2024–25 Bengaluru FC season

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.

Bengaluru FC
2024–25 season
ChairmanIndia Parth Jindal
ManagerSpain Gerard Zaragoza[1]
StadiumSree Kanteerava Stadium
Indian Super LeagueTBD
Super CupTBD
Durand CupSemifinalist
Top goalscorerLeague: None
All: Argentina Pereyra Díaz
India Sunil Chhetri (3 goals each)
Biggest win4–0 vs Indian Navy
2025-26 →
All statistics correct as of 27 August 2024.

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.

In its fifth appearance at the Durand Cup, Bengaluru started brightly by securing wins in all of its three group stage matches before heading to the knockout stage. In the quartefinals, a last minute goal by Pereyra Díaz against Kerala Blasters ensured a place in semi-finals against Mohun Bagan. The campaign along with the winning run came to an end on 27th August after going down against Mohun Bagan in the penalties, despite taking an early 2–0 lead.

Background

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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]

Transfers in

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No. Position Player Previous club Date Fee Ref
12 DF   Mohammeed Salah   Punjab FC 7 July 2024 Free [7]
GK   Lalthuammawia Ralte   Odisha FC 7 July 2024 [7]
DF   Rahul Bheke   Mumbai City FC 7 July 2024 [7]
10 MF   Alberto Noguera   Mumbai City FC 7 July 2024 [7]
17 FW   Edgar Mendez   Club Necaxa 7 July 2024 [7]
FW   Jorge Pereyra Díaz   Mumbai City FC 7 July 2024 [7]
MF   Pedro Capo   CD Eldense 16 July 2024 [9]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Outgoing club Date Fee Ref
30 GK   Lara Sharma   FC Goa 18 June 2024 ₹30 Lakhs [11]
10 MF   Javi Hernández   Jamshedpur FC 25 July 2024 Free [12]
21 FW   Oliver Drost   FC Helsingør 10 July 2024 [13]
23 DF   Slavko Damjanovic   Persebaya Surabaya 6 July 2024 [14]
18 MF   Rohit Kumar   Odisha FC 12 June 2024 [15]
MF   Jayesh Rane   Mumbai City FC 21 June 2024 [16]
13 GK   Amrit Gope   Jamshedpur FC 27 June 2024 [17]
44 DF   Robin Yadav   NorthEast United FC 13 July 2024 [18]
6 MF   Keziah Veendorp Without a club 12 July 2024 [19]
16 DF   Shankar Sampingiraj Without a club 1 June 2024 [20]

Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League !
Super Cup !
Durand Cup 31 July 2024 27 August 2024 Group Stage Semifinalist 5 4 1 0 13 4 +9 080.00
Total 5 4 1 0 13 4 +9 080.00

Last updated: 27 August 2024
Source: Competitions

Personnel

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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

Players under contract

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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 (1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 32) 2017 2028 Yes
22 Sahil Poonia   GK (2006-03-08) 8 March 2006 (age 18) 2023 2026 Yes
28 Lalthuammawia Ralte   GK (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 31) 2024 2025 Yes
Defenders
2 Parag Shrivas   LB (1997-06-09) 9 June 1997 (age 27) 2019 2025 No
3 Rahul Bheke   RB (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 27) 2024 2026 Yes
4 Chinglensana Singh   CB (1996-07-23) 23 July 1996 (age 28) 2024 2029 Yes
5 Aleksandar Jovanović     CB (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 26) 2022 2025 Yes
12 Mohamed Salah   RB (1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 29) 2024 2025 Yes
14 Jessel Carneiro   LB (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34) 2023 2025 No
25 Namgyal Bhutia   RB (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34) 2020 2026 Yes
27 Nikhil Poojary   RB (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 29) 2024 2028 Yes
32 Roshan Singh   LB (1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25) 2020 2026 Yes
42 Clarence Fernandes   CB (2004-07-25) 25 July 2004 (age 20) 2022 2025 Yes
53 Ashik Adhikari   CB (2007-01-17) 17 January 2007 (age 17) 2022 Yes
Midfielders
8 Suresh Singh   DM (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 24) 2019 2028 Yes
10 Alberto Noguera   AM (1989-09-24) 24 September 1989 (age 34) 2024 2025 Yes
18 Pedro Capó   CM (1990-12-11) 11 December 1990 (age 33) 2024 2025 Yes
45 Lalremtluanga Fanai   DM (2004-09-17) 17 September 2004 (age 19) 2020 2026 Yes
46 Shreyas Ketkar   RM (2003-11-01) 1 November 2003 (age 20) 2022 2025 Yes
49 Harsh Patre   DM (2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 (age 21) 2023 2025 Yes
50 Vinith Venkatesh   DM (2005-07-31) 31 July 2005 (age 19) 2022 2025 Yes
Ajay Chhetri   CM (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 25) 2018 2025 No
Forwards
7 Ryan Williams   RW (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 30) 2023 2025 Yes
11 Sunil Chhetri   CF (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 (age 40) 2013 2025 Yes
17 Édgar Méndez   RW (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 34) 2024 2025 Yes
19 Halicharan Narzary   LW (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 (age 30) 2023 2026 No
24 Rohit Danu   CF (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 (age 22) 2023 2026 Yes
29 Ashish Jha   LW (1999-07-15) 15 July 1999 (age 25) 2023 2025 No
30 Jorge Pereyra Díaz   CF (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 34) 2024 2025 Yes
35 Salam Johnson Singh   LW (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 22) 2023 2026 No
39 Sivasakthi Narayanan   CF (2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 23) 2021 2025 Yes
41 Monirul Molla   CF (2005-05-01) 1 May 2005 (age 19) 2023 2026 Yes
51 Shivaldo Singh   RW (2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 (age 20) 2023 2026 Yes

Pre-season

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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]

Friendlies

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17 July 2024 (2024-07-17) Friendly Bengaluru 1–0 India U-20 Inspire Institute of Sport, Ballari
10:00 IST
  • Chhetri  
Report
20 July 2024 (2024-07-20) Friendly Bengaluru India U-20 Inspire Institute of Sport, Ballari
10:00 IST Report
7 September 2024 (2024-09-07) Friendly Bengaluru 4–1 Bengaluru United Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru
10:00 IST
Report

Durand Cup

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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]

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN MSC IKA INV
1 Bengaluru 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Advanced to knockout stage 3–0 4–0
2 Mohammedan (H) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 2–3 1–1 1–0
3 Inter Kashi 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4 Indian Navy 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 1–2
Source: Durand Cup
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) Group Stage Bengaluru 4–0 Indian Navy Kolkata, West Bengal
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Referee: Lakshay
Man of the Match: Rahul Bheke
3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) Group Stage Bengaluru 3–0 Inter Kashi Kolkata, West Bengal
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan
Referee: Crystal John
Man of the Match: Alberto Noguera
6 August 2024 (2024-08-06) Group Stage Mohammedan 2–3 Bengaluru Kolkata, West Bengal
19:00 IST
Report
Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 4,143
Referee: Venkatesh R
Man of the Match: Vinith Venkatesh (Bengaluru FC)

Knockout stage

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23 August 2024 (2024-08-23) Quarterfinal Bengaluru 1–0 Kerala Blasters Kolkata, West Bengal
19:00 IST Díaz   90+5' Report Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Referee: Aditya Purkayastha
Man of the Match: Pereyra Díaz
27 August 2024 (2024-08-27) Semifinal Mohun Bagan 2–2
(4–3 p)
Bengaluru Kolkata, West Bengal
17:30 IST
Report Chhetri   43' (pen.)


Venkatesh   51'
Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Attendance: 18,342
Referee: Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Vishal Kaith (Mohun Bagan)
Penalties

Super League

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Summary

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bengaluru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the semi-finals and ACL2 group stage
2 Chennaiyin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the semi-finals
3 East Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the knockouts
4 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hyderabad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ISL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Result summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Results by round

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Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundHHHAHAAHAAHHA
Result
Position
Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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14 September 2024 (2024-09-14) 1 Bengaluru East Bengal Bengaluru, Karnataka
19:30 IST Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
19 September 2024 (2024-09-19) 2 Bengaluru Hyderabad Bengaluru, Karnataka
19:30 IST Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
28 September 2024 (2024-09-28) 3 Bengaluru Mohun Bagan Bengaluru, Karnataka
19:30 IST Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
2 October 2024 (2024-10-02) 4 Mumbai City Bengaluru Mumbai, Maharashtra
19:30 IST Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) 5 Bengaluru Punjab Bengaluru, Karnataka
19:30 IST Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
25 October 2024 (2024-10-25) 6 Kerala Blasters Bengaluru Kochi, Kerala
19:30 IST Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
2 November 2024 (2024-11-02) 7 Goa Bengaluru Margao, Goa
19:30 IST Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
8 November 2024 (2024-11-08) 8 Bengaluru NorthEast United Bengaluru, Karnataka
19:30 IST Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
27 November 2024 (2024-11-27) 9 Mohammedan Bengaluru Kolkata, West Bengal
19:30 IST Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan
1 December 2024 (2024-12-01) 10 Odisha Bengaluru Bhubaneswar, Odisha
19:30 IST Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
7 December 2024 (2024-12-07) 11 Bengaluru Kerala Blasters Bengaluru, Karnataka
19:30 IST Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
14 December 2024 (2024-12-14) 12 Bengaluru Goa Bengaluru, Karnataka
17:00 IST Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
28 December 2024 (2024-12-28) 13 Chennaiyin Bengaluru Chennai, Tamil Nadu
19:30 IST Stadium: Marina Arena

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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
22 GK   IND Sahil Poonia 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK   IND Lalthuammawia Ralte 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
Defenders
2 LB   IND Parag Shrivas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 RB   IND Rahul Bheke 5 1 0+0 0 5+0 1 0+0 0
2 CB   IND Chinglensana Singh 5 0 0+0 0 1+4 0 0+0 0
5 CB   AUS Aleksandar Jovanović 5 1 0+0 0 5+0 1 0+0 0
12 RB   IND Mohamed Salah 2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 LB   IND Jessel Carneiro 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 RB   IND Namgyal Bhutia 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 RB   IND Nikhil Poojary 4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
32 LB   IND Roshan Singh 4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
42 CB   IND Clarence Fernandes 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
53 CB   IND Ashik Adhikari 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
8 DM   IND Suresh Singh 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
10 AM   ESP Alberto Noguera 5 1 0+0 0 4+1 1 0+0 0
18 CM   ESP Pedro Capó 4 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
45 DM   IND Lalremtluanga Fanai 5 0 0+0 0 2+3 0 0+0 0
46 RM   IND Shreyas Ketkar 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
49 DM   IND Harsh Patre 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
50 DM   IND Vinith Venkatesh 3 2 0+0 0 2+1 2 0+0 0
CM   IND Ajay Chhetri 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Forwards
7 RW   AUS Ryan Williams 3 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
11 CF   IND Sunil Chhetri 5 3 0+0 0 1+4 3 0+0 0
17 RW   ESP Édgar Méndez 4 1 0+0 0 2+2 1 0+0 0
19 LW   IND Halicharan Narzary 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 CF   IND Rohit Danu 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 LW   IND Ashish Jha 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 CF   ARG Jorge Pereyra Díaz 5 3 0+0 0 3+2 3 0+0 0
35 LW   IND Salam Johnson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 CF   IND Sivasakthi Narayanan 3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
41 CF   IND Monirul Molla 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
51 RW   IND Shivaldo Singh 4 0 0+0 0 3+1 0 0+0 0

Updated: 23 August 2024

Goal scorers

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Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL DC SC Total
1 30 CF   Pereyra Díaz 0 3 0 3
11 CF   Sunil Chhetri 0 3 0 3
3 31 DM   Vinith Venkatesh 0 2 0 2
4 3 RB   Rahul Bheke 0 1 0 1
17 RW   Édgar Méndez 0 1 0 1
10 AM   Alberto Noguera 0 1 0 1
5 CB   Aleksandar Jovanović 0 1 0 1
Own goals 0 1 0 1
Totals 0 12 0 12

Updated: 27 August 2024

Clean sheets

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Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL DC SC Total
1 1 GK   Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 0 3 0 3
Totals 0 3 0 3

Updated: 27 August 2024

Disciplinary record

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Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL DC SC Total Notes
                       
1 27 RB   Nikhil Poojary 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 N/A
2 50 DM   Vinith Venkatesh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A
10 AM   Alberto Noguera 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A
2 CB   Chinglensana Singh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A
30 CF   Pereyra Díaz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A
32 LB   Roshan Singh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A
1 GK   Gurpreet Singh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A
3 RB   Rahul Bheke 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 N/A
Totals 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 N/A

Updated: 27 August 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bengaluru FC rope in Gerard Zaragoza as Head Coach". Bengaluru FC. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  2. ^ @bengalurufc (25 May 2024). "The BFC family wishes striker Oliver Drost and defender Slavko Damjanovic the very best for their future as they bid adieu to Bengaluru. Go well, lads!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ @bengalurufc (29 May 2024). "For waving your wand, making the magic happen and so much more. Spanish midfield maestro Javi Hernandez leaves the club after two fantastic seasons in Bengaluru blue. 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙨, 𝙅𝙖𝙫𝙞!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ @bengalurufc (7 July 2024). "If you're not at the BFS, you've missed out! @RahulBheke's surprised everyone in the stands at the #BFCOpenHouse to announce his arrival back in Bengaluru on a two-year-deal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Sportstar, Team (7 July 2024). "ISL 2024-25: Rahul Bheke returns to Bengaluru FC, pens two-year deal with Blues". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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  18. ^ Counter, Football (13 July 2024). "NorthEast United FC Signs Robin Yadav on a Multi-Year Deal". Football Counter.
  19. ^ "OFC rope in Boumous; Barla set to continue at JFC; Veendorp leaves BFC". www.indiansuperleague.com. 12 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Bengaluru FC part ways with defender Shankar Sampingiraj". ANI News. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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  30. ^ @bengalurufc (20 July 2024). "Turning never tasted so good! Here's to eleven years of memories, through thick and thin and so much more. Bengaluru, we are because you are!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  31. ^ @IIS_Vijayanagar (22 July 2024). "#TeamIIS was proud to host the Blues @bengalurufc for their pre-season testing and preparations, as they build up to the 2024-25 campaign. Go get 'em!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ^ @bengalurufc (29 July 2024). "Bringing the Olympic spirit to our training ground! The Blues trained in the JSW Inspire range of Olympic jerseys as they continued preparations for their #DurandCup2024 opener against Indian Navy FT on Wednesday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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