2016–17 East Bengal FC season
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| 2016–17 season | |||
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| Manager | Trevor James Morgan | ||
| Stadium | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground | ||
| I-League | 3rd | ||
| Calcutta Premier Division | Champions | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Willis Plaza (7) All: Do Dong-Hyun Willis Plaza (7) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 29067 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 6000 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 11928 | ||
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The 2016–17 season is the club's 96th season in existence. The club has already won the Calcutta Football League this season and became the runners of 2016 Bordoloi Trophy.
Pre-Season Overview
The club signed Calum Angus, an English defender to strengthen the defence for the Calcutta League. The Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set a hepta record. With the help of recent performances, The Club clinched to the 74th spot in the recent AFC Club Ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs.
Season Overview
August
The club started their Calcutta Football League campaign by beating Bhawanipore F.C. by 2–1. Then they went on winning all the matches in the league.
September
Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal went on to win all the matches in the league to win the Calcutta Football League for a record consecutive 7 times, bettering their own record of 1970–75. Mohun Bagan decided not to play the Kolkata Derby and East Bengal got a walk over which ensured the hepta league win.
East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.
October
The club went to play the 2016 Bordoloi Trophy. The team draw set East Bengal in Group B on the fixture of this tour. Due to the absence of almost all the main and first team players of the club (all out on loan in different clubs of Indian Super League), the junior and reserve bench players had taken part in it. The club brought Oluwaunmi Somide Adeleja on loan for the tournament. East Bengal started off well by defeating Bangladesh club Bongobi Agragami by 6–0. The club kept its winning streak by defeating United Sikkim F.C. by a comfortable margin of 2–0 and then ASEB SC by 3–0. Then the club went into the semis where they defeated Shillong Lajong F.C. by 1–0 to enter into the final. East Bengal FC played the final against Three Star Club (Nepal) where they lost 1–2 in extra time. The brilliant performance of the junior players throughout the tournament came to an end with the defeat in final match. But the fight of the junior brigade was appreciated whole heartedly by the supporters of the club.
January
The club roped in Haitian Wedson Anselme from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Bangladesh and Willis Plaza from Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen the forward line along with Robin Singh, Jackichand Singh, Thongkhosiem Haokip, Rowllin Borges and Romeo Fernandes to strengthen the squad. East Bengal also brought Ivan Bukenya from Uganda to fortify their defence.
The team played against Aizawl F.C. in the 2016-17 I-League opener, but drew the match on the dying minutes thanks to a late equalizer from Ivan Bukenya. Then they went to Pune to play DSK Shivajians where the forward line sparkled and East Bengal won 2–1. Then they defeated Churchill Brothers S.C. by 2–0. Then on 22 January 2017, East Bengal faced the defending champions Bengaluru FC. The defending champions went ahead early by a goal from C.K. Vineeth but East Bengal ralied from behind to win it 2–1 with the goals scored by Ivan Bukenya and Robin Singh. East Bengal continued their winning streak and won 6 games on the trot to lead the league table. They face their arch Rivals Mohun Bagan on 12th Feb at Siliguri.
February
The month of February didn't start too well for the Red and Gold brigade. Draws against arch rival Mohun Bagan and Shillong Lajong F.C. and then a 1–0 loss away to Aizawl F.C. halted the victory march. The team looked out of shape and confidence when they faced Bengaluru FC away on 25 February at Sree Kanteerava Stadium. However, East Bengal turned all predictions aside and won the match 3–1 thanks to a brace from Robin Singh and a wonder strike from Wedson Anselme. With 7 matches to go, East Bengal currently sits at the top of the table for now.
March
By the time March came, East Bengal started bottling, like they always do.[1] East Bengal were leading at the beginning of the March, but ended the season in the third position.
Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Name | Signed from | Month | Ref. |
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| 10 | FW |  Wedson Anselme
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Free Agent | December | |
| 9 | FW |  Willis Plaza
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Free Agent | January | |
| 4 | DF |  Ivan Bukenya
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Free Agent | December | |
| 11 | FW |  Jackichand Singh
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Salgaocar F.C.
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December | |
| 24 | FW | Robin Singh (footballer)
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Free Agent | January | |
| 15 | FW |  Chris Payne
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Free Agent | January |
Out
| Pos. | Name | Sold to | Month | Ref. |
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| DF | Harmanjot Khabra
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Bengaluru FC
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N/A | |
| MF |  Do Dong-Hyun
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N/A |
Kit
Supplier: Shiv Naresh / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium, Peerless
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First-team squad
- As of 15 January 2017.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical Staff
| Position | Name [3] |
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| Head coach |  Trevor Morgan
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| 1st Assistant Coach | Warren Hackett
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| Goalkeeper Coach | Abhijit Mondal
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| Club Doctor | Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
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| Team Media Officer | Gautam Roy
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Statistics
Goal Scorers
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | 2016 Bordoloi Trophy | I-League | Total |
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| 9 | FW |
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Willis Plaza | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| 21 | FW |
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Do Dong-Hyun | 4 | 3 | - | 7 |
| 10 | FW |
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Wedson Anselme | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| FW | 
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Oluwaunmi Somide | 1 | 4 | - | 5 | |
| 24 | FW |
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Robin Singh | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 20 | MF |
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Lalrindika Ralte | 3 | - | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | FW |
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Jiten Murmu | 3 | 1 | - | 4 |
| 6 | FW |
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Chris Payne | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | DF |
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Ivan Bukenya | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | DF |
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Arnab Mondal | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 33 | MF |
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Prohlad Roy | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 21 | FW |
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Thongkhosiem Haokip | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF |
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Mohammed Rafique | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 5 | DF |
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Rahul Bheke | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 27 | MF |
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Nikhil Poojari | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| DF |
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Calum Angus | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Competitions
Overall
| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
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| Calcutta Football League | 1st | ||
| 2016 Bordoloi Trophy | 2nd | ||
| I-League | 7 January 2017 | – | currently on 2nd |
Last Updated: 7 March 2017
Overview
| Competition | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| CFL | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 100.00 |
| 2016 Bordoloi Trophy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 80.00 |
| 2016-17 I-League | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 57.14 |
| Total | 29 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 19 | +38 | 75.86 |
Last updated: 24 March 2017
Source: Competitions
I-League
Table
Template:2016–17 I-League table
Matches
Win Draw Loss
I League
Fixtures & results
| 7 January 2017 1 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Aizawl F.C. | Barasat Stadium |
Ivan Bukenya 88' |
Gurwinder Singh(o.g.) 46' |
| 14 January 2017 2 | DSK Shivajians F.C. | 1–2 | East Bengal | Balewadi Stadium |
| Gouramangi Singh 60' |
Wedson Anselme 20'(P) Willis Plaza 77' |
| 18 January 2017 3 | Churchill Brothers S.C. | 0–2 | East Bengal | Tilak Maidan Stadium |
| Thongkhosiem Haokip 33' Ivan Bukenya 44' |
| 22 January 2017 4 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Bengaluru FC | Barasat Stadium |
| Ivan Bukenya 28' Robin Singh 75' |
C.K. Vineeth 22' |
| 29 January 2017 5 | Minerva Punjab F.C. | 0–5 | East Bengal | Guru Nanak Stadium |
| Wedson Anselme 8' 63'(P) 66' Willis Plaza 20'Robin Singh 65' |
| 1 February 2017 6 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Mumbai F.C. | Barasat Stadium |
| Willis Plaza 9' 16' |
| 5 February 2017 7 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Chennai City F.C. | Barasat Stadium |
| Wedson Anselme 51' Willis Plaza 75'Lalrindika Ralte 90+6'(P) |
| 12 February 2017 8 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Mohun Bagan | Kanchenjunga Stadium |
| Attendance: 29067 |
| 15 February 2017 9 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Shillong Lajong F.C. | Kanchenjunga Stadium |
| Willis Plaza 45' |
Lalmuanpiua 26' |
| 20 February 2017 10 | Aizawl F.C. | 1–0 | East Bengal | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium |
| Chullova |
| 25 February 2017 11 | Bengaluru FC | 1–3 | East Bengal | Sree Kanteerava Stadium |
| C.K. Vineeth 84' |
Wedson Anselme 22' Robin Singh 54' 58' |
| 4 March 2017 12 | Shillong Lajong F.C. | 1–2 | East Bengal | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| Aser Pierrick Dipanda 65' |
Chris Payne 20' 34' |
| 7 March 2017 13 | East Bengal | 1–2 | Churchill Brothers S.C. | Barasat Stadium |
| Chris Payne 67' |
Anthony Wolfe 9' Ansumana Kromah 34' |
| 12 March 2017 14 | Chennai City F.C. | 2–1 | East Bengal | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| S Nandhakumar 57' K Prasanth 92' |
Willis Plaza 42' |
| 9 April 2017 15 | Mohun Bagan | 2-1 | East Bengal | Kanchenjunga Stadium |
| Sony Norde Azharuddin Mallick |
Rowlin Borges |
| 16 April 2017 16 | East Bengal | 0-1 | DSK Shivajians F.C. | Barasat Stadium |
See also
References
- ^ "Goal.com".
- ^ "Senior Team". East Bengal Football Club. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Welcome to the home of Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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