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Sporting Club Bengaluru
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Full nameSporting Club Bengaluru
NicknameThe Golden Tigers
Short nameSCB
Founded2022; 4 years ago (2022)
GroundBangalore Football Stadium
Capacity8,400
CEOKishore S. Reddy
Head coachChinta Chandrashekar Rao
League
2024–25I-League, 12th of 13
Websitescbengaluru.com

Sporting Club Bengaluru, also known as Sporting Bengaluru, (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 2022.

History

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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][12] [13]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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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.[14]

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

Stadium

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File:Enhanced photo of the New Bengaluru Football Stadium on a matchday.jpg
Bangalore Football Stadium

Sporting Club Bengaluru plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium.[15][16]

Players

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First-team squad (2025)

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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 File:Flag of India.svg IND Satyajit Bordoloi
4 DF File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Slavko Lukić
5 DF File:Flag of India.svg IND Manoj Kannan
6 MF File:Flag of India.svg IND Kishan Singh
7 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Krishananda Singh
8 FW File:Flag of Uganda.svg UGA Henry Kisekka
9 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Salam Johnson Singh (on loan from Bengaluru)
10 FW File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP Jordan Lamela
11 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Thomyo Shimray
12 DF File:Flag of India.svg IND Shafeel PP
14 MF File:Flag of India.svg IND Vignesh V
15 DF File:Flag of India.svg IND Arjun Gouda
16 DF File:Flag of India.svg IND Shankar Sampingiraj
17 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Ishaan Raghunanda
20 MF File:Flag of India.svg IND Sk Sahil
21 DF File:Flag of India.svg IND Shravan Shetty
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg POR Carlos Lomba (captain)
23 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Ashish Jha
25 DF File:Flag of India.svg IND Oinam Sanatomba Singh
27 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Saiyyad Umar
29 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Aadarsh Narayanapuram
30 MF File:Flag of India.svg IND Jibin Devassy
32 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Arif Shaikh
33 FW File:Flag of India.svg IND Shanid Valan
34 GK File:Flag of India.svg IND Bishal Lama
37 GK File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN Yuya Kuriyama
38 FW File:Flag of Spain.svg ESP Álex Sánchez
40 GK File:Flag of India.svg IND Pranav S
77 DF File:Flag of India.svg IND R Neil Joseph
88 MF File:Flag of India.svg IND Tangva Ragui (on loan from Mohammedan)

Technical staff

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As of 1 September 2024
Role Name
Team manager India Sujan Subramanya
Head coach India Chinta Chandrashekar Rao
Assistant coach India Alex Praveen
Physiotherapist India A. R. Dileep Kumar
Goalkeeper coach India Nikhil Bernard

Records and statistics

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Season by season

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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 Champions Rise India Thomyo Shimray 11
2024–25 I-League 5 1 1 3 6 9 4

Managerial record

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

Honours

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League

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See also

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