East Bengal F.C. Season Awards
The East Bengal F.C. Season Awards are the official East Bengal F.C. awards presented on August 1 to various recipients in the Foundation Day celebrations of the club. The Inaugural award was handed out in 2011 which had three categories the highlight 'Bharat Gourav Award', the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' and the 'Player of the Season Award'.
Awards Ceremony
The East Bengal end of the season awards are presented on the 1st of August every year which is also the Foundation Day of the Club. The awards ceremony was started in 2011 with the main highlight 'Bharat Gourav Award', given out to honour outstanding sports personalities who had made India proud in the field of sports.
Along with 'Bharat Gourav' award, East Bengal club also honours the Player of the Season and also presents 'Lifetime achievement' award to former players and sportsperson of the club.
In 2018, East Bengal club also introduced an award for the best player from the East Bengal F.C. Academy.
Winners
Bharat Gourav Award
East Bengal Club had constituted the ‘BHARAT GOURAV’ Award in 2011 to honour outstanding sports personalities who had made India proud in the field of sports. Three times Olympic Champion and Indian Hockey legend Leslie Claudius was the first recipient of the award in 2011.[1]
Year | Recipient | Sport Field | Ref |
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2011 | Leslie Claudius | Field hockey | [2] |
2012 | Ahmed Khan | Football | [3] |
2013 | Arun Ghosh | Football | [4] |
2014 | Bachendri Pal | Mountaineering | [5] |
2015 | Mohammed Habib | Football | [6] |
2016 | Milkha Singh | Sprint | [7] |
2017 | Dhanraj Pillay | Field hockey | [8] |
2018 | Gurbux Singh | Field hockey | [9] |
2019 | Kapil Dev | Cricket | [10] |
Player of the Season Award
East Bengal had constituted the 'Player of the Season' Award in 2011 to honour the best football player of the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. Mehtab Hossain was the first recipient in 2011.[2]
However, the first Player of the Season title was awarded at the end of 2007-08 season, given by the then official marketing partner - Ideas Unlimited, with goalkeeper Subrata Paul being the winner.[11]
Year | Nationality | Recipient | Position | Ref |
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2008 | Subrata Paul | Goalkeeper | [12] | |
2011 | Mehtab Hossain | Midfielder | [2] | |
2012 | Penn Orji | Midfielder | [3] | |
2013 | Saumik Dey | Defender | [4] | |
2014 | Arnab Mondal | Defender | [5] | |
2015 | Robert Lalthlamuana | Defender | [6] | |
2016 | Do Dong-hyun | Forward | [7] | |
2017 | Gurwinder Singh | Defender | [8] | |
2018 | Mahmoud Amnah | Midfielder | [9] | |
2019 | Laldanmawia Ralte | Midfielder | [10] | |
Lifetime Achievement Award
East Bengal had constituted the 'Lifetime Achievement' Award in 2011 to honour the best football player of the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. India and East Bengal Legend Sudhir Karmakar and Sukumar Samajpati were the first recipient in 2011.[2]
Year | Nationality | Recipient | Position | Ref |
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2011 | Sudhir Karmakar | Defender | [2] | |
Sukumar Samajpati | Defender | [2] | ||
2012 | Prasanta Sinha | Midfielder | [3] | |
Santo Mitra | Defender | [3] | ||
2013 | Samaresh Chowdhury | Midfielder | [4] | |
Abani Bose | Goalkeeper | [4] | ||
2014 | Amal Dutta | Defender | [5] | |
Parimal Dey | Forward | [5] | ||
2015 | Chandan Banerjee | Defender | [6] | |
2016 | Shyamal Ghosh | Defender | [7] | |
Shyam Thapa | Forward | [7] | ||
2017 | Subhash Bhowmick | Forward | [8] | |
2018 | Sunil Bhattacharya | Defender | [9] | |
Surajit Sengupta | Forward | [9] | ||
2019 | Monoranjan Bhattacharya | Defender | [10] | |
Bhaskar Ganguly | Goalkeeper | [10] | ||
Academy Player of the Year Award
East Bengal had constituted the 'Academy Player of the Year' Award in 2018 to honour the best football player of the East Bengal F.C. Academy for the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. Manoj Mohammed and PC Rohlupuia were the first recipients of this award in 2018.[9]
Year | Nationality | Recipient | Position | Ref |
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2018 | Manoj Mohammed | Defender | [9] | |
PC Rohlupuia | Midfielder | [9] | ||
2019 | — | — | — | — |
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