2022–23 Bengaluru FC season

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Until	Picked for Durand Cup[46]	Picked for ISL[47]	Picked for Super Cup[48]
Goalkeepers
1	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu		GK	(1992-02-03) 3 February 1992	2017	2023	Yes	Yes	Yes
30	Lara Sharma		GK	(1999-10-01) 1 October 1999	2020	2026	Yes	Yes	Yes
43	Sharon Padattil		GK	(2000-04-18) 18 April 2000	2020	2023	No	Yes	Yes
50	Amrit Gope		GK	(1999-09-12) 12 September 1999	2022	2024	Yes	Yes	Yes
Defenders
2	Aleksandar Jovanović		CB	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997	2022	2023	Yes	Yes	Yes
3	Sandesh Jhingan		CB	(1993-07-21) 21 July 1993	2022	2023	Yes	Yes	Yes
5	Alan Costa ‡		CB	(1990-10-30) 30 October 1990	2021	2023	Yes	Yes	—
15	Wungngayam Muirang		CB/LB	(1999-02-16) 16 February 1999	2020	2025	Yes	Yes	Yes
20	Hira Mondal ‡		LB	(1991-08-11) 11 August 1991	2022	2024	Yes	Yes	—
27	Parag Shrivas		CB	(1997-06-09) 9 June 1997	2019	2025	Yes	Yes	Yes
32	Roshan Singh		LB	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999	2020	2026	Yes[lower-alpha 1]	Yes	Yes
33	Prabir Das		RB	(1993-12-20) 20 December 1993	2022	2025	Yes	Yes	Yes
—	Clarence Fernandes		DF	(2004-07-25) 25 July 2004	2022	2025	No	No	No
—	Felixson Fernandes		CB	(2003-01-28) 28 January 2003	2022	2025	No	No	No
Midfielders
4	Ajay Chhetri †		CDM	(1993-07-07) 7 July 1993	2018	2022	—	—	—
6	Bruno Ramires		CM	(1984-03-18) 18 March 1984	2021	2023	Yes	Yes	Yes
7	Jayesh Rane		CDM	(1993-02-20) 20 February 1993	2021	2024	Yes	Yes	Yes
8	Suresh Singh		CDM	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000	2019	2024	Yes	Yes	Yes
10	Javi Hernández		CAM	(1989-06-06) 6 June 1989	2022	2024	Yes	Yes	Yes
12	Danish Farooq Bhat †		LM	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996	2021	2023	Yes	Yes	—
18	Rohit Kumar		CDM	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997	2021	2023	Yes	Yes	Yes
25	Namgyal Bhutia		RM	(1999-08-11) 11 August 1999	2020	2026	Yes	Yes	Yes
28	Amay Morajkar		CDM	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000	2020	2024	No	No	No
31	Leon Augustine		RW/RM	(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998	2019	2025	Yes	Yes	Yes
35	Biswa Darjee		LM	(1999-11-08) 8 November 1999	2020	2024	Yes	Yes	Yes
36	Thoi Singh		MF	(2004-05-04) 4 May 2004			No	Yes	Yes
40	Damaitphang Lyngdoh		CAM	(2003-10-07) 7 October 2003	2021	2024	No	Yes	Yes
42	Akashdeep Singh		MF	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002	2021	2024	No	No	No
Forwards
9	Prince Ibara		CF	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996	2021	2023	Yes	Yes	No
11	Sunil Chhetri		CF	(1984-08-03) 3 August 1984	2013	2023	Yes	Yes	Yes
14	Harmanpreet Singh		CF	(2001-09-02) 2 September 2001	2021	2023	No	Yes	Yes
17	Edmund Lalrindika		CF	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999	2019	2022	No	No	No
21	Udanta Singh		RW	(1996-06-14) 14 June 1996	2014	2023	Yes	Yes	No
22	Roy Krishna		CF	(1987-08-30) 30 August 1987	2022	2023	Yes	Yes	Yes
23	Faisal Ali		RW	(1999-10-20) 20 October 1999	2022	2025	Yes	Yes	No
24	Sudheer Kotikela		FW	20 August	2022	2024	No	No	No
26	Bidyashagar Singh †		FW	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998	2021	2024	—	—	—
38	Sivasakthi Narayanan		CF	(2001-07-09) 9 July 2001	2021	2022	Yes	Yes	Yes
−	Ankith Padmanabhan		FW		2022	2025	No	No	No

^† Loaned out.

The league returned to its traditional home-away format after spending two seasons at a centralized venue in Goa during the pandemic. In August, the athletes raised concerns about the damage to the athletic track in Sree Kanteerava Stadium due to pitch maintenance work. In response to this, the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES), Government of Karnataka, had stated that it was regular upkeep work and the stadium could be let out for football purposes as per 'official procedures.'[6][8] The league kicked off in October, and a total of six instead of four top-placed teams qualified for the playoffs.[64]

The fixtures for the 2022-23 season of ISL were announced on 1 September. Bengaluru FC faced NorthEast United on 8 October.[65][66]

Bengaluru v NorthEast United

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 1	Bengaluru	1–0	NorthEast United	Bengaluru
19:30 IST	Alan 87'	Report	Bora  60' Gani  81' Imran  86'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 19,379 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Alan Costa (Bengaluru)

Chennaiyin v Bengaluru

14 October 2022 (2022-10-14) 2	Chennaiyin	1–1	Bengaluru	Chennai
19:30 IST	Prasanth 45+1' Majumder  82'	Report	Krishna 5'  90+7'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 11,564 Referee: Crystal J. Man of the Match: Jiteshwor Singh (Chennaiyin)

Hyderabad v Bengaluru

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 3	Hyderabad	1–0	Bengaluru	Hyderabad
19:30 IST	Ogbeche 83' Mishra  86'	Report	Hernández  84'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 10,543 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Ogbeche (Hyderabad)

Mumbai City v Bengaluru

7 March 2023 (2023-03-07)	Mumbai City	0–1	Bengaluru	Mumbai
19:30 IST		Report	78' Chhetri	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 6,124 Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Prabir Das

Bengaluru v Mumbai City

12 March 2023	Bengaluru	1–2 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Mumbai City	Bengaluru
19:30 IST	Javi H. 22'	Report	Bipin 31' Mehtab 66'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 21,901 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
	Penalties
	Javi H. Krishna Alan Costa Chhetri Pérez Prabir Rohit Suresh Jhingan		Stewart Pereyra Díaz LZ Chhangte F. A. H. Jahouh Rahul Vikram M. Fall Vinit R Mehtab

2–2 on aggregate. Bengaluru won 9–8 on penalties.

Bengaluru FC had never won the Durand Cup and made their fourth appearance in the 131st edition of the tournament. They were clubbed in Group A with the defending champions FC Goa, two-time champions Mohammedan SC, Jamshedpur FC and one-time runners-up Indian Air Force, which is one of the four traditional armed forces' teams.[67] Sunil Chhetri was reportedly set to play in Durand Cup after a gap of nine years.[68]

On 15 August, Bengaluru announced a 25-man squad of primary players for the tournament which confirmed Chhetri's participation.[46]

The squad touched down in Kolkata on 15 August and started their preparations on the same day for the first group stage game against Jamshedpur two days later.[69][70] Bengaluru were facing the reserve side of Jamshedpur lead by youth team coach Indranil Chakraborty. Sunil Chhetri opened the scoring for the dominant Bengaluru in the 23rd minute before debutant Roy Krishna doubled the lead in the 56th minute, helping Bengaluru kick-off their missing silverware quest with a 2–1 win, despite Rishi's consolation goal for Jamshedpur.[71][72]

In the second game, Bengaluru faced Indian Air Force on 23 August where they breezed past the armed force side after scoring four goals in response to none. Roy Krishna and Sunil Chhetri found themselves on the scoresheet yet again in the first half while the substitutes Faisal Ali and Sivasakthi Narayanan added two more to the tally in the latter half. Bengaluru moved jointly to the top of the table along with Mohammedan.[73][74] After the game, Bengaluru alleged racial abuse on one of their player from one of the opposition's player and raised the issue to the relevant authorities.[75][76]

With two wins in two games, Bengaluru FC then faced the defending champions FC Goa who were fielding a reserve side this time around. Bengaluru yet again took an early 2-0 lead via back-to-back goals from Sunil Chhetri and Sivasakthi but failed to hold the lead after the Goan side with the likes of Phrangki Buam and Princeton Rebello who managed to equalise the score. Despite a draw, it ensured Bengaluru's qualification to the knock-out stage, with a game left to be played against hosts Mohammedan.[77][78]

Bengaluru's final group stage encounter was against hosts Mohammedan SC. With both the teams already making cut into the knock-out stage, the match determined who tops the table in Group A and by virtue of which, will face an easier side from Group D in the quarter-finals.[79] Simon Grayson made nine changes in the playing eleven from their previous game against Goa. A wonderful team combination play saw Mohammedan get an early lead in the 13th minute after Ningthoujam Pritam Singh tapped in the rebounded save from the Bengaluru's custodian Lara Sharma. The game turned into Bengaluru's way after Mohammedan's Abhishek Halder was sent off and his team was down to 10-men on the pitch. Bengaluru kept knokcing on the doors and finally broke it thanks to the Sivasakthi's shot which struck the crossbar and fell inwards before bouncing out. The game ended at stalemate and Mohammedan topped the group while Bengaluru's quarter-final clash was set up against Odisha FC.[80]

After finishing second in the group stage, Bengaluru faced the toppers of Group D, Odisha in the third quarter-final. Both the sides did not lose a single game until this round, and as a matter of a fact, Odisha had won all their games in the group stage without conceding a single goal while scoring twelve.[81][82] Naorem Roshan Singh who had returned to the squad from an illness was started by Simon Grayson for the first time in the tournament. After a close encounter in the first half, both the teams failed to disturb the scoresheet and it was much of the same in the second half. With only ten minutes left in the game, Shubham Sarangi went into the booking for the second time and was sent off, thus reducing Odisha to 10-men on the field. Bengaluru tried to take advantage of the situation, but were unable to score and hence pushed the game into extra-time.[83][84]

Seven minutes into extra-time and one minute after being substituted, Sivasakthi gave Bengaluru the lead after turning the ball in which was rebounded off former Bengaluru FC's goalkeeper, Ralte's save. Despite having a numerical disadvantage, Odisha managed to pull off an equaliser as Diego Maurício headed home a free-kick in to the net in the 115th minute. When the game seemed to be heading towards a penalty shootout to break the tie, Ralte gave the ball away cheaply in the form of a throw in during the added time in the second half of the extra time, which was then picked up by Bengaluru and an attack was initiated with Faisal Ali playing it to Roy Krishna who then scored a 25-yard stunner to take Bengaluru FC into their third semi-final.[83][84]

Semi-final was a barrier that Bengaluru had never been able to cross previously in two different attempts. In their third attempt, Bengaluru met Hyderabad FC in the second semi-final at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan. Hyderabad had topped Group C with three wins in four and had beaten Rajasthan United 3-1 in the fourth quarter-final on their way to maiden semi-final appearance.[85] An evenly poised encounter saw Bengaluru score the opener at the half-hour mark via an own goal from Hyderabad's Odei Onaindia. Jayesh Rane, who had replaced Javi Hernandez from the previous game, played out wide to Prabir Das who put an inch perfect delivery near the goal mouth towards on rushing Roy Krishna, which was then deflected in to the net by Hyderabad's defender.

In the second half, Hyderabad threw everything at the goal, made several attacking moves and earned several set pieces but to no avail as Bengaluru's backline came on top with the likes of trio: Sandesh Jhingan, Aleksander Jovanovic and Parag Shrivas. Bengaluru were in to the finals of the Durand Cup for the first time in their history, and their first final appearance in any tournament since the 2018-19 season's final of Indian Super League.[86][87] Bengaluru also became the only Indian club to play final of every major club competition in the country.[88]

It was Bengaluru's maiden Durand Cup final appearance and their first cup final since the 2018 Super Cup. They were up against Mumbai City, who were also playing their maiden Durand Cup final. Mumbai City had topped Group B with two wins, a draw and a defeat at the hands of East Bengal. En route to the final, they had beaten Chennaiyin FC in the quarter-final in an eight goal thriller which was settled in the extra-time by Greg Stewart's 118th-minute winner, while in the semi-final, Mumbai overcame Mohammedan's challenge thanks to a 90th-minute winner by Bipin Singh.[89]

After the traditional pre-match formalities in the Durand Cup final by the Indian Army, the matched kick-off with Bengaluru starting the game brightly of the two teams. It took only eleven minutes for the first time starter Sivasakthi, also the top scorer for Bengaluru in the tournament to take his side into an early lead. Aleksander Jovanovic's long ball directed at Sivasakthi, who beat the defense of Senegalese Mourtada Fall to successfully chip past the hapless Phurba Lachenpa in goal. Mumbai had their fair share of chances and they managed to convert one of those. It was exactly at the half hour mark when Mumbai pulled things to a level from a quickly taken free-kick as Apuia tapped the ball in off a rebounded shot that Gurpreet parried away. Both the sides went in to the half-time break with everything to play for in the latter half.

After the resumption, Bengaluru continued to attack and take their lead back and came close during the 60th minute when Jayesh's deftly lobbed ball in towards Chhetri saw Lachenpa saving the shot. A minute later, Bengaluru did find their lead as Chhetri's corner found the header of Alan Costa to make it 2-1 for Bengaluru in the 56th minute. Mumbai then initiated several attacks on Bengaluru's defense but one of those attacks was converted into a counter attack by Bengaluru, who almost put the game to bed had Lachenpa not made a wonderful save of Chhetri's shot. Mumbai almost equalised when Greg Stewart's long ranger shot rolled past few inches away from the goalpost. A final free-kick attempt by Mumbai was shot wide and the final whistle was blown, Bengaluru had grabbed their seventh trophy in the form of maiden Durand Cup silverware.[90][91]

Super Cup returned to the Indian football calendar after it was suspended following the 2019 edition. Bengaluru FC, the inaugural edition's champions, will be participating in the 20-team tournament of eleven teams featuring from ISL and nine from I-League.[9]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL		Durand Cup		Super Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	5	0	0+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	IND	Lara Sharma	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
43	GK	IND	Sharon Padattil	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
50	GK	IND	Amrit Gope	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
2	DF	AUS	Aleksandar Jovanović	6	0	0+0	0	5+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	IND	Sandesh Jhingan	5	0	0+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	BRA	Alan Costa	4	1	0+0	0	3+1	1	0+0	0
15	DF	IND	Wungngayam Muirang	2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
20	DF	IND	Hira Mondal	3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	IND	Parag Shrivas	6	0	0+0	0	4+2	0	0+0	0
32	DF	IND	Roshan Singh	3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	IND	Prabir Das	6	0	0+0	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	IND	Clarence Fernandes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	IND	Felixson Fernandes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	IND	Ajay Chhetri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	BRA	Bruno Ramires	6	0	0+0	0	6+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	IND	Jayesh Rane	5	0	0+0	0	3+2	0	0+0	0
8	MF	IND	Suresh Singh Wangjam	3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ESP	Javi Hernández	3	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
12	MF	IND	Danish Farooq Bhat	5	0	0+0	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
18	MF	IND	Rohit Kumar	5	0	0+0	0	4+1	0	0+0	0
25	MF	IND	Namgyal Bhutia	5	0	0+0	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
28	MF	IND	Amay Morajkar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	MF	IND	Leon Augustine	5	0	0+0	0	1+4	0	0+0	0
35	MF	IND	Biswa Darjee	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	IND	Damaitphang Lyngdoh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	MF	IND	Akashdeep Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
9	FW	CGO	Prince Ibara	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	IND	Sunil Chhetri	7	2	0+0	0	7+0	2	0+0	0
14	FW	IND	Harmanpreet Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	IND	Edmund Lalrindika	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	IND	Faisal Ali	5	1	0+0	0	1+4	1	0+0	0
21	FW	IND	Udanta Singh	5	0	0+0	0	2+3	0	0+0	0
22	FW	FIJ	Roy Krishna	6	3	0+0	0	5+1	3	0+0	0
24	FW	IND	Sudheer Kotikela	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	FW	IND	Sivasakthi Narayanan	6	5	0+0	0	1+5	5	0+0	0
—	FW	IND	Ankith Padmanabhan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Updated: 18 September 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	DC	SC	Total
1	38	FW		Sivasakthi Narayanan	0	4	0	5
2	22	FW		Roy Krishna	0	3	0	3
3	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	0	2	0	2
4	23	DF		Faisal Ali	0	1	0	1
	5	DF		Alan Costa	0	1	0	1
Own goals					0	2	0	2
TOTALS					0	14	0	14

Updated: 18 September 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	DC	SC	Total
1	1	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	0	2	0	2
TOTALS					0	2	0	2

Updated: 15 September 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	DC	SC	Total
1	23	DF		Prabir Das	0	2	0	2
	21	FW		Udanta Singh	0	2	0	2
	2	DF		Aleksander Jovanovic	0	2	0	2
2	22	FW		Roy Krishna	0	1	0	1
	8	MF		Suresh Singh Wangjam	0	1	0	1
	31	MF		Leon Augustine	0	1	0	1
	19	FW		Faisal Ali	0	1	0	1
	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	0	1	0	1
TOTALS					0	11	0	11

Updated: 18 September 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL			DC			SC			Total			Notes
1	22	DF		Hira Mondal	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	Missed a game, against Indian Air Force (red card) (23 August 2022)
	6	DF		Bruno Ramires	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	N/A
2	18	MF		Rohit Kumar	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	N/A
	32	DF		Roshan Singh	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	N/A
	27	DF		Parag Shrivas	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	N/A
3	21	FW		Udanta Singh	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	N/A
	8	MF		Suresh Singh	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	N/A
	10	MF		Javi Hernández	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	N/A
	22	MF		Roy Krishna	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	N/A
	6	MF		Bruno Ramires	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	N/A
TOTALS					0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0

Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
Updated: 18 September 2022