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Sesa Football Academy
Full nameSesa Football Academy[1]
Short nameSFA
Founded1960;64 years ago(1960)(asSesa Sports Club)
1999;25 years ago(1999)(asSesa Football Academy)
GroundSircaim Academy Ground,Goa
OwnerVedanta Sports
Head coachCharles Dias
LeagueGoa Professional League
I-League 3
WebsiteClub website

Sesa Football Academy (SFA)is an Indian professionalfootballclub based inSanquelim,Goa.[2][3][4]Originally founded in the 1960s asSesa Sports Club,[5]it currently competes in theGoa Professional League,[6][7]and had previously participated in theNFL IIand theI-League 2nd Division.[8][9][10]SFA is a unit of Sesa Community Development Foundation, which is promoted byVedanta Limitedwith the objective of service to the community in its operational areas.[11][12]Sesa is theacronymofScambi Economici SA Goa,its parent mining company founded in 1954.[13]

SFA began functioning in June 1999.[14]Sesa Football Academy was the champion of theGoa First Division Leaguein 2018–19, gaining its promotion to the Goa Professional League.

History

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Sesa Football Academy is the successor ofSesa Sports Club,which was originally founded on 4 September 1960.[5][15]In 1988, British coachBob Bootlandtook charge of Sesa.[16][17]SFA was later established in 1999 with a vision of becoming a premier academy in India, producing footballers for theIndian national teamfrom the state ofGoa.[18]The academy identifies talented youngsters with the passion for football, inducts them into the residential program at the academy, and over a period of four years nurtures and develops them as professional footballers and well-disciplined citizens.

The academy's activities have yielded positive results – seven SFA alumni have played for the national team, and eight players took part in the latest edition of theIndian Super League.Some notable alumni includeAdil Khan,[19]Denzil Franco,[20]Micky Fernandes,[21]andPratesh Shirodkar.[22]

Till date, more than 150 players have benefited from SFA's programs, out of which some have played internationally and many others have represented various prestigious clubs of the country. The team was later managed by legendary Indian coachArmando Colaco.[23][24]NigerianClifford Chukwumaalso managed SESA.[25][26]

Football programs

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Residential academies

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Affiliated with theGoa Football Association(GFA), Sesa Football Academy presently runs two fully residential campuses.[27]

Students are also given orientation insports medicine,physiologicalassessmentandphysiotherapy.The academy isAIFF-accredited.

Sanquelim campus

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TheSanquelimcampus, with 36 players, is a four-year residential program admitting 18 students every two years. It is built on the Sanquelim reclaimed mine site, with a football ground, well-established gymnasium, and a complete hostel facility along with a recreation center.

Sirsaim campus

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To further nurture the young talent with football training and to provide a disciplined regime, new infrastructure atSirsaimwas inaugurated on 14 February 2010.[28]Constructed at an approximate cost of Rs. 4 crores, it has state of the art infrastructure at international standards. The Sirsaim academy currently has 30 trainees in its four-year residential program, with a batch of 15 trainees admitted every two years.

Staff

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To guide the technical aspects of both academies,Spanishcoach Eduard Batlle Basart was roped in as technical director for Sesa Football Academy in 2017.[29]He previously worked with the youth teams at European giantsManchester UnitedandFC Barcelona.

Ex-Indian captainBrahmanand Sankhwalkarhas served as chief mentor of Sesa Football Academy.[30]

Vedanta Football Schools

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SFA launchedVedanta Football Schoolsin 2012 to identify boys from nearby schools under the age of 14, and provide them non-residential football training.[31]This is in line with the larger vision of community development in the areas where Vedanta operates.

Vedanta Women's League

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Working towards the aim of women empowerment through football, Sesa Football Academy launched the Vedanta Women's League in 2017, with the support ofGoa Football Association.The league was inaugurated by then Goa Chief MinisterManohar Parrikarin the presence of eminent women's football legends.

The Vedanta Women's League has since completed two seasons, with over 200 girls given an opportunity to play football. The winner of the 2018 edition, Panjim Footballers, went on to play in theIndian Women's Leagueas the sole team from Goa.

Home ground

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Sircaim is home to one of the two Sesa Football Academy premises in Goa, the other being at Sanquelim.[32]TheSesa Football Academy Groundis located at Sircaim and use for both training and league matches.[33]

Sesa also usedDuler StadiuminMapusafor some of their Goa Professional League matches.[34]

Honours

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League

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Cup

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Affiliated clubs

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The following club(s) is/are currently associated with Sesa FA:

See also

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