East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy

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East Bengal Reserves
East Bengal FC logo.webp
Full nameEast Bengal Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)Red and Gold Brigade
Bangal Brigade
Torch Bearers
Short nameEB
EBFC
GroundEast Bengal Ground
Capacity23,500
OwnerEmami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd.
PresidentDr. Pronab Dasgupta
Head coachBino George (senior assistant/reserves)
Ranjan Chowdhury (under-18)
Chandan Ray (under-15)
Tarun Dey (under-13)
LeagueElite League (U18)
Calcutta Football League
(selected matches)
Sub Junior League (U13)
WebsiteClub website

East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy is the reserve football team of East Bengal Club. It is the most senior level beneath the first team. The team generally consists of under–21 players but at times senior players also play, if recuperating from injury or not getting first team game time. The Reserve side currently plays in the Calcutta Football League.

East Bengal Academy are the under–18, under–15 and under–13 team of East Bengal Club. The under–18 team of the club is generally referred to as the primary youth team as it is the last stage of progression for the promotion of youth players into the first team.[1]

The youth teams participate in the Elite league of various age groups. The East Bengal Academy was re-instated on 20 June 2016 with the motive to establish a strong footprint in Indian football by producing quality professional players. The main objective of this project has been to supply professional quality players to the East Bengal senior team & Indian national team.[1]

Active departments of East Bengal
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Reserve team[]

East Bengal officially did not have a reserve team prior to 2020, however, the club formed a reserve team composed of academy players and few senior team members to participate in minor tournaments like Bordoloi Trophy, Darjeeling Gold Cup etc. In 2018, the East Bengal Reserves team, coached by Ranjan Chowdhury, won the Darjeeling Gold Cup defeating another Kolkata giant Mohammedan Sporting in the final.[2]

The reserve team was formed in 2020 and intended to play in the I-League 2nd Division, along with Calcutta Football League from the 2020–21 season.[3] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the team was scrapped and after new investors Emami group tied up with the club, the reserve team was once again launched in 2022. Former Kerala football team coach Bino George was appointed as the head coach of the reserve team.[4][5] The reserve team would be participating in the 2022 Calcutta Premier Division, and the club also recruited former captain Sangram Mukherjee as the goalkeeper coach for the team.[6] The club also bolstered the squad by making some top signings from the Santosh Trophy teams, including five players from Kerala, the champions of the 2021–22 edition.[7][8]

Reserve squad[]

As of 24 September 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
99 GK India IND
50 GK India IND
65 GK India IND
51 DF India IND
61 DF India IND
58 DF India IND
53 DF India IND
60 DF India IND
59 MF India IND Vivek Singh
52 MF India IND
55 MF India IND
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND
56 MF India IND
— MF India IND
38 MF India IND Mahitosh Roy
— MF India IND Vishal Das
54 FW India IND Vishnu TM
— FW India IND
97 FW India IND
64 FW India IND Jesin TK
62 FW India IND

Coaching Staff[]

Role Name
Head Coach India Bino George
Goalkeeping Coach India Sangram Mukherjee
Physio India Md. Ziauddin
Team Manager India Pratim Kr. Saha

Academy[]

The East Bengal Academy was founded in the early part of the 21st century and had a major success initially as the U–19 East Bengal team won the first two U–19 National Football League held in 2001–02 and 2002–03[9] and then the club's Under–15 team qualified for the Manchester United Premier Cup after being champions of India defeating Mahindra United 1–0 in the final,[10] and becoming South–East Asian regional runners up in 2007.[11] The Junior team faced the youth teams of Manchester United, A.S. Roma and Shandong Luneng and FK Austria Wien in the final round held in Manchester, however, they lost all the games in the group stages.[12] In the 17–20th place play-off semi-finals, the team defeated Bukit Jalil of Malaysia by 3–1 but lost to Central United of New Zealand in the 17th place play-offs final by 5–3 via tiebreakers after the game ended goalless in regulation time. The U–15 team finished 18th[13] among the 20 teams who had reached the world final stage and is to date the best finish by any Indian club in the Nike Premier Cup.[14] The East Bengal U–19 team was the primary youth team before the Elite League started in 2010. Players like Israil Gurung, Saikat Saha Roy etc. were part of the East Bengal youth setup in the mid–2000s. In 2006, former East Bengal legend and National League winning coach Monoranjan Bhattacharya was appointed as the head coach of the East Bengal U–19 team.[15]

The East Bengal Academy started with new endeavours in 2016 as they brought in Ranjan Chowdhury as head of the project with an aim to produce Indian talents and build up the supply line for the main team of East Bengal.[16] The team finished runners-up in the 2016–17 I-League U18, losing 2–1 to AIFF Elite Academy in the final. The team also reached the semi-final in 2017–18.[17] The team was disbanded after the 2019–20 Indian Elite League was called off due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. In 2022, after new investors Emami group joined the club, the youth teams have been revived and shall be playing in the Youth League across various age groups.

Under-18[]

The under-18 team participates in the Elite League. The team is coached by former TFA and Pune F.C. Academy coach Ranjan Chowdhury who is also the project head of East Bengal Football Academy.[1]

The National Football League U-19 was launched in 2001 and the East Bengal U-19 team won the inaugural edition defeating India sub-juniors 3–2 in the final.[18] The U-19 team defended the title the following year as they defeated JCT Football Academy 1–0 in the final.[19] The team also finished runners-up in 2003–04 edition as they lost to rivals Mohun Bagan U-19 3–1 in the penalty shoot-out after the final ended 0–0 in regulation time.[9] After the tournament was restarted as the I-League U19 in 2008 and later renamed to Elite League, the East Bengal team became runners-up four times, failing to win to title till now.

Squad[]

The East Bengal F.C. Academy Under-18 squad for 2019-20 season[20]

As of 4 December 2019

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 India IND Mirajuddin Mondal
2 DF India IND Jay Baz
3 DF India IND Saikhom Goutam Singh
4 DF India IND Chandan Oraw
5 DF India IND Arpan Polley
6 FW India IND Salam Johnson Singh
7 MF India IND Deep Samanta
8 DF India IND Ranjit Oraw
9 FW India IND Thokchom Manichand Singh
10 FW India IND Srikumar Karjee
11 MF India IND Akhay Dey
12 MF India IND Akash Mandal
14 MF India IND Bijay Mandal
15 FW India IND Danger Brahma
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF India IND Arkaprabha Das
17 MF India IND Shrawan Lama
18 DF India IND Ramesh Limbu Chemjang
19 MF India IND M. Lunminlen Haokip
20 MF India IND Sujit Singh
22 DF India IND Sagolsem Bikash Singh
23 FW India IND Sougata Hansda
24 DF India IND Soumyadip Jyoti
26 FW India IND Rajkumar Kisku
27 MF India IND Veishalou S Pao
29 GK India IND Firaj Molla
38 GK India IND Bacchu Das
41 GK India IND Suros Kumar Das


Performance Record[]

Performance of East Bengal Academy in Youth Leagues
Year Tournament Final Position Ref
2001 National Football League U-19 Champions [9][18]
2002–03 National Football League U-19 Champions [9][21][19]
2003–04 National Football League U-19 Not Held [9]
2004–05 National Football League U-19 Runners-up [9]
2005–07 National Football League U-19 Not Held [9]
2008 I-League U19 Quarter-Finals
2009 I-League U19 Not Held
2010 I-League U19 Runners-up [22]
2011 I-League U19 Runners-up
2012 I-League U-20 Group Stages
2013 I-League U-20 Final Round
2014 I-League U19 Runners-up
2014–15 I-League U19 Group Stages
2015–16 I-League U-18 Final Round
2016–17 I-League U-18 Runners-up
2017–18 Youth League U-18 Semi-Finals
2018–19 Elite League U-18 Quarter-Finals
2019–20 Elite League U-18 League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic [23]

Under-15[]

The under-15 team participates in the Elite Youth League. The team is coached by Chandan Kumar Ray.[24]

Squad[]

The East Bengal Academy Under-15 squad for 2019–20 season

As of 26 July 2019

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 India IND Firaz Molla
2 India IND Avigit Hansda
3 India IND Susobhan Naskar
4 India IND Shafik Sk.
5 India IND Sagar Porel
6 India IND Shib Sundar Tudu
7 India IND Akhay Dey
8 India IND Chiranjit Ghosh
9 India IND Kinkar Golui
10 India IND Rupam Biswas
11 India IND Jit Halder
12 India IND Soumyadip Jyoti
13 India IND Sagnik Ray
14 India IND Toufik Islam
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 India IND Argha Manna
16 India IND Rohit Singh
17 India IND Tohit Laskar
18 India IND Baburam Mandi
19 India IND Ajibur Rahaman Molla
20 India IND Tritam Lodh
21 India IND Rajkumar Kisku
22 India IND Silton Bhattacharjee
23 India IND Ayan Das
24 India IND Mohammad Taha Tanvir
25 India IND Barun Sarma
26 India IND Sattwick Mandal
27 India IND Preetam Roy
28 India IND Kaioum Ali

Performance Record[]

Performance of East Bengal Academy in U-15 Youth Leagues
Year Tournament Final Position
2005-06 U-15 Nike Premier Cup Runners[25]
2006-07 U-15 Nike Premier Cup Champions[10]
2015-16 U-15 Nike Premier Cup Zonal Round
2016-17 U-15 Nike Premier Cup Zonal Round
2017-18 U-15 Nike Premier Cup National Finals[26]
2018-19 U-15 Hero Junior League National Playoffs[27]
2019-20 U-15 Hero Junior League Disqualified (League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

Matches at the 2007 Nike Premier Cup[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 August 2007 Group stage Manchester United U15 5–0[28] East Bengal U15 Manchester
09:30 BST Nicholas Jackson 11'
David Mellor 17', 28', 38'
Rory Gorman 20'		 Report Stadium: Carrington
1 August 2007 Group stage Shandong Luneng U15 3–0[29] East Bengal U15 Manchester
14:30 BST ?? Report Stadium: Carrington
2 August 2007 Group stage FK Austria Wien U15 2–0[30] East Bengal U15 Manchester
09:30 BST David 11'
Christoph 15'		 Report Stadium: Carrington
2 August 2007 Group stage AS Roma U15 2–0[31] East Bengal U15 Manchester
15:30 BST Mattia Montini 2', 42' Report Stadium: Carrington
3 August 2007 17-20th Semi Final East Bengal U15 3–1[32] Bukit Jalil U15 Manchester
09:30 BST Suprovan Dhar 4'
Ajoy Ray 7', 20'		 Report Fouzan 30' Stadium: Carrington
3 August 2007 17-20th Final East Bengal U15 0–0[13]
(3–5 p)		 Central United U15 Manchester
11:30 BST Report Stadium: Carrington
Penalties
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  • Supravan Dharsoccer ball with check mark
  • Joydeb Chakraborty soccer ball with check mark
  • Pintu Duttasoccer ball with red X
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Under-13[]

The under-13 team participates in the Elite Youth League. The team is coached by former India International and East Bengal FC legend Tarun Dey.[33]

Squad[]

The SC East Bengal Academy Under-13 squad for 2019-20 season

As of 26 July 2019

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 India IND Apu Palian
2 India IND Ankur Adhikary
3 India IND Jishan Molla
4 India IND Rajibul Halder
5 India IND Toufik Alam
6 India IND Avijit Paul
7 India IND Gazanfar Moin
8 India IND Saranya Samaddar
9 India IND Abir Ali
10 India IND Avijit Sarkar
11 India IND Rohan Das
12 India IND Tuhin Sardar
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 India IND Debashis Bera
14 India IND Mohammed Soyab Khan
15 India IND Souptik Chakraborty
16 India IND Soumojit Das
17 India IND Julfikar Gazi
18 India IND Sunandan Majhi
19 India IND Suranya Samaddar
20 India IND Md Azhar
21 India IND Sayan Roy
22 India IND Hasibul Mondal
23 India IND Raj Maity
24 India IND Krishnapada Biswas

Performance Record[]

Performance of SC East Bengal Academy in U-13 Youth Leagues
Year Tournament Final Position
2017-18 U-13 Hero Sub Junior League Zonal Round
2018-19 U-13 Hero Sub Junior League Zonal Round[34]
2019-20 U-13 Hero Sub Junior League League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Noted graduates[]

Those who made it at the club[]

East Bengal's youth system has been successful over the last few years; many players who have come through it have gone on to feature in the first-team. The following players have gone on to play over ten competitive matches for the first team.

Players who have represented the National team are in Bold.

Those who made it elsewhere[]

East Bengal FC academy graduates who didn't make it at the club but made it somewhere else and even went on to play for the national team:

Players who have represented the National team are in Bold.

Honours[]

Reserves[]

  • Darjeeling Gold Cup (1): 2018[2]

Academy U18[]

  • Zee Bangla Football League (U-19) (1): 2019(Joint Winners)[39]
  • SRMB Cup (U-18) (1): 2019[40]
  • All Bengal Knockout Tournament (U-19) (1): 2019[citation needed]

Academy U-15[]

  1. ^ Under-19 Tournament from 2015-2018

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