SC Bengaluru

Sporting Bengaluru

Full name	Sporting Club Bengaluru
Nickname(s)	The Golden Tigers
Short name	SCB
Founded	2022;2 years ago (2022)
Ground	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity	8,400
CEO	Kishore S Reddy
Head coach	Chinta Chandrashekar
League	I-League BDFA Super Division
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Sporting Club Bengaluru (also known as SCB and 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 2022 by Tony Sohi (based in UK), Kulbir Sohi (based in UK) and Adrian Wright (based in UK).

History

Founded in 2022, 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 I-League 2, earning promotion to 2024–25 I-League. ^[10]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Since forming in April 2022, SCB signed sports agency Sporting Group International as its principal partner, and football brand Meyba as its official kit partner. They also struck up a partnership with MuscleBlaze as their nutrition partner. ^[11]

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2022—	Meyba	Sporting Group International

Stadium

Bangalore Football Stadium

Sporting Club Bengaluru plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium. ^{[12] [13]}

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IND Satyajit Bordoloi 2 DF   IND Arjun Gowda 3 DF   IND Praful Kumar 4 DF   IND Goutam Virwani 5 MF   IND Manoj Swami 6 MF   IND Appu Arogya Swami 7 MF   IND Arjun Jayaraj 8 MF   IND Souvik Das 9 FW   IND Roshan Gigi 10 MF   IND Johnson Joseph 11 FW   IND Thomyo L Shimray 14 DF   IND Vignesh V 17 DF   IND Ishan Raghunanda 18 DF   IND Asif OM

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF   IND Prabin Tigga 20 GK   IND Christhurajan T 21 FW   IND Shravan Shetty 24 DF   IND Mark Anthony D 25 DF   IND Oinam Sanatomba 26 DF   IND Musthafa Sheikh 27 FW   IND Saiyyad Umar 28 DF   IND Ajith Arasu 29 FW   IND Muhammed Unais 30 GK   IND Sheikh Muzeeb 31 MF   IND Ahmad Asfar 32 FW   IND Arif Shaikh 33 FW   IND Shanid Valan 45 FW   IND Neil Joseph 99 MF   IND Jibin Devassy

Honours

League

• I-League 2
  • Champions (1): 2023–24 ^[14]
• I-League 3
  • Third place (1): 2023–24 ^[15]
• BDFA Super Division
  • Champions (1): 2022–23 ^[16]

See also

• List of football clubs in India

References

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