2023-24_Bengaluru_FC_season
2023–24 Bengaluru FC season
11th season in the existence of Bengaluru FC
The 2023–24 season is Bengaluru FC's eleventh season as a club since its establishment in 2013.[4] The season for the Blues kicked off with title defending task at the 2023 Durand Cup.[5]
2023–24 season | ||||
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Chairman | Parth Jindal[1] | |||
Manager | Simon Grayson (until 8 December)[2] Gerard Zaragoza (from 14 December)[3] | |||
Stadium | Sree Kanteerava Stadium | |||
Indian Super League | TBD | |||
Super Cup | Group Stage | |||
Durand Cup | Group Stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Javi Hernandez (5 goal) All: Javi Hernandez (6 goal) | |||
Highest home attendance | 27,923 | |||
Lowest home attendance | 2,923 | |||
Average home league attendance | 7,954 | |||
Biggest defeat | 4-0 | |||
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2024-25 → | ||||
All statistics correct as of 14 August 2023. |
In the previous season, the squad of Bengaluru was yet again overhauled with Englishman Simon Grayson at the helm accompanied by several fresh signings.[6] The freshly built squad went on to lift the 2022 Durand Cup, which was the club's maiden Durand Cup title.[7] This also made Simon Grayson the fastest Bengaluru head coach to win a title, which took him only 102 days, beating the record of Carles Cuadrat who took 259 days. They would go on to finish as runners-up in the previous season of ISL and in the Super Cup.
Transfers in
No. | Position | Player | Previous club | Date | Fee | Ref |
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30 | GK | Sahil Poonia | Zinc FA | 1 June 2023 | Free | [8] |
19 | FW | Halicharan Narzary | Hyderabad | 14 June 2023 | [9] | |
33 | GK | Vikram Lakhbir Singh | Aizawl | 21 June 2023 | [10] | |
23 | DF | Slavko Damjanović | Mohun Bagan | 28 June 2023 | [11] | |
24 | FW | Rohit Danu | Hyderabad | 7 July 2023 | [12] | |
35 | FW | Salam Johnson Singh | TRAU | 10 July 2023 | [13] | |
9 | FW | Curtis Main | St Mirren | 18 July 2023 | [14] | |
14 | DF | Jessel Carneiro | Kerala Blasters | 25 July 2023 | [15] | |
16 | MF | Shankar Sampingiraj | Punjab | 25 July 2023 | [15] | |
7 | MF | Ryan Williams | Perth Glory | 28 July 2023 | [16] | |
6 | MF | Keziah Veendorp | Emmen | 5 August 2023 | [17] | |
DF | Hyderabad FC | 30 January 2024 | ||||
DF | Hyderabad FC | 1 February 2024 |
Promoted from youth system
No. | Position | Player | Previous club | Date | Fee | Ref |
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44 | DF | Robin Yadav | Bengaluru B | 1 June 2023 | Internal transfer (Youth system) |
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38 | FW | Ankith Padmanabhan | 1 August 2023 | |||
49 | MF | Harsh Patre | 31 August 2023 | [19] | ||
51 | DF | Chingambam Shivaldo Singh | 1 December 2023 | |||
41 | FW | Monirul Molla | 1 June 2023 |
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Indian Super League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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8 | Punjab | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 24[lower-alpha 1] | |
9 | East Bengal | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 24[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification for the AFC Champions League 2 preliminary stage[lower-alpha 2] |
10 | Bengaluru | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 22 | |
11 | Jamshedpur | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 21 | |
12 | Hyderabad | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 43 | −33 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
Notes:
- East Bengal qualified for the AFC Champions League 2 preliminary stage by winning the 2024 Super Cup.[22]
League stage
Matches
Note: FSDL and the Indian Super League announced the fixtures for the first half of the season on 7 September with the remaining fixtures to be released on late 2023.[23][24]
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 1 | Kerala Blasters | 2–1 | Bengaluru | Kochi |
20:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 34,911 Referee: Rahul Gupta Man of the Match: Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters) |
27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) 2 | Mohun Bagan SG | 1–0 | Bengaluru | Kolkata |
20:00 IST | Hugo Boumous 68' | Report | Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 29,552 Referee: Haris Kundu Man of the Match: Hugo Boumous (Mohun Bagan) |
4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 3 | Bengaluru | 2–1 | East Bengal FC | Bengaluru |
20:00 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 5,913 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Ryan Williams (Bengaluru) |
25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) 4 | Bengaluru | 0–0 | Goa | Bengaluru |
20:00 IST | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 5 | Odisha | 3–2 | Bengaluru | Bhubaneswar |
20:00 IST |
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Stadium: Kalinga Stadium |
4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 6 | Hyderabad | 1–1 | Bengaluru | Hyderabad |
20:00 IST |
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Stadium: GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium |
26 November 2023 (2023-11-26) 7 | NorthEast United | 1–1 | Bengaluru | Guwahati |
20:00 IST |
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Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium |
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 8 | Bengaluru | 3–3 | Punjab | Bengaluru |
20:00 IST |
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Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
8 December 2023 (2023-12-08) 9 | Bengaluru | 0–4 | Mumbai City | Bengaluru |
20:00 IST |
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Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
13 December 2023 (2023-12-13) 10 | Chennaiyin | 2–0 | Bengaluru | Chennai |
20:00 IST |
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Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) 11 | Bengaluru | 1–0 | Jamshedpur | Bengaluru |
17:30 IST |
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Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
24 December 2023 (2023-12-24) 12 | Bengaluru | 1-1 | NorthEast United | Bengaluru |
17:30 IST | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
Durand Cup
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GOK | BEN | KER | IAF | |
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1 | Gokulam Kerala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Qualify for the knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–0 | |
2 | Bengaluru | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||
3 | Kerala Blasters | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 | 3–4 | — | — | 5–0 | ||
4 | Indian Air Force | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Matches
14 August 2023 (2023-08-14) 1 | Bengaluru | 1–1 | Indian Air Force | Kolkata |
18.00 IST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Vivek Kumar (Indian Air Force) |
18 August 2023 (2023-08-18) 2 | Bengaluru | 2–2 | Kerala Blasters | Kolkata |
18.00 IST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Bekey Oram (Bengaluru) |
22 August 2023 (2023-08-22) 3 | Bengaluru | 2–0 | Gokulam Kerala | Kolkata |
18.00 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Robin Yadav (Bengaluru) |
Goal scorers
Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | DC | SC | Total |
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1 | 10 | MF | Javi Hernández | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | FW | Sunil Chhetri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
2 | 7 | FW | Ryan Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | FW | Curtis Main | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
5 | 49 | MF | Harsh Patre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
TOTALS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Updated: 30 November 2023
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