SC Bengaluru

Sporting Club Bengaluru
Full nameSporting Club Bengaluru
NicknameThe Golden Tigers
Short nameSCB
Founded2022; 4 years ago (2022)
GroundBangalore Football Stadium
Capacity8,400
CEOKishore S. Reddy
Head coachVacant
League
2024–25I-League, 12th of 13
Websitescbengaluru.com

Sporting Club Bengaluru, also known as Sporting Bengaluru, (nicknamed The Golden Tigers) is an Indian professional football club based in Bangalore, Karnataka. The club currently competes in the I-League 2, the third tier of the Indian football league system, and the Karnataka Super Division. The club was founded in 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. 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. The club managed to qualify for the I-League 2 after beating Kerala United by 2–1 in the playoffs. 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.

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.

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.

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
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  IND Shravan Shetty
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)

Technical staff

As of 5 April 2026
Role Name
Team manager India Sujan Subramanya
Head coach India M. G. Ramachandran
Assistant coach India Alex Praveen
Physiotherapist India A. R. Dileep Kumar
Goalkeeper coach India Nikhil 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 Rise Did not participate Did not participate India Arif Shaikh 5
I-League 2 14 11 0 3 28 12 33 Champions Rise – India Thomyo Shimray 11
2024–25 I-League 5 1 1 3 6 9 4 – – –

Managerial record

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Chinta Chandrashekar Rao  India 1 October 2023 present 2717375329062.96

Honours

League

See also

References

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