The dream of playing football for the national clubs have come closer for the young talent of Porvorim with the commissioning of Salvador do Mundo multipurpose ground at the hands of MLA Rohan Khaunte.

The state-of-the-art ground with multipurpose facility has been constructed with the support of FC Goa and Sporting Club de Porvorim.

The facility was inaugurated in presence of Khaunte, FG Goa’s CEO and Co-owner Akshay Tandon, national football player Glen Martins and Salvador do Mundo Sarpanch Sandip Salgaonkar.
Khaunte said that the ground will help the sports talent from Porvorim to achieve their dream of playing for the national clubs.

The ground was inaugurated on Tuesday but will be officially open for public from July 01 onwards.
The Porvorim MLA said that the facility has been created for the people of Salvador do Mundo and entire Porvorim area. He said that panchayat had signed an agreement with FC Goa Club for the development of this ground, which was waiting for its proper renovation for long.

He said that the work undertaken by Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation of developing the ground was not up to the mark, due to which the FC Goa pitched in with its resources.

Khaunte said that the ground can be used for playing football and also cricket. He said that the FC Goa has already tied up with the clubs at Porvorim wherein they will be mentoring the children to become international football players. The players will also get to play for FC Goa.

FC Goa’s CEO Akshay Tandon said that they wanted to start something from a scratch but at the same time, they knew that there are grounds in the state which can be developed into good facility.
He said that Salvador do Mundo panchayat and its officials were the first one to be ready to team up with FC Goa to set up this facility.

“We want that any Goan who has the ability to play football should be playing for FC Goa,” he said.

FC Goa signs first feeder club partnership with Sporting Club De Porvorim

As part of the plan to develop the football ecosystem in Goa, FC Goa announces the Club’s partnership with Sporting Club of Porvorim

FC Goa last season partnered with the Panchayat of Salvador do Mundo to refurbish their infrastructure with a training ground being constructed to meet international standards whilst also installing dressing rooms within the facility for the FC Goa first team.

With the new agreement in place, FC Goa will now provide technical expertise to Sporting Club of Porvorim under the guidance of FC Goa’s Technical Team. 

Coaches from FC Goa will develop a curriculum to train the youth of Porvorim constituency who will play for Sporting Club of Porvorim in the U-14 and U-18 categories. 

FC Goa will endeavour as such with the belief that eventually, some of these boys would make it to the Gaurs’ youth and senior teams. Sporting Cub of Porvorim is set to participate in the youth leagues organised by the Goa Football Association and the All India Football Federation.  

The Gaurs will also partner with the club to organise grassroots festivals every month for boys and girls in the U-12 and U-10 categories.

In regards to the same, Sporting Club of Porvorim has announced trials for their U-18 and U-14 football teams. Boys who are born on or after 1-1-2004 and 1-1-2009 will be eligible for the trials for U-18 and U-14 teams respectively.

For the grassroots category, boys and girls born on or after 1-1-2010 will be eligible to try out for the U-12 team while those born on or after 1-1-2012 will be eligible for the U-10 team.

Interested players in respective categories may register themselves at the Salvador do Mundo Panchayat Office and/or contact Stephen at +917218656129/988177882 before July 5th 2021, along with their Birth Certificate, Aadhar Card and Election Card of the parents. 

Only residents of the Porvorim constituency are eligible to participate in these trials. The dates for the trials will be communicated to the registered players personally at a future date.