Ozone FC

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Ozone
Ozone FC logo.svg
Full nameOzone Football Club Bengaluru [1]
Nickname(s)OFCB
Founded2015;9 years ago (2015)
Ground Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity8,400
OwnerOzone Group [2]
League BDFA Super Division

Ozone Football Club Bengaluru (simply known as Ozone FC) [3] was an Indian professional football club based in Bengaluru, Karnataka. [4] [5] Founded in 2015, the club competed in BDFA Super Division, the top division of football in the state. [6] Ozone reached the final round of the I-League 2nd Division in the 2017–18, [7] [8] 2018–19 seasons respectively [9] [10] and were also the winner's of the BDFA Super Division in 2017–18. [11] [12]

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History

Ozone Football Club was launched on 3 November 2015 by the Ozone Group with the goal of making the I-League by 2017. [13] [14] The club were quick to make a mark on the local football scene, winning the BDFA Super Division in December 2015, within their first month of existence. [15]

On 2 August 2016, the club roped former Trinidadian international Cornell Glen as their foreign recruit who represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. [16] [17] Thus he became the Ozone's first ever world cup player.

On 17 December 2016, it was revealed that the club would participate in the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. [11] Ozone were included in Group C along with Pride Sports, Fateh Hyderabad and Kenkre. [18] [19] However, they could not advance beyond group stage. [6] [20]

In the 2017–18 season, after winning the BDFA Super Division [21] under the guidance of David Booth, [22] [23] Ozone FC continued their form in the I-League Second Division, reaching the final stages, eventually falling short of qualifying for the I-League, [24] [25] where they finished on the third position. [26] [27] [28]

Stadium

New Bengaluru Football Stadium in Karnataka, used as home ground of Ozone FC. Enhanced photo of the New Bengaluru Football Stadium on a matchday.jpg
New Bengaluru Football Stadium in Karnataka, used as home ground of Ozone FC.

Ozone FC plays their home matches of BDFA Super Division at the New Bangalore Football Stadium, which has a capacity of 8,400 spectators. [29] [30] They have also used the stadium for their previous I-League 2nd Division matches.

Players

As of 14 January 2019

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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Dharminder Guru
3 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Keith Raymond Stephan
4 DF Flag of India.svg  IND John Peter
5 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Oinam Sanatomba Singh
7 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Rinreithan Shaiza
8 MF Flag of India.svg  IND A. Mohammed Moinuddin
15 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Anto Rashith
18 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Ayush Adhikari
19 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Aniket Varekar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
20 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Umashankar
21 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Sheldon Raghwan
22 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Prabin Subba
24 DF Flag of India.svg  IND D. Mark Anthony
25 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Harpreet
28 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Gurmeet Singh
29 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Manoj Swamy Kannan
30 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Gunashekar Vignesh
32 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Azharuddeen
40 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sampath Kuttymani
42 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Shamanth D Gowda
47 FW Flag of India.svg  IND C. S. Sabeeth

Managerial history

Season statistics

SeasonDiv.Tms.Pos.Attendance/G Federation Cup / Super Cup BDFA Super Division AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2016–17 I-League 2nd Division12Group stage2,567DNP3DNPDNP
2017–18 I-League 2nd Division183780DNP1DNPDNP
Key

Team records

Seasons

As of 24 February 2017
YearLeagueFederation
Cup		Top Scorer(s)
PWDLGFGAPtsPos.Player(s)Goals
2016–17 6321381010Group stageDNQAnto Xavier7
2017–18 1356223821Final RoundDNQRobert de Souza Ribeiro20

Notable former players

For all former notable players of Ozone FC with a Wikipedia article, see: Ozone FC players .

World Cup player

Foreign international(s)

Honours

Domestic (league)

See also

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