Ozone FC

Ozone Football Club Bengaluru (simply known as Ozone FC)^[3] was an Indian professional football club based in Bengaluru, Karnataka.^[4][5] Founded in 2015, the club competed in BDFA Super Division, the top division of football in the state.^[6] Ozone reached the final round of the I-League 2nd Division in the 2017–18,^[7][8] 2018–19 seasons respectively^[9][10] and were also the winner's of the BDFA Super Division in 2017–18.^[11][12]

Ozone

Full name	Ozone Football Club Bengaluru[1]
Nickname(s)	OFCB
Founded	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Ground	Bangalore Football Stadium
Capacity	8,400
Owner	Ozone Group[2]
League	BDFA Super Division

History

Ozone Football Club was launched on 3 November 2015 by the Ozone Group with the goal of making the I-League by 2017.^[13][14] The club were quick to make a mark on the local football scene, winning the BDFA Super Division in December 2015, within their first month of existence.^[15]

On 2 August 2016, the club roped former Trinidadian international Cornell Glen as their foreign recruit who represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.^[16][17] Thus he became the Ozone's first ever world cup player.

On 17 December 2016, it was revealed that the club would participate in the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division.^[11] Ozone were included in Group C along with Pride Sports, Fateh Hyderabad and Kenkre.^[18][19] However, they could not advance beyond group stage.^[6][20]

In the 2017–18 season, after winning the BDFA Super Division^[21] under the guidance of David Booth,^[22][23] Ozone FC continued their form in the I-League Second Division, reaching the final stages, eventually falling short of qualifying for the I-League,^[24][25] where they finished on the third position.^[26][27][28]

Stadium

New Bengaluru Football Stadium in Karnataka, used as home ground of Ozone FC.

Ozone FC plays their home matches of BDFA Super Division at the New Bangalore Football Stadium, which has a capacity of 8,400 spectators.^[29][30] They have also used the stadium for their previous I-League 2nd Division matches.

Players

As of 14 January 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Dharminder Guru 3 DF  IND Keith Raymond Stephan 4 DF  IND John Peter 5 DF  IND Oinam Sanatomba Singh 7 MF  IND Rinreithan Shaiza 8 MF  IND A. Mohammed Moinuddin 15 MF  IND Anto Rashith 18 MF  IND Ayush Adhikari 19 FW  IND Aniket Varekar

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  IND Umashankar 21 GK  IND Sheldon Raghwan 22 MF  IND Prabin Subba 24 DF  IND D. Mark Anthony 25 FW  IND Harpreet 28 DF  IND Gurmeet Singh 29 DF  IND Manoj Swamy Kannan 30 MF  IND Gunashekar Vignesh 32 DF  IND Azharuddeen 40 MF  IND Sampath Kuttymani 42 MF  IND Shamanth D Gowda 47 FW  IND C. S. Sabeeth

Managerial history

• Bert Zuurman (2016–2017)^[31]
• Dave Booth (2017–2019)^[22][23]
• Noel Wilson (2019–2020)^[32]

Season statistics

Season	Div.	Tms.	Pos.	Attendance/G	Federation Cup/Super Cup	BDFA Super Division	AFC Champions League	AFC Cup
2016–17	I-League 2nd Division	12	Group stage	2,567	DNP	3	DNP	DNP
2017–18	I-League 2nd Division	18	3	780	DNP	1	DNP	DNP

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Team records

Seasons

As of 24 February 2017

Year	League								Federation Cup	Top Scorer(s)
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos.		Player(s)	Goals
2016–17	6	3	2	13	8	10	10	Group stage	DNQ	Anto Xavier	7
2017–18	13	5	6	2	23	8	21	Final Round	DNQ	Robert de Souza Ribeiro	20

Notable former players

For all former notable players of Ozone FC with a Wikipedia article, see: Ozone FC players.

World Cup player

• Cornell Glen (2016–2017)^[33]

Foreign international(s)

• Roby Norales (2016–2017)^[34]
• Deepak Mondal (2016–2017)^[35][36]

Honours

Domestic (league)

• I-League 2nd Division
  • Third place (2): 2017–18,^[37] 2018–19^[38][39]
• BDFA Super Division
  • Champions (2): 2015–16, 2017–18^[40]
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19

See also

• List of football clubs in India
• BDFA Super Division

References

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2. "Ozone FC". Khel Now. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
3. "TRAU FC win Hero I-League 2nd Division and qualify for Hero I-League". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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18. "I-League 2nd Division Fixtures". theindianleague.in. The Indian League. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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20. "2nd Division I-League : Ozone FC Fail To Qualify For Final Round; Neroca May Too". Feverpitch. 25 February 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
21. Hans Schöggl. "India - List of Bangalore Super Division Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020.
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Further reading

• Cyriac, Biju Babu (21 January 2017). "Ozone squander lead to go down to Kenkre". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Bengaluru: The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
• Bhattacharya, Arka (1 June 2018). "14 years a slave: The story of Hindustan FC's 'emotional' stay in Indian football's 2nd division". Scroll.in. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
• "Former India international Deepak Mondal joins Ozone, team to play in DSK Cup". GCS Stars. Bengaluru. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
• "2nd Division I-League: FC Kerala and Ozone FC register huge wins in Group B". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
• "Kenkre 2—3 Ozone" (PDF). All India Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
• "BDFA Bangalore Men's Super Division 2023–24 Table". gcsstars.com. Bengaluru: GCS Stars Bengaluru. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023. "BDFA Bangalore Men's Super Division 2023–24 Leaderboard/Table". ksfa.in. Bengaluru: Karnataka State Football Association. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

External links

• Ozone Football Club at the-aiff.com
• Club profile at Worldfootball.net