Panjim Footballers Club, or simply known as Panjim Footballers, is an Indian professional

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club based in

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, that competes in the

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. It's women's team previously participated in the

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, and currently participates in GFA Vedanta Women's League.

History

Established in 1978 as an small city club, Panjim Footballers started playing in inter-village tournaments and GFA age-group tournaments and won many small tournaments. In 2021, Panjim Footballers won

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, their only major tournament since their inception in 1978. They defeated

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1–0 at

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in the final.

Honours

League

*GFA Third Division ** Champions (1): 2013

Cup

** Champions (1): 2021

Women's team

* Goa Women's League **Champions (1): 2017, 2018

References

External links

Panjim Footballers
at Soccerway
Panjim Footballers
at Sofascore
Panjim Footballers
at the-aiff.com (

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