# Ozone FC

Ozone Football Club Bengaluru (simply known as Ozone FC) was an Indian professional football club based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Founded in 2015, the club competed in BDFA Super Division, the top division of football in the state. Ozone reached the final round of the I-League 2nd Division in the 2017–18, 2018–19 seasons respectively and were also the winner's of the BDFA Super Division in 2017–18.

## History

Ozone Football Club was launched on 3 November 2015 by the Ozone Group with the goal of making the I-League by 2017. The club were quick to make a mark on the local football scene, winning the BDFA Super Division in December 2015, within their first month of existence.
On 2 August 2016, the club roped former Trinidadian international Cornell Glen as their foreign recruit who represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Thus he became the Ozone's first ever world cup player.
On 17 December 2016, it was revealed that the club would participate in the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. Ozone were included in Group C along with Pride Sports, Fateh Hyderabad and Kenkre. However, they could not advance beyond group stage.
In the 2017–18 season, after winning the BDFA Super Division under the guidance of David Booth, Ozone FC continued their form in the I-League Second Division, reaching the final stages, eventually falling short of qualifying for the I-League, where they finished on the third position.

## Stadium

Ozone FC plays their home matches of BDFA Super Division at the New Bangalore Football Stadium, which has a capacity of 8,400 spectators. They have also used the stadium for their previous I-League 2nd Division matches.

## Players

    As of 14 January 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Dharminder Guru |
| 3 | DF | IND | Keith Raymond Stephan |
| 4 | DF | IND | John Peter |
| 5 | DF | IND | Oinam Sanatomba Singh |
| 7 | MF | IND | Rinreithan Shaiza |
| 8 | MF | IND | A. Mohammed Moinuddin |
| 15 | MF | IND | Anto Rashith |
| 18 | MF | IND | Ayush Adhikari |
| 19 | FW | IND | Aniket Varekar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | IND | Umashankar |
| 21 | GK | IND | Sheldon Raghwan |
| 22 | MF | IND | Prabin Subba |
| 24 | DF | IND | D. Mark Anthony |
| 25 | FW | IND | Harpreet |
| 28 | DF | IND | Gurmeet Singh |
| 29 | DF | IND | Manoj Swamy Kannan |
| 30 | MF | IND | Gunashekar Vignesh |
| 32 | DF | IND | Azharuddeen |
| 40 | MF | IND | Sampath Kuttymani |
| 42 | MF | IND | Shamanth D Gowda |
| 47 | FW | IND | C. S. Sabeeth |

## Managerial history

* Bert Zuurman (2016–2017)
* Dave Booth (2017–2019)
* Noel Wilson (2019–2020)

## Season statistics

| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | Federation Cup/Super Cup | BDFA Super Division | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup |
| 2016–17 | I-League 2nd Division | 12 | Group stage | 2,567 | DNP | 3 | DNP | DNP |
| 2017–18 | I-League 2nd Division | 18 | 3 | 780 | DNP | 1 | DNP | DNP |

### Key

* Tms. = Number of teams
* Pos. = Position in league
* Attendance/G = Average league attendance

## Team records
### Seasons

    As of 24 February 2017
| Year | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Federation Cup | Top Scorer(s) | Top Scorer(s) |
| Year | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos. | Federation Cup | Player(s) | Goals |
| 2016–17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 10 | Group stage | DNQ | Anto Xavier | 7 |
| 2017–18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 21 | Final Round | DNQ | Robert de Souza Ribeiro | 20 |

## Notable former players

For all former notable players of Ozone FC with a Wikipedia article, see: Ozone FC players.
World Cup player
* Cornell Glen (2016–2017)
Foreign international(s)
* Roby Norales (2016–2017)
* Deepak Mondal (2016–2017)

## Honours
### Domestic (league)

* I-League 2nd Division
** Third place (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
* BDFA Super Division
** Champions (2): 2015–16, 2017–18
** Runners-up (1): 2018–19