2024–25 Bengaluru FC season
| 2024–25 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Sajjan Jindal | |||
| Manager | Gerard Zaragoza[1] | |||
| Stadium | Sree Kanteerava Stadium | |||
| Indian Super League | Runner-up (League 3rd) | |||
| Super Cup | TBD | |||
| Durand Cup | Semifinalist | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Sunil Chhetri (14 goals) All: Sunil Chhetri (17 goals) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 22,302 | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 7,367 | |||
| Average home league attendance | 12,685 | |||
| Biggest win | 5–0 vs Mumbai City | |||
| Biggest defeat | 3–0 vs Goa | |||
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| All statistics correct as of 12 April 2024. | ||||
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.[2][3]
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.[4][5] Spaninard forward Édgar Méndez was later revealed as the season's first foreign signing.[6] 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.[7]
In the following week, the Dutch midfielder Keziah Veendorp parted ways with the club[8] and replacing him on 16 June was the Spaniard Pedro Capó.[9][10] In September, forward Salam Johnson Singh was loaned to SC Bengaluru, a local club that competes in I-League.[11]
Transfers in
| No. | Position | Player | Previous club | Date | Fee | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | DF | Mohammeed Salah | Punjab FC | 7 July 2024 | Free | [7] |
| GK | Lalthuammawia Ralte | Odisha FC | 7 July 2024 | [7] | ||
| DF | Rahul Bheke | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | [7] | ||
| 10 | MF | Alberto Noguera | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | [7] | |
| 17 | FW | Edgar Mendez | Club Necaxa | 7 July 2024 | [7] | |
| FW | Jorge Pereyra Díaz | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | [7] | ||
| MF | Pedro Capo | CD Eldense | 16 July 2024 | [9] |
Transfers out
| No. | Position | Player | Outgoing club | Date | Fee | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | GK | Lara Sharma | FC Goa | 18 June 2024 | ₹30 Lakhs | [12] |
| 10 | MF | Javi Hernández | Jamshedpur FC | 25 July 2024 | Free | [13] |
| 21 | FW | Oliver Drost | FC Helsingør | 10 July 2024 | [14] | |
| 23 | DF | Slavko Damjanovic | Persebaya Surabaya | 6 July 2024 | [15] | |
| 18 | MF | Rohit Kumar | Odisha FC | 12 June 2024 | [16] | |
| MF | Jayesh Rane | Mumbai City FC | 21 June 2024 | [17] | ||
| 13 | GK | Amrit Gope | Jamshedpur FC | 27 June 2024 | [18] | |
| 44 | DF | Robin Yadav | NorthEast United FC | 13 July 2024 | [19] | |
| 6 | MF | Keziah Veendorp | Without a club | 12 July 2024 | [20] | |
| 16 | DF | Shankar Sampingiraj | Without a club | 1 June 2024 | [21] |
Loans out
| No. | Position | Player | Outgoing club | Date | Fee | Duration | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | FW | Salam Johnson Singh | SC Bengaluru | 11 September 2024 | Undisclosed | One season | [11] |
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Super League | 14 September 2024 | 11 March 2025 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up (League 3rd) | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 46.43 |
| Super Cup | 23 April 2025 | 23 April 2025 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Durand Cup | 31 July 2024 | 27 August 2024 | Group Stage | Semifinalist | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 80.00 |
| Total | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 50.00 | ||||
Last updated: 12 April 2025
Source: Competitions
Personnel
| Role | Name | Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Gerard Zaragoza | [22] |
| Assistant coach | Sebastián Vega | [22] |
| Renedy Singh | [23] | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Konstantine Gugunava | [24] |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Ioannis Gkiokas | [25] |
| Team analyst | Prateek Chopra | |
| Reserves coach | Bibiano Fernandes | [26] |
| Academy head coach | Sandesh Bhoite | [27] |
| Head Physio | Naved Hameed | |
| Assistant physio | John Daniel | |
| Masseur | Manu Prasad |
Players under contract
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | Until | Picked for Durand Cup[28] | Picked for ISL | Picked for Super Cup[29] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | GK | 3 February 1992 | 2017 | 2028 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 22 | Sahil Poonia | GK | 8 March 2006 | 2023 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 28 | Lalthuammawia Ralte | GK | 28 November 1992 | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 2 | Rahul Bheke | RB | 6 December 1996 | 2024 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 4 | Chinglensana Singh | CB | 23 July 1996 | 2024 | 2029 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 5 | Aleksandar Jovanović | CB | 15 November 1997 | 2022 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 12 | Mohamed Salah | RB | 7 November 1994 | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Jessel Carneiro | LB | 14 July 1990 | 2023 | 2025 | No | No | No | ||
| 25 | Namgyal Bhutia | RB | 14 July 1990 | 2020 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 27 | Harsh Palande | DF | 26 January 2005 | 2024 | 2025 | No | No | Yes | |
| 27 | Nikhil Poojary | RB | 3 September 1995 | 2024 | 2028 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 32 | Roshan Singh | LB | 2 February 1999 | 2020 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 42 | Clarence Fernandes | CB | 25 July 2004 | 2022 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 53 | Ashik Adhikari | CB | 17 January 2007 | 2022 | Yes | No | No | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 6 | Harsh Patre | DM | 25 January 2003 | 2023 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 8 | Suresh Singh | DM | 7 August 2000 | 2019 | 2028 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 10 | Alberto Noguera | AM | 24 September 1989 | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 14 | Soham Varshneya | MF | 2024 | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| 18 | Pedro Capó | CM | 11 December 1990 | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 23 | Lalremtluanga Fanai | DM | 17 September 2004 | 2020 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 31 | Vinith Venkatesh | DM | 31 July 2005 | 2022 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 46 | Shreyas Ketkar | RM | 1 November 2003 | 2022 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 7 | Ryan Williams | RW | 28 October 1993 | 2023 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 9 | Sivasakthi Narayanan | CF | 9 July 2001 | 2021 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 11 | Sunil Chhetri | CF | 3 August 1984 | 2013 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 17 | Édgar Méndez | RW | 2 January 1990 | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 19 | Halicharan Narzary | LW | 10 May 1994 | 2023 | 2026 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 24 | Rohit Danu | CF | 10 July 2002 | 2023 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 29 | Shivaldo Singh | RW | 13 June 2004 | 2023 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 30 | Jorge Pereyra Díaz | CF | 5 August 1990 | 2024 | 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 35 | Salam Johnson Singh† | LW | 24 September 2001 | 2023 | 2026 | No | — | — | |
| 37 | Kelvin Singh Taorem | FW | 22 November 2005 | 2024 | 2025 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 41 | Monirul Molla | CF | 1 May 2005 | 2023 | 2026 | Yes | Yes | No | |
† 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.[30] The club also celebated its 11th anniversary on 20 July.[31] 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.[32] 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.[33]
Friendlies
| 17 July 2024 Friendly | Bengaluru | 1–0 | India U-20 | Inspire Institute of Sport, Ballari |
| 10:00 IST |
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Report |
| 20 July 2024 Friendly | Bengaluru | – | India U-20 | Inspire Institute of Sport, Ballari |
| 10:00 IST | Report |
| 7 September 2024 Friendly | Bengaluru | 4–1 | Bengaluru United | Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 10:00 IST | Report |
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.[28] They were placed with hosts Mohammedan, Inter Kashi and Indian Navy in Group B.[34] The Blues arrived in Kolkata on 30 July, a day before their first fixture of the campaign.[35]
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | MSC | 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 |
| 31 July 2024 Group Stage | Bengaluru | 4–0 | Indian Navy | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: Lakshay Man of the Match: Rahul Bheke |
| 3 August 2024 Group Stage | Bengaluru | 3–0 | Inter Kashi | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Alberto Noguera |
| 6 August 2024 Group Stage | Mohammedan | 2–3 | Bengaluru | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 19:00 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 4,143 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Vinith Venkatesh (Bengaluru FC) |
Knockout stage
| 23 August 2024 Quarterfinal | Bengaluru | 1–0 | Kerala Blasters | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 19:00 IST | Díaz 90+5' | Report | Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Pereyra Díaz |
| 27 August 2024 Semifinal | Mohun Bagan | 2–2 (4–3 p) | Bengaluru | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 17:30 IST | Report | Chhetri 43' (pen.)
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Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 18,342 Referee: Venkatesh Man of the Match: Vishal Kaith (Mohun Bagan) | |
| Penalties | ||||
Super League
Summary
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohun Bagan (C, W) | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 16 | +31 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League Two group stage and semi-finals |
| 2 | Goa | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 48 | Qualification for the Champions League Two preliminary stage and semi-finals[a] |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 38[b] | Qualification for the knockouts |
| 4 | NorthEast United | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 38[b] | |
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 38[b] |
Source: ISL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (W) ISL Cup winners
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (W) ISL Cup winners
Notes:
Result summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | −1 |
Results by round
Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = League premiers, qualification to
2025-26 AFC Champions League Two and
2024-25 Indian Super League Semi Final; = Qualification to
2024-25 Indian Super League Semi Final; = Qualification to
2024-25 Indian Super League Playoffs
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = League premiers, qualification to
2025-26 AFC Champions League Two and
2024-25 Indian Super League Semi Final; = Qualification to
2024-25 Indian Super League Semi Final; = Qualification to
2024-25 Indian Super League Playoffs
League Matches
| 14 September 2024 1 | Bengaluru | 1–0 | East Bengal | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report |
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Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 11,923 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Vinith Venkatesh |
| 19 September 2024 2 | Bengaluru | 3–0 | Hyderabad | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 7,823 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri |
| 28 September 2024 3 | Bengaluru | 3–0 | Mohun Bagan | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 15,323 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri |
| 2 October 2024 4 | Mumbai City | 0–0 | Bengaluru | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 19:30 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 6,928 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Yoëll van Nieff (Mumbai City) |
| 18 October 2024 5 | Bengaluru | 1–0 | Punjab | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 9,348 Referee: Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Roshan Singh |
| 25 October 2024 6 | Kerala Blasters | 1–3 | Bengaluru | Kochi, Kerala |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 34,940 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Édgar Méndez |
| 2 November 2024 7 | Goa | 3–0 | Bengaluru | Margao, Goa |
| 19:30 IST | Report |
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Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 9,641 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Dejan Dražić (Goa) |
| 8 November 2024 8 | Bengaluru | 2–2 | NorthEast United | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 13,783 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Alaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United) |
| 27 November 2024 9 | Mohammedan | 1–2 | Bengaluru | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 2,541 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri |
| 1 December 2024 10 | Odisha | 4–2 | Bengaluru | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| 19:30 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 9,014 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Diego Maurício (Odisha) |
| 7 December 2024 11 | Bengaluru | 4–2 | Kerala Blasters | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report |
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Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 22,302 Referee: Rahul Gupta Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri |
| 14 December 2024 12 | Bengaluru | 2–2 | Goa | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 17:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 15,411 Referee: Harish kundu Man of the Match: Ryan Williams |
| 28 December 2024 13 | Chennaiyin | 2–4 | Bengaluru | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| 19:30 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Marina Arena Attendance: 10,007 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Ryan Williams |
| 4 January 2025 14 | Jamshedpur | 2–1 | Bengaluru | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 12,109 Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Jordan Murray (Jamshedpur) |
| 11 January 2025 15 | Bengaluru | 0–1 | Mohammedan SC | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 17:00 IST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 10,789 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Florent Ogier (Mohammedan) |
| 18 January 2025 16 | Hyderabad | 1–1 | Bengaluru | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| 17:00 IST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Gachibowli Stadium Attendance: 2,072 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Devendra Murgaonkar (Hyderabad) |
| 22 January 2025 17 | Bengaluru | 2–3 | Odisha FC | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 9,881 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Diego Mauricio (Odisha) |
| 27 January 2025 18 | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | Bengaluru | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 41,925 Referee: Rahul Gupta Man of the Match: Lalengmawia Ralte (Mohun Bagan) |
| 1 February 2025 19 | Punjab | 3–2 | Bengaluru | New Delhi |
| 17:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 3,139 Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Luka Majcen (Punjab) |
| 9 February 2025 20 | Bengaluru | 3–0 | Jamshedpur FC | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report |
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Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 10,154 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Alberto Noguera |
| 21 February 2025 21 | NorthEast United | 0–2 | Bengaluru | Shillong, Meghalaya |
| 19:30 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 14,201 Referee: Rahul gupta Man of the Match: Alberto Noguera |
| 25 February 2025 22 | Bengaluru | 1–0 | Chennaiyin | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 7,367 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Rahul Bheke |
| 2 March 2025 23 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Bengaluru | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 19:30 IST |
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Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 17,964 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Souvik Chakrabarti (East Bengal) |
| 11 March 2025 24 | Bengaluru | 0–2 | Mumbai City | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Mumbai City) Referee: R Venkatesh |
Play-offs
| 29 March 2025 Knockout 1 | Bengaluru | 5–0 | Mumbai City | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 16,123 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Suresh Singh |
| 2 April 2025 Semi-final Leg 1 | Bengaluru | 2–0 | Goa | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 19,443 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Namgyal Bhutia |
| 6 April 2025 Semi-final Leg 2 | Goa | 2–1 | Bengaluru | Margao, Goa |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 16,875 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri |
Final
| 12 April 2025 Final | Mohun Bagan | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Bengaluru | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 19:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 59,112 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Jamie Maclaren (Mohun Bagan) |
Super Cup
On 7 April, the AIFF announced the fixtures for the 2025 edition of the Super Cup.[37] Four days after going down in the ISL Finals, the Blues announced a 28-member squad for the tournament in Odisha.[29] Bengaluru FC were pitted against the I-League club Inter Kashi in the round of 16, where Inter Kashi upseted Bengaluru and knocked out Bengaluru in Round of 16 only.[38]
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 20 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | East Bengal | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Kerala Blasters | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mohun Bagan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mohun Bagan | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Goa | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Goa | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| IL4 | Gokulam Kerala | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Goa | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Punjab | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Odisha | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 May | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Punjab | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Goa | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bengaluru | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| IL2 | Inter Kashi (p) | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||||||
| IL2 | Inter Kashi | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mumbai City | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mumbai City | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Chennaiyin | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mumbai City | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeast United | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Mohammedan | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeast United | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 April | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jamshedpur (p) | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jamshedpur | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Hyderabad | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 April 2025 Round of 16 | Bengaluru | 1-1 (3–5 p) | Inter Kashi | Bhubaneswar |
| 16:30 IST (UTC+5:30) |
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AIFF I-League |
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Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 3,216 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Nikola Stojanović (Inter Kashi) |
| Penalties | ||||
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Accolades
Forward Ryan Williams was awarded with the Indian Super League's Player of the Month award for the month of December.[39] While the local player Vinith Venkatesh from Austin Town won the season's first Emerging Player of the Month award in September.[40] Sunil Chhetri remained as the top Indian goalscorer of the season with fourteen goals to his name, equalling his record in 2017–18 season.
Player of the match awards
| Rank | Player | ISL | DC | SC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunil Chhetri | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Alberto Noguera | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Vinith Venkatesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rahul Bheke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Pereyra Díaz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Roshan Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Édgar Méndez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Suresh Wangjam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Updated: 12 April 2025
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | ISL | Durand Cup | Super Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IND | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 31 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IND | Sahil Poonia | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | IND | Lalthuammawia Ralte | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | CB | IND | Chinglensana Singh | 28 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | AUS | Aleksandar Jovanović | 26 | 1 | 13+8 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | RB | IND | Mohamed Salah | 16 | 0 | 4+10 | 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 | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | RB | IND | Nikhil Poojary | 21 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | RB | IND | Rahul Bheke | 31 | 4 | 25+1 | 3 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | LB | IND | Roshan Singh | 32 | 1 | 28+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 | 29 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | AM | ESP | Alberto Noguera | 30 | 6 | 24+1 | 5 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IND | Soham Varshneya | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | CM | ESP | Pedro Capó | 29 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | RM | IND | Shreyas Ketkar | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DM | IND | Lalremtluanga Fanai | 28 | 0 | 6+17 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | DM | IND | Harsh Patre | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 7 | RW | AUS | Ryan Williams | 25 | 8 | 17+5 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 1 |
| 9 | CF | IND | Sivasakthi Narayanan | 17 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | CF | IND | Sunil Chhetri | 33 | 17 | 19+9 | 14 | 1+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | RW | ESP | Édgar Méndez | 29 | 10 | 22+3 | 9 | 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 | RW | IND | Shivaldo Singh | 7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | CF | ARG | Jorge Pereyra Díaz | 22 | 6 | 11+6 | 3 | 3+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | RW | IND | Vinith Venkatesh | 18 | 3 | 8+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | IND | Kelvin Singh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 41 | CF | IND | Monirul Molla | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
- Source: soccerway
Updated: 12 April 2025
Goal scorers
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | DC | SC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | CF | Sunil Chhetri | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| 2 | 17 | RW | Édgar Méndez | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | 7 | RW | Ryan Williams | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 4 | 10 | AM | Alberto Noguera | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 30 | CF | Pereyra Díaz | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | RB | Rahul Bheke | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | 31 | DM | Vinith Venkatesh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | 8 | DM | Suresh Singh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 | 5 | CB | Aleksandar Jovanović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | LB | Roshan Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own goals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 46 | 13 | 0 | 59 | ||||
Updated: 12 April 2025
Clean sheets
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | DC | SC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GK | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| 2 | 28 | GK | Lalthuammawia Ralte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
Updated: 12 April 2025
Disciplinary record
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | DC | SC | Total | Points | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | RB | Rahul Bheke | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Missed the away game against East Bengal | |
| 2 | 2 | CB | Chinglensana Singh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Missed the home game against Kerala Blasters | |
| 17 | RW | Édgar Méndez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | N/A | ||
| 4 | 30 | CF | Pereyra Díaz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | N/A | |
| 32 | LB | Roshan Singh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | N/A | ||
| 10 | AM | Alberto Noguera | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | N/A | ||
| 5 | 27 | RB | Nikhil Poojary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | N/A | |
| 8 | 1 | GK | Gurpreet Singh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | N/A | |
| 5 | CB | Jovanović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Missed the away game against Mohun Bagan SG | ||
| 12 | RB | Mohamed Salah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | N/A | ||
| 7 | RW | Ryan Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | N/A | ||
| 31 | DM | Vinith Venkatesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | N/A | ||
| 13 | 24 | CF | Rohit Danu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | |
| 6 | DM | Harsh Patre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Missed the away game against Chennaiyin | ||
| 9 | CF | Sivasakthi Narayanan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | ||
| 16 | 8 | DM | Suresh Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | |
| 25 | RB | Bhutia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | ||
| 23 | DM | Lalremtluanga Fanai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | ||
| 18 | CM | Pedro Capó | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | ||
| Totals | 54 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 72 | N/A | ||||
Updated: 12 April 2025
See also
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