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East Bengal F.C.
File:East Bengal F.C. Logo.svg
Full nameKingfisher East Bengal Football Club
Founded1st August 1920 (1920) as East Bengal Club
Ground
Kolkata, West Bengal , East Bengal Ground,
Kolkata
Capacity120, 23,500
OwnerUnited Breweries Group
ChairmanVijay Mallya
ManagerArmando Kelachho
LeagueI-League
WebsiteClub website
Current season

East Bengal Football Club (known as Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club for sponsorship reasons)is an Indian football club based in Kolkata, West bengal. One of the most successful clubs in Indian football, the club currently competes in the I-League, the top-tier of Indian football pyramid. The club has won 3 National Football League titles and 8 Federation Cups. Along with Dempo SC, East Bengal is tied for the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the Indian top flight. The club is the current holder of the Calcutta Football League and was the runners up in the most recently concluded I-League competition. The club has represented India the most number of times in the Asian competitions, with its best performance being a semi-final berth in the AFC Cup 2013. East Bengal had also won ASEAN Club Championship in 2003

The club has a long-standing rivalry with neighbours Mohun Bagan AC, with whom it contests the Kolkata derby.

History

On 28 July 1920 Mohun Bagan were scheduled to play Jorabagan in the Coochbehar Cup.[1] Jorabagan sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose who was dropped from the squad for reasons not disclosed.[1] The vice-president of Jorabagan, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, asked for Bose to be included in the line-up but the club coaches did not listen.[1] Chaudhuri left the club due to this and, along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen, and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal on 1 August 1920.[1]

The club then participated in their first tournament in the same month of their formation in the Hercules Cup which was a 7-a-side tournament.[1] East Bengal won the tournament. After the tournament the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association. The club then entered league play in the IFA Second Division.[1] The club finished in third place in the first season in the Second Division.[1]

In 1924 the club won the Second Division to gain promotion to the IFA First Division after finishing in second place to Cameroons "B".[1] Due to Cameroons "A" being in the First Division already the "B" team could not gain promotion and thus East Bengal were next in line for promotion.[1] However more controversy arose after it was found out that the IFA only allowed two Indian based clubs in the IFA First Division (back then the IFA was British organization) and during the governing body meeting the nine British clubs approved of allowing East Bengal but the two Indian clubs (Mohun Bagan and Aryans Club) voted against the promotion of East Bengal. However, majority votes allowed East Bengal into the IFA First Division League.[1] After this the IFA removed the Indian club limit rule.[1]

It took the club till 1942 to win their first IFA First Division title.[2] Then in 1943 the club won their first IFA Shield. The club then achieved the double in 1945 by winning both the Calcutta Football League and IFA Shield.[2] The club then went on to win the 1949 Rovers Cup and the Durand Cup in 1951. Within that time the club also won three straight IFA Shields (1949, 1950, and 1951).[2] The club then partook in a tour to the Soviet Union and Romania in 1953.[2] The club then went on to win the 1973 IFA Shield against Piyong Young Club of South Korea.[3]

The club then grew their reputation after winning the Calcutta Football League for six straight years from 1970 to 1975.[3] They also won the IFA Shield, Rovers Cup and Durand Cup during those years.[3] They even won the quadruple in 1972 by winning the Calcutta League, IFA Shield, Rovers Cup and Durand Cup in one season.[3] Then in 1984 Dipak Das came into the club and revamped it. He brought in professionalism and turned the club into a professionally ran company.[3] The club also went on to win the second edition of the Federation Cup in 1978 and then again in 1980 and again in 1985. They also became the first Indian club to play in the newly redone Asian Club Championship in 1985-86.[3] The club then won the triple again in 1990 by winning the IFA Shield, Rovers Cup, and Durand Cup in one season.[3] The club also won the Wai Wai Cup in Nepal in 1993.[3]

In 1998 Das signed with Vijay Mallya's United Breweries Group which then formed a new Private Limited Company called "United East Bengal Football Team Private Limited".[3] The club also renamed itself as Kingfisher East Bengal from then on.[3] The club then became the first Indian club to win an international competition in 2003 after they won the ASEAN Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.[4] In 1996 the club became the founding members of the first naton-wide football league in India, the National Football League.[5]

The club then entered the 21st century in style winning the 2000–01 National Football League season.[4] They then became the first club to win back to back titles after winning the 2002–03 and 2003–04 versions of the league and coming runners up in 2010–11 and 2011–12 in the I-League.[4] The club then went on to win the Federation Cup again in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012.[4] They also won the Indian Super Cup twice in 2006 and 2011.[4]

Crest

In 1930, India was swept over by Gandhi’s Satyagraha which had an effect on football. Indian clubs boycotted the ongoing Calcutta Football League midway through the season due to this. Amidst much confusion, Royal Regiment was declared winners in the first division. However, East Bengal, in spite of being well ahead in the second division, was not allowed to be promoted to the First Division. They suspected Mohun Bagan’s hand behind the league boycott to thwart East Bengal’s promotion to the First Division. Thousands of East Bengal fans and officials decided to hold a protest march at the East Bengal Ground. It was at this march that flaming torches were carried by the protestors. This gave the club officials the idea of a torch being the club emblem, which has stuck to this day.[6]

Colours

The colours of East Bengal are red and gold. The home jersey consists of a red and gold jersey with black shorts and red socks while the away jersey consists of a white jersey and white socks and black shorts.

The reason for these colours is because after the club was formed the founders debated over the choice of colours for the club jersey. They choose a red and golden colour shirt hanging impressively at the Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. Departmental Store at Chowringhee. These colours became permanently associated with the club.[7]

Stadiums

Historically, the club has used several stadiums at Kolkata, Howrah and Barasat, including the Eden Gardens, which has been reserved for cricket since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984.

The Salt Lake Stadium which East Bengal uses for most matches

Salt Lake Stadium

The Salt Lake Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal. The stadium is the second largest non-auto racing stadium in the world and the largest in India. It is currently used for mainly football matches. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 120,000 people and has three tiers.[8]

The stadium includes a unique running track, electronic scoreboard, artificial turf, floodlighting arrangement, air conditioned VIP rest room and Conference Hall along with Medical Room & Doping Control Room.[8] Other features of the stadium are boxes for TV along with several platforms for TV cameras, press boxes, air conditioned player's changing rooms.

The Salt Lake Stadium hosts the home games of East Bengal in I-League and AFC Cup.

East Bengal Ground

The East Bengal Ground is another stadium in Kolkata, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of East Bengal in Calcutta Football League matches. The stadium holds 23,500 people.[8]

The football stadium's grass is natural grass turf. Other features of the stadium are also commentary boxes for Radio and TV, air conditioned player changing rooms along and a gym.

Sponsors

Sponsors type Sponsor's name
Main sponsor India Kingfisher
Co-sponsor India Peerless Group
Kit sponsor India Shiv Naresh
Other sponsors India Adamas IndiaSRMB TMT

Players

First-team squad

Clockwise from left:Chidi Edeh, Okpara, Mehtab and Naoba in 2014 AFC Cup
As of 08 July 2014[9]

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 IND Abhijit Mondal
2 DF India IND Raju Gaikwad
3 DF India IND Arnab Mondal
5 DF India IND Abhishek Das
6 FW India IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF India IND Harmanjot Khabra (captain)[10]
8 MF India IND Mohammed Rafique
9 MF India IND Alvito D'Cunha
10 FW Nigeria NGA Ranti Martins
11 MF New Zealand NZL Leo Bertos MP
12 DF India IND Deepak Mondal
14 MF India IND Mehtab Hossain
16 DF India IND Gurwinder Singh (vice-captain)[10]
17 FW India IND Joaquim Abranches
18 MF India IND Subodh Kumar
19 DF India IND Robert Lalthlamuana
20 MF India IND Lalrindika Ralte
22 MF India IND Sukhwinder Singh
23 DF India IND Safar Sardar
24 FW India IND Cavin Lobo
26 GK India IND Abhra Mondal
28 MF India IND Shylo Malsawmtluanga
29 DF India IND Saumik Dey
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 MF India IND Dipankar Roy
35 FW India IND Nilendra Dewan
36 MF India IND Deepak Tirkey
37 FW India IND Jiten Murmu
— GK India IND Luis Barreto
— GK India IND Dibyendu Sarkar
— GK India IND Sandip Kumar Pal
— GK India IND Tyson Ciado
— DF India IND Baidyanath Das
— DF India IND Dhanarajan Radhakrishnan
— DF India IND Souvik Pal
— DF India IND Amit Chakrabarty
— DF India IND Wasim Akram Mollick
— MF India IND Anthony Soren
— MF India IND Kishan Bag
— MF India IND Prohlad Roy
— MF India IND Abhinas Ruidas
— MF India IND Bibekananda Banerjee
— MF India IND Prohalad Roy
— FW India IND Manash Sarkar
— FW India IND Baldeep Singh
— FW Nigeria NGA Dudu Omagbemi MP

MP: The player is the Marquee player of the club.

Current technical staff

Position Name
Manager India Armando Kelachho
Assistant Manager India Sanjay Majhi
Club Doctor India Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
Team Manager India Swapana Boll
Team Manager (AFC Cup) India Manisha Banerjee
Media Officer India Goutam Roy

Honors

Further information: List of East Bengal F.C. seasons

International

Bottom 2012-13
Winners (1): 2003

Domestic

top three(3): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013-14
Winners (3): 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
Runners-up (3): 1997-98, 1998-99, 2005-06
Winners (8): 1978, 1980, 1985, 1996, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
Runners-up (7): 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2011
Winners (3): 1997, 2006, 2011
Runners-up (3): 2003, 2008, 2010
Winners (30): 1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012
Runners-up (10): 1942, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1969, 1977, 1979, 1998, 2003, 2013
Winners (16): 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004
Runners-up (10): 1957, 1964, 1968, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003
Winners (35): 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011,2012,2013
Runners-up (7): 1962, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007
Winners (10): 1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994
Runners-up (4): 1959, 1960, 1963, 1988
Winners (7): 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001

Regional

Winners(7): 1950, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1973,1974,1983
Winners(3): 1995,1997,2000
Winner(1): 1920
Winner(1): 1986
Winner(1): 1996
Winner(1): 2002
Winners(4): 1968, 1972, 1978, 1992
Winners(2): 1968, 1986
Winner(1): 2010

Others

Winner(1): 1993
Winner(1): 2004

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "THE RISE OF EAST BENGAL CLUB". East Bengal Football Club. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "1940S TO 1960S". East Bengal Football Club. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "1970S TO 1990S". East Bengal Football Club. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e "CONTINUING THE LEGACY". East Bengal Football Club. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india97.html#nfl1 1996-97 NFL India
  6. ^ 1930s: The Dark Decade
  7. ^ "THE RISE OF EAST BENGAL CLUB". East Bengal Football Club. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b c "SALT LAKE STADIUM". East Bengal Football Club. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  9. ^ "We're getting ready for the new season! Here is our squad for 2014-15". East Bengal in Facebook. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  10. ^ a b "EB to kick off training today". The Times of India. 8 July 2014. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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