2019–20 Bengaluru FC season

In May 2019, Bengaluru FC signed goal keeper Prabhsukhan Singh Gill and midfielder Suresh Singh Wangjam from Indian Arrows.[1] Bengaluru also signed a contract extension with Kean Lewis,[2] Dimas Delgado[3] and Albert Serrán.[4] Midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh returned to Bengaluru FC for a one-year deal.[5] On 17 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of Spanish forward Manuel Onwu [6] Bengaluru FC announced signing of Brazilian midfielder Raphael Augusto on two year deal.[7] On 27 August Bengaluru FC announced signing of India international midfielder Ashique Kuruniyan on four year deal from FC Pune City for undisclosed transfer fee.[8] In the mid season transfer window, Bengaluru FC signed Jamaican striker Deshorn Brown as seventh foreigner. Brown signed for one and half year, will keep him with the club till the end of the 2020-21 season.[9] On 28 January Bengaluru FC announced signing of spanish winger Nili Perdomo till end of the season. He replaced striker Manuel Onwu[10] On 12 February Bengaluru FC announced signing of Jamaican striker Kevaughn Frater in place of injured Raphael Augusto on short term deal.[11]

On 4 June Bengaluru FC announced transfer of midfielder Boithang Haokip to East Bengal for undisclosed fee.[12] Spanish midfielder Xisco Hernández signed for Delhi Dynamos. [13] Venezuelan striker Miku ended his two year stint with the club.[14] Midfielder Myron Mendes signed for Gokulam Kerala.[15] Goalkeeper Soram Poirei signed for NorthEast United.[16] Midfielder Bidyananda Singh signed for Mumbai City FC.[17] Robinson Singh and Asheer Akhtar who were promoted from reserves team to the senior team, joined TRAU F.C. and East Bengal F.C. respectively.[18] Foreign players Álex Barrera, Chencho Gyeltshen, and Luisma were also released.[19]

In the winter transfer window, Ajay Chhetri was loaned out to Hyderabad FC till the end of the season.[20] Edmund Lalrindika was given two years contract extension and loaned out to I-League side East Bengal F.C. till the end of the season.[21] Striker Manuel Onwu was loaned out to Odisha FC till the end of the season.[10]

As the winner of 2018–19 Indian Super League season, Bengaluru FC qualified for 2020 AFC Cup qualifiers. This will be Bengaluru's fifth appearance in the tournament after missing out in 2019.

Bengaluru FC faced Paro FC from Bhutan in preliminary round and won 10–1 on aggregate to advance for playoff round. In playoff round Bengaluru FC faced Maziya S&RC from Maldives, but failed to advance after losing out on penalties.

Preliminary round

Paro v Bengaluru

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)	Paro	0–1	Bengaluru	Thimphu, Bhutan
14:30 UTC+6		Report	Haokip  53'	Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium Attendance: 8,140[27] Referee: Ahmed Al Ali (Kuwait)

Bengaluru v Paro

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12)	Bengaluru	9–1 (10–1 agg.)	Paro	Bengaluru, India
19:30 UTC+5:30	Haokip  6', 26', 66', 85' Juanan  14' Brown  29', 54', 64' Wangjam  45' Nili  56'  79'	Report	Gyeltshen  16' Zangpo  56'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 1,311 Referee: Khaled Al Teris (Saudi Arabia)

Playoff

Maziya v Bengaluru

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19)	Maziya	2–1	Bengaluru	Malé, Maldives
16:00 5:00	Mahudhee  64' Stewart  80'	Report	Khabra  26' Nili  71' (pen.) Kuruniyan  79'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Attendance: 678 Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

Bengaluru v Maziya

26 February 2020 (2020-02-26)	Bengaluru	3–2 (a.e.t.) (4–4 agg.) (3–4 p)	Maziya	Bengaluru, India
19:30 UTC+5:30	Brown  58'  4' Chhetri  78', 120+1'  117' Nili  90'	Report	Waheed  73' Planic  86' Stewart  103' Mahudhee  105' Azizi  117'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 1,321 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
	Penalties
	Paartalu Lewis Bheke Chhetri Brown Shrivas		Hamza Mukhammad Planić Aisam Waheed Nihan

4–4 on aggregate. Maziya won 4–3 on penalties.

Carles Cuadrat, Bengaluru FC's head coach for 2019–20 season

Carles Cuadrat extended his contract for two years with the club after the successful 2018–19 season.[28]

As of 30 January 2020

Position	Name
Head Coach	Carles Cuadrat[29]
Assistant Coach	Javier Pinillos[30]
Assistant Coach/ Head Coach (reserve team)	Naushad Moosa[31]
Goalkeeping Coach	Julen Esnaola[30]
Fitness Coach	Mikel Guillén

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL		AFC
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	22	0	19+0	0	3+0	0
31	GK		Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
32	GK		Aditya Patra	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Rahul Bheke	17	1	14+2	1	1+0	0
3	DF		Albert Serrán	17	1	16+1	1	0+0	0
4	DF		Sairuat Kima	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Juanan	22	2	18+0	1	4+0	1
10	DF		Harmanjot Khabra	22	0	19+0	0	3+0	0
13	DF		Rino Anto	2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
22	DF		Nishu Kumar	20	1	17+1	1	1+1	0
28	DF		Parag Shrivas	3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
33	DF		Gursimrat Singh Gill	5	0	1+1	0	3+0	0
43	DF		Biswa Kumar Darjee	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF		Namgyal Bhutia	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Johnson Singh Laishram	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Erik Paartalu	21	2	16+1	2	4+0	0
7	MF		Eugeneson Lyngdoh	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Kean Lewis	8	0	0+5	0	3+0	0
12	MF		Raphael Augusto	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Dimas Delgado	20	1	20+0	1	0+0	0
27	MF		Suresh Singh Wangjam	15	0	7+5	0	3+0	0
29	MF		Nili Perdomo	10	2	2+4	0	4+0	2
38	MF		Leon Augustine	5	0	1+1	0	1+2	0
	MF		Emmanuel Lalchhanchhuaha	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
46	MF		Amay Morajkar	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	19	11	17+0	9	0+2	2
17	FW		Kevaughn Frater	4	1	1+3	1	0+0	0
18	FW		Thongkhosiem Haokip	17	6	1+13	1	3+0	5
19	FW		Ashique Kuruniyan	20	1	12+5	1	3+0	0
21	FW		Udanta Singh	22	1	15+4	1	1+2	0
26	FW		Deshorn Brown	10	7	6+1	3	2+1	4
45	FW		Roshan Singh	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Advait Shinde	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Sridarth Nongmeikapam	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW		Manuel Onwu	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Ajay Chhetri	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Edmund Lalrindika	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0

Updated: 8 March 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	AFC	Total
1	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	9	2	11
2	26	FW		Deshorn Brown	3	4	7
3	18	FW		Thongkhosiem Haokip	1	5	6
4	5	DF		Juanan	1	1	2
	6	MF		Erik Paartalu	2	0	2
	29	MF		Nili	0	2	2
7	2	DF		Rahul Bheke	1	0	1
	3	DF		Albert Serrán	1	0	1
	14	MF		Dimas Delgado	1	0	1
	17	FW		Kevaughn Frater	1	0	1
	19	FW		Ashique Kuruniyan	1	0	1
	21	FW		Udanta Singh	1	0	1
	22	DF		Nishu Kumar	1	0	1
Own goals					1	0	1
TOTALS					24	14	38

Source: soccerway
Updated: 8 March 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	AFC	Total
1	1	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	11	1	12
2	31	GK		Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	0	0	0
TOTALS					11	1	12

Source: soccerway
Updated: 8 March 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL		AFC		Total		Notes
1	10	DF		Harmanjot Khabra	5	0	2	0	7	0	Missed a game, against Chennaiyin (4 yellow cards)[32] (9 February 2020) Missed a game, against Maziya (2 yellow cards) (26 February 2020)
2	5	DF		Juanan	5	0	0	0	5	0	Missed a game, against Kerala Blasters (4 yellow cards)[33] (15 February 2020)
	11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	4	0	1	0	5	0	Missed a game, against Kerala Blasters (4 yellow cards)[33] (15 February 2020)
	19	MF		Ashique Kuruniyan	4	0	1	0	5	0
5	22	DF		Nishu Kumar	3	1	0	0	3	1
6	3	DF		Albert Serrán	3	0	0	0	3	0
	6	MF		Erik Paartalu	3	0	0	0	3	0
	14	MF		Dimas Delgado	3	0	0	0	3	0
	26	FW		Deshorn Brown	2	0	1	0	3	0
	27	MF		Suresh Singh Wangjam	1	0	2	0	3	0	Missed a game, against Maziya (2 yellow cards)[34] (19 February 2020)
	29	MF		Nili	1	0	2	0	3	0
12	12	MF		Raphael Augusto	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	7	MF		Eugeneson Lyngdoh	1	0	0	0	1	0
	17	FW		Kevaughn Frater	1	0	0	0	1	0
	21	FW		Udanta Singh	1	0	0	0	1	0
	33	DF		Gursimrat Singh Gill	1	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS					40	1	9	0	49	1

Source: soccerway
Updated: 8 March 2020

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting

Month	Player	Votes
October	Raphael Augusto	39%[35]
November	Sunil Chhetri	44%[36]
December	Dimas Delgado	50%[37]
January	Erik Paartalu	64%[38]
February	Thongkhosiem Haokip	56%[39]