Bengaluru FC name 32-man squad for ISL 2021-22

ISL
2021-22,
Bengaluru
FC
Team
Preview:
Squad,
Fixtures,
Key
Players,
Strength,
Weakness,
Predictions

The
team,
coached
by
German-Italian
Marco
Pezzaiuoli,
is
set
to
face
NorthEast
United
in
its
campaign-opener
on
November
20.
On
the
occasion
of
Children’s
Day,
the
club
had
students
from
Sri
Guru
Harkrishan
School
in
Bengaluru
draw
the
players
for
the
announcement
of
the
squad,
which
was
made
via
a
post
on
Bengaluru
FC’s
social
media
handles.

“It’s
a
good
group
that
has
a
nice
mix
of
youngsters
and
foreigners,
and
a
good
base
of
Indian
internationals.
There
are
a
lot
of
different
personalities
in
this
squad,
who
will
bring
important
things
to
the
team.

“Our
aim
is
to
make
the
players
we
have
better,
as
the
season
progresses
and
to
also
finish
in
a
much
better
position
than
we
did
last
season,”
said
Blues
head
coach,
Marco
Pezzaiuoli.

The
squad
that
comprises
as
many
as
three
players
who
played
in
the
club’s
reserve
squad
last
season
—
Akashdeep
Singh,
Damaitphang
Lyngdoh
and
Sivasakthi
Narayanan.

“It’s
important
to
remember
that
our
efforts
will
need
time.
We’ve
trained
with
the
complete
squad
together
for
the
first
time
only
after
the
first
week
of
November.
The
idea
is
to
get
everyone
up
to
speed
as
fast
as
possible.

“All
the
parts
will
have
to
come
together
to
form
the
big
picture
and
the
effort
is
on
to
make
it
happen
soon,”
Pezzaiuoli
added.

The
Blues’ foreign
contingent
for
the
season
include
Brazilians
Cleiton
Silva,
Bruno
Ramires
and
Alan
Costa,
Congolese
striker
Prince
Ibara,
Iranian
midfielder
Iman
Basafa
and
Gabonese
centre-back
Yrondu
Musavu-King.
T

he
2021-22
campaign
is
Bengaluru’s
fifth
in
the
Indian
Super
League,
with
the
Blues
having
made
the
final
in
their
first
two
seasons,
winning
in
2018-19,
and
the
semifinal
the
following
year,
in
2019-20.
Chhetri
had
led
the
same
team
for
four
seasons
in
I
League.

The
squad:

Goalkeepers:
Gurpreet
Singh
Sandhu,
Lara
Sharma,
Sharon
Padattil

Defenders:
Pratik
Chaudhari,
Wungngayam
Muirang,
Ajith
Kumar,
Parag
Shrivas,
Alan
Costa,
Sarthak
Golui,
Yrondu
Musavu-King

Midfielders:
Suresh
Wangjam,
Ajay
Chhetri,
Ashique
Kuruniyan,
Namgyal
Bhutia,
Naorem
Roshan
Singh,
Biswa
Darjee,
Damaitphang
Lyngdoh,
Akashdeep
Singh,
Rohit
Kumar,
Jayesh
Rane,
Danish
Farooq,
Bruno
Ramires,
Iman
Basafa

Forwards:
Sunil
Chhetri,
Edmund
Lalrindika,
Udanta
Singh,
Cleiton
Silva,
Leon
Augustine,
Sivasakthi
Narayanan,
Prince
Ibara,
Harmanpreet
Singh,
Bidyashagar
Singh.

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