2020 21 Bengaluru FC season

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

Background

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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 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Pratik Chaudhari Mumbai City Free agent 3 June 2020 [8]
28 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Lalthuammawia Ralte East Bengal Free agent 3 June 2020 [8]
24 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Joe Zoherliana Aizawl Free agent 5 June 2020 [9]
15 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Wungngayam Muirang Gokulam Kerala Free agent 5 June 2020 [9]
23 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Cleiton Silva Template:Flagicon Suphanburi Free agent 20 June 2020 [10]
19 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Ajith Kumar Chennai City Undisclosed 22 August 2020 [11]
36 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Huidrom Thoi Singh Reliance Foundation Young Champs Free agent 18 September 2020 [12]
30 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Lara Sharma ATK Free agent 3 October 2020 [13]
55 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Fran González Mohun Bagan Free agent 20 October 2020 [14]
9 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Kristian Opseth Template:Flagicon Adelaide United Free agent 20 October 2020 [14]
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Xisco Hernández Odisha Free agent 15 January 2021
Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Yrondu Musavu-King Template:Flagicon Le Mans Free agent 10 March 2021 [26]

Out

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

Out on loan

No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
13 Template:Sort Template:Flagicon Ajay Chhetri Template:Flagicon 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]

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Mid-season friendlies

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Competitions

Indian Super League

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League table

2020–21 Indian Super League season

Results by matchday

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Matches

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AFC Cup

Template:Main 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

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Preliminary round 2

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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

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

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

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Player statistics

Appearances and goals

Template:Efs start |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Goalkeepers Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Defenders |- Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Midfielders |- Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Forwards |- Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player |- ! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season |- Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs player Template:Efs end

Updated: 14 April 2021

Goal scorers

Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Tooltip Player ISL AFC Total
1 11 FW Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri 8 1 9
23 FW Template:Flagicon Cleiton Silva 7 2 9
3 2 DF Template:Flagicon Rahul Bheke 1 2 3
4 5 DF Template:Flagicon Juanan 2 0 2
6 MF Template:Flagicon Erik Paartalu 2 0 2
6 14 MF Template:Flagicon Dimas Delgado 1 0 1
19 MF Template:Flagicon Udanta Singh 1 0 1
27 MF Template:Flagicon Suresh Singh Wangjam 1 0 1
31 MF Template:Flagicon Leon Augustine 1 0 1
55 MF Template:Flagicon Fran González 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Total 26 5 31

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

Clean sheets

Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Tooltip Player ISL AFC Total
1 1 GK Template:Flagicon Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 4 1 5
2 31 GK Template:Flagicon Lalthuammawia Ralte 0 0 0
TOTALS 4 1 5

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

Disciplinary record

Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Tooltip Player ISL AFC Total Notes
Template:Yel Template:Sent off Template:Yel Template:Sent off Template:Yel Template:Sent off
1 6 MF Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Harmanjot Khabra 6 0 0 0 6 0 Missed a game, against East Bengal (4 yellow cards)[36]
(9 January 2021)
3 4 DF Template:Flagicon Pratik Chaudhari 5 0 0 0 5 0 Missed a game, against Mumbai City (4 yellow cards)[37]
(15 February 2021)
4 2 DF Template:Flagicon Rahul Bheke 4 0 0 0 4 0 Missed a game, against Chennaiyin (4 yellow cards)[38]
(5 February 2021)
22 MF Template:Flagicon Ashique Kuruniyan 4 0 0 0 4 0 Missed a game, against Jamshedpur (4 yellow cards)[39]
(25 February 2021)
6 5 DF Template:Flagicon Juanan 3 0 0 0 3 0
11 FW Template:Flagicon Sunil Chhetri 3 0 0 0 3 0
23 FW Template:Flagicon Cleiton Silva 3 0 0 0 3 0
27 MF Template:Flagicon Suresh Singh Wangjam 3 0 0 0 3 0
10 14 MF Template:Flagicon Dimas Delgado 2 0 0 0 2 0
15 DF Template:Flagicon Wungngayam Muirang 2 0 0 0 2 0
19 DF Template:Flagicon Ajith Kumar 2 0 0 0 2 0
29 DF Template:Flagicon Parag Shrivas 2 0 0 0 2 0
55 DF Template:Flagicon Fran González 2 0 0 0 2 0
15 1 GK Template:Flagicon Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW Template:Flagicon Edmund Lalrindika 1 0 0 0 1 0

Source: soccerway
Updated: 14 April 2021

References

  1. ↑ Juanan Gonzalez commits future to Bengaluru FC(13 January 2020).
  2. ↑ Edmund Lalrindika signs new two-year deal with Bengaluru FC(14 January 2020).
  3. ↑ Template:Cite tweet
  4. ↑ Bengaluru FC hand out fresh contracts to four youngsters(30 April 2020).
  5. ↑ Delgado signs fresh one-year deal with Bengaluru FC(7 April 2020).
  6. ↑ Paartalu signs fresh two-year deal with Bengaluru FC(30 March 2020).
  7. ↑ Udanta Singh extends Bengaluru stay for three more seasons(12 March 2020).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Bengaluru FC sign Pratik Chaudhari, Lalthuammawia Ralte(3 June 2020).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Bengaluru FC sign Joe Zoherliana, Wungngayam Muirang(5 June 2020).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bengaluru FC sign Brazilian striker Cleiton Silva(20 June 2020).
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Bengaluru FC sign Ajith Kumar from Chennai City FC(22 August 2020).
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bengaluru FC sign RFYC starlet Huidrom Thoi Singh(18 September 2020).
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Template:Cite tweet
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Bengaluru FC sign Kristian Opseth, Fran González on season-long deals(20 October 2020).
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 ISL Transfers: Bengaluru FC's Nili Perdomo signs for Greek club AE Larisa(9 June 2020).
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 הרכש הראשון: קוון פרייטר חתם במכבי נתניה(5 August 2020).
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Nishu joins Blasters, becomes highest-paid Indian defender(3 June 2020).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Kerala Blasters sign young goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill on two-year deal(9 September 2020).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 O for Odisha! O for Onwu!(13 September 2020).
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Template:Cite tweet
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Template:Cite tweet
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Template:Cite tweet
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 I-League: Kiran Chemjong extends stay at Punjab; Sairuat Kima to Sudeva(20 October 2020).
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Template:Cite tweet
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Template:Cite tweet
  26. ↑ Blues sign Gabonese defender Yrondu Musavu-King. Bengaluru FC Official Website(2021-03-10). Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  27. ↑ Sudeva Delhi FC sign former Mohun Bagan player Lewis for 2020–21 I-League season(9 October 2020).
  28. ↑ Template:Cite tweet
  29. ↑ Participation of Indian clubs in AFC Club competitions in 2021(4 June 2020).
  30. ↑ Latest updates on AFC Club Competitions(30 April 2021).
  31. ↑ ISL 2020-21: Bengaluru FC part ways with head coach Carles Cuadrat | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  32. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwGR4JlkEI/?igshid=14wmhe9wjjgyp
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Blues appoint Julen Esnaola as goalkeeping coach(30 January 2020).
  34. ↑ Blues look to turn corner as 2021 begins with Mumbai City FC clash(4 January 2021).
  35. ↑ Blues return to Tilak Maidan to take on East Bengal(1 February 2021).
  36. ↑ Blues look to turn things around against SC East Bengal(8 January 2021).
  37. ↑ Blues visit Bambolim to take on Mumbai City FC(14 February 2021).
  38. ↑ Bengaluru look to stay in the hunt as Chennaiyin come calling(4 February 2021).
  39. ↑ Bengaluru aim to end season on a high against Jamshedpur FC(24 February 2021).

Notes

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See also

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