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EAST BENGAL the Real POWER Fans…… the Registered (Registration No:- S/1L/46449) Community that dreams to be the best ONLINE Community of the World in the arena of Football. Nearly 8500 Football crazy Fans are the strength of this community. This Community has not only created ripples in India but spread across the United States and England. Before this Community was created everybody was STRANGER to Each other. But they all belong to one common feelings and i.e. they all are Red and Gold Fans. With this feeling few of them among those 8500 ONLINE Members in once decided to convert the ONLINE Community in "REAL LIFE" Community '''www.EASTBENGALtheRealPOWER.com.'''[http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com]. Meetings were called with the dream inside that they have to make a Large "REAL LIFE" Community. The motto of EBRP community is to organize supporters and help them to show their support collectively It’s true that at the beginning the responses were very little. But soon they got larger response and enthusiasm from the ONLINE Community Members. Now it’s a combination of Junior & Senior Members. They have members who are still in their school going days with lots of enthusiasm in their eyes for their beloved club and Real LIFE community. On the other side Senior Members with lots of experience in them are always with us to make the Real LIFE community stronger. Students, Servicemen, Businessmen all are now part of EBRP community to convey their love to East Bengal Club. Now-a-days they are not confined in to Orkut, every person who have love for East Bengal has been welcomed by this community with the dream to be a unit, to be a strength to the players. East Bengal fans from every corner of this planet are expressing their feelings for the club and support EBRP community. It’s their dream that one day it will be larger than their expectation because they believe that they can serve “EAST BENGAL CLUB” and “Football” as both are more than life to all of them.<br />They have already launched their website-'''www.EASTBENGALtheRealPOWER.com.'''[http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com].Mail id:- contact@ebrp.in |
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Revision as of 12:04, 1 September 2009
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| Full name | Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Red-and-Gold Brigade Torch Hilsa | ||
| Founded | 1920 | ||
| Ground | East Bengal Ground or Salt Lake Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 120,000 - SLS; 24,000 - EBG | ||
| Chairman | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||
| Head Coach |  Subhash Bhowmick | ||
| League | I-League | ||
| 2007-08 | 6th | ||
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Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club is an Indian football club based in Kolkata. The club was originally known as the East Bengal Club.
History
In 1998, the name of the club was changed from the East Bengal Club to the Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club as United Breweries obtained a 50% stake in the club and renamed it to promote their Kingfisher beer.
East Bengal also has a multi-collaborative tie-in with Leicester City FC, UK for an exchange program with junior footballers, in respect to coaching techniques, sports science, and other developmental programs.East Bengal club was regarded as "The Best Club of India" by F.A(The Football Association)of England in 1951. East Bengal was the first Indian club to win IFA Shield for three consecutive years(1949-'51).
East Bengal has a record of winning Kolkata League for six years in a row(1970-1975).It is the first club in India to win back to back National Football League titles(2003 & 2004).The club has a record of winning 23 trophies from Indian capital New Delhi.(Durand Cup:16 times and DCM Trophy:7 times).
In 1970,East Bengal created a history by defeating Pas Club(Iran) 1-0 in IFA Shield final. It was the first victory of an Indian club over foreign team since the independence. East Bengal has a glorious past record against the foreign clubs. It is the only club in India to participate in Asian Club Championship/AFC Cup 10 times.
In 2003 July,East Bengal created sensation not only in India but in the whole continent also when they won LG Asean Cup from Jakarta beating BEC Tero Sasana in the finals. East Bengal, along with their fierce rivals Mohun Bagan, are among the most successful football clubs in India.
Fans
EAST BENGAL the Real POWER Fans…… the Registered (Registration No:- S/1L/46449) Community that dreams to be the best ONLINE Community of the World in the arena of Football. Nearly 8500 Football crazy Fans are the strength of this community. This Community has not only created ripples in India but spread across the United States and England. Before this Community was created everybody was STRANGER to Each other. But they all belong to one common feelings and i.e. they all are Red and Gold Fans. With this feeling few of them among those 8500 ONLINE Members in once decided to convert the ONLINE Community in "REAL LIFE" Community www.EASTBENGALtheRealPOWER.com.[1]. Meetings were called with the dream inside that they have to make a Large "REAL LIFE" Community. The motto of EBRP community is to organize supporters and help them to show their support collectively It’s true that at the beginning the responses were very little. But soon they got larger response and enthusiasm from the ONLINE Community Members. Now it’s a combination of Junior & Senior Members. They have members who are still in their school going days with lots of enthusiasm in their eyes for their beloved club and Real LIFE community. On the other side Senior Members with lots of experience in them are always with us to make the Real LIFE community stronger. Students, Servicemen, Businessmen all are now part of EBRP community to convey their love to East Bengal Club. Now-a-days they are not confined in to Orkut, every person who have love for East Bengal has been welcomed by this community with the dream to be a unit, to be a strength to the players. East Bengal fans from every corner of this planet are expressing their feelings for the club and support EBRP community. It’s their dream that one day it will be larger than their expectation because they believe that they can serve “EAST BENGAL CLUB” and “Football” as both are more than life to all of them.
They have already launched their website-www.EASTBENGALtheRealPOWER.com.[2].Mail id:- contact@ebrp.in
Stadium
As its homeground, the club boasts of the enigmatic Yuba Bharati Krirangan, or the Salt Lake Stadium, Asia's biggest composite stadium. It is the biggest of its kind in Asia. The Salt Lake Stadium has seating arrangement for 120,000 people at a time. Its training ground is a smaller East Bengal tent near the maidan.
Players
Players, who have represented their country in the senior level are marked in bold letters. 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
- Physical Trainer: Mashiedee Sulaiman
- Team Doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta
- Physiotherapist: Rajesh Basak
- Team Manager: Swapan Ball
Noted former players
- 1920s: Mona Dutta, Nepal Chakraborty, Surja Chakraborty, Haran Saha, Dulal Guha Thakurta
- 1930s: Mohammed Salim, Murgesh, Somana, Lakshminarayan, Majid
- 1940s: Apparao, Pagsley, Byomkesh Bose, P. Venkatesh, Sunil Ghosh, S.Nayyar, Paritosh Chakraborty, PBA Saleh
- 1950s: Masood Fakri, T. Balaram, Taj Mohammed, K.P.Dhanraj, Ahmed Khan, Minilal Ghatak, S.Roy-Paltu, Kittu, Gokul, Sanat Sett, Moosa, Hassan, Ram Bahadur
- 1960s: Aroon Ghosh, Sukumar Samajpati, Peter Thangaraj, Prasanta Sinha, Chandan Bannerjee, Ashim Moulik, Syed Naeemuddin, Parimal Dey, Md. Habib, Santo Mitra, Shyam Thapa, Sudhir Karmakar, Subhash Bhowmick
- 1970s: Samaresh Chowdhury, Shyamal Ghosh, Ashokelal Banerjee, Gautam Sarkar, Surajit Sengupta, Bhaskar Ganguly, Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Prasanta Banerjee, Harjinder Singh
- 1980s: Majid Bashkar, Jamshed Nassiri, Sudip Chatterjee, Alok Mukherjee, Tarun Dey, Krishanu Dey, Bikash Panji, Emeka Ezeugo, Balai Mukherjee, Cheema Okeri, Swarup Das
- 1990s: John Devine, Bhaichung Bhutia, Tushar Rakshit, Kuljit Singh, Samuel Omollo, Carlton Chapman
- 2000s: Dipak Mondal, Suley Musah, Surkumar Singh, Alvito D'Cunha, Muttah Suresh, Subrata Pal, Mike Okoro, Douglas Da Silva
Performance record
| No | Tournament | Records | Championship Years | Comments |
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| 1 | LG ASEAN Club Cup | Champions Once | Champions: 2003 | |
| 2 | National Football League | Champions Thrice,
Runners-Up Thrice |
Champions: 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
Runners-Up: 1997-98, 1998-99, 2005-06 |
Maximum number of times till date along with Mohun Bagan and Dempo |
| 3 | Federation Cup | Champions 5 times, Runners-Up 7 times | Champions: 1978, 1980, 1985, 1996, 2007
Runners-Up: 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995-98 |
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| 4 | Super Cup | Champions Twice,
Runners-Up Twice |
Champions: 1997, 2005-06
Runners-Up: 2003 , 2008 |
Tournament Between National league and Federation Cup Champions. Maximum number of times till date |
| 5 | Calcutta Football League — Premier Division | Champions 31 times | Champions: 1942, 1945-46, 1949-50, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970-75, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987-89, 1991, 1993, 1995-96, 1998-2000, 2002-04, 2006 | |
| 6 | IFA Shield | Champions 27 times | Champions: 1943, 1945, 1949-51, 1958, 1961, 1965-66, 1970, 1972-76, 1981, 1983-84, 1986, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1997, 2000-02 | |
| 7 | Durand Cup | Champions 16 times | Champions:1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1989-91, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004 | |
| 8 | Rovers Cup | Champions 10 times | Champions:1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972-73, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994 | |
| 9 | DCM Trophy | Champions 7 times | Champions:1950, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1973-74, 1983 | |
| 10 | All Airlines Gold Cup | Champions 7 times | Champions:1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 | |
| 11 | Bordoloi Trophy | Champions 5 times | Champions:1968, 1972-73, 1978, 1992 | |
| 12 | McDowell's Cup | Champions 3 times | Champions:1995, 1997, 2000 | |
| 13 | Sait Nagjee Trophy | Champions 2 times | Champions:1968, 1986 | |
| 14 | Hercules Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions:1920 | |
| 15 | Darjeeling Gold Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions:1976 | |
| 16 | Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions:1984 | |
| 17 | Stafford Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions:1986 | |
| 18 | Wai-Wai Cup, Nepal | Champions 1 time | Champions:1993 | |
| 19 | Coca Cola Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions:1996 | |
| 20 | Independence Day Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions:2002 | |
| 21 | San Miguel International Cup, Nepal | Champions 1 time | Champions:2004-05 |
Performance in AFC Competitions
- Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances
- AFC Cup: 3 appearances
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 5 appearances
Sponsors
Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the Club).
Co-sponsor: Peerless General Finance & Investment Co. Ltd
Healthcare Partner: Calcutta Medical Research Institute
Outfit Sponsor: Reebok
Medical Support: MEDICARE SERVICES
References
External links
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