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.[a]

Bengaluru FC
2021–22 season
ChairmanIndia Parth Jindal
ManagerGermany Marco Pezzaiuoli
StadiumGMC Athletic Stadium[a]
Indian Super League6th
AFC CupGroup Stage
Durand CupSemi Final
All statistics correct as of 23 April 2022.

Background

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Transfers

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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.[1][2] On 2 July Bengaluru FC announced that Gabonese defender Yrondu Musavu-King signed a two-year extension with the club.[3]

On 29 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of midfielder Rohit Kumar on a two-year deal.[4] On 6 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of defender Alan Costa from Brazilian club Avaí FC on a two-year loan.[5] On 12 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of defender Sarthak Golui on a two-year deal.[6]

At the end of the 2020–21 season defender Rahul Bheke and midfielders Dimas Delgado and Harmanjot Khabra parted ways with the club.[7][8][9] On 28 June Bengaluru FC announced release of Spanish defender Juanan on mutual consent.[10]

No. Position Player Previous club Date Fee Ref
18 MF   Rohit Kumar Kerala Blasters 29 June 2021 Free agent [4]
16 DF   Sarthak Golui East Bengal 12 July 2021 Free agent [6]
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 [11][12]
10 MF   Iman Basafa   Machine Sazi 14 September 2021 Free agent [13]

Loan In

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No. Position Player Previous club Date Fee Ref
5 DF   Alan Costa   Avaí 6 July 2021 Undisclosed [5]
No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
10 MF   Harmanjot Khabra Kerala Blasters 30 May 2021 Free agent [9]
14 MF   Dimas Delgado 30 May 2021 Free agent [8]
2 DF   Rahul Bheke Mumbai City 31 May 2021 Free agent [7]
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 [10]
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

Preseason

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21 October 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 2–3 Chennaiyin Goa
16:00 IST
Report
30 October 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 1–1 Jamshedpur Goa
9:30 IST Rane   15' Report Murray   27'
6 November 2021 Friendly Goa 2–1 Bengaluru Goa
? IST [1] Chhetri  
15 November 2021 Friendly Bengaluru 1–0 Jamshedpur Goa
? IST Ramires   25' [2]
16 November 2021 Friendly Chennaiyin 2–3 Bengaluru Goa
? IST Ali   ?', ?' Report

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
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 29 13 8 8 53 40 +13 044.83

Last updated: 5 March 2022 (2022-03-05).
Source: Competitions

Indian Super League

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Summary

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League table

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Pos Team 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
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
  1. ^ a b 2021–22 Indian Super League season will be played exclusively at Goa due to COVID-19 pandemic in India

Result summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 8 5 7 32 27  +5 9 4 4 2 20 15  +5 4 1 5 12 12  0

Results by round

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Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundHAHHAAHAAHAHHAHHAHAA
ResultWLDLLLDDWDWDWWWLLWLW
Position2547910910887786333656
Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Void / Postponed

20 November 2021 1 Bengaluru 4–2 NorthEast United Bambolim
19:30 IST Silva   14', 42'   45'
Shareef   23' (o.g.)
Rane   42'
Ibara   81'
Report Brown   17'
Coureur   25'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Udanta Singh
24 November 2021 2 Odisha 3–1 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST Hernandez   3', 51'
Antonay   61'
Cabrera   90'
Report Kuruniyan   13'
Costa   21'
Ramires   58'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Javier Hernandez
28 November 2021 3 Bengaluru 1–1 Kerala Blasters Bambolim
19:30 IST Chowdhary   22'
Kuruniyan   84'
Report Kuruniyan   88' (o.g.)
Khabra   89'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Harmanjot Khabra
4 December 2021 4 Bengaluru 1–3 Mumbai City Bambolim
21:30 IST Wangjam   14'
Silva   20'
R. Singh   36'
Chhetri   76'
Report Angulo   9'
Jahouh   46'
Fall   54'
Ranawade   70'
Catatau   85'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Lalengmawia
8 December 2021 5 Hyderabad 1–0 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST Ogbeche   7'
Jadhav   83'
Report R. Singh   29'
Wangjam   38'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Souvik Chakrabarti
11 December 2021 6 Goa 2–1 Bengaluru Bambolim
21:30 IST Martins   13'
Kuruniyan   18' (o.g.)
Ortiz   55'
Murgaonkar   70'
Report R. Singh   32' Silva   45'
Farooq   52'
Wangjam   55'   84'
Ibara   57'
Ramires   68'
Shrivas   78'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Devendra Murgaonkar
16 December 2021 7 Bengaluru 3–3 ATK Mohun Bagan Bambolim
19:30 IST Silva   pen.' (18)
Farooq   26'
A. Kumar   39'
R. Singh   69'
Ibara   72'
U. Singh   81'
Report Bose   13'
Boumous   38'   43'
Krishna   58'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Subhasish Bose
20 December 2021 8 Jamshedpur 0–0 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST Jitendra   57' Report Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Greg Stewart
30 December 2021 9 Chennaiyin 2–4 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST Murzaev   4'
Ali   49'
Report Ibara   13'
Silva   39'
Costa   43'
Kuruniyan   45'
Wangjam   57'
U. Singh   70'
Chowdhary   74'
Farooq   80'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Naorem Roshan Singh
4 January 2022 10 Bengaluru 1–1 East Bengal Bambolim
19:30 IST R. Singh   27'
Das   58' (o.g.)
Report Bhattacharya   3'
Haokip   28'
Mukherjee   87'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Adil Khan
10 January 2022 11 Mumbai 0–3 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST Bheke   26'
Rai   45'
G. Singh   85'
Report Farooq   8'   45'
Ibara   23', 45'
Chowdhary   33'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Naorem Roshan Singh
15 January 2022 12 ATK Mohun Bagan Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST postponed Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
23 January 2022 12 Goa 1–1 Bengaluru Bambolim
19:30 IST Fox   41' Report Basafa   24'
Farooq   32'
Chhetri   61'
R. Singh   74'
Ibara   75'
R. Kumar   87'
U. Singh   90'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Dylan Fox
26 January 2022 13 Bengaluru 3–0 Chennaiyin Bambolim
19:30 IST Basafa   20'
U. Singh   42', 52'
Report Dhot   41'
Ali   88'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Pratik Mondal
Man of the Match: Udanta Singh
30 January 2022 14 Kerala Blasters 0–1 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST Khawlhring   41'
Vazquez   62'
Report Ibara   11'
Naorem Roshan Singh   56'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Naorem Roshan Singh
5 February 2022 15 Bengaluru 3–1 Jamshedpur Bambolim
19:30 IST Chhetri   55'
Silva   62', 90'
Report Chukwu   1' Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Bruno Ramires
11 February 2022 16 Bengaluru 1–2 Hyderabad Bambolim
19:30 IST Farooq   27'
Shrivas   42'
R. Singh   82'
Chhetri   87'
Report Siverio   16'
Victor   30'
Juanan   64'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Joao Victor
18 February 2022 17 Northeast United 2–1 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST Lakra   23'
Irshad   23'
Santana   62'
Brown   74'
T. Singh   90'
Report Farooq   54'
Silva   66'   90'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Joe Zoherliana
21 February 2022 18 Bengaluru 2–1 Odisha Bambolim
19:30 IST Ibara   12'
Farooq   31'   74'
Silva   49'
Report Sekar   8'
Lalruatthara   41'
Vanmalsawma   70'
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Danish Farooq Bhat
27 February 2022 19 ATK Mohun Bagan 2–0 Bengaluru Margao
19:30 IST Colaco   45'
M. Singh   85'
Report Chhetri   50'
Banana   71'
Augustine   74'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Harish Kundu
Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan
11 February 2022 20 East Bengal 0–1 Bengaluru Vasco
19:30 IST N. Singh   90' Report Chhetri   24' Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Senthil Nathan
Man of the Match: Lara Sharma

AFC Cup

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Qualifying play-offs

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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.

15 August 2021 (2021-08-15) Bengaluru   1–0   Eagles Malé, Maldives
20:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
MVP: Jayesh Rane (Bengaluru)

Group stage

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Pos Team 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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
18 August 2021 (2021-08-18) ATK Mohun Bagan   2–0   Bengaluru Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Mohammad Hasan Mahmoud Arafah
Man of the Match: Roy Krishna (ATK Mohun Bagan)
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) Bengaluru   0–0   Bashundhara Kings Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Thoriq Alkatiri
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) Maziya   2–6   Bengaluru Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Durand Cup

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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
3 Kerala Blasters 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4 Indian Navy 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Source: Khel Now
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) Bengaluru 2–0 Kerala Blasters Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Man of the Match: Lara Sharma (Bengaluru FC)
18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) Delhi 2–2 Bengaluru Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) Bengaluru 5–3 Indian Navy Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
  • Jijo   18'
  • Sreyas   29'
  • Vijay   90+3'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Knockout stage
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) Bengaluru 3–2 Army Green Kolkata, West Bengal
15:00 IST
  • Lalawmkima   9' (p)
  • Vibin   89' (p)
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) Goa 2–2
(7–6 p)
Bengaluru Kolkata, West Bengal
18:00 IST
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee:   Rowan Arumugan
Man of the Match: Edu Bedia (FC Goa)
Penalties

Management

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As of 26 April 2022


Position Name
Head coach   Marco Pezzaiuoli[14]
Assistant coach   Javier Pinillos[15]
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

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As of 24 April 2022

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total ISL AFC Cup
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

Updated: 24 April 2022

Goal scorers

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Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total
1 23 FW   Cleiton Silva 9 1 10
2 9 FW   Prince Ibara 4 0 4
11 FW   Sunil Chhetri 4 0
21 FW   Udanta Singh 3 1
3 12 MF   Danish Farooq Bhat 3 0 3
4 26 FW   Bidyashagar Singh 0 2 2
5 DF   Alan Costa 2 0
7 MF   Jayesh Rane 1 1
5 4 DF   Pratik Chaudhari 1 0 1
10 MF   Iman Basafa 1 0
22 MF   Ashique Kuruniyan 1 0
32 MF   Roshan Singh 1 0
36 MF   Leon Augustine 0 1
39 FW   Sivasakthi Narayanan 0 1
Total 30 7 37

Source: soccerway
Updated: 24 April 2021

Clean sheets

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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 6 2 8

Source: soccerway
Updated: 26 April 2022

Disciplinary record

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Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL AFC Total Notes
           
1 8 MF   Suresh Singh Wangjam 0 0 2 0 2 0
23 FW   Cleiton Silva 0 0 2 0 2 0
2 20 MF   Ajay Chhetri 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF   Rohit Kumar 0 0 1 0 1 0
21 FW   Udanta Singh 0 0 1 0 1 0
27 DF   Parag Shrivas 0 0 1 0 1 0
29 DF   Yrondu Musavu-King 0 0 1 0 1 0

Source: soccerway
Updated: 28 August 2021

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sunil Chhetri signs on with Bengaluru Football Club". Bengalurufc. 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Suresh Wangjam commits future to Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Yrondu Musavu-King pens two-year deal with Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 2 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Midfielder Rohit Kumar joins Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b @bengalurufc (6 July 2021). "The Blues have signed defender Alan Costa on a two-year loan deal from Brasileiro Série B side Avaí FC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b @bengalurufc (12 July 2021). "Sarthak Golui is a Blue! 🔵 Bengaluru FC have roped in the young defender on a two-year deal that will see him don the BFC colours until the end of the 2022–23 season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ a b @bengalurufc (31 May 2021). "For a moment that's etched in our history forever, and for so much more. #ThankYouBheke #WeAreBFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ a b @bengalurufc (30 May 2021). "For the wand, the rabbit, the hat, and a touch that turned everything to gold. Farewell, Dimas Delgado. #GraciasElMago" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b @bengalurufc (30 May 2021). "Harmanjot Khabra; the plug to every leak, relentless in his pursuit, never backing down and ALWAYS 100 percent. The BFC family wishes our versatile midfielder the best of everything as he moves on in search of a new adventure. Blue circle #ThankYouKhabra #WeAreBFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ a b @bengalurufc (28 June 2021). "Bengaluru FC can confirm that the club has mutually agreed to part ways with Spanish defender Juan Gonzalez. The club would like to put on record its immense gratitude for Juanan's contributions over the last five seasons, and we wish him well for the future. #ThankYouJuanan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Bengaluru FC sign Brazilian midfielder Bruno Ramires". Bengaluru FC. 28 August 2021.
  12. ^ @bengalurufc (28 August 2021). "HE'S OURS! 🇧🇷 Brazilian midfielder Bruno Ramires has put pen to paper on a two-year-deal that will keep him in Bengaluru Blue until the end of the 2022–23 campaign" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Bengaluru FC sign Iranian midfielder Iman Basafa". Bengaluru FC. 14 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Marco Pezzaiuoli appointed as new Head Coach of Bengaluru FC". Bengaluru FC. 12 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Blues appoint Julen Esnaola as goalkeeping coach". 30 January 2020.

Notes

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