The 2021–22 season was India's Bengaluru FC's ninth season as a club since its establishment in 2013. The Blues participated in AFC Cup, Durand Cup and finished sixth in their fifth Indian Super League season. All domestic league games of Bengaluru were held behind closed doors at GMC Athletic Stadium due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
Transfers During the month of June, Bengaluru FC announced the contract extensions of Sunil Chhetri and Suresh Singh Wangjam. Chhetri extended his stay at the club for another two years and Suresh for three years. On 2 July Bengaluru FC announced that Gabonese defender Yrondu Musavu-King signed a two-year extension with the club.
On 29 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of midfielder Rohit Kumar on a two-year deal. On 6 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of defender Alan Costa from Brazilian club Avaí FC on a two-year loan. On 12 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of defender Sarthak Golui on a two-year deal.
At the end of the 2020–21 season defender Rahul Bheke and midfielders Dimas Delgado and Harmanjot Khabra parted ways with the club. On 28 June Bengaluru FC announced release of Spanish defender Juanan on mutual consent.
In No.PositionPlayerPrevious clubDateFeeRef 18 Rohit Kumar Kerala Blasters 29 June 2021 Free agent 16 Sarthak Golui East Bengal 12 July 2021 Free agent 9 Prince Ibara Châteauroux 16 July 2021 Free agent 14 Harmanpreet Singh East Bengal 19 July 2021 Free agent 7 Jayesh Rane ATK Mohun Bagan 22 July 2021 Free agent 12 Danish Farooq Bhat Real Kashmir 25 July 2021 Free agent 26 Bidyashagar Singh TRAU 28 July 2021 6 Bruno Ramires Belenenses 28 August 2021 Free agent 10 Iman Basafa Machine Sazi 14 September 2021 Free agent
Loan In No.PositionPlayerPrevious clubDateFeeRef 5 Alan Costa Avaí 6 July 2021 Undisclosed
Out No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubDateFeeRef10 Harmanjot Khabra Kerala Blasters 30 May 2021 Free agent 14 Dimas Delgado– 30 May 2021 Free agent 2 Rahul BhekeMumbai City 31 May 2021 Free agent 18 Thongkhosiem HaokipEast Bengal 31 May 2021 Free agent 55 Fran González 31 May 2021 Free agent Xisco Hernández 31 May 2021 Free agent 4 Juanan Hyderabad 28 June 2021 Released 24 Joe ZoherlianaNorthEast United 26 July 2021 Released 28 Lalthuammawia Ralte RoundGlass Punjab 28 August 2021 Undisclosed 33 Emanuel LalchhanchhuahaNorthEast United 8 September 2021 Undisclosed
Preseason
Competitions
Overview
Indian Super League
Summary
League table
Result summary
Results by round
Matches
AFC Cup
Qualifying play-offs
Play-off round Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Play-off round between Bengaluru FC and Eagles FC scheduled for May 2021 postponed to 15 August 2021.
Group stage
Durand Cup
Group stage
Knockout stage
Management As of 26 April 2022
PositionName Head coach Marco Pezzaiuoli Assistant coach Javier Pinillos Assistant coach/Reserve team Head Coach Naushad Moosa Goalkeeping coach Stefan Toonen Physiotherapist Senen Alvarez Team manager Rosewall Da Cunha Video analyst Alwin Lawrence Masseur Manu Prasad Kit Boy Gireesh PM
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=12 style=background:#2545A0;color:white; text-align:center| Forwards
Updated: 24 April 2022
Goal scorers PlayerISLAFCTotal 1 23 FW Cleiton Silva 9 110 2 9 FW Prince Ibara 4 04 11 FW Sunil Chhetri 4 0 21 FW Udanta Singh 3 13 12 MF Danish Farooq Bhat 3 03 4 26 FW Bidyashagar Singh 0 22 5 DF Alan Costa 2 0 7 MF Jayesh Rane 1 15 4 DF Pratik Chaudhari 1 0 1 10 MF Iman Basafa 1 0 22 MF Ashique Kuruniyan 1 0 32 MF Roshan Singh 1 0 36 MF Leon Augustine 0 1 39 FW Sivasakthi Narayanan 0 1Total 30 7 37 Source: soccerway Updated: 24 April 2021
Clean sheets PlayerISLAFCTotal11GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu325230GK Lara Sharma303TOTALS 6 2 8 Source: soccerway Updated: 26 April 2022
Disciplinary record
PlayerISLAFCTotalNotes1 8 MF Suresh Singh Wangjam 0 0 2 0 2 0 23 FW Cleiton Silva 0 0 2 0 2 02 20 MF Ajay Chhetri 0 0 1 0 1 0 18 MF Rohit Kumar 0 0 1 0 1 0 21 FW Udanta Singh 0 0 1 0 1 0 27 DF Parag Shrivas 0 0 1 0 1 0 29 DF Yrondu Musavu-King 0 0 1 0 1 0 Source: soccerway Updated: 28 August 2021
See also 2021–22 in Indian football
References
Notes