Blue Star SC

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Blue Star
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Full nameBlue Star Sports Club
Nickname(s)Blue Army
Founded1978;46 years ago (1978)
Ground Kalutara Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMohamed Mohideen Mohamed Rizwan
Manager Banda Samarakoon
League Sri Lanka Super League
2022–23 Champions

Blue Star Sports Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Kalutara. [1] The club competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football league system.

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History

Blue Star SC was founded in 1978. On 5 April 2022, Blue Star appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Machhindra of Nepal, [2] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium and clinched a victory of 2–1. [3]

Achievements

Players

As of 2 June 2024

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Ahamed
2 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Rinas
3 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Thuwan Azeez
4 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Fahir Nilafdeen
5 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Tharmakulanathan Kajakopan
6 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Sahlan
7 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Lahiru Tharaka Silva
8 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Basith Ameer
9 MF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Beidy Coulibaly
10 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Fasal Naizer
11 MF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Ammar
12 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Ihsan
13 GK Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Mursith
14 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Arshadh
15 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Isaac Addevu
16 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Daniel Mecgrath
17 FW Flag of Guinea.svg  GUI Mouhamed Traore
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Munfik
19 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Evans Asante
20 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Rifkan
21 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Chalana Pramantha
22 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Charidu Sampath
23 DF Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Tharindu Erange(Captain)
24 FW Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Mohamed Risan
25 GK Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  SRI Kaveesh Lakpriya Fernando
30 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Prince Boadu
99 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Jerry Ombebe

Team management

PositionName
Head Coach Flag of Germany.svg Finn Kohnke

Notable former players

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References

  1. "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. Himalayan News Service, 12:13PM (6 April 2022). "Machhindra crash out of Qualifiers". thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)