Bengaluru FC to open Indian Super League campaign at home against Chennaiyin FC
Defending champions - Chennaiyin FC will be the first visitors at the Sree Kantereeva Stadium in Bangalore which will host six games in the first half of the season. Three of Bengaluru’s six home games will be played on Sundays, while the one game each on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Bengaluru FC will open their ISL 2018-19 campaign with a repeat of the last year’s final when they take on defending champions, Chennaiyin FC at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, on Sunday, September 30.
The schedule for the first phase of the League, which was announced on Saturday, will see Bengaluru play eleven games till the middle of December, post which the competition will take a break as India prepares for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup to be held in the UAE in January. During the first phase, the Blues will play six home games while
After the opening game against Chennaiyin, Bengaluru will host Jamshedpur FC (Oct 7) before
Delhi Dynamos (Nov 26) and Pune (Nov 30) will visit the Fortress for successive home games, before the Blues travel to NorthEast United (Dec 5) in the first week of December. After a home game against Mumbai City (Dec 9) and an away clash against ATK (Dec 13), the Blues will go into the mid-season break.
Three of Bengaluru’s six home games will be played on Sundays, while the one game each on a Monday, Wednesday