Salgaocar F.C. Salgaocar F.C. Salgaocar Football Club is a professional football club who currently play in the in India. They are based in Vasco, Goa and are owned by the V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies. Salgaocar have won 19 Goa League Champions Cups, 3 Federation Cups, 2 Super Cups, 2 Durand Cups and won the National Football League in 1998–99 and I-League in 2010–11. They became the first Goan side to win the NFL in 1998–99 under the guidance of coach Shabbir Ali. Salgaocar pulled out of I-League 2016-17 citing AIFF bias against I-League. The club was founded in 1956. It
Mario Soares (footballer) Mario Soares (footballer) Mario Soares is a former Indian football player and is the current interim head coach of Indian I-League side Salgaocar. During his playing days, Soares played for Salgaocar, Dempo, Churchill Brothers, and India internationally. Born in Goa, Soares started his football career as a youth player with Salcette. He started his senior career with Salgaocar, where he won the Federation Cup with the club in 1988. He scored the winning goal in extra-time against Border Security Force as Salgaocar won 1–0. He then went on to play for Dempo and Churchill Brothers later in his career. Soares