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Full name | Pax of Nagoa Sports Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Pax | ||
Founded | 1963 [1] | ||
Ground | Nagoa Ground | ||
Owner | Ravi Cabral [2] | ||
Head coach | Mateus Costa | ||
League | Goa Professional League | ||
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Pax of Nagoa Sports Club is an Indian professional football club based in Nagoa, Goa. [3] They are a village club from the Nagoa and Verna area and currently compete in the Goa Professional League. [4]
Pax of Nagoa was founded in 1963 by Fr. Bruno Diniz to unite the villagers of Nagoa through football and nurture local young talent. [5] [6]
The P in Pax stands for Peace; A stands for Amor /ˈæmər/ (Latin: Amor, "love"); and X stands for Christ in Greek. [7]
After the closure of Fransa-Pax in 2008, the other club based in Nagoa known as Pax of Nagoa, continued participating in village tournaments like the Verna [8] and Curtorim Panchayat Cups. [9] In 2010, they entered the GFA Third Division. [10]
In 2023, after winning the Salcete Zone of the Goan Third Division, [11] Pax of Nagoa signed an MOU with CFS Charities, [3] paid the franchise fee, moved to the Goa Professional League, and participated in the 2023–24 Goa Professional League. [4] They appointed Mateus Costa as head coach for the season. [12] They also entered their U17 team into the 2024 Reliance Foundation Development League. [13]
They finished fourth in the 2023–24 Goa Professional League season. [14]
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Full name | Pax of Nagoa Sports Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Pax | ||
Founded | 1963 [1] | ||
Ground | Nagoa Ground | ||
Owner | Ravi Cabral [2] | ||
Head coach | Mateus Costa | ||
League | Goa Professional League | ||
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Pax of Nagoa Sports Club is an Indian professional football club based in Nagoa, Goa. [3] They are a village club from the Nagoa and Verna area and currently compete in the Goa Professional League. [4]
Pax of Nagoa was founded in 1963 by Fr. Bruno Diniz to unite the villagers of Nagoa through football and nurture local young talent. [5] [6]
The P in Pax stands for Peace; A stands for Amor /ˈæmər/ (Latin: Amor, "love"); and X stands for Christ in Greek. [7]
After the closure of Fransa-Pax in 2008, the other club based in Nagoa known as Pax of Nagoa, continued participating in village tournaments like the Verna [8] and Curtorim Panchayat Cups. [9] In 2010, they entered the GFA Third Division. [10]
In 2023, after winning the Salcete Zone of the Goan Third Division, [11] Pax of Nagoa signed an MOU with CFS Charities, [3] paid the franchise fee, moved to the Goa Professional League, and participated in the 2023–24 Goa Professional League. [4] They appointed Mateus Costa as head coach for the season. [12] They also entered their U17 team into the 2024 Reliance Foundation Development League. [13]
They finished fourth in the 2023–24 Goa Professional League season. [14]