Bengaluru FC: Road to the ISL 2022-23 Final

The Blues scripted a turnaround for the ages in the latter half of the season to make it to their third ISL final.

Bengaluru FC were languishing in ninth place at the end of 2022. The team looked downtrodden and dejected but always believed that a turnaround was possible. At the dawn of the new year, they achieved just that. A winning run that started with a dogged victory away in Guwahati against NorthEast United continued throughout the rest of the league season.

BFC went on to win 11 in a row, and continued their impressive run in ISL knockout games before making it to the final for the first time since their successful 2018-19 season.

They qualified for the playoffs eventually in fourth place and hosted Kerala Blasters in the eliminator. BFC prevailed over their southern rivals and took down league Shield Winners over two legs in the semi-final following a second-leg penalty shoot-out. Let us look at the team's road to the 2022-23 ISL final.

Bengaluru FC - 1 NorthEast United - 0

Chennaiyin FC - 1 Bengaluru FC - 1

Hyderabad FC - 1 Bengaluru FC - 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcFGwelFxj4

Odisha FC - 1 Bengaluru FC - 0

Bengaluru FC - 0 East Bengal - 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_pcH_Xf16s

Mumbai City - 4 Bengaluru FC - 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elGO6BKti8Y

FC Goa - 0 Bengaluru FC - 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gej2dfsgJiY

Bengaluru FC - 0 ATK Mohun Bagan - 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0PP1lSLxfg

Kerala Blasters - 3 Bengaluru FC - 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IJyhbNEyEo

Bengaluru FC - 1 Jamshedpur FC - 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYWxWLbemDQ

Bengaluru FC - 0 Hyderabad FC - 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcFGwelFxj4

East Bengal - 2 Bengaluru FC - 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vHomAsjBac

NorthEast United - 1 Bengaluru FC - 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBvUuGB1LGM

Bengaluru FC - 3 Odisha FC - 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8nRp91BiMY&t=140s

Jamshedpur FC - 0 Bengaluru FC - 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBXJ8cPbRc&t=2s

Bengaluru FC - 3 Chennaiyin FC - 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJlvu9zf5LQ

ATK Mohun Bagan - 1 Bengaluru - 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEpc-tSVrXk

Bengaluru FC - 1 Kerala Blasters - 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6YA41AN_y4

Bengaluru FC - 2 Mumbai City - 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCDVzj323Oc

Bengaluru FC - 3 FC Goa - 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eyp6Ce-gBw

Bengaluru FC - 1 Kerala Blasters - 0 (Eliminator)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH5sCi7rLNY

Mumbai City vs Bengaluru FC - 1 (Semi-final first leg)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3drQ2DlDph4

Bengaluru FC - 1 Mumbai City - 2 (BFC won 9-8 on penalties)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlC3x35pyiM