The 2019–20 season was the Bengaluru FC's seventh season as club since its establishment in 2013.
Background
Transfers In May 2019, Bengaluru FC signed goal keeper Prabhsukhan Singh Gill and midfielder Suresh Singh Wangjam from Indian Arrows. Bengaluru also signed a contract extension with Kean Lewis, Dimas Delgado and Albert Serrán. Midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh returned to Bengaluru FC for a one-year deal. On 17 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of Spanish forward Manuel Onwu Bengaluru FC announced signing of Brazilian midfielder Raphael Augusto on two year deal. On 27 August Bengaluru FC announced signing of India international midfielder Ashique Kuruniyan on four year deal from FC Pune City for undisclosed transfer fee. In the mid season transfer window, Bengaluru FC signed Jamaican striker Deshorn Brown as seventh foreigner. Brown signed for one and half year, will keep him with the club till the end of the 2020-21 season. On 28 January Bengaluru FC announced signing of spanish winger Nili Perdomo till end of the season. He replaced striker Manuel Onwu On 12 February Bengaluru FC announced signing of Jamaican striker Kevaughn Frater in place of injured Raphael Augusto on short term deal.
On 4 June Bengaluru FC announced transfer of midfielder Boithang Haokip to East Bengal for undisclosed fee. Spanish midfielder Xisco Hernández signed for Delhi Dynamos. Venezuelan striker Miku ended his two year stint with the club. Midfielder Myron Mendes signed for Gokulam Kerala. Goalkeeper Soram Poirei signed for NorthEast United. Midfielder Bidyananda Singh signed for Mumbai City FC. Robinson Singh and Asheer Akhtar who were promoted from reserves team to the senior team, joined TRAU F.C. and East Bengal F.C. respectively. Foreign players Álex Barrera, Chencho Gyeltshen, and Luisma were also released.
In the winter transfer window, Ajay Chhetri was loaned out to Hyderabad FC till the end of the season. Edmund Lalrindika was given two years contract extension and loaned out to I-League side East Bengal F.C. till the end of the season. Striker Manuel Onwu was loaned out to Odisha FC till the end of the season.
In No.PositionPlayerPrevious clubTransfer feeDateRef31 Prabhsukhan Singh Gill Indian ArrowsFree agent 13 May 201927 Suresh Singh Wangjam Indian ArrowsFree agent 13 May 20197 Eugeneson Lyngdoh ATKFree agent 17 June 20199 Manuel Onwu UCAM MurciaFree agent 17 July 201912 Raphael AugustoChennaiyinFree agent 24 August 2019 19 Ashique Kuruniyan Pune CityUndisclosed 27 August 201926 Deshorn Brown Oklahoma CityFree agent 1 January 202029 Nili Perdomo PlataniasFree agent 28 January 2020 17 Kevaughn Frater New Mexico UnitedFree agent 12 February 2020
Out No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubDateFeeRef7 Miku Omonia Nicosia 1 June 2019 Free agent 9 Luisma Sestao 1 June 2019 Free agent 15 Bidyananda Singh Mumbai City 1 June 2019Free agent 16 Myron Mendes Gokulam Kerala 1 June 2019 Free agent 19 Xisco Hernández Delhi Dynamos 1 June 2019 Free agent 23 Soram Poirei NorthEast United 1 June 2019 Free agent 24 Álex Barrera Barakaldo 1 June 2019 Free agent26 Asheer Akhtar East Bengal 1 June 2019 Free agent 27 Chencho Gyeltshen Paro 1 June 2019 Free agent 38 Robinson Singh TRAU 1 June 2019 Free agent 17 Boithang Haokip East Bengal 4 June 2019 Unknown
Out on loan No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubDateFeeRef25 Ajay Chhetri Hyderabad 7 January 2020 Unknown 37 Edmund Lalrindika East Bengal 14 January 2020 Unknown 9 Manuel Onwu Odisha 28 January 2020 Unknown
Pre-season and friendlies Bengaluru FC started pre-season with a friendly against I-League club Churchill Brothers on 27 September 2019 at Bellary. Bengaluru won the game 3–1 with Erik Paartalu scoring the opening goal and Ajay Chhetri scoring a brace in the second half. Playing the next friendly against Gokulam Kerala, Bengaluru were handed 1–3 defeat, with Kean Lewis scoring the solitary goal. In the final phase of pre-season, Bengaluru played two games against Minerva Punjab F.C., winning the first 1–0 with a goal from Thongkhosiem Haokip, and losing the second by the same margin.
Competitions Overview
Indian Super League
League stage
Playoffs
Table
Results by matchday
AFC Cup
As the winner of 2018–19 Indian Super League, Bengaluru FC qualified for 2020 AFC Cup qualifiers. This will be Bengaluru's fifth appearance in the tournament after missing out in 2019.
Qualifying play-offs
Bengaluru FC faced Paro FC from Bhutan in preliminary round and won 10–1 on aggregate to advance for playoff round. In playoff round Bengaluru FC faced Maziya S&RC from Maldives, but failed to advance after losing out on penalties.
Preliminary round
Playoff
4–4 on aggregate. Maziya won 4–3 on penalties.
Coaching staff
Management
Carles Cuadrat extended his contract for two years with the club after the successful 2018–19 season. As of 30 January 2020 Position Name Head coach Carles Cuadrat Assistant coach Javier Pinillos Assistant coach/Head coach (reserve team) Naushad Moosa Goalkeeping coach Julen Esnaola Fitness coach Mikel Guillén
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Updated: 8 March 2020
Top scorers PlayerISLAFCTotal1 11 FW Sunil Chhetri 9 211 2 26 FW Deshorn Brown 3 473 18 FW Thongkhosiem Haokip 1 56 4 5 DF Juanan 1 12 6 MF Erik Paartalu 2 02 29 MF Nili 0 227 2 DF Rahul Bheke 1 01 3 DF Albert Serrán 1 01 14 MF Dimas Delgado 1 01 17 FW Kevaughn Frater 1 01 19 FW Ashique Kuruniyan 1 01 21 FW Udanta Singh 1 01 22 DF Nishu Kumar 1 01 Own goals 1 01TOTALS 24 14 38
Source: soccerway Updated: 8 March 2020
Clean sheets PlayerISLAFCTotal11GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu11112231GK Prabhsukhan Singh Gill000TOTALS 11 1 12
Source: soccerway Updated: 8 March 2020
Disciplinary record
PlayerISLAFCTotalNotes1 10 DF Harmanjot Khabra 5 0 2 0 7 0 Missed a game, against Chennaiyin (4 yellow cards)(9 February 2020)Missed a game, against Maziya (2 yellow cards)(26 February 2020)2 5 DF Juanan 5 0 0 0 5 0 Missed a game, against Kerala Blasters (4 yellow cards)(15 February 2020) 11 FW Sunil Chhetri 4 0 1 0 5 0 Missed a game, against Kerala Blasters (4 yellow cards)(15 February 2020) 19 MF Ashique Kuruniyan 4 0 1 0 5 0 5 22 DF Nishu Kumar 3 1 0 0 3 1 6 3 DF Albert Serrán 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 MF Erik Paartalu 3 0 0 0 3 0 14 MF Dimas Delgado 3 0 0 0 3 0 26 FW Deshorn Brown 2 0 1 0 3 0 27 MF Suresh Singh Wangjam 1 0 2 0 3 0 Missed a game, against Maziya (2 yellow cards)(19 February 2020) 29 MF Nili 1 0 2 0 3 012 12 MF Raphael Augusto 2 0 0 0 2 013 7 MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 FW Kevaughn Frater 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 FW Udanta Singh 1 0 0 0 1 0 33 DF Gursimrat Singh Gill 1 0 0 0 1 0 TOTALS4019 0491
Source: soccerway Updated: 8 March 2020
Awards
Player of the Month award
Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting Month Player Votes October Raphael Augusto 39% November Sunil Chhetri 44% December Dimas Delgado 50% January Erik Paartalu 64% February Thongkhosiem Haokip 56%
Notes
References
See also 2019–20 in Indian football