SC Bengaluru

{{Short description|Indian association football club based in Bangalore}}

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Sporting Club Bengaluru

| image = SC Bengaluru.svg

| upright = .8

| fullname = Sporting Club Bengaluru

| nickname = The Golden Tigers

| short name = SCB

| founded = {{start date and age|2022}}

| ground = Bangalore Football Stadium

| capacity = 8,400

| owntitle = CEO

| owner = Kishore S. Reddy

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Chinta Chandrashekar Rao

| league = {{ubl|I-League|BDFA Super Division}}

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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.{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Navhind |date=2023-12-27 |title=Dempo SC, SC Bengaluru share spoils {{!}} The Navhind Times |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2023/12/27/sports/dempo-sc-sc-bengaluru-share-spoils/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Sporting Club Bengaluru net five against MEG, Agniputhra beat Young Challengers|url=https://www.gcsstars.com/2022/09/sporting-club-bengaluru-net-five.html|access-date=2023-08-17|website=gcsstars.com|archive-date=17 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817085443/https://www.gcsstars.com/2022/09/sporting-club-bengaluru-net-five.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Sporting Club Bengaluru: A data-driven club on a quest to reach the pinnacle of Indian Football|url=https://thebridge.in/football/sporting-club-bengaluru-data-driven-club-quest-reach-pinnacle-indian-football-39192|access-date=2023-08-17|website=thebridge.in|archive-date=17 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617070602/https://thebridge.in/football/sporting-club-bengaluru-data-driven-club-quest-reach-pinnacle-indian-football-39192}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-22 |title=Major AIFF Decisions: 15 Clubs Nominated In 3rd Division; Youth Quota In I League Teams |url=https://thefangarage.com/articles/19829-major-aiff-decisions-15-clubs-nominated-in-3rd-division-youth-quota-in-i-league-teams |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=thefangarage.com |archive-date=18 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918105857/https://thefangarage.com/articles/19829-major-aiff-decisions-15-clubs-nominated-in-3rd-division-youth-quota-in-i-league-teams }}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-22 |title=AIFF League Committee: Youth quota for I-League, State FAs nominate 3rd Division League clubs |url=https://theawayend.co/2023/08/22/aiff-league-committee-youth-quota-i-league-state-fas-nominate-3rd-division-league-clubs/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Away End |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108050756/https://theawayend.co/2023/08/22/aiff-league-committee-youth-quota-i-league-state-fas-nominate-3rd-division-league-clubs/ }}{{Cite web |first1=Flavio |last1=Lopes |date=25 September 2023 |agency=TNN |location=Panaji |title=THIRD DIVISION: Dempo to play at home, Sporting away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/third-division-dempo-to-play-at-home-sporting-away/articleshow/103913923.cms |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=The Times of India |archive-date=28 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928075342/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/third-division-dempo-to-play-at-home-sporting-away/articleshow/103913923.cms }} The club managed to qualify for the I-League 2 after beating Kerala United by 2–1 in the playoffs.{{cite web|url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2023/12/31/sports/sporting-clube-de-goa-crowned-i-league-3-champions/|title=Sporting Clube de Goa crowned I-League 3 champions|website=navhindtimes.in|publisher=The Navahind Times|location=Vasco|date=31 December 2023|access-date=1 January 2024|first1=|last1=|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231132821/https://www.navhindtimes.in/2023/12/31/sports/sporting-clube-de-goa-crowned-i-league-3-champions/}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gomantaktimes.com/news/sports/year-ender-2023-goan-football-on-comeback-trail|title=YEAR ENDER 2023: Goan football on comeback trail|website=gomantaktimes.com|publisher=Gomantak Times|location=Panaji|date=31 December 2023|access-date=1 January 2023|first1=Augusto|last1=Rodrigues|archive-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101060605/https://www.gomantaktimes.com/news/sports/year-ender-2023-goan-football-on-comeback-trail}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thegoan.net/sports/%EF%BB%BFclimax-lauds-sporting-clube-for-winning-ileague-3-playoffs/107828.html|date=1 January 2024|access-date=1 January 2024|website=thegoan.net|publisher=The Goan Everyday|location=Margao|title=Climax lauds Sporting Clube for winning I-League 3 Playoffs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101061020/https://www.thegoan.net/sports/%EF%BB%BFclimax-lauds-sporting-clube-for-winning-ileague-3-playoffs/107828.html|archive-date=1 January 2024}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Dempo SC return to I-League after nine years|url=https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-i-league-2-dsc-earn-promotion-202404|date=27 April 2024|access-date=27 April 2024|website=khelnow.com|publisher=Khel Now News|archive-date=28 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428073725/https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-i-league-2-dsc-earn-promotion-202404}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/16-tournaments-11000-players-a-hectic-2023-24-domestic-season-with-class-and-character|title=16 tournaments, 11,000 players: A hectic 2023–24 domestic season with class and character|date=18 June 2024|access-date=18 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618135956/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/16-tournaments-11000-players-a-hectic-2023-24-domestic-season-with-class-and-character|archive-date=18 June 2024|location=New Delhi|website=the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|first1=AIFF|last1=Media Team}}{{Cite web |title=I-League 2 2024–25: Newly promoted SAT Tirur face familiar foes KLASA FC in season-opener |url=https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-i-league-2-fixtures-202410 |access-date=25 October 2024 |date=24 October 2024 |website=Khel Now |first1=Anuj |last1=T |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106051023/https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-i-league-2-fixtures-202410 |archive-date=6 November 2024 }} {{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/ileague-2024-25-finale-points-table-win-i-league-churchill-brothers-vs-inter-kashi-scenarios-isl-promotion/article69419562.ece|title=I-League 2024–25 final points table: Which team getting ISL promotion, which teams are relegated?|location=Chennai|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|publisher=Sportstar|date=6 April 2025|access-date=7 April 2025|archive-date=7 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407102125/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/ileague-2024-25-finale-points-table-win-i-league-churchill-brothers-vs-inter-kashi-scenarios-isl-promotion/article69419562.ece}}

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.{{Cite web|title=SCB secures MuscleBlaze Sports Nutrition Partnership|url=https://scbengaluru.com/hello-world/|access-date=2023-08-17|website=scbengaluru.com|archive-date=17 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817085435/https://scbengaluru.com/hello-world/|url-status=live}}

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Period !Kit manufacturer !Shirt sponsor
2022 \|Meyba \| rowspan="3" \|Sporting Group International
2023 \| rowspan="2" \|MS Sports
2024–present

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"

Period

!Kit manufacturer

!Shirt sponsor

2022

|Meyba

| rowspan="3" |Sporting Group International

2023

| rowspan="2" |MS Sports

2024–present

Stadium

File:Enhanced photo of the New Bengaluru Football Stadium on a matchday.jpg

Sporting Club Bengaluru plays its home matches at the Bangalore Football Stadium.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-25 |title=Bangalore Football Stadium turf set for much-needed revamp {{!}} Goal.com India |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-bangalore-football-stadium-new-turf-ready/fuvb4wobso6w1quo4fxqyi31y |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.goal.com |language=en-IN}}{{cite web|url=https://en.bongfootball.in/i-league-2-set-to-kick-off-exciting-2023-24-season-with-8-clubs-in-the-fray/|title=I-League 2 Set to Kick Off Exciting 2023-24 Season with 8 Clubs in the Fray|date=8 January 2024|access-date=20 January 2024|website=en.bongfootball.in|publisher=Bong Football News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109043700/https://en.bongfootball.in/i-league-2-set-to-kick-off-exciting-2023-24-season-with-8-clubs-in-the-fray/|archive-date=9 January 2024}}

Players

= First-team squad (2025) =

{{fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=IND|name=Salam Johnson Singh|other=on loan from Bengaluru}}

{{fs player|no=22|pos=DF|nat=POR|name=Carlos Lomba|other=captain}}

{{fs player|no=88|pos=MF|nat=IND|name=Tangva Ragui|other=on loan from Mohammedan}}

Personnel

=Current technical staff=

class="wikitable"
style="background: text-align:center;"\|Role !style="background: text-align:center;"\|Name
Team Manager \|{{flagicon\|IND}} Sujan Subramanya
Head Coach \|{{flagicon\|IND}} Chinta Chandrashekar Rao
Assistant Coach \|{{flagicon\|IND}} Alex Praveen
Physiotherapist \|{{flagicon\|IND}} A R Dileep Kumar
Goalkeeper Coach \|{{flagicon\|IND}} Nikhil Charles Bernard

class="wikitable"

style="background: text-align:center;"|Role

!style="background: text-align:center;"|Name

Team Manager

|{{flagicon|IND}} Sujan Subramanya

Head Coach

|{{flagicon|IND}} Chinta Chandrashekar Rao

Assistant Coach

|{{flagicon|IND}} Alex Praveen

Physiotherapist

|{{flagicon|IND}} A R Dileep Kumar

Goalkeeper Coach

|{{flagicon|IND}} Nikhil Charles Bernard

Records and statistics

=Season by season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="9" \|League ! rowspan="2" \|Playoffs ! rowspan="2" \|Super Cup !Other competitions ! colspan="2" \|Top scorer(s)
Division !{{tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !{{tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{tooltip\|D\|Games drawn}} !{{tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} !{{tooltip\|Pos\|Position}} !Durand Cup !Player(s) !Goals
rowspan="2"\|2023–24 \|I-League 3 \|8 \|5 \|2 \|1 \|19 \|8 \|17 \|1st \|bgcolor="#B5651D" align="center" \|3rd {{rise\|b}} \| rowspan="3" \| Did not participate \| rowspan="3" \| Did not participate \|align="left" \|{{flagicon\|IND}} Arif Shaikh \|5
I-League 2 \|14 \|11 \|0 \|3 \|28 \|12 \|33 !style="background:gold"\|Champions {{rise\|b}} \| rowspan="2" \|– \|align="left" \|{{flagicon\|IND}} Thomyo Shimray \|11
2024–25 \|I-League \|5 \|1 \|1 \|3 \|6 \|9 \|4 \|– \|– \|–

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! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="9" |League

! rowspan="2" |Playoffs

! rowspan="2" |Super Cup

!Other competitions

! colspan="2" |Top scorer(s)

Division

!{{tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!{{tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!Durand Cup

!Player(s)

!Goals

rowspan="2"|2023–24

|I-League 3

|19

|17

|1st

|bgcolor="#B5651D" align="center" |3rd {{rise|b}}

| rowspan="3" | Did not participate

|align="left" |{{flagicon|IND}} Arif Shaikh

I-League 2

|14

|11

|28

|12

|33

!style="background:gold"|Champions {{rise|b}}

| rowspan="2" |–

|align="left" |{{flagicon|IND}} Thomyo Shimray

|11

2024–25

|I-League

|–

=Managerial record=

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Name	Nationality	From	class="unsortable"\|To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
scope=row style=text-align:left\|Chinta Chandrashekar Rao \|align=left\|{{IND}} \|align=left\|1 October 2023 \|align=left\| present {{WDL\|27\|17\|3\|7\|for=53\|against=29}}

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Name

Nationality

From

class="unsortable"|To

Win%

scope=row style=text-align:left|Chinta Chandrashekar Rao

|align=left|{{IND}}

|align=left|1 October 2023

|align=left| present

Honours

= League =

I-League 2
Champions (1): 2023–24{{Cite web|title=I-LEAGUE 2 2023/2024 — Table (final standings)|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/india/i-league-2nd-division/2024/final-round/r76112/tables/|access-date=27 April 2024|website=int.soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|archive-date=28 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428070019/https://us.soccerway.com/national/india/i-league-2nd-division/2024/final-round/r76112/tables/}}{{cite web|url=https://i-league.org/i-league-2024-25-a-glance-at-all-12-contenders/|title=I-League 2024–25: A glance at all 12 contenders|publisher=I-League|first1=Akhil|last1=Rawat|location=New Delhi|date=21 November 2024|access-date=25 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121123324/https://i-league.org/i-league-2024-25-a-glance-at-all-12-contenders/|archive-date=21 November 2024}}
I-League 3 Playoffs
Third place (1): 2023–24{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/i-league-3|title=I-League 3 2023/24 — Final Standings (Play-off's)|website=the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|access-date=30 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231052802/https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/i-league-3|archive-date=31 December 2023}}
BDFA Super Division
Champions (1): 2022–23{{Cite web|title=Debutants SCB champions|date=11 December 2022|agency=TNN|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/debutants-scb-champions/articleshow/96143202.cms|access-date=17 August 2023|archive-date=17 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817085432/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/debutants-scb-champions/articleshow/96143202.cms|publisher=The Times of India|location=Bengaluru}}