#5 Numbers you should know
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-1: Bengaluru FC are one of only two teams to have qualified from the league stage with a negative goal difference.
3: Bengaluru FC are currently in their third season in the I-League. The only other I-League club, who is younger? DSK Shivajians. Meanwhile, the Air Force Club of Iraq is the oldest club in the country, having been formed in 1931.
5: Bengaluru’s talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri is also their highest goalscorer in the tournament with 5 goals to his name.
6: Just like Bengaluru, Air Force Club of Iraq is only under new management. The team has looked formidable under their new coach Basim Qasim and are still unbeaten in six games under the former Police Lieutenant.
9: Bengaluru’s 9 goals in the group stage is in fact also the second lowest (tied with three other teams) amongst the teams to have qualified for the knockout stages.
15: Air Force Club’s tally of 15 gaols in the group stages was the highest. Although they did suffer an embarrassing 5-2 defeat at the hands of Al Wahda.
15: Air Force Club striker Hammadi Ahmed is the highest goalscorer in the tournament with 15 goals.
1,000,000: The winner of the competition is set to net a cool $1 million as prize money whilst the runners up will garner $500k.
