SC Bengaluru

Sporting Club Bengaluru

Full name	Sporting Club Bengaluru
Nickname(s)	The Golden Tigers
Short name	SCB
Founded	2022;3 years ago (2022)
Ground	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity	8,400
CEO	Kishore S. Reddy
Head coach	Chinta Chandrashekar Rao
League	I-League BDFA Super Division
Website	scbengaluru.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Sporting Club Bengaluru, also known as SC 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 Sohi (UK), Kulbir Sohi (UK), Adrian Wright (UK) and Kishore S Reddy (India).

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] [12] [13]}

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. ^[14]

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2022	Meyba	Sporting Group International
2023	MS Sports
2024–present

Stadium

Bangalore Football Stadium

Sporting Club Bengaluru plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium. ^{[15] [16]}

Players

First-team squad (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. Nation Player 1 GK   IND Satyajit Bordoloi 4 DF   SRB Slavko Lukić 5 DF   IND Manoj Kannan 6 MF   IND Kishan Singh 7 FW   IND Krishananda Singh 8 FW   UGA Henry Kisekka 9 FW   IND Salam Johnson Singh(on loan from Bengaluru) 10 FW   ESP Jordan Lamela 11 FW   IND Thomyo Shimray 12 DF   IND Shafeel PP 14 MF   IND Vignesh V 15 DF   IND Arjun Gouda 16 DF   IND Shankar Sampingiraj 17 FW   IND Ishaan Raghunanda 20 MF   IND Sk Sahil 21 DF   IND Shravan Shetty

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF   POR Carlos Lomba(captain) 23 FW   IND Ashish Jha 25 DF   IND Oinam Sanatomba Singh 27 FW   IND Saiyyad Umar 29 FW   IND Aadarsh Narayanapuram 30 MF   IND Jibin Devassy 32 FW   IND Arif Shaikh 33 FW   IND Shanid Valan 34 GK   IND Bishal Lama 37 GK   JPN Yuya Kuriyama 38 FW   ESP Álex Sánchez 40 GK   IND Pranav S 77 DF   IND R Neil Joseph 88 MF   IND Tangva Ragui(on loan from Mohammedan)

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 1 September 2024

Role	Name
Team Manager	Sujan Subramanya
Head Coach	Chinta Chandrashekar Rao
Assistant Coach	Alex Praveen
Physiotherapist	A R Dileep Kumar
Goalkeeper Coach	Nikhil Charles Bernard

Records and statistics

Season by season

Season	League									Playoffs	Super Cup	Other competitions	Top scorer(s)
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos			Durand Cup	Player(s)	Goals
2023–24	I-League 3	8	5	2	1	19	8	17	1st	3rd	Did not participate	Did not participate	Arif Shaikh	5
	I-League 2	14	11	0	3	28	12	33	Champions	–			Thomyo Shimray	11
2024–25	I-League	5	1	1	3	6	9	4	–				–	–

Managerial record

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
Chinta Chandrashekar Rao	India	1 October 2023	present	27	17	3	7	53	29	062.96

Honours

League

• I-League 2
  • Champions (1): 2023–24 ^{[17] [18]}
• I-League 3 Playoffs
  • Third place (1): 2023–24 ^[19]
• BDFA Super Division
  • Champions (1): 2022–23 ^[20]

See also

• List of football clubs in India
• FC Bengaluru United

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