2020–21 Bengaluru FC season

The 2020–21 season was Bengaluru FC's eighth season as a club since its establishment in 2013.

Bengaluru FC
2020–21 season
ChairmanIndia Parth Jindal
ManagerGermany Marco Pezzaiuoli
StadiumFatorda Stadium[a]
Indian Super League7th
AFC CupPreliminary round 2
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sunil Chhetri (8)

All:
Sunil Chhetri (8)
All statistics correct as of 25 February 2021.

Background edit

Transfers edit

During the course of 2019–20 season, Bengaluru FC extended contracts of Juanan, Thongkhosiem Haokip and Edmund Lalrindika.[1][2][3] At the end of the season, Bengaluru FC extended contracts of Udanta Singh, Erik Paartalu, Dimas Delgado, Ajay Chhetri, Leon Augustine, Roshan Singh and Namgyal Bhutia.[4][5][6][7]

On 3 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of defender Pratik Chaudhari and club's former goalkeeper Lalthuammawia Ralte. Both the players signed with the club for two seasons.[8] On 5 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of defenders Joe Zoherliana and Wungngayam Muirang on two year deal.[9] On 20 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of Brazilian forward Cleiton Silva on one year deal.[10] In August 2020, Bengaluru signed left back Ajith Kumar from Chennai City F.C. on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[11] On 18 September Bengaluru FC signed midfielder Huidrom Thoi Singh from Reliance Foundation Young Champs.[12] On 3 October Bengaluru FC announced signing of goalkeeper Lara Sharma for three years.[13] On 20 October Bengaluru FC announced signing of Spanish defender Fran González and Norwegian striker Kristian Opseth on season long deals.[14]

Bengaluru FC did not renew the contract of Spanish midfielder Nili as he joined Greek side Levadiakos.[15] Jamaican striker Kevaughn Frater signed for Israeli club Maccabi Netanya.[16] Defender Nishu Kumar and goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Singh Gill signed for Kerala Blasters.[17][18] On 13 September 2020, Spanish striker Manuel Onwu completed the move to Odisha FC after being on the loan the previous season.[19] Defender Gursimrat Singh Gill signed for Bengaluru United[20] Brazilian midfielder Raphael Augusto's contract with the club was terminated on mutual agreement, owing to personal reasons.[21] Bengaluru FC did not renew the contract of Spanish defender Albert Serrán[22] Defender Sairuat Kima joined Sudeva FC.[23] Midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh and defender Rino Anto joined East Bengal.[24]

In the winter transfer window, Ajay Chhetri was loaned out to SC East Bengal till the end of the season.[25]

In edit

No. Position Player Previous club Transfer fee Date Ref
4 DF   Pratik Chaudhari Mumbai City Free agent 3 June 2020 [8]
28 GK   Lalthuammawia Ralte East Bengal Free agent 3 June 2020 [8]
24 DF   Joe Zoherliana Aizawl Free agent 5 June 2020 [9]
15 DF   Wungngayam Muirang Gokulam Kerala Free agent 5 June 2020 [9]
23 FW   Cleiton Silva   Suphanburi Free agent 20 June 2020 [10]
19 DF   Ajith Kumar Chennai City Undisclosed 22 August 2020 [11]
36 MF   Huidrom Thoi Singh Reliance Foundation Young Champs Free agent 18 September 2020 [12]
30 GK   Lara Sharma ATK Free agent 3 October 2020 [13]
55 DF   Fran González Mohun Bagan Free agent 20 October 2020 [14]
9 FW   Kristian Opseth   Adelaide United Free agent 20 October 2020 [14]
MF   Xisco Hernández Odisha Free agent 15 January 2021
DF   Yrondu Musavu-King   Le Mans Free agent 10 March 2021 [26]

Out edit

No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
3 DF   Albert Serrán   Montañesa 1 June 2020 Free agent [22]
4 DF   Sairuat Kima Sudeva 1 June 2020 Free agent [23]
13 DF   Rino Anto East Bengal 1 June 2020 Free agent
7 MF   Eugeneson Lyngdoh East Bengal 1 June 2020 Free agent [24]
29 MF   Nili   Levadiakos 9 June 2020 Free agent [15]
22 DF   Nishu Kumar Kerala Blasters 22 July 2020 Free agent [17]
17 FW   Kevaughn Frater   Maccabi Netanya 1 August 2020 Free agent [16]
31 GK   Prabhsukhan Singh Gill Kerala Blasters 9 September 2020 Free agent [18]
9 FW   Manuel Onwu Odisha 13 September 2020 Free agent [19]
33 DF   Gursimrat Singh Gill Bengaluru United 17 September 2020 Free agent [20]
8 MF   Kean Lewis Sudeva 9 October 2020 Free agent [27]
12 MF   Raphael Augusto   Abahani Limited Dhaka 17 October 2020 Free agent [21]
26 FW   Deshorn Brown NorthEast United 15 January 2021 Released

Out on loan edit

No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
13 MF   Ajay Chhetri   East Bengal 15 January 2021 Unknown [25]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Bengaluru FC started pre-season with a friendly against Hyderabad FC on 7 November 2020 at Dempo SC ground, in Goa. Bengaluru drew the game 1–1 with Wungngayam Muirang scoring the opening goal in first half. Aridane Santana scored from spot to equalise for Hyderabad in second half.[28]

7 November 2020 Friendly Bengaluru 1–1 Hyderabad Ella, Goa
  • Muirang  
Report Stadium: Dempo SC Ground
13 November 2020 Friendly Bengaluru 0–1 Mumbai Nagoa, Goa
Stadium: Nagoa ground

Mid-season friendlies edit

14 December 2020 Friendly Bengaluru 1–1 Kerala Blasters Goa
Report
5 April 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 1–0 FC Goa Goa
Report

Competitions edit

Indian Super League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Hyderabad 20 6 11 3 27 19 +8 29
6 Jamshedpur 20 7 6 7 21 22 −1 27
7 Bengaluru 20 5 7 8 26 28 −2 22
8 Chennaiyin 20 3 11 6 17 23 −6 20
9 East Bengal 20 3 8 9 22 33 −11 17
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

Results by matchday edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundAHAHHAAHHHAAHAAHHAHA
ResultDDWDWWLLLLDLDDWDLWLL
Position36444334566777666677
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2021. Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

22 November 2020 1 Goa 2–2 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Igor Angulo (Goa)
28 November 2020 2 Bengaluru 0–0 Hyderabad Margao
19:30 IST
Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Chinglensana Singh (Hyderabad)
4 December 2020 3 Chennaiyin 0–1 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Suresh Singh Wangjam (Bengaluru)
8 December 2020 (2020-12-08) 4 Bengaluru 2–2 NorthEast United Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Luís Machado (NorthEast United)
13 December 2020 5 Bengaluru 4–2 Kerala Blasters Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru)
17 December 2020 6 Odisha 1–2 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (Bengaluru FC)
21 December 2020 7 ATK Mohun Bagan 1–0 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: David Williams (ATK Mohun Bagan)
28 December 2020 8 Bengaluru 0–1 Jamshedpur Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei
Man of the Match: Rehenesh TP (Jamshedpur)
5 January 2021 9 Bengaluru 1–3 Mumbai City Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Bipin Singh (Mumbai City)
Note: Last game under Carles Cuadrat
9 January 2021 10 Bengaluru 0–1 East Bengal Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Debjit Majumder (East Bengal)
12 January 2021 11 NorthEast United 1–1 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Lalengmawia (NorthEast United)
20 January 2021 12 Kerala Blasters 2–1 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Rahul Kannoly Praveen (Kerala Blasters)
24 January 2021 13 Bengaluru 1–1 Odisha Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (Bengaluru)
28 January 2021 14 Hyderabad 2–2 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Aridane Santana (Hyderabad FC)
2 February 2021 15 East Bengal 0–2 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: C. R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)
5 February 2021 16 Bengaluru 0–0 Chennaiyin Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Bengaluru FC)
9 February 2021 17 Bengaluru 0–2 ATK Mohun Bagan Margao
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rowan Arumugam
Man of the Match: Marcelinho (ATK Mohun Bagan)
15 February 2021 18 Mumbai City 2–4 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)
21 February 2021 19 Bengaluru 1–2 Goa Margao
17:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Glan Martins (Goa)
25 February 2021 20 Jamshedpur 3–2 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Rowan Arumughan
Man of the Match: Aitor Monroy (Jamshedpur)

AFC Cup edit

ATK, who finished runners-up in the league phase of the 2019–20 Indian Super League season, merged with 2019–20 I-League champions Mohun Bagan and qualified automatically to the AFC Cup group stage. Third-placed team in 2019–20 Indian Super League season, Bengaluru FC qualified for 2021 AFC Cup qualifiers. This will be Bengaluru's sixth appearance in the tournament.[29]

Qualifying play-offs edit

Preliminary round 2
14 April 2021 (2021-04-14) Bengaluru   5–0   Tribhuvan Army Bambolim
19:30 UTC+5:30
Stats Report
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
MVP: Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru FC)
Play-off round

Due to the lockdown and travel restrictions in Bangladesh, the AFC Sub-Committee decided that Abahani Limited Dhaka are considered to have withdrawn from the AFC Cup 2021 and awarded the Playoff Stage slot to Eagles FC. Playoff Stage match supposed to be hosted by Bengaluru FC, moved to Maldives, which is hosting Group D matches, where the winner of Playoff will be placed.[30] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Play-off round between Bengaluru FC and Eagles FC scheduled for May 2021 postponed to 15 August 2021.

Coaching Staff edit

Management edit

 
Carles Cuadrat, Bengaluru FC's head coach for 2020–21 season

After poor outings during the ongoing season, on 6 January 2021, it was announced that Carles Cuadrat and Bengaluru FC decided to mutually part ways. Naushad Moosa, the assistant coach and the head coach of Bengaluru FC B, was appointed as a caretaker coach.[31] Soon after the departure of Carles, the fitness coach Mikel Guillen too parted ways with the club.[32]

As of 26 February 2021
Position Name
Head coach   Marco Pezzaiuoli
Assistant Coach   Javier Pinillos[33]
Assistant Coach/Reserve team Head Coach   Naushad Moosa
Goalkeeping Coach   Julen Esnaola[33]
Physiotherapist   Senen Alvarez
Team Manager   Rosewall Da Cunha
Video Analyst   Alwin Lawrence
Masseur   Manu Prasad
Kit Boy   Gireesh PM

Player statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total ISL AFC
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 20 0 19+0 0 1+0 0
28 GK   IND Lalthuammawia Ralte 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK   IND Lara Sharma 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 GK   IND Sharon Padattil 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
2 DF   IND Rahul Bheke 16 3 13+2 1 1+0 2
4 DF   IND Pratik Chaudhari 16 0 10+5 0 0+1 0
5 DF   ESP Juanan 15 2 14+0 2 1+0 0
10 DF   IND Harmanjot Khabra 17 0 16+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF   IND Wungngayam Muirang 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
19 DF   IND Ajith Kumar 9 0 6+2 0 0+1 0
24 DF   IND Joe Zoherliana 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF   IND Namgyal Bhutia 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
29 DF   IND Parag Shrivas 11 0 8+3 0 0+0 0
35 DF   IND Biswa Kumar Darjee 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
55 DF   ESP Fran González 18 1 10+8 1 0+0 0
DF   GAB Yrondu Musavu-King 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   AUS Erik Paartalu 19 2 17+1 2 1+0 0
14 MF   ESP Dimas Delgado 13 1 10+3 1 0+0 0
22 MF   IND Ashique Kuruniyan 9 0 7+1 0 1+0 0
27 MF   IND Suresh Singh Wangjam 20 1 18+1 1 1+0 0
31 MF   IND Leon Augustine 9 1 2+7 1 0+0 0
32 MF   IND Roshan Singh 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
33 MF   IND Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF   IND Huidrom Thoi Singh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF   IND Amay Morajkar 8 0 2+6 0 0+0 0
MF   ESP Xisco Hernández 6 0 3+3 0 0+0 0
MF   IND Damaitphang Lyngdoh 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF   IND Muhammad Inayath 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
11 FW   IND Sunil Chhetri 21 9 20+0 8 1+0 1
17 FW   IND Edmund Lalrindika 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
18 FW   IND Thongkhosiem Haokip 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0
21 FW   IND Udanta Singh 18 1 13+4 1 1+0 0
23 FW   BRA Cleiton Silva 19 9 18+0 7 1+0 2
FW   IND Sivasakthi Narayanan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   IND Akashdeep Singh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players transferred out during the season
13 MF   IND Ajay Chhetri 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW   JAM Deshorn Brown 10 0 5+5 0 0+0 0
9 FW   NOR Kristian Opseth 15 0 8+7 0 0+0 0

Updated: 14 April 2021

Goal scorers edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total
1 11 FW   Sunil Chhetri 8 1 9
23 FW   Cleiton Silva 7 2 9
3 2 DF   Rahul Bheke 1 2 3
4 5 DF   Juanan 2 0 2
6 MF   Erik Paartalu 2 0 2
6 14 MF   Dimas Delgado 1 0 1
19 MF   Udanta Singh 1 0 1
27 MF   Suresh Singh Wangjam 1 0 1
31 MF   Leon Augustine 1 0 1
55 MF   Fran González 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Total 26 5 31

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total
1 1 GK   Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 4 1 5
2 31 GK   Lalthuammawia Ralte 0 0 0
TOTALS 4 1 5

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

Disciplinary record edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total Notes
           
1 6 MF   Erik Paartalu 8 0 0 0 8 0 Missed a game, against Mumbai City (4 yellow cards)[34]
(5 January 2021)

Missed a game, against East Bengal (7 yellow cards)[35]
(2 February 2021)

2 10 DF   Harmanjot Khabra 6 0 0 0 6 0 Missed a game, against East Bengal (4 yellow cards)[36]
(9 January 2021)
3 4 DF   Pratik Chaudhari 5 0 0 0 5 0 Missed a game, against Mumbai City (4 yellow cards)[37]
(15 February 2021)
4 2 DF   Rahul Bheke 4 0 0 0 4 0 Missed a game, against Chennaiyin (4 yellow cards)[38]
(5 February 2021)
22 MF   Ashique Kuruniyan 4 0 0 0 4 0 Missed a game, against Jamshedpur (4 yellow cards)[39]
(25 February 2021)
6 5 DF   Juanan 3 0 0 0 3 0
11 FW   Sunil Chhetri 3 0 0 0 3 0
23 FW   Cleiton Silva 3 0 0 0 3 0
27 MF   Suresh Singh Wangjam 3 0 0 0 3 0
10 14 MF   Dimas Delgado 2 0 0 0 2 0
15 DF   Wungngayam Muirang 2 0 0 0 2 0
19 DF   Ajith Kumar 2 0 0 0 2 0
29 DF   Parag Shrivas 2 0 0 0 2 0
55 DF   Fran González 2 0 0 0 2 0
15 1 GK   Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW   Edmund Lalrindika 1 0 0 0 1 0

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

References edit

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Notes edit

See also edit