2012–13 East Bengal FC season
| 2012–13 season | |||
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| Chairman | Vijay Mallya | ||
| Manager | Trevor Morgan | ||
| I-League | 3rd | ||
| Federation Cup | Champions | ||
| AFC Cup | Quarter-Finals (Continues into 2013–14) | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Chidi Edeh (18) All: Chidi Edeh (29) | ||
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The 2012–13 East Bengal F.C. season was the club's 93rd season since their formation in 1920 and their sixteenth season ever in the I-League which is India's top football league.
At the end of the season the club had won the Federation Cup, finished 3rd in the 2012–13 I-League, and made it to the quarter-finals of the 2013 AFC Cup.
Background
Transfers
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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Federation Cup
East Bengal entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group C along with Sporting Clube de Goa, ONGC, and Kalighat MS and their matches were played in Siliguri.[1] East Bengal experienced mixed fortunes at the start of the tournament as they drew their opening match 1–1 against Sporting Goa with new Nigerian signing Chidi Edeh scoring his first goal for the club in the 10th minute from the penalty spot.[2] The club then won their first game of the season in their second match of the tournament on 23 September 2012 against ONGC F.C. in which East Bengal came back from 0–1 down to 2–1 winners after Edeh and other new signing, India international, Manandeep Singh scored two goals to gift Bengal the victory.[3] East Bengal then confirmed promotion out of the group stage of the Federation Cup to the Semi-Finals after a remarkable come from behind victory in their last game at the group stage to Kalighat MS in which East Bengal came back from 2–0 to tie the score up at 2–2 through two goals from Manandeep Singh in the 26th and 30th minute but then East Bengal had to come from behind again after Kalighat took the lead again to go up 3–2 with Edeh scoring two goals to win the game for East Bengal 4–3 and send them to the semi-finals.[4] In the semi-finals East Bengal took on Churchill Brothers and after finishing regulation time tied at 0–0 the match went into 30-minute extra-time where East Bengal would eventually take the lead from former Churchill Brothers youngster Lalrindika Ralte in the 111th minute of play which then allowed East Bengal to win the match 1–0 and send them to the final.[5] Then in the final East Bengal found themselves down 1–0 after 51 minutes after their opponents, Dempo, scored through former India captain Climax Lawrence but East Bengal managed to equalize through newly signed defender Arnab Mondal in the 60th minute which would then send both clubs to 30-minute extra-time at 1–1 and that is where East Bengal start to show good form by scoring twice through Manandeep Singh in the 100th minute and Chidi Edeh in the 109th minute to give East Bengal a 3–1 lead which would then be cut down to a 3–2 after another former India international, Mahesh Gawli scored in the 111th minute but that was still enough for East Bengal to win the Federation Cup for the 2nd time in 3 years and their eighth overall.[6]
| 21 September 2012 Group Stage | Sporting Goa | 1 – 1 | East Bengal | Siliguri, West Bengal |
| 19:00 IST | Fernandes  82' |
Report | Edeh 10' (pen) |
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium |
| 23 September 2012 Group Stage | East Bengal | 2 – 1 | ONGC | Siliguri, West Bengal |
| 19:00 IST | Edeh 45+2' Singh 80' |
Report | Yusa 11' |
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium |
| 25 September 2012 Group Stage | East Bengal | 4 – 3 | Kalighat | Siliguri, West Bengal |
| 15:00 IST | Singh 26' (30) Edeh 45', 60' (pen) |
Report | Gbilee 11' Kundu 16'Chizoba 40' |
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium |
| 27 September 2012 Semi-Finals | Churchill Brothers | 0 – 1 (AET) | East Bengal | Siliguri, West Bengal |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Ralte 111' |
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium |
| 30 September 2012 Final | East Bengal | 3 – 2 | Dempo | Siliguri, West Bengal |
| 19:00 IST | Mondal 60' Singh 100'Edeh 109' |
Report | Lawrence 51' Gawli 111' |
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium |
I-League
| 7 October 2012 Round 1 | Sporting Goa | 0 – 0 | East Bengal | Margao, Goa |
| 17:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium |
| 11 October 2012 Round 2 | United Sikkim | 0 – 1 | East Bengal | Gangtok, Sikkim |
| 14:30 IST | Report | Ralte 82' |
Stadium: Paljor Stadium |
| 29 October 2012 Round 3 | East Bengal | 1 – 0 | Pune | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 14:30 IST | Edeh 28' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
| 3 November 2012 Round 4 | East Bengal | 1 – 1 | Dempo | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Edeh 31' (pen) |
Report | Carvalho 82' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
| 10 November 2012 Round 5 | Air India | 0 – 3 | East Bengal | Pune, Maharashtra |
| 15:00 IST | Report | Khabra 37', 64' Orji 75' |
Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex |
| 17 November 2012 Round 6 | Churchill Brothers | 0 – 3 | East Bengal | Margao, Goa |
| 17:30 IST | Report | Edeh 5', 90+4' Singh 77' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium |
| 24 November 2012 Round 7 | East Bengal | 5 – 0 | ONGC | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Edeh 26' Penn 51'M. Singh 66'Ralte 78'R. Singh 83' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
| 27 November 2012 Round 8 | East Bengal | 1 – 0 | Salgaocar | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Edeh 66' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
| 1 December 2012 Round 9 | Shillong Lajong | 0 – 0 | East Bengal | Shillong, Meghalaya |
| 14:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
| 9 December 2012 Round 10 | East Bengal | 3 – 0 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Khabra 43' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium | ||
| Note: Match was abandoned due to crowd violence at half-time. Due to Mohun Bagan not playing the rest of the game East Bengal were awarded a 3–0 victory. | ||||
| 16 December 2012 Round 11 | East Bengal | 0 – 1 | Prayag United | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Report | Martins 75' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Santosh Kumar |
| 23 December 2012 Round 12 | Mumbai | 2 – 1 | East Bengal | Pune, Maharashtra |
| 19:00 IST | Fernandes 64' Yakubu 90+4' |
Report | Edeh 90+7' |
Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: A. Costa |
| 30 December 2012 Round 13 | East Bengal | 3 – 0 | Pailan Arrows | Kalyani, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Singh 44' Pradhan 55', 86' |
Report | Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: R. Dsa |
| 5 January 2013 Round 14 | Salgaocar | 1 – 4 | East Bengal | Mapusa, Goa |
| 15:45 IST | Masceranhas 8' |
Report | Edeh 36', 65', 81' Singh 59' |
Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: A. Rowan |
| 8 January 2013 Round 15 | ONGC | 1 – 0 | East Bengal | New Delhi |
| 14:00 IST | Yusa 87' |
Report | Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Referee: A. Rowan |
| 13 January 2013 Round 16 | East Bengal | 2 – 0 | Mumbai | Kalyani, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Chidi 11' Ralte 53' |
Report | Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Santosh Kumar |
| 19 January 2013 Round 17 | East Bengal | 0 – 3 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Report | Antchouet 34', 45+2' Moghrabi 82' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
| 25 January 2013 Round 18 | Pune | 1 – 2 | East Bengal | Pune, Maharashtra |
| 19:00 IST | Izumi 17' |
Report | Edeh 6', 75' (pen) |
Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex Referee: C.R. Srikrishna (Tamil Nadu) |
| 2 February 2013 Round 19 | Pailan Arrows | 1 – 2 | East Bengal | Kalyani, West Bengal |
| 15:00 IST | George 2' |
Report | Chidi 7' (pen) , Ralte 32' |
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Laiq Khan |
| 9 February 2013 Round 20 | Mohun Bagan | 0 – 0 | East Bengal | Kalyani, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Santosh Kumar |
| 23 March 2013 Round 21 | East Bengal | 1 – 1 | Air India | Kalyani, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Chidi 60' |
Report | Ezeh 90+2' |
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Ajit Meetei |
| 29 March 2013 Round 22 | Prayag United S.C. | 2 – 2 | East Bengal | Kalyani, West Bengal |
| 14:00 IST | Hernandez 62' , Martins 66' |
Report | Chidi 41' , Manandeep 49' |
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Kunal Singh |
| 14 April 2013 Round 23 | East Bengal | 1 – 1 | Sporting Goa | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 15:30 IST | Edeh 63' |
Report | Juanfri 44' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: C.R. Srikrishna |
| 4 May 2013 Round 24 | Dempo | 2 – 2 | East Bengal | Vasco da Gama, Goa |
| 16:15 IST | Ferrao 48' Menyongar 74' |
Report | Orji 17' Ahmed 83' |
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: C.R. Srikrishna |
| 8 May 2013 Round 25 | East Bengal | 6 – 0 | United Sikkim | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 15:30 IST | Orji 8' Hossain 21'Ralte 35'Lobo 80'Barisić 88' (pen.)Edeh 89' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Santosh Kumar |
| 12 May 2013 Round 26 | East Bengal | 0 – 1 | Shillong Lajong | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| 15:30 IST | Report | Matsugae 8' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora |
AFC Cup
Due to East Bengal's 2012 Indian Federation Cup victory the club automatically qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup which is the 2nd tier Asian competition ran by the Asian Football Confederation. On 6 December 2012 the AFC made their official 2013 AFC Cup group-stage draw and East Bengal was placed in Group H along with reigning 2012 S.League champions Tampines Rovers of Singapore, Malaysia Super League third place team Selangor FA, and V-League third place team Saigon Xuan Thanh.[7]
Group stage
- Group H
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KEB | SEL | SG | TPR | |
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 East Bengal
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 14 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
 Selangor
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | ||
 Sài Gòn Xuân Thành
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | ||
 Tampines Rovers
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| 27 February 2013 Round 1 | East Bengal | 1 – 0 | Selangor FA | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Ralte 42' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) |
| 13 March 2013 Round 2 | Saigon Xuan Thanh | 0 – 0 | East Bengal | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Report | Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic) |
| 3 April 2013 Round 3 | Tampines Rovers | 2 – 4 | East Bengal | Kallang, Singapore |
| Hadžibulić 28' Amri 65' |
Report | Hadee 19' (o.g.) Barisić 62', 87'Edeh 64' |
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,082 Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand) |
| 9 April 2013 Round 4 | East Bengal | 2 – 1 | Tampines Rovers | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Edeh 23' Ralte 87' |
Report | Esah 69' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka) |
| 23 April 2013 Round 5 | Selangor FA | 2 – 2 | East Bengal | Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam |
| Shukur 79' Adib 90+3' |
Report | Orji 23' Ralte 54' |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong) |
| 30 April 2013 Round 6 | East Bengal | 4 – 1 | Saigon Xuan Thanh | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Edeh 8' (pen.) Barisić 45'Orji 53', 59' |
Report | Amougou 61' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) |
Knockout phase
Round of 16
| 15 May 2013 Round of 16 | East Bengal | 5 – 1 |  Yangon United | Kolkata, India |
| 18:00 UTC+5:30 | Orji 2' Edeh 25', 72', 77'Hossain 48' |
Report | César 79' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan) |
Squad
First-team squad
- As of 19 January 2013.[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Goalscorers
| Place | Position | Nationality | Name | I-League | Federation Cup | AFC Cup | Total |
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| 1 | FW | 
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Chidi Edeh | 18 | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | MF |
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Lalrindika Ralte | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | MF |
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Penn Orji | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | FW |
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Manandeep Singh | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 
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Andrew Barisić | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | FW |
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Robin Singh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Harmanjot Khabra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | MF |
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Sanju Pradhan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Mehtab Hossain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | DF |
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Arnab Mondal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Ishfaq Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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Cavin Lobo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 20 | 11 | 0 | 31 | |||
References
- ^ Choudhuri, Arunava. "34th Federation Cup: Complete Fixtures out!". Arunava Choudhuri. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ Srivastava, Ayush. "Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 East Bengal - Victorino Fernandes salvages a point for the Flaming Oranje". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 2-1 ONGC FC: The Red and Gold keep semi-finals hope alive". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Vaz, John. "East Bengal 4-3 Kalighat MS: Red and Gold brigade come out on top in 7 goal thriller". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Noronha, Anselm. "Churchill Brothers SC 0-1 East Bengal: A late Ralte strike sends Subhas Bhowmick's side packing". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 3-2 Dempo SC: Trevor Morgan gifted with a Federation Cup title on his birthday". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ "AFC Cup 2013 – Group Stage Draw". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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