Bengaluru FC will play all their home games in the 2019-20 season at the Kanteerava Stadium, the club confirmed on Thursday.
Last month, speculation arose that BFC could be forced to shift homes as a result of an ongoing probe into the…
Bengaluru FC (BFC), the reigning ISL champions, could be forced to shift homes with a little over a month to go for the 2019-20 season to begin, as a result of an ongoing court probe into the status of the Kanteerava Stadium, a multi-purpose gro…
There was plenty of fanfare as Bengaluru FC arrived in Bengaluru after winning their first Indian Super League (ISL) trophy. They beat FC Goa 1-0 in the final on Sunday, to lift their maiden ISL title, making it their sixth trophy in six years.
Here are the best pictures from their arrival at the Kempegowda International Airport on Monday:
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Both Carles Cuadrat and Sergio Lobera had wanted to showcase the magic of football in the ISL final. It was supposed to be a match-up between the two best ball-playing sides in the country, the two most entertaining. For large parts of 117 minut…
Bangalore FC CEO Parth Jindal suggests that the ISL and I League join hands for the betterment of football in India
Ahead of Sunday’s ISL final, Sergio Lobera (manger, FC Goa) and Carles Cuadrat (manger, Bengaluru FC) spoke to the press separately, but they might as well have released a joint statement. Both managers’ messages were remarkably similar.
How confident are Goa considering their recent exploits in the Mumbai Football Arena?
– “What happened is in the past, the final is different,” said Lobera.
Will Bengaluru draw extra motivation from their 3-0 thrashing of Goa?
– “Not really, no. It’s a final, and…
Bengaluru FC CEO Parth Jindal speaks about the state of affairs in Indian football.
The Mumbai Football Arena was the venue for the 2018 Intercontinental Cup, during which BFC’s Sunil Chhetri earned his 100th cap for India.
Bengaluru FC CEO Parth Jindal has called the decision to hold the final of the Indian Super League (ISL) on Sunday at the 7790-seater Andheri Football Arena in Mumbai a “bummer”, as it is the smallest of the 10 stadiums used through the season.
“It’s a small stadium and a nice stadium, but is it fit for a final when you have Goa and Bengaluru playing?” Jindal, whose team faces FC Goa in the final, told ESPN. “Goa gets full stadiums at the Fatorda, BFC got nearly 22,000 at the Kanteerava [during…
It could have been one of those nights for Bengaluru FC and Miku. One of those where nothing could go right. For 72 minutes, nothing had. NorthEast United had come to the Kanteerava Stadium with a clear plan — stay disciplined, stay deep, frust…
“Tough game. They are a very good side. They made it really difficult for us in both games that we faced them. Tonight won’t be any different, but we have to make sure we are smarter and take something from it.”
These were the prescient words of Bengaluru FC goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu ahead of his team’s first leg ISL semi-final away to NorthEast United. It proved to be a difficult night indeed, but in talking about NorthEast’s maiden ISL win in five attempts against BFC, it makes it imperative…