East Bengal Club

Sporting Club East Bengal are an Indian professional football club based at Kolkata.[1]

East Bengal
Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, which East Bengal uses for most matches
Full nameKingfisher Bengal Football Club
Founded1920
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Capacity120,000
OwnerUB Group
ChairmanDr Pranab Dasgupta
ManagerTrevor Morgan
LeagueI-League
2010–11I-League, 2nd
WebsiteClub website

East Bengal is one of the teams which compete in the I-League.

History

East Bengal Football Club was established in 1920.[1]

In 1998, the name of the club was changed from East Bengal Football Club to Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club.[2]

In July 2003, East Bengal won the ASEAN Club Championship at Jakarta.[3]

Players

First-team squad
As of 24th July 2013[4]

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 Abhijit Mondal
2 DF  India Raju Gaikwad
3 DF  India Arnab Mondal
4 DF  Nigeria Uga Okpara
5 DF  India Sunil Thakur
6 FW  India Baljit Sahni
7 MF  India Harmanjot Khabra
8 DF  India Naoba Singh
9 MF  India Alvito D'Cunha
10 FW  Nigeria Chidi Edeh
11 FW  South Sudan James Moga
12 MF  India Reisangmei Vashum
13 GK  India Abhra Mondal
14 MF  India Mehtab Hossain (captain)
15 MF  India Sanju Pradhan
16 DF  India Gurwinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  Japan Ryuji Sueoka
18 MF  India Abhishek Das
19 FW  India Nilendra Dewan
20 FW  India Seminlen Doungel
21 MF  India Lalrindika Ralte
22 DF  India Safar Sardar
23 FW  India Joaquim Abranches
24 FW  India Cavin Lobo
25 DF  India Robert Lalthalma
29 DF  India Saumik Dey
30 GK  India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
31 GK  India Jayanta Pal
32 GK  India Priyant Singh
33 MF  India Saikat Saha Roy
34 MF  India Subodh Kumar
35 MF  India Ishfaq Ahmed
— MF  India Dipankar Roy

Notable past players
  • Byomkesh Bose, 1948–1958[5]
  • Baichung Bhutia, 1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2003-2006, 2009-2011[6]
  • Paritosh Chakravarty, 1942–1949[7]
  • Surja Chakravarty, 1925–1927, 1929-1934[8]
  • Mona Dutta, 1922–1925[9]
  • Sunil Ghosh, 1938, 1940-1948[10]
  • Ahmed Khan, 1949–1959[11]
  • Majid, 1931-1937[12]
  • Lakshmi Narayan, 1935–1940[13]
  • J. Sarkar, 1925–1927, 1929-1932[14]
  • Dulal Thakurta, 1927-1929, 1931-1937, 1939-1941[15]

References
  1. Soccerway.com, East Bengal FC; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  2. AsianFootballFeast.com, East Bengal Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-10.
  3. Rediff.com, "East Bengal lift ASEAN Cup," July 26, 2003; retrieved 2012-7-10.
  4. "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. East Bengal the Real Power (EBRP), Byomkesh Bose; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  6. NationalFootballTeams.com, "Baichung Bhutia"; retrieved 2012-7-19.
  7. EBRP, Paritosh Chakravarty; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  8. EBRP, Surja Chakravarty; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  9. EBRP, Mona Dutta; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  10. EBRP, Sunil Ghosh; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  11. EBRP, Ahmed Khan; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  12. EBRP, Majid; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  13. EBRP, Lakshmi Narayan; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  14. EBRP, J. Sarkar; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  15. EBRP, Dulal Thakurta; retrieved 2012-7-9.

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