The 2024–25 season is Bengaluru FC's 12th season as a professional football club since its establishment in 2013 and 7th season in the Indian Super League. It runs from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 with participation in Durand Cup, Indian Super League and Super Cup.
The Blues revealed six new signings on 7 July 2024, during an open training session at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Following a week long training at Inspire Institute of Sport in Ballari, they reached Kolkata on 30 July 2024 for the Durand Cup.
In its fifth appearance at the Durand Cup, Bengaluru started brightly by securing wins in all of its three group stage matches before heading to the knockout stage. In the quarterfinals, a last minute goal by Pereyra Díaz against Kerala Blasters ensured a place in the semi-finals against Mohun Bagan. The campaign along with the winning run came to an end on 27th August after going down against Mohun Bagan in the penalties, despite taking an early 2–0 lead.
Background
After finishing 10th in the league in its previous season, its lowest since finishing 7th in the 2020–21 season, and failing to perform in the cup tournaments, Bengaluru began making significant changes to its squad by parting ways with Oliver Drost, Slavko Damjanović and Javi Hernández.
Later during the open training session on 7 July, the club announced return of Rahul Bheke who had joined from Mumbai City FC as season's first signing. The Indian international full back was previously a part of the club during 2017–2021 period. Spaninard forward Édgar Méndez was later revealed as the season's first foreign signing. Joining him were Jorge Pereyra Díaz and Alberto Noguera, both from Mumbai City. Among domestic signings, Mohamed Salah from Punjab FC and Lalthuammawia Ralte, the returning goalkeeper from Odisha FC were revealed on the same day.
In the following week, the Dutch midfielder Keziah Veendorp parted ways with the club and replacing him on 16 June was the Spaniard Pedro Capó. In September, forward Salam Johnson Singh was loaned to SC Bengaluru, a local club that competes in I-League.
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerPrevious clubDateValue at the timeFeeRef 12 Mohammeed Salah Punjab FC 7 July 2024 Free Lalthuammawia Ralte Odisha FC 7 July 2024 Rahul Bheke Mumbai City FC 7 July 2024 10 Alberto Noguera Mumbai City FC 7 July 2024 17 Edgar Mendez Club Necaxa 7 July 2024 Jorge Pereyra Díaz Mumbai City FC 7 July 2024 Pedro Capo CD Eldense 16 July 2024 Estimated spending based on the market values:
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubDateValue at the timeFeeRef 30 Lara Sharma FC Goa 18 June 2024 10 Javi Hernández Jamshedpur FC 25 July 2024 Free 21 Oliver Drost FC Helsingør 10 July 2024 23 Slavko Damjanovic Persebaya Surabaya 6 July 2024 18 Rohit Kumar Odisha FC 12 June 2024 Jayesh Rane Mumbai City FC 21 June 2024 13 Amrit Gope Jamshedpur FC 27 June 2024 44 Robin Yadav NorthEast United FC 13 July 2024 6 Keziah Veendorp Without a club 12 July 2024 16 Shankar Sampingiraj SC Bengaluru 1 June 2024 Parag Shrivas Hyderabad FC 1 June 2024 Ajay Chhetri Sreenidi Deccan FC 1 June 2024 Estimated offloading based on the market values:
Loans out No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubDateFeeDurationRef 35 Salam Johnson Singh SC Bengaluru 11 September 2024 Undisclosed One season
Overview Competitions
Personnel Role Name Refs. Head coach Gerard Zaragoza Assistant coach Sebastián Vega Renedy Singh Goalkeeping coach Konstantine Gugunava Strength and conditioning coach Ioannis Gkiokas Team analyst Prateek Chopra Reserves coach Bibiano Fernandes Academy head coach Sandesh Bhoite Head Physio Naved Hameed Assistant physio John Daniel Masseur Manu Prasad
Players under contract No.NameNationalityPositionDate of Birth (Age)SinceUntilPicked for Durand CupPicked for ISLPicked for Super Cup Goalkeepers 1 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu GK 2017 2028 22 Sahil Poonia GK 2023 2026 28 Lalthuammawia Ralte GK 2024 2025 Defenders 2 Rahul Bheke RB 2024 2026 4 Chinglensana Singh CB 2024 2029 5 Aleksandar Jovanović CB 2022 2025 12 Mohamed Salah RB 2024 2025 Jessel Carneiro LB 2023 2025 25 Namgyal Bhutia RB 2020 2026 27 Harsh Palande DF 2024 2025 27 Nikhil Poojary RB 2024 2028 32 Roshan Singh LB 2020 2026 42 Clarence Fernandes CB 2022 2025 53 Ashik Adhikari CB 2022 Midfielders 6 Harsh Patre DM 2023 2025 8 Suresh Singh DM 2019 2028 10 Alberto Noguera AM 2024 2025 14 Soham Varshneya MF 2024 18 Pedro Capó CM 2024 2025 23 Lalremtluanga Fanai DM 2020 2026 31 Vinith Venkatesh DM 2022 2025 46 Shreyas Ketkar RM 2022 2025 Forwards 7 Ryan Williams RW 2023 2025 9 Sivasakthi Narayanan CF 2021 2025 11 Sunil Chhetri CF 2013 2025 17 Édgar Méndez RW 2024 2025 19 Halicharan Narzary LW 2023 2026 24 Rohit Danu CF 2023 2026 29 Shivaldo Singh RW 2023 2026 30 Jorge Pereyra Díaz CF 2024 2025 35 Salam Johnson Singh† LW 2023 2026 37 Kelvin Singh Taorem FW 2024 2025 41 Monirul Molla CF 2023 2026 † Loaned out.
Pre-season As a part of the club's pre-season tradition, Bengaluru organised an open training session on 7 July involvong its supporters at the Bangalore Football Stadium. The club also celebrated its 11th anniversary on 20 July. Before departing to Kolkata for the Durand Cup, the Blues trained at Inspire Institute of Sport in Ballari, including a couple of friendlies against Indian under-20 national team at the same venue. In support of Indian athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Blues donned the JSW designed team India jersey in a training session on 29 July.
Friendlies
Durand Cup
The 133rd edition of Durand Cup saw fifth appearance of Bengaluru FC. In the previous edition, the reserve squad representing Bengaluru failed to progress further in the tournament after finishing second in the group stage. For the 2024 edition, the 26-member squad consisting of senior team players was announced on 27th July. They were placed with hosts Mohammedan, Inter Kashi and Indian Navy in Group B. The Blues arrived in Kolkata on 30 July, a day before their first fixture of the campaign.
Group stage
Knockout stage
Super League
Summary
Result summary
Results by round
League Matches
Play-offs
Final
Super Cup
On 7 April, the AIFF announced the fixtures for the April 2025 edition of the Super Cup. Four days after going down in the ISL Finals, the Blues announced a 28-member squad for the tournament in Odisha. Bengaluru FC were pitted against the I-League club Inter Kashi in the round of 16, where Inter Kashi upseted Bengaluru and knocked out Bengaluru in Round of 16 only.
Accolades Forward Ryan Williams was awarded with the Indian Super League's Player of the Month award for the month of December. While the local player Vinith Venkatesh from Austin Town won the season's first Emerging Player of the Month award in September. Sunil Chhetri remained as the top Indian goalscorer of the season with fourteen goals to his name, equalling his record in 2017–18 season.
Player of the match awards Rank Player ISL DC SC Total 1 Sunil Chhetri 5 0 0 5 2 Alberto Noguera 2 1 0 3 3 Vinith Venkatesh 1 1 0 2 Ryan Williams 2 0 0 2 Rahul Bheke 1 1 0 2 6 Pereyra Díaz 0 1 0 1 Roshan Singh 1 0 0 1 Édgar Méndez 1 0 0 1 Suresh Wangjam 1 0 0 1 Updated: 12 April 2025
Statistics Appearances and goals
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Updated: 12 April 2025
Goal scorers PlayerISLDCSCTotal 1 11 CF Sunil Chhetri 14 3 0 17 2 17 RW Édgar Méndez 9 1 0 10 3 7 RW Ryan Williams 7 0 1 8 4 10 AM Alberto Noguera 5 1 0 6 30 CF Pereyra Díaz 3 3 0 6 6 2 RB Rahul Bheke 3 1 0 4 7 31 DM Vinith Venkatesh 1 2 0 3 8 8 DM Suresh Singh 2 0 0 2 9 5 CB Aleksandar Jovanović 0 1 0 1 32 LB Roshan Singh 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 Totals 46 13 0 59 Updated: 12 April 2025
Clean sheets PlayerISLDCSCTotal 1 1 GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 8 3 0 11 2 28 GK Lalthuammawia Ralte 2 0 0 2 Totals 8 3 0 11 Updated: 12 April 2025
Disciplinary record Player ISL DC SCTotalPointsNotes 1 3 RB Rahul Bheke 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 Missed the away game against East Bengal 2 2 CB Chinglensana Singh 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 7 Missed the home game against Kerala Blasters 17 RW Édgar Méndez 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 N/A 4 30 CF Pereyra Díaz 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 N/A 32 LB Roshan Singh 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 N/A 10 AM Alberto Noguera 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 N/A 7 27 RB Nikhil Poojary 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 N/A 8 1 GK Gurpreet Singh 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 N/A 5 CB Jovanović 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 Missed the away game against Mohun Bagan SG 12 RB Mohamed Salah 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 N/A 7 RW Ryan Williams 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 N/A 31 DM Vinith Venkatesh 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 N/A 13 24 CF Rohit Danu 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 N/A 6 DM Harsh Patre 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 Missed the away game against Chennaiyin 9 CF Sivasakthi Narayanan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 N/A 8 DM Suresh Singh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 N/A 17 25 RB Bhutia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 N/A23 DM Lalremtluanga Fanai 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 N/A18 CM Pedro Capó 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 N/A Totals 54 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 66 1 1 72 N/A Updated: 12 April 2025
See also List of Bengaluru FC seasons
References