Blue Star SC

Blue Star
Full name	Blue Star Sports Club
Nickname	Blue Army
Founded	1978; 48 years ago (1978)
Ground	Kalutara Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Mohamed Mohideen Mohamed Rizwan
Manager	Banda Samarakoon
League	Sri Lanka Super League
2022–23	Champions
Home colours	Away colours

Sri Lankan football club

Football club

Blue Star Sports Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Kalutara.^[1] The club competes in the Sri Lanka Super League, the top flight of Sri Lankan football league system.

History

Blue Star SC was founded in 1978. On 5 April 2022, Blue Star appeared in the 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-off match against Machhindra of Nepal,^[2] at the Dasharath Rangasala Stadium and clinched a victory of 2–1.^[3]

Achievements

Bristol League Division III
- Champions: 1996–97
- Champions: 1998–99
Sri Lankan Premier League: 2
- Champions: 2004, 2021
- Runners-up: 2007
- Semi-finals: 2008
AFC President's Cup
- Semi-finalist 3rd Place: 2005
Dialog Champion of Champions Trophy
- Runners-up: 2003–04
- Champions: 2004–2005
- Runners-up: 2007
- Quarter-finals: 2013
Cargills FA Cup
- Runners-up: 2013
- Runners-up: 2014
- Semi-finals: 2015
- Third place: 2018

Players

As of 02 June 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SRI	Mohamed Ahamed
2	DF	SRI	Mohamed Rinas
3	DF	SRI	Thuwan Azeez
4	DF	SRI	Fahir Nilafdeen
5	MF	SRI	Tharmakulanathan Kajakopan
6	MF	SRI	Mohamed Sahlan
7	FW	SRI	Lahiru Tharaka Silva
8	FW	SRI	Basith Ameer
9	MF	CIV	Beidy Coulibaly
10	MF	SRI	Fasal Naizer
11	MF	SRI	Mohamed Ammar
12	FW	SRI	Mohamed Ihsan
13	GK	SRI	Mohamed Mursith
14	DF	SRI	Mohamed Arshadh
15	DF	SRI	Isaac Addevu
16	DF	SRI	Daniel Mecgrath
17	FW	GUI	Mouhamed Traore


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	SRI	Mohamed Munfik
19	FW	GHA	Evans Asante
20	DF	SRI	Mohamed Rifkan
21	FW	SRI	Chalana Pramantha
22	FW	SRI	Charidu Sampath
23	DF	SRI	Tharindu Erange (Captain)
24	FW	SRI	Mohamed Risan
25	GK	SRI	Kaveesh Lakpriya Fernando
30	MF	GHA	Prince Boadu
99	DF	NGA	Jerry Ombebe

Team management

Position	Name
Head Coach	Mohammed Hamza

Notable former players

Nafais
Fawzan
Farzeen
Rizvi
Jazeel
Rameez
Raheem
Mohammed Hamza

References

^ "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ Himalayan News Service, 12:13PM (6 April 2022). "Machhindra crash out of Qualifiers". thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Blue Star SC page on www.the-afc.com
Blue Star SC Facebook Page

External links

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[1] "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[2] "Machhindra Club to host Sri Lanka's Blue Star". kathmandupost.com. The Kathmandu Post. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[3] Himalayan News Service, 12:13PM (6 April 2022). "Machhindra crash out of Qualifiers". thehimalayantimes.com. The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)