2022–23 East Bengal FC season

East Bengal

2022–23 season
Owner	Emami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd.
Head coach	Stephen Constantine
Stadium	Salt Lake Stadium East Bengal Ground
Indian Super League	currently 8th
Calcutta League	4th
Durand Cup	Group Stage
Super Cup	to be determined
Top goalscorer	League: Cleiton Silva (3) All: Cleiton Silva (5)
Highest home attendance	17,772 v Odisha 18 November 2022 Indian Super League
Lowest home attendance	17,170 v Chennaiyin 4 November 2022 Indian Super League
Average home league attendance	17,480
Biggest win	3–1 vs NorthEast United 20 October 2022 Indian Super League
Biggest defeat	2–4 vs Odisha 18 November 2022 Indian Super League
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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All statistics correct as of 18 November 2022.

The 2022–23 season is the 103rd season of East Bengal Football Club and their third season in the Indian Super League. The Indian football season started in August. The club competed in the Durand Cup and got eliminated in the group stage, and finished fourth in the Calcutta Football League. The club will also participate in the Indian Super Leagueand the Super Cup.

Background[]

The partnership between investor group Shree Cement and East Bengal Club was terminated after the end of the 2021–22 Indian Super League season and they returned the sporting rights back to the club on 12 April 2022, after both the parties failed to reach an agreement and the final term sheet was not accepted and signed by the club officials.^[1] The club officials, however, stated that East Bengal club shall continue to play in the Indian Super League, and shall be announcing their new investors within the next two weeks.^[2] East Bengal club was once again handed another transfer ban by AIFF for non-payment of dues for seven of their players.^[3]

On 25 May, East Bengal announced the collaboration with Emami as the principal investors of the club.^[4][5][6] The club confirmed their participation in the 2022-23 Indian Super League season with the arrival of the new investors.^[7] On 18 July, after two months of contractual discussions between the club and the investor group, the club finally started the recruitment process for the new season after receiving a go-ahead from the investors.^[8][9] On 22 July, the AIFF uplifted the transfer ban set on East Bengal and thus allowed the club to register their new signings for the season.^[10] East Bengal appointed Santosh Trophy winning Kerala football team coach Bino George as the head coach of the East Bengal Reserves team, who would participate in the Calcutta Football League, and would also serve as the assistant coach of the first team for the Indian Super League.^[11][12] East Bengal also roped in former Indian national football team coach Stephen Constantine as the new head-coach of the team for the season.^[13][14] On 2 August 2022, the formal launch of Emami East Bengal was held in Kolkata and the tie-up between the club and the investor group Emami was officially announced.^[15] The club and the investor group formed a new company named "Emami East Bengal Pvt. Ltd." where the club would hold 23% share while 77% would be in the hands of Emami group.^[16][17] The club would officially play as 'East Bengal FC' in the upcoming season in the Indian Super League.^[18]

Transfers[]

Incoming[]

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Signed from	Fee	Ref
3 August 2022	13	GK	Pawan Kumar	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer	[19]
3 August 2022	15	MF	Mobashir Rahman	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer	[19]
3 August 2022	33	DF	Pritam Kumar Singh	Hyderabad	Free Transfer	[19]
3 August 2022	23	MF	Souvik Chakrabarti	Hyderabad	Free Transfer	[19]
3 August 2022	7	FW	Aniket Jadhav	Hyderabad	Undisclosed[a]	[19]
3 August 2022	2	DF	Mohammad Rakip	Mumbai City	Free Transfer	[19]
3 August 2022	16	DF	Sarthak Golui	Bengaluru	Free Transfer	[19]
3 August 2022	17	DF	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Chennaiyin	Free Transfer	[19]
3 August 2022	29	FW	Naorem Mahesh Singh	Kerala Blasters	Undisclosed[b]	[19]
3 August 2022	11	FW	V.P. Suhair	NorthEast United	Undisclosed[c]	[19]
11 August 2022	1	GK	Kamaljit Singh	Odisha	Undisclosed	[22]
11 August 2022	6	FW	Sumit Passi	Roundglass Punjab	Free Transfer	[22]
12 August 2022	4	DF	Iván González	Goa	Free Transfer	[23]
12 August 2022	40	DF	Charalambos Kyriakou	Doxa Katokopias	Free Transfer	[23]
12 August 2022	14	MF	Alex Lima	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer	[23]
12 August 2022	10	FW	Cleiton Silva	Bengaluru	Free Transfer	[23]
12 August 2022	9	FW	Eliandro	Samut Prakan City	Free Transfer	[23]
22 August 2022	24	MF	Jordan O'Doherty	Newcastle Jets	Free Transfer	[24]

Loan in[]

Start date	End date	No.	Pos.	Name	Loaned from	Ref
3 August 2022	End of season	8	MF	Amarjit Singh Kiyam	Goa	[19]
11 August 2022	End of season	5	DF	Lalchungnunga	Sreenidi Deccan	[22]
20 August 2022	End of season	18	FW	Himanshu Jangra	Delhi	[25]
22 August 2022	End of season	32	GK	Naveen Kumar	Goa	[26]

Outgoing[]

Exit Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Signed to	Fee	Ref
1 June 2022	1	GK	Sankar Roy	Mohammedan Sporting	Free Transfer	[27]
1 June 2022	2	DF	Daniel Gomes	Kenkre	Free Transfer	[19]
1 June 2022	6	DF	Darren Sidoel	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	7	FW	Antonio Perošević	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	8	MF	Mohammed Rafique	Chennaiyin	Free Transfer	[28]
1 June 2022	12	DF	Joyner Lourenco	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	15	FW	Balwant Singh	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	16	MF	Songpu Singsit	Sreenidi Deccan	Free Transfer	[19]
1 June 2022	17	DF	Sarineo Fernandes	Real Kashmir	Free Transfer	[19]
1 June 2022	18	MF	Sourav Das	Chennaiyin	Free Transfer	[29]
1 June 2022	19	DF	Romeo Fernandes	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	20	DF	Hira Mondal	Bengaluru	Free Transfer	[30]
1 June 2022	22	MF	Lalrinliana Hnamte	ATK Mohun Bagan	Free Transfer	[31]
1 June 2022	23	MF	Bikash Jairu	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	26	DF	Akashdeep Singh Kahlon	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	29	GK	Arindam Bhattacharya	NorthEast United	Free Transfer	[32]
1 June 2022	30	DF	Ananta Tamang	Chitwan	Free Transfer	[19]
1 June 2022	33	MF	Loken Meitei	Real Kashmir	Free Transfer	[19]
1 June 2022	43	FW	Siddhant Shirodkar	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	45	DF	Saikhom Goutam Singh	—	Released	[19]
1 June 2022	47	DF	Raju Gaikwad	Churchill Brothers	Free Transfer	[19]
1 June 2022	71	DF	Franjo Prce	Koper	Free Transfer	[19]
1 June 2022	77	MF	Fran Sota	Logroñés	Free Transfer	[19]
1 June 2022	99	FW	Rahul Paswan	Mohammedan Sporting	Free Transfer	[33]

Team[]

First-team squad[]

The below list contains the names and details of the first team squad for East Bengal. This list does not contain the players of the reserve team which will be participating in the Calcutta Football League.^[19] On 6 October, ahead of the Indian Super League campaign, East Bengal announced the list of captains for the season – Cleiton Silva, Souvik Chakrabarti, Sumeet Passi, Kamaljit Singh and Iván González.^[34]

As of 18 November 2022^[35][36]

No.	Name	Nat.	Pos.	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Year	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kamaljit Singh (captain)		GK	(1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 (age 26)	Odisha	2022	11	0
13	Pawan Kumar		GK	(1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 32)	Jamshedpur	2022	0	0
25	Suvam Sen		GK	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 33)	United	2021	5	0
32	Naveen Kumar		GK	(1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 (age 33)	Goa	2022	0	0
Defenders
2	Mohammad Rakip		RB	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000 (age 22)	Mumbai City	2022	5	0
4	Iván González (captain)		CB	(1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 32)	Goa	2022	9	0
5	Lalchungnunga		CB	(2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 21)	Sreenidi Deccan	2022	11	0
16	Sarthak Golui		CB	(1997-11-03) 3 November 1997 (age 25)	Bengaluru	2022	11	1
17	Jerry Lalrinzuala		LB	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 24)	Chennaiyin	2022	9	0
19	Ankit Mukherjee		RB	(1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 26)	ATK Mohun Bagan	2020	25	0
33	Pritam Kumar Singh		LB	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 26)	Hyderabad	2022	6	0
34	Nabi Hussain Khan		CB	(1998-05-01) 1 May 1998 (age 24)	East Bengal Reserves	2022	4	0
37	Tuhin Das		LB	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 22)	East Bengal Reserves	2022	7	0
40	Charalambos Kyriakou		RB	(1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 33)	Doxa Katokopias	2022	10	1
Midfielders
6	Sumit Passi (captain)		RW	(1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 28)	Roundglass Punjab	2022	6	2
7	Aniket Jadhav		RW	(2000-07-13) 13 July 2000 (age 22)	Hyderabad	2022	6	0
8	Amarjit Singh Kiyam		CM	(2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 21)	Goa	2022	24	0
12	Wahengbam Angousana		CM	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 26)	TRAU	2020	34	0
14	Alex Lima		CM	(1988-12-15) 15 December 1988 (age 33)	Jamshedpur	2022	10	1
15	Mobashir Rahman		CM	(1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 (age 24)	Jamshedpur	2022	7	0
18	Himanshu Jangra		LW	(2004-07-21) 21 July 2004 (age 18)	Delhi	2022	5	0
23	Souvik Chakrabarti (captain)		CM	(1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 (age 31)	Hyderabad	2022	7	0
24	Jordan O'Doherty		CM	(1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 (age 25)	Newcastle Jets	2022	7	1
29	Naorem Mahesh Singh		LW	(1999-03-01) 1 March 1999 (age 23)	Kerala Blasters	2022	26	3
Forwards
9	Eliandro		FW	(1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 32)	Samut Prakan City	2022	7	0
10	Cleiton Silva (captain)		FW	(1987-02-03) 3 February 1987 (age 35)	Bengaluru	2022	9	5
11	V. P. Suhair		FW	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 30)	NorthEast United	2022	14	5
26	Semboi Haokip		FW	(1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 29)	Bengaluru	2021	29	4

New contracts[]

No.	Pos.	Date	Name	Ref.
12	MF	18 May 2022	Wahengbam Angousana	[37]
19	DF	26 July 2022	Ankit Mukherjee	[38]
26	FW	30 August 2022	Semboi Haokip	[39]
25	GK	31 October 2022	Suvam Sen	[40]

Promoted from Reserve Squad[]

No.	Pos.	Name	Ref.
34	DF	Nabi Hussain Khan	[41]
37	DF	Tuhin Das	[41]

Reserve squad[]

The East Bengal Reserves team, who are not registered in the Indian Super League squad, would be participating in the 2022 Calcutta Premier Division with head coach Bino George taking charge of the team from the sidelines.^[12][42][43]

As of 1 November 2022

No.	Name	Nat.	Pos.	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Year	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
50	Suryash Jaiswal		GK	(1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 (age 23)	George Telegraph	2022	3	0
65	Muhammed Nishad P		GK	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 22)	Gokulam Kerala	2022	1	0
99	Aditya Patra		GK	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 22)	Bengaluru	2022	0	0
Defenders
51	Subhendu Mandi		CB	(1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 24)	Railway	2022	0	0
53	Arpan Polley		RB	(2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 19)	East Bengal U–18	2022	1	0
58	Niranjan Mondal		LB	(1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 24)	Calcutta Customs	2022	2	0
60	Adil Amal		RB	(2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 (age 20)	Mar Athanasius Football Academy	2022	1	0
61	Athul Unnikrishnan		CB	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 22)	Kerala United	2022	4	0
Midfielders
38	Mahitosh Roy		CM	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 24)	George Telegraph	2022	3	0
52	Sanjib Ghosh		CM	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 22)	Mohammedan Sporting	2022	4	0
55	Dip Saha		CM	(2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 22)	Aryan	2022	4	0
56	Tanmay Das		CM	(1998-05-02) 2 May 1998 (age 24)	Railway	2022	1	0
59	Vivek Singh		CM	(2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 (age 22)	George Telegraph	2022	3	1
Forwards
54	Vishnu TM		FW	(2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 22)	Aryan	2022	3	0
62	Lijo Kurusappan		FW	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 21)	Travancore Royals	2022	2	0
64	Jesin TK		FW	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 22)	Kerala United	2022	4	1
97	Subham Bhowmick		FW	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 25)	Madan Maharaj	2022	4	0

Current technical staff[]

East Bengal appointed former Indian national football team coach Stephen Constantine as the head coach of the team.^[13] The club also appointed Santosh Trophy winning Kerala football team coach Bino George as the assistant coach and also shall serve as the head coach of the reserve team that will be participating in the Calcutta Football League.^[12] The club appointed Owain Manship as the head of sports science.^[44] The club also appointed former Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Andy Petterson as the goalkeeping coach for the team.^[45] East Bengal appointed Englishman Sam Baker as the video analyst of the team.^[46] The club also roped in former Sarpsborg coach Thórhallur Siggeirsson as the assistant coach of the team.^[47][48] On 2 November 2022, East Bengal announced that they have signed former India national under-20 football team coach Shanmugam Venkatesh as the new assistant coach of the team and Bino George would continue as the head coach of the reserves team.^[49][50][51]

Position	Name
Head coach	Stephen Constantine
Assistant coach	Thórhallur Siggeirsson
Assistant coach	Shanmugam Venkatesh
Goalkeeping coach	Andy Petterson
Head of Sports Science	Owain Manship
Video Analyst	Sam Baker
Physio Therapist	Askar PV
Physio Therapist	Shehin Muhammed
Physio Therapist	Nazal Seyd Jifry
Physio Therapist	Mohamed Salah
Team Manager	Pratim Kumar Saha
Team Doctor	Dr. Mustufa Poonawalla
Masseur	Liaqat Ali
Masseur	Suresh V
Reserve Team Head coach	Bino George
Reserve Team Assistant coach	Biswajit Majumdar
Reserve Team Goalkeeping coach	Sangram Mukherjee
Reserve Team Physio Therapist	Md. Ziauddin
Reserve Team Doctor	Dr. Ram Dhal
Chief Technical Officer	Amoy Ghoshal

Kit[]

East Bengal had launched their new home and away kits before the Durand Cup. Their new kit partners Trak-Only launched the home and away kits on their social media handle ahead of the first game of the season.^[52][53] However, before the Indian Super League season began, the club launched the official kits for the season in gala style at the Rajdanga Naba Uday Sangha Durga Puja ground, on 29 September, with first team players – Souvik Chakrabarti, Cleiton Silva and V. P. Suhair unveiling the kits to the media, in presence of head coach Stephen Constantine.^[54][55][56]

Indian Super League Kits[]

Home

Away

Third

Goalkeeper

Durand Cup Kits[]

Home

Away

Goalkeeper

Pre-season[]

On 4 August, newly appointed head coach Stephen Constantine arrived in Kolkata and started the pre-season training with the team, joined by the already announced Indian squad at the club ground. Constantine is assisted by Bino George, who also started the pre-season training with the reserve team.^[57] After his first training session with the team, Constantine put out a statement saying, "You are not going to want to play against East Bengal".^[58] On 11 August, East Bengal announced the signing of three more Indian players, including custodian Kamaljit Singh from Odisha in a hefty transfer after East Bengal agreed to pay the release clause for the goalkeeper.^[22][59] On 12 August, East Bengal announced the signing of five foreign players for the season: three Brazilians — Alex Lima, Cleiton Silva and Eliandro, Spanish defender Ivan González and Cyprus national team defender Charalambos Kyriakou.^[23]

East Bengal played their first pre-season friendly game on 16 August against Diamond Harbour at the Naihati Stadium.^[60] The club mainly fielded their reserve side along with three members of senior squad as the game ended in a goalless draw.^[61] After the Durand Cup exit and as preparation for the Indian Super League, East Bengal played a closed-door friendly against George Telegraph on 18 September at the AIFF National Centre of Excellence and won 3–0 with goals from Naorem Mahesh Singh, V. P. Suhair and Eliandro.^[62] On 22 September, East Bengal played Aryan in their second pre-season friendly game before the Indian Super League and won 3–0 again, with Alex Lima, Eliandro and Semboi Haokip scoring for the team.^[63] On 25 September, East Bengal played their third friendly match against India under-20 at the AIFF National Centre of Excellence and won 2–0 with goals from Sumeet Passi and Cleiton Silva.^[64] On 30 September, East Bengal played Real Kashmir in their fourth friendly game and won 3–0, with Cleiton Silva, Sumeet Passi and Souvik Chakrabarti scoring for the team, thus ending the pre-season for East Bengal before the start of the Indian Super League.^[65]

Pre-season friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Durand Cup[]

East Bengal will be participating in the 2022 Durand Cup after being absent in the previous two editions of the tournament. East Bengal was drawn in group B alongside ATK Mohun Bagan, Mumbai City, Rajasthan United and Indian Navy.^[69][70] East Bengal began their campaign on 22 August against Indian Navy at the Salt Lake Stadium.^[71] In the opening game, East Bengal played out a goalless draw against the Indian Navy and settled for one point.^[72] East Bengal faced Rajasthan United in the second game of the group on 25 August at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan and once again settled for a goalless draw. Goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh saved a penalty in the second half to keep the clean sheet as East Bengal managed two points from as many games in the group.^[73] East Bengal faced ATK Mohun Bagan in their third game of the group on 28 August at the Salt Lake Stadium and suffered a 0–1 defeat courtesy of an own goal from Sumeet Passi in the dying minutes of the first half.^[74] After ATK Mohun Bagan won their fixture against Indian Navy on 31 August, East Bengal were officially eliminated from the tournament with a game to play.^[75] In the final game of the group stage, East Bengal ended their campaign with their first victory of the season, as they defeated Mumbai City 4–3 at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan on 3 September.^[76] Sumeet Passi and Cleiton Silva scored a brace each for East Bengal while Lallianzuala Chhangte got a brace and Greg Stewart scored the other for Mumbai in a seven-goal thriller win for East Bengal.^[77]

Group Stage[]

Matches[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

East Bengal v Indian Navy

22 August 2022 Group Stage	East Bengal	0–0	Indian Navy	showKolkata
18:00 IST	Mukherjee  62'	Report	Mahata  60'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lakshay Tushir Man of the Match: Harikrishna AU (Indian Navy)

Indian Super League[]

Summary[]

The 2022-23 Indian Super League will be played across the country in home and away formats after two seasons of hosting it in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[78] The fixtures were released on 1 September with the league set to begin on 7 October 2022;^[79][80] with East Bengal featuring in the opening fixture against Kerala Blasters away at Kochi.^[79] On 5 October, East Bengal announced their 27 man squad for the Indian Super League, that included six foreign players lead by coach Stephen Constantine.^[81][82]

On 7 October, East Bengal started their campaign with a 3–1 defeat against the runners-up of last season Kerala Blasters at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. Adrián Luna scored in the second half in the seventy-second minute to put the home team ahead and then Ivan Kalyuzhnyi scored in the eighty-second minute to double the lead for Kerala. Alex Lima reduced the margin for East Bengal in the eighty-seventh minute but Kalyuzhnyi scored again just two minutes later as East Bengal suffered a defeat in the opening match.^[83][84] East Bengal faced Goa on 12 October at home in the Salt Lake Stadium in their second match and suffered a 1–2 defeat courtesy of an injury time winner from Edu Bedia. Brandon Fernandes opened the scoring for Goa in the eighth minute while Cleiton Silva had equalized for East Bengal from a penalty in the sixty-fourth minute.^[85][86] On 20 October, East Bengal registered their first win of the campaign as they defeated NorthEast United 1–3 away at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati. Cleiton Silva opened the scoring for East Bengal in the eleventh minute, Charalambos Kyriakou scored the second in the fifty-second minute, Jordan O'Doherty scored the third in the eighty-fourth minute while Matt Derbyshire scored one for NorthEast United in the injury time to reduce the margin only as a consolation, as East Bengal secured their first three points.^[87][88] On 29 October, East Bengal faced ATK Mohun Bagan in their fourth match at the Salt Lake Stadium in the first leg of the Kolkata Derby and suffered a 2–0 defeat. Hugo Boumous scored the first for ATK Mohun Bagan in the fifty-sixth minute and Manvir Singh scored the second in the sixty-fifth minute, as East Bengal suffered their third loss in the campaign.^[89][90]

On 4 November, East Bengal faced Chennaiyin at the Salt Lake Stadium and suffered a 1–0 defeat. Vafa Hakhamaneshi scored the only goal of the match in the sixty-ninth minute of the game with a header from inside the box from a corner-kick, as East Bengal suffered their fourth defeat in five matches in the league.^[91] Vafa of Chennaiyin and Sarthak Golui of East Bengal were given marching orders in the second half after both received double bookings in the match.^[92] On 11 November, East Bengal secured their second win of the campaign as they defeated Bengaluru 1–0 away at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium with Cleiton Silva scoring the only goal of the match in the sixty-ninth minute, as East Bengal moved to the eighth place with six points in six matches.^[93][94] Coach Stephen Constantine dedicated the win to late East Bengal fan Joy Shankar Saha who passed away during the match against ATK Mohun Bagan on 29 October.^[95] On 18 November, East Bengal faced Odisha at the Salt Lake Stadium and suffered a 4–2 defeat. East Bengal lead 2–0 at halftime after Semboi Haokip and Naorem Mahesh Singh had scored for the team but Odisha rallied from behind in the second half to score four goals, Pedro Martín scored twice, Jerry Mawihmingthanga scored the third and Nandhakumar Sekar scored the fourth as East Bengal suffered their fifth defeat of the campaign.^[96][97]

League Table[]

Result summary[]

Results by match[]

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 1 September 2022, with the season starting on 7 October.^[79][98]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Calcutta Football League[]

East Bengal will be participating in the 2022-23 Calcutta Premier Division after being absent last year due to issues with their previous investor group. East Bengal will start their campaign from the super six stages of the Premier A division, along with the other big two ATK Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting.^{[99][100][101]} Bhawanipore, Aryan and Kidderpore are the other three teams who qualified for the super six stages.^[102] The fixtures for the Super-Six were released on 21 September and East Bengal is set to begin their campaign against Aryan on 25 September at the Bankimanjali Stadium at Naihati.^[103] ATK Mohun Bagan withdrew their name from the tournament,^[104] while East Bengal will be fielding their Reserve squad for the tournament as the fixtures got clashed with the Indian Super League.^{[67][68][105]}

On 25 September, East Bengal began their campaign with a 0–0 draw against Kidderpore at the Bankimanjali Stadium at Naihati. Bino George took charge of the team from the sidelines as the reserve squad took the field.^[106][107] East Bengal was supposed to play their second match against Aryan on 28 September at Naihati but the match was abandoned due to heavy rainfalls.^[108] The match was rescheduled and was played at the same venue on 15 October.^[109] East Bengal drew the match 1–1 with Jesin TK scoring in the thirty-ninth minute for East Bengal while Amarnath Baskey equalised for Aryan in the fifty-first minute as East Bengal settle for another draw.^[110][111] On 26 October, East Bengal faced Bhawanipore and suffered a 2–0 defeat at the Kalyani Stadium. Jiten Murmu and Gnohere Krizo scored for Bhawanipore.^[112] On 30 October, Mohammedan Sporting were crowned the champions of the tournament, even before the game against East Bengal, after Bhawanipore drew 1–1 with Aryan.^[113] On 1 November, East Bengal faced Mohammedan Sporting at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan and drew 1–1 as they ended the Calcutta Football League campaign without a win in the fourth position. Vivek Singh opened the scoring for East Bengal in the thirty-fourth minute but Faslu Rahman equalized for Mohammedan in the ninetieth minute as the game ended in a stalemate.^[114][115]

League Table[]

Results by match[]

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 21 September 2022.^[103]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Super Cup[]

East Bengal along with the other ten Indian Super League teams and nine I-League teams will participate in the Super Cup.^[116]

Statistics[]

Appearances[]

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

As of 18 November 2022^[117]

Appearances for East Bengal in 2022–23 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup		Indian Super League		Calcutta League		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Kamaljit Singh	4	4	7	7	—	—	11	11
50	GK		Suryash Jaiswal	—				3	3	3	3
65	GK		Muhammed Nishad P	—				1	1	1	1
Defenders
2	RB		Mohammad Rakip	3	1	0	0	2	2	5	3
4	CB		Iván González	2	1	7	7	—	—	9	8
5	CB		Lalchungnunga	4	4	7	7	—	—	11	11
16	CB		Sarthak Golui	1	0	5	3	—	—	6	3
17	LB		Jerry Lalrinzuala	3	3	6	5	—	—	9	8
19	RB		Ankit Mukherjee	2	2	4	3	1	1	7	6
33	LB		Pritam Kumar Singh	3	3	1	1	2	2	6	6
34	CB		Nabi Hussain Khan	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
37	LB		Tuhin Das	2	1	5	2	—	—	7	3
40	CB		Charalambos Kyriakou	3	3	7	6	—	—	10	9
53	RB		Arpan Polley	—				1	0	1	0
58	LB		Niranjan Mondal	—				2	2	2	2
60	RB		Adil Amal	—				1	1	1	1
61	CB		Athul Unnikrishnan	—				4	4	4	4
Midfielders
6	RW		Sumit Passi	4	4	2	2	—	—	6	6
7	RW		Aniket Jadhav	3	2	2	0	1	1	6	3
8	CM		Amarjit Singh Kiyam	4	2	1	0	3	3	8	5
12	CM		Wahengbam Angousana	2	2	1	0	3	3	6	5
14	CM		Alex Lima	4	3	6	2	—	—	10	5
15	CM		Mobashir Rahman	3	1	3	0	1	1	7	2
18	LW		Himanshu Jangra	2	0	3	0	—	—	5	0
23	CM		Souvik Chakrabarti	4	2	3	2	—	—	7	4
24	CM		Jordan O'Doherty	0	0	7	6	—	—	7	6
29	RW		Naorem Mahesh Singh	2	1	6	5	—	—	8	6
38	CM		Mahitosh Roy	1	0	—	—	2	1	3	1
52	CM		Sanjib Ghosh	—				4	2	4	2
55	CM		Dip Saha	—				4	3	4	3
56	CM		Tanmoy Das	—				1	0	1	0
59	CM		Vivek Singh	—				3	2	3	2
Forwards
9	FW		Eliandro	3	1	4	0	—	—	7	1
10	FW		Cleiton Silva	2	1	7	7	—	—	9	8
11	FW		V.P. Suhair	2	2	7	7	—	—	9	9
26	FW		Semboi Haokip	1	1	7	5	1	1	9	7
54	FW		Vishnu TM	—				3	1	3	1
62	FW		Lijo Kurusappan	—				2	0	1	0
64	FW		Jesin TK	—				4	4	4	4
97	FW		Subham Bhowmick	—				4	2	4	2

Goal Scorers[]

As of 18 November 2022^[118]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup	Indian Super League	Calcutta League	Total
1	10	FW		Cleiton Silva	2	3	—	5
2	6	FW		Sumeet Passi	2	0	—	2
3	14	CM		Alex Lima	0	1	—	1
	24	CM		Jordan O'Doherty	0	1	—	1
	26	FW		Semboi Haokip	0	1	0	1
	29	RW		Naorem Mahesh Singh	0	1	—	1
	40	RB		Charalambos Kyriakou	0	1	—	1
	59	LW		Vivek Singh	—	—	1	1
	64	FW		Jesin TK	—	—	1	1
Total					4	8	2	14

Assists[]

As of 18 November 2022^[119]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup	Indian Super League	Calcutta League	Total
1	11	FW		V. P. Suhair	0	3	—	3
2	29	LW		Naorem Mahesh Singh	0	2	—	2
3	10	FW		Cleiton Silva	1	0	—	1
	15	CM		Mobashir Rahman	0	1	—	1
	17	DF		Jerry Lalrinzuala	1	0	—	1
	64	FW		Jesin TK	—	—	1	1
Total					2	6	1	9

Clean Sheets[]

As of 18 November 2022^[120]

No.	Nat.	Player	Durand Cup	Indian Super League	Calcutta League	Total
1		Kamaljit Singh	2	1	—	3
50		Suryash Jaiswal	—		1	1
65		Muhammed Nishad P	—		0	0

Disciplinary Record[]

As of 18 November 2022^[121][122]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup				Indian Super League				Calcutta League
1	GK		Kamaljit Singh	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
4	CB		Ivan González	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
5	CB		Lalchungnunga	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
8	CM		Amarjit Singh Kiyam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW		Cleiton Silva	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
11	FW		V. P. Suhair	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
14	CM		Alex Lima	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
15	CM		Mobashir Rahman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	CB		Sarthak Golui	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—
17	LB		Jerry Lalrinzuala	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
19	RB		Ankit Mukherjee	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	CM		Souvik Chakrabarti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
29	RW		Naorem Mahesh Singh	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
33	LB		Pritam Kumar Singh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	RB		Nabi Hussain Khan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
40	CB		Charalambos Kyriakou	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
54	FW		Vishnu TM	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0
58	LB		Niranjan Mondal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0
59	LW		Vivek Singh	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0
65	GK		Muhammed Nishad P	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0

Club awards[]

ISL Fans' Goal of the Week award[]

This is awarded weekly to the player chosen by fans voting on the Indian Super League website.^[123]

Week	Nat.	Player	Score	Result	Opponents	Date	% Votes
Week 3		Charalambos Kyriakou	0–2	1–3	NorthEast United	20 October 2022	63.9%

See also[]

• 2022–23 in Indian football

Notes[]

References[]