# 2021–22 Bengaluru FC season

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
### 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | 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 | Total | Total | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | |
* 1 2 2021–22 Indian Super League season will be played exclusively at Goa due to COVID-19 pandemic in India

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win Draw Loss Void / Postponed

### 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.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AMB | BSK | BFC | MAZ |
| 1 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 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 | — |

### 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Kerala Blasters | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Indian Navy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |

#### Knockout stage
## 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 | Total | ISL | ISL | AFC Cup | AFC Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |
* Source: soccerway
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 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Sunil Chhetri | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 21 | FW | | Udanta Singh | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 12 | MF | | Danish Farooq Bhat | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 26 | FW | | Bidyashagar Singh | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | | Alan Costa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Jayesh Rane | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Pratik Chaudhari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Iman Basafa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 22 | MF | | Ashique Kuruniyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 32 | MF | | Roshan Singh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 36 | MF | | Leon Augustine | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 39 | FW | | Sivasakthi Narayanan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 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 | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Source: soccerway Updated: 26 April 2022

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Pos | Player | ISL | ISL | AFC | AFC | Total | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | Suresh Singh Wangjam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 23 | FW | Cleiton Silva | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | Ajay Chhetri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | Rohit Kumar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 21 | FW | Udanta Singh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 27 | DF | Parag Shrivas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 29 | DF | Yrondu Musavu-King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: soccerway Updated: 28 August 2021