2011–12 East Bengal F.C. season
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]
2011–12 season | |||
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Chairman | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||
Manager | Trevor Morgan | ||
Ground | Salt Lake Stadium | ||
I-League | 2nd | ||
Federation Cup | Runner-up | ||
AFC Cup | Group stage | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Tolgay Ozbey (15) All: Tolgay Ozbey (15) | ||
Highest home attendance | 75,364 (26 September vs Prayag United, Federation Cup) | ||
Average home league attendance | 75,364 | ||
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Key Events
26 September 2011: East Bengal defeat Prayag United in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals 2-1 to make the final. 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.
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- Coach: Trevor Morgan[4][5]
- Asst Coach: Ranjan Choudhury
- 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
In:
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Out:
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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.
Sponsors
- Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the Club).
- Co-sponsor: Tower Group
- Co-sponsor: Saradha Group
Current season
Federation Cup
Group League
17 September 2011 | East Bengal | 1 – 1 | Mohammedan SC | Salt Lake Stadium |
Sanju ![]() |
Stanley ![]() |
19 September 2011 | East Bengal | 2 – 1 | Pune F.C. | Salt Lake Stadium |
Alan Gow ![]() Robin Singh ![]() |
Jeje Lalpekhlua ![]() |
21 September 2011 | East Bengal | 1 - 0 | Dempo | Salt Lake Stadium |
Robin Singh ![]() |
Semi-final
26 September 2011 | East Bengal | 2 - 1 | Prayag United | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
6:00 pm IST | Alan Gow ![]() Khemtang Paite ![]() |
Snehashish Dutta ![]() |
Final
29 September 2011 | East Bengal | 1 - 3 | Salgaocar | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
Alan Gow ![]() |
Chidi Edeh ![]() Francis Fernandes ![]() Ryuji Sueoka ![]() |
BECAMEX IDC Cup
7 October 2011 | East Bengal | 2 - 2 | SHB Da Nang(Vietnam) | Binh Duong Stadium Vietnam |
4:00 pm ICT |
9 October 2011 | East Bengal | 0 - 1 | Sai Gon Xuan Thanh(Vietnam) | Binh Duong Stadium Vietnam |
4:00 pm ICT |
11 October 2011 | East Bengal | 0 - 1 | Matsubara(Brazil) | Binh Duong Stadium Vietnam |
4:00 pm ICT |
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.
I League
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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
Fixtures & results
22 October 2011 1 | East Bengal | 0 – 1 | Churchill Brothers | Salt Lake Stadium |
Summary | Opara![]() |
29 October 2011 2 | Prayag United | 1 – 1 | East Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium |
Yakubu ![]() |
Summary | Sahni ![]() |
2 November 2011 3 | Mumbai | 1 – 4 | East Bengal | Cooperage Ground |
Kuttymani ![]() |
Summary | Pradhan ![]() Ozbey ![]() Vashum ![]() Gow ![]() |
6 November 2011 4 | East Bengal | 2 – 0 | Shillong Lajong | Salt Lake Stadium |
Pradhan ![]() Okpara ![]() |
Summary |
9 November 2011 5 | East Bengal | 3 – 1 | Pune | Salt Lake Stadium |
Chettri ![]() Ozbey ![]() Gow ![]() |
Summary | Fernandez ![]() |
20 November 2011 6 | Mohun Bagan | 1 – 0 | East Bengal | Salt Lake Stadium |
Okolie ![]() |
Summary |
23 November 2011 7 | HAL | 1 – 8 | East Bengal | Bangalore Football Stadium |
Hamza ![]() |
Summary | Singh ![]() Okpara ![]() Ozbey ![]() Sahni ![]() |
5 December 2011 8 | Sporting Clube de Goa | 0 – 1 | East Bengal | Fatorda Stadium |
Summary | Ozbey ![]() |
15 December 2011 9 | East Bengal | 2 – 1 | Dempo | Salt Lake Stadium |
Orji ![]() Ozbey ![]() |
Summary | Miranda ![]() |
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 ![]() Ozbey ![]() |
29 December 2011 12 | Salgaocar | 4 – 0 | East Bengal | Fatorda Stadium |
Fernandes ![]() Sueoka ![]() Singh ![]() Chettri ![]() |
Summary |
2 January 2012 13 | East Bengal | 2 – 1 | Air India | Salt Lake Stadium |
Orji ![]() |
Summary | Henry ![]() |
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 ![]() Ozbey ![]() Lalthalma ![]() |
Summary | Maulingkar ![]() |
20 January 2012 16 | East Bengal | 2 - 0 | HAL | Salt Lake Stadium |
Dey ![]() Orji ![]() |
Summary |
26 January 2012 17 | Churchill Brothers | 1 - 1 | East Bengal | Churchill Braz Alemao |
Opara ![]() |
Summary | Ozbey ![]() |
31 January 2012 18 | East Bengal | 0 - 1 | Prayag United | Salt Lake Stadium |
Summary | Vincent ![]() |
4 February 2012 19 | East Bengal | 1 - 1 | Mohun Bagan | Salt Lake Stadium |
Singh ![]() |
Summary | Okolie ![]() |
10 February 2012 20 | Shillong Lajong | 2 - 1 | East Bengal | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium |
Menyongar ![]() Lyngdoh ![]() |
Summary | Ozbey ![]() |
24 March 2012 21 | East Bengal | 1 - 0 | Salgaocar | Salt Lake Stadium |
Ozbey ![]() |
Summary |
30 March 2012 22 | East Bengal | 3 - 1 | Mumbai | Salt Lake Stadium |
Ozbey ![]() R.Singh ![]() Edmilson ![]() |
Summary | Rodrigues ![]() |
16 April 2012 25 | East Bengal | 4 - 3 | Chirag United Kerala | Salt Lake Stadium |
Orji ![]() Ozbey ![]() Singh ![]() |
Summary | Sunday ![]() |
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 ![]() Ozbey ![]() Singh ![]() |
Summary |
5 May 2012 26 | Air India | 0 - 1 | East Bengal | Cooperage Ground |
Summary | Edmilson ![]() |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Churchill Brothers | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 48 | 2013 AFC Cup Group stage[lower-alpha 2] |
4 | Mohun Bagan | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 47 | |
5 | Pune | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 46 | |
6 | Salgaocar | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 44 | |
7 | United SC | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 42 | |
8 | Sporting Goa | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 40 | |
9 | Air India | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 32 | |
10 | Shillong Lajong | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 28 | |
11 | Mumbai | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 24 | |
12 | Chirag United Kerala (R) | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 20 | Relegation to 2013 I-League 2nd Division[lower-alpha 3] |
13 | Pailan Arrows | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 16 | |
14 | HAL (R) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 68 | −49 | 8 | Relegation to 2013 I-League 2nd Division |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
- Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.[12]
- Pailan Arrows were not relegated in the season as they were a developmental team.
2012 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 | |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | ||
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | ||
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
6 March 2012 1 | East Bengal ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
15:00 UTC+05:30 | Report Summary |
Adisa ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) |
20 March 2012 2 | Kazma ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City |
18:30 UTC+03:00 | Nasser ![]() Al Wuhaib ![]() Jammeh ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia) |
4 April 2012 3 | East Bengal ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | Salt Lake Stadium |
15:15 UTC+05:30 | Summary | Radhi ![]() Al Hussain ![]() |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore) |
10 April 2012 4 | Arbil ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Franso Hariri Stadium |
18:00 UTC+03:00 | Al Hussain ![]() |
Summary | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon) |
25 April 2012 5 | Al-Oruba ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa (Jordan)2 |
16:00 UTC+03:00 | Naggar ![]() Alao ![]() Sharyan ![]() Al-Gabr ![]() |
Summary | Edmilson ![]() |
Attendance: 600 Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan) |
9 May 2012 6 | East Bengal ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Salt Lake Stadium |
15:30 UTC+05:30 | Edmilson ![]() Saha ![]() |
Summary | Ismail ![]() Al Azmi ![]() |
- Notes
- Note 2: Due to the political crisis in Yemen, the AFC requested Yemeni clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.[14]
Squad statistics
Top Scorers
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | I League | Federation Cup | AFC Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | ![]() | 10 | Tolgay Ozbey | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
2 | MF | ![]() | 18 | Penn Orji | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
3 | FW | ![]() | 23 | Robin Singh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
4 | FW | ![]() | 15 | Alan Gow | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
5 | FW | ![]() | 28 | Edmilson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
6 | DF | ![]() | 5 | Uga Samuel Okpara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
= | MF | ![]() | 22 | Sanju Pradhan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | FW | ![]() | 6 | Baljit Sahni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | MF | ![]() | 13 | Reisangmei Vashum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
= | DF | ![]() | 3 | Nirmal Chettri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
= | DF | ![]() | 17 | Robert Lalthalma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
= | DF | ![]() | 29 | Saumik Dey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
= | MF | ![]() | 11 | Khemtang Paite | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 43 | 7 | 2 | 52 |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Official list". Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- "Current Squad". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- "East Bengal Club, Official announcement". Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- News
- http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2292/editorials/2011/07/07/2562653/transfer-zone-analysis-on-how-east-bengal-fared-in-the
- Burns, Scott (20 July 2011). "Alan Gow fancies an Indian take-away". Scottish Daily Express. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- "Morgan is okay with the 40-match cap". The Telegraph. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
Meanwhile, a midfielder from Scotland – Alan Gow – has arrived at the East Bengal camp, but his selection depends only on whether he is able to pass the trial successfully.
- "Indian Football : BREAKING NEWS (13th January, 2012)". TheHardTackle. TheHardTackle. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- "Pune FC sign 'keeper Abhra 'on-loan'". Pune F.C. Pune F.C. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- "Transfer Talk: January 13, 2012 - Celtic star Hooper could become a Saint; Rangers move for Jaager; Dons ace Arnasson in demand". Scottish Daily Record. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- "AIFF to approach Churchill Brothers to participate in the AFC Cup". goal.com. 30 November 2012.
- "2012 ACL, AFCC draws on Dec 6". AFC. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
- "Yemen, Syria clubs to play in neutral venue". AFC. 27 February 2012.