2013–14 East Bengal FC season

East Bengal
2013-14 season
Chairman	Vijay Mallya
Manager	Armando Colaco
I-League	2nd
Federation Cup	Group Stage
AFC Cup	Semi-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: TBA; All: James Moga (4)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2013–14 season is East Bengal's 94th season since its formation in 1920.

Key events

12 June 2013: Brazilian Marcos Falopa succeeds Trevor Morgan as the head coach.^[1]
6 July 2013: The club signed James Moga from Pune FC who became their second foreigner.^[2]
15 July 2013: The club revealed Ryuji Sueoka as their fourth foreigner.^[3]
17 September 2013: They continue their winning streak in the AFC Cup by beating Semen Padang.^[4] AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das congratulated the club on the behalf of entire AIFF.^[5]
24 September 2013: East Bengal drew with Semen and secured the semi-final stages, becoming the second Indian club to do so. They will meet Al-Kuwait.^[6]
14 November 2013: East Bengal appoint Armando Colaco as their new head coach.^[7]

First-team squad

As of 2 September 2013^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	Abhijit Mondal
2	DF	IND	Raju Gaikwad
3	DF	IND	Arnab Mondal
4	DF	NGA	Uga Okpara (vice-captain)
5	DF	IND	Abhishek Das
6	FW	IND	Baljit Sahni
7	MF	IND	Harmanjot Khabra
8	DF	IND	Naoba Singh (3rd captain)
9	MF	IND	Alvito D'Cunha
10	FW	NGA	Chidi Edeh
11	MF	JPN	Ryuji Sueoka
12	MF	IND	Reisangmei Vashum
14	MF	IND	Mehtab Hossain (captain)
15	FW	SSD	James Moga
16	DF	IND	Gurwinder Singh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	IND	Joaquim Abranches
19	DF	IND	Robert Lalthalma
20	MF	IND	Lalrindika Ralte
21	FW	IND	Seminlen Doungel
23	DF	IND	Safar Sardar
24	FW	IND	Cavin Lobo
26	GK	IND	Abhra Mondal
27	GK	IND	Jayanta Pal
28	MF	IND	Shylo Tulunga
29	DF	IND	Saumik Dey
30	GK	IND	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
33	MF	IND	Dipankar Roy
34	MF	IND	Subodh Kumar
35	FW	IND	Nilendra Dewan

Fixtures and results

Win Draw Loss Void

I-League

9 October 2013 4	Shillong Lajong	0 - 4	East Bengal	Shillong, Meghalaya
15:30 IST		Report	James 20' 63' Chidi 45' Subodh 50' Cavin 55'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Raktim Shah

17 October 2013 5	East Bengal	1 - 3	Dempo	Kalyani, West Bengal
14:30 IST	Uga 10' 75' Baljit 85'	Report	Clifford 3' Beto 54' pen' (77)	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

26 October 2013 7	East Bengal	2 - 0	Bengaluru FC	Kolkata, West Bengal
14:30 IST	Mehtab 21' Robin 49' (og) Robert 82' James 90+4' 90+4'	Report	John 22' Johnny 82' Siam 90+1'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rahul Dsa

1 November 2013 8	East Bengal	2 - 3	Salgaocar	Kolkata, West Bengal
14:30 IST	Moga 64' Gurwinder 66' Len 77'	Report	Karma 8' Francis 10' Clifton 60'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

5 November 2013 9	Sporting Clube de Goa	1 - 1	East Bengal	Mapusa, Goa
15:45 IST	Dawson 41' (pen) Ravi 45'	Report	Harmanjot 43' Dika 45+1' Arnab 59' Cavin 61' Mehtab 70' 90+4'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Ratheesh Kumar

24 November 2013 10	Mohun Bagan	0 - 1	East Bengal	Kolkata, West Bengal
17:00 IST		Report	Ryuji 44' Dika 73' 74'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

28 November 2013 11	East Bengal	1 - 1	United SC	Kolkata, West Bengal
17:30 IST	Chidi 27' 32'	Report	Anupam 6' Dhanachandra 59' Hasan 83'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Khamba Singh

2 December 2013 12	Mumbai FC	3 - 2	East Bengal	Mumbai, Maharashtra
18:00 IST	Yakubu 2' Ahmad 37' 67' 80' Pradeep 65'	Report	Cavin 1' 32' Ryuji 87'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: CR Srikrishna

7 December 2013 13	Rangdajied United	1 - 2	East Bengal	Shillong, Meghalaya
17:00 IST	Lamine 15' Kim 45+1' Yohei 90+1'	Report	Gurwinder 41' Harmanjot 76' Shylo 84' Saumik 90+3'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

11 December 2013 14	Salgaocar	0 - 0	East Bengal	Mapusa, Goa
15:30 IST		Report		Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Vishnu Chauhan

15 December 2013 15	Bengaluru FC	0 - 2	East Bengal	Mapusa, Goa
15:00 IST	Darren 76'	Report	James 17' Raju 42' Cavin 59' Chidi 81'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Anthony Simoees

CFL

8 September 2013 CFL First Round	Kingfisher East Bengal	1–0	Kalighat MS	Kolkata, India
16:00 IST			Arijit Bagui 47'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Prajjwal Banerjee

12 September 2013 CFL Second Round	Kingfisher East Bengal	4–0	Police	Kolkata, India
16:00 IST	Chidi 10' Abranches 27' 49' Ralte 33'	report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Prabeer Dhar

AFC Cup

Quarter Finals

17 September 2013 1st leg	Kingfisher East Bengal	1–0	Semen Padang	Kolkata, India
16:30 IST	Sueoka 71'	report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Iida Jumpe (Japan)

24 September 2013 2nd leg	Semen Padang	1–1	Kingfisher East Bengal	Padang, Indonesia
1:30 IST	Junior 23'	report	James Moga 78'	Stadium: Haji Agus Salim Stadium Attendance: 11,350 Referee: Mohammed A Alawaji (Saudi Arabia)

Semi Finals

1 October 2013 1st leg	Al-Kuwait	4–2	East Bengal	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
19:30 UTC+3	Jemâa 17', 33' Ali 32' Hammami 48'	Report	Okpara 65' Ralte 87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

22 October 2013 2nd leg	East Bengal	0–3	Al-Kuwait	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
16:00 UTC+5:30		Report	Rogerinho 43' Khamis 44' Das 87' (o.g.)	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

Federation Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sporting Goa	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
East Bengal	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Bengaluru FC	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Rangdajied United	3	0	2	1	2	4	–2	2

15 January 2014	East Bengal	1–1	Rangdajied United	MDS Complex, Manjeri
	Moga 56'	Report	Seng-Yong 20'

18 January 2014	Sporting Goa	2–1	East Bengal	MDS Complex, Manjeri
	Fernandes 18' D'Mello 85'	Report	Sueoka 58'

21 January 2014	East Bengal	2–0	Bengaluru FC	MDS Complex, Manjeri
	Edeh 62', 75'	Report

IFA Shield

29 January 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	1 - 1	Busan Kyotong	Barasat Stadium, Barasat
15:15 UTC+5:30	James 78'	Report	Gim Dae Han 6'

1 February 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	2 - 0	Geylang International	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30	Len 72' Chidi 90'	Report

4 February 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	2 - 0	United SC	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30	Dika 49' James 69'	Report	Ranti 47'

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	JPN	Ryuji Sueoka (from Dempo)^[9]
—	GK	IND	Abhra Mondal (from Pune)^[10]
—	FW	SSD	James Moga (Free Agent)^[11]
—	FW	IND	Joaquim Abranches (Free Agent)^[12]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	IND	Robin Singh (Released)^[13]
—	MF	NGA	Penn Orji (to Mohammedan)^[14]
—	FW	AUS	Andrew Barisić (Released)^[14]
—	MF	IND	Khanthang Paite (Released)^[15]

References

^ "East Bengal appoint Falopa". IBN Live. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^ "I-League transfers 6 June". The hard tackle. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^ "Ryuji Sueoka unveiled". East Bengal. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ "East Bengal pips Semen Padang". East Bengal. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^ "AIFF congratulated East Bengal". East Bengal. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
^ "East Bengal in semifinal of AFC Cup". East Bengal. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
^ "East Bengal appoints Armando Colaco". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
^ "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 22". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
^ "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: James Moga agrees terms with East Bengal, Simon Colosimo set for Dempo move". Kick Off India. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 6". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ "Abranches, Rowilson headed to Kolkata". Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
^ George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 3". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: Penn Orji makes a last minute swoop to Mohammedan Sporting; Dempo eying Andrew Barisic". Kick Off India. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ "Mohammedan Sporting complete signing of Khanthang Paite". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[1] "East Bengal appoint Falopa". IBN Live. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

[2] "I-League transfers 6 June". The hard tackle. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

[3] "Ryuji Sueoka unveiled". East Bengal. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[4] "East Bengal pips Semen Padang". East Bengal. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

[5] "AIFF congratulated East Bengal". East Bengal. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

[6] "East Bengal in semifinal of AFC Cup". East Bengal. Retrieved 25 September 2013.

[7] "East Bengal appoints Armando Colaco". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

[8] "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

[May22nd-9] George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 22". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

[KOIJune6th-10] "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: James Moga agrees terms with East Bengal, Simon Colosimo set for Dempo move". Kick Off India. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[June6th-11] George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 6". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[12] "Abranches, Rowilson headed to Kolkata". Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

[June3rd-13] George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 3". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[KOIJune4th-14] "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: Penn Orji makes a last minute swoop to Mohammedan Sporting; Dempo eying Andrew Barisic". Kick Off India. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[PaiteMove-15] "Mohammedan Sporting complete signing of Khanthang Paite". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

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