2002–03 East Bengal FC season
2002–03 season | |
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Chairman | Dr Pranab Dasgupta |
Manager | Subhash Bhowmick |
Ground | Salt Lake Stadium |
National Football League | Champions[1] |
Calcutta Premier Division | Champions[2] |
Durand Cup | Champions[3] |
IFA Shield | Champions[4] |
Independence Day Cup | Champions[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.
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- Coach:
Subhash Bhowmick[7]
- Team Doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta
- Team Manager: Swapan Ball
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 |
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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
3 August 2002 1 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Calcutta Port Trust | Kolkata |
Mike Okoro ![]() |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
6 August 2002 2 | East Bengal | 2–2 | SAIL | Kolkata |
Mike Okoro ![]() Kalia Kulothungan ![]() |
Dulal Patra ![]() Lawrence Enyilord ![]() |
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 ![]() Alvito D'Cunha ![]() Surya Bikash Chakraborty ![]() |
Somnath Pramanick ![]() |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
17 August 2002 5 | East Bengal | 3–0 | FCI FC | Kolkata |
Alvito D'Cunha ![]() Mike Okoro ![]() |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
20 August 2002 6 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
Dipankar Roy ![]() Shylo Malsawmtluanga ![]() |
Basudeb Mondal ![]() |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
24 August 2002 7 | East Bengal | 5–0 | Everready Association | Kolkata |
Subhash Chakraborty ![]() Chandan Das ![]() Shylo Malsawmtluanga ![]() Soumitra Chakraborty ![]() |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
27 August 2002 8 | East Bengal | 4–1 | Tollygunge Agragami | Kolkata |
Alvito D'Cunha ![]() Mike Okoro ![]() Subhashish Roy Chowdhury ![]() Subhash Chakraborty ![]() |
Mehtab Hossain ![]() |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
3 September 2002 9 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
Shylo Malsawmtluanga ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
19 September 2002 Championship Group | East Bengal | 3–0 | Calcutta Port Trust | Kolkata |
Mike Okoro ![]() Alvito D'Cunha ![]() |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
11 November 2002 Championship Final | East Bengal | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
Douglas De Silva ![]() Sasthi Duley ![]() 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 ![]() |
Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium |
29 September 2002 Group Stage | East Bengal | 4–0 | Gauhati Town Club | Nagaon, Assam |
Dipankar Roy ![]() Alvito D'Cunha ![]() Anit Ghosh ![]() Chandan Das ![]() |
Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium |
2 October 2002 Semi Final | East Bengal | 2–0 | Nagaland Police | Nagaon, Assam |
Mike Okoro ![]() Kalia Kulothungan ![]() |
Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium |
5 October 2002 Final | East Bengal | 2–0 | Oil India Ltd FC | Nagaon, Assam |
Alvito D'Cunha ![]() Chandan Das ![]() |
Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium |
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 ![]() Sashti Duley ![]() Osberne D'Souza ![]() |
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium |
4 January 2003 Group Stage | East Bengal | 0–1 | MEG, Bangalore | Delhi |
Ajith Kumar ![]() |
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium |
8 January 2003 Semi Final | Salgaocar | 0–1 | East Bengal | Delhi |
Mike Okoro ![]() |
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium |
10 January 2003 Final | East Bengal | 3–0 | Army XI | Delhi |
Mike Okoro ![]() Kalia Kulothungan ![]() Douglas De Silva ![]() |
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium |
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 ![]() Amjad Ali Khan ![]() |
Joseph ![]() |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
15 January 2003 Group Stage | East Bengal | 0–1 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata |
Aqueel Ansari ![]() |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
17 January 2003 Group Stage | East Bengal | 2–1 | Tollygunge Agragami | Kolkata |
Trijit Das ![]() Suley Musah ![]() |
Manas Das ![]() |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
19 January 2003 Semi Final | East Bengal | 2–0 | Vasco | Kolkata |
Suley Musah ![]() Jiten Rai ![]() |
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 | ||||
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Sponsors
- Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the club).
References
- ^ "7th "Coca-Cola" National Football League 2002/03". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "India 2002 Regional Championships". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b "115th "Pepsi" Durand Cup 2002/03". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "108th "TVS Fiero" IFA Shield 2002". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b "54th Independence Day Cup 2002". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Remembering 2002/03 when East Bengal FC bragged a Quintuple!". BADGEB. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Team Archives – East Bengal Club". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Churchill fail to stop EB juggernaut". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2020.