Kolkata Derby

Kolkata Derby, locally known as "Boro Match" (বড়ো ম্যাচ) (or 'Big Match' in Bengali), is the football match between Mohun Bagan [now Mohunbagan has been merged with Atletico De Kolkata & known as ATKMB ] and East Bengal. The rivalry between these two teams is almost 100 years old, and the matches witnessed large audience attendance and rivalry between patrons. It is considered to be one of, if not the biggest Asian footballing rivalry. The first match was played on 8 August 1921 in Coochbehar Cup and lastest match of this historical derby was played on 19 January 2020 in I-League. Recently Kolkata based Indian Super League club ATK got merged with Mohun Bagan to form ATK Mohun Bagan F.C..The Derby is considered to be greatest derby in Asian Football and also one of the biggest derbies in the world.

Kolkata Derby
Other namesBoro Match (Big Match)
LocaleKolkata, West Bengal
TeamsMohun Bagan
East Bengal
First meetingMohun Bagan 0–0 East Bengal
Cooch Behar Cup (8 August 1921)[1]
Latest meetingMohun Bagan 2–1 East Bengal
2019–20 I-League (19 January 2020)
BroadcastersSadhna News (CFL)
1Sports & Kolkata TV (I-League)
StadiumsEden Gardens
East Bengal Ground
Mohun Bagan Ground
Salt Lake Stadium
Kanchenjunga Stadium
Statistics
Meetings totalTotal: 370
Competitive: 327[2]
Top scorerBhaichung Bhutia (19)
All-time seriesEast Bengal: 129
Mohun Bagan: 120
Drawn: 121
Competitive:
East Bengal: 122
Mohun Bagan: 93
Drawn: 112
Largest victoryEast Bengal FC 5–0 Mohun Bagan AC
29 September 1975
(IFA Shield Final)
Mohun Bagan AC 5-3 East Bengal FC
25 October 2009
( I-League)
East
Bengal
Mohun Bagan
VYBK
Location of the two teams in Kolkata, as well as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan where they normally play

The two clubs met at least 3 times a year, twice in the I-League and once in the Calcutta Football League. Often these two clubs met in other competitions like the Federation Cup, the IFA Shield, the Durand Cup etc.

Both teams have huge and dedicated fan bases around the world. Both clubs represent a specific class of Bengali people, Mohun Bagan represented people existing in the western part of Bengal (known as Ghotis), while East Bengal is primarily supported by people hailing from the eastern part of pre-independence Bengal province (known as Bangals).

Culturally, this derby is very similar to the Scottish Professional Football League's Old Firm derby, since a majority of the Mohun Bagan supporters represent the 'nativist' population (similar to Rangers) and a majority of the East Bengal fans represent the 'immigrant' population (similar to Celtic). However, some people having Bangladeshi origin also support Mohun Bagan. Similarly, some people of Bengali (West Bengal) origin support East Bengal.

Origins
Further information: Football in Kolkata

Mohun Bagan is one of the oldest existing club of India having been established in 1889 in the city, then known under its anglicized name, Calcutta and till date one of the two most successful clubs in India, the other being East Bengal Club. The significant British influence in what was, until 1911, the nation's capital, ensured the game flourished, drawing players from other regions, and it is against this backdrop in which today's rivalry took root.

In 1920, the Jora Bagan club took field against Mohun Bagan who chose play without their star halfback Sailesh Bose, much to the chagrin of club vice-president Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri.[3] Such was the industrialist's displeasure, he decided to form a new club and East Bengal FC was born. As Chaudhuri and his co-founders hailed from East Bengal, essentially now modern-day Bangladesh, the club is now generally supported by people who migrated from that region. This resulted in the clubs being backed by two different socioeconomic groups, although this has largely changed over period of time.The first ever clash happened on 8 Aug 1921 in Cooch behar cup which ended in a goalless draw. Mohun Bagan won the replayed semi final on 10 Aug 1921 by defeating East Bengal 3-0. The goal scorers were Rabi Ganguly, Paltu Dasgupta and Abhilash Ghosh. The first ever league meeting happened on 28 May 1925 in the Calcutta Football League at the Mohun Bagan Ground where East Bengal won 1-0 with the help of a solitary goal from Nepal Chakraborty.

After many research, the overall matches including competitive, walk overs and friendlies matches data have been retrieved as far as possible. Though the data is just an approximation, it is believed that the tally of overall meetings stands at 367 matches up till now, where East Bengal have been triumphant 129 times while Mohun Bagan 118 times.

a Including: walkovers, competitive matches.

Colours
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan

Brief history of the Derby

The 1960s proved a golden period for Mohun Bagan and it concluded in perfect fashion for the Mariners. Having already won the league, Mohun Bagan then did the double, defeating their rivals on their own ground in the IFA Shield final. The 3–1 victory credited to the then revolutionary 4–2–4 formation employed by innovative coach Amal Dutta.

The wheel eventually turned, and the 1970s was East Bengal's decade. The Red and Gold Brigade remained undefeated in the Derbies for 1932 days[lower-alpha 1]. Infact, They lost only one derby (that too outside Kolkata) in six years (1970 to 1975) which culminated in a 5–0 IFA Shield win over their great rivals. The Red and Golds won with a record 5–0 scoreline and, with it, a record of five consecutive Shield victories. Such was the ignominy surrounding the heavy defeat that several Mohun Bagan players spent the night holed up on a boat in the Ganges trying to escape the wrath of shell-shocked supporters.[4] Umakanto Palodhi, an ardent Mohun Bagan fan, committed suicide. He wrote in his suicide note that in his next life he will born as a Mohun Bagan footballer and will take revenge of that 0–5 defeat.[5]

On 16 August 1980, 16 football fans died due to stampede and riot inside the Eden Gardens stadium, Kolkata on the occasion of a Kolkata Derby match in the Calcutta Football League.

The tables turned again. Mohun Bagan won 8 derbies in a row scoring 16 goals in total thus humiliating the red and golds. The most memorable derby on many accounts took place in 1997 at the semi-final of the Federation Cup, when a remarkable crowd of 131,000 – a record attendance for any sport in India – filled a heaving Salt Lake Stadium. India's most recognizable footballer, Baichung Bhutia, took centre stage, scoring a hat-trick as East Bengal FC triumphed 4–1. In 2009, Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal 5–3 with Chidi Edeh scoring a hat-trick for Bagan.

On 6 September 2015, another memorable derby took place when East Bengal FC equaled the record for the highest margin of victory in a Calcutta Football League Derby as they triumphed 4-0 against Mohun Bagan. South Korean forward Do Dong-hyun scored a free-kick brace while Mohammed Rafique and Rahul Bheke scored the other two as the Red and Gold brigade matched their own record which they set back on 23 May 1936, when they defeated the Green and Maroons by the similar 4-0 scoreline with goals from Laxminarayan, K. Prasad, Murgesh and Majid.

First official derby
Calcutta Football League
East Bengal1–0Mohun Bagan
Nepal Chakravarty Report
Calcutta Ground (now Mohun Bagan Ground), Calcutta
Referee: C. R. Clayton

Purna
Prafulla
Santosh
Nani
Bijay
Haran
Surya
Hemanga
Nepal
Mana
Mona
GK Purna Das
DF Prafulla Chatterjee
DF Santosh Ganguly
MF Bijay Hari Sen
MF Haran Saha
MF Nani Gosai
ST Surya Chakravarty
ST Hemanga Bose
ST Mona Dutta
ST Nepal Chakravarty
ST Mana Mallick
Captain Mona Dutta

Nripen
Gostho
R.Das
Sudhangshu
Tarak
Balai
M. Ghosh
Rabi
Umapati
Poltu
Khetra
GK Nripen Bhaduri
DF Gostho Pal
DF R.Das
MF Tarak Sur
MF Balai Chatterjee
MF Sudhangshu Bose
ST M. Ghosh
ST Rabi Ganguly
ST Poltu Das Gupta
ST Umapati Kumar
ST Khetra Bose
Captain Gostho Pal

Statistics

Trophy counts of MB and EB
Competition Mohun Bagan won East Bengal won
National Football League / I-League 5 3
Federation Cup 14 8
Durand Cup 16 16
Indian Super Cup 2 3
Rovers Cup 14 10
Calcutta Football League 30 39
IFA Shield 21 28
All Airlines Gold Cup 8 7
Bordoloi Trophy 7 5
Sikkim Gold Cup 10 0
DCM Trophy 1 7
Sait Nagjee Trophy 1 1
Stafford Cup 0 2
McDowell's Cup 1 3
Independence Day Cup 2 1
Total 132 133
Competition Mohun Bagan Runners-Up East Bengal Runners-Up
National Football League / I-League 4 6
Federation Cup 6 8
Durand Cup 11 10
Indian Super Cup 2 2
Rovers Cup 10 4
Calcutta Football League Unaccounted Unaccounted
IFA Shield 19 12
All Airlines Gold Cup 5 3
Bordoloi Trophy 1 3
Sikkim Gold Cup 2 1

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Recent records of Kolkata Derby
Further information: List of Kolkata Derby Matches

The records of the meetings between the sides since 2014 have been listed below.

Date Home Team Result Away Team Stadium Competition
19 January 2020Mohun Bagan2–1East BengalSalt Lake StadiumI-League
1 September 2019Mohun Bagan0–0East BengalSalt Lake StadiumCFL
27 January 2019Mohun Bagan0–2East BengalSalt Lake StadiumI-League
16 December 2018East Bengal3–2Mohun BaganSalt Lake StadiumI-League
2 September 2018East Bengal2–2Mohun BaganSalt Lake StadiumCFL
21 January 2018East Bengal0–2Mohun BaganSalt Lake StadiumI-League
3 December 2017Mohun Bagan1–0East BengalSalt Lake StadiumI-League
24 September 2017East Bengal2–2Mohun BaganKanchenjunga StadiumCFL
14 May 2017Mohun Bagan2–0East BengalBarabati StadiumFederation Cup
9 April 2017Mohun Bagan2–1East BengalKanchenjunga StadiumI-League
12 February 2017East Bengal0–0Mohun BaganKanchenjunga StadiumI-League
2 April 2016East Bengal2–1Mohun BaganKanchenjunga StadiumI-League
23 January 2016Mohun Bagan1–1East BengalKanchenjunga StadiumI-League
6 September 2015East Bengal4–0Mohun BaganSalt Lake StadiumCFL
28 March 2015Mohun Bagan1–0East BengalSalt Lake StadiumI-League
17 February 2015East Bengal1–1Mohun BaganSalt Lake StadiumI-League
31 August 2014East Bengal3–1Mohun BaganSalt Lake StadiumCFL
1 March 2014East Bengal1–1Mohun BaganSalt Lake StadiumI-League
11 January 2014East Bengal0–1Mohun BaganSalt Lake StadiumCFL

Last updated: 19 January 2020
Source: soccerway.com

  • Since 2014, 19 matches have been played between the teams where:
  1. Mohun Bagan won: 7
  2. East Bengal won: 6 (including 2016 CFL walkover)
  3. 7 matches were draws.
  • Highest scorer in a single match — Chidi Edeh (Mohun Bagan), scored 4 goals in 2009.

Head-to-head ranking in National Football League/I-League (1996–97 to 2019-20)
R/S National Football League I-League
1# 2^^ 3# 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6
7 7 7
8 8 8 8
9 9 7
10 10
11
12
13
14

Note

^ Red & Gold refers to East Bengal, while Green & White refers to Mohun Bagan

^^ Mohun Bagan got relegated in the first season, but was given backdoor entry by then AIFF president Priya Ranjan Dashmunshi.

# Only Championship Stage matches taken into account.

Top Scorers
Top Scorer in Kolkata Derby
No Name Goals for East Bengal Goals for Mohun Bagan TOTAL
1 Bhaichung Bhutia 13 6 19
2 José Ramirez Barreto – 17 17
3 Chima Okorie 10 6 16
4 Mohammed Habib 10 0 10
Sisir Ghosh 3 7 10
5 Alvito D'Cunha 8 – 8

Hat-tricks
Hat-tricks in Kolkata Derby
Date Name Team Score Tournament
13 July 1997 Bhaichung Bhutia East Bengal East Bengal 4-1 Mohun Bagan Federation Cup
25 October 2009 Chidi Edeh4 Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan 5-3 East Bengal I-League

4 Scored 4 goals

Foreign Referee in Kolkata Derby
Foreign Referee in Kolkata Derby[8]
Date Nationality Name Match Score Tournament
18 August 2005 England Dave Roberts[9] Mohun Bagan 1-0 East Bengal 2005-06 CFL
26 November 2010 Sri Lanka Gamini Nivon Robesh[10] Mohun Bagan 0-2 East Bengal 2010-11 CFL
7th January 2012 Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov[11] East Bengal 0-2 Mohun Bagan 2011-12 CFL

Note(s)

On 7 September 2016, a match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal was turned into a walkover win for East Bengal after Bagan decided not to field a team for this game as they claimed their team should've got some time to practise on the pitch which they weren't allowed to, and hence East Bengal was awarded 3 goals and walkover victory.

  1. East Bengal FC lost to Mohun Bagan, first time since their 3-1 defeat in the IFA Shield Final on 20th September 1969, after 1932 days, on 5th January 1975, in the Durand Cup Semi Final at the Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi by 1-0.
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References
  1. "First meeting". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. "Kolkata Derby: Stats add intrigue to the Bagan-EB rivalry". Sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. "কলকাতা ডার্বি". sobbanglay.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. "Mohun Bagan's ATK Merger – What Do the Fans Think?". The Quint. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. "The real meaning of the Kolkata Derby". Economic Times Blog. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. https://themohunbaganac.com/trophy-room-2/
  7. https://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/trophy-room.php
  8. http://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2012/jan5thpart_2012.html
  9. https://www.telegraphindia.com/sport/just-a-value-addition-says-ifa/cid/1055966
  10. https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/a-kolkata-derby-could-decide-calcutta-football-league
  11. https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-international-referees-to-cool-tempers-in-kolkata-1631078
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