2020–21 Bengaluru FC season

Bengaluru FC
2020–21 season
Chairman	Parth Jindal
Manager	Marco Pezzaiuoli
Stadium	Fatorda Stadium
Indian Super League	7th
AFC Cup	Preliminary round 2
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sunil Chhetri (8); All: ; Sunil Chhetri (8)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 25 February 2021.

The 2020–21 season was 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 August 2020, Bengaluru signed left back Ajith Kumar from Chennai City F.C. on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.^[11] On 18 September Bengaluru FC signed midfielder Huidrom Thoi Singh from Reliance Foundation Young Champs.^[12] On 3 October Bengaluru FC announced signing of goalkeeper Lara Sharma for three years.^[13] On 20 October Bengaluru FC announced signing of Spanish defender Fran González and Norwegian striker Kristian Opseth on season long deals.^[14]

Bengaluru FC did not renew the contract of Spanish midfielder Nili as he joined Greek side Levadiakos.^[15] Jamaican striker Kevaughn Frater signed for Israeli club Maccabi Netanya.^[16] Defender Nishu Kumar and goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Singh Gill signed for Kerala Blasters.^[17]^[18] On 13 September 2020, Spanish striker Manuel Onwu completed the move to Odisha FC after being on the loan the previous season.^[19] Defender Gursimrat Singh Gill signed for Bengaluru United^[20] Brazilian midfielder Raphael Augusto's contract with the club was terminated on mutual agreement, owing to personal reasons.^[21] Bengaluru FC did not renew the contract of Spanish defender Albert Serrán^[22] Defender Sairuat Kima joined Sudeva FC.^[23] Midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh and defender Rino Anto joined East Bengal.^[24]

In the winter transfer window, Ajay Chhetri was loaned out to SC East Bengal till the end of the season.^[25]

In

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee	Date	Ref
4	DF	Pratik Chaudhari	Mumbai City	Free agent	3 June 2020	^[8]
28	GK	Lalthuammawia Ralte	East Bengal	Free agent	3 June 2020	^[8]
24	DF	Joe Zoherliana	Aizawl	Free agent	5 June 2020	^[9]
15	DF	Wungngayam Muirang	Gokulam Kerala	Free agent	5 June 2020	^[9]
23	FW	Cleiton Silva	Suphanburi	Free agent	20 June 2020	^[10]
19	DF	Ajith Kumar	Chennai City	Undisclosed	22 August 2020	^[11]
36	MF	Huidrom Thoi Singh	Reliance Foundation Young Champs	Free agent	18 September 2020	^[12]
30	GK	Lara Sharma	ATK	Free agent	3 October 2020	^[13]
55	DF	Fran González	Mohun Bagan	Free agent	20 October 2020	^[14]
9	FW	Kristian Opseth	Adelaide United	Free agent	20 October 2020	^[14]
	MF	Xisco Hernández	Odisha	Free agent	15 January 2021
	DF	Yrondu Musavu-King	Le Mans	Free agent	10 March 2021	^[26]

Out

No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Date	Fee	Ref
3	DF	Albert Serrán	Montañesa	1 June 2020	Free agent	^[22]
4	DF	Sairuat Kima	Sudeva	1 June 2020	Free agent	^[23]
13	DF	Rino Anto	East Bengal	1 June 2020	Free agent
7	MF	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	East Bengal	1 June 2020	Free agent	^[24]
29	MF	Nili	Levadiakos	9 June 2020	Free agent	^[15]
22	DF	Nishu Kumar	Kerala Blasters	22 July 2020	Free agent	^[17]
17	FW	Kevaughn Frater	Maccabi Netanya	1 August 2020	Free agent	^[16]
31	GK	Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	Kerala Blasters	9 September 2020	Free agent	^[18]
9	FW	Manuel Onwu	Odisha	13 September 2020	Free agent	^[19]
33	DF	Gursimrat Singh Gill	Bengaluru United	17 September 2020	Free agent	^[20]
8	MF	Kean Lewis	Sudeva	9 October 2020	Free agent	^[27]
12	MF	Raphael Augusto	Abahani Limited Dhaka	17 October 2020	Free agent	^[21]
26	FW	Deshorn Brown	NorthEast United	15 January 2021	Released

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Date	Fee	Ref
13	MF	Ajay Chhetri	East Bengal	15 January 2021	Unknown	^[25]

Pre-season and friendlies

Bengaluru FC started pre-season with a friendly against Hyderabad FC on 7 November 2020 at Dempo SC ground, in Goa. Bengaluru drew the game 1–1 with Wungngayam Muirang scoring the opening goal in first half. Aridane Santana scored from spot to equalise for Hyderabad in second half.^[28]

7 November 2020 Friendly	Bengaluru	1–1	Hyderabad	Ella, Goa
	Muirang	Report	(pen.) Santana	Stadium: Dempo SC Ground

13 November 2020 Friendly	Bengaluru	0–1	Mumbai	Nagoa, Goa
			Boumous	Stadium: Nagoa ground

Mid-season friendlies

14 December 2020 Friendly	Bengaluru	1–1	Kerala Blasters	Goa
	Zoherliana	Report	Seityasen

5 April 2021 Friendly	Bengaluru	1–0	FC Goa	Goa
	Silva	Report

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Hyderabad	20	6	11	3	27	19	+8	29
6	Jamshedpur	20	7	6	7	21	22	−1	27
7	Bengaluru	20	5	7	8	26	28	−2	22
8	Chennaiyin	20	3	11	6	17	23	−6	20
9	East Bengal	20	3	8	9	22	33	−11	17

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

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	L
Position	3	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2021. Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 November 2020 1	Goa	2–2	Bengaluru	Margao
19:30 IST	Doungel 35' Angulo 47' 66', 69' Bedia 75' González 90'	Report	Silva 27' Wangjam 34' Juanan 57'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Igor Angulo (Goa)

28 November 2020 2	Bengaluru	0–0	Hyderabad	Margao
19:30 IST	Paartalu 23' Khabra 83'	Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Chinglensana Singh (Hyderabad)

4 December 2020 3	Chennaiyin	0–1	Bengaluru	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Sabia 21' Crivellaro 48' Singh 54'	Report	Kuruniyan 7' Wangjam 51' Chhetri 56' (pen.)	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Suresh Singh Wangjam (Bengaluru)

8 December 2020 (2020-12-08) 4	Bengaluru	2–2	NorthEast United	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Juanan 13' Bheke 21' Paartalu 26' Udanta 70'	Report	Machado 4', 78' Rochharzela 32' Gurjinder 36' Camara 73' Ninthoi 80' Gurmeet 83' Britto 90'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Luís Machado (NorthEast United)

13 December 2020 5	Bengaluru	4–2	Kerala Blasters	Margao
19:30 IST	Silva 29' Juanan 38' Kuruniyan 45' Paartalu 52' Dimas 53' Chhetri 65' Khabra 90' Muirang 90'	Report	Rahul 17' Lalruatthara 55' Murray 61' Nishu 77' Sandeep 90'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Dimas Delgado (Bengaluru)

17 December 2020 6	Odisha	1–2	Bengaluru	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Taylor 71' Bora 80'	Report	Paartalu 30' Chhetri 38' Silva 79' Pratik 84' Khabra 90+3'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (Bengaluru FC)

21 December 2020 7	ATK Mohun Bagan	1–0	Bengaluru	Margao
19:30 IST	Williams 33'	Report	Juanan 5' Bheke 44'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: David Williams (ATK Mohun Bagan)

28 December 2020 8	Bengaluru	0–1	Jamshedpur	Margao
19:30 IST	Suresh 32' Paartalu 62' Bheke 73' Silva 87'	Report	Eze 79'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei Man of the Match: Rehenesh TP (Jamshedpur)

5 January 2021 9	Bengaluru	1–3	Mumbai City	Margao
19:30 IST	Chhetri 61' 79' (pen.) Khabra 81'	Report	Fall 9' Bipin 15' Jahouh 40' 86' Ranawade 58' Ogbeche 85' 87'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Bipin Singh (Mumbai City)
Note: Last game under Carles Cuadrat

9 January 2021 10	Bengaluru	0–1	East Bengal	Margao
19:30 IST	Ajith 20' Dimas 22' Paartalu 40'	Report	Steinmann 20'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Debjit Majumder (East Bengal)

12 January 2021 11	NorthEast United	1–1	Bengaluru	Vasco
19:30 IST	Machado 27'	Report	Paartalu 29' Bheke 50'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Lalengmawia (NorthEast United)

20 January 2021 12	Kerala Blasters	2–1	Bengaluru	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Puitea 73' Rahul 90+4' 90+5'	Report	Silva 24' 90+5' Juanan 53'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Rahul Kannoly Praveen (Kerala Blasters)

24 January 2021 13	Bengaluru	1–1	Odisha	Margao
19:30 IST	Paartalu 82'	Report	Maurício 8' Vinit 47' Tratt 49' Onwu 79' Alexander 90'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (Bengaluru)

28 January 2021 14	Hyderabad	2–2	Bengaluru	Vasco
19:30 IST	Aridane 86' Sandaza 90+1' Danu 90+3'	Report	Chhetri 9' Fran 15' Parag 54' Leon 61' Paartalu 82'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Aridane Santana (Hyderabad FC)

2 February 2021 15	East Bengal	0–2	Bengaluru	Vasco
19:30 IST	Pilkington 90+3' Holloway 90+3'	Report	Silva 11' 65' Debjit 45' (o.g.) Bheke 90+3' Pratik 90+3'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)

5 February 2021 16	Bengaluru	0–0	Chennaiyin	Margao
19:30 IST	Ajith 21' Pratik 80'	Report	Jerry 50' Esmaël 84' Thoi 87'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Bengaluru FC)

9 February 2021 17	Bengaluru	0–2	ATK Mohun Bagan	Margao
19:30 IST	Pratik 36' Khabra 44' Chhetri 90'	Report	Krishna 36' Marcelinho 44'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rowan Arumugam Man of the Match: Marcelinho (ATK Mohun Bagan)

15 February 2021 18	Mumbai City	2–4	Bengaluru	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Bipin 45' Le Fondre 50', 72'	Report	Silva 1', 22' Parag 15' Fran 29' Khabra 42' Chhetri 52' 57', 90+4' Kuruniyan 78' Edmund 83' Gurpreet 87'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)

21 February 2021 19	Bengaluru	1–2	Goa	Margao
17:00 IST	Kuruniyan 19' Suresh 33' Dimas 79'	Report	Angulo 20' Redeem 23' Romario 60'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Glan Martins (Goa)

25 February 2021 20	Jamshedpur	3–2	Bengaluru	Vasco
19:30 IST	Eze 16' Doungel 34' Grande 41' Monroy 86' Laldinliana 90'	Report	Muirang 15' González 62' Pratik 65' Chhetri 71' Paartalu 74'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Aitor Monroy (Jamshedpur)

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.^[29]

Qualifying play-offs

Preliminary round 2

14 April 2021 (2021-04-14)	Bengaluru	5–0	Tribhuvan Army	Bambolim
19:30 UTC+5:30	Bheke 51', 65' Chhetri 52' Silva 61', 63'	Stats Report Report		Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon) MVP: Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru FC)

Play-off round

Due to the lockdown and travel restrictions in Bangladesh, the AFC Sub-Committee decided that Abahani Limited Dhaka are considered to have withdrawn from the AFC Cup 2021 and awarded the Playoff Stage slot to Eagles FC. Playoff Stage match supposed to be hosted by Bengaluru FC, moved to Maldives, which is hosting Group D matches, where the winner of Playoff will be placed.^[30] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Play-off round between Bengaluru FC and Eagles FC scheduled for May 2021 postponed to 15 August 2021.

Coaching Staff

Management

After poor outings during the ongoing season, on 6 January 2021, it was announced that Carles Cuadrat and Bengaluru FC decided to mutually part ways. Naushad Moosa, the assistant coach and the head coach of Bengaluru FC B, was appointed as a caretaker coach.^[31] Soon after the departure of Carles, the fitness coach Mikel Guillen too parted ways with the club.^[32]

As of 26 February 2021

Position	Name
Head coach	Marco Pezzaiuoli
Assistant Coach	Javier Pinillos^[33]
Assistant Coach/Reserve team Head Coach	Naushad Moosa
Goalkeeping Coach	Julen Esnaola^[33]
Physiotherapist	Senen Alvarez
Team Manager	Rosewall Da Cunha
Video Analyst	Alwin Lawrence
Masseur	Manu Prasad
Kit Boy	Gireesh PM

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	IND	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	20	0	19+0	0	1+0	0
28	GK	IND	Lalthuammawia Ralte	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	IND	Lara Sharma	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	GK	IND	Sharon Padattil	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IND	Rahul Bheke	16	3	13+2	1	1+0	2
4	DF	IND	Pratik Chaudhari	16	0	10+5	0	0+1	0
5	DF	ESP	Juanan	15	2	14+0	2	1+0	0
10	DF	IND	Harmanjot Khabra	17	0	16+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	IND	Wungngayam Muirang	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
19	DF	IND	Ajith Kumar	9	0	6+2	0	0+1	0
24	DF	IND	Joe Zoherliana	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	IND	Namgyal Bhutia	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
29	DF	IND	Parag Shrivas	11	0	8+3	0	0+0	0
35	DF	IND	Biswa Kumar Darjee	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
55	DF	ESP	Fran González	18	1	10+8	1	0+0	0
	DF	GAB	Yrondu Musavu-King	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	AUS	Erik Paartalu	19	2	17+1	2	1+0	0
14	MF	ESP	Dimas Delgado	13	1	10+3	1	0+0	0
22	MF	IND	Ashique Kuruniyan	9	0	7+1	0	1+0	0
27	MF	IND	Suresh Singh Wangjam	20	1	18+1	1	1+0	0
31	MF	IND	Leon Augustine	9	1	2+7	1	0+0	0
32	MF	IND	Roshan Singh	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
33	MF	IND	Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF	IND	Huidrom Thoi Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF	IND	Amay Morajkar	8	0	2+6	0	0+0	0
	MF	ESP	Xisco Hernández	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0
	MF	IND	Damaitphang Lyngdoh	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	IND	Muhammad Inayath	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
11	FW	IND	Sunil Chhetri	21	9	20+0	8	1+0	1
17	FW	IND	Edmund Lalrindika	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
18	FW	IND	Thongkhosiem Haokip	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0
21	FW	IND	Udanta Singh	18	1	13+4	1	1+0	0
23	FW	BRA	Cleiton Silva	19	9	18+0	7	1+0	2
	FW	IND	Sivasakthi Narayanan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	IND	Akashdeep Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players transferred out during the season
13	MF	IND	Ajay Chhetri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW	JAM	Deshorn Brown	10	0	5+5	0	0+0	0
9	FW	NOR	Kristian Opseth	15	0	8+7	0	0+0	0

Source: soccerway

Updated: 14 April 2021

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	ISL	AFC	Total
1	11	FW	Sunil Chhetri	8	1	9
1	23	FW	Cleiton Silva	7	2	9
3	2	DF	Rahul Bheke	1	2	3
4	5	DF	Juanan	2	0	2
4	6	MF	Erik Paartalu	2	0	2
6	14	MF	Dimas Delgado	1	0	1
	19	MF	Udanta Singh	1	0	1
	27	MF	Suresh Singh Wangjam	1	0	1
	31	MF	Leon Augustine	1	0	1
	55	MF	Fran González	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Total				26	5	31

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	ISL	AFC	Total
1	1	GK	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	4	1	5
2	31	GK	Lalthuammawia Ralte	0	0	0
TOTALS				4	1	5

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL		AFC		Total		Notes
Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player							Notes
1	6	MF		Erik Paartalu	8	0	0	0	8	0	Missed a game, against Mumbai City (4 yellow cards)^[34] (5 January 2021) Missed a game, against East Bengal (7 yellow cards)^[35] (2 February 2021)
2	10	DF		Harmanjot Khabra	6	0	0	0	6	0	Missed a game, against East Bengal (4 yellow cards)^[36] (9 January 2021)
3	4	DF		Pratik Chaudhari	5	0	0	0	5	0	Missed a game, against Mumbai City (4 yellow cards)^[37] (15 February 2021)
4	2	DF		Rahul Bheke	4	0	0	0	4	0	Missed a game, against Chennaiyin (4 yellow cards)^[38] (5 February 2021)
4	22	MF		Ashique Kuruniyan	4	0	0	0	4	0	Missed a game, against Jamshedpur (4 yellow cards)^[39] (25 February 2021)
6	5	DF		Juanan	3	0	0	0	3	0
	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	3	0	0	0	3	0
	23	FW		Cleiton Silva	3	0	0	0	3	0
	27	MF		Suresh Singh Wangjam	3	0	0	0	3	0
10	14	MF		Dimas Delgado	2	0	0	0	2	0
	15	DF		Wungngayam Muirang	2	0	0	0	2	0
	19	DF		Ajith Kumar	2	0	0	0	2	0
	29	DF		Parag Shrivas	2	0	0	0	2	0
	55	DF		Fran González	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	1	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	17	FW		Edmund Lalrindika	1	0	0	0	1	0

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

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^ "Latest updates on AFC Club Competitions". 30 April 2021.
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^ "Mikel Guillén S&C Coach on Instagram: "⌛️...It's time to say goodbye...😔 thank you @bengalurufc thank you @westblockblues"".
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^ "Blues look to turn corner as 2021 begins with Mumbai City FC clash". 4 January 2021.
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Notes

^ 2020–21 Indian Super League season was played exclusively at Goa due to COVID-19 pandemic in India

Background

Transfers

In

Out

Out on loan

Pre-season and friendlies

Mid-season friendlies

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Results by matchday

Matches

AFC Cup

Qualifying play-offs

Coaching Staff

Management

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

Notes

See also