Blue Star SC

Blue Star
Full nameBlue Star Sports Club
Nickname(s)Blue Army
Founded1978 (1978)
GroundKalutara Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMohamed Mohideen Mohamed Rizwan
ManagerBanda Samarakoon
LeagueSri Lanka Super League
2022–23Champions

Blue Star Sports Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Kalutara.[1] The club competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football league system.

History

Blue Star SC was founded in 1978. On 5 April 2022, Blue Star appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Machhindra of Nepal,[2] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium and clinched a victory of 2–1.[3]

Achievements

  • Bristol League Division III
    • Champions: 1996–97
    • Champions: 1998–99
  • Sri Lankan Premier League: 2
    • Champions: 2004, 2021
    • Runners-up: 2007
    • Semi-finals: 2008
  • AFC President's Cup
    • Semi-finalist 3rd Place: 2005
  • Dialog Champion of Champions Trophy
    • Runners-up: 2003–04
    • Champions: 2004–2005
    • Runners-up: 2007
    • Quarter-finals: 2013
  • Cargills FA Cup
    • Runners-up: 2013
    • Runners-up: 2014
    • Semi-finals: 2015
    • Third place: 2018

Players

As of 02 June 2024

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  SRI Mohamed Ahamed
2 DF  SRI Mohamed Rinas
3 DF  SRI Thuwan Azeez
4 DF  SRI Fahir Nilafdeen
5 MF  SRI Tharmakulanathan Kajakopan
6 MF  SRI Mohamed Sahlan
7 FW  SRI Lahiru Tharaka Silva
8 FW  SRI Basith Ameer
9 MF  CIV Beidy Coulibaly
10 MF  SRI Fasal Naizer
11 MF  SRI Mohamed Ammar
12 FW  SRI Mohamed Ihsan
13 GK  SRI Mohamed Mursith
14 DF  SRI Mohamed Arshadh
15 DF  SRI Isaac Addevu
16 DF  SRI Daniel Mecgrath
17 FW  GUI Mouhamed Traore
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  SRI Mohamed Munfik
19 FW  GHA Evans Asante
20 DF  SRI Mohamed Rifkan
21 FW  SRI Chalana Pramantha
22 FW  SRI Charidu Sampath
23 DF  SRI Tharindu Erange (Captain)
24 FW  SRI Mohamed Risan
25 GK  SRI Kaveesh Lakpriya Fernando
30 MF  GHA Prince Boadu
99 DF  NGA Jerry Ombebe

Team management

Position Name
Head Coach Finn Kohnke

Notable former players

  • Nafais
  • Fawzan
  • Farzeen
  • Rizvi
  • Jazeel
  • Rameez
  • Raheem
  • Mohammed Hamza

References

  1. ^ "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ Himalayan News Service, 12:13PM (6 April 2022). "Machhindra crash out of Qualifiers". thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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