2021–22 Bengaluru FC season

Bengaluru FC
2021–22 season
Chairman Parth Jindal
Manager Marco Pezzaiuoli
StadiumGMC Athletic Stadium
Indian Super League6th
AFC CupGroup Stage
Durand CupSemi Final
All statistics correct as of 23 April 2022.

The 2021–22 season was India's 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.

Background

Main article: 2020–21 Bengaluru FC season

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. On 2 July Bengaluru FC announced that Gabonese defender Yrondu Musavu-King signed a two-year extension with the club.

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

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

In

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

Loan In

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

Out

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

Preseason

21 October 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 2–3 Chennaiyin Goa
16:00 IST
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 [1] Chhetri
15 November 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 1–0 Jamshedpur Goa
? IST Ramires 25' [2]
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

Main article: 2021–22 Indian Super League season

Summary

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
  1. ^ a b 2021–22 Indian Super League season will be played exclusively at Goa due to COVID-19 pandemic in India


Result summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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'  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  13'
Costa 21'
Ramires  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  22'
Kuruniyan 84'		 Report Kuruniyan 88' (o.g.)
Khabra  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  14'
Silva 20'
R. Singh  36'
Chhetri  76'		 Report Angulo 9'
Jahouh  46'
Fall 54'
Ranawade  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  83'		 Report R. Singh  29'
Wangjam  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  13'
Kuruniyan 18' (o.g.)
Ortiz  55'
Murgaonkar 70'		 Report R. Singh  32' Silva 45'
Farooq  52'
Wangjam  55'  84'
Ibara  57'
Ramires  68'
Shrivas  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  39'
R. Singh  69'
Ibara 72'
U. Singh  81'		 Report Bose 13'
Boumous 38'  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  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  13'
Silva 39'
Costa 43'
Kuruniyan  45'
Wangjam  57'
U. Singh 70'
Chowdhary 74'
Farooq  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  27'
Das 58' (o.g.)		 Report Bhattacharya  3'
Haokip 28'
Mukherjee  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  26'
Rai  45'
G. Singh  85'		 Report Farooq 8'  45'
Ibara 23', 45'
Chowdhary  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  24'
Farooq  32'
Chhetri 61'
R. Singh  74'
Ibara  75'
R. Kumar  87'
U. Singh  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  41'
Ali  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  41'
Vazquez  62'		 Report Ibara  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  27'
Shrivas  42'
R. Singh  82'
Chhetri  87'		 Report Siverio 16'
Victor 30'
Juanan  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  23'
Irshad  23'
Santana  62'
Brown 74'
T. Singh  90'		 Report Farooq  54'
Silva 66'  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  12'
Farooq 31'  74'
Silva 49'		 Report Sekar 8'
Lalruatthara  41'
Vanmalsawma  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  85'		 Report Chhetri  50'
Banana  71'
Augustine  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  90' Report Chhetri 24' Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Lara Sharma

AFC Cup

Main article: 2021 AFC Cup

Qualifying play-offs

Main article: 2021 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 1–0 Eagles Malé, Maldives
20:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
MVP: Jayesh Rane (Bengaluru)

Group stage

Main article: 2021 AFC Cup group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MBSG BSK BFC MAZ
1 Mohun Bagan SG 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 1–1 2–0 —
2 Bashundhara Kings 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 — — — 2–0
3 Bengaluru 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4 — 0−0 — —
4 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 2–0 Bengaluru Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammad Hasan Mahmoud Arafah
Man of the Match: Roy Krishna (ATK Mohun Bagan)
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) Bengaluru 0–0 Bashundhara Kings Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) Maziya 2–6 Bengaluru Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Durand Cup

Main article: 2021 Durand Cup § Group C
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
Main article: 2021 Durand Cup knockout stage
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) Bengaluru 3–2 Army Green Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
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: Rowan Arumugan
Man of the Match: Edu Bedia (FC Goa)
Penalties

Management

As of 26 April 2022


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

Player statistics

As of 24 April 2022

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total ISL AFC Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 19 0 15+0 0 4+0 0
30 GK  IND Lara Sharma 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
43 GK  IND Sharon Padattil 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Defenders
4 DF  IND Pratik Chaudhari 19 1 11+6 1 1+1 0
5 DF  BRA Alan Costa 22 2 17+1 2 4+0 0
15 DF  IND Wungngayam Muirang 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
16 DF  IND Sarthak Golui 7 0 0+3 0 3+1 0
19 DF  IND Ajith Kumar 8 0 4+1 0 0+3 0
25 DF  IND Namgyal Bhutia 7 0 3+4 0 0+0 0
27 DF  IND Parag Shrivas 16 0 10+4 0 1+1 0
29 DF  GAB Yrondu Musavu-King 5 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
35 DF  IND Biswa Kumar Darjee 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
6 MF  BRA Bruno Ramires 20 0 20+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF  IND Jayesh Rane 13 2 8+1 1 4+0 1
8 MF  IND Suresh Singh Wangjam 20 0 15+1 0 4+0 0
10 MF  IRN Iman Basafa 7 1 3+4 1 0+0 0
12 MF  IND Danish Farooq Bhat 21 3 11+6 3 1+3 0
18 MF  IND Rohit Kumar 11 0 0+9 0 2+0 0
20 MF  IND Ajay Chhetri 6 0 3+1 0 1+1 0
22 MF  IND Ashique Kuruniyan 14 1 13+0 1 1+0 0
31 MF  IND Leon Augustine 7 1 0+3 0 1+3 1
32 MF  IND Roshan Singh 21 1 17+0 1 3+1 0
40 MF  IND Damaitphang Lyngdoh 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0
Forwards
9 FW  CGO Prince Ibara 17 4 13+4 4 0+0 0
11 FW  IND Sunil Chhetri 23 4 14+6 4 3+0 0
14 FW  IND Harmanpreet Singh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW  IND Edmund Lalrindika 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
21 FW  IND Udanta Singh 20 4 13+4 3 3+0 1
23 FW  BRA Cleiton Silva 23 10 17+2 9 4+0 1
26 FW  IND Bidyashagar Singh 7 2 0+3 0 1+3 2
39 FW  IND Sivasakthi Narayanan 9 1 0+7 0 0+2 1
42 FW  IND Akashdeep Singh 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Updated: 24 April 2022

Goal scorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total
1 23 FW Cleiton Silva 9 1 10
2 9 FW Prince Ibara 4 0 4
11 FW Sunil Chhetri 4 0
21 FW Udanta Singh 3 1
3 12 MF Danish Farooq Bhat 3 0 3
4 26 FW Bidyashagar Singh 0 2 2
5 DF Alan Costa 2 0
7 MF Jayesh Rane 1 1
5 4 DF Pratik Chaudhari 1 0 1
10 MF Iman Basafa 1 0
22 MF Ashique Kuruniyan 1 0
32 MF Roshan Singh 1 0
36 MF Leon Augustine 0 1
39 FW 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 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 3 2 5
2 30 GK 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
1 8 MF Suresh Singh Wangjam 0 0 2 0 2 0
23 FW Cleiton Silva 0 0 2 0 2 0
2 20 MF Ajay Chhetri 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF Rohit Kumar 0 0 1 0 1 0
21 FW Udanta Singh 0 0 1 0 1 0
27 DF Parag Shrivas 0 0 1 0 1 0
29 DF 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. ^ a b "Midfielder Rohit Kumar joins Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b @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. ^ a b @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. ^ a b @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. ^ a b @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. ^ a b @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. ^ a b @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.

Notes