2002–03 East Bengal FC season

East Bengal

season
Chairman	Pranab Dasgupta
Manager	Subhash Bhowmick
Ground	Salt Lake Stadium
National Football League	Champions[1]
Calcutta Premier Division	Champions[2]
Durand Cup	Champions[3]
IFA Shield	Champions[4]
Independence Day Cup	Champions[5]
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The 2002–03 season is East Bengal Football Club's 7th season in the National Football League, and also marks the club's 83rd season. Coached by Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal won all five trophies from the five tournaments they participated in, including their second National league title, competing in the 2002–03 NFL. They also won the 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 Durand Cup and 2002 IFA Shield and the 2002 Independence Day Cup. This was the third instance in the history of East Bengal club that the club had won 5 trophies in a season, the other two back in 1972 and 1973 during P.K. Banerjee's reign.^[6]

First-team squad[]

East Bengal FC squad for the 2002–03 season.^[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IND Sangram Mukherjee — GK  IND Sandip Nandy — GK  IND — GK  IND — DF  IND Suley Musah — DF  IND — DF  IND Amjad Ali Khan — DF  IND — DF  IND Deepak Mondal — DF  IND M Suresh — DF  IND — DF  IND — DF  IND Anit Ghosh — MF  IND Douglas De Silva — MF  IND Malsawmtluanga

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IND S. Venkatesh — MF  IND Chandan Das — MF  IND — MF  IND Dipankar Roy — MF  IND Tushar Rakshit — MF  IND Sankarlal Chakraborty — MF  IND — MF  IND — MF  IND Alvito D'Cunha — FW  IND Mike Okoro — FW  IND — FW  IND — FW  IND Kalia Kulothungan — FW  IND

• Coach: Subhash Bhowmick^[7]
• Team Doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta
• Team Manager: Swapan Ball

Stadiums[]

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984. As of today the Salt Lake Stadium is used for East Bengal's I-League, AFC Cup, and Federation Cup games. The East Bengal Ground is used for the Calcutta Football League matches.

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Final Position
Calcutta Football League	3 August 2002	11 November 2002	Champions
National Football League	17 November 2002	28 April 2002	Champions
Durand Cup	4 January 2003	10 January 2003	Champions
IFA Shield	13 January 2003	22 January 2003	Champions
Independence Day Cup	27 September 2002	5 October 2002	Champions

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Calcutta Football League[]

Independence Day Cup[]

East Bengal club went to Nagaon, Assam to participate in the 54th Independence Day Cup tournament after the end of the Championship Group round matches of the Calcutta League. The club won the tournament defeating Oil India FC of Assam by 2–0 with goals from Alvito D'Cunha and Chandan Das.^[5]

Durand Cup[]

East Bengal club participated in the 115th Durand Cup held in Delhi being grouped in Group B along with MEG, Bangalore and Air India. The team won their third tournament of the season after defeating Army XI in the final by 3–0 margin.^[3]

IFA Shield[]

Just days after winning the Durand Cup, the club participated in the IFA Shield held in Kolkata and was grouped alongside Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami in Group A. The team reached the final defeating Vasco in the Semi-Final and lifted their 4th trophy of the season by defeating Churchill Brothers in the final via a penalty shootout, with Sashti Duley scoring the winning penalty in the sudden-death.^[8]

Sponsors[]

• Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the club).

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