2021–22 Bengaluru FC season

The 2021–22 season was Bengaluru FC's ninth season as a club since its establishment in 2013. The Blues participated in AFC Cup, Durand Cup and finished sixth in their fifth Indian Super League season. All domestic league games of Bengaluru were held behind closed doors at GMC Athletic Stadium due to COVID-19 pandemic.[lower-alpha 1]

Bengaluru FC
2021–22 season
ChairmanIndia Parth Jindal
ManagerGermany Marco Pezzaiuoli
StadiumGMC Athletic Stadium[lower-alpha 1]
Indian Super League6th
AFC CupGroup Stage
Durand CupSemi Final
All statistics correct as of 23 April 2022.

Background

Transfers

During the month of June, Bengaluru FC announced the contract extensions of Sunil Chhetri and Suresh Singh Wangjam. Chhetri extended his stay at the club for another two years and Suresh for three years.[1][2] On 2 July Bengaluru FC announced that Gabonese defender Yrondu Musavu-King signed a two-year extension with the club.[3]

On 29 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of midfielder Rohit Kumar on a two-year deal.[4] On 6 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of defender Alan Costa from Brazilian club Avaí FC on a two-year loan.[5] On 12 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of defender Sarthak Golui on a two-year deal.[6]

At the end of the 2020–21 season defender Rahul Bheke and midfielders Dimas Delgado and Harmanjot Khabra parted ways with the club.[7][8][9] On 28 June Bengaluru FC announced release of Spanish defender Juanan on mutual consent.[10]

In

No. Position Player Previous club Date Fee Ref
18 MF India Rohit Kumar Kerala Blasters 29 June 2021 Free agent [4]
16 DF India Sarthak Golui East Bengal 12 July 2021 Free agent [6]
9 FW Republic of the Congo Prince Ibara France Châteauroux 16 July 2021 Free agent
14 FW India Harmanpreet Singh East Bengal 19 July 2021 Free agent
7 MF India Jayesh Rane ATK Mohun Bagan 22 July 2021 Free agent
12 MF India Danish Farooq Bhat Real Kashmir 25 July 2021 Free agent
26 FW India Bidyashagar Singh TRAU 28 July 2021
6 MF Brazil Bruno Ramires Portugal Belenenses 28 August 2021 Free agent [11][12]
10 MF Iran Iman Basafa Iran Machine Sazi 14 September 2021 Free agent [13]

Loan In

No. Position Player Previous club Date Fee Ref
5 DF Brazil Alan Costa Brazil Avaí 6 July 2021 Undisclosed [5]

Out

No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
10 MF India Harmanjot Khabra Kerala Blasters 30 May 2021 Free agent [9]
14 MF Spain Dimas Delgado 30 May 2021 Free agent [8]
2 DF India Rahul Bheke Mumbai City 31 May 2021 Free agent [7]
18 FW India Thongkhosiem Haokip East Bengal 31 May 2021 Free agent
55 DF India Fran González 31 May 2021 Free agent
MF India Xisco Hernández 31 May 2021 Free agent
4 DF Spain Juanan Hyderabad 28 June 2021 Released [10]
24 DF India Joe Zoherliana NorthEast United 26 July 2021 Released
28 GK India Lalthuammawia Ralte RoundGlass Punjab 28 August 2021 Undisclosed
33 MF India Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha NorthEast United 8 September 2021 Undisclosed

Preseason

21 October 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 2–3 Chennaiyin Goa
16:00 IST
  • Augustine
  • Silva
Report
30 October 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 1–1 Jamshedpur Goa
9:30 IST Rane 15' Report Murray 27'
6 November 2021 Friendly Goa 2–1 Bengaluru Goa
? IST Chhetri
15 November 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 1–0 Jamshedpur Goa
? IST Ramires 25'
16 November 2021 Friendly Chennaiyin 2–3 Bengaluru Goa
? IST Ali ?', ?' Report

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 20 November 2021 (2021-11-20) 5 March 2022 (2022-03-05) Matchday 1 20 8 5 7 32 27 +5 040.00
AFC Cup 15 August 2021 (2021-08-15) 24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) Playoff Round 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 050.00
Durand Cup 15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) 29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) Group Stage 5 3 2 0 14 9 +5 060.00
Total 29 13 8 8 53 40 +13 044.83

Last updated: 5 March 2022 (2022-03-05).
Source: Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Kerala Blasters 20 9 7 4 34 24 +10 34 Qualification to ISL playoffs
5 Mumbai City 20 9 4 7 36 31 +5 31
6 Bengaluru 20 8 5 7 32 27 +5 29
7 Odisha 20 6 5 9 31 43 12 23
8 Chennaiyin 20 5 5 10 17 35 18 20
Source: Indian Super League
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

Result summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
20 8 5 7 32 27  +5 9 4 4 2 20 15  +5 4 1 5 12 12  0

Results by round

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundHAHHAAHAAHAHHAHHAHAA
ResultWLDLLLDDWDWDWWWLLWLW
Position2547910910887786333656
Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void / Postponed

20 November 2021 1 Bengaluru 4–2 NorthEast United Bambolim
19:30 IST Silva 14', 42' Yellow card 45'
Shareef 23' (o.g.)
Rane 42'
Ibara 81'
Report Brown 17'
Coureur 25'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Udanta Singh
24 November 2021 2 Odisha 3–1 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST Hernandez 3', 51'
Antonay 61'
Cabrera 90'
Report Kuruniyan Yellow card 13'
Costa 21'
Ramires Yellow card 58'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Javier Hernandez
28 November 2021 3 Bengaluru 1–1 Kerala Blasters Bambolim
19:30 IST Chowdhary Yellow card 22'
Kuruniyan 84'
Report Kuruniyan 88' (o.g.)
Khabra Yellow card 89'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Harmanjot Khabra
4 December 2021 4 Bengaluru 1–3 Mumbai City Bambolim
21:30 IST Wangjam Yellow card 14'
Silva 20'
R. Singh Yellow card 36'
Chhetri Yellow card 76'
Report Angulo 9'
Jahouh Yellow card 46'
Fall 54'
Ranawade Yellow card 70'
Catatau 85'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Lalengmawia
8 December 2021 5 Hyderabad 1–0 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST Ogbeche 7'
Jadhav Yellow card 83'
Report R. Singh Yellow card 29'
Wangjam Yellow card 38'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Souvik Chakrabarti
11 December 2021 6 Goa 2–1 Bengaluru Bambolim
21:30 IST Martins Yellow card 13'
Kuruniyan 18' (o.g.)
Ortiz Red card 55'
Murgaonkar 70'
Report R. Singh Yellow card 32' Silva 45'
Farooq Yellow card 52'
Wangjam Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 84'
Ibara Yellow card 57'
Ramires Yellow card 68'
Shrivas Yellow card 78'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Devendra Murgaonkar
16 December 2021 7 Bengaluru 3–3 ATK Mohun Bagan Bambolim
19:30 IST Silva pen.' (18)
Farooq 26'
A. Kumar Yellow card 39'
R. Singh Yellow card 69'
Ibara 72'
U. Singh Yellow card 81'
Report Bose 13'
Boumous 38' Yellow card 43'
Krishna 58'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Subhasish Bose
20 December 2021 8 Jamshedpur 0–0 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST Jitendra Yellow card 57' Report Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Greg Stewart
30 December 2021 9 Chennaiyin 2–4 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST Murzaev 4'
Ali 49'
Report Ibara Yellow card 13'
Silva 39'
Costa 43'
Kuruniyan Yellow card 45'
Wangjam Yellow card 57'
U. Singh 70'
Chowdhary 74'
Farooq Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Naorem Roshan Singh
4 January 2022 10 Bengaluru 1–1 East Bengal Bambolim
19:30 IST R. Singh Yellow card 27'
Das 58' (o.g.)
Report Bhattacharya Yellow card 3'
Haokip 28'
Mukherjee Yellow card 87'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Adil Khan
10 January 2022 11 Mumbai 0–3 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST Bheke Yellow card 26'
Rai Yellow card 45'
G. Singh Yellow card 85'
Report Farooq 8' Yellow card 45'
Ibara 23', 45'
Chowdhary Yellow card 33'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Naorem Roshan Singh
15 January 2022 12 ATK Mohun Bagan Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST postponed Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
23 January 2022 12 Goa 1–1 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST Fox 41' Report Basafa Yellow card 24'
Farooq Yellow card 32'
Chhetri 61'
R. Singh Yellow card 74'
Ibara Yellow card 75'
R. Kumar Yellow card 87'
U. Singh Yellow card 90'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Dylan Fox
26 January 2022 13 Bengaluru 3–0 Chennaiyin Bambolim
19:30 IST Basafa 20'
U. Singh 42', 52'
Report Dhot Yellow card 41'
Ali Yellow card 88'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pratik Mondal
Man of the Match: Udanta Singh
30 January 2022 14 Kerala Blasters 0–1 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST Khawlhring Yellow card 41'
Vazquez Yellow card 62'
Report Ibara Yellow card 11'
Naorem Roshan Singh 56'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Naorem Roshan Singh
5 February 2022 15 Bengaluru 3–1 Jamshedpur Bambolim
19:30 IST Chhetri 55'
Silva 62', 90'
Report Chukwu 1' Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Bruno Ramires
11 February 2022 16 Bengaluru 1–2 Hyderabad Bambolim
19:30 IST Farooq Yellow card 27'
Shrivas Yellow card 42'
R. Singh Yellow card 82'
Chhetri Yellow card 87'
Report Siverio 16'
Victor 30'
Juanan Yellow card 64'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Joao Victor
18 February 2022 17 Northeast United 2–1 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST Lakra Yellow card 23'
Irshad Yellow card 23'
Santana Yellow card 62'
Brown 74'
T. Singh Yellow card 90'
Report Farooq Yellow card 54'
Silva 66' Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Joe Zoherliana
21 February 2022 18 Bengaluru 2–1 Odisha Bambolim
19:30 IST Ibara Yellow card 12'
Farooq 31' Yellow card 74'
Silva 49'
Report Sekar 8'
Lalruatthara Yellow card 41'
Vanmalsawma Yellow card 70'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Danish Farooq Bhat
27 February 2022 19 ATK Mohun Bagan 2–0 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST Colaco 45'
M. Singh Yellow card 85'
Report Chhetri Yellow card 50'
Banana Yellow card 71'
Augustine Yellow card 74'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan
11 February 2022 20 East Bengal 0–1 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST N. Singh Yellow card 90' Report Chhetri 24' Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Lara Sharma

AFC Cup

Qualifying play-offs

Play-off round

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Play-off round between Bengaluru FC and Eagles FC scheduled for May 2021 postponed to 15 August 2021.

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15) Bengaluru India 1–0 Maldives Eagles Malé, Maldives
20:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jordan Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
MVP: Jayesh Rane (Bengaluru)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AMB BSK BFC MAZ
1 India ATK Mohun Bagan 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals 1–1 2–0
2 Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 2–0
3 India Bengaluru 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4 0−0
4 Maldives Maziya (H) 3 0 0 3 3 11 8 0 1–3 2–6
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
18 August 2021 (2021-08-18) ATK Mohun Bagan India 2–0 India Bengaluru Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jordan Mohammad Hasan Mahmoud Arafah
Man of the Match: Roy Krishna (ATK Mohun Bagan)
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) Bengaluru India 0–0 Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Indonesia Thoriq Alkatiri
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) Maziya Maldives 2–6 India Bengaluru Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5 Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Durand Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bengaluru 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Knockout stage
2 Delhi 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 Kerala Blasters 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 3
4 Indian Navy 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 3
Source: Khel Now
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) Bengaluru 2–0 Kerala Blasters Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Man of the Match: Lara Sharma (Bengaluru FC)
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) Delhi 2–2 Bengaluru Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) Bengaluru 5–3 Indian Navy Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
  • Jijo 18'
  • Sreyas 29'
  • Vijay 90+3'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Knockout stage
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) Bengaluru 3–2 Army Green Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
  • Lalawmkima 9' (p)
  • Vibin 89' (p)
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) Goa 2–2
(7–6 p)
Bengaluru Kolkata, West Bengal
18:00 IST
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: India Rowan Arumugan
Man of the Match: Edu Bedia (FC Goa)
Penalties

Management

As of 26 April 2022


Position Name
Head coach Germany Marco Pezzaiuoli[14]
Assistant coach Spain Javier Pinillos[15]
Assistant coach/Reserve team Head Coach India Naushad Moosa
Goalkeeping coach Netherlands Stefan Toonen
Physiotherapist Spain Senen Alvarez
Team manager India Rosewall Da Cunha
Video analyst India Alwin Lawrence
Masseur India Manu Prasad
Kit Boy India Gireesh PM

Player statistics

As of 24 April 2022

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalISLAFC Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK India IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 19015+004+00
30 GK India IND Lara Sharma 505+000+00
43 GK India IND Sharon Padattil 000+000+00
Defenders
4 DF India IND Pratik Chaudhari 19111+611+10
5 DF Brazil BRA Alan Costa 22217+124+00
15 DF India IND Wungngayam Muirang 503+200+00
16 DF India IND Sarthak Golui 700+303+10
19 DF India IND Ajith Kumar 804+100+30
25 DF India IND Namgyal Bhutia 703+400+00
27 DF India IND Parag Shrivas 16010+401+10
29 DF Gabon GAB Yrondu Musavu-King 502+003+00
35 DF India IND Biswa Kumar Darjee 000+000+00
Midfielders
6 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Ramires 20020+000+00
7 MF India IND Jayesh Rane 1328+114+01
8 MF India IND Suresh Singh Wangjam 20015+104+00
10 MF Iran IRN Iman Basafa 713+410+00
12 MF India IND Danish Farooq Bhat 21311+631+30
18 MF India IND Rohit Kumar 1100+902+00
20 MF India IND Ajay Chhetri 603+101+10
22 MF India IND Ashique Kuruniyan 14113+011+00
31 MF India IND Leon Augustine 710+301+31
32 MF India IND Roshan Singh 21117+013+10
40 MF India IND Damaitphang Lyngdoh 300+300+00
Forwards
9 FW Republic of the Congo CGO Prince Ibara 17413+440+00
11 FW India IND Sunil Chhetri 23414+643+00
14 FW India IND Harmanpreet Singh 000+000+00
17 FW India IND Edmund Lalrindika 301+200+00
21 FW India IND Udanta Singh 20413+433+01
23 FW Brazil BRA Cleiton Silva 231017+294+01
26 FW India IND Bidyashagar Singh 720+301+32
39 FW India IND Sivasakthi Narayanan 910+700+21
42 FW India IND Akashdeep Singh 000+000+00

Updated: 24 April 2022

Goal scorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total
1 23 FW Brazil Cleiton Silva 9 1 10
2 9 FW Republic of the Congo Prince Ibara 4 0 4
11 FW India Sunil Chhetri 4 0
21 FW India Udanta Singh 3 1
3 12 MF India Danish Farooq Bhat 3 0 3
4 26 FW India Bidyashagar Singh 0 2 2
5 DF Brazil Alan Costa 2 0
7 MF India Jayesh Rane 1 1
5 4 DF India Pratik Chaudhari 1 0 1
10 MF Iran Iman Basafa 1 0
22 MF India Ashique Kuruniyan 1 0
32 MF India Roshan Singh 1 0
36 MF India Leon Augustine 0 1
39 FW India Sivasakthi Narayanan 0 1
Total 30 7 37

Source: soccerway
Updated: 24 April 2021

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total
1 1 GK India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 3 2 5
2 30 GK India Lara Sharma 3 0 3
TOTALS 6 2 8

Source: soccerway
Updated: 26 April 2022

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total Notes
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 8 MF India Suresh Singh Wangjam 0 0 2 0 2 0
23 FW Brazil Cleiton Silva 0 0 2 0 2 0
2 20 MF India Ajay Chhetri 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF India Rohit Kumar 0 0 1 0 1 0
21 FW India Udanta Singh 0 0 1 0 1 0
27 DF India Parag Shrivas 0 0 1 0 1 0
29 DF Gabon Yrondu Musavu-King 0 0 1 0 1 0

Source: soccerway
Updated: 28 August 2021

See also

References

  1. "Sunil Chhetri signs on with Bengaluru Football Club". Bengalurufc. 20 June 2021.
  2. "Suresh Wangjam commits future to Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 23 June 2021.
  3. "Yrondu Musavu-King pens two-year deal with Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 2 July 2021.
  4. "Midfielder Rohit Kumar joins Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 29 June 2021.
  5. @bengalurufc (6 July 2021). "The Blues have signed defender Alan Costa on a two-year loan deal from Brasileiro Série B side Avaí FC" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  6. @bengalurufc (12 July 2021). "Sarthak Golui is a Blue! 🔵 Bengaluru FC have roped in the young defender on a two-year deal that will see him don the BFC colours until the end of the 2022–23 season" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  7. @bengalurufc (31 May 2021). "For a moment that's etched in our history forever, and for so much more. #ThankYouBheke #WeAreBFC" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  8. @bengalurufc (30 May 2021). "For the wand, the rabbit, the hat, and a touch that turned everything to gold. Farewell, Dimas Delgado. #GraciasElMago" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  9. @bengalurufc (30 May 2021). "Harmanjot Khabra; the plug to every leak, relentless in his pursuit, never backing down and ALWAYS 100 percent. The BFC family wishes our versatile midfielder the best of everything as he moves on in search of a new adventure. Blue circle #ThankYouKhabra #WeAreBFC" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  10. @bengalurufc (28 June 2021). "Bengaluru FC can confirm that the club has mutually agreed to part ways with Spanish defender Juan Gonzalez. The club would like to put on record its immense gratitude for Juanan's contributions over the last five seasons, and we wish him well for the future. #ThankYouJuanan" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  11. "Bengaluru FC sign Brazilian midfielder Bruno Ramires". Bengaluru FC. 28 August 2021.
  12. @bengalurufc (28 August 2021). "HE'S OURS! 🇧🇷 Brazilian midfielder Bruno Ramires has put pen to paper on a two-year-deal that will keep him in Bengaluru Blue until the end of the 2022–23 campaign" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  13. "Bengaluru FC sign Iranian midfielder Iman Basafa". Bengaluru FC. 14 September 2021.
  14. "Marco Pezzaiuoli appointed as new Head Coach of Bengaluru FC". Bengaluru FC. 12 February 2021.
  15. "Blues appoint Julen Esnaola as goalkeeping coach". 30 January 2020.

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