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East Bengal
2002–03 season
ChairmanDr Pranab Dasgupta
ManagerSubhash Bhowmick
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
National Football LeagueChampions[1]
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions[2]
Durand CupChampions[3]
IFA ShieldChampions[4]
Independence Day CupChampions[5]

The 2002–03 season is East Bengal Football Club's 7th season in the National Football League, and also marks the club's 89th season. Coached by Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal won all five trophies from the five tournaments they participated in, including their second National league title, competing in the 2002–03 NFL. They also won the 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 Durand Cup and 2002 IFA Shield and the 2002 Independence Day Cup. This was the third instance in the history of East Bengal club that the club had won 5 trophies in a season, the other two back in 1972 and 1973 during P.K. Banerjee's reign.[6]

First-team squad

East Bengal FC squad for the 2002–03 season.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Sangram Mukherjee
— GK India IND Sandip Nandy
— GK India IND Satish Kumar
— GK India IND Arpan Dey.
— DF India IND Suley Musah
— DF India IND Surya Bikash Chakravarty
— DF India IND Amjad Ali Khan
— DF India IND Subhasis Roy Chaudhury
— DF India IND Deepak Mondal
— DF India IND M Suresh
— DF India IND Arun Malhotra
— DF India IND Raju Singh.
— DF India IND Anit Ghosh
— MF India IND Douglas De Silva
— MF India IND Malsawmtluanga
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND S. Venkatesh
— MF India IND Chandan Das
— MF India IND Sashti Duley
— MF India IND Dipankar Roy
— MF India IND Tushar Rakshit
— MF India IND Sankarlal Chakraborty
— MF India IND Soumitra Chakravarty
— MF India IND Swarup Chatterjee.
— MF India IND Alvito D'Cunha
— FW India IND Mike Okoro
— FW India IND Gilmar Da Silva
— FW India IND Trijit Das
— FW India IND Kalia Kulothungan
— FW India IND Kaustav Ghosh

Stadiums

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground since 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.

Competetions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Final Position
Calcutta Football League 3 August 2002 11 November 2002 Champions
National Football League 17 November 2002 28 April 2002 Champions
Durand Cup 4 January 2003 10 January 2003 Champions
IFA Shield 13 January 2003 22 January 2003 Champions
Independence Day Cup 27 September 2002 5 October 2002 Champions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Calcutta Football League

3 August 2002 1 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro 30', 80' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
6 August 2002 2 East Bengal 2–2 SAIL Kolkata
Mike Okoro 18'
Kalia Kulothungan 59'		 Dulal Patra 76'
Lawrence Enyilord 78'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
9 August 2002 3 East Bengal 2–0 Bharati Sangha Kolkata
Mike Okoro
Dipankar Roy 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 August 2002 4 East Bengal 5–1 Eastern Railway FC Kolkata
Mike Okoro 6', 70', 71'
Alvito D'Cunha 21'
Surya Bikash Chakraborty 57'		 Somnath Pramanick Stadium: East Bengal Ground
17 August 2002 5 East Bengal 3–0 FCI FC Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha 20', 38'
Mike Okoro 71'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
20 August 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Dipankar Roy
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 71'		 Basudeb Mondal Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
24 August 2002 7 East Bengal 5–0 Everready Association Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty 43', 58'
Chandan Das 46'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 65'
Soumitra Chakraborty 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
27 August 2002 8 East Bengal 4–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha 49'
Mike Okoro 51'
Subhashish Roy Chowdhury 74'
Subhash Chakraborty 82'		 Mehtab Hossain 75' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
3 September 2002 9 East Bengal 2–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 12', 16' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
7 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 2–2 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty
Chandan Das 		Sujoy Dutta
Ashim Biswas 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 September 2002 Championship Group Mohammedan Sporting 3–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Reazul Mustafa
Syed Rahim Nabi ?', ?'		 Mike Okoro
Alvito D'Cunha
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Basudeb Mondal 41' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 3–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro 24', 78'
Alvito D'Cunha 83'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
11 November 2002 Championship Final East Bengal 3–0 (a.e.t.) Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Douglas De Silva 2'
Sasthi Duley 45'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Independence Day Cup

East Bengal club went to Nagaon, Assam to participate in the 54th Independence Day Cup tournament after the end of the Championship Group round matches of the Calcutta League. The club won the tournament defeating Oil India Ltd FC of Assam by 2–0 with goals from Alvito D'Cunha and Chandan Das.[5]

27 September 2002 Group Stage East Bengal 0–1 Oil India Ltd FC Nagaon, Assam
Tridip Khound 85' Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
29 September 2002 Group Stage East Bengal 4–0 Gauhati Town Club Nagaon, Assam
Dipankar Roy 5'
Alvito D'Cunha 19'
Anit Ghosh 61'
Chandan Das 70'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
2 October 2002 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Nagaland Police Nagaon, Assam
Mike Okoro 39'
Kalia Kulothungan 62'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
5 October 2002 Final East Bengal 2–0 Oil India Ltd FC Nagaon, Assam
Alvito D'Cunha 42'
Chandan Das 82'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium

Durand Cup

East Bengal club participated in the 115th Durand Cup held in Delhi being grouped in Group B along with MEG, Bangalore and Air India. The team won their third tournament of the season after defeating Army XI in the final by 3–0 margin.[3]

4 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 4–0 Air India Delhi
Mike Okoro 33', 60'
Sashti Duley 38'
Osberne D'Souza 42' (og)		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
4 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 0–1 MEG, Bangalore Delhi
Ajith Kumar 59' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
8 January 2003 Semi Final Salgaocar 0–1 East Bengal Delhi
Mike Okoro 79' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
10 January 2003 Final East Bengal 3–0 Army XI Delhi
Mike Okoro 67'
Kalia Kulothungan 72'
Douglas De Silva 77'		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

IFA Shield

Just days after winning the Durand Cup, the club participated in the IFA Shield held in Kolkata and was grouped alongside Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami in Group A. The team reached the final defeating Vasco in the Semi-Final and lifted their 4th trophy of the season by defeating Churchill Brothers in the final via a penalty shootout, with Sashti Duley scoring the winning penalty in the sudden-death.[8]

13 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 2–1 Indian Bank Kolkata
Tushar Rakshit 58'
Amjad Ali Khan 87'		 Joseph 33' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
15 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 0–1 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Aqueel Ansari 83' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 2–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Trijit Das 31'
Suley Musah 70'		 Manas Das 61' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 January 2003 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Vasco Kolkata
Suley Musah 18'
Jiten Rai 83'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
22 January 2003 Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Bharat Mani
Penalties

Sponsors

References

  1. ^ "7th "Coca-Cola" National Football League 2002/03". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ "India 2002 Regional Championships". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "115th "Pepsi" Durand Cup 2002/03". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ^ "108th "TVS Fiero" IFA Shield 2002". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b "54th Independence Day Cup 2002". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Remembering 2002/03 when East Bengal FC bragged a Quintuple!". BADGEB. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Team Archives – East Bengal Club". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Churchill fail to stop EB juggernaut". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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