SC Bengaluru

Sporting Club Bengaluru
Full nameSporting Club Bengaluru
Nickname(s)The Golden Tigers
Short nameSCB
Founded2022; 2 years ago (2022)
GroundBangalore Football Stadium
Capacity8,400
CEOKishore S. Reddy
Head coachChinta Chandrashekar Rao
League
Websitescbengaluru.com

Sporting Club Bengaluru, also known as Sporting Bengaluru, (and nicknamed The Golden Tigers) is an Indian professional football club based in Bangalore, Karnataka. The club currently competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system, and the BDFA Super Division.[1] The club was founded in the year 2022 by Tony Sohi (UK), Kulbir Sohi (UK), Adrian Wright (UK) and Kishore Reddy (India).

History

SC Bengaluru made its debut in the 2022–23 BDFA Super Division.[2] They clinched the title in their inaugural season ahead of their closest rivals FC Bengaluru United, attaining 46 points in 18 games. With their win, they closed on a spot in the 2023–24 I-League 3, the newly formed fourth tier of the Indian football league system.[3][4][5][6] The club managed to qualify for the I-League 2 after beating Kerala United by 2–1 in the playoffs.[7][8][9] The club clinched back-to-back titles in the 2023–24 season as they won the I-League 2, earning promotion to the 2024–25 I-League.[10][11]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Since forming in April 2022, SCB signed sports agency Sporting Group International as its principal partner, and Meyba as its official kit partner. They also struck up a partnership with MuscleBlaze as nutrition partner.[12]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2022 Meyba Sporting Group International
2023 MS Sports
2024–present

Stadium

Bangalore Football Stadium

Sporting Club Bengaluru plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium.[13][14]

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 December 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Satyajit Bordoloi
5 DF India IND Manoj Kannan
6 MF India IND Kishan Singh
7 FW India IND Krishananda Singh
9 FW India IND Salam Johnson Singh (on loan from Bengaluru)
10 FW Spain ESP Jordan Lamela
11 FW India IND Thomyo Shimray
12 DF India IND Shafeel PP
14 MF India IND Vignesh V.
15 DF India IND Arjun Gouda
16 DF India IND Shankar Sampingiraj
17 FW India IND Ishaan Raghunanda
18 MF India IND Asif OM
20 MF India IND Sk Sahil
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF India IND Shravan Shetty
22 DF Portugal POR Carlos Lomba (captain)
23 FW India IND Ashish Jha
25 DF India IND Oinam Sanatomba Singh
27 FW India IND Saiyyad Umar
29 FW India IND Aadarsh Narayanapuram
30 MF India IND Jibin Devassy
32 FW India IND Arif Shaikh
33 FW India IND Shanid Valan
34 GK India IND Bishal Lama
40 GK India IND Pranav S
77 DF India IND R Neil Joseph
88 MF India IND Tangva Ragui (on loan from Mohammedan)

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 1 September 2024
Role Name
Head coach India Chinta Chandrashekar Rao
Coach India Alex Praveen
Physiotherapist India Dileep Kumar
Team manager India Sujan Subramanya

Records and statistics

Season by season

Season League Playoffs Super Cup Other competitions Top scorer(s)
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Durand Cup Player(s) Goals
2023–24 I-League 3 8 5 2 1 19 8 17 1st 3rd Rise Did not participate Did not participate India Arif Shaikh 5
I-League 2 14 11 0 3 28 12 33 1st Rise – India Thomyo Shimray 11
2024–25 I-League 5 1 1 3 6 9 4 – – –

Managerial record

Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Chinta Chandrashekar Rao  India 1 October 2023 present 27 17 3 7 53 29 062.96

Honours

League

See also

References

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