Former India soccer staff coach Manolo Marquez rejoined Indian Tremendous League facet FC Goa and shall be on the helm for the 2025-26 season, the membership introduced on Friday. FC Goa introduced that Marquez has signed to proceed as the top coach for the upcoming season, his third on the membership.
“Nobody forgets the Don and the Don by no means forgets house. Welcome Again Boss,” FC Goa posted on their social media deal with.
Marquez resigned from his nationwide function on July 2 after reaching a “mutual settlement” with the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) earlier this month after a disastrous stint because the Blue Tigers’ coach. Beneath him, the Indian staff had only one win from their final 8 matches with the victory coming in opposition to Maldives again in March. In 2025, they’ve performed 4, misplaced 2, received 1 and drawn 1. The outcomes have been so poor that India needed to carry again their iconic striker Sunil Chhetri from his 2024 retirement however that has achieved little to vary their fortunes.
Don Márquez is again! 💪
Our Spanish tactician has renewed his contract with the membership for the 2025–26 season. There’s unfinished enterprise and we’re able to take it on! 🦬
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— FC Goa (@FCGoaOfficial) July 18, 2025
This led to the staff recording their worst rating in 9 years once they dropped to 133 within the newest FIFA rankings.
The 56-year-old was appointed as India head coach in June 2024 for a two-year tenure. He labored in a twin function final yr, additionally guiding FC Goa within the 2024-25 ISL season.
“I used to be very completely satisfied throughout the earlier two seasons, the place the staff confirmed constant enchancment annually. The extent of organisation that the membership operates with isn’t generally noticed in Indian membership soccer, making FC Goa a really particular membership. It was clear for me that if I have been to proceed in India, it needed to be with FC Goa,” Marquez stated.
The Spaniard had signed for goa again in 2023 and has since turn out to be the longest serving head coach of the Gaurs, with a marketing campaign spanning 62 matches throughout all competitions.
In the meantime, The ISL is at present on “maintain” because of the uncertainty over the difficulty of the renewal of the Grasp Rights Settlement — to run out on December 8 — between the AIFF and the organisers Soccer Sports activities Improvement Restricted (FSDL).
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