2011–12 East Bengal FC season

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East Bengal
2011–12 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachEngland Trevor Morgan
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Kalyani Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-LeagueRunner-up
Calcutta Football LeagueChampions
Federation CupRunner-up
Super CupChampions
IFA ShieldChampions
BTV CupGroup stage
AFC CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Tolgay Ozbey (18)
All: Tolgay Ozbey (29)

The 2011–12 season is East Bengal Football Club's 5th season in the I-League, and also marks the club's 92nd season. East Bengal will seek to win their first league trophy for 7 seasons, competing in the I-League, the Federation Cup and the AFC Cup.[1]

Key events[]

On 26 September 2011 East Bengal defeat Prayag United in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals 2-1 to make the final. On 18 October 2011, East Bengal defeat Salgaocar by 9-8 (penalty - sudden death) in 2011 Indian Super Cup final to win the first trophy of the season.they also won IFA Shield and Calcutta Premiere League

Players[]

First-Team Squad[]

Transfer period is on-going for new season: 2011-12.[2]

As of 4 February 2012.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 FW India IND Branco Cardozo
2 DF India IND Raju Gaikwad
3 DF India IND Nirmal Chettri
4 DF Nigeria NGA Uga Samuel Okpara
5 DF India IND Sunil Thakur
6 FW India IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF India IND Harmanjyot Khabra
8 DF India IND Naoba Singh
9 MF India IND Alvito D'Cunha
11 MF India IND Khemtang Paite
12 MF India IND Reisangmei Vashum
14 MF India IND Mehtab Hossain
15 MF India IND Sanju Pradhan (captain)
16 DF India IND Gurwinder Singh
17 MF India IND Sushanth Mathew
18 MF Nigeria NGA Penn Orji
19 DF India IND Ravinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Australia AUS Tolgay Ozbey
21 GK India IND Debjit Majumder
22 MF India IND Charan Rai
23 FW India IND Robin Singh
24 GK India IND Sandip Nandy
25 DF India IND Robert Lalthalma
26 DF India IND
28 FW Brazil BRA Edmilson
29 DF India IND Saumik Dey
30 GK India IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
31 GK India IND Jayanta Paul
32 DF India IND Abhishek Das
33 DF India IND Saikat Saha Roy
34 MF India IND Subodh Kumar
35 FW India IND Budhiram Tudu
37 FW India IND
38 FW India IND Seiminlen Doungel
  • Coach: Trevor Morgan[4][5]
  • Asst Coach:
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Atanu Bhattacharya
  • Physical Trainer: Kaji Juyef Islam
  • Team Doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta
  • Physiotherapist: Rajesh Basak
  • Team Manager: Swapan Ball, Gopal Ghosh

Transfers[]

Stadiums[]

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground sense 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.

Kit[]

  • Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the Club).
  • Co-sponsor: Tower Group
  • Co-sponsor: Saradha Group
  • Co-sponsor: Rose-Valley
Home
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Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition First match Last match Final position
Federation Cup 17 September 2011 29 September 2011 Runners-up
BTV Becamex IDC Cup 7 October 2011 11 October 2011 Group Stage
Super Cup 18 October 2011 Champions
I-League 22 October 2011 5 May 2012 Runners-up
Calcutta Football League 12 November 2011 14 May 2012 Champions
IFA Shield 3 March 2012 16 March 2012 Champions
AFC Cup 6 March 2012 9 May 2012 Group Stage

Overview[]

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Federation Cup 5 3 1 1 7 6 +1 060.00
BTV Becamex IDC Cup 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 000.00
Super Cup 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
I-League 26 15 6 5 46 22 +24 057.69
Calcutta Football League 10 8 0 2 26 8 +18 080.00
IFA Shield 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 075.00
AFC Cup 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 000.00
Total 55 29 10 16 89 55 +34 052.73

Last updated: 31 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Federation Cup[]

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
East Bengal 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Pune 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Dempo 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Mohammedan 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source:[citation needed]

Fixtures & results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 September 2011 East Bengal 1 – 1 Mohammedan SC Kolkata
Sanju 49' Stanley 20' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 September 2011 East Bengal 2 – 1 Pune F.C. Kolkata
Alan Gow 42'
Robin Singh 81'
Jeje Lalpekhlua 55' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
21 September 2011 East Bengal 1 - 0 Dempo Kolkata
Robin Singh 66' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
26 September 2011 East Bengal 2 - 1 Prayag United Kolkata
6:00 pm IST Alan Gow 37' (pen.)
Khemtang Paite 81'
Snehashish Dutta 17' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
29 September 2011 East Bengal 1 - 3 Salgaocar Kolkata
Alan Gow 26' Chidi Edeh 5'
Francis Fernandes 17'
Ryuji Sueoka 67'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium



BECAMEX IDC Cup[]

Fixtures & results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 October 2011 SHB Đà Nẵng F.C. Vietnam 2–2 India East Bengal Gò Đậu Stadium, Thu Dau Mot
Quoc Anh 40'
Merlo Gaston 88'
Khanthang Paite 22'
Reisangmei Vashum 52'
Tolgay Ozbey Red card 89'
9 October 2011 East Bengal India 0–1 Vietnam Sai Gon Xuan Thanh Gò Đậu Stadium, Thu Dau Mot
RObin Singh Yellow card
Nirmal Chettri Yellow card
Uga Okpara Yellow card
Kim 89'
11 October 2011 East Bengal India 0–1 Brazil Matsubara Gò Đậu Stadium, Thu Dau Mot
Robert Lalthlamuana Yellow card 7'
Nirmal Chettri Yellow card 18'
Reisangmei Vashum Yellow card 44'
Oliviera 22'



Super Cup[]

Last year's Federation Cup Champion East Bengal beat last year's I-League Champion Salgaocar in the Super Cup on sudden death.

Fixtures & results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 October 2011 Salgaocar 0 - 0
(8 - 9 p)
East Bengal Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
5:45 pm IST Report Referee: Pratap Singh
Penalties
soccer ball with check mark Edeh
soccer ball with check mark Sueoka
soccer ball with check mark Lamare
soccer ball with check mark Kumar
soccer ball with check mark Wadoo
soccer ball with check mark Fernandes
soccer ball with check mark Sabrosa
soccer ball with check mark T. Singh
soccer ball with red X J. Singh
Ozbey soccer ball with check mark
Gow soccer ball with check mark
Robin Singh soccer ball with check mark
Pradhan soccer ball with check mark
Mathew soccer ball with check mark
Paite soccer ball with check mark
Chetri soccer ball with check mark
Okpara soccer ball with check mark
Roy soccer ball with check mark



I League[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dempo (C) 26 18 3 5 59 21 +38 57
2 East Bengal 26 15 6 5 46 22 +24 51 2013 AFC Cup Group stage[a]
3 Churchill Brothers 26 14 6 6 47 28 +19 48 2013 AFC Cup Group stage[b]
4 Mohun Bagan 26 13 8 5 51 32 +19 47
5 Pune 26 13 7 6 44 34 +10 46
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2012. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
  2. ^ Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.[12]

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
25 14 5 6 42 23  +19 47 10 0 3 24 12  +12 4 5 3 18 11  +7

Last updated: 15 December 2011.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHHAAAHAAAHAHHAHHAHHAHHA
ResultLDWWWLWWWDWLWDWWDLDLWWWDWW
Position1011653643342422222223222322
Source: Soccrway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 October 2011 1 East Bengal 0 – 1 Churchill Brothers Salt Lake Stadium
Summary Opara 12'
29 October 2011 2 Prayag United 1 – 1 East Bengal Salt Lake Stadium
Yakubu 49' Summary Sahni 84'
2 November 2011 3 Mumbai 1 – 4 East Bengal Cooperage Ground
Kuttymani 33' Summary Pradhan 69'
Ozbey 71'
Vashum 82'
Gow 90'
6 November 2011 4 East Bengal 2 – 0 Shillong Lajong Salt Lake Stadium
Pradhan 29'
Okpara 89'
Summary
9 November 2011 5 East Bengal 3 – 1 Pune Salt Lake Stadium
Chettri 43'
Ozbey 64'
Gow 87'
Summary Fernandez 45'
20 November 2011 6 Mohun Bagan 1 – 0 East Bengal Salt Lake Stadium
Okolie 21' (pen.) Summary
23 November 2011 7 HAL 1 – 8 East Bengal Bangalore Football Stadium
17' (pen.) Summary Singh 7'
Okpara 26', 37'
Ozbey 49', 57', 71', 86'
Sahni 74'
5 December 2011 8 Sporting Clube de Goa 0 – 1 East Bengal Fatorda Stadium
Summary Ozbey 25'
15 December 2011 9 East Bengal 2 – 1 Dempo Salt Lake Stadium
Orji 31'
Ozbey 42'
Summary Miranda 11'
18 December 2011 10 Pailan Arrows 0 – 0 East Bengal Salt Lake Stadium
Summary
23 December 2011 11 Chirag United Kerala 0 – 2 East Bengal Kaloor International Stadium
Summary Orji 51'
Ozbey 90+7'
29 December 2011 12 Salgaocar 4 – 0 East Bengal Fatorda Stadium
Fernandes 24'
Sueoka 67'
Singh 85'
Chettri 90+3' (o.g.)
Summary
2 January 2012 13 East Bengal 2 – 1 Air India Salt Lake Stadium
Orji 25', 74' Summary Henry 52'
14 January 2012 14 Pune 0 – 0 East Bengal Balewadi Sports Complex
Summary
16 January 2012 15 East Bengal 4 - 1 Pailan Arrows Salt Lake Stadium
Orji 27'
Ozbey 31', 76'
Lalthalma 57'
Summary Maulingkar 60'
20 January 2012 16 East Bengal 2 - 0 HAL Salt Lake Stadium
Dey 66'
Orji 89'
Summary
26 January 2012 17 Churchill Brothers 1 - 1 East Bengal Churchill Braz Alemao
Opara 8' Summary Ozbey 53'
31 January 2012 18 East Bengal 0 - 1 Prayag United Salt Lake Stadium
Summary Vincent 90+3'
4 February 2012 19 East Bengal 1 - 1 Mohun Bagan Salt Lake Stadium
Singh 32' Summary Okolie 47'
10 February 2012 20 Shillong Lajong 2 - 1 East Bengal Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Menyongar 12'
Lyngdoh 16'
Summary Ozbey 4'
24 March 2012 21 East Bengal 1 - 0 Salgaocar Salt Lake Stadium
Ozbey 54' Summary
30 March 2012 22 East Bengal 3 - 1 Mumbai Salt Lake Stadium
Ozbey 22' (pen.)
R.Singh 25'
Edmilson 87'
Summary Rodrigues 5'
16 April 2012 25 East Bengal 4 - 3 Chirag United Kerala Salt Lake Stadium
Orji 24'
Ozbey 33', 54'
Singh 77'
Summary Sunday 37', 41', 48'
20 April 2012 23 Dempo 0 - 0 East Bengal Fatorda Stadium
Summary
30 April 2012 24 East Bengal 3 - 0 Sporting Clube de Goa Salt Lake Stadium
Pradhan 76'
Ozbey 77'
Singh 82' (pen.)
Summary
5 May 2012 26 Air India 0 - 1 East Bengal Cooperage Ground
Summary Edmilson 27'



Calcutta Football League[]

Fixtures & results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 November 2011 1 East Bengal 3–1 George Telegraph Kolkata
Ravinder Singh 8'
Sunil Thakur 40'
Robin Singh 45+1'
Report Orok Essien 90+2' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
15 November 2011 2 East Bengal 4–0 BNR Kolkata
Robin Singh 19'
Seiminlen Doungel 56'
Saumik Dey 58'
Tolgay Ozbey 65'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
27 November 2011 3 East Bengal 2–1 Police A.C. Kolkata
Saumik Dey 70'
Seiminlen Doungel 73'
Report Emmanuel 75' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
1 December 2011 4 East Bengal 1–0 Southern Samity Kolkata
Saumik Dey 31' Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
9 December 2011 5 East Bengal 3–0 Prayag United Kolkata
Tolgay Ozbey 12', 69'
Seiminlen Doungel 81'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
12 December 2011 6 East Bengal 2–0 Peerless Kolkata
Subodh Kumar 23'
Seiminlen Doungel 42'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
7 January 2012 7 East Bengal 0–2 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Report Odafa Onyeka Okolie 22'
Manish Bhargav 28'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
10 January 2012 8 East Bengal 1–4 Aryan Kolkata
Tolgay Ozbey 43' Report Charles 60', 68', 84'
Gopal 66'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
27 March 2012 9 East Bengal 4–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Seiminlen Doungel 32'
Nirmal Chettri 53'
Tolgay Ozbey 67'
Budhiram Tudu 90+2'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
14 May 2012 10 East Bengal 6–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Tolgay Ozbey 13', 31', 40', 56'
Seiminlen Doungel 65'
Penn Orji 77'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium



IFA Shield[]

Fixtures & results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 March 2013 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Bhawanipore Kolkata
Robin Singh 5', 52' Report Biswajit Biswas 16' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Ajit Dutta
10 March 2013 Group stage East Bengal 3–0 Shillong Lajong Kolkata
Tolgay Ozbey 17'
Gurwinder Singh 75'
Robin Singh 90'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
13 March 2013 Semi Final East Bengal 1–0 Pailan Arrows Kolkata
Tolgay Ozbey 21' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
16 March 2012 Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Prayag United Kolkata
14:30 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 30,000 (est.)
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Penalties



AFC Cup[]

Group stage[]

The group were drawn on 6 December 2011 in (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)[13]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ERB KAZ ORU KEB
Iraq Erbil 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 1–1 2–1 2–0
Kuwait Kazma 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–2 1–1 3–0
Yemen Al-Oruba 6 2 2 2 10 8 +2 8 2–2 1–2 4–1
India East Bengal 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 0–2 1–2 0–1
Source:[citation needed]

Fixtures & results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 March 2012 1 East Bengal India 0 – 1 Yemen Al-Oruba Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
15:00 UTC+05:30 Report
Summary
Adisa 45+1' (pen.) Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
20 March 2012 2 Kazma Kuwait 3 – 0 India East Bengal Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
18:30 UTC+03:00 Nasser 38'
Al Wuhaib 44'
Jammeh 58'
Report Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)
4 April 2012 3 East Bengal India 0 – 2 Iraq Arbil Salt Lake Stadium
15:15 UTC+05:30 Summary Radhi 75'
Al Hussain 90'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Singapore)
10 April 2012 4 Arbil Iraq 2 – 0 India East Bengal Franso Hariri Stadium
18:00 UTC+03:00 Al Hussain 45+1' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
25 April 2012 5 Al-Oruba Yemen 4 – 1 India East Bengal Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa (Jordan)2
16:00 UTC+03:00 Naggar 6'
Alao 33'
Sharyan 58'
Al-Gabr 70'
Summary Edmilson 79' Attendance: 600
Referee: (Pakistan)
9 May 2012 6 East Bengal India 1 – 2 Kuwait Kazma Salt Lake Stadium
15:30 UTC+05:30 Edmilson 18'
Saha Red card 34'
Summary Ismail 7'
Al Azmi 90'
Notes

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2011–12 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup BTV Cup Super Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
30 GK India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 16 16 1 1 3 3 4 4 24 24
24 GK India Sandip Nandy 6 6 10 10 5 5 0 0 1 1 2 2 24 24
26 GK India Abhra Mondal 3 3 3 3
21 GK India Debjit Majumder 3 3 3 3
31 GK India Jayanta Pal 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Defenders
4 DF Nigeria Uga Okpara 5 4 24 24 5 5 3 3 1 1 4 4 5 5 47 46
3 DF India Nirmal Chhetri 3 3 17 17 2 2 3 3 1 1 4 4 30 30
25 DF India Robert Lalthalmuana 4 4 14 13 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 4 3 30 25
16 DF India Gurwinder Singh 6 6 14 13 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 28 27
29 DF India Soumik Dey 8 6 13 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 32 29
8 DF India Naoba Singh 1 1 11 10 5 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 21 19
2 DF India Raju Gaikwad 2 2 5 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 11
33 DF India Saikat Saha Roy 6 6 4 4 1 1 3 3 2 1 16 15
19 DF India Ravinder Singh 6 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 5
26 DF India Sunil Thakur 5 5 1 1 6 6
5 DF India Sunil Kumar 3 3 3 3
DF India Abhishek Das 1 1 0 0 1 1
Midfielders
18 MF Nigeria Penn Orji 7 3 23 22 5 4 3 3 1 1 4 4 5 5 48 42
15 MF India Sanju Pradhan 6 4 22 15 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 6 5 46 29
7 MF India Harmanjot Khabra 5 4 21 20 5 5 1 1 2 2 3 3 37 35
12 MF India Reisengmei Vashum 3 2 20 19 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 31 29
14 MF India Mehtab Hossain 6 3 16 14 4 4 1 1 4 2 31 24
11 MF India Khantang Paite 3 2 13 7 4 0 3 3 1 1 4 3 3 1 31 17
17 MF India Sushant Matthews 2 2 10 8 3 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 21 18
34 MF India Subodh Kumar 5 4 6 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 18 13
MF India Charan Rai 4 4 0 0 1 0 5 4
9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF India Sourav Roy 1 0 1 0
Forwards
20 FW Australia Tolgay Ozbey 8 7 25 24 5 3 1 1 1 0 4 4 5 4 49 43
23 FW India Robin Singh 7 5 15 13 3 3 2 2 1 1 4 4 6 5 38 33
6 FW India Baljit Singh Saini 4 3 15 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 30 14
28 FW Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal 10 3 6 4 16 7
10 FW Scotland Alan Gow 1 1 6 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 14 10
38 FW India Semilen Doungel 10 10 4 2 1 1 1 1 16 14
35 FW India Budhiram Tudu 4 2 4 2

Goal scorers[]

Goals for East Bengal in 2011–12 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup BTV Cup Super Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
1 20 FW Australia Tolgay Ozbey 9 18 0 0 0 2 0 29
2 23 FW India Robin Singh 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 12
3 18 MF Nigeria Penn Orji 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 8
4 38 FW India Semilen Doungel 6 0 0 0 6
5 10 FW Scotland Alan Gow 0 2 3 0 0 5
6 15 MF India Sanju Pradhan 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
28 FW Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal 2 2 4
29 DF India Soumik Dey 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
9 4 DF Nigeria Uga Okpara 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 3 DF India Nirmal Chhetri 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
6 FW India Baljit Singh Saini 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 MF India Khantang Paite 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
12 MF India Reisengmei Vashum 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
14 16 DF India Gurwinder Singh 0 0 0 0 1 1
19 DF India Ravinder Singh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 DF India Robert Lalthalmuana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 DF India Sunil Thakur 1 0 0 0 1
34 MF India Subodh Kumar 1 0 0 0 1
35 FW India Budhiram Tudu 1 1
Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 26 46 7 2 0 6 2 89

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