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2023–24 Bengaluru FC Season
The 2023–24 season is Bengaluru FC's eleventh season as a club since its establishment in 2013. The season for the Blues kicked off with title defending task at the 2023 Durand Cup. Background In the previous season, the squad of Bengaluru was yet again overhauled with Englishman Simon Grayson at the helm accompanied by several fresh signings. The freshly built squad went on to lift the 2022 Durand Cup, which was the club's maiden Durand Cup title. This also made Simon Grayson the fastest Bengaluru head coach to win a title, which took him only 102 days, beating the record of Carles Cuadrat who took 259 days. They would go on to finish as runners-up in the previous season of ISL and in the Super Cup. Transfers in Promoted from youth system Squad First-team squad Competitions Indian Super League League table League stage Matches Note: FSDL and the Indian Super League announced the fixtures for the first half of the season on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengaluru FC
Bengaluru Football Club () is an Indian professional football club based in Bangalore, Karnataka. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was established on 20 July 2013, and began its first competitive season in the I-League on 22 September the same year. Since its inception, the club has won two I-League titles including one in its debut season, two Federation Cup titles, one Indian Super League title, and a Super Cup championship making it fourth-most successful club in Indian football. The club is owned and operated by the Mumbai-based company JSW Group and its managing director Sajjan Jindal. Bangalore has played its home matches at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium since the beginning of the 2014–15 season. Despite only playing four seasons in the I-League, the club was considered one of the model clubs of Indian football. Bengaluru drew praise for bringing a new sense of professionalism to Indian football, including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Transfer (association Football)
In professional association football, a free transfer, also known as a Bosman transfer, involves a professional association football club releasing a player when the player's contract has expired or made available just before the end of the contract. The player can then go on to sign for any club offering a contract to them. How it works The club acquiring the player does not have to pay any compensation for their release due to having nothing left to pay on their contract, hence, the term free transfer. Some individual leagues have restrictions to protect academies. For example, in the UK, players under 24 who are out of contract are only available on a free transfer if released by the club holding the players' licence. Another type of free transfer is when a player is transferred from one club to another for no price, sometimes a transfer for a nominal fee is credited as a free transfer. With six months or less remaining on an existing contract for players aged 23 or olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Williams (soccer, Born 1993)
Ryan Dale Williams (born 28 October 1993) is an Australian professional footballer who plays for Perth Glory as a winger. Early life Born in Perth, Australia, Williams is the son of a mother who originates from Mumbai, India and a father who was born in Kent, England, Williams was brought up in a footballing family. Both older brother Rhys and twin brother Aryn are professional footballers. The brothers all started their careers at ECU Joondalup before moving to England. Club career Portsmouth Williams joined Portsmouth in July 2010, signing a scholarship with the clubs' academy side. There were initial issues concerning international clearance, with the FFA (Football Federation Australia) failing to release vital paperwork to allow Williams to play, but this was eventually resolved on 12 November. He played his first match for Portsmouth on 6 August 2010, in a friendly against Farnborough. His first competitive academy match for Portsmouth was a 4–1 loss to Chelsea. Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab FC
RoundGlass Punjab FC is an Indian professional football club from Mohali in Punjab that competes in the Punjab State Super Football League and I-League. Founded as ''Minerva Academy FC'', in 2005, the club name was rebranded to ''Minerva Punjab'' after being accepted into I-League, and in 2019 the club was again rebranded as Punjab FC. In April 2020, owner of ''Minerva Academy'' Ranjit Bajaj sold the football club to RoundGlass Sports Pvt Ltd, and hereafter it is recherished as RoundGlass Punjab. The club has won I-League title once, in 2017–18, their second season in the league. History The team was established in 2005 as ''Minerva Academy'', and has both the football and cricket sections. Initially, the team took part in its first major tournament at the national level, the I-League 2nd Division, and were the runners up for the season. They lost to five-time I-League champions Dempo SC in the final. They were promoted to I-League after an impressive stint at the 2nd Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Sampingiraj
Shankar Sampingiraj (born 14 December 1994), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for RoundGlass Punjab in the I-League. Career HAL Born in Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, Sampingiraj started his professional career with HAL, then of I-League during the 2010–11 season. However, during a match against Pune the very same season, Sampingiraj suffered a ligament tear which was not properly diagnosed by his club, but was noticed and dealt with at the camp for the Indian national youth team, eventually leading to surgery on his right knee and missing substantial game time. Pailan Arrows and DSK Shivajians Sampingiraj signed for the Pailan Arrows then of I-League for the 2011-12 I-League season. Shankar was loaned out to DSK Shivajians of the I-League 2nd Division for the 2013 I-League 2nd Division, playing all six of DSK's group stage games, scoring once against Kohima Komets, but couldn't help his team reach the final r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala Blasters FC
Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to as The Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of football in India. The club was established in May 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. The club played their inaugural match on 13 October 2014, losing 1–0 to NorthEast United. The Blasters are the three time runners up of the Indian Super League. They first entered the final in 2014, where they lost 1–0 to ATK after an injury time goal from them. In 2016, they were again defeated 4–3 by ATK, this time through penalties in the final. The club entered the final for the third time in 2022, where they were defeated 3–1 by Hyderabad FC through penalties. The Blasters plays home games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. In most of the seasons since the club's founding, Kerala Blasters have held the record for the highest league attendance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessel Carneiro
Jessel Allen Carneiro (born 14 July 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as left-back and is the captain of Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters. Club career Youth career Jessel was born in Curtorim, a town in Southern Goa. He started his youth career at Raya FC and later went on to play for his local club FC Curtorim Gymkhana. Early career:2012–2019 In 2012, he signed for Dempo S.C and spent two years there before moving to Pune F.C on a loan deal for the 2014–15 season. In 2016, he signed for FC Bardez which plays in the Goa Professional League. He was signed again by his former club Dempo S.C in 2018. He also captained the Goan football team during the 2018–19 Santosh Trophy and led them into the semi-finals. Jessel was also one of the key players for Dempo S.C as they finished second place in the 2018–19 Goa Professional League. 2019–Present : Kerala Blasters 2019–2020 : ISL debut Jessel arrived at Kerala Blasters after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mirren F
ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy and theology by St. Thomas Aquinas * St or St., abbreviation of "State", especially in the name of a college or university Businesses and organizations Transportation * Germania (airline) (IATA airline designator ST) * Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, abbreviated as State Transport * Sound Transit, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington state, US * Springfield Terminal Railway (Vermont) (railroad reporting mark ST) * Suffolk County Transit, or Suffolk Transit, the bus system serving Suffolk County, New York Other businesses and organizations * Statstjänstemannaförbundet, or Swedish Union of Civil Servants, a trade union * The Secret Team, an alleged covert alliance between the CIA and American indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Main
Curtis Lee Main (born 20 June 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premiership club Dundee. Main previously played in the Football League and the Football Conference for Darlington, and spent three seasons with Middlesbrough, from where he had a loan spell at Shrewsbury Town in 2013. He then joined Doncaster Rovers, and after a loan spell at Oldham Athletic in 2016, he signed for Portsmouth, whom he helped gain promotion to League One. He joined Motherwell in January 2018. Career Darlington Main was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. He attended St Mary's Church of England school in Tyne Dock, South Shields. He began his football career as a youngster at Sunderland before being released to League Two club Darlington, for whom he made his senior debut as a substitute in the last seven minutes of the game against Peterborough United on 3 May 2008. At 15 years 318 days, he became the youngest player to play for Darlington. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TRAU FC
Tiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club, or simply TRAU FC, is an Indian professional football club based in Imphal, Manipur, that competes in the I-League. The club made its I-League 2nd Division debut in the 2017–18 season. They promoted to the I-League in 2019, after winning the 2nd Division. The club's futsal section has taken part in the inaugural edition of AIFF Futsal Club Championship. TRAU also competes in the Manipur State League. History ''Tiddim Road Athletic Union'', which was instituted on 2 October 1954 in Kwakeithel, Imphal, has been a pioneering organisation in the field of sports activities. They have lifted the title of CC Meet, state league of Manipur six times and finished runners up nine times. TRAU was runners up in 1998 Bordoloi Trophy, losing 10–1 to Narbakhar FC, club from Uzbekistan in the final. They began their journey of I-League 2nd Division in 2018, and on 8 May, they qualified for the final round in I-League Qualifiers in their debut sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Mohun Bagan Super Giant (commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan) is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football league system. The club is most notable for its victory over the East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield final. This victory made Mohun Bagan the first all-Indian club to win a championship over a British club and was a major moment during India's push for independence. The club is commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, and had several sponsored names. In 2020, the company that owned ATK, took an 80% stake in the football division of Mohun Bagan. The footballing division of Mohun Bagan was merged with ATK and was renamed as ATK Mohun Bagan FC. In 2023, the team was rebranded as Mohun Bagan Super Giant after continuous protest from the fans. Till now the club has won the top-flight football league a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavko Damjanović
Slavko Damjanović (; born 2 November 1992) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indonesian club Persebaya Surabaya. Club career Born in Nikšić, Montenegro, back then within FR Yugoslavia, Slavko Damjanović played with Montenegrin clubs FK Čelik Nikšić, FK Mogren, FK Sutjeska Nikšić and FK Mornar, before moving to Serbia and playing with FK Spartak Subotica and FK Bačka 1901. In summer 2015, he moved to Hungary and played with Békéscsaba 1912 Előre the entire season 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I. They finished the season 12th and ended relegated, thus Damjanović left Békéscsaba and returned to Montenegro where he signed with his former club FK Sutjeska Nikšić. He was announced to have signed for South African club Bidvest Wits F.C. early July 2017 as a free agent, playing in the South African Premier Division. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
