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Bengaluru FC

2018–19 season
Chairman	Parth Jindal
Manager	Carles Cuadrat
Stadium	Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Indian Super League	Winners
AFC Cup	Inter-zonal play-off semi-finals
Super Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Sunil Chhetri (9 goals) All: Sunil Chhetri (10 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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All statistics correct as of 4 April 2019.

The 2018–19 season was Bengaluru FC's sixth season as club since its establishment in 2013.

Background

Transfers

At the fag end of 2017–18 Indian Super League season Bengaluru FC extended contract of defender Rahul Bheke till May 2021. He joined captain Sunil Chhetri and winger Udanta Singh, both has contract till the end of 2019–20 season. Defender Juanan extended his stay with Bengaluru FC for two more seasons. First choice goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu extended his contract for five more seasons, which will keep him till 2023 with Bengaluru FC. Bengaluru FC's Australian midfielder Erik Paartalu also extended his stay with the club for two more seasons. Defender Nishu Kumar and striker Thongkhosiem Haokip extended their stay in the club for two more seasons.

Midfielder Lenny Rodrigues transferred to FC Goa. Midfielder Boithang Haokip extended his stay with Bengaluru FC till the end of 2020 season. Bengaluru FC also extended contract of Spanish midfielder Dimas Delgado for one more season. Defender Harmanjot Khabra extended his stay with Bengaluru FC for three more season. English defender John Johnson ended his five years journey with the club at the end of the season to join ATK. Striker Daniel Lalhlimpuia left the Bengaluru FC after three-year stint with the club. Goalkeeper Lalthuammawia Ralte parted ways with the club as well. Bengaluru FC also released Spanish trio of Toni, Víctor Pérez Alonso, and Daniel Lucas Segovia at the end of the season. Left-back Subhasish Bose transferred to Mumbai City FC. Bengaluru FC also released more inexperienced players at the end of season including Calvin Abhishek, Abhra Mondal, Joyner Lourenco, Zohmingliana Ralte, and Collin Abranches. Midfielder Malsawmzuala left the Bengaluru FC after three-year stint with the club. Midfielder Alwyn George transferred to FC Pune City.

On 3 June 2018, Bengaluru announced signing of Indian winger Kean Lewis for one season. Bengaluru FC also re-signed right-back Rino Anto. On 11 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of defenders Gursimrat Singh Gill and Sairuat Kima for two seasons. On 25 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of Bhutanese forward Chencho Gyeltshen on a one-year deal. On 6 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of Spanish winger Xisco Hernández on a one-year deal. On 9 July, Bengaluru FC announced return of goalkeeper Soram Poirei after three years. He signed a one-year deal. After the early end to their AFC Cup campaign, Bengaluru FC signed Spanish center-back Albert Serrán on a one-year deal.

At the end of winter transfer window, Bengaluru loaned out Bhutanese striker Chencho Gyeltshen on a loan deal to I-League club NEROCA F.C. and was replaced by Spanish Attacking midfielder Luisma. After qualifying for 2018–19 Indian Super League playoffs, Bengaluru signed Spanish midfielder Álex Barrera on a short-term deal, owing to the injury of Erik Paartalu.

In

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Transfer fee	Date	Ref
8	MF	Kean Lewis	Pune City	Free agent	3 June 2018
13	DF	Rino Anto	Kerala Blasters	Free agent	6 June 2018
33	DF	Gursimrat Singh Gill	Northeast United	Free agent	11 June 2018
4	DF	Sairuat Kima	Jamshedpur	Free agent	11 June 2018
27	FW	Chencho Gyeltshen	Minerva Punjab	Free agent	25 June 2018
19	MF	Xisco Hernández	Atlético Baleares	Free agent	6 July 2018
23	GK	Soram Poirei	ATK	Free agent	9 July 2018
3	DF	Albert Serrán	Chabab Rif	Free agent	31 August 2018
9	MF	Luisma	Ponferradina	Free agent	31 January 2019
24	MF	Álex Barrera	Extremadura	Free agent	2 March 2019

Out

No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Date	Fee	Ref
3	DF	Collin Abranches	Unattached	31 May 2018	Free agent
4	DF	Zohmingliana Ralte	Chennaiyin	31 May 2018	Free agent
6	DF	John Johnson	ATK	31 May 2018	Free agent
8	MF	Lenny Rodrigues	Goa	31 May 2018	Free agent
12	MF	Daniel Segovia	Racing de Santander	31 May 2018	Free agent
15	DF	Subhasish Bose	Mumbai City	31 May 2018	Free agent
19	MF	Toni	Nea Salamis Famagusta	31 May 2018	Free agent
20	MF	Alwyn George	Pune City	31 May 2018	Free agent
23	GK	Abhra Mondal	East Bengal	31 May 2018	Free agent
24	DF	Joyner Lourenco	Mumbai City	31 May 2018	Free agent
25	FW	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	Delhi Dynamos	31 May 2018	Free agent
28	GK	Lalthuammawia Ralte	Goa	31 May 2018	Free agent
30	MF	Malsawmzuala	ATK	31 May 2018	Free agent
32	GK	Calvin Abhishek	ARA	31 May 2018	Free agent
44	MF	Victor Perez Alonso	FK Žalgiris	31 May 2018	Free agent

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player	Outgoing club	Date	Fee	Ref
27	FW	Chencho Gyeltshen	NEROCA	31 January 2019	Unknown

Pre-season and friendlies

Bengaluru FC started their pre-season on 14 July 2018 at the Bangalore Football Stadium, with a trip to Bellary in the first leg and Spain in the second leg before facing Altyn Asyr of Turkmenistan in AFC Cup Inter-zone play-off semi-finals on 22 August at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. In the first friendly, Bengaluru played Atlético Saguntino and suffered a close defeat 2–1, with Dimas Delgado scoring the only goal. Playing against UAE Pro-League team Shabab Al-Ahli, Bengaluru suffered another defeat 5–1. Bengaluru's pre-season tour ended winless as they suffered 1–0 and 3–0 defeat to Villarreal B and Barcelona B, respectively.

After the exit in AFC Cup, Bengaluru FC played a friendly against MEG and won 7–0 with Sunil Chhetri and Miku scoring braces. Bengaluru FC played friendlies with I-League side, Chennai City F.C. winning the first 5–0 and losing the second 1–2. Bengaluru FC next played friendly with I-League side, Gokulam Kerala F.C. and won the match 4–1.

3 August 2018 Friendly	Atlético Saguntino	2–1	Bengaluru	Valencia
19:00 UTC+2	Fas 7' 84'	Report	Dimas 53'	Stadium: Masía La Grava

6 August 2018 Friendly	Shabab Al-Ahli	5–1	Bengaluru	Alicante
19:00 UTC+2	16' 46' 51' 64' 79'	Report	Udanta 42'	Stadium: Meliá Villaitana Football Center

11 August 2018 Friendly	Villarreal B	1–0	Bengaluru	Villarreal
19:00 UTC+2	Xavier Quintillà 32' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mini Estadi

14 August 2018 Friendly	Barcelona B	3–0	Bengaluru	Barcelona
20:00 UTC+2	Monchu 55' Pérez 62', 72'	Report		Stadium: Mini Estadi

8 September 2018 Friendly	Bengaluru	7–0	MEG	Bengaluru
11:00 UTC+5:30	Chhetri Miku Udanta Lewis Lalengzama	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

14 September 2018 Friendly	Bengaluru	5–0	Chennai City	Bengaluru
11:00 UTC+5:30	Altamash T. Haokip Chencho Edmund Lalrindika	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

15 September 2018 Friendly	Bengaluru	1–2	Chennai City	Bengaluru
11:00 UTC+5:30	Bheke	Report	Sandro Rodríguez Pedro Manzi	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

23 September 2018 Friendly	Bengaluru	4–1	Gokulam Kerala	Bengaluru
11:00 UTC+5:30	Miku Chhetri	Report		Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium

Competitions

Indian Super League

Summary

September–October

Bengaluru kicked off their campaign against defending champions Chennaiyin on 30 September 2018. Bengaluru FC started the game in a 4–2–3–1 with new signings Albert Serrán and Xisco Hernández making their ISL debut for the club. Miku broke the deadlock in the 41st minute to earn the lead for the home team. Bengaluru continued to attack in the second half, but none of the team could score the goal and Bengaluru registered the first win of the 2018–19 season. Playing against Jamshedpur FC on 7 October, Nishu Kumar got the lead for Bengaluru at the stroke of half time with a long-range effort. Bengaluru paid for the missed chances as the substitute Gourav Mukhi scored an equalizer in the 81st minute. Bengaluru restored the lead in 87th minute when Sunil Chhetri scored goal from Harmanjot Khabra's lobbed pass. However, Bengaluru failed to secure all 3 points when Sergio Cidoncha scored the equalizer in the last minute and the game ended 2–2. After returning from the international break, Bengaluru played the first away game of the season against FC Pune City on 22 October. Sunil Chhetri scored twice in the first half and Miku scored another goal to wrap up a dominant 3–0 win. Playing the next away game against ATK, Bengaluru were trailing the home team when Komal Thatal scored in 15th minute. Bengaluru equalized just before the half-time when Miku converted the free-kick at the edge of the penalty box. In the second half, Erik Paartalu scored the second goal that proved decisive and Bengaluru won the game.

November–December

Before heading to the international break, Bengaluru FC played southern rivals, Kerala Blasters on 5 November. Sunil Chhetri scored the goal in 17th minute from Miku's pass, but Kerala Blasters equalized in 30th minute when Nishu Kumar was adjudged to have fouled Sahal Samad inside the penalty box and Stojanovič converted the penalty. Both teams continued the quest to find the winner in the second half. Bengaluru FC took the lead in 80th minute when Naveen Kumar could not prevent Nikola Krčmarević's own goal and Bengaluru returned to the top of the table with 2–1 victory. Bengaluru faced FC Goa on 22 November. Miku and Erik Paartalu were ruled out because of injuries and Chencho Gyeltshen made his first start for Bengaluru. The visitors took the lead in the 34th minute as Rahul Bheke's backheel flick off Xisco Hernandez' week shot at goal found the net. Both sides were reduced to 10-men when Mohamed Ali and Dimas Delgado were sent off in the second half. Goa equalized when Coro's square pass found Brandon Fernandes in front of the goal and the forward's shot took a deflection on its way into the net. Just as Goa felt they were back in the match, Sunil Chhetri restored the visitors' lead in the 77th minute from Udanta Singh's cross. Playing against Delhi Dynamos FC on 26 November, Bengaluru played without Miku and Dimas Delgado and Erik Paartalu was not named in the starting lineup after recovering from toe injury. With key players missing, Bengaluru failed to stop Delhi from creating chances and were wasteful in the chances of their own. However, Delhi remained goalless as they could not finish chances they created. The deadlock was broken in the dying minutes when Udanta jumped onto a loose ball and launched a low shot from outside the box. The ball took a deflection before hitting the frame of the goal and crossing the line and Bengaluru regained the top position on the table with 1–0 win.

January–February

March

League stage

27 January 2019 12	Mumbai City	1–0	Bengaluru	Mumbai
19:30 IST	Machado 29'	Report	Juanan  45'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 4,725 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Paulo Machado (Mumbai City)

Playoffs

Final

Table

1. Qualified for 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
2. ^ Head-to-head standings: Bengaluru 6 pts, Goa 0 pts.

Results by matchday

AFC Cup

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

Bengaluru FC advanced to the inter-zone play-off semi-finals during 2017–18 season. The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018. Bengaluru FC were pitted against central Asian zone champions Turkmenistani club Altyn Asyr. Bengaluru played the first leg at home on 22 August 2018. Bengaluru were trailing by 3 goals in the game, but managed to score two goals before the end of the game. Bengaluru further suffered 2–0 defeat in the away leg and bowed out of the AFC Cup with 2–5 aggregate loss.

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)	Bengaluru	2–3	Altyn Asyr	Bengaluru, India
20:00 UTC+5:30	Juanan  34' Miku  43' Anto  52' Bheke 63' Paartalu 88'	Report	Orazsähedow 11', 46' Annadurdyýew 25' Babajanov  29'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 5,832 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) MVP: Wahyt Orazsähedow (Altyn Asyr)

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)	Altyn Asyr	2–0 (5–2 agg.)	Bengaluru	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
16:30 UTC+5	Söýünow  18' Annadurdyýew 50' Geldiýew  52' Orazsähedow 58'	Report	Chhetri  38' Hernández  57' Miku  90+2'	Stadium: Köpetdag Stadium Attendance: 12,326 Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (Saudi Arabia)

Super Cup

As one of the top six teams in 2018–19 Indian Super League, Bengaluru FC qualified for the main round in 2019 Indian Super Cup. Bengaluru FC were scheduled to play the I-League side, Mohun Bagan A.C. in Round of 16 match. However, Mohun Bagan withdrew from the tournament and Bengaluru got a walkover and advanced to the quarter-finals and faced 2018–19 I-League champions Chennai City F.C.

Coaching Staff

Management

Albert Roca, after a successful stint of two years, parted ways with Bengaluru FC at the end of the previous season and the assistant coach Carles Cuadrat succeeded him as the head coach.

Updated 14 July 2018

Position	Name
Head coach	Carles Cuadrat
Assistant coach	Gerard Zaragoza
Assistant coach (India)	Naushad Moosa
Goalkeeping coach	Javier Pinillos
Under-18 coach	John Kenneth Raj
Head physiotherapist	Timothy Vadachalam

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL		AFC		Super Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	23	0	20+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
23	GK	IND	Soram Poirei	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	GK	IND	Aditya Patra	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IND	Rahul Bheke	23	4	19+1	3	2+0	1	1+0	0
3	DF	ESP	Albert Serrán	18	0	15+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
4	DF	IND	Sairuat Kima	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ESP	Juanan	23	1	20+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
10	DF	IND	Harmanjot Khabra	22	0	19+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	DF	IND	Rino Anto	11	0	5+4	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	IND	Nishu Kumar	21	1	18+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	IND	Asheer Akhtar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	IND	Parag Shrivas	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	IND	Gursimrat Singh Gill	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	IND	Biswa Darjee	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	IND	Rakesh Oram	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	AUS	Erik Paartalu	16	3	13+1	2	2+0	1	0+0	0
8	MF	IND	Kean Lewis	17	0	5+10	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
9	MF	ESP	Luisma	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ESP	Dimas Delgado	18	1	16+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	IND	Bidyananda Singh	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
16	MF	IND	Myron Mendes	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	IND	Boithang Haokip	13	1	2+9	1	1+0	0	0+1	0
19	MF	ESP	Xisco Hernández	23	1	15+5	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
24	MF	ESP	Álex Barrera	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	MF	IND	Altamash Sayed	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF	IND	Ajay Chhetri	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	IND	Robinson Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	IND	Roshan Singh	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	IND	Namgyal Bhutia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	IND	Lalengzama Vangchhia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	IND	Leon Augustine	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
7	FW	VEN	Miku	15	5	11+1	5	2+0	0	1+0	0
11	FW	IND	Sunil Chhetri	22	10	19+0	9	2+0	0	1+0	1
18	FW	IND	Thongkhosiem Haokip	8	1	1+6	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
21	FW	IND	Udanta Singh	22	5	19+0	5	2+0	0	1+0	0
37	FW	IND	Edmund Lalrindika	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players transferred out during the season
27	FW	BHU	Chencho Gyeltshen	9	2	4+5	2	0+0	0	0+0	0

• Source: soccerway

Updated: 4 April 2019

Top scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	AFC	Super Cup	Total
1	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	9	0	1	10
2	7	FW		Miku	5	0	0	5
	21	MF		Udanta Singh	5	0	0	5
4	2	DF		Rahul Bheke	3	1	0	4
5	6	MF		Erik Paartalu	2	1	0	3
6	27	FW		Chencho Gyeltshen	2	0	0	2
7	5	DF		Juanan	1	0	0	1
	14	MF		Dimas Delgado	1	0	0	1
	17	MF		Boithang Haokip	1	0	0	1
	18	FW		Thongkhosiem Haokip	1	0	0	1
	19	MF		Xisco Hernandez	1	0	0	1
	22	DF		Nishu Kumar	1	0	0	1
Own goals					2	0	0	2
TOTALS					34	2	1	37

Source: soccerway
Updated: 4 April 2019

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	AFC	Super Cup	Total
1	45	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	7	0	0	7
2	23	GK		Soram Poirei	0	0	0	0
TOTALS					7	0	0	7

Source: soccerway
Updated: 4 April 2019

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL		AFC		Super Cup		Total		Notes
1	10	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	Missed a game, against ATK (4 yellow cards) (13 December 2018)
2	3	DF		Albert Serrán	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	Missed a game, against Goa (4 yellow cards) (21 February 2019)
	14	MF		Dimas Delgado	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	Missed a game, against Delhi Dynamos (red card) (26 November 2018)
4	2	DF		Rahul Bheke	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	6	MF		Erik Paartalu	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	Missed a game, against Delhi Dynamos (4 yellow cards) (17 February 2019)
	7	FW		Miku	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
7	5	DF		Juanan	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	9	MF		Xisco Hernández	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
9	9	MF		Luisma	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	13	DF		Rino Anto	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	22	DF		Nishu Kumar	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	Missed a game, against Jamshedpur (red card) (27 February 2019)
11	1	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	24	MF		Álex Barrera	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	33	DF		Gursimrat Singh Gill	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	Missed a game, against NorthEast United (red card) (7 March 2019)
	35	MF		Ajay Chhetri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	37	FW		Edmund Lalrindika	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS					36	3	6	0	3	0	45	3

Source: soccerway
Updated: 4 April 2019

Awards

Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting

Month	Player	Votes
October	Miku	38%
November	Rahul Bheke	47%
December	Erik Paartalu	33%
February	Dimas Delgado	46%
March	Rahul Bheke

ISL Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting

Month	Player	Votes
November	Rahul Bheke	53.2%

See also

• 2018–19 in Indian football

Notes

1. Bengaluru FC advanced to the inter-zone play-off semi-finals during 2017–18 season.

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38. @bengalurufc (15 September 2018). "The Blues went down 2-1 to @ChennaiCityFC in a pre-season friendly at the Fortress earlier today. @RahulBheke scored the opener, before strikes from Sandro and Manzi settled the tie in favor of the visitors" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
39. @bengalurufc (23 September 2018). "The Blues emerged 4-1 winners over @GokulamKeralaFC in a preseason friendly at the Fortress earlier today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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41. Kamath, Sooraj (30 September 2018). "ISL 2018-19: Miku strike helps Bengaluru FC break their home curse against Chennaiyin FC".
42. Kamath, Sooraj (7 October 2018). "ISL 2018-19: Mario Arques stars as Jamshedpur FC hold Bengaluru FC to a draw".
43. Parasar, Swapnaneel (22 October 2018). "ISL 2018-19: Bengaluru FC outclass toothless Pune City".
44. "ISL 2018: Bengaluru FC beat ATK 2-1". The Indian Express. 31 October 2018.
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46. Noronha, Anselm (22 November 2018). "ISL 2018-19: Sunil Chhetri turns match-winner as Bengaluru FC edge past FC Goa". Goal.com.
47. Kamath, Sooraj (26 November 2018). "ISL 2018-19: Bengaluru punish wasteful Delhi Dynamos to return to the top of the table".
48. "Bengaluru FC up against Altyn Asyr FK in Inter-Zone semifinal". Bengalurufc.com. 23 May 2018.
49. "Bengaluru FC go down fighting against Altyn Asyr 2-3 in AFC Cup semis". PTI. 23 August 2018.
50. Easwar, Nisanth V (29 August 2018). "AFC Cup 2018: Efficient Altyn Asyr send Bengaluru FC crashing out". Goal.com.
51. "Hero Super Cup Qualifiers to Kick-off on March 15". the-aiff.com. 11 March 2019.
52. "East Bengal and Mohun Bagan not to play Super Cup, others to follow suit". 28 March 2019.
53. "ISL: Albert Roca parts way with Bengaluru FC". Goal.com.
54. "Blues regroup for pre-season as AFC Cup challenge continues". Bengaluru FC. 14 July 2018.
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57. @bengalurufc (6 November 2018). "WINNER! With 38% of all the votes, our Venezuelan hitman Miku grabs the @KiaMotorsIN Player of the Month award for October 2018! #WeAreBFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
58. @bengalurufc (9 December 2018). "🙌 The results are in! With 47% of the total votes, @RahulBheke is your @KiaMotorsIN BFC Fans' Player of the Month for November 2018. Keep at it, Bhekenbauer! #WeAreBFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
59. @bengalurufc (9 January 2019). "WINNER! With 33% of all the votes, @ErikPaartalu narrowly beats @UdantaK to win @KiaMotorsIN Fan Player of the Month award for December 2018! #WeAreBFC 🔥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
60. @bengalurufc (9 March 2019). "WINNER! With 46% of all the votes, @DimasDelgadoMor is your @KiaMotorsIN Fan Player of the Month for February 2019. #WeAreBFC #Magician" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
61. @bengalurufc (9 April 2019). "WINNER! @RahulBheke is our @KiaMotorsIN Player of the Month for March 2019" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
62. @IndSuperLeague (9 December 2018). "Presenting to you all, the Fans' Player of the Month for November!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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• 2010s in Bengaluru
• 2018–19 Indian Super League season by team