Churchill Brothers S.C.

Churchill Brothers S.C.

Full name	Churchill Brothers Sporting Club
Founded	1988
Ground	Fatorda Stadium (Capacity: 27,300)
Owner	Churchill Braz Alemao
Chairman	Joaquim Alemao
Manager	Manuel Gomes
League	I-League
2011-12	I-League, 4th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Churchill Brothers Sporting Club is an Indian football club based in Salcette, Goa. The team participates in the I-League. The club's name of Churchill was taken from Churchill Braz Alemao.^[1] The team plays its I-League home matches at the Fatorda stadium in Margao, Goa.

They are one of the top teams in the state of Goa, having won the Goa League six times, the last being in 2001. After having been relegated from the National Football League at the end of the 2004-05 season, the club played in the Second Division in 2005-06, being placed in Group A. After a top two finish in the second division, the team once again played the in Premier League of the NFL in 2006-07 season. During the 2008-09 I-League season Churchill Brothers SC won the I-League 2008-09.

History

1988-2009

Churchill Brothers SC were started up in 1988 as Varca Club ^[2] After one season under the name Varca Club they renamed themselves Brothers Sporting Club. Later on they were bought out by Churchill Braz Alemao and renamed themselves Churchill Brothers SC. After the take over by Churchill the club went on to win the Durand Cup in 2007 and then they had their best year in 2008-09 by winning the 2008-09 I-League, 2009 Durand Cup, and the 2009 IFA Shield. Through there I-League win Churchill Brothers SC were able to play in the 2010 Asian Champions League qualifiers which they lost which meant that they would play in the 2010 AFC Cup. During the AFC Cup Churchill Brothers SC won two games against Al-Hilal and finished runners up in there group and advanced to the next round where they would lose 1-2 to Al-Qadsia at the Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium.

2010-present

For the 2010-11 season Churchill Brothers SC played in the I-League. Churchill Brothers had contracted manager Vincent Subramaniam for the 2010-11 season of the I-League but midway through the season Vincent left his post as the manager and Churchill Brothers SC went the rest of the season with Serbian Miric as there caretaker manager who led them to 4th in the 2010-11 I-League. On June 9, 2011 Churchill Brothers SC announced they have signed former Portugal national team assistant coach Manuel Gomes as permanent manager. ^[3]

Crest

The crest of Churchill was originally green and yellow but sense the change in 2011 the crest has been red and black. The first crest was a football on grass with yellow rays coming out acting as sun rays. You also got grass growing from the bottom of the ball to make it look like grass.

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  Churchill's first crest from 1988-2011

Colors

The colors of Churchill Brothers kits and flags have always been red and white but before the brand new crest the home colors were white while the away colors were red. Now after the new logo was shown the home kit will be red while the away kit is white.

Stadium

Sense there creation Churchill Brothers SC have always played at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Goa. ^[4] In 2011 it was rumored that Churchill Brothers SC would attempt to gain land in order to create their own football only stadium in Salcette, Goa. This rumor never materialized though.

The Churchill Brothers SC players use the Varca Ground in Salcette, Goa as a training ground but if the ground is not available then Churchill Brothers SC will use the Dando Ground which is also located in Salcette, Goa. ^[5]

Fatorda Stadium

Ownership and Finances

The club being “Family Club” it cannot give commitments with written evidence and guarantees supplied to AIFF. The club provides audited accounts to AIFF club Regulation committee at the time. ^[6]

Structure and Administration

The club has office for its administration operation with modern telecommunication facilities.

The administration has the capacity to deal efficiently with all decisions, instructions and requests of AIFF and AIFF Professional League.

The club has the capacity to organise to the standard required by the AIFF Professional-League and is also responsible for all the match arrangements and event management at designated home matches.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Kit manufactures

• 1970's-2011: None
• 2011-present: Adidas

Shirt sponsors

• 2007-present: Churchill

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 26 October 2011.^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Felix D'Souza 4 DF Antun Kovacic 9 FW Henry Antchouet 10 MF Roberto Mendes Silva 11 FW Mohammed Rafi 12 DF Denzil Franco 13 DF Dharmaraj Ravanan 14 FW Israil Gurung 15 MF Jerry Zirsanga 16 MF Zakeer Mundampara 19 DF Gouramangi Singh (captain) 20 MF Lalrindika Ralte

No. Position Player 22 FW Jaison Vales 23 MF Steven Dias 24 MF Lenny Rodrigues 25 FW Rauf Khan 26 DF Yumnam Raju 28 FW Nbusiyu David Opara 29 GK Arindam Bhattacharya 31 GK Lalit Thapa 35 FW Bineesh Balan — MF Jagpreet Singh — DF Felip Gomes — FW Xavier Vijay Kumar

Managers

Churchill Brothers is known for the short-term managers who come in but barley manage to complete at least half a year on the job. They now are hoping though that new coach Manuel Gomes who was bought in on June 9, 2011 will end this trend and will last his full three year contract.

Honours

Domestic

• I-League: 1

2008-09.

• Durand Cup: 3

2007, 2009, 2011

• IFA Shield: 2

2009, 2011

References

1. ^ "About Club". the-aiff. 26 October 2011. http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/club/index.php?Aboutclub=42&ClubDetail=42. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
2. ^ "History" (Webpage). the-aiff. http://the-aiff.com/pages/club/index.php?History=42&ClubDetail=42. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
3. ^ "Manuel Gomes to coach Churchill Brothers" (Webpage). sportskeeda. June 2011. http://www.sportskeeda.com/2011/06/12/manuel-gomes-to-coach-churchill-brothers/#. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
4. ^ "Churchill Brothers SC" (Webpage). soccerway.com. http://www.soccerway.com/teams/india/churchill-brothers-sc/venue/. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
5. ^ "History" (Webpage). goal.com. http://goal.com/en-india/teams/india/1083/churchill/info. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
6. ^ "History" (Webpage). goal.com. http://goal.com/en-india/teams/india/1083/churchill/info. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
7. ^ "Squad". goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en-india/teams/india/1083/churchill-brothers-sc. Retrieved 26 October 2011.