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The FC Goa first team will begin their Super Cup campaign against two time ISL champions ATK on April 3, 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Having finished the ISL season in 9th place, ATK were forced to take on I-league side Chennai City FC in a qualifying battle and they promptly dispatched the South Indian outfit 4-1 to book their place in the main draw of the Super Cup against ISL semifinalists FC Goa.
The Gaurs lost out to Chennaiyin FC in the semifinals of the Indian Super League and are raring to go in the Super Cup in a bid to bring home the first trophy of the Sergio Lobera era. The Super Cup rules state that only six foreign players can be registered per team to participate in the tournament and as such, the Gaurs have left out Moroccan midfield dynamo Ahmed Jahouh and young striker Mark Sifneos from the squad. ISL golden boot winner Ferran Corominas and attacking midfielders Hugo Boumous and Manuel Lanzarote will travel to Bhubaneswar with the squad along with Eduardo Bedia, Sergio Juste and Bruno Pinheiro.
The top six teams from the ISL and the I-League qualified directly for the first round of the Super Cup while the remaining teams from both leagues were forced into a qualifying battle with two I-League teams and two ISL teams emerging victorious. The first round of the tournament will begin on March 31 with ISL champions Chennaiyin FC taking on Aizawl FC. The tournament follows knockout rules wherein losing teams in every round will be eliminated from the competition. The semifinals are scheduled for April 16/17 with the final due to be played on April 20.
FC GOA
Goalkeeper
Naveen Kumar, Laxmikant Kattimani, Bruno Colaco
Defenders
Seriton Fernandes, Amey Ranawade, Ali Mohammed, Bruno Pinheiro, Sergio ‘Chechi’ Juste, Narayan Das, Jonathan Cardozo, Chinglensana Singh Konsham
Midfielders
Edu Bedia, Pronay Halder, Manuel Lanzarote, Pratesh Shirodkar, Mandar Rao Dessai, Brandon Fernandes, Anthony D’Souza, Liston Colaco, Yasir Mohammed, Hugo Adnan Boumous
Forwards
Ferran Corominas, Manvir Singh
