2014–15 Bengaluru FC season

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Mohun Bagan
(31 May 2015)[1]
Lowest home attendance3,148 vs Persipura Jayapura
(12 May 2015)[2]

The 2014–15 season was Bengaluru FC's second season in the I-League since its establishment in 2013. This season was the first season that Bengaluru FC competed in Asian competition.

Bengaluru began the season as the defending champions, but could not defend the title as they could manage only a draw in the last game against the winners

Mohun Bagan
, but the club had the longest unbeaten run (13 games).

In continental cups, they lost in the first round of the

AFC Cup
, where they reached Round of 16.

In domestic cups, Bengaluru FC started the season with the

final
2–1.

22 different players represented the club in five different competitions and there were 13 different goal scorers. Sunil Chhetri was Bengaluru's top scorer with 14 goals in 36 appearances.

Background

See also: 2013–14 Bengaluru FC season

Bengaluru FC was unveiled on 21 July 2013 and played their first season in 2013–14. After playing their first ever game against

Dempo 4–2 on 21 April 2014 and created the history by being the first team to win I-League
in its debut year.

In July 2014, Bengaluru signed a deal with

Puma as their official kit sponsors from the 2014–15 season.[3] This season Bengaluru also moved from Bangalore Football Stadium to Sree Kanteerava Stadium due to rebuilding of the old stadium for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[4] As the winner of 2013–14 I-League, Bengaluru competed at Asian competitions
, for the first time.

Transfers

Bengaluru FC began signing players for the 2014–15 season as early as April when they signed

Shillong Lajong goalkeeper Lalthuammawia Ralte.[8]

In

No. Position Player Signed from Date Ref
10 MF England Josh Walker England Gateshead 7 July 2014 [7]
14 MF India Eugeneson Lyngdoh
Rangdajied United
 15 July 2014 [5]
21 FW
Udanta Singh
 India Tata Football Academy 19 April 2014 [5]
23 DF
Lalchhuan Mawia
Shillong Lajong
 15 July 2014 [5]
28 GK India Lalthuammawia Ralte
Shillong Lajong
 Summer 2014 [8]
32 MF India Shilton D'Silva Free Agent Summer 2014 [9]

Out

No. Position Player Team Date Ref
10 AM Liberia Johnny Menyongar Released 30 April 2014 [6]
14 MF India Sampath Kuttymani
Mumbai
 Summer 2014 [10]
22 GK India Bruno Colaço
Dempo
 Summer 2014 [11]
23 DF India Lalrozama Fanai
Aizawl
 Summer 2014 [9]
25 MF India Niroshan Mani India Students Union Summer 2014 [12]
26 DF India Thomas Lalengkima
Aizawl
 Summer 2014 [13]
27 MF
Amoes
Mumbai
 Summer 2014 [10]
28 MF India Don Bosco Andrew Released Summer 2014 [9]
MF India Randhan Meitei Released Summer 2014 [9]

Loan out

No. Position Player On Loan to Date Ref
32 MF India Shilton D'Silva
Mumbai
 March 2015 [14]

Pre-season and friendlies

Bengaluru FC played two friendlies against

Guangzhou R&F and faced another defeat 0–3.[18]

Bengaluru FC also participated in the local tournament, Puttaiah Memorial Cup, which they won by defeating ASC 8–1 in the final.[19][20]

5 August 2014 Friendly
Salgaocar
Mapusa
Osano 14' Stadium:
Duler Stadium
9 August 2014 Friendly
Pune
Mapusa
R. Singh 44' Report Ahmed Stadium:
Duler Stadium
1 October 2014 Friendly
Guangdong Sunray Cave
0–1 Bengaluru FC Guangzhou
Report
M. Meetei
87'		 Stadium: Huangpu Sports Center
Eastern AA v Bengaluru FC
6 October 2014 Friendly
Eastern AA
2–0 Bengaluru FC Guangzhou
Giovane
15'		 Report Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Guangzhou R&F v Bengaluru FC
9 October 2014 Friendly
Guangzhou R&F
3–0 Bengaluru FC Guangzhou
Zhang Shao 4'
Zhang Yuan 29'
Zhang Chenlong 		Report Stadium: Tianhe Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position 		First match Last match
Durand Cup Quarter-finals Semi-finals 30 October 2014 6 November 2014
Federation Cup Group stage Winners 28 December 2014 11 January 2015
I-League — 2nd 17 January 2015 31 May 2015
AFC Champions League Qualifying Qualifying 4 February 2015
AFC Cup Group stage Round of 16 24 February 2015 26 May 2015

Last Updated: 31 May 2015
Source : Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Durand Cup 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 033.33
Federation Cup 6 5 1 0 11 4 +7 083.33
I-League 20 10 7 3 35 19 +16 050.00
AFC Champions League 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
AFC Cup 7 4 0 3 8 10 −2 057.14
Total 37 20 9 8 59 38 +21 054.05

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Competitions

I-League

Main article: 2014–15 I-League

Summary

January

Bengaluru began the defense of the

C.K. Vineeth scored a goal each.[24]

February

In February, Bengaluru played against newly inducted team from Pune,

Sean Rooney and a goal from Beikhokhei Beingaichho, both scoring their first goals in the league.[28]

March

Bengaluru began March with an away game against

Odafe Onyeka Okolie, were thwarted by man of the match Lalthuammawia Ralte.[31]

April

In April, Bengaluru played the home game against

Sean Rooney.[36]

May
Bengaluru FC vs Mohun Bagan

May started with home fixture against

East Bengal in 2010–11 season.[41][42]

In spite of being a runner-up, Ashley Westwood maintained that Mohun Bagan hadn't done enough to deserve the league and Bengaluru FC was the best side in the league:

We were the most consistent side and still think we were the best side. Full credit to Bagan but I feel they did not have enough competition because they won only two away games and anywhere else in the world you can’t win the league having won only two away games. But on paper they are the champions. The positive was that we went 13 league games without losing. We were so close to winning the league, reached the knockout stage of the AFC Cup and won the Federation Cup. We showed great depth and strength.[43]

Matches

17 January 2015 Match 1
Bengaluru
19:00 IST R. Singh Yellow card 16'
Johnson Yellow card 45+2'		 Report Roy Yellow card 9'
Angus Yellow card 44'
George Yellow card 64'
Rodrigues Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 11,424 [44]
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo)
24 January 2015 Match 2
Bengaluru
19:00 IST R. Singh Yellow card 72'
Lyngdoh 89'		 Report
Nikac 9'
Luciano 25'
T. Haokip
82'		 Stadium:
Amrinder Singh
(Pune)
28 January 2015 Match 3
East Bengal
1–0 Bengaluru FC Kolkata
19:00 IST Monda Yellow card 33'
Ruidas 53'		 Report Chhetri Yellow card 90+6' Stadium:
C.R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Abhinas Ruidas
(East Bengal)
Royal Wahingdoh v Bengaluru FC
31 January 2015 Match 4
Royal Wahingdoh
0–4 Bengaluru FC Shillong
16:30 IST Lalchawnkima Yellow card 13' Report
C.K. Vineeth 34'
Lyngdoh 60' Yellow card 77'
T. Singh Yellow card 24' 67', 78'
Osano
Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Man of the Match: Thoi Singh (Bengaluru FC)
Bengaluru FC v Bharat FC
8 February 2015 Match 5
Bengaluru
19:00 IST Lyngdoh 78'
Ralte Yellow card 89'		 Report Ravanan Yellow card 30'
Bright Yellow card 67'
Vignesh Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 8,954[46]
Referee: T. Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Eugeneson Lyngdoh (Bengaluru FC)
14 February 2015 Match 6
Bengaluru
19:00 IST R. Singh 17'
Curtis Osano Red card 41'
T. Singh 60'		 Report Khongjee Yellow card 81' Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 7,068[47]
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Thoi Singh (Bengaluru FC)
20 February 2015 Match 7
Mohun Bagan
4–1 Bengaluru FC Kolkata
19:00 IST
Norde 31', 76'
Debnath Yellow card 45+1'
Yusa 87'
B. Singh
90+4'		 Report Chhetri 8' Yellow card 42'
R. Singh Yellow card 22'
Pereira Yellow card 34'
Lyngdoh Yellow card 44'
Sampingiraj Yellow card 66'		 Stadium:
Sony Norde
(Mohun Bagan)
Sporting Goa v Bengaluru FC
28 February 2015 Match 8
Sporting Goa
1–3 Bengaluru FC Margao
19:00 IST
Singh Yellow card 27'
Martins Yellow card 45'
Wolfe
66'		 Report
Rooney 29', 45+1'
Johnson Yellow card 62'
Beingaichho
85'		 Stadium:
Sean Rooney
(Bengaluru FC)
Mumbai v Bengaluru FC
3 March 2015 Match 9
Mumbai
1–1 Bengaluru FC Mumbai
16:30 IST Dias Yellow card 20'
Josimar Yellow card 34' 49'		 Report Lyngdoh 31'
T. Singh Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Ajit Dutta
Man of the Match: Nidhin Lal (Mumbai)
Salgaocar v Bengaluru FC
21 March 2015 Match 10
Salgaocar
0–1 Bengaluru FC Margao
19:00 IST
T. Singh
Yellow card 89'		 Report R. Singh 78' Stadium:
Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Rowan Arumughan
Man of the Match: Lalthuammawia Ralte
(Bengaluru)
31 March 2015 Match 11
Bengaluru
19:00 IST Lyngdoh Yellow card 26'
Walker 33'
Anto 51'
T. Singh 60'
Beingaichho 80'		 Report Gonsalves Yellow card 48'
Victorino 83'
rao Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 4,248
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Lalthuammawia Ralte (Bengaluru)
3 April 2015 Match 12
Bengaluru
19:00 IST T. Singh Yellow card 33'
R. Singh 39'
Sampingiraj 58'
Walker 70'		 Report
Seng-yong 15'
Theobald Yellow card 37'
G. Franco 44'
P. SinghYellow card 72'
R. Singh
74'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 5,438[48]
Referee: Pratap Singh
Man of the Match: Reagan Singh (Royal Wahingdoh)
7 April 2015 Match 13
Bengaluru
19:00 IST
Rooney Yellow card 47'
Johnson Yellow card 50'
R. Singh
88' Red card 90+4'		 Report Wali Yellow card 11'
Pereira Yellow card 40'
Josimar Yellow card 62'
Bheke 67'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 4,628[49]
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Robin Singh (Bengaluru FC)
Pune v Bengaluru FC
21 April 2015 Match 14
Pune
0–2 Bengaluru FC Pune
19:00 IST Luaha Yellow card 82' Report
Vineeth
43'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Referee: Vishnu Chauhan
Man of the Match: Shankar Sampingiraj (Bengaluru FC)
Bharat FC v Bengaluru FC
24 April 2015 Match 15 Bharat FC 0–2 Bengaluru FC Pune
19:00 IST Report
Vineeth
56'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Romuald Boco (Bharat FC)
3 May 2015 Match 16
Bengaluru
19:00 IST
Rooney 31'
Chhetri 60'
Anto Yellow card 86'
R. Singh
88'		 Report
Khabra
Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 8,164[50]
Referee: Rowan Arumughan
Man of the Match: Lalthuammawia Ralte (Bengaluru FC)
8 May 2015 Match 17
Shillong Lajong
1–1 Bengaluru FC Shillong
16:00 IST
Uilliams Yellow card 39' 65' (pen.)
Min-chol Yellow card 44'
Bhutia Yellow card 83'
M. Singh
Yellow card 90+2'
Vineeth Yellow card 56'
Sampingiraj Yellow card 90+2'
R. Singh
Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium:
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Santhosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Eugeneson Lyngdoh
(Bengaluru FC)
17 May 2015 Match 18
Bengaluru
19:00 IST
Lalchhuanmawia Yellow card 31'
Lyngdoh 73'
Osano 80'
R. Singh
Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Duffy 71' Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Ajit Meetei
Man of the Match: Curtis Osano (Bengaluru FC)
Dempo v Bengaluru FC
23 May 2015 Match 19
Dempo
1–1 Bengaluru FC Margao
19:00 IST Rai 77' Report R. Singh 65' Stadium:
Fatorda Stadium
Referee: OP Thakur
Man of the Match: Uttam Rai
(Dempo)
31 May 2015 Match 20
Bengaluru
19:00 IST
Fanai
Yellow card 78'		 Report B. Singh Yellow card 19'
Razaq 87'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 21,786[1]
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Man of the Match: Bello Razaq (Mohun Bagan)

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void   Postponed

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Mohun Bagan
(C) 		20 11 6 3 33 16 +17 39 Qualification for AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 Bengaluru 20 10 7 3 35 19 +16 37 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage[a]
3
Royal Wahingdoh
 20 8 6 6 27 27 0 30
4
East Bengal
 20 8 5 7 30 28 +2 29[b]
5
Pune
 20 8 5 7 24 26 −2 29[b]
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Bengaluru FC, as the winner of 2014–15 Federation Cup, qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup
  2. ^ a b East Bengal ahead on goal difference, head-to-head record being the same; Pune 2–3 East Bengal
    East Bengal 1–2 Pune

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
Ground
A
H
ResultDLLWWWLWDWWDDWWWDWDD
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: I-League

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2015 AFC Champions League

In April 2014, it was announced that India will get a playoff spot in the

Larkin Stadium.[52]

After goalless first half, Johor Darul Ta'zim immediately scored in the second with a goal from

Suppiah Chanturu placed the ball past Bengaluru keeper, Lalthuammawia Ralte. Bengaluru continued to attack, but couldn't find an equalizer and thus were eliminated from the AFC Champions League early.[53][54] As a result, Bengaluru then contested in 2015 AFC Cup
in group E.

Johor Darul Ta'zim Malaysia v India Bengaluru
4 February 2015 Qualifying Playoff Johor Darul Ta'zim Malaysia 2–1 (a.e.t.) India Bengaluru Johor Bahru, Malaysia
20:45 UTC+8
Chanturu
97'		 Report Johnson Yellow card 67'
Lyngdoh 90'
Osano Yellow card 90+5'
Hanghal Yellow card 95'		 Stadium:
Larkin Stadium
Attendance: 17,455
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)
MVP: Hariss Harun
(Johor Darul Ta'zim)

AFC Cup

Main article: 2015 AFC Cup

After losing the qualification play-off for the

S.League champions Warriors, and Dhivehi League side Maziya S&RC.[55]

Group stage

Main article: 2015 AFC Cup group stage § Group E

Bengaluru started their first ever

C.K. Vineeth was brought down inside the box. English mid-fielder Josh Walker stepped up to take the penalty and scored his first ever goal for the team.[58]

Bengaluru began the reverse leg with an away game against

Udanta Singh, but Persipura quickly equalized 6 minutes later. Persipura continued to enjoy the possession in the second half and scored two goals in the last quarter and won the game 1–3. The loss ended Bengaluru's unbeaten streak of 12 matches, across all tournaments, which incidentally began after the loss against Persipura in the reverse leg on 10 March 2015.[61]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSJ BGL MAZ WAR
1 Indonesia Persipura Jayapura 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 16 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 0–0 6–0
2 India Bengaluru FC 6 4 0 2 8 8 0 12 1–3 — 2–1 1–0
3 Maldives Maziya 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 7 1–2 1–2 — 2–0
4 Singapore Warriors 6 0 0 6 1 15 −14 0 1–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
24 February 2015 1 Bengaluru FC India 2–1 Maldives Maziya Bangalore, India
19:30 UTC+5:30
Mawia Yellow card 55'
Chhetri 68'
Sampingiraj
90+3'		 Report Umair Yellow card 57' 89' (pen.) Stadium:
Uzbekistan)
MVP: Sunil Chhetri
(Bengaluru)
10 March 2015 2 Persipura Jayapura Indonesia 3–1 India Bengaluru FC Jayapura, Indonesia
15:30 UTC+9 Ian 4'
Pugliara 23', 50'		 Report
C.K. Vineeth
90'		 Stadium: Mandala Stadium
Attendance: 16,263
Referee: Wang Di (China)
MVP: Ian Kabes (Persipura Jayapura)
17 March 2015
Bengaluru, India
19:30 UTC+5:30 Walker 36' (pen.)
Osano Yellow card 41'
Beingaichho Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Vélez Yellow card 74' Stadium:
Hong Kong)
MVP: Josh Walker
(Bengaluru)
14 April 2015 4 Warriors Singapore 0–1 India Bengaluru FC Singapore
19:30 UTC+8 Report
Mawia Yellow card 24'
R. Singh
76'		 Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 988
Referee: Lee Min-hu (South Korea)
MVP: Robin Singh (Bengaluru)
28 April 2015 5 Maziya Maldives 1–2 India Bengaluru FC Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5
Rodríguez 62'
Ali Yellow card 86'
Ismail
Yellow card 90+3'		 Report
Rooney Yellow card 85'
R. Singh
Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: National Football Stadium
Attendance: 962
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
MVP: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)
12 May 2015
Bengaluru, India
19:00 UTC+5:30
Udanta
24'		 Report Alom Yellow card 10'
Robertino 29'
I. Wanggai 72'
B. Solossa 77'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 3,148
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
MVP: Imanuel Wanggai (Persipura Jayapura)

Knockout stage

Main article:
2015 AFC Cup knock-out stage

After finishing as the runner-up in group E, Bengaluru played against Group G winner, South China in a single-legged tie in round of 16 at Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong. Bengaluru faced an early setback in 26th minute when the referee awarded penalty to South China for Curtis Osano's seemingly legitimate challenge against Daniel McBreen. McBreen converted the penalty to take 1–0 lead for his side. South China doubled their lead in 58th minute when McBreen completed his brace with a cross from Che Runqiu. Thus Bengaluru's first ever AFC cup campaign ended at Round of 16.[62]

26 May 2015
Round of 16
 South China Hong Kong 2–0 India Bengaluru FC Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8 McBreen 28' (pen.), 58'
Pong Yellow card 77'
Mora Yellow card 79'		 Report
Rooney
Yellow card 25'		 Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium
Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
MVP: Daniel McBreen (South China)

Federation cup

Main article: 2014–15 Indian Federation Cup

Bengaluru participated in

Shillong Lajong
.

In the opening game of group stage, against Salgaocar, Bengaluru took the lead when

Sean Rooney scored the winner in 45th minute.[63] In the second match against Mohun Bagan, both the teams had chances, but none of them could convert and the game ended in a 0–0 draw.[64] Against Shillong Lajong, after a goal-less first half, Robin Singh, subbed-in at the half time and scored a 50th-minute winner.[65] In the last group stage game against Pune, Chhetri scored a brace in the closing minutes of the first half. Pune pulled one back in the second half as Thongkhosiem Haokip scored in 87th minute, but ultimately Bengaluru won the encounter 1–2 and entered the semi-finals unbeaten and as the group winner.[66]

On 9 January 2015, Bengaluru FC played their semi-final match against Goan club

Sporting Goa. Sean Rooney gave Bengaluru FC the lead in the 28th minute with India captain Sunil Chhetri joining him on the scoresheet ten minutes later with another wonderful strike from a narrow angle. Late into the second half, Eugeneson Lyngdoh scored a late goal to make it 3–0 to Bengaluru and thus advance them to the final.[67]

On 11 January 2015, Bengaluru FC played

Dempo. Bengaluru won the final 2–1 with goals scored by Sunil Chhetri and Robin Singh while the Dempo goal came from a penalty strike by Tolgay Özbey. This was the first time Bengaluru FC won the tournament.[68] With 6 goals, Sunil Chhetri was the joint top-scorer of tournament. As the winner, Bengaluru FC are also guaranteed a play-off round spot in 2016 AFC Cup
.

Group stage

Group B

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bengaluru FC 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10
Salgaocar
 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5 9
Mohun Bagan
 4 1 2 1 3 5 −2 5
Pune
 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
Shillong Lajong
 4 0 0 4 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
28 December 2014
Salgaocar
Goa
Rooney
45'		 Report Gurjinder 33'
Douhou 41'		 Stadium:
Tilak Maidan Stadium
30 December 2014
Mohun Bagan
Goa
Report Stadium:
Tilak Maidan Stadium
2 January 2015
Shillong Lajong
Goa
16:00 IST R. Singh 50' Report Stadium:
Tilak Maidan Stadium
5 January 2015
Pune
1–2 Bengaluru FC Goa
16:00 IST T. Haokip 87' Report Chhetri 43', 45+3' (pen.) Stadium:
C.R. Srikrishna

Semi-finals

9 January 2015
Sporting Goa
Margao
19:00 IST Rooney 28'
Chhetri 37'
Lyngdoh 87'		 Report Stadium:
Fatorda Stadium

Referee: MB Santosh Kumar

Final

Dempo v Bengaluru FC
11 January 2015 Dempo 1–2 Bengaluru FC Margao
16:00 IST
Ozbey
45+3'		 Report Chhetri 10' (pen.)
R. Singh 68'		 Stadium:
Fatorda Stadium

Referee: Pratap Singh

Durand cup

Main article: 2014 Durand Cup

Bengaluru FC participated in the

SESA Football Academy
.

In the first game against

SESA Football Academy, Bengaluru FC took lead in 66th minute when Sunil Chhetri was awarded a penalty, but Angelo Colaco and Melwyn Fernandes scored two goals in 79th minute and 92nd minute to get SESA a 1–2 lead. In the closing minutes though, Melwyn Fernandes was sent-off for pulling down John Johnson and Bengaluru FC were awarded another penalty. Sunil Chhetri scored the penalty and Bengaluru FC were through to semi-finals having scored one more goal than SESA, points and goal difference being same for both the teams.[70]

In the semi-finals, Bengaluru faced Group A winner

Salgaocar. Both sides failed to score in the regular time and extra-time. In the penalty shoot-out, Sunil Chhetri missed the second penalty and Bengaluru's Durand Cup campaign ended after losing 5–4 in the penalty shoot-out.[71]
Salgaocar went on to win the trophy.

Quarter-finals

Group C

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bengaluru 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
SESA
 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
Mohammedan
 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
30 October 2014
Mohammedan
Raia
9:00 IST Chhetri 6'
Lyngdoh 38'		 Report Jaryan 68' Stadium: Raia Sports Complex
Referee: Dhanraj More
3 November 2014
SESA
Raia
15:45 IST Chhetri 66' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.) Report Colaco 79'
Melwyn Fernandes 90+2'		 Stadium: Raia Sports Complex
Referee: Fasil Salahudeen

Semi-finals

6 November 2014
Salgaocar
0–0
(5–4 p)		 Bengaluru Raia
Report Stadium: Raia Sports Complex
Referee: Maria Joseph
Penalties

Accolades

Eugeneson Lyngdoh was awarded Best midfielder of I-League for 2014–15 in All India Football Federation awards.[72]

Player information

Squad information

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Pawan Kumar India GK (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 24)
Salgaocar
25 Soram Anganba India GK (1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 22)
Pailan Arrows
28 Lalthuammawia Ralte India GK (1991-06-07)7 June 1991 (aged 23)
Shillong Lajong
30 Ricardo Cardozo India GK (1993-01-14)14 January 1993 (aged 22) India Tata Football Academy
Defenders
2
Nanjangud Shivananju Manju
 India CB (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 28)
United Sikkim
3 Vishal Kumar India RB (1992-07-30)30 July 1992 (aged 22)
Pailan Arrows
4 Curtis Osano England CB (1987-03-08)8 March 1987 (aged 28) England AFC Wimbledon
5 Gurtej Singh India CB (1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 25)
Churchill Brothers
6 John Johnson England
CB
 (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 26) England Northampton Town
13 Rino Anto India RB (1988-01-03)3 January 1988 (aged 27)
Mohun Bagan
20 Keegan Pereira India LB (1987-11-07)7 November 1987 (aged 27)
Salgaocar
23
Lalchhuan Mawia
 India LB (1989-04-14)14 April 1989 (aged 26)
Shillong Lajong
24 Manpreet Singh India DF (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (aged 26)
Midfielders
8
Malemngamba Meetei
 India CAM (1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 23)
Salgaocar
10 Josh Walker England CDM (1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 26) England Gateshead
12 Thoi Singh India CM (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 24)
Mumbai Tigers
14 Eugeneson Lyngdoh India CM (1986-09-10)10 September 1986 (aged 28)
Rangdajied United
15 Darren Caldeira India CM (1987-09-19)19 September 1987 (aged 27)
Mumbai
16 Shankar Sampingiraj India CDM (1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 20)
Pailan Arrows
18 Beikhokhei Beingaichho India RW (1992-12-01)1 December 1992 (aged 22)
East Bengal
19 Siam Hanghal India CM (1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 22)
Pailan Arrows
31
C.K. Vineeth
 India RW (1988-02-28)28 February 1988 (aged 27)
United SC
32 Shilton D'Silva India MF (1992-09-15)15 September 1992 (aged 22)
Pailan Arrows
Attackers
7
Sean Rooney
 Australia ST (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 26) Australia Blacktown City FC
9 Robin Singh India ST (1990-05-09)9 May 1990 (aged 25)
East Bengal
11 Sunil Chhetri India ST (1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 30)
Sporting Portugal B
17 Karan Sawhney India ST (1992-05-23)23 May 1992 (aged 23)
Salgaocar
21
Udanta Singh
 India ST (1996-06-14)14 June 1996 (aged 18) India Tata Football Academy

Management

Ashley Westwood, the head coach Bengaluru FC for the 2014–15 season.
As of December 2014.
Position Name
Head coach
Ashley Westwood
Assistant coach Scotland Pradyum Reddy
Goalkeeping coach Turkey Ali Uzunhasanoglu
Performance coach England Malcolm Purchase
Head of Youth Development India Richard Hood
Head physiotherapist England Stephen Corner

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total I-League Federation Cup AFC
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK India IND Pawan Kumar 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF India IND
Nanjangud Shivananju Manju
 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
3 DF India IND Vishal Kumar 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Kenya KEN Curtis Osano 33 1 19+0 1 6+0 0 8+0 0
5 MF India IND Gurtej Singh 6 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
6 DF England ENG John Johnson 31 1 19+0 1 6+0 0 6+0 0
7 FW Australia AUS
Sean Rooney
 29 6 17+0 4 6+0 2 4+2 0
8 MF India IND
Malemngamba Meetei
 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
9 FW India IND Robin Singh 30 9 10+8 6 1+5 2 5+1 1
10 MF England ENG Josh Walker 30 3 17+0 2 6+0 0 7+0 1
11 FW India IND Sunil Chhetri 32 11 16+4 2 6+0 6 4+2 3
12 MF India IND Thoi Singh 24 5 13+3 5 4+0 0 4+0 0
13 DF India IND Rino Anto 31 1 17+1 1 6+0 0 7+0 0
14 MF India IND Eugeneson Lyngdoh 31 8 20+0 6 5+0 1 4+2 1
15 MF India IND Darren Caldeira 3 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
16 MF India IND Shankar Sampingiraj 19 3 11+2 2 0+1 0 4+1 1
17 FW India IND Karan Sawhney 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF India IND Beikhokhei Beingaichho 26 2 8+5 2 4+2 0 7+0 0
19 MF India IND Siam Hanghal 12 0 0+2 0 2+1 0 3+4 0
20 DF India IND Keegan Pereira 16 0 8+0 0 5+0 0 3+0 0
21 FW India IND
Udanta Singh
 13 1 2+8 0 0+0 0 2+1 1
23 DF India IND
Lalchhuan Mawia
 26 0 13+3 0 1+4 0 5+0 0
25 MF India IND Niroshan Mani 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 GK India IND Lalthuammawia Ralte 34 0 20+0 0 6+0 0 8+0 0
29 GK India IND Soram Anganba 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK India IND Ricardo Cardozo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF India IND
C.K. Vineeth
 26 4 8+10 3 1+2 0 1+4 1
32 MF India IND Shilton D'Silva 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Updated: 31 May 2015

Top scorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Player I-League AFC Federation Cup Durand Cup Total
1 11 FW India Sunil Chhetri 2 3 6 3 14
2 9 FW India Robin Singh 6 1 2 0 9
14 MF India Eugeneson Lyngdoh 6 1 1 1 9
4 7 FW Australia
Sean Rooney
 4 0 2 0 6
5 12 MF India Thoi Singh 5 0 0 0 5
6 31 MF India
C.K. Vineeth
 3 1 0 0 4
7 10 MF England Josh Walker 2 1 0 0 3
16 MF India Shankar Sampingiraj 2 1 0 0 3
9 18 MF India Beikhokhei Beingaichho 2 0 0 0 2
10 4 DF Kenya Curtis Osano 1 0 0 0 1
6 DF England John Johnson 1 0 0 0 1
13 DF India Rino Anto 1 0 0 0 1
21 FW India
Udanta Singh
 0 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 35 9 11 4 59

Source: soccerway
Updated: 31 May 2015

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Player I-League AFC Federation Cup Durand Cup Total
1 28 GK India Lalthuammawia Ralte 8 2 2 1 13

Source: soccerway
Updated: 31 May 2015

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Pos Nat Player I-League AFC Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 9 FW India Robin Singh 7 1 1 0 8 1
2 6 DF England John Johnson 4 0 1 0 5 0
12 MF India Thoi Singh 3 0 2 0 5 0
4 14 MF India Eugeneson Lyngdoh 4 0 0 0 4 0
23 DF India
Lalchhuan Mawia
 2 0 2 0 4 0
6 4 DF Kenya Curtis Osano 1 1 1 0 2 1
7 FW Australia
Sean Rooney
 1 0 2 0 3 0
13 DF India Rino Anto 3 0 0 0 3 0
16 MF India Shankar Sampingiraj 2 0 1 0 3 0
10 11 FW India Sunil Chhetri 2 0 0 0 2 0
11 10 MF England Josh Walker 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF India Beikhokhei Beingaichho 0 0 1 0 1 0
19 MF India Siam Hanghal 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 GK India Lalthuammawia Ralte 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 MF India
C.K. Vineeth
 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 2 13 0 44 2

Source: soccerway
Updated: 31 May 2015

International caps

Players called for senior international duty during the 2014–15 season while under contract with Bengaluru FC.

Nationality Position Player Competition Date Contribution Opponent
India India FW Sunil Chhetri Friendly 6 October 2014 Started, played the full match, scored in 32nd minute.[73] v  Palestine
India India FW Robin Singh Friendly 6 October 2014 Started, played the full match.[73] v  Palestine
India India FW Sunil Chhetri 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 12 March 2015 Started, played the full match, scored in 53rd and 71st minutes.[74] v    Nepal
India India FW Robin Singh 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 12 March 2015 Started, played for 92 minutes.[74] v    Nepal
India India MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 12 March 2015 Started, played the full match[74] v    Nepal
India India FW Sunil Chhetri 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 17 March 2015 Started, played the full match[75][76] v    Nepal
India India FW Robin Singh 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 17 March 2015 Started, played the full match[75][76] v    Nepal
India India MF Eugeneson Lyngdoh 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 17 March 2015 Started, played 87 minutes[75][76] v    Nepal

See also

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