2020–21 SC East Bengal season

East Bengal

2020–21 season
Owner	Shree Cement East Bengal Foundation
Head coach	Robbie Fowler
Stadium	Tilak Maidan Stadium
Indian Super League	10th
Top goalscorer	League: Jacques Maghoma Matti Steinmann (3 goals) All: Jacques Maghoma Matti Steinmann (3 goals)
Average home league attendance	Closed doors
Biggest win	East Bengal 3–1 Odisha (3 January 2021)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2020–21 season is the 101st season of Sporting Club East Bengal. Established in 1920, the club completed its 100 years on 1 August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian football season started on 1 August 2020 and is supposed to end on 31 May 2021. On 2 September 2020, East Bengal announced a partnership with Shree Cement as their principal investors. They would be competing in the Indian Super League.

Prior to the start of the season, East Bengal were very active in the transfer market. The club signed over 20 Indian players with many signing long-term contracts and being assigned to the reserve team.

Background

See also: 2019–20 East Bengal F.C. season

East Bengal announced that they would move from the I-League to the Indian Super League in the 2020–21 season. On 12 April 2020, East Bengal officially announced that Balwant had signed on a two-year contract with the team. The next day the club signed former fullback Lalramchullova back from arch-rivals Mohun Bagan for the upcoming season and also the services of Hyderabad FC defender Gurtej Singh.

On 18 April, the club announced a triple signing for the upcoming season: goalkeeper Rafique Ali Sardar from Jamshedpur FC, and Wahengbam Angousana and Loken Meitei from TRAU. The club announced the signing of three more Indian recruits: winger Bikash Jairu from Jamshedpur FC and midfielders Cavin Lobo and Sehnaj Singh from Punjab FC and ATK FC respectively, each on a two-year contract, on 28 April, . On 5 May, the club announced four more signings: goalkeeper Sankar Roy from Mohun Bagan, defenders Mohammed Irshad from Gokulam Kerala and Keegan Pereira from Jamshedpur FC and Girik Khosla from Punjab FC. The club announced three more singings on 15 May: midfielders Eugeneson Lyngdoh from Bengaluru FC, Mohammed Rafique from Mumbai City FC and Milan Singh from NorthEast United FC for the upcoming season. On 18 May, the club announced five more signings for the upcoming season: forward C. K. Vineeth from Jamshedpur FC, right-back Rino Anto from Bengaluru FC, left-back Pritam Kumar Singh from Kerala Blasters FC, Defenders Anil Chawan from ATK FC and Vikas Saini from Mohammedan Sporting.

Francisco Bruto Da Costa joined East Bengal FC as the assistant manager on 30 July 2020

After a few months of searching, East Bengal FC finally acquired an investor for the team in India's top cement manufacturer Shree Cement and obtained an entry into the Indian Super League (ISL). On 15 September, the club officially confirmed that they had submitted the bid papers for entry to the 2020-21 Indian Super League. On 27 September, Football Sports Development (FSDL) officially announced the inclusion of East Bengal FC in the 2020-21 Indian Super League. It was also announced that former India captain Renedy Singh would be the team's new assistant coach.

The club announced the signing of Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler as the team's new head coach on 9 October. He would be assisted by Anthony Grant, who was alongside him at Brisbane Roar last season. The backroom staff would also have former Tottenham Hotspurs' goalkeeper Bobby Mimms as the goalkeeper coach and former Blackpool manager Terry McPhillips as the set-piece coach. Robbie Fowler would be assisted by Michael Harding, the former physio of Newcastle United, Jack Inman - former sports scientist from Bury FC, and Joseph Walmsley an analyst from Preston North End. East Bengal became the first club in India to appoint a set-piece coach.

On 12 October, the club announced the appointment of retd. Col. Shivaji Samaddar as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Shree Cement East Bengal Foundation.

East Bengal announced the signing of Australian defender Scott Neville on loan from Brisbane Roar for the season as the first official signing. He was also to be registered as the Asian foreigner for the Indian Super League campaign. SC East Bengal also announced the signing of four more foreigners: Aaron Amadi-Holloway from Brisbane Roar, Anthony Pilkington and Danny Fox from Wigan Athletic and Matti Steinmann from Wellington Phoenix FC. The club also announced the signing of Indian national football team forward Jeje Lalpekhlua for the season. On 19 October, East Bengal announced the signing of their sixth foreigner, Congolese winger Jacques Maghoma, who had played for EFL Championship side Birmingham City FC in the previous season. The club also announced the signing of former left back Narayan Das from Odisha FC.

During an online interaction with the club's social media handle, coach Robbie Fowler said: "We will look to develop a competitive team and try and develop Indian talent as well. We all hope the league can get better, the ISL and as management, we think we can better." Later, the team management hired experienced senior sports psychologist Nicola McCalliog to assist the team for the season. McCalliog had previously worked with several English Premier League sides and was also the Head of Player Welfare and Psychology at the Robbie Fowler Academy.

Transfers

Incoming

No.	Pos.	Name	Signed from	Month	Fee	Ref
34	DF	Novin Gurung	Real Kashmir	April	Free Transfer
15	FW	Balwant Singh	ATK	April	Free Transfer
3	DF	Gurtej Singh	Hyderabad	April	Free Transfer
27	DF	Lalramchullova	Mohun Bagan	April	Free Transfer
14	MF	Wahengbam Angousana	TRAU	April	Free Transfer
33	MF	Loken Meitei	TRAU	April	Free Transfer
13	GK	Rafique Ali Sardar	Jamshedpur	April	Free Transfer
23	MF	Bikash Jairu	Jamshedpur	April	Free Transfer
—	MF	Cavin Lobo	Punjab	April	Free Transfer
26	MF	Sehnaj Singh	ATK	April	Free Transfer
28	FW	Girik Khosla	Punjab	May	Free Transfer
66	DF	Mohammed Irshad	Gokulam Kerala	May	Free Transfer
1	GK	Sankar Roy	Mohun Bagan	May	Free Transfer
—	DF	Keegan Pereira	Jamshedpur	May	Free Transfer
35	MF	Milan Singh	NorthEast United	May	Free Transfer
8	MF	Mohammed Rafique	Mumbai City	May	Free Transfer
18	MF	Eugeneson Lyngdoh	Bengaluru	May	Free Transfer
30	FW	C. K. Vineeth	Jamshedpur	May	Free Transfer
—	DF	Rino Anto	Bengaluru	May	Free Transfer
5	DF	Anil Chawan	ATK	May	Free Transfer
44	DF	Pritam Kumar Singh	Kerala Blasters	May	Free Transfer
—	DF	Vikas Sahni	Mohammedan	May	Free Transfer
21	DF	Narayan Das	Odisha	October	Free Transfer
24	GK	Debjit Majumder	ATK	October	Free Transfer
16	DF	Rana Gharami	Bengaluru United	October	Free Transfer
31	DF	Rohen Singh	Classic Football Academy	October	Free Transfer
17	MF	Yumnam Singh	Bhawanipore	October	Free Transfer
29	MF	Surchandra Singh	Mumbai City	October	Free Transfer
12	FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Chennaiyin	October	Free Transfer
20	FW	Aaron Amadi-Holloway	Brisbane Roar	October	Free Transfer
4	DF	Danny Fox	Wigan Athletic	October	Free Transfer
22	FW	Anthony Pilkington	Wigan Athletic	October	Free Transfer
6	MF	Matti Steinmann	Wellington Phoenix	October	Free Transfer
19	MF	Jacques Maghoma	Birmingham City	October	Free Transfer
34	FW	Harmanpreet Singh	Indian Arrows	November	Free Transfer
44	MF	Haobam Tomba Singh	Classic Football Academy	November	Free Transfer
45	DF	Calum Woods	FCU Manchester	December	Free Transfer
10	FW	Bright Enobakhare	AEK Athens	January	Free Transfer
55	DF	Ankit Mukherjee	ATK Mohun Bagan	January	Free Transfer
47	DF	Raju Gaikwad	Kerala Blasters	January	Free Transfer
40	GK	Suvam Sen	United	January	Free Transfer
70	CB	Sarthak Golui	Mumbai City	February	Free Transfer
88	MF	Sourav Das	Mumbai City	February	Free Transfer

Outgoing

No.	Pos.	Name	Signed to	Month	Fee	Ref
1	GK	Lalthuammawia Ralte	Bengaluru	June	End of Loan
4	DF	Johnny Acosta	Deportivo Saprissa	June	Released
5	DF	Kamalpreet Singh	Odisha	June	Released
6	DF	Gurwinder Singh	—	June	Released
7	MF	Abhijit Sarkar	Chennaiyin	June	End of Loan
11	MF	Pintu Mahata	Sudeva	June	Released
15	DF	Abhash Thapa	Hyderabad	June	End of Loan
16	MF	Kassim Aidara	—	June	Released
17	MF	Edmund Lalrindika	Bengaluru	June	End of Loan
18	FW	Marcos de la Espada	CE L'Hospitalet	June	Released
23	MF	Juan Mera González	CD Lealtad	June	Released
24	MF	Víctor Pérez Alonso	—	June	Released
26	FW	Bidyashagar Singh	TRAU	June	Released
28	DF	Monotosh Chakladar	Pathachakra	June	End of Loan
29	DF	Mehtab Singh	Mumbai City	June	Released
40	GK	Rakshit Dagar	Sudeva Delhi	June	Released
41	DF	Manoj Mohammed	Mohammedan	September	Released
43	MF	PC Rohlupuia	Mumbai City	September	Released
14	MF	Naorem Tondomba Singh	Mumbai City	September	Released
—	DF	Vikas Saini	Churchill Brothers	December	Released
8	MF	Jaime Santos Colado	Palmaflor	January	Released
20	MF	Lalrindika Ralte	Real Kashmir	January	Released
25	DF	Samad Ali Mallick	Punjab	January	Released
37	DF	Abhishek Ambekar	Punjab	January	Released
66	DF	Mohammed Irshad	Sudeva Delhi	January	Released

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Name	Loaned from	Month	End Date	Ref
2	DF	Scott Neville	Brisbane Roar	October	End of Season
56	MF	Ajay Chhetri	Bengaluru	January	End of Season
1	GK	Subrata Paul	Hyderabad	January	End of Season

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Name	Team	Month	End Date	Ref
2	DF	Asheer Akhtar	Mohammedan	September	End of season
3	DF	Gurtej Singh	Mohammedan	January	End of season
13	GK	Rafique Ali Sardar	Mohammedan	January	End of season
30	MF	Brandon Vanlalremdika	Aizawl	January	End of season
1	GK	Sankar Roy	Hyderabad	January	End of season

Team

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021

East Bengal announced their first-team squad on 20 October which included 22 domestic players. They have also signed six foreign players who will be registered for the 2020-21 Indian Super League season. The following list consists of the registered players for the Indian Super League season. Danny Fox was announced as the captain of the side while Anthony Pilkington was announced as his deputy.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
24	Debjit Majumder		GK	(1988-03-06) 6 March 1988
32	Mirshad Michu		GK	(1994-02-03) 3 February 1994
40	Suvam Sen		GK	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989
91	Subrata Paul		GK	(1986-11-24) 24 November 1986
Defenders
2	Scott Neville		CB/RB	(1989-01-11) 11 January 1989
4	Danny Fox (captain)		CB	(1986-05-29) 29 May 1986
16	Rana Gharami		CB	(1990-10-06) 6 October 1990
21	Narayan Das		LB	(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993
27	Lalramchullova		LB/RB	(1996-01-14) 14 January 1996
31	Rohen Singh		CB	(2003-01-03) 3 January 2003
47	Raju Gaikwad		CB/RB	(1990-09-25) 25 September 1990
55	Ankit Mukherjee		RB	(1996-07-10) 10 July 1996
70	Sarthak Golui		CB	(1997-11-03) 3 November 1997
Midfielders
6	Matti Steinmann		CDM	(1995-01-08) 8 January 1995
8	Mohammed Rafique		CM	(1991-03-26) 26 March 1991
14	Wahengbam Angousana		CM	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996
17	Yumnam Singh		LW	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999
18	Eugeneson Lyngdoh		CM	(1986-09-10) 10 September 1986
19	Jacques Maghoma		LW/AM	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987
22	Anthony Pilkington (vice-captain)		LW/RW/AM	(1988-06-06) 6 June 1988
23	Bikash Jairu		LW	(1990-11-10) 10 November 1990
26	Sehnaj Singh		CDM	(1993-07-29) 29 July 1993
29	Surchandra Singh		RW	(1994-01-05) 5 January 1994
33	Loken Meitei		LW	(1997-05-04) 4 May 1997
35	Milan Singh		CDM	(1992-05-15) 15 May 1992
44	Haobam Tomba Singh		CM	(2003-02-17) 17 February 2003
56	Ajay Chhetri		CDM	(1999-07-01) 1 July 1999
88	Sourav Das		CM	(1996-06-20) 20 June 1996
Forwards
10	Bright Enobakhare		FW	(1998-02-08) 8 February 1998
12	Jeje Lalpekhlua		FW	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991
15	Balwant Singh		FW	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986
20	Aaron Amadi-Holloway		FW	(1993-02-01) 1 February 1993
28	Girik Khosla		FW	(1995-01-04) 4 January 1995
30	C. K. Vineeth		FW	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988
34	Harmanpreet Singh		FW	(2001-09-02) 2 September 2001

Source: SC East Bengal Squad

Other players under contract

Some newly contracted players, and players with existing contracts, were not registered in the first team squad. They are:

Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Prakash Sarkar		MF	(1997-02-15) 15 February 1997
Rino Anto		DF	(1988-01-03) 3 January 1988
Cavin Lobo		MF	(1988-04-04) 4 April 1988
Keegan Pereira		DF	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987
Boithang Haokip		MF	(1991-09-09) 9 September 1991
Novin Gurung		DF	(1999-04-28) 28 April 1999
Pritam Kumar Singh		DF	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995
Anil Chawan		DF	(1999-04-27) 27 April 1999
Calum Woods		DF	(1987-02-05) 5 February 1987

Coaching staff

As of 12 December 2020

Robbie Fowler, the head coach of East Bengal for this season.

Position	Name
Head coach	Robbie Fowler
Assistant coach	Anthony Grant
	Renedy Singh
Set piece coach	Terry McPhillips
Goalkeeping coach	Bobby Mimms
Physio	Michael Harding
Assistant Physio	Aritra Nag
Video analyst	Joseph Walmsley
Sports scientist	Jack Inman
Psychologist	Nicola McCalliog

Kit

East Bengal signed Indian apparel brand TYKA Sports as the new kit sponsors for the 2020–21 season. On 2 November, the club launched all three sets of the kits for the 2020–21 season, each one depicting a symbol for the club and Bengal. The home colours are the iconic red and gold and the kit depicts the flames of the Torch or "Mashal", the club's emblem. The away colours are blue and white, depicting the scales of Hilsa or "Ilish", the fish which is associated with the Bangal family. It also shows the rivers and waters that flow between and connect the Eastern and Western parts of Bengal, providing life to the people. The third kit is black with golden stripes, symbolising the Sunderbans and its famous inhabitant, the Royal Bengal Tiger.

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season

East Bengal team and coach Robbie Fowler along with his coaching staff reached Goa on 16 October for the pre-season preparation. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the team spent 14 days in quarantine in the team hotel before beginning pre-season training. The first practice session under Fowler began on 30 October 2020, having just four weeks to prepare before the season opener against ATK Mohun Bagan. East Bengal management acquired the Sesa Football Academy ground for the season as their home base for training.

On 10 November, East Bengal faced Kerala Blasters in their first pre-season practice game and won 3–1 courtesy of a brace from Anthony Pilkington in the first half which put the Red and Gold brigade 2–0 ahead at half time. In the second half Gary Hooper pulled one back for the Blasters, but Yumnam Singh scored the third for East Bengal who won 3–1.

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Kerala Blasters

10 November 2020 Friendly	East Bengal	3–1	Kerala Blasters	Goa
16:00 IST	Pilkington (pen.) Yumnam	Report	Hooper	Stadium: Peddem Sports Complex

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Latest match	Position
Indian Super League	27 November 2020	2 February 2021	Currently 10th

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Indian Super League	15	2	7	6	12	20	−8	013.33
Total	15	2	7	6	12	20	−8	013.33

Last updated: 2 February 2021
Source: Competitions

Indian Super League

Main article: 2020–21 Indian Super League season

Summary

East Bengal officially joined the Indian Super League as the 11th team after successful acceptance of bid-documents by the FSDL. This is the first time the team has played in the ISL, led by Liverpool FC legend Robbie Fowler as manager.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 Indian Super League season is to be held entirely at Goa under a secured bio-bubble. The East Bengal club has been allotted the Tilak Maidan Stadium as their home ground for the season.

November

East Bengal made their debut in the Indian Super League on 27 November against their arch-rivals ATK Mohun Bagan at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Goa. However, the Red and Gold brigade suffered a 0–2 defeat in their opening game courtesy of strikes from Roy Krishna and Manvir Singh for ATK Mohun Bagan.

December

East Bengal faced Mumbai City in their second game campaign at the GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim, on 1 December and were defeated 3–0, with Adam Le Fondre grabbing a brace and Hernan Santana scoring the third for the Islanders. East Bengal captain Danny Fox sustained a groin injury in the second minute of the game and had to leave the field. Le Fondre scored the first from a counter-attack in the 20th minute as Hugo Boumous set him up in front of an open net. The second goal came just after the restart from a spot-kick as Le Fondre was taken down by Debjit Majumder inside the box. The third goal came in the 58th minute from a set-piece movement as Hernan Santana scored unmarked from inside the penalty area.

In the third match, the club faced NorthEast United on 5 December at the Tilak Maidan Stadium and suffered a hat-trick of losses as they went down 2–0. Controversially, the red and gold brigade were denied a penalty early in the first half when Ashutosh Mehta tripped Jacques Maghoma inside the box, with Ashutosh already on a yellow, but referee Santosh Kumar ignored the calls. The opening goal came in the 33rd minute when a cross from the right flank struck Surchandra Singh and spun into his own net for an own-goal. The second goal came in the dying minutes of the game against the run of play from a counter-attack as Rochharzela tapped in from close range to make it 2–0 for the highlanders—a third consecutive defeat for East Bengal team, who had yet to score a goal in the campaign.

East Bengal next faced Jamshedpur FC on 10 December in their fourth match of the campaign at the Tilak Maidan Stadium. Their first match in the Indian Super League was a hard-fought goalless draw, having played more than 70 minutes with only 10 men. Eugeneson Lyngdoh, who got his first start for East Bengal, was sent off with double bookings in the 25th minute of the game. The 10-man East Bengal team put up a valiant display to keep a clean sheet at the back, with Mohammed Irshad being awarded Hero of the Match for his excellent defensive display.

East Bengal played Hyderabad FC on 15 December in their fifth game at the Tilak Maidan Stadium and suffered yet another defeat as they went down 3–2. It was Jacques Maghoma who wrote his name in the history books by scoring the first-ever goal for East Bengal in the Indian Super League in the 26th minute to put them ahead. Hyderabad had the chance to equalise in the dying minutes of the first half as they were awarded a penalty kick, but Debjit Majumder saved Aridane Santana's spot-kick to keep the lead at halftime. Hyderabad rallied back into the game in the second half, however, as Aridane Santana scored two goals within 54 seconds to take the lead in the 56th minute. In the 69th minute, Halicharan Narzary tapped in the third for Hyderabad after Liston Colaco dribbled past the East Bengal defence to square it to him for the finish and take a two-goal lead. Jacques Maghoma did score another with a glancing header off Anthony Pilkington's set-piece in the 81st minute, but it was not enough as East Bengal suffered their fourth loss in five matches.

East Bengal announced their eighth foreign signing for the season of English defender Calum Woods, who joined the side in Goa. However, he was not registered into the ISL squad immediately but kept as a back-up option.

East Bengal faced Kerala Blasters FC next on 20 December at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim, and shared points after Kerala Blasters scored in the dying minutes to make it 1–1. East Bengal took the lead in the 13th minute after Mohammed Rafique's low grounder went inside the net after being deflected off Kerala Blasters defender Bakary Kone as an own-goal. East Bengal had a few more chances to bury the game but failed to utilise them. Kerala Blasters equalised in the 95th minute of the game, with Jeakson Singh scoring a header from inside the box. The red and gold brigade moved up a place to 10th after earning a single point from the game.

East Bengal faced Chennaiyin FC next on 26 December at the Tilak Maidan Stadium, and in a thrilling contest, came from behind twice to draw 2–2 courtesy of a brace from German midfielder Matti Steinmann. Chennaiyin FC took the lead early in the 13th minute after Lallianzuala Chhangte scored from a fast counter-movement. East Bengal equalised in the second half in the 59th minute as Matti headed in from a corner-kick by Bikash Jairu. Chennaiyin FC once again took the lead just five minutes later in the 64th minute, with Rahim Ali finishing from close range to make it 2–1. However, once again, Matti Steinmann tapped home a rebound from Danny Fox's header from another corner by Bikash Jairu in the 68th minute. East Bengal remained win-less after seven matches in the Indian Super League with just three points.

January

On 1 January, East Bengal announced the signing of 22-year-old Nigeria U-23 forward Bright Enobakhare, who last played for the famous Greek side AEK Athens. On 2 January, East Bengal announced the double signing of Indian defenders Ankit Mukherjee from ATK Mohun Bagan and Raju Gaikwad, who played for Kerala Blasters last season.

East Bengal faced Odisha FC on 3&nbspJanuary at the Tilak Maidan Stadium and grabbed their first win of the campaign with a score of 3–1. Anthony Pilkington opened the scoring for East Bengal in the 12th minute as he headed in from a long throw-in by Raju Gaikwad. Jacques Maghoma doubled the lead in the 39th minute with a powerful left-footed finish as he scored his third goal of the season. In the second half, debutant Bright Enobakhare scored the third in the 88th minute to seal the victory for the red and gold brigade. An own goal by Danny Fox was a consolation for Odisha in the 92nd minute but it was not enough as East Bengal got all three points for the first time in the season.

The team faced FC Goa at the Fatorda Stadium on 6 January and shared points with a 1–1 draw, even after playing with 10 men for more than 40 minutes in the second half. East Bengal had the better chances in the game, but Danny Fox and Matti Steinmann failed to convert the opportunities. Fox was given a straight red card in the 56th minute for dangerous play, but it was again the red and gold brigade who created more chances. In the 79th minute, Nigerian forward Bright Enobakhare, who had his first start for the team, scored a goal after dribbling past five Goa players to finish the ball and put East Bengal ahead. However, Goa equalised the score a minute later with a Devendra Murgaonkar header. Bright Enobakhare had put the ball inside the net once more, but it was ruled-off for a foul. East Bengal managed to hold the Goans for the final minutes and shared points. They remain unbeaten in their last four matches with seven points on the table from nine games.

East Bengal played Bengaluru on 9 January at the Fatorda Stadium in their last game of the first leg of the 2020–21 ISL and secured their second win of the campaign by a 1–0 margin. East Bengal had the red card decision on Danny Fox overturned by the disciplinary committee and the Red and Gold captain started the game. The solitary strike came in the 20th minute as Matti Steinmann flicked in Narayan Das's low cross from close range. East Bengal remained unbeaten in five matches with this win and reached 10 points from as many games played.

On 11 January, East Bengal signed United's goalkeeper Suvam Sen as a replacement for Rafique Ali Sardar, who went on loan to Mohammedan Sporting. The team also announced the signing of the defensive midfielder Ajay Chhetri from Bengaluru on loan for the rest of the season.

The team played Kerala Blasters in the return fixture at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on 15 January and scored a last-minute equaliser to earn a 1–1 draw. Raju Gaikwad was injured during the warm-up and had to be replaced by Rana Gharami. The first half remained goalless, but it was Kerala Blasters who took the lead in the 56th minute as Jordan Murray scored past Debjit following a long ball from goalkeeper Albino Gomes. East Bengal found the equaliser in the dying moments at the 94th minute when Scott Neville headed home Bright Enobakhare's corner kick. East Bengal managed to keep their undefeated run alive and grab a point from the game.

East Bengal played Chennaiyin on 18th January next at the GMC Stadium and managed to keep their unbeaten run ongoing with a 0–0 draw even after going down to 10-men in the 30th minute. Ajay Chhetri, who got his first start for the team, was given marching orders right after the half-hour mark after a double booking. East Bengal still managed to hold their fort with Man of the match Debjit Majumder making some vital saves late in the second half as East Bengal grabbed a point and remained undefeated in 7 matches in a row.

The team played table-toppers Mumbai City on 22nd January next at the Tilak Maidan Stadium and in a tightly contested game, succumbed to a 0–1 defeat courtesy of a solitary goal from Mumbai FC defender Mourtada Fall in the 27th minute. The red and gold brigade went all out in the second half as Danny Fox came close to equalise but failed. The seven-match undefeated streak for East Bengal came to an end with this defeat.

On 26th January, East Bengal announced the signing of veteran goalkeeper Subrata Paul on loan from Hyderabad. The deal was a swap loan deal with East Bengal custodian Sankar Roy joined Hyderabad till the end of the season on loan.

East Bengal played FC Goa next on 29th January at the Fatorda Stadium and managed to secure another 1–1 draw after trailing behind in the first half. Igor Angulo put Goa ahead in the 39th minute after Anthony Pilkington squandered a spot-kick early in the 2nd minute of the game. Skipper Danny Fox equalised for East Bengal in the 65th minute from a set-piece movement. Goa was down to 10-men in the 66th minute after Edu Bedia was given marching orders for double booking but East Bengal failed to capitalise on the opportunity and shared the points with yet another draw.

February

On 1st February, on the transfer deadline day, East Bengal announced the double signing of defender Sarthak Golui and midfielder Sourav Das from Mumbai City.

East Bengal played Bengaluru in their next match on 2nd February at the Tilak Maidan Stadium and suffered a 0–2 defeat. Brazilian forward Cleiton Silva put Bengaluru ahead in the 12th minute with a left-footed finish. The blues doubled their lead in the 45th minute when Parag Shrivas side-footed the ball onto the sidebar, only to rebound and struck Debjit Majumder's legs to go in for an own-goal. Bengaluru could have further increased their lead in the second half as Sunil Chhetri hit the crossbar. This was the 6th defeat for the season for East Bengal, as they remained on 13 points from 15 matches.

East Bengal coach Robbie Fowler was handed a 4-match ban and a fine by the tournament committee for making alleged "Insulting Remarks" on the match officials in the post-match interview of the Goa game.

East Bengal will face Jamshedpur on 7th February in their next match at the Tilak Maidan Stadium.

League Table

Indian Super League

League announcement poster
Season	2020–21
Dates	20 November 2020 – 13 March 2021
Champions	Mumbai City 1st ISL Cup title 1st Indian title
League Shield Winners	Mumbai City 1st ISL Shield title
AFC Champions League	Mumbai City
AFC Cup	ATK Mohun Bagan
Matches played	115
Goals scored	298 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Igor Angulo Roy Krishna (14 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Arindam Bhattacharya (108.95 mins per goal)
Biggest home win	Hyderabad 4–0 Kerala Blasters (16 February 2021)
Biggest away win	Odisha 1–6 Mumbai City (24 February 2021)
Highest scoring	Odisha 6–5 East Bengal (27 February 2021)
Longest winning run	ATK Mohun Bagan (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Goa (15 games)
Longest winless run	Odisha (10 games)
Longest losing run	Bengaluru, Odisha (4 games)
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The 2020–21 Indian Super League season was the seventh season of the Indian Super League (ISL) since its formation and the 25th season of the top division of the Indian football league system. The season started on 20 November 2020 and ended on 13 March 2021. It was hosted behind closed doors across three venues in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Mumbai City won the championship, having defeated ATK Mohun Bagan in the final, and also won the League Winners Shield for league premiers. Thus, Mumbai City became the first club to win the ISL championship title and the League Winners Shield in a single season.

Changes from last season

• Each club has the option of signing a minimum of five and a maximum of seven foreign players. Still, unlike the previous season, there should be at least one overseas player who hails from an AFC–affiliated country.
• The maximum squad size is increased as the clubs are allowed to register up to 35 players in their squad.
• The number of substitutions allowed has been increased from 3 players to 5 players.
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the 2020–21 season will be played behind closed doors across three venues in Goa. The venues will be the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, and the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco da Gama. The host venues for each team were revealed on 18 August 2020.
• In June–July 2020; KGSPL, the owners of ATK, officially disbanded their football team and bought a majority stake in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football section as ATK Mohun Bagan which took the spot of ATK
• On 27 September 2020, East Bengal joined the league as an expansion team and thus became the 11th team.
• Due to all the matches of the League being played in neutral venues, there will be no away goal rule to be applied in the playoffs this season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Bengaluru

Chennaiyin

Goa

Jamshedpur

Mumbai City

Hyderabad

NorthEast
United

Odisha

Kerala Blasters

Kolkata

Kolkata teams
ATK Mohun Bagan
East Bengal

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Locations of the Indian Super League teams

Team	Location	Host venue	Capacity
ATK Mohun Bagan	Kolkata, West Bengal	Fatorda Stadium	18,600
Bengaluru	Bangalore, Karnataka
Goa	Margao, Goa
Chennaiyin	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	GMC Athletic Stadium	3,000
Kerala Blasters	Kochi, Kerala
Mumbai City	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Odisha	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
East Bengal	Kolkata, West Bengal	Tilak Maidan Stadium	5,000
Hyderabad	Hyderabad, Telangana
Jamshedpur	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
NorthEast United	Guwahati, Assam

Tilak Maidan Stadium

Fatorda Stadium

GMC Athletic Stadium

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Locations of the stadiums in Goa

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain(s)	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
ATK Mohun Bagan	Antonio López Habas	Pritam Kotal Roy Krishna Sandesh Jhingan Arindam Bhattacharya Edu Garcia	Nivia	SBOTOP
Bengaluru	Naushad Moosa (interim head coach)	Sunil Chhetri	Puma	JSW
Chennaiyin	Csaba László	Rafael Crivellaro	Performax	Apollo Tyres
East Bengal	Robbie Fowler	Danny Fox	TYKA	Shree Cement
Goa	Juan Ferrando	Edu Bedia	SIX5SIX	Indinews
Hyderabad	Manuel Roca	Aridane Santana	T10 Sports	Andslite
Jamshedpur	Owen Coyle	Peter Hartley	Nivia	Tata Steel
Kerala Blasters	Ishfaq Ahmed (interim head coach)	Costa Nhamoinesu Jessel Carneiro	Reyaur Sports	BYJU'S
Mumbai City	Sergio Lobera	Amrinder Singh	Puma	DafaNews
NorthEast United	Khalid Jamil (Interim head coach)	Benjamin Lambot Lalengmawia Federico Gallego Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	Performax	JA Entertainment
Odisha	Gerry Peyton (Interim head coach)	Steven Taylor	T10 Sports	Odisha Tourism

Head coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Ref.	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Ref.
Kerala Blasters	Eelco Schattorie	Sacked	22 April 2020		Pre-season	Kibu Vicuña	23 April 2020
Goa	Clifford Miranda	End of interim period	30 April 2020			Juan Ferrando	30 April 2020
Hyderabad	Xavier Gurri López		1 June 2020			Albert Roca	1 June 2020
Odisha	Josep Gombau	Mutual consent	18 March 2020			Stuart Baxter	19 June 2020
Jamshedpur	Antonio Iriondo	End of contract	31 May 2020			Owen Coyle	7 August 2020
NorthEast United	Khalid Jamil	End of the interim period	25 August 2020			Gerard Nus	25 August 2020
Chennaiyin	Owen Coyle	End of contract	14 March 2020			Csaba László	30 August 2020
Hyderabad	Albert Roca	Mutual consent	29 August 2020			Manuel Roca	31 August 2020
Mumbai City	Jorge Costa	End of contract	5 March 2020			Sergio Lobera	12 October 2020
Bengaluru	Carles Cuadrat	Mutual consent	6 January 2021		5th	Naushad Moosa	6 January 2021
NorthEast United	Gerard Nus	Sacked	12 January 2021		7th	Khalid Jamil	12 January 2021
Odisha	Stuart Baxter	Sacked	2 February 2021		11th	Gerry Peyton	3 February 2021
Kerala Blasters	Kibu Vicuna	Sacked	17 February 2021		9th	Ishfaq Ahmed	17 February 2021

Roster changes

Main article: List of 2020–21 Indian Super League transfers

Foreign players

Bold letters suggest the player was signed in the winter transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	AFC Player	Former Player
ATK Mohun Bagan	Marcelinho	Roy Krishna	Carl McHugh	Edu García	Javi Hernández	Tiri	David Williams	Brad Inman
Bengaluru	Cleiton Silva	Kristian Opseth	Dimas Delgado	Fran González	Juanan	Xisco Hernández	Erik Paartalu	Deshorn Brown
Chennaiyin	Enes Sipović	Eli Sabiá	Memo	Esmaël Gonçalves	Jakub Sylvestr	Manuel Lanzarote	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	Rafael Crivellaro
East Bengal	Jacques Maghoma	Matti Steinmann	Bright Enobakhare	Anthony Pilkington	Danny Fox	Aaron Holloway	Scott Neville
Goa	Alberto Noguera	Edu Bedia	Igor Angulo	Iván González	Jorge Ortiz		James Donachie
Hyderabad	João Victor	Aridane Santana	Fran Sandaza	Lluís Sastre	Odei Onaindia	Roland Alberg	Joel Chianese
Jamshedpur	Alex Monteiro	Peter Hartley	Nerijus Valskis	Stephen Eze	Aitor Monroy	David Grande	Nick Fitzgerald
Kerala Blasters	Facundo Pereyra	Bakary Koné	Gary Hooper	Juande	Vicente Gómez	Costa Nhamoinesu	Jordan Murray	Sergio Cidoncha
Mumbai City	Adam Le Fondre	Hugo Boumous	Ahmed Jahouh	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Mourtada Fall	Hernán Santana	Cy Goddard
NorthEast United	Benjamin Lambot	Idrissa Sylla	Deshorn Brown	Khassa Camara	Luís Machado	Federico Gallego	Dylan Fox	Kwesi Appiah
Odisha	Brad Inman	Diego Maurício	Steven Taylor	Cole Alexander	Manuel Onwu	Diawandou Diagne	Jacob Tratt	Marcelinho

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mumbai City (L, C)	20	12	4	4	35	18	+17	40	Qualification to ISL playoffs and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage
2	ATK Mohun Bagan	20	12	4	4	28	15	+13	40	Qualification to ISL playoffs and 2022 AFC Cup play-off round
3	NorthEast United	20	8	9	3	31	25	+6	33	Qualification to ISL playoffs
4	Goa	20	7	10	3	31	23	+8	31
5	Hyderabad	20	6	11	3	27	19	+8	29
6	Jamshedpur	20	7	6	7	21	22	−1	27
7	Bengaluru	20	5	7	8	26	28	−2	22
8	Chennaiyin	20	3	11	6	17	23	−6	20
9	East Bengal	20	3	8	9	22	33	−11	17
10	Kerala Blasters	20	3	8	9	23	36	−13	17
11	Odisha	20	2	6	12	25	44	−19	12

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners

Results

Home \ Away	AMB	BEN	CHE	EAB	GOA	HYD	JAM	KER	MCI	NEU	OFC
ATK Mohun Bagan	—	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–0
Bengaluru	0–2	—	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	4–2	1–3	2–2	1–1
Chennaiyin	0–0	0–1	—	0–0	2–2	1–4	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–0
East Bengal	0–2	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–1
Goa	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	—	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–1
Hyderabad	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–2	1–2	—	1–1	4–0	0–2	0–0	1–1
Jamshedpur	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	—	2–3	2–0	1–2	2–2
Kerala Blasters	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	—	1–2	2–2	2–4
Mumbai City	2–0	2–4	2–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–2	2–0
NorthEast United	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	2–0	1–0	—	3–1
Odisha	1–4	1–2	1–2	6–5	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–6	2–2	—

Source: Indian Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2020–21 Indian Super League playoffs

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Mumbai City (p)	2	0	2 (6)
	4	Goa	2	0	2 (5)
								1	Mumbai City	2
								2	ATK Mohun Bagan	1
	2	ATK Mohun Bagan	1	2	3
	3	NorthEast United	1	1	2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mumbai City	2–2 (6–5 p)	Goa	2–2	0–0 (a.e.t.)
ATK Mohun Bagan	3–2	NorthEast United	1–1	2–1

Final

Main article: 2021 Indian Super League Final

13 March 2021

19:30 IST

Mumbai City	2–1	ATK Mohun Bagan
Tiri 29' (o.g.) B. Singh 90'	Report	Williams 18'

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Attendance: 0

Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Igor Angulo	Goa	14
	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan
3	Adam Le Fondre	Mumbai City	11
4	Aridane Santana	Hyderabad	10
5	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Mumbai City	8
	Nerijus Valskis	Jamshedpur
	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru
8	Jordan Murray	Kerala Blasters	7
	Diego Mauricio	Odisha
	Luís Machado	NorthEast United
Source:

Top Indian scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	8
2	Manvir Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan	6
	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City
4	Ishan Pandita	Goa	4
	Halicharan Narzary	Hyderabad
	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Chennaiyin
7	Rahul KP	Kerala Blasters	3
	V.P. Suhair	NorthEast United
9	Paul Ramfangzauva	Odisha	2
	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin
	Liston Colaco	Hyderabad
	Rahim Ali	Chennaiyin
	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Odisha
	Rowllin Borges	Mumbai City
Source:

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Indian Super League hat-tricks

Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Bipin Singh	Mumbai City	Odisha	6–1 (A)	24 February 2021

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Alberto Noguera	Goa	8
	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan
3	Hugo Boumous	Mumbai City	7
4	Federico Gallego	NorthEast United	6
	Aitor Monroy	Jamshedpur
6	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Odisha	5
	Ahmed Jahouh	Mumbai City
8	Gary Hooper	Kerala Blasters	4
	Alexander Jesuraj	Goa
	Cleiton Silva	Bengaluru
	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City
Source:

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Amrinder Singh	Mumbai City	10
	Arindam Bhattacharya	ATK Mohun Bagan
3	Rehenesh TP	Jamshedpur	8
4	Laxmikant Kattimani	Hyderabad	6
	Vishal Kaith	Chennaiyin
6	Gurpreet Singh	Bengaluru	4
7	Subhasish Roy	NorthEast United	3
	Albino Gomes	Kerala Blasters
9	Gurmeet Singh	NorthEast United	2
	Dheeraj Singh	Goa
	Subrata Pal	East Bengal
	Debjit Majumder	East Bengal
Source:

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 8
  • Pronay Halder (ATK Mohun Bagan)
  • Erik Paartalu (Bengaluru)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Ahmed Jahouh (Mumbai City)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 61
  • Mumbai City
• Most red cards: 4
  • East Bengal
  • Jamshedpur
  • Goa

Awards

Hero of the Match

Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match		Match	Hero of the Match
	Player	Club		Player	Club		Player	Club
Match 1	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 40	Jeakson Singh	Kerala Blasters	Match 78	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 2	Khassa Camara	NorthEast United	Match 41	Rehenesh TP	Jamshedpur	Match 79	Seiminlen Doungel	Jamshedpur
Match 3	Igor Angulo	Goa	Match 42	Arindam Bhattacharya	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 80	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru
Match 4	Aridane Santana	Hyderabad	Match 43	Igor Angulo	Goa	Match 81	Amrinder Singh	Mumbai City
Match 5	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin	Match 44	Amrinder Singh	Mumbai City	Match 82	Federico Gallego	NorthEast United
Match 6	Adam Le Fondre	Mumbai City	Match 45	Anthony Pilkington	East Bengal	Match 83	Gurpreet Singh	Bengaluru
Match 7	Dylan Fox	NorthEast United	Match 46	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 84	Manvir Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 8	Carl McHugh	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 47	Halicharan Narzary	Hyderabad	Match 85	Matti Steinmann	East Bengal
Match 9	Chinglensana Singh	Hyderabad	Match 48	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City	Match 86	Lalengmawia	NorthEast United
Match 10	Diego Maurício	Odisha	Match 49	Bright Enobakhare	East Bengal	Match 87	Rowllin Borges	Mumbai City
Match 11	Albino Gomes	Kerala Blasters	Match 50	Diego Maurício	Odisha	Match 88	Marcelinho Leite Pereira	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 12	Lalengmawia	NorthEast United	Match 51	Joel Chianese	Hyderabad	Match 89	Stephen Eze	Jamshedpur
Match 13	Hugo Boumous	Mumbai City	Match 52	Debjit Majumder	East Bengal	Match 90	Diego Mauricio	Odisha
Match 14	Mohammad Yasir	Hyderabad	Match 53	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Chennaiyin	Match 91	Akash Mishra	Hyderabad
Match 15	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 54	Jordan Murray	Kerala Blasters	Match 92	Ishan Pandita	Goa
Match 16	Suresh Singh Wangjam	Bengaluru	Match 55	Bartholomew Ogbeche	Mumbai City	Match 93	Federico Gallego	NorthEast United
Match 17	Benjamin Lambot	NorthEast United	Match 56	Lalengmawia	NorthEast United	Match 94	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 18	Rowllin Borges	Mumbai City	Match 57	Anirudh Thapa	Chennaiyin	Match 95	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru
Match 19	Lenny Rodrigues	Goa	Match 58	Naveen Kumar	Goa	Match 96	Aridane Santana	Hyderabad
Match 20	Nerijus Valskis	Jamshedpur	Match 59	Sahal	Kerala Blasters	Match 97	Iván González	Goa
Match 21	Luís Machado	NorthEast United	Match 60	Hitesh Sharma	Hyderabad	Match 98	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Chennaiyin
Match 22	Mourtada Fall	Mumbai City	Match 61	Federico Gallego	NorthEast United	Match 99	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 23	Mohammed Irshad	East Bengal	Match 62	Saviour Gama	Goa	Match 100	Farukh Choudhary	Jamshedpur
Match 24	Liston Colaco	Hyderabad	Match 63	Debjit Majumder	East Bengal	Match 101	Glan Martins	Goa
Match 25	Jorge Ortiz	Goa	Match 64	Cole Alexander	Odisha	Match 102	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Chennaiyin
Match 26	Khassa Camara	NorthEast United	Match 65	Rahul K P	Kerala Blasters	Match 103	Aridane Santana	Hyderabad
Match 27	Dimas Delgado	Bengaluru	Match 66	David Williams	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 104	V.P. Suhair	NorthEast United
Match 28	Peter Hartley	Jamshedpur	Match 67	Mourtada Fall	Mumbai City	Match 105	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City
Match 29	Aridane Santana	Hyderabad	Match 68	Sandeep Singh	Kerala Blasters	Match 106	Aitor Monroy	Jamshedpur
Match 30	Carl McHugh	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 69	Aridane Santana	Hyderabad	Match 107	Lalengmawia	NorthEast United
Match 31	Cleiton Silva	Bengaluru	Match 70	Cleiton Silva	Bengaluru	Match 108	Paul Ramfangzauva	Odisha
Match 32	Peter Hartley	Jamshedpur	Match 71	Amey Ranawade	Mumbai City	Match 109	Adil Khan	Goa
Match 33	Rafael Crivellaro	Chennaiyin	Match 72	Federico Gallego	NorthEast United	Match 110	Mourtada Fall	Mumbai City
Match 34	Ahmed Jahouh	Mumbai City	Match 73	Sahal	Kerala Blasters	Match 111 (SF)	Jorge Ortiz	Goa
Match 35	Anthony Pilkington	East Bengal	Match 74	Aridane Santana	Hyderabad	Match 112 (SF)	Gurjinder Kumar	NorthEast United
Match 36	David Williams	ATK Mohun Bagan	Match 75	Bright Enobakhare	East Bengal	Match 113 (SF)	Iván González	Goa
Match 37	Cole Alexander	Odisha	Match 76	Deshorn Brown	NorthEast United	Match 114 (SF)	Manvir Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan
Match 38	Jorge Ortiz	Goa	Match 77	Asish Rai	Hyderabad	Match 115 (F)	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City
Match 39	Matti Steinmann	East Bengal		Source:

Season awards

Award	Winner	Club
Hero of the League	Roy Krishna	ATK Mohun Bagan
Golden Boot	Igor Angulo	Goa
Golden Glove	Arindam Bhattacharya	ATK Mohun Bagan
Winning Pass of the League	Alberto Noguera	Goa
Emerging Player of the League	Lalengmawia	NorthEast United

See also

• 2020−21 I-League
• 2020–21 in Indian football

External links

• Official website

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	2	7	6	12	20	−8	13	1	4	2	7	9	−2	1	3	4	5	11	−6

Last updated: 2 February 2021.
Source: indiansuperleague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	L
Position	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: indiansuperleague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The season fixtures for the first 10 matches were released on 30 October. East Bengal began their campaign against rivals ATK Mohun Bagan on 27  November 2020. The rest of the fixtures were announced on 2nd January 2021.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void   Postponed

East Bengal v ATK Mohun Bagan

27 November 2020 1	East Bengal	0–2	ATK Mohun Bagan	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Balwant  22' Maghoma  53' Narayan  72'	Report	Rane  45' Krishna 49' Kotal  70' Manvir 85'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Carl McHugh (ATK Mohun Bagan)

Mumbai City v East Bengal

1 December 2020 2	Mumbai City	3–0	East Bengal	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Rakip  10' le Fondre 20', 48' (pen.) Borges  36' Fall  44' Jahouh  53' Santana 58' Rao Dessai  62'	Report	Angousana  58' Rafique  90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Hugo Boumous (Mumbai City FC)

NorthEast United v East Bengal

5 December 2020 3	NorthEast United	2–0	East Bengal	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Mehta  2' Surchandra 33' (o.g.) Rochharzela 90'	Report	Lyngdoh  84' Sehnaj  89'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Benjamin Lambot (NorthEast United)

East Bengal v Jamshedpur

10 December 2020 4	East Bengal	0–0	Jamshedpur	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Lyngdoh  21'  25' Rafique  79' Angousana  83'	Report	Jadhav  10' Renthlei  58'  90' Monroy  90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Mohamed Irshad (East Bengal)

Hyderabad v East Bengal

15 December 2020 5	Hyderabad	3–2	East Bengal	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Aridane 56', 56' Narzary 68'	Report	Maghoma 26', 81' Irshad  49' Steinmann  74' Ambekar  83' Das  90' Holloway  90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei Man of the Match: Aridane Santana (Hyderabad)

Kerala Blasters v East Bengal

20 December 2020 6	Kerala Blasters	1–1	East Bengal	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Praveen  13' Koné  58' Jeakson 90'	Report	Koné 13' (o.g.) Haobam  35' Surchandra  72' Fox  83' Neville  90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Anthony Pilkington (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Chennaiyin

26 December 2020 7	East Bengal	2–2	Chennaiyin	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Steinmann 59', 68' Maghoma  90'	Report	Chhangte 13' Ali 64'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Matti Steinmann (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Odisha

3 January 2021 8	East Bengal	3–1	Odisha	Vasco da Gama, Goa
17:00 IST	Milan  3' Pilkington 12' Maghoma 39' Enobakhare 88'	Report	Sarangi  82' Fox 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Anthony Pilkington (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Goa

6 January 2021 9	East Bengal	1–1	Goa	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Gaikwad  31' Mukherjee  54' Fox  56' Holloway  67' Maghoma  73' Enobakhare 79' Neville  90'	Report	Fernandes  45' Murgaonkar 81' Noguera  82'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Bright Enobakhare (East Bengal)

Bengaluru v East Bengal

9 January 2021 10	Bengaluru	0–1	East Bengal	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Ajith  20' Delgado  21' Paartalu  40'	Report	Steinmann 20'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Debjit Majumder (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Kerala Blasters

15 January 2021 11	East Bengal	1–1	Kerala Blasters	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Milan  34' Neville 90'	Report	Jeakson  4' Jordan Murray 64'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Sahal Abdul Samad (Kerala Blasters)

Chennaiyin v East Bengal

18 January 2021 12	Chennaiyin	0–0	East Bengal	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Sabia  56' Sylvestr  86'	Report	Chhetri  22'  31' Das  89'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Debjit Majumder (East bengal)

East Bengal v Mumbai City

22 January 2021 13	East Bengal	0–1	Mumbai City	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Fox  5'	Report	Jahouh  23' Fall 27' Boumous  73' Dessai  75' Ogbeche  67'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Mourtada Fall (Mumbai City)

Goa v East Bengal

29 January 2021 14	Goa	1–1	East Bengal	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Angulo 39' Bedia  64'  66' Gama  60'	Report	Pilkington 2' Fox 65'  90' Neville  74'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Bright Enobakhare (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Bengaluru

2 February 2021 15	East Bengal	0–2	Bengaluru	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Pilkington  90'	Report	Silva 12'  65' Majumder 45' (o.g.) Bheke  90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna

Jamshedpur v East Bengal

7 February 2021 16	Jamshedpur	v	East Bengal	Margao, Goa
17:00 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

East Bengal v Hyderabad

12 February 2021 17	East Bengal	v	Hyderabad	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST				Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

ATK Mohun Bagan v East Bengal

19 February 2021 18	ATK Mohun Bagan	v	East Bengal	Margao, Goa
17:30 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

East Bengal v NorthEast United

23 February 2021 19	East Bengal	v	NorthEast United	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Odisha v East Bengal

27 February 2021 20	Odisha	v	East Bengal	Bambolim, Goa
17:30 IST				Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played on 2 February 2021

Appearances for East Bengal in 2020–21 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Indian Super League		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Sankar Roy	1	1	1	1
24	GK		Debjit Majumder	15	14	15	14
Defenders
2	CB		Scott Neville	15	15	15	15
4	CB		Danny Fox	12	12	12	12
16	CB		Rana Gharami	6	3	6	3
21	LB		Narayan Das	12	12	12	12
37	LB		Abhishek Ambekar	4	0	4	0
31	RB		Rohen Singh	1	0	1	0
47	RB		Raju Gaikwad	3	3	3	3
55	RB		Ankit Mukherjee	8	6	8	6
66	CB		Mohammed Irshad	4	4	4	4
Midfielders
6	CM		Matti Steinmann	13	13	13	13
8	CM		Mohammed Rafique	13	6	13	6
14	CM		Wahengbam Angousana	9	3	9	3
17	MF		Yumnam Singh	3	0	3	0
18	CM		Eugeneson Lyngdoh	2	1	2	1
19	AM		Jacques Maghoma	15	13	15	13
22	AM		Anthony Pilkington	13	11	13	11
23	LW		Bikash Jairu	3	3	3	3
26	CDM		Sehnaj Singh	6	5	6	5
29	RW		Surchandra Singh	11	7	11	7
33	CM		Loken Meitei	1	1	1	1
35	CDM		Milan Singh	8	6	8	6
44	CM		Haobam Singh	3	3	3	3
56	MF		Ajay Chhetri	4	3	4	3
Forwards
10	FW		Bright Enobakhare	8	6	8	6
12	FW		Jeje Lalpekhlua	5	3	5	3
15	FW		Balwant Singh	3	3	3	3
20	FW		Aaron Amadi-Holloway	8	2	8	2
30	FW		C. K. Vineeth	2	1	2	1
34	FW		Harmanpreet Singh	7	5	7	5

Goal scorers

As of matches played till 2 February 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	ISL	Total
1	6	CM		Matti Steinmann	3	3
	19	AM		Jacques Maghoma	3	3
2	10	FW		Bright Enobakhare	2	2
3	2	CB		Scott Neville	1	1
	4	CB		Danny Fox	1	1
	22	AM		Anthony Pilkington	1	1
				Own Goal	1	1
Total					12	12

Assists

As of match played on 2 February 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	ISL	Total
1	6	CM		Matti Steinmann	2	2
2	10	FW		Bright Enobakhare	1	1
	19	AM		Jacques Maghoma	1	1
	22	AM		Anthony Pilkington	1	1
	23	LB		Bikash Jairu	1	1
	27	FW		Jeje Lalpekhlua	1	1
	29	RW		Surchandra Singh	1	1
	47	RB		Raju Gaikwad	1	1
Total					9	9

Clean sheets

As of match played on 2 February 2021

No.	Nat.	Player	ISL	Total
24		Debjit Majumder	2	2
1		Sankar Roy	1	1
Total			3	3

Disciplinary record

As of match played on 2 February 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Indian Super League				Remarks
2	CB		Scott Neville	3	0	0	0
4	CB		Danny Fox	3	0	0	1	Red card overturned later after appeal.
6	CM		Matti Steinmann	1	0	0	0
8	CM		Mohammed Rafique	2	0	0	0
14	CM		Wahengbam Angousana	2	0	0	0
15	FW		Balwant Singh	1	0	0	0
18	CM		Eugeneson Lyngdoh	1	0	1	0	Missed the game against Hyderabad (red card) on 15 December 2020.
19	AM		Jacques Maghoma	3	0	0	0
20	FW		Aaron Amadi-Holloway	2	0	0	0
21	LB		Narayan Das	3	0	0	0
22	AM		Anthony Pilkington	1	0	0	0
26	CDM		Sehnaj Singh	1	0	0	0
29	RW		Surchandra Singh	1	0	0	0
35	CDM		Milan Singh	2	0	0	0
37	LB		Abhishek Ambekar	1	0	0	0
44	MF		Haobam Singh	1	0	0	0
47	RB		Raju Gaikwad	1	0	0	0
55	RB		Ankit Mukherjee	1	0	0	0
56	MF		Ajay Chhetri	0	0	1	0	Missed the game against Mumbai City (red card) on 22 January 2021.
66	CB		Mohammed Irshad	1	0	0	0

Club awards

ISL Fans' Goal of the Week award

This is awarded weekly to the player chosen by fans voting at the Indian Super League website.

Week	Nat.	Player	% Votes	Ref
Week 9		Jacques Maghoma	46.2%
Week 10		Bright Enobakhare	79.9%
Week 11		Matti Steinmann	48.8%
Week 12		Scott Neville	55.5%

See also

• 2020–21 in Indian football

External links

• Official website