2020–21 Bengaluru FC season

Bengaluru FC
2020–21 season
Chairman	Parth Jindal
Manager	Carles Cuadrat
Stadium	Sree Kanteerava Stadium
	All statistics correct as of 5 June 2020.

The 2020–21 season is Bengaluru FC's eighth season as a club since its establishment in 2013.

Background

Transfers

During the course of 2019–20 season, Bengaluru FC extended contracts of Juanan, Thongkhosiem Haokip and Edmund Lalrindika.[1][2][3] At the end of the season, Bengaluru FC extended contracts of Udanta Singh, Erik Paartalu, Dimas Delgado, Ajay Chhetri, Leon Augustine, Roshan Singh and Namgyal Bhutia.[4][5][6][7]

On 3 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of defender Pratik Chaudhari and club's former goalkeeper Lalthuammawia Ralte. Both the players signed with the club for two seasons.[8] On 5 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of defenders Joe Zoherliana and Wungngayam Muirang on two year deal.[9] On 20 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of Brazilian forward Cleiton Silva on one year deal.[10]

In

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee	Date	Ref
4	DF	Pratik Chaudhari	Mumbai City	Free agent	3 June 2020	[8]
—	GK	Lalthuammawia Ralte	East Bengal	Free agent	3 June 2020	[8]
—	DF	Joe Zoherliana	Aizawl	Free agent	5 June 2020	[9]
—	DF	Wungngayam Muirang	Gokulam Kerala	Free agent	5 June 2020	[9]
23	FW	Cleiton Silva	Suphanburi	Free agent	20 June 2020	[10]

Out

No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Date	Fee	Ref
29	MF	Nili	Larissa	9 June 2020	Free agent
22	DF	Nishu Kumar	Kerala Blasters FC	22 July 2020	Free agent

Competitions

Indian Super League

AFC Cup

ATK, who finished runners-up in the league phase of the 2019–20 Indian Super League season, merged with 2019–20 I-League champions Mohun Bagan and qualified automatically to the AFC Cup group stage. Third-placed team in 2019–20 Indian Super League season, Bengaluru FC qualified for 2021 AFC Cup qualifiers. This will be Bengaluru's sixth appearance in the tournament.[11]

Player information

Management

Carles Cuadrat, Bengaluru FC's head coach for 2020–21 season

As of 29 March 2020

Position	Name
Head Coach	Carles Cuadrat[12]
Assistant Coach	Javier Pinillos[13]
Assistant Coach/ Head Coach (reserve team)	Naushad Moosa[14]
Goalkeeping Coach	Julen Esnaola[13]
Fitness Coach	Mikel Guillén

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL		AFC
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	GK		Aditya Patra	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK		Lalthuammawia Ralte	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Rahul Bheke	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Pratik Chaudhari	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Juanan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	DF		Harmanjot Khabra	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF		Parag Shrivas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF		Namgyal Bhutia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF		Joe Zoherliana	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF		Wungngayam Muirang	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Erik Paartalu	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF		Raphael Augusto	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Dimas Delgado	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Ajay Chhetri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Suresh Singh Wangjam	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	MF		Roshan Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW		Thongkhosiem Haokip	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Ashique Kuruniyan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	FW		Udanta Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		Cleiton Silva	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW		Deshorn Brown	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Edmund Lalrindika	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	FW		Leon Augustine	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Source: soccerway

Updated: 20 June 2020

Notes

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gollark: Clearly, mgollark is sabotaging me.

References

"Juanan Gonzalez commits future to Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 13 January 2020.
"Edmund Lalrindika signs new two-year deal with Bengaluru FC". 14 January 2020.
@bengalurufc (22 March 2020). "He's here to stay! Striker Semboi Haokip has signed a one-year extension to his contract that will keep him with the Blues until the end of the 2020-2021 campaign" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
"Bengaluru FC hand out fresh contracts to four youngsters". Bengalurufc. 30 April 2020.
"Delgado signs fresh one-year deal with Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 7 April 2020.
"Paartalu signs fresh two-year deal with Bengaluru FC". Bengalurufc. 30 March 2020.
"Udanta Singh extends Bengaluru stay for three more seasons". Bengalurufc. 12 March 2020.
"Bengaluru FC sign Pratik Chaudhari, Lalthuammawia Ralte". Bengalurufc. 3 June 2020.
"Bengaluru FC sign Joe Zoherliana, Wungngayam Muirang". Bengalurufc. 5 June 2020.
"Bengaluru FC sign Brazilian striker Cleiton Silva". Bengalurufc. 20 June 2020.
"Participation of Indian clubs in AFC Club competitions in 2021". Aiff. 4 June 2020.
"Coach Carles Cuadrat extends Bengaluru FC stay until 2021". Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
"Blues appoint Julen Esnaola as goalkeeping coach". 30 January 2020.
"Every day is a learning experience: Bengaluru FC's assistant coach Naushad Moosa".