Blue Star Kalutara SC
Full nameBlue Star Sport Club
Nickname(s)Blue Army
Founded1978 (1978)
GroundKalutara Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanMohamed Mohideen Mohamed Rizwan
ManagerFinn Kohnke
LeagueSri Lanka Super League
2022Champions

Blue Star Kalutara SC is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in Kalutara.[1] The club competes in the Sri Lanka Champions 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 13 March 2022

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 Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Ahamed
2 DF Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Rinas
3 DF Sri Lanka SRI Thuwan Azeez
4 DF Sri Lanka SRI Fahir Nilafdeen
5 MF Sri Lanka SRI Tharmakulanathan Kajakopan
6 MF Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Sahlan
7 FW Sri Lanka SRI Lahiru Tharaka Silva
8 DF Sri Lanka SRI Chalana Chameera
9 DF Sri Lanka SRI Shenal Sandesh
10 MF Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Fasal
11 MF Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Ammar
12 FW Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Ihsan
13 GK Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Mursith
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Arshadh
15 DF Sri Lanka SRI Isaac Addevu
16 DF Sri Lanka SRI Daniel Mecgrath
18 DF Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Munfik
19 FW Ghana GHA Evans Asante
20 DF Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Rifkan
21 FW Sri Lanka SRI Chalana Pramantha
22 FW Sri Lanka SRI Charidu Sampath
23 DF Sri Lanka SRI Tharindu Erange (Captain)
24 FW Sri Lanka SRI Mohamed Risan
25 GK Sri Lanka SRI Kaveesh Lakpriya Fernando
30 MF Ghana GHA Prince Boadu
99 DF Nigeria NGA Jerry Ombebe

Team management

Position Name
Head Coach Germany Finn Kohnke

Notable former players

  • Nafais
  • Fawzan
  • Farzeen
  • Rizvi
  • Jazeel
  • Rameez
  • Raheem
  • Mohammed Hamza

References

  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)
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