2023–24 Bengaluru FC season

The 2023–24 season is Bengaluru FC's eleventh season as a club since its establishment in 2013.^[4] The season for the Blues kicked off with title defending task at the 2023 Durand Cup.^[5]

Bengaluru FC

2023–24 season
Chairman	Parth Jindal^[1]
Manager	Simon Grayson (until 8 December)^[2] Gerard Zaragoza (from 14 December)^[3]
Stadium	Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Indian Super League	TBD
Super Cup	Group Stage
Durand Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Javi Hernandez (5 goal) All: Javi Hernandez (6 goal)
Highest home attendance	27,923
Lowest home attendance	2,923
Average home league attendance	7,954
Biggest defeat	4-0
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024-25 →
All statistics correct as of 14 August 2023.

Background

Main article: 2022–23 Bengaluru FC season

In the previous season, the squad of Bengaluru was yet again overhauled with Englishman Simon Grayson at the helm accompanied by several fresh signings.^[6] The freshly built squad went on to lift the 2022 Durand Cup, which was the club's maiden Durand Cup title.^[7] This also made Simon Grayson the fastest Bengaluru head coach to win a title, which took him only 102 days, beating the record of Carles Cuadrat who took 259 days. They would go on to finish as runners-up in the previous season of ISL and in the Super Cup.

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Date	Fee	Ref
30	GK	Sahil Poonia	Zinc FA	1 June 2023	Free	^[8]
19	FW	Halicharan Narzary	Hyderabad	14 June 2023		^[9]
33	GK	Vikram Lakhbir Singh	Aizawl	21 June 2023		^[10]
23	DF	Slavko Damjanović	Mohun Bagan	28 June 2023		^[11]
24	FW	Rohit Danu	Hyderabad	7 July 2023		^[12]
35	FW	Salam Johnson Singh	TRAU	10 July 2023		^[13]
9	FW	Curtis Main	St Mirren	18 July 2023		^[14]
14	DF	Jessel Carneiro	Kerala Blasters	25 July 2023		^[15]
16	MF	Shankar Sampingiraj	Punjab	25 July 2023		^[15]
7	MF	Ryan Williams	Perth Glory	28 July 2023		^[16]
6	MF	Keziah Veendorp	Emmen	5 August 2023		^[17]
	DF	Chinglensana Singh Konsham	Hyderabad FC	30 January 2024
	DF	Nikhil Poojary	Hyderabad FC	1 February 2024

Promoted from youth system

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Date	Fee	Ref
44	DF	Robin Yadav	Bengaluru B	1 June 2023	Internal transfer (Youth system)	^[18]
38	FW	Ankith Padmanabhan		1 August 2023
49	MF	Harsh Patre		31 August 2023		^[19]
51	DF	Chingambam Shivaldo Singh		1 December 2023
41	FW	Monirul Molla		1 June 2023

Squad

First-team squad

As of 6 October 2023^[20][21]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 2 DF   IND Parag Shrivas 4 DF   AUS Aleksandar Jovanović 6 MF   NED Keziah Veendorp 7 FW   AUS Ryan Williams 8 MF   IND Suresh Singh Wangjam 9 FW   ENG Curtis Main 10 MF   ESP Javi Hernández 11 FW   IND Sunil Chhetri (captain) 13 GK   IND Amrit Gope 14 DF   IND Jessel Carneiro 16 DF   IND Shankar Sampingiraj 18 MF   IND Rohit Kumar 19 FW   IND Halicharan Narzary

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   MNE Slavko Damjanović 24 MF   IND Rohit Danu 25 DF   IND Namgyal Bhutia 29 FW   IND Ashish Jha 30 GK   IND Sahil Poonia 32 MF   IND Naorem Roshan Singh 33 GK   IND Vikram Lahkbir Singh 38 FW   IND Ankith Padmanabhan 39 FW   IND Sivasakthi Narayanan 41 FW   IND Monirul Molla 44 DF   IND Robin Yadav 45 MF   IND Lalremtluanga Fanai 46 MF   IND Shreyas Ketkar 49 MF   IND Harsh Patre

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Chennaiyin	20	7	3	10	23	31	−8	24^[a]
8	NorthEast United	20	5	8	7	24	30	−6	23
9	Bengaluru	21	5	7	9	20	30	−10	22
10	Jamshedpur	21	5	6	10	25	29	−4	21^[b]
11	Punjab	21	5	6	10	24	34	−10	21^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2024. Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: East Bengal 4, Chennaiyin 1.
2. Head-to-head points: Jamshedpur 4, Punjab 1.

League stage

Matches

Note: FSDL and the Indian Super League announced the fixtures for the first half of the season on 7 September with the remaining fixtures to be released on late 2023.^[22][23]

Kerala Blasters v Bengaluru

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 1	Kerala Blasters	2–1	Bengaluru	Kochi
20:00 IST	Veendorp   52' (o.g.) Luna   69',   90+7'	Report	Carneiro   26' Main   90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 34,911 Referee: Rahul Gupta Man of the Match: Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters)

Mohun Bagan SG v Bengaluru

27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) 2	Mohun Bagan SG	1–0	Bengaluru	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Hugo Boumous  68'	Report		Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 29,552 Referee: Haris Kundu Man of the Match: Hugo Boumous (Mohun Bagan)

Bengaluru v East Bengal FC

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 3	Bengaluru	2–1	East Bengal FC	Bengaluru
20:00 IST	Chhetri   21' (pen) Damjanović   70' Hernández   72' F Lalremtluanga   90' Rohit Kumar   90+7'	Report	Mahesh   15'   45+2' Herrera   30' Kumar   38'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 5,913 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Ryan Williams (Bengaluru)

Bengaluru v Goa

25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) 4	Bengaluru	0–0	Goa	Bengaluru
20:00 IST				Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Odisha v Bengaluru

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 5	Odisha	3–2	Bengaluru	Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST	Puitea   23' Isak Vanlalruatfela   45' Amey Ranawade   60'		Chhetri   8' Ryan Williams   18'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Hyderabad v Bengaluru

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 6	Hyderabad	1–1	Bengaluru	Hyderabad
20:00 IST	Mohammad Yasir   35'		Ryan Williams   58'	Stadium: GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium

NorthEast United v Bengaluru

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26) 7	NorthEast United	1–1	Bengaluru	Guwahati
20:00 IST	Aleksandar Jovanović   45+3' (OG)		Chhetri   36' (pen)	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Bengaluru v Punjab

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 8	Bengaluru	3–3	Punjab	Bengaluru
20:00 IST	Harsh Patre   25' Main   45+1' Hernández   67'		Nikhil Prabhu   19' Dimitrios Chatziisaias   26' Luka Majcen   30'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Bengaluru v Mumbai City

8 December 2023 (2023-12-08) 9	Bengaluru	0–4	Mumbai City	Bengaluru
20:00 IST			El Khayati   11' Akash Mishra   30' Díaz   57' (P) Lallianzuala Chhangte   61' (P)	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Chennaiyin v Bengaluru

13 December 2023 (2023-12-13) 10	Chennaiyin	2–0	Bengaluru	Chennai
20:00 IST	Rafael Crivellaro  6' (P) Murray  50' (P)			Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Bengaluru v Jamshedpur

16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) 11	Bengaluru	1–0	Jamshedpur	Bengaluru
17:30 IST	Hernández   67' (P)			Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Bengaluru v NorthEast United

24 December 2023 (2023-12-24) 12	Bengaluru	1-1	NorthEast United	Bengaluru
17:30 IST				Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Durand Cup

Main article: 2023 Durand Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GOK	BEN	KER	IAF
1	Gokulam Kerala	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Qualify for the knockout stage		—	—	—	2–0
2	Bengaluru	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5			2–0	—	2–2	1–1
3	Kerala Blasters	3	1	1	1	10	6	+4	4			3–4	—	—	5–0
4	Indian Air Force	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1			—	—	—	—

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

Bengaluru v Indian Air Force

14 August 2023 (2023-08-14) 1	Bengaluru	1–1	Indian Air Force	Kolkata
18.00 IST	S. Johnson Singh   58'	Report	V. Kumar   20'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Vivek Kumar (Indian Air Force)

Bengaluru v Kerala Blasters

18 August 2023 (2023-08-18) 2	Bengaluru	2–2	Kerala Blasters	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Lalrindika   38' A. Jha   51'	Report	J. Emmanuel   14' Ruivah   42'   85' M. Aimen   84'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Bekey Oram (Bengaluru)

Bengaluru v Gokulam Kerala

22 August 2023 (2023-08-22) 3	Bengaluru	2–0	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
18.00 IST	R. Yadav   58' Lalpekhlua   89'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Man of the Match: Robin Yadav (Bengaluru)

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	DC	SC	Total
1	10	MF		Javi Hernández	3	0	0	3
	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	3	0	0	3
2	7	FW		Ryan Williams	2	0	0	2
	9	FW		Curtis Main	2	0	0	2
5	49	MF		Harsh Patre	1	0	0	1
Own goals					0	0	0	0
TOTALS					11	0	0	11

Updated: 30 November 2023

See also

• 2023–24 Bengaluru FC B season

References

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