# SC Bengaluru

Sporting Club Bengaluru, also known as SC Bengaluru (nicknamed The Golden Tigers), is an Indian professional football club based in Bangalore, Karnataka. The club currently competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system, and the BDFA Super Division. The club was founded in the year 2022 by Tony Sohi (UK), Kulbir Sohi (UK), Adrian Wright (UK) and Kishore Reddy (India).

## History

SC Bengaluru made its debut in the 2022–23 BDFA Super Division. They clinched the title in their inaugural season ahead of their closest rivals FC Bengaluru United, attaining 46 points in 18 games. With their win, they closed on a spot in the 2023–24 I-League 3, the newly formed fourth tier of the Indian football league system. The club managed to qualify for the I-League 2 after beating Kerala United by 2–1 in the playoffs. The club clinched back-to-back titles in the 2023–24 season as they won the I-League 2, earning promotion to the 2024–25 I-League.

## Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Since forming in April 2022, SCB signed sports agency Sporting Group International as its principal partner, and Meyba as its official kit partner. They also struck up a partnership with MuscleBlaze as nutrition partner.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 2022 | Meyba | Sporting Group International |
| 2023 | MS Sports | Sporting Group International |
| 2024–present | MS Sports | Sporting Group International |

## Stadium

Sporting Club Bengaluru plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of February 2025
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 | Satyajit Bordoloi |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Slavko Lukić |
| 5 | DF | IND | Manoj Kannan |
| 6 | MF | IND | Kishan Singh |
| 7 | FW | IND | Krishananda Singh |
| 8 | FW | UGA | Henry Kisekka |
| 9 | FW | IND | Salam Johnson Singh (on loan from Bengaluru) |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Jordan Lamela |
| 11 | FW | IND | Thomyo Shimray |
| 12 | DF | IND | Shafeel PP |
| 14 | MF | IND | Vignesh V |
| 15 | DF | IND | Arjun Gouda |
| 16 | DF | IND | Shankar Sampingiraj |
| 17 | FW | IND | Ishaan Raghunanda |
| 18 | MF | IND | Asif OM |
| 20 | MF | IND | Sk Sahil |
| 21 | DF | IND | Shravan Shetty |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | POR | Carlos Lomba (captain) |
| 23 | FW | IND | Ashish Jha |
| 25 | DF | IND | Oinam Sanatomba Singh |
| 27 | FW | IND | Saiyyad Umar |
| 29 | FW | IND | Aadarsh Narayanapuram |
| 30 | MF | IND | Jibin Devassy |
| 32 | FW | IND | Arif Shaikh |
| 33 | FW | IND | Shanid Valan |
| 34 | GK | IND | Bishal Lama |
| 37 | GK | JPN | Yuya Kuriyama |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Álex Sánchez |
| 40 | GK | IND | Pranav S |
| 77 | DF | IND | R Neil Joseph |
| 88 | MF | IND | Tangva Ragui (on loan from Mohammedan) |

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

    As of 1 September 2024
| Role | Name |
| Team manager | Sujan Subramanya |
| Head coach | Chinta Chandrashekar Rao |
| Assistant coach | Alex Praveen |
| Physiotherapist | Dileep Kumar |

## Records and statistics
### Season by season

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Playoffs | Super Cup | Other competitions | Top scorer(s) | Top scorer(s) |
| Season | Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Playoffs | Super Cup | Durand Cup | Player(s) | Goals |
| 2023–24 | I-League 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 1st | 3rd | Did not participate | Did not participate | Arif Shaikh | 5 |
| 2023–24 | I-League 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 33 | Champions | – | Did not participate | Did not participate | Thomyo Shimray | 11 |
| 2024–25 | I-League | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | – | – | Did not participate | Did not participate | – | – |

### Managerial record

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Chinta Chandrashekar Rao | India | 1 October 2023 | present | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 29 | 062.96 |

## Honours
### League

* I-League 2
** Champions (1): 2023–24
* I-League 3 Playoffs
** Third place (1): 2023–24
* BDFA Super Division
** Champions (1): 2022–23