The 2023–24 season was Bengaluru FC B's seventh season as a reserve side of Bengaluru FC since its establishment in 2017. The club began its season with defeat at the Puttaiah Memorial Cup's round of 16 in August, before going on to win the Bangalore Super Division title for the third time in history.
Later in the season, Bengaluru B participated in the Developmental League as defending champions for the second consecutive time, for a place in the Premier League's Next Gen Cup.
Background After finishing fifth in the Bangalore Super Division, Bengaluru B then participated in the 2023 Reliance Foundation Development League as defending champions and with only single defeat to their record, they were successful in defending the title after beating Sudeva Delhi in the final on penalties.
In this season, Bengaluru B underwent through changes with the likes of head coach Jan Van Loon departing for the Director of Bengaluru FC Academy role. Replacing him was Bibiano Fernandes who led India national under-17 teams in the two AFC U-17 Asian Cups.
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerPrevious clubDateFee Manjot Singh Dhami Shri Dashmesh Sports Academy 1 June 2023 Free 61 Shashwat Panwar BBFS U-18 1 June 2023 58 Suraj Kumar Singh SAI Guwahati 1 June 2023 59 Ricky Meetei Eastern Sporting Union 1 June 2023 57 Malemngamba Singh Thokchom SAI Utlou 1 June 2023
Promoted from youth system No.PositionPlayerPrevious clubDateFee 55 Lalpekhlua Bengaluru FC U-18 1 June 2023 Internal transfer (Youth system)
Transfers out After the departure of Mandar Tamhane, the former CEO of Bengaluru FC to NorthEast United, the team saw a number of players signing for NorthEast United. Some of the players signed for I-League clubs in search for more game time, while five players were promoted to the senior side.
No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubDateFeeRef 9 Rahul Raju Gokulam Kerala 22 June 2023 Free agent 3 Harpreet Singh Namdhari 1 July 2023 Free agent 66 Fredy NorthEast United 27 July 2023 Free agent 12 Shighil Nambrath NorthEast United 27 July 2023 Undisclosed 6 Kamalesh P Bengaluru United 1 August 2023 Free agent 1 Dipesh Chauhan NorthEast United 18 August 2023 Free agent 42 Akashdeep Singh Namdhari 26 August 2023 Undisclosed 8 Bekey Oram NorthEast United 31 August 2023 Free agent
Promoted to Bengaluru FC No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubDateFeeRef 44 Robin Yadav Bengaluru FC 1 June 2023 Internal transfer (Youth system) 38 Ankith Padmanabhan 1 August 2023 49 Harsh Patre 31 August 2023 51 Chingambam Shivaldo Singh 1 December 2023 41 Monirul Molla 1 June 2023
Players Bengaluru B has 53 players under contract with 28 of them being selected for Super Division and 15 of them for Development League; the following list of players is subject to change during the transfer season.
Players under contract No.NameNationalityPositionDate of Birth (Age)SinceUntilPicked for BSDPicked for RFDLGoalkeepers30Sahil PooniaGK2023202433Vikram Lakhbir SinghGK2023202460Ishan GyanGK72Rohen NarengbamGK2022202485Shuhaid Koya ThangalGK88Prithviraj DashGKDefenders42Clarence FernandesDF2022202543Felixson Conny FernandesCB2022202550Vinith VenkateshDF2023202551Chingambam Shivaldo SinghCB2023202553Ashik AdhikariDF2022202458Suraj Kumar SinghDF2023202659Ricky MeeteiDF2023202662Manjot Singh DhamiDF2023202667Niwash LimbuDF73Newton NingthoujamDF2022202479Atharv RanadeviDFMidfielders28Amay MorajkarDMF2019202445Lalremtluanga FanaiDMF2020202646Sai Yashwant Reddy PanthyRMF2022202547Rashid CKAMF2022202649Harsh Shailesh PatreDMF2023202552Lalhmingchhuanga FanaiMF2022202454Basudev CMMF2022202455LalpekhluaMF2023202656Oinam Ronex MeiteiMF2019202457 Malemngamba Singh ThokchomMF2023202464Aarav GharatMF2022202469Bankitlyngkor DiengdohMF2022202478Arnav RaghavanMF83Swastik ChandMFForwards24Rohit DanuCF2023202629Ashish JhaLW2023202537Taorem Kelvin SinghFW2023202438Ankith PadmanabhanCF2023202541Monirul MollaCF2023202648Satendra YadavCF2022202561Shashwat PanwarCF2023202663Cyrus AbhilashCF2022202468Tomthinganba SanjenbamCF2022202470Vivaan DeyFW74Muhammad ZahanFW82Saarang Srinivasan CharyFW
Personnel
PositionName Head coach Bibiano Fernandes Assistant coach Kaizad Ambapardiwalla Physiotherapist Rahul CR Video analyst Prateek Chopra Goalkeeping Coach Parshuram Salwadi S&C Coach Nishad Nagaraj Kit Manager Krishna Khati
Competitions Overview
Bangalore Super Division
League Table
Results by round
Matches
Puttaiah Memorial Cup Round of 16
Reliance Foundation Development League
South zone
Nationals
Group A
Championship stage
Statistics Goalscorer PlayerBSDPMCRFDLTotal1 57 MF Malemngamba Thokchom11 0 7 182 41 CF Monirul Molla1 0 13 1448 CF Satendra Yadav10 0 2 123 48 DMF Amay Morajkar9 0 0 947 AMF Rashid CK7 0 2 94 38 CF Ankith Padmanabhan5 0 0 537 FW Kelvin Singh0 0 6 6542 DF Clarence Fernandes3 0 1 4726 CF Oinam Ronex2 0 1 36 55 MF Lalpekhlua 2 0 0 27 51 CB Chingambam Shivaldo Singh1 0 0 150 DF Vinith Venkatesh1 0 0 161 CF Shashwat Panwar1 0 0 124 FW Rohit Danu0 0 1 173 DF Newton Singh0 0 1 158 MF Suraj Kumar Singh0 0 1 1Own goals 0 0 11TOTALS 57 0 36 93 Updated: 21 April 2024
Clean sheets PlayerBSDPMCRFDLTotal 1 30 GK Sahil Poonia 7 0 6 13 2 46 GK Rohen Narengbam 2 0 0 288 GK Prithviraj Dash 0 0 2 2 3 48 GK Vikram Lakhbir Singh 1 0 0 1TOTALS 10 0 5 15 Updated: 21 April 2024
See also 2023–24 Bengaluru FC season List of Bengaluru FC seasons
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