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Sporting Club Bengaluru
SC Bengaluru.svg
Full nameSporting Club Bengaluru
Nickname(s) The Golden Tigers
Short nameSCB
Founded2022;3 years ago (2022)
Ground Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity8,400
CEOKishore S. Reddy
Head coach Chinta Chandrashekar Rao
League
Website scbengaluru.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 the year 2022 by Tony and Kulbir Sohi, Adrian Wright, and Kishore Reddy.

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History

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]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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. [12]

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
2022MeybaSporting Group International
2023MS Sports
2024–present

Stadium

Bangalore Football Stadium 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. [13] [14]

Players

First-team squad

As of January 2025

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

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 1 September 2024
RoleName
Team manager Flag of India.svg Sujan Subramanya
Head coach Flag of India.svg Chinta Chandrashekar Rao
Assistant coach Flag of India.svg Alex Praveen
Physiotherapist Flag of India.svg Dileep Kumar

Records and statistics

Season by season

SeasonLeaguePlayoffs Super Cup Other competitionsTop scorer(s)
DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos Durand Cup Player(s)Goals
2023–24 I-League 3 8521198171st 3rd Green-Up-Arrow.svgDid not participateDid not participate Flag of India.svg Arif Shaikh 5
I-League 2 1411032812331st Green-Up-Arrow.svg Flag of India.svg Thomyo Shimray11
2024–25 I-League 5113694

Managerial record

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Chinta Chandrashekar Rao Flag of India.svg  India 1 October 2023present2717375329062.96

Honours

League

See also

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