Ozone Football Club Bengaluru (simply known as Ozone FC) was an Indian professional

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club based in

Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

. Founded in 2015, the club competed in

BDFA Super Division The Bangalore Football League is organised by the Bangalore District Football Association (BDFA), which is affiliated to the Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) as a ladder-based state football competition involving a total of four div ...

, the top division of football in the state. Ozone reached the final round of the

I-League 2nd Division The I-League 2 is an Indian men's professional association football, football league. It is the 3rd tier of the Indian football league system, behind the Indian Super League and the I-League. It operates as a system of promotion and relegation ...

in the 2017–18, 2018–19 seasons respectively and were also the winner's of the BDFA Super Division in 2017–18.

History

Ozone Football Club was launched on 3 November 2015 by the Ozone Group with the goal of making the

I-League The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...

by 2017. The club were quick to make a mark on the local football scene, winning the

in December 2015, within their first month of existence. On 2 August 2016, the club roped former Trinidadian international

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as their foreign recruit who represented his country at the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

. 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 The 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division was the tenth season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second-tier Indian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2008. The season began on 21 January 2017 and featured 12 teams which ...

. Ozone were included in Group C along with Pride Sports, Fateh Hyderabad and Kenkre. However, they could not advance beyond group stage. In the 2017–18 season, after winning the

under the guidance of David Booth, Ozone FC continued their form in the I-League Second Division, reaching the final stages, eventually falling short of qualifying for the

, where they finished on the third position.

Stadium

Ozone FC plays their home matches of

at the

New Bangalore Football Stadium The New Bangalore Football Stadium was the informal name of the new football stadium which was to be constructed in Bangalore, Karnataka for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The stadium was supposed to be constructed on the same spot as the curre ...

, which has a capacity of 8,400 spectators. They have also used the stadium for their previous

matches.

Players

Managerial history

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(2016–2017) *

Dave Booth David Booth (born 2 October 1948) is an English football manager and former player. Early years Booth was brought up in Darton near Barnsley and attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield where he played rugby and cricket. Football wa ...

(2017–2019) *

Noel Wilson Noel Anthony Wilson (born 24 December 1979) is an Indian football coach and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Kochin, Churchill Brothers, Mohun Bagan, Mohamedan Sporting and Mumbai FC, in the I-League. He has re ...

(2019–2020)

Season statistics

;Key *Tms. = Number of teams *Pos. = Position in league *Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Team records

Seasons

Notable former players

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''. World Cup player *

(2016–2017) Foreign international(s) *

Roby Norales Roby Alberto Norales Núñez (born 25 January 1991), is a Honduran footballer who plays for Honduran club Mukura Victory Sports F.C. as a forward. Club career Roby made his National League debut for F.C. Motagua on 28 August 2011 under head ...

(2016–2017) *

Deepak Mondal Deepak Kumar Mondal (born 12 October 1979) is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. A graduate of the Tata Football Academy, An Arjuna Award winner, he was one of India's most prominent right backs for over a d ...

(2016–2017)

Honours

Domestic (league)

**Third place (2): 2017–18, 2018–19 *

**Champions (2): 2015–16, 2017–18 **Runners-up (1): 2018–19

References

External links

Ozone Football Club
at the-aiff.com
Club profile
at Worldfootball.net {{Football in Karnataka Association football clubs established in 2015 I-League 2 clubs Football clubs in Bengaluru 2015 establishments in Karnataka