true to hard work, teamwork and perseverance.

Competing at the top

With a renewed focus on the Goa Professional League, Sporting Clube de Goa is chasing a fifth state league title — competing with ambition while staying true to the values the club was built on.

Developing talent

The club remains dedicated to fostering the next generation of footballers, nurturing young talent for the national game and contributing to Indian football with the same passion that has defined its history.

Honours

Victory is in our DNA

Twenty-one honours since 1999 — and a Super Cup that still defines the club.

ONGC Super Cup

Invitational

I League (Division 2)

I League (Division 3)

I League (Under 19)

GPL

GFA

The club today

Built in Goa.
Playing for Goa.

Sporting Clube de Goa competes in the Goa Professional League with a squad drawn from across the state, and an academy built to feed it. The ambition has not changed since 1999 — win titles, and make footballers.

Meet the squad

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