- Address: Don Bosco Road, Margao
- Country: India
- Capacity: 19,000
- Opened: 1989
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: FC Goa (football)
Extra stadium info – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
The Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is also known as the Fatorda Stadium. It hosted 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup matches for Brazil, Costa Rica, England, Germany, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Mali, Mexico, Niger and the United States. Germany won the first 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup game at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium after beating Costa Rica 2-1. Jann-Fiete Arp, who was born in Germany in 2000, scored the first goal of the game. Iran won the second FIFA U-17 World Cup match at the venue after defeating Guinea 3-1.
The knockout phase of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Two round-of-16 matches of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup took place at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Iran won the first one after beating the United Mexican States, commonly known as Mexico. The second one was won by Mali after defeating Iraq. On 21 October 2017, 16,000 people attended the FIFA U-17 World Cup quarter-final between the United States and England at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. England won the game. Rhian Joel Brewster scored three goals for England that day. The football tournament was won by England after beating Spain in the final, which took place in Kolkata in front of 66,000 spectators.
FC Goa
FC Goa use the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for home games. In 2014, the venue hosted the first-ever Indian Super League match for FC Goa. They drew an average home attendance of 18,000 in their maiden ISL season. The club from Margao became one of the first football clubs from India with 100,000 followers on its main social media page. FC Goa also became one of the first sports clubs from India with a value of at least $10 million. They played their first-ever AFC Champions League match in 2021. The Asian football championship match against Al-Rayyan SC from Qatar ended in a 0-0 draw.
Lúcio
Lucimar Ferreira da Silva, commonly known as Lúcio, joined FC Goa in 2015. He played 16 Indian Super League games for the club. Lúcio won the 2002 FIFA World Cup with the national football team of Brazil. Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, José Edmílson Gomes de Moraes, José Kléberson Pereira, José Vítor Roque Júnior, Lucimar Ferreira da Silva, Marcos Evangelista de Morais, Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira, Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha, Ronaldo de Assis Moreira and Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima started for Brazil in the 2002 FIFA World Cup final. In 2010, Lúcio won his second world championship title. He won the title after beating TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with FC Internazionale Milano from the Italian Republic.
