| Club: | Bengaluru FC |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Manager: |  Gerard Zaragoza[1] |
| Chairman: |  Parth Jindal |
| Stadium: | Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
| League: | Indian Super League |
| League Result: | TBD |
| Cup1: | Super Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | TBD |
| Cup2: | Durand Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | TBD |
| Season Topscorer: |  Pereyra Díaz and Sunil Chhetri (2 goals each) |
| Largest Win: | 4–0 vs Indian Navy |
| Pattern La1: | _redborder |
| Pattern B1: | _bfc2324h |
| Pattern Ra1: | _redborder |
| Pattern So1: | _redline |
| Pattern Sh1: | _bluesides |
| Leftarm1: | FFFFFF |
| Body1: | 29479F |
| Rightarm1: | FFFFFF |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
| Socks1: | 29479F |
| Pattern La2: | _blueborder |
| Pattern B2: | _bfc2324a |
| Pattern Ra2: | _blueborder |
| Pattern Sh2: | _whitesides |
| Pattern So2: | _blueband |
| Leftarm2: | ED212A |
| Body2: | FFFFFF |
| Rightarm2: | ED212A |
| Shorts2: | ED212A |
| Socks2: | FFFFFF |
| Pattern La3: | _blueborder |
| Pattern B3: | _bengalurufc_third_2023_24 |
| Pattern Ra3: | _blueborder |
| Pattern Sh3: | _blue stripes |
| Pattern So3: | _blueline |
| Leftarm3: | 389c68 |
| Body3: | 389c68 |
| Rightarm3: | 389c68 |
| Shorts3: | 389c68 |
| Socks3: | 389c68 |
| Updated: | 6 August 2024 |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025-26 |
The 2024–25 season is Bengaluru FC's 12th season as a professional football club since its establishment in 2013 and 7th season in the Indian Super League. It runs from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2025 with participation in Durand Cup, Indian Super League and Super Cup.
The Blues revealed six new signings on 7 July 2024, during an open training session at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Following a week long training at Inspire Institute of Sport in Ballari, they reached Kolkata on 30 July 2024 for the Durand Cup.
See main article: 2023–24 Bengaluru FC season. After finishing 10th in the league in its previous season, its lowest since finishing 7th in the 2020–21 season, and failing to perform in the cup tournaments, Bengaluru began making significant changes to its squad by parting ways with Oliver Drost, Slavko Damjanović and Javi Hernández.[2] [3]
Later during the open training session on 7 July, the club announced return of Rahul Bheke who had joined from Mumbai City FC as season's first signing. The Indian international full back was previously a part of the club during 2017–2021 period.[4] [5] Spaninard forward Édgar Méndez was later revealed as the season's first foreign signing.[6] Joining him were Jorge Pereyra Díaz and Alberto Noguera, both from Mumbai City. Among domestic signings, Mohamed Salah from Punjab FC and Lalthuammawia Ralte, the returning goalkeeper from Odisha FC were revealed on the same day.[7]
In the following week, the Dutch midfielder Keziah Veendorp parted ways with the club[8] and replacing him on 16 June was the Spaniard Pedro Capó.[9] [10]
| No. | Position | Player | Previous club | Date | Fee | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Mohammeed Salah | Punjab FC | 7 July 2024 | Free | ||
| Lalthuammawia Ralte | Odisha FC | 7 July 2024 | ||||
| Rahul Bheke | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | ||||
| 10 | Alberto Noguera | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | |||
| 17 | Edgar Mendez |  Club Necaxa | 7 July 2024 | |||
| Jorge Pereyra Díaz | Mumbai City FC | 7 July 2024 | ||||
| Pedro Capo | CD Eldense | 16 July 2024 |
| No. | Position | Player | Outgoing club | Date | Fee | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Lara Sharma | FC Goa | 18 June 2024 | ₹30 Lakhs | [11] | |
| 10 | Javi Hernández | Jamshedpur FC | 25 July 2024 | Free | [12] | |
| 21 | Oliver Drost | FC Helsingør | 10 July 2024 | [13] | ||
| 23 |  Slavko Damjanovic |  Persebaya Surabaya | 6 July 2024 | [14] | ||
| 18 | Rohit Kumar | Odisha FC | 12 June 2024 | [15] | ||
| Jayesh Rane | Mumbai City FC | 21 June 2024 | [16] | |||
| 13 | Amrit Gope | Jamshedpur FC | 27 June 2024 | [17] | ||
| 44 | Robin Yadav | NorthEast United FC | 13 July 2024 | [18] | ||
| 6 | Keziah Veendorp | Without a club | 12 July 2024 | [19] | ||
| 16 | Shankar Sampingiraj | Without a club | 1 June 2024 | [20] |
| Role | Name | Refs. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Gerard Zaragoza | [21] | |
| Assistant coach | Sebastián Vega | [22] | |
| Renedy Singh | [23] | ||
| Goalkeeping coach |  Konstantine Gugunava | [24] | |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Ioannis Gkiokas | [25] | |
| Team analyst | Prateek Chopra | ||
| Reserves coach | Bibiano Fernandes | [26] | |
| Academy head coach | Sandesh Bhoite | [27] | |
| Head Physio | Naved Hameed | ||
| Assistant physio | John Daniel | ||
| Masseur | Manu Prasad |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | Until | Picked for Durand Cup[28] | Picked for ISL | Picked for Super Cup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | | GK | 1992 2, df=yes | 2017 | 2028 | ||||
| 22 | Sahil Poonia | | GK | 2006 3, df=yes | 2023 | 2026 | ||||
| 28 | Lalthuammawia Ralte | | GK | 1992 11, df=yes | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Parag Shrivas | | LB | 1997 6, df=yes | 2019 | 2025 | ||||
| 3 | Rahul Bheke | | RB | 1996 12, df=yes | 2024 | 2026 | ||||
| 4 | Chinglensana Singh | | CB | 1996 7, df=yes | 2024 | 2029 | ||||
| 5 | Aleksandar Jovanović |  | CB | 1997 11, df=yes | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| 12 | Mohamed Salah | | RB | 1994 11, df=yes | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| 14 | Jessel Carneiro | | LB | 1990 7, df=yes | 2023 | 2025 | ||||
| 25 | Namgyal Bhutia | | RB | 1990 7, df=yes | 2020 | 2026 | ||||
| 27 | Nikhil Poojary | | RB | 1995 9, df=yes | 2024 | 2028 | ||||
| 32 | Roshan Singh | | LB | 1999 2, df=yes | 2020 | 2026 | ||||
| 42 | Clarence Fernandes | | CB | 2004 7, df=yes | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| 53 | Ashik Adhikari | | CB | 2007 1, df=yes | 2022 | |||||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 8 | Suresh Singh | | DM | 2000 8, df=yes | 2019 | 2028 | ||||
| 10 | Alberto Noguera | | AM | 1989 9, df=yes | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| 18 | Pedro Capó | | CM | 1990 12, df=yes | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| 45 | Lalremtluanga Fanai | | DM | 2004 9, df=yes | 2020 | 2026 | ||||
| 46 | Shreyas Ketkar | | RM | 2003 11, df=yes | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| 49 | Harsh Patre | | DM | 2003 1, df=yes | 2023 | 2025 | ||||
| 50 | Vinith Venkatesh | | DM | 2005 7, df=yes | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
| Ajay Chhetri | | CM | 1999 7, df=yes | 2018 | 2025 | |||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | Ryan Williams | | RW | 1993 10, df=yes | 2023 | 2025 | ||||
| 11 | Sunil Chhetri | | CF | 1984 8, df=yes | 2013 | 2025 | ||||
| 17 | Édgar Méndez | | RW | 1990 1, df=yes | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| 19 | Halicharan Narzary | | LW | 1994 5, df=yes | 2023 | 2026 | ||||
| 24 | Rohit Danu | | CF | 2002 7, df=yes | 2023 | 2026 | ||||
| 29 | Ashish Jha | | LW | 1999 7, df=yes | 2023 | 2025 | ||||
| 30 | Jorge Pereyra Díaz | | CF | 1990 8, df=yes | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| 35 | Salam Johnson Singh | | LW | 2001 9, df=yes | 2023 | 2026 | ||||
| 39 | Sivasakthi Narayanan | | CF | 2001 7, df=yes | 2021 | 2025 | ||||
| 41 | Monirul Molla | | CF | 2005 5, df=yes | 2023 | 2026 | ||||
| 51 | Shivaldo Singh | | RW | 2004 6, df=yes | 2023 | 2026 | ||||
As a part of the club's pre-season tradition, Bengaluru organised an open training session on 7 July involvong its supporters at the Bangalore Football Stadium.[29] The club also celebated its 11th anniversary on 20 July.[30] Before departing to Kolkata for the Durand Cup, the Blues trained at Inspire Institute of Sport in Ballari, including a couple of friendlies against Indian under-20 national team at the same venue.[31] In support of Indian athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Blues donned the JSW designed team India jersey in a training session on 29 July.[32]
The 133rd edition of Durand Cup saw fifth appearance of Bengaluru FC. In the previous edition, the reserve squad representing Bengaluru failed to progress further in the tournament after finishing second in the group stage. For the 2024 edition, the 26-member squad consisting of senior team players was announced on 27th July.[28] They were placed with hosts Mohammedan, Inter Kashi and Indian Navy in Group B.[33] The Blues arrived in Kolkata on 30 July, a day before their first fixture of the campaign.[34]
|-! colspan=12 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=12 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; text-align:center| Defenders|-|-! colspan=12 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; text-align:center| Midfielders|-|-! colspan=12 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; text-align:center| Forwards|-|-
Updated: 6 August 2024
| width=150 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | Player | width=80 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | ISL | width=80 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | DC | width=80 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | SC | width=80 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 11 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 17 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 10 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 50 | | Vinith Venkatesh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| width=150 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | Player | width=80 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | ISL | width=80 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | DC | width=80 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | SC | width=80 style="background:#2545A0; color:#FFFFFF; ; | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Player | ISL | DC | SC | Total | Notes | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | width=34 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 27 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | N/A | ||||||||
| 2 | 50 | | Vinith Venkatesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |||||||
| 10 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |||||||||
| 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | |||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | N/A | ||||||||||