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]

East Bengal
2011–12 season
ChairmanDr Pranab Dasgupta
ManagerTrevor Morgan
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
I-League2nd
Federation CupRunner-up
AFC CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Tolgay Ozbey (15)
All: Tolgay Ozbey (15)
Highest home attendance75,364 (26 September vs Prayag United, Federation Cup)
Average home league attendance75,364

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 FW  IND Branco Cardozo
2 DF  IND Raju Gaikwad
3 DF  IND Nirmal Chettri
4 DF  NGA Uga Samuel Okpara
5 DF  IND Sunil Thakur
6 FW  IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF  IND Harmanjyot Khabra
8 DF  IND Naoba Singh
9 MF  IND Alvito D'Cunha
11 MF  IND Khemtang Paite
12 MF  IND Reisangmei Vashum
14 MF  IND Mehtab Hossain
15 MF  IND Sanju Pradhan (captain)
16 DF  IND Gurwinder Singh
17 MF  IND Sushanth Mathew
18 MF  NGA Penn Orji
19 DF  IND Ravinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  AUS Tolgay Ozbey
21 GK  IND Debjit Majumdar
22 MF  IND Charan Rai
23 FW  IND Robin Singh
24 GK  IND Sandip Nandy
25 DF  IND Robert Lalthalma
26 DF  IND Sunil Kumar
28 FW  BRA Edmilson
29 DF  IND Saumik Dey
30 GK  IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
31 GK  IND Jayanta Paul
32 DF  IND Abhishek Das
33 DF  IND Saikat Saha Roy
34 MF  IND Subodh Kumar
35 FW  IND Budhiram Tudu
37 FW  IND Nabin Hela
38 FW  IND Semilen Doungel
  • 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
Main articles: List of Indian football transfers summer 2011 and List of Indian football transfers winter 2012

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

Current season

Federation Cup

Group League
17 September 2011 East Bengal1 – 1Mohammedan SCSalt Lake Stadium
Sanju  49' Stanley  20'
19 September 2011 East Bengal2 – 1Pune F.C.Salt Lake Stadium
Alan Gow  42'
Robin Singh  81'		 Jeje Lalpekhlua  55'
21 September 2011 East Bengal1 - 0DempoSalt Lake Stadium
Robin Singh  66'

Semi-final
26 September 2011 East Bengal2 - 1Prayag UnitedSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
6:00 pm IST Alan Gow  37' (pen.)
Khemtang Paite  81'		 Snehashish Dutta  17'

Final
29 September 2011 East Bengal1 - 3SalgaocarSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Alan Gow  26' Chidi Edeh  5'
Francis Fernandes  17'
Ryuji Sueoka  67'

BECAMEX IDC Cup
7 October 2011 East Bengal2 - 2SHB Da Nang(Vietnam)Binh Duong Stadium Vietnam
4:00 pm ICT
9 October 2011 East Bengal0 - 1Sai Gon Xuan Thanh(Vietnam)Binh Duong Stadium Vietnam
4:00 pm ICT
11 October 2011 East Bengal0 - 1Matsubara(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.

18 October 2011 Salgaocar0 - 0
(8 - 9 p)		East BengalAmbedkar Stadium, New Delhi
5:45 pm IST Report Referee: Pratap Singh
Penalties
Edeh
Sueoka
Lamare
Kumar
Wadoo
Fernandes
Sabrosa
T. Singh
J. Singh		 Ozbey
Gow
Robin Singh
Pradhan
Mathew
Paite
Chetri
Okpara
Roy

I League
Main article: 2011–12 I-League

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHHAAAHAAAHAHHAHHAHHAHHA
ResultLDWWWLWWWDWLWDWWDLDLWWWDWW
Position1011653643342422222223222322
Source: Soccrway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results
22 October 2011 1East Bengal0 – 1Churchill BrothersSalt Lake Stadium
Summary Opara 12'
29 October 2011 2Prayag United1 – 1East BengalSalt Lake Stadium
Yakubu  49' Summary Sahni  84'
2 November 2011 3Mumbai1 – 4East BengalCooperage Ground
Kuttymani  33' Summary Pradhan  69'
Ozbey  71'
Vashum  82'
Gow  90'
6 November 2011 4East Bengal2 – 0Shillong LajongSalt Lake Stadium
Pradhan  29'
Okpara  89'		 Summary
9 November 2011 5East Bengal3 – 1PuneSalt Lake Stadium
Chettri  43'
Ozbey  64'
Gow  87'		 Summary Fernandez  45'
20 November 2011 6Mohun Bagan1 – 0East BengalSalt Lake Stadium
Okolie  21' (pen.) Summary
23 November 2011 7HAL1 – 8East BengalBangalore Football Stadium
Hamza  17' (pen.) Summary Singh  7'
Okpara  26', 37'
Ozbey  49', 57', 71', 86'
Sahni  74'
5 December 2011 8Sporting Clube de Goa0 – 1East BengalFatorda Stadium
Summary Ozbey  25'
15 December 2011 9East Bengal2 – 1DempoSalt Lake Stadium
Orji  31'
Ozbey  42'		 Summary Miranda  11'
18 December 2011 10Pailan Arrows0 – 0East BengalSalt Lake Stadium
Summary
23 December 2011 11Chirag United Kerala0 – 2East BengalKaloor International Stadium
Summary Orji  51'
Ozbey  90+7'
29 December 2011 12Salgaocar4 – 0East BengalFatorda Stadium
Fernandes  24'
Sueoka  67'
Singh  85'
Chettri  90+3' (o.g.)		 Summary
2 January 2012 13East Bengal2 – 1Air IndiaSalt Lake Stadium
Orji  25', 74' Summary Henry  52'
14 January 2012 14Pune0 – 0East BengalBalewadi Sports Complex
Summary
16 January 2012 15East Bengal4 - 1Pailan ArrowsSalt Lake Stadium
Orji  27'
Ozbey  31', 76'
Lalthalma  57'		 Summary Maulingkar  60'
20 January 2012 16East Bengal2 - 0HALSalt Lake Stadium
Dey  66'
Orji  89'		 Summary
26 January 2012 17Churchill Brothers1 - 1East BengalChurchill Braz Alemao
Opara  8' Summary Ozbey  53'
31 January 2012 18East Bengal0 - 1Prayag UnitedSalt Lake Stadium
Summary Vincent  90+3'
4 February 2012 19East Bengal1 - 1Mohun BaganSalt Lake Stadium
Singh  32' Summary Okolie  47'
10 February 2012 20Shillong Lajong2 - 1East BengalKhuman Lampak Main Stadium
Menyongar  12'
Lyngdoh  16'		 Summary Ozbey  4'
24 March 2012 21East Bengal1 - 0SalgaocarSalt Lake Stadium
Ozbey  54' Summary
30 March 2012 22East Bengal3 - 1MumbaiSalt Lake Stadium
Ozbey  22' (pen.)
R.Singh  25'
Edmilson  87'		 Summary Rodrigues  5'
16 April 2012 25East Bengal4 - 3Chirag United KeralaSalt Lake Stadium
Orji  24'
Ozbey  33', 54'
Singh  77'		 Summary Sunday  37', 41', 48'
20 April 2012 23Dempo0 - 0East BengalFatorda Stadium
Summary
30 April 2012 24East Bengal3 - 0Sporting Clube de GoaSalt Lake Stadium
Pradhan  76'
Ozbey  77'
Singh  82' (pen.)		 Summary
5 May 2012 26Air India0 - 1East BengalCooperage Ground
Summary Edmilson  27'

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2012. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
  2. Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.[12]
  3. Pailan Arrows were not relegated in the season as they were a developmental team.

2012 AFC Cup
Main article: 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
Erbil 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 1–1 2–1 2–0
Kazma 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–2 1–1 3–0
Al-Oruba 6 2 2 2 10 8 +2 8 2–2 1–2 4–1
East Bengal 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 0–2 1–2 0–1
Source:
6 March 2012 1East Bengal 0 – 1 Al-OrubaSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
15:00 UTC+05:30 Report
Summary		 Adisa  45+1' (pen.) Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
20 March 2012 2Kazma 3 – 0 East BengalAl-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
18:30 UTC+03:00 Nasser  38'
Al Wuhaib  44'
Jammeh  58'		 Report Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)
4 April 2012 3East Bengal 0 – 2 ArbilSalt Lake Stadium
15:15 UTC+05:30 Summary Radhi  75'
Al Hussain  90'		 Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)
10 April 2012 4Arbil 2 – 0 East BengalFranso Hariri Stadium
18:00 UTC+03:00 Al Hussain  45+1' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
25 April 2012 5Al-Oruba 4 – 1 East BengalPrince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa (Jordan)2
16:00 UTC+03:00 Naggar  6'
Alao  33'
Sharyan  58'
Al-Gabr  70'		 Summary Edmilson  79' Attendance: 600
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
9 May 2012 6East Bengal 1 – 2 KazmaSalt Lake Stadium
15:30 UTC+05:30 Edmilson  18'
Saha  34'		 Summary Ismail  7'
Al Azmi  90'
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
1FW10Tolgay Ozbey170017
2MF18Penn Orji7007
3FW23Robin Singh4206
4FW15Alan Gow2305
5FW28Edmilson2024
6DF5Uga Samuel Okpara3003
=MF22Sanju Pradhan2103
8FW6Baljit Sahni2002
9MF13Reisangmei Vashum1001
=DF3Nirmal Chettri1001
=DF17Robert Lalthalma1001
=DF29Saumik Dey1001
=MF11Khemtang Paite0101
TOTALS 437252

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