2018–19 Bengaluru FC season

Transfers

At the fag end of 2017–18 Indian Super League season Bengaluru FC extended contract of defender Rahul Bheke till May 2021.^[1] He joined captain Sunil Chhetri and winger Udanta Singh, both has contract till the end of 2019–20 season.^[2] Defender Juanan extended his stay with Bengaluru FC for two more seasons.^[3] First choice goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu extended his contract for five more seasons, which will keep him till 2023 with Bengaluru FC.^[4] Bengaluru FC's Australian midfielder Erik Paartalu also extended his stay with the club for two more seasons.^[5] Defender Nishu Kumar and striker Thongkhosiem Haokip extended their stay in the club for two more seasons.^[6]

Midfielder Lenny Rodrigues transferred to FC Goa.^[7] Midfielder Boithang Haokip extended his stay with Bengaluru FC till the end of 2020 season.^[8] Bengaluru FC also extended contract of Spanish midfielder Dimas Delgado for one more season.^[9] Defender Harmanjot Khabra extended his stay with Bengaluru FC for three more season.^[10] English defender John Johnson ended his five years journey with the club at the end of the season to join ATK.^[11] Striker Daniel Lalhlimpuia left the Bengaluru FC after three year stint with the club.^[12] Goalkeeper Lalthuammawia Ralte parted ways with the club as well.^[13] Bengaluru FC also released Spanish trio of Toni, Víctor Pérez Alonso, and Daniel Lucas Segovia at the end of the season.^[14] Left-back Subhasish Bose transferred to Mumbai City FC.^[15] Bengaluru FC also released more inexperienced players at the end of season including Calvin Abhishek, Abhra Mondal, Joyner Lourenco, Zohmingliana Ralte, and Collin Abranches.^[16] Midfielder Malsawmzuala left the Bengaluru FC after three year stint with the club.^[17] Midfielder Alwyn George transferred to FC Pune City.^[18]

On 3 June 2018, Bengaluru announced signing of Indian winger Kean Lewis for one season.^[19] Bengaluru FC also re-signed right-back Rino Anto.^[20] On 11 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of defenders Gursimrat Singh Gill and Sairuat Kima for two seasons.^[21] On 25 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of Bhutanese forward Chencho Gyeltshen on one year deal.^[22] On 6 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of spanish winger Xisco Hernández on one year deal.^[23] On 9 July, Bengaluru FC announced return of goalkeeper Soram Poirei after three years. He signed one year deal.^[24] After the early end to their AFC Cup campaign, Bengaluru FC signed Spanish center-back Albert Serrán on a one-year deal.^[25]

In

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee	Date	Ref
8	MF	Kean Lewis	Pune City	Free agent	3 June 2018	[19]
13	DF	Rino Anto	Kerala Blasters	Free agent	6 June 2018	[20]
33	DF	Gursimrat Singh Gill	Northeast United	Free agent	11 June 2018	[21]
4	DF	Sairuat Kima	Jamshedpur	Free agent	11 June 2018	[21]
27	FW	Chencho Gyeltshen	Minerva Punjab	Free agent	25 June 2018	[22]
19	MF	Xisco Hernández	Atlético Baleares	Free agent	6 July 2018	[23]
23	GK	Soram Poirei	ATK	Free agent	9 July 2018	[24]
3	DF	Albert Serrán	Chabab Rif	Free agent	31 August 2018	[25]

Out

No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Date	Fee	Ref
3	DF	Collin Abranches	Unattached	31 May 2018	Free agent	[16]
4	DF	Zohmingliana Ralte	Chennaiyin	31 May 2018	Free agent	[16]
6	DF	John Johnson	ATK	31 May 2018	Free agent	[11]
8	MF	Lenny Rodrigues	Goa	31 May 2018	Free agent	[7]
12	MF	Daniel Segovia	Racing de Santander	31 May 2018	Free agent	[14]
15	DF	Subhasish Bose	Mumbai City	31 May 2018	Free agent	[15]
19	MF	Toni	Nea Salamis Famagusta	31 May 2018	Free agent	[14]
20	MF	Alwyn George	Pune City	31 May 2018	Free agent	[18]
23	GK	Abhra Mondal	East Bengal	31 May 2018	Free agent	[26]
24	DF	Joyner Lourenco	Unattached	31 May 2018	Free agent	[16]
25	FW	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	Delhi Dynamos	31 May 2018	Free agent	[12]
28	GK	Lalthuammawia Ralte	Goa	31 May 2018	Free agent	[13]
30	MF	Malsawmzuala	ATK	31 May 2018	Free agent	[17]
32	GK	Calvin Abhishek	Unattached	31 May 2018	Free agent	[16]
44	MF	Victor Perez Alonso	Unattached	31 May 2018	Free agent	[14]

Indian Super League

AFC Cup

Bengaluru FC fans during the game against Altyn Asyr

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

Bengaluru FC advanced to the inter-zone play-off semi-finals during 2017–18 season. The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018. Bengaluru FC were pitted against central Asian zone champions Turkmenistanian club Altyn Asyr.^[38] Bengaluru played the first leg at home on 22 August 2018. Bengaluru were trailing by 3 goals in the game, but managed to score two goals before the end of the game.^[39] Bengaluru further suffered 2–0 defeat in the away leg and bowed out of the AFC Cup with 2–5 aggregate loss.^[40]

Bengaluru v Altyn Asyr

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)	Bengaluru	2–3	Altyn Asyr	Bengaluru, India
20:00 UTC+5:30	Juanan  34' Miku  43' Anto  52' Bheke  63' Paartalu  88'	Report	Orazsähedow  11', 46' Annadurdyýew  25' Babajanov  29'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 5,832 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) MVP: Wahyt Orazsähedow (Altyn Asyr)

Altyn Asyr v Bengaluru

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)	Altyn Asyr	2–0 (5–2 agg.)	Bengaluru	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
16:30 UTC+5	Söýünow  18' Annadurdyýew  50' Geldiýew  52' Orazsähedow  58'	Report	Chhetri  38' Hernández  57' Miku  90+2'	Stadium: Köpetdag Stadium Attendance: 12,326 Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (Saudi Arabia)

Management

Albert Roca,after a successful stint of two years, parted ways with Bengaluru FC at the end of the previous season and the assistant coach Carles Cuadrat succeeded him as the head coach.^[41]

As of 14 July 2018^[42][43][44]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Carles Cuadrat
Assistant Coach	Gerard Zaragoza
Assistant Coach (India)	Naushad Moosa
Goalkeeping Coach	Cristian Patru
Under-18 coach	John Kenneth Raj
Head physiotherapist	Timothy Vadachalam

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL		AFC		Super Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK		Soram Poirei	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	GK		Aditya Patra	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Rahul Bheke	4	1	2+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
3	DF		Albert Serrán	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Sairuat Kima	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Juanan	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
10	DF		Harmanjot Khabra	3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF		Rino Anto	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF		Nishu Kumar	4	1	2+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF		Asheer Akhtar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF		Gursimrat Singh Gill	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Biswa Darjee	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Rakesh Oram	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Erik Paartalu	4	1	2+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
8	MF		Kean Lewis	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Dimas Delgado	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF		Bidyananda Singh	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Boithang Haokip	3	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Xisco Hernández	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Altamash Sayed	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF		Ajay Chhetri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF		Robinson Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Roshan Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Namgyal Bhutia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Lalengzama Vangchhia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Myron Mendes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Leon Augustine	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Miku	4	1	2+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	4	1	2+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW		Thongkhosiem Haokip	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	FW		Udanta Singh	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW		Chencho Gyeltshen	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Updated: 7 October 2018

Top scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	AFC	Super Cup	Total
1	2	DF		Rahul Bheke	0	1	0	1
	7	FW		Miku	1	0	0	1
	6	MF		Erik Paartalu	0	1	0	1
	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	1	0	0	1
	22	DF		Nishu Kumar	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					3	2	0	5

Source: soccerway
Updated: 7 October 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	AFC	Super Cup	Total
1	45	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					1	0	0	1

Source: soccerway
Updated: 7 October 2018

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL		AFC		Super Cup		Total		Notes
1	7	FW		Miku	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2	5	DF		Juanan	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	9	MF		Xisco Hernández	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	6	MF		Erik Paartalu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	10	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	13	DF		Rino Anto	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS					2	0	6	0	0	0	8	0

Source: soccerway
Updated: 7 October 2018