# 2024–25 Bengaluru FC season

The 2024–25 season is Bengaluru FC's 12th season as a professional football club since its establishment in 2013 and 7th season in the Indian Super League. It runs from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 with participation in Durand Cup, Indian Super League and Super Cup.
The Blues revealed six new signings on 7 July 2024, during an open training session at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Following a week long training at Inspire Institute of Sport in Ballari, they reached Kolkata on 30 July 2024 for the Durand Cup.
In its fifth appearance at the Durand Cup, Bengaluru started brightly by securing wins in all of its three group stage matches before heading to the knockout stage. In the quarterfinals, a last minute goal by Pereyra Díaz against Kerala Blasters ensured a place in the semi-finals against Mohun Bagan. The campaign along with the winning run came to an end on 27th August after going down against Mohun Bagan in the penalties, despite taking an early 2–0 lead.

## Background

After finishing 10th in the league in its previous season, its lowest since finishing 7th in the 2020–21 season, and failing to perform in the cup tournaments, Bengaluru began making significant changes to its squad by parting ways with Oliver Drost, Slavko Damjanović and Javi Hernández.
Later during the open training session on 7 July, the club announced return of Rahul Bheke who had joined from Mumbai City FC as season's first signing. The Indian international full back was previously a part of the club during 2017–2021 period. Spaninard forward Édgar Méndez was later revealed as the season's first foreign signing. Joining him were Jorge Pereyra Díaz and Alberto Noguera, both from Mumbai City. Among domestic signings, Mohamed Salah from Punjab FC and Lalthuammawia Ralte, the returning goalkeeper from Odisha FC were revealed on the same day.
In the following week, the Dutch midfielder Keziah Veendorp parted ways with the club and replacing him on 16 June was the Spaniard Pedro Capó. In September, forward Salam Johnson Singh was loaned to SC Bengaluru, a local club that competes in I-League.

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Previous club | Date | Fee |
| 12 | DF | Mohammeed Salah | Punjab FC | 7 July 2024 | Free |
| | GK | Lalthuammawia Ralte | Odisha FC | 7 July 2024 | Free |
| | DF | Rahul Bheke | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Alberto Noguera | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | Free |
| 17 | FW | Edgar Mendez | Club Necaxa | 7 July 2024 | Free |
| | FW | Jorge Pereyra Díaz | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | Free |
| | MF | Pedro Capo | CD Eldense | 16 July 2024 | Free |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Outgoing club | Date | Fee |
| 30 | GK | Lara Sharma | FC Goa | 18 June 2024 | ₹30 Lakhs |
| 10 | MF | Javi Hernández | Jamshedpur FC | 25 July 2024 | Free |
| 21 | FW | Oliver Drost | FC Helsingør | 10 July 2024 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Slavko Damjanovic | Persebaya Surabaya | 6 July 2024 | Free |
| 18 | MF | Rohit Kumar | Odisha FC | 12 June 2024 | Free |
| | MF | Jayesh Rane | Mumbai City FC | 21 June 2024 | Free |
| 13 | GK | Amrit Gope | Jamshedpur FC | 27 June 2024 | Free |
| 44 | DF | Robin Yadav | NorthEast United FC | 13 July 2024 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Keziah Veendorp | Without a club | 12 July 2024 | Free |
| 16 | DF | Shankar Sampingiraj | Without a club | 1 June 2024 | Free |

### Loans out

| No. | Position | Player | Outgoing club | Date | Fee | Duration | Ref |
| 35 | FW | Salam Johnson Singh | SC Bengaluru | 11 September 2024 | Undisclosed | One season | |

## Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 14 September 2024 | 28 November 2024 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 066.67 |
| Super Cup | | | | | | | | | !— | |
| Durand Cup | 31 July 2024 | 27 August 2024 | Group Stage | Semifinalist | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 071.43 |
Last updated: 28 November 2024 Source: Competitions

### Personnel

| Role | Name |
| Head coach | Gerard Zaragoza |
| Assistant coach | Sebastián Vega |
| Assistant coach | Renedy Singh |
| Goalkeeping coach | Konstantine Gugunava |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Ioannis Gkiokas |
| Team analyst | Prateek Chopra |
| Reserves coach | Bibiano Fernandes |
| Academy head coach | Sandesh Bhoite |
| Head Physio | Naved Hameed |
| Assistant physio | John Daniel |
| Masseur | Manu Prasad |

### Players under contract

| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | Until | Picked for Durand Cup | Picked for ISL | Picked for Super Cup |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | GK | (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 33) | 2017 | 2028 | Yes | Yes | |
| 22 | Sahil Poonia | GK | (2006-03-08) 8 March 2006 (age 18) | 2023 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | |
| 28 | Lalthuammawia Ralte | GK | (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 32) | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Rahul Bheke | RB | (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 28) | 2024 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | |
| 4 | Chinglensana Singh | CB | (1996-07-23) 23 July 1996 (age 28) | 2024 | 2029 | Yes | Yes | |
| 5 | Aleksandar Jovanović | CB | (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 27) | 2022 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 12 | Mohamed Salah | RB | (1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 30) | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 14 | Jessel Carneiro | LB | (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34) | 2023 | 2025 | No | No | |
| 25 | Namgyal Bhutia | RB | (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34) | 2020 | 2026 | Yes | No | |
| 27 | Nikhil Poojary | RB | (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 29) | 2024 | 2028 | Yes | Yes | |
| 32 | Roshan Singh | LB | (1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 26) | 2020 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | |
| 42 | Clarence Fernandes | CB | (2004-07-25) 25 July 2004 (age 20) | 2022 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 53 | Ashik Adhikari | CB | (2007-01-17) 17 January 2007 (age 18) | 2022 | | Yes | No | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Suresh Singh | DM | (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 24) | 2019 | 2028 | Yes | Yes | |
| 10 | Alberto Noguera | AM | (1989-09-24) 24 September 1989 (age 35) | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 18 | Pedro Capó | CM | (1990-12-11) 11 December 1990 (age 34) | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 45 | Lalremtluanga Fanai | DM | (2004-09-17) 17 September 2004 (age 20) | 2020 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | |
| 46 | Shreyas Ketkar | RM | (2003-11-01) 1 November 2003 (age 21) | 2022 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 49 | Harsh Patre | DM | (2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 (age 22) | 2023 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 50 | Vinith Venkatesh | DM | (2005-07-31) 31 July 2005 (age 19) | 2022 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Ryan Williams | RW | (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 31) | 2023 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 11 | Sunil Chhetri | CF | (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 (age 40) | 2013 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 17 | Édgar Méndez | RW | (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 35) | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 19 | Halicharan Narzary | LW | (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30) | 2023 | 2026 | No | Yes | |
| 24 | Rohit Danu | CF | (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 (age 22) | 2023 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | |
| 29 | Ashish Jha | LW | (1999-07-15) 15 July 1999 (age 25) | 2023 | 2025 | No | No | |
| 30 | Jorge Pereyra Díaz | CF | (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 34) | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 35 | Salam Johnson Singh† | LW | (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 23) | 2023 | 2026 | No | — | — |
| 39 | Sivasakthi Narayanan | CF | (2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 23) | 2021 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | |
| 41 | Monirul Molla | CF | (2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 (age 19) | 2023 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | |
| 51 | Shivaldo Singh | RW | (2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 (age 20) | 2023 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | |
$^†$ Loaned out.

## Pre-season

As a part of the club's pre-season tradition, Bengaluru organised an open training session on 7 July involvong its supporters at the Bangalore Football Stadium. The club also celebated its 11th anniversary on 20 July. Before departing to Kolkata for the Durand Cup, the Blues trained at Inspire Institute of Sport in Ballari, including a couple of friendlies against Indian under-20 national team at the same venue. In support of Indian athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Blues donned the JSW designed team India jersey in a training session on 29 July.

### Friendlies
## Durand Cup

The 133rd edition of Durand Cup saw fifth appearance of Bengaluru FC. In the previous edition, the reserve squad representing Bengaluru failed to progress further in the tournament after finishing second in the group stage. For the 2024 edition, the 26-member squad consisting of senior team players was announced on 27th July. They were placed with hosts Mohammedan, Inter Kashi and Indian Navy in Group B. The Blues arrived in Kolkata on 30 July, a day before their first fixture of the campaign.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | IKA | INV |
| 1 | Bengaluru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage | | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Mohammedan (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Inter Kashi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Indian Navy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | | | 1–2 | |

### Knockout stage
## Super League
### Summary

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan SG (C) | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 14 | +29 | 52 | Qualification for the ACL Two group stage and semi-finals |
| 2 | Goa (T) | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 3 | Bengaluru (T) | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 37 | Qualification for the knockouts |
| 4 | Jamshedpur (T) | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 37 | Qualification for the knockouts |
| 5 | NorthEast United (M) | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 32 | Qualification for the knockouts |

#### 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 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Matches
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | ISL | ISL | Durand Cup | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IND | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 14 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IND | Sahil Poonia | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | IND | Lalthuammawia Ralte | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | CB | IND | Chinglensana Singh | 12 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | AUS | Aleksandar Jovanović | 14 | 1 | 6+3 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | RB | IND | Mohamed Salah | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | LB | IND | Jessel Carneiro | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | RB | IND | Namgyal Bhutia | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | RB | IND | Nikhil Poojary | 11 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | RB | IND | Rahul Bheke | 14 | 2 | 9+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | LB | IND | Roshan Singh | 13 | 1 | 9+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | CB | IND | Clarence Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 53 | CB | IND | Ashik Adhikari | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | DM | IND | Suresh Singh | 12 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | AM | ESP | Alberto Noguera | 14 | 2 | 9+0 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | CM | ESP | Pedro Capó | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DM | IND | Lalremtluanga Fanai | 14 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 46 | RM | IND | Shreyas Ketkar | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | DM | IND | Harsh Patre | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | RW | AUS | Ryan Williams | 6 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | CF | IND | Sunil Chhetri | 14 | 7 | 5+4 | 4 | 1+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | RW | ESP | Édgar Méndez | 11 | 4 | 6+1 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | LW | IND | Halicharan Narzary | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | CF | IND | Rohit Danu | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | LW | IND | Ashish Jha | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | CF | ARG | Jorge Pereyra Díaz | 14 | 4 | 6+3 | 1 | 3+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | RW | IND | Vinith Venkatesh | 9 | 3 | 5+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | CF | IND | Sivasakthi Narayanan | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | CF | IND | Monirul Molla | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 51 | RW | IND | Shivaldo Singh | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Source: soccerway
Updated: 28 November 2024

### Goal scorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | DC | SC | Total |
| 1 | 11 | CF | | Sunil Chhetri | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 30 | CF | | Pereyra Díaz | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 17 | RW | | Édgar Méndez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 31 | DM | | Vinith Venkatesh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | RB | | Rahul Bheke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 10 | AM | | Alberto Noguera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | CB | | Aleksandar Jovanović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | DM | | Suresh Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 32 | LB | | Roshan Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 7 | RW | | Édgar Méndez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 15 | 13 | 0 | 28 |
Updated: 28 November 2024

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | DC | SC | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Updated: 28 November 2024

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | ISL | ISL | DC | DC | DC | SC | SC | SC | Total | Total | Total | Notes |
| 1 | 27 | RB | | Nikhil Poojary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 1 | 17 | RW | | Édgar Méndez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 1 | 2 | CB | | Chinglensana Singh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Missed the game against Kerala Blasters |
| 4 | 32 | LB | | Roshan Singh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 4 | 1 | GK | | Gurpreet Singh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 4 | 3 | RB | | Rahul Bheke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 6 | 30 | CF | | Pereyra Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 6 | 50 | DM | | Vinith Venkatesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 6 | 24 | CF | | Rohit Danu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 6 | 10 | AM | | Alberto Noguera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 9 | 8 | DM | | Suresh Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 9 | 12 | RB | | Salah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 9 | 5 | CB | | Jovanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| 9 | 9 | CF | | Sivasakthi Narayanan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 22 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Updated: 28 November 2024