2023–24 Bengaluru FC season

Bengaluru FC
2023–24 season
Chairman	Parth Jindal
Manager	Simon Grayson
Stadium	Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Indian Super League	TBD
Super Cup	TBD
Durand Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sunil Chhetri (3 goal); All: Sunil Chhetri (3 goal)
	All statistics correct as of 14 August 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Bengaluru FC's eleventh season as a club since its establishment in 2013.^[3] The season for the Blues kicked off with title defending task at the 2023 Durand Cup.^[4]

Background

In the previous season, the squad of Bengaluru was yet again overhauled with Englishman Simon Grayson at the helm accompanied by several fresh signings.^[5] The freshly built squad went on to lift the 2022 Durand Cup, which was the club's maiden Durand Cup title.^[6] 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.

Squad

First-team squad

As of 6 October 2023^[7]^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
2	DF	IND	Parag Shrivas
4	DF	AUS	Aleksandar Jovanović
6	MF	NED	Keziah Veendorp
7	FW	AUS	Ryan Williams
8	MF	IND	Suresh Singh Wangjam
9	FW	ENG	Curtis Main
10	MF	ESP	Javi Hernández
11	FW	IND	Sunil Chhetri (captain)
13	GK	IND	Amrit Gope
14	DF	IND	Jessel Carneiro
16	DF	IND	Shankar Sampingiraj
18	MF	IND	Rohit Kumar
19	FW	IND	Halicharan Narzary


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	MNE	Slavko Damjanović
24	MF	IND	Rohit Danu
25	DF	IND	Namgyal Bhutia
29	FW	IND	Ashish Jha
30	GK	IND	Sahil Poonia
32	MF	IND	Naorem Roshan Singh
33	GK	IND	Vikram Lahkbir Singh
38	FW	IND	Ankith Padmanabhan
39	FW	IND	Sivasakthi Narayanan
41	FW	IND	Monirul Molla
44	DF	IND	Robin Yadav
45	MF	IND	Lalremtluanga Fanai
46	MF	IND	Shreyas Ketkar
49	MF	IND	Harsh Patre

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	NorthEast United	7	2	3	2	9	7	+2	9	Qualification for the playoff knockouts
7	Chennaiyin	8	2	2	4	11	16	−5	8
8	Bengaluru	8	1	4	3	10	12	−2	7
9	East Bengal	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5
10	Jamshedpur	8	1	2	5	4	8	−4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2023. 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

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.^[9]^[10]

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 1	Kerala Blasters	2–1	Bengaluru	Kochi
20:00 IST	Veendorp 52' (o.g.) Luna 69', 90+7'	Report	Carneiro 26' Main 90'	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	Chhetri 21' (pen) Damjanović 70' Hernández 72' F Lalremtluanga 90' Rohit Kumar 90+7'	Report	Mahesh 15' 45+2' Herrera 30' Kumar 38'	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	Puitea 23' Isak Vanlalruatfela 45' Amey Ranawade 60'		Chhetri 8' Ryan Williams 18'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 6	Hyderabad	1-1	Bengaluru	Hyderabad
20:00 IST	Mohammad Yasir 35'		Ryan Williams 58'	Stadium: GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26) 7	NorthEast United	1-1	Bengaluru	Guwahati
20:00 IST	Aleksandar Jovanović 45+3' (OG)		Chhetri 36' (pen)	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 8	Bengaluru	3-3	Punjab	Bengaluru
20:00 IST	Harsh Patre 25' Main 45+1' Hernández 67'		Nikhil Prabhu 19' Dimitrios Chatziisaias 26' Luka Majcen 30'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

8 December 2023 (2023-12-08) 9	Bengaluru	v	Mumbai City	Bengaluru
20:00 IST				Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) 10	Bengaluru	v	Jamshedpur	Bengaluru
17:30 IST				Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

24 December 2023 (2023-12-24) 10	Bengaluru	v	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
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		—	—	—	—

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

14 August 2023 (2023-08-14) 1	Bengaluru	1–1	Indian Air Force	Kolkata
18.00 IST	S. Johnson Singh 58'	Report	V. Kumar 20'	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	Lalrindika 38' A. Jha 51'	Report	J. Emmanuel 14' Ruivah 42' 85' M. Aimen 84'	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	R. Yadav 58' Lalpekhlua 89'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Robin Yadav (Bengaluru)

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	ISL	Total
1	11	FW	Sunil Chhetri	3	3
2	7	FW	Ryan Williams	2	2
	9	FW	Curtis Main	2	2
	10	MF	Javi Hernández	2	2
5	49	MF	Harsh Patre	1	1
Own goals				0	0
TOTALS				10	10

Updated: 30 November 2023

References

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↑ "JSW Sports launches Bengaluru FC". I-League. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
↑ Media, Bengaluru FC (3 August 2023). "Bengaluru FC announce squad for Durand Cup title defence". Bengaluru FC Official Website. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
↑ "Bengaluru FC appoint Simon Grayson as head coach". The Times of India. 8 June 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
↑ "Bengaluru FC beat Mumbai City FC to win first Durand Cup". ESPN. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
↑ "Bengaluru FC Official Website The First Team". Bengaluru Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ "Bengaluru FC Squad and Players - Indian Super League". Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ Sportstar, Team (7 September 2023). "ISL 2023-24 schedule: Full list of Indian Super League matches, East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan on October 28". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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[Simon_Grayson_appointment-2] "Bengaluru FC appoints Simon Grayson as Head Coach". Bengaluru FC. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

[JSWLaunch-3] "JSW Sports launches Bengaluru FC". I-League. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[4] Media, Bengaluru FC (3 August 2023). "Bengaluru FC announce squad for Durand Cup title defence". Bengaluru FC Official Website. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[5] "Bengaluru FC appoint Simon Grayson as head coach". The Times of India. 8 June 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[6] "Bengaluru FC beat Mumbai City FC to win first Durand Cup". ESPN. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[7] "Bengaluru FC Official Website The First Team". Bengaluru Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[8] "Bengaluru FC Squad and Players - Indian Super League". Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[9] Sportstar, Team (7 September 2023). "ISL 2023-24 schedule: Full list of Indian Super League matches, East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan on October 28". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

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