List of East Bengal FC records and statistics
East Bengal is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which competes in Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football. The club was formed when the vice-president of Jorabagan, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, resigned when Jorabagan sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose who was dropped from the squad for reasons not disclosed when they were about to face Mohun Bagan in the Cooch Behar Cup semi-final on 28 July 1920. He along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal, in Jorabagan home of Suresh Chandra on 1 August 1920; 99 years ago.[1] East Bengal started playing in the Calcutta Football League 2nd division from 1921 and in 1925 they qualified for the first division for the first time and since then they have won numerous titles in Indian Football.[1]
East Bengal joined the National Football League since its inception in 1996 and is the only club to play all seasons till date, even after its name changed to I-League in 2007.[2] East Bengal have won the National Football League thrice: 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04, and became runners-up 7 times, the most of any Indian clubs. Among other trophies, East Bengal have won the Calcutta Football League 39 times, IFA Shield 29 times, Federation Cup 8 times and the Durand Cup 16 times. East Bengal holds the joint-record for most Quintuples (5 trophies) in Club football, having 3 to their name.[3]
History
[edit]On 28 July 1920, Mohun Bagan was scheduled to play Jorabagan in the Cooch Behar Cup.[1] Jorabagan sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose who was dropped from the squad for reasons not disclosed.[1] The vice-president of Jorabagan, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, asked for Bose to be included in the line-up but the club coaches did not listen.[1] Chaudhuri left the club due to this and, along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal on 1 August 1920, named after the region they hailed from.[1] East Bengal Club played their first match in the 1920 Hercules Cup, which was a 7-a-side tournament that they won. After the tournament, the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association. They won their first-ever full tournament in 1921, lifting the Khogendra Shield.[4] The red and gold brigade qualified for the Calcutta Football League 1st division in 1925.[4] They won their first 1st title in 1942. East Bengal won their first IFA Shield in 1943. In 1945, East Bengal won their first double of winning both Calcutta Football League and IFA Shield.[1] From 1949 to 1951, East Bengal became the first team to make a hat-trick of wins in IFA Shield.[4] In 1970, the club defeated Asian giants PAS Tehran to win the IFA Shield trophy.[5][6] In 1972, East Bengal won Calcutta Football League, IFA Shield, Durand Cup and Rovers Cup in a single season, thus becoming the first team to do so.[4][6] In 1972, East Bengal also made a record of being the first and till date only Indian team winning the Calcutta Football League without conceding a single goal, which they again repeated in 1991.[7] In 1973, the club defeated Pyongyang City SC to lift the IFA Shield title[5] and went on to defeat another North Korean team Dok Ro Gang to lift the DCM Trophy in the same season.[6][8] In 1975, East Bengal broke the record by winning the Calcutta Football League consecutively for the 6th time (1970–75), bettering the record held by Mohammedan Sporting of winning it 5 times (1934–38).[6][4] In 1975, East Bengal also created history as they defeated their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan by a record margin of 5–0, which is still being held today, in the IFA Shield final at the Mohun Bagan Ground.[4] In 1976, East Bengal made a record of winning the IFA Shield 5 times in a row.[6][4] In 1978, East Bengal participated in the Federation Cup for the first time and became joint champions with Mohun Bagan.[9][10] In 1985, East Bengal won the Federation Cup and qualified for Asian Club Championships for the first time.[4] East Bengal won the Coca-Cola Cup held in Colombo as a preliminary tournament for Central Asia Zone, and reached the group stages held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[4] In 1991 East Bengal qualified for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup for the first time and reached the quarter-finals.[11] In 1993, East Bengal won their second tournament on foreign soil as they won the Wai Wai Cup in Nepal.[4] In 2000–01, East Bengal won their maiden NFL title,[12] winning it again in 2002-03 and 2003–04.[4] In 2003, they won a major international trophy at Jakarta when they defeated BEC Tero Sasana to lift the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship.[13] The club won their third trophy outside of India when they defeated South Korean Hannam University to lift the San Miguel Cup in Nepal.[14] Between 2007 and 2012, East Bengal won the Federation Cup 4 times (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012). From 2010 to 2017, East Bengal again bettered their own record as they won the Calcutta Football League for 8 consecutive times.[15]
In 2020, the club joined the Indian Super League[16] and rebranded as SC East Bengal.[17] They finished ninth in their debut season, having won three of the twenty league matches. The team finished eleventh, at the bottom in the 2021–22 season, winning just one game in the entire campaign. In 2022, the club rebranded itself as East Bengal FC and finished ninth again, having won six of the twenty league matches.[18] In 2024, East Bengal won the Super Cup defeating Odisha in the final to break a twelve-year wait for a national cup trophy.[19]
Honours
[edit]East Bengal Club has won honours both domestically and in international competitions.[3] They have won the National Football League title 3 times and the Federation Cup 8 times.[3] They also won the Calcutta Football League a record 39 times and the IFA Shield a record 29 times.[3] Till date, the club has won more than 150 trophies which are listed below:[3][20]
- Record
- S Shared record
Tournament | No. | Years | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
International (Friendly Invitational Tournaments)
| |||
Coca-Cola Cup (Central Asia) | 1
|
1985 | [21] |
Wai Wai Cup | 1
|
1993 | [4] |
ASEAN Club Championship | 1S
|
2003 | [13] |
San Miguel International Cup | 1
|
2004 | [14] |
Total | 4 | ||
Domestic (Major)
| |||
National Football League | 3
|
2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 | [22] |
Federation Cup | 8
|
1978, 1980, 1985, 1996, 2007, 2009–10, 2010, 2012 | [23][10] |
Super Cup | 1S
|
2024 | [19] |
Indian Super Cup | 3
|
1997, 2006, 2011 | [24] |
Calcutta Football League | 40
|
1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024 | [25] |
IFA Shield | 29
|
1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002–03, 2012 | [26] |
Durand Cup | 16
|
1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972,1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004 | [27] |
Rovers Cup | 10
|
1949, 1962, 1967, 1969,1972. 1973, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994 | [28] |
Total | 109 | ||
Domestic (Minor and Other Trophies)
| |||
DCM Trophy | 7
|
1950, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1983 | [29] |
Bordoloi Trophy | 5
|
1968, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1992 | [30] |
All Airlines Gold Cup | 7
|
1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 | [31] |
Darjeeling Gold Cup | 5
|
1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2018[a] | [32][33] |
McDowell's Cup | 3
|
1995, 1997, 2000 | [34] |
Sait Nagjee Football Tournament | 2
|
1968, 1986 | [35] |
Stafford Cup | 2
|
1981, 1986 | [3][20] |
Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup | 1
|
1984 | [3] |
Kalinga Cup | 1
|
1993 | [3] |
SSS Trophy | 2
|
1989, 1991 | [3] |
Independence Day Cup | 1
|
2002 | [3] |
Dr. H. K. Mookherjee Shield | 2
|
1957, 1961 | [3] |
ATPA Shield | 1
|
1992 | [3] |
P. K. Nair Gold Cup | 1
|
1956 | [3] |
Kerala FA Shield | 1
|
1968 | [3] |
Mohammedan Sporting Platinum Jubilee Cup | 1
|
2010 | [3] |
Hercules Cup | 1
|
1920 | [3] |
Khogendra Cup | 1
|
1921 | [20] |
Chandannager Cup | 1
|
1920 | [20] |
Sachin Memorial Shield | 1
|
1921 | [20] |
Cooch Behar Cup | 5
|
1924, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1960 | [20] |
Trades Cup | 4
|
1960, 1966, 1975, 1976 | [20] |
Gladstone Cup | 1
|
1929 | [20] |
Griffith Shield | 2
|
1929, 1946 | [20] |
Lady Hardinge Shield | 1
|
1940 | [20] |
Lakshmibilas Cup | 3
|
1920, 1968, 1969 | [20] |
Bardwan Cup | 1
|
1938 | [20] |
S.C.I.S.T. Cup | 1
|
1947 | [20] |
William Younger Cup | 2
|
1969, 1976 | [20] |
Girija Shield | 1
|
1942 | [20] |
Raja Memorial Shield | 1
|
1960 | [20] |
Madhyamgram MLA Cup | 1
|
2023[a] | [36] |
Kulodakanta Memorial Shield | 1
|
2023[a] | [37] |
Total | 70 | ||
All Total | 182m |
- m Including minor trophies
- ^ a b c East Bengal Reserves participated in the tournament.
Player records
[edit]Goalscoring records
[edit]- Most goals in all competitions: Bhaichung Bhutia, 148.[38][39]
- Most goals in Indian Super League: Cleiton Silva, 20.[40][41]
- Most goals in National Football League / I-League: Bhaichung Bhutia, 49.[42]
- Most goals in Calcutta Football League: Somana, 85.[4][43]
- Most goals in Federation Cup: Bhaichung Bhutia, 14.[42]
- Most goals in IFA Shield: K. P. Dhanraj, 27.[43][44]
- Most goals in Durand Cup: Mohammed Habib and Surajit Sengupta, 17.[43][44]
- Most goals in Rovers Cup: Tulsidas Balaram, 10.[43][44]
- Most goals in D.C.M. Trophy: Moosa Ghazi, 12.[43][44]
- Most goals in Continental competitions: Bhaichung Bhutia, 11.[38]
- Most goals in a single Calcutta Football League campaign: Swami Nayar, 36 (During the 1946 season).[45][46][47]
- Most goals in a single NFL / I-League campaign: Tolgay Ozbey and Chidi Edeh, 18 (During the 2011–12 and 2012–13 season respectively).[2]
- Most goals in a single Indian Super League campaign: Cleiton Silva, 12 (During the 2022–23 season).[40]
- Most goals in a single match: Fred Pugsley, 8 (against B.B & C.I. Railway, 23 September 1945, Rovers Cup).[48][49]
- Most goals in a single match in NFL / I-League: Ranti Martins, 5 (against Dempo, 1 March 2015).[50][51]
- Most goals in a single match in Continental competition: Biswajit Bhattacharya, 4 (against New Road Team, 2 August 1985, Coca-Cola Cup[A]).[21]
- Most goals in a single match against Foreign opponent: Bhaichung Bhutia, 6 (against Philippine Army FC, 16 July 2003, ASEAN Club Championship).[13][52]
- Fastest goal: Cristiano Júnior, 15 seconds (against Tollygunge Agragami, 20 December 2003, 2003–04 NFL).[53]
- Fastest goal in Indian Super League: P. V. Vishnu, 32 seconds (against Odisha, 29 February 2024, 2023–24 Indian Super League).[54]
- Fastest goal in AFC competitions: Dimitrios Diamantakos, 33 seconds (against Bashundhara Kings, 29 October 2024, 2024–25 AFC Challenge League).[55]
- Most hat-tricks in NFL / I-League: Ranti Martins, 3.[51]
- Most hat-tricks in a single NFL / I-League campaign: Ranti Martins, 2 (During the 2015–16 season).[51]
- Most hat-tricks in a single Calcutta Football League campaign: Swami Nayar, 4 (During the 1946 season).[45][46][47]
- Fastest hat-trick: K. P. Dhanraj, 4 minutes 30 seconds, (against Maharana Club, 27 August 1949).[B]
- Fastest hat-trick in NFL / I-League: Ranti Martins, 19 minutes, (against Aizawl, 12 March 2016).[C]
- Most consecutive matches scored in NFL / I-League: Cristiano Júnior, 7 (During the 2003–04 season).[D]
- Most consecutive matches scored in Indian Super League:
- Cleiton Silva, 3 (During the 2022–23 season).[40]
- Saúl Crespo, 3 (During the 2023–24 season).[40]
Hat-trick on debut for East Bengal | ||||||
Date | Nationality | Name | Opponent | Tournament | Score | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 May 1963 | India | Ashim Moulik | Sporting Union | Calcutta Football League | 3–0 | [61] |
28 May 1966 | India | Shyam Thapa | Rajasthan Club | Calcutta Football League | 4–0 | [62][63] |
19 June 1967 | India | Shibram Sarkar | Sporting Union | Calcutta Football League | 4–0 | [61] |
6 November 2004 | Nigeria | Ernest Jeremiah | Sporting Club de Goa | Durand Cup | 4–0 | [64][65][66][67] |
31 August 2010 | India | Bikash Narzinary | Mohammedan AC | Calcutta Football League | 5–0 | [68][69] |
12 August 2017 | India | Suhair Vadakkepeedika | NBP Rainbow AC | Calcutta Football League | 4–1 | [70] |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Competitive, professional matches only.
All time top scorers
[edit]All-time top scorers of East Bengal[38][56] | ||||
Ranking | Nationality | Name | Goals | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | India | Bhaichung Bhutia | 148 | [71][72][56] |
2 | Nigeria | Chima Okorie | 131 | [38][56] |
3 | India | K. P. Dhanraj | 127 | [38][56] |
4 | India | Mohammad Habib | 114 | [73][56] |
5 | India | Tulsidas Balaram | 104 | [74][56] |
6 | India | A.C. Somana | 102 | [38][56] |
7 | India | Ashim Moulik | 98 | [38][56] |
8 | India | Sunil Ghosh | 97 | [75][56] |
9 | India | Surajit Sengupta | 92 | [38][56] |
10 | India | Mohammed Akbar | 90 | [56] |
11 | India | Parimal Dey | 84 | [56] |
12 | India | Subhash Bhowmick | 82 | [56] |
13 | India | P. Venkatesh | 80 | [56] |
14 | Iran | Jamshid Nassiri | 72 | [56] |
15 | India | Shyam Thapa | 68 | [56] |
Top scorers in Indian Super League
[edit]- As of 21 December 2024
- Players in Bold are part of the current squad.
Top scorers of East Bengal in ISL | ||||
Ranking | Nationality | Name | Goals | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brazil | Cleiton Silva | 20 | [76][40] |
2 | India | Naorem Mahesh Singh | 8 | |
3 | India | Nandhakumar Sekar | 5 | |
4 | Germany | Matti Steinmann | 4 | |
Croatia | Antonio Perosevic | |||
Spain | Saúl Crespo | |||
India | P. V. Vishnu | |||
8 | Nigeria | Bright Enobakhare | 3 | |
DR Congo | Jacques Maghoma | |||
Ireland | Anthony Pilkington | |||
Netherlands | Darren Sidoel | |||
India | Thongkhosiem Haokip | |||
Greece | Dimitrios Diamantakos |
Top scorers in National Football League/I-League
[edit]Top Scorer for East Bengal in NFL/I-League | ||||
Ranking | Nationality | Name | Goals | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | India | Bhaichung Bhutia | 49 | [42][77] |
2 | Australia | Tolgay Ozbey | 35 | [77] |
3 | Nigeria | Ranti Martins | 29 | [77] |
4 | Nigeria | Chidi Edeh | 27 | [77] |
5 | Brazil | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 23 | [77][78] |
6 | Nigeria | Mike Okoro | 21 | [77] |
7 | India | Raman Vijayan | 20 | [77] |
Ghana | Yusif Yakubu | |||
9 | India | Robin Singh | 19 | [79] |
10 | Nigeria | Dudu Omagbemi | 18 | [79] |
Top scorers in Calcutta League
[edit]Top Scorer for East Bengal in Calcutta League | ||||
Ranking | Nationality | Name | Goals | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | India | A.C. Somana | 85 | [4][47] |
2 | India | Sunil Ghosh | 75 | [47] |
3 | India | K. P. Dhanraj | 70 | [47] |
4 | India | Surjo Chakraborty | 62 | [47] |
India | Mohammad Habib | 62 | [80][47] |
Appearance records
[edit]- Most appearances in Indian Super League: Naorem Mahesh Singh, 67.[40]
- Most appearances in I-League: Mehtab Hossain, 175.[81]
- Most appearances in AFC Cup: Mehtab Hossain, 34.[82]
- Youngest player to play for East Bengal in Indian Super League: Vanlalpeka Guite, 16 years and 334 days (against Jamshedpur, 25 September 2023).[a]
- Youngest player to start for East Bengal in Indian Super League: Haobam Tomba Singh, 17 years and 306 days (against Kerala Blasters, 20 December 2020).[b]
Most appearances in Indian Super League
[edit]The list of players with the most appearances in the Indian Super League for East Bengal. Indian midfielder Naorem Mahesh Singh holds the record with 67 total appearances with 61 from the starting line-up for the club.[40]
- Player names in bold are part of the current squad.
- As of 21 December 2024
List of players with most appearances in the Indian Super League for East Bengal | ||||||
SL no. | Position | Nationality | Name | Total Apps | Starts | Seasons Played |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Midfielder | India | Naorem Mahesh Singh | 67 | 61 | 2021– |
2 | Forward | Brazil | Cleiton Silva | 53 | 46 | 2022– |
3 | Defender | India | Lalchungnunga | 45 | 40 | 2022– |
4 | Midfielder | India | Souvik Chakrabarti | 35 | 28 | 2022– |
5 | Defender | India | Mohammad Rakip | 35 | 23 | 2022– |
6 | Goalkeeper | India | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | 31 | 31 | 2023– |
7 | Midfielder | India | Mohammed Rafique | 31 | 19 | 2020–22 |
8 | Forward | India | Nandhakumar Sekar | 30 | 23 | 2023– |
9 | Midfielder | India | P. V. Vishnu | 30 | 14 | 2023– |
10 | Midfielder | India | Wahengbam Angousana | 29 | 13 | 2020–23 |
Most Appearances in I-League
[edit]The list of players with the most number of appearances in the I-League era for East Bengal, starting from 2007-08 I-League till 2019-20 I-League before the Red and Gold brigade moved into Indian Super League. Indian former International and former East Bengal captain Mehtab Hossain holds the record for the most appearances for the East Bengal having made 175 total appearances with 165 starts.[81][2]
- Player names in bold are still part of the current squad.
- As of till the end of 2019–20 I-League season.
List of players with most appearances in the I-League (2007–2020) for East Bengal | ||||||
SL no. | Position | Nationality | Name | Total Apps | Starts | Seasons Played |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Midfielder | India | Mehtab Hossain | 175 | 165 | 2007–17 |
2 | Left Back | India | Saumik Dey | 115 | 111 | 2007–16 |
3 | Midfielder | India | Harmanjot Khabra | 113 | 96 | 2009–16 |
4 | Midfielder | India | Sanju Pradhan | 104 | 65 | 2008–13 2015–16 |
5 | Centre-back | Nigeria | Uga Okpara | 95 | 94 | 2009–14 |
6 | Midfielder | India | Lalrindika Ralte | 92 | 75 | 2012–17 2018–20 |
7 | Centre-back | India | Arnab Mondal | 86 | 81 | 2012–18 |
8 | Centre-back | India | Gurwinder Singh | 83 | 71 | 2010–18 2019–20 |
9 | Midfielder | India | Syed Rahim Nabi | 75 | 73 | 2007–11 |
10 | Midfielder | Nigeria | Penn Orji | 72 | 69 | 2010–13 |
Most uninterrupted seasons played
[edit]List of East Bengal players with most uninterrupted number of seasons played[85][86] | |||||
SL no. | Name | Position | Years of Playing | Playing Years | Captained |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Moni Talukdar | Goal Keeper | 1920–1937 | 18 | 1932,1933 |
2 | Dulal Guha Thakurta | Forward | 1927-1942 | 16 | 1935,1936 |
3 | Rakhal Majumdar | Defender | 1937-1952 | 16 | 1943 |
4 | Apparao | Forward | 1941-1955 | 15 | 1946 |
5 | Tushar Rakshit | Midfielder | 1991-2005 | 15 | 1995 |
6 | Noni Ghosal | Center Half | 1921-1934 | 14 | 1926 |
7 | Monoranjan Bhattacharya | Defender | 1977-1990 | 14 | 1981 |
8 | Alvito D'Cunha | Midfielder | 2002-2015 | 14 | 2006 |
9 | Bhanu Dutta Ray | Defender | 1922-1934 | 13 | 1923 |
10 | Promod Dasgupta | Defender | 1936-1948 | 13 | 1938,1939,1940 |
11 | Tarun Dey | Defender | 1982-1994 | 13 | 1986 |
12 | Saumik Dey | Defender | 2005-2016 | 12 | 2010 |
13 | Ram Bahadur | Midfielder | 1957-1967 | 11 | 1960 |
14 | Bhaskar Ganguly | Goal Keeper | 1982-1992 | 11 | 1984 |
15 | Mehtab Hossain | Midfielder | 2007-2017 | 11 | 2013-14 |
16 | Sunil Ghosh | Forward | 1940-1949 | 10 | 1944 |
17 | Byomkesh Bose | Defender | 1949-1958 | 10 | 1951 |
18 | Dipankar Roy | Midfielder | 1999-2009 | 10 | 2005 |
- ^ Vanlalpeka Guite became the youngest ever player to debut in the Indian Super League for East Bengal when he came on in place of Naorem Mahesh Singh against Jamshedpur on 25 September 2023.[83]
- ^ Haobam Tomba Singh became the youngest ever player to start for a team in the Indian Super League when he debuted against Kerala Blasters FC on 20 December 2020.[84]
East Bengal players at the Olympics
[edit]East Bengal club holds the record among Indian clubs to produce most players to have represented the national team in the Olympic Games.[87]
List of East Bengal players to represent the national team at the Olympics[87] | |||||
Year | City | Nationality | Name | Position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1948 | London | India | Syed M. Kaiser | MF | |
1952 | Helsinki | India | S. Roy | DF | |
India | Chandan Singh Rawat | DF | |||
India | Byomkesh Bose | MF | |||
India | Pansanttom Venkatesh | FW | |||
India | Ahmed Khan | FW | |||
India | P. B. A. Saleh | FW | |||
1956 | Melbourne | India | Mariappa Kempaiah | MF | |
India | Kittu | FW | |||
1960 | Rome | India | Arun Ghosh | DF | |
India | Ram Bahadur Chettri | MF | |||
India | Dharmalingam Kannan | FW | |||
India | Tulsidas Balaram | FW |
Transfer records
[edit]The fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from news portals that cover Indian football.
Record transfer fees paid
[edit]Rank | Player | From | Fee | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jeakson Singh | Kerala Blasters | ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) | 19 July 2024 | [88] |
2 | Anwar Ali | Delhi | ₹2.5 crore (US$290,000) | 13 August 2024 | [89] |
3 | Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | Kerala Blasters | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | 12 July 2023 | [90] |
Coaching records
[edit]Firsts
[edit]- First coach to be appointed professionally: Sushil Bhattacharya, 1961.[91][92][93]
- First coach of foreign nationality: Philippe De Ridder, 2005.[94][95]
- First coach to win the National Football League: Monoranjan Bhattacharya, 2000-01.[12]
- First coach to win the Federation Cup: Arun Ghosh, 1978.[10]
- First coach to win the Indian Super Cup: Monoranjan Bhattacharya, 1997.[24]
- First coach to win the Super Cup: Carles Cuadrat, 2024.[19]
Records
[edit]- Longest serving coach: P. K. Bannerjee, 396 matches.[a]
- Most matches won as head coach: P. K. Bannerjee, 292 matches.[96]
- Most trophies won as head coach: P. K. Bannerjee, 31.[96]
- Most trophies won in a single stint as head coach: P. K. Bannerjee, 16 (During 1972–76).[96][6]
- Most NFL/I-League won as head coach: Subhash Bhowmick, 2.[97]
- Most Federation cups won as head coach: P. K. Banerjee and Trevor James Morgan, 2.[10]
- Most Calcutta League won as head coach: P. K. Banerjee, 7.[E]
- Most international trophies won as head coach: Subhash Bhowmick, 2.[F]
- Coaches who won the Triple Crown: P. K. Banerjee and Syed Nayeemuddin (in 1972–73 and 1990–91 respectively).[6][98]
- ^ P.K. Bannerjee served as the head coach of East Bengal for 9 seasons: 1972–76, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–90. He was also appointed as the Technical Director of the team in 1996–97.[96][6]
Managers at East Bengal since the start of National Football League
[edit]- Record in competitive matches for East Bengal coaches since the beginning of National Football League in India from the 1996–1997 season.
- As of 21 December 2024
Record in Competitive matches for East Bengal coaches | |||||||||||
Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monoranjan Bhattacharya | India | 1 April 1996 | 31 March 1999 | 176 | 111 | 36 | 29 | 289 | 117 | +172 | 63.07 |
Subhash Bhowmick | India | 20 May 1999 | 31 March 2000 | 51 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 54.90 |
Syed Nayeemuddin | India | 4 April 2000 | 13 January 2001 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 78.13 |
Monoranjan Bhattacharya | India | 13 January 2001 | 24 January 2002 | 52 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 84 | 29 | +55 | 59.62 |
Subhash Bhowmick | India | 25 January 2002 | 2 December 2005 | 200 | 133 | 29 | 38 | 384 | 144 | +240 | 66.50 |
Bikash Panji[a] | India | 4 December 2005 | 15 December 2005 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
Philippe De Ridder | Belgium | 15 December 2005 | 31 May 2006 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 55.56 |
Carlos Roberto Pereira | Brazil | 4 July 2006 | 22 May 2007 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 47.37 |
Subrata Bhattacharya | India | 23 May 2007 | 16 January 2008 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 50.00 |
Monoranjan Bhattacharya | India | 16 January 2008 | 19 February 2008 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 42.86 |
Aloke Mukherjee | India | 20 February 2008 | 31 May 2008 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 22.22 |
Monoranjan Bhattacharya | India | 1 July 2008 | 15 September 2008 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 50.00 |
Stanley Rozario | India | 16 September 2008 | 24 December 2008 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 40.00 |
Subhash Bhowmick | India | 24 December 2008 | 25 October 2009 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 25.00 |
Tushar Rakshit[b] | India | 25 October 2009 | 12 November 2009 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 75.00 |
Philippe De Ridder | Belgium | 6 November 2009 | 31 May 2010 | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 34.78 |
Trevor James Morgan | England | 16 July 2010 | 24 May 2013 | 178 | 112 | 31 | 35 | 351 | 160 | +191 | 62.92 |
Marcos Falopa | Brazil | 12 June 2013 | 14 November 2013 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 45.45 |
Armando Colaco | India | 14 November 2013 | 19 February 2015 | 54 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 99 | 47 | +52 | 55.56 |
Eelco Schattorie | Netherlands | 20 February 2015 | 31 May 2015 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 31 | +0 | 40.00 |
Biswajit Bhattacharya | India | 19 June 2015 | 11 April 2016 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 65.52 |
Trevor James Morgan | England | 13 April 2016 | 17 April 2017 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 64.29 |
Ranjan Chowdhury Sr.[c] | India | 19 September 2016 | 30 September 2016 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 80.00 |
Mridul Banerjee | India | 18 April 2017 | 19 April 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Ranjan Chowdhury[d] | India | 20 April 2017 | 31 May 2017 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 50.00 |
Khalid Jamil | India | 21 July 2017 | 26 April 2018 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 58.06 |
Bastob Roy[e] | India | 18 May 2018 | 19 August 2018 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 63.64 |
Alejandro Menéndez[f] | Spain | 19 August 2018 | 21 January 2020 | 43 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 55.81 |
Bastob Roy[g] | India | 21 January 2020 | 26 January 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
Mario Rivera Campesino | Spain | 23 January 2020 | 31 May 2020 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 37.50 |
Francisco Bruto Da Costa[h] | India | 30 July 2020 | 9 October 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Robbie Fowler | England | 9 October 2020 | 8 September 2021 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 15.00 |
Manolo Díaz | Spain | 8 September 2021 | 28 December 2021 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 0.00 |
Renedy Singh[i] | India | 28 December 2021 | 14 January 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
Mario Rivera Campesino | Spain | 1 January 2022 | 31 May 2022 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 11.11 |
Bino George[j][k][l] | India | 26 July 2022 | present | 37 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 98 | 23 | +75 | 70.27 |
Stephen Constantine | England | 27 July 2022 | 25 April 2023 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 25.93 |
Carles Cuadrat | Spain | 25 April 2023 | 30 September 2024 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 40.00 |
Óscar Bruzón | Spain | 8 October 2024 | present | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 54.55 |
- ^ Caretaker manager after Subhash Bhowmick was sacked for legal reasons.[99]
- ^ Caretaker manager after Subhash Bhowmick resigned. Includes record for the matches against Salgaocar on 29.10.2009, Chirag Kerala on 2.11.2009, Air India on 7.11.2009 and Shillong Lajong on 12.11.2009, as Tushar was in-charge as the head-coach before Philippe De Ridder took over.[100]
- ^ Academy Head Coach Ranjan Chowdhury was announced as the head-coach cum manager for the Bordoloi Trophy as Trevor Morgan left for holidays after the CFL.[101]
- ^ Caretaker manager under Technical-Director Monoranjan Bhattacharya.[102]
- ^ Head-coach under Technical-Director Subhash Bhowmick.[103]
- ^ Include two walkovers East Bengal awarded:
1. vs Delhi Dynamos in 2019 Indian Super Cup
2. vs Calcutta Customs in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. - ^ Interim head-coach after Alejandro Menéndez left and before Mario Rivera Campesino took charge. Includes record for the match against Chennai City on 25.01.2020.[104]
- ^ Francisco Bruto Da Costa was appointed as the head coach however, his contract was mutually terminated before the Indian Super League campaign started.[105]
- ^ Interim head coach after Manolo Díaz left charge. Includes record for the matches against Bengaluru on 4.01.2022, Mumbai City on 7.01.2022 and Jamshedpur on 11.01.2022, as Renedy was in-charge as the head-coach before Mario Rivera Campesino took over.[106]
- ^ East Bengal Club Reserves head-coach Bino George took charge of the team for the Calcutta Football League for three seasons: 2022, 2023 and 2024 as East Bengal mostly field their reserve squad, with the first team playing in the Indian Super League.[107]
- ^ Include two walkovers East Bengal received in the 2023 Calcutta Premier Division:
1. vs Bhawanipore
2. vs Mohun Bagan SG.[108] - ^ Interim head coach after Carles Cuadrat left charge. Includes record for the match against Jamshedpur on 5.10.2024, as Bino was in-charge as the head-coach before Óscar Bruzón took over.[109]
Foreign managers at East Bengal
[edit]- Record in competitive matches for foreign coaches.[95]
- As of 21 December 2024
Record for foreign coaches at East Bengal | |||||||||||
Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philippe De Ridder[a] | Belgium | 15 December 2005 | 31 May 2006 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 55.56 |
6 November 2009 | 31 May 2010 | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 34.78 | ||
Total | 64 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 87 | 69 | +18 | 40.63 | |||
Carlos Roberto Pereira | Brazil | 4 July 2006 | 31 May 2007 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 47.37 |
Trevor James Morgan | England | 16 July 2010 | 24 May 2013 | 178 | 112 | 31 | 35 | 351 | 160 | +191 | 62.92 |
13 April 2016 | 17 April 2017 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 64.29 | ||
Total | 206 | 130 | 35 | 41 | 399 | 184 | +215 | 63.11 | |||
Marcos Falopa | Brazil | 12 June 2013 | 14 November 2013 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 45.45 |
Eelco Schattorie | Netherlands | 20 February 2015 | 31 May 2015 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 31 | +0 | 40.00 |
Alejandro Menéndez[b] | Spain | 19 August 2018 | 21 January 2020 | 43 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 55.81 |
Mario Rivera Campesino[c] | Spain | 23 January 2020 | 31 May 2020 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 37.50 |
1 January 2022 | 31 May 2022 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 11.11 | ||
Total | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 23.53 | |||
Robbie Fowler | England | 9 October 2020 | 8 September 2021 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 15.00 |
Manolo Díaz | Spain | 8 September 2021 | 28 December 2021 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 0.00 |
Stephen Constantine | England | 27 July 2022 | 25 April 2023 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 25.93 |
Carles Cuadrat | Spain | 25 April 2023 | 30 September 2024 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 40.00 |
Óscar Bruzón | Spain | 8 October 2024 | present | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 54.55 |
- ^ Philippe De Ridder was appointed on 6 November 2009, however, he took charge of the team from 18 November, from the match against Railway FC in the 2009–10 season.
- ^ Includes two walkovers East Bengal awarded;
1. vs Delhi Dynamos in 2019 Indian Super Cup
2. vs Calcutta Customs in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. - ^ Mario Rivera was appointed on 23 January 2020, however, he took charge of the team from 26 January, from the match against Indian Arrows in the 2019–20 season.
Most successful managers at East Bengal
[edit]Below is the list of the 5 most successful East Bengal head-coaches as per most honours won:
No | Name | I-League/NFL | Fed Cup | Calcutta League | IFA Shield | Durand Cup | Rovers Cup | Others[a] | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | PK Banerjee | — | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 31 |
2 | Syed Nayeemuddin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
3 | Subhash Bhowmick | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
4 | Amal Dutta | — | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
5 | Monoranjan Bhattacharya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
- ^ Includes Coca-Cola Cup, ASEAN Club Championship, D.C.M. Trophy, All Airlines Gold Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Wai Wai Cup, Kalinga Cup, Super Cup, San Miguel International Cup, McDowell's Cup, Independence Cup, Platinum Jubilee Cup.
Most trophies won in a single stint
[edit]No | Seasons | Name | I-League/NFL | Federation Cup | Calcutta League | IFA Shield | Durand Cup | Rovers Cup | Others[a] | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1972–73 to 1975–76 | PK Banerjee | – | – | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
2 | 2001–02 to 2005–06 | Subhash Bhowmick | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
3 | 2010–11 to 2012–13 | Trevor James Morgan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 8 |
4 | 1994–95 to 1995–96 | Syed Nayeemuddin | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
1996–97 to 1998–99 | Monoranjan Bhattacharya | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
5 | 1990–91 to 1991–92 | Syed Nayeemuddin | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
- ^ Includes ASEAN Club Championship, D.C.M. Trophy, All Airlines Gold Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Wai Wai Cup, Super Cup, San Miguel International Cup, McDowell's Cup, Independence Cup, Platinum Jubilee Cup, SSS Trophy.
Club records
[edit]Matches
[edit]Firsts
[edit]- First match: East Bengal 4–0 Metropolitan College, 12 August 1920.[G][44]
- First Calcutta League 2nd Div match: East Bengal 0–0 Sobhabazar Club, 1 May 1921.[46][47]
- First Calcutta League 1st Div match: East Bengal 1–4 Calcutta FC, 9 May 1925.[46][47]
- First win in Calcutta League 1st Div: East Bengal 2–1 Dalhousie, 25 May 1925.[46][47][111]
- First IFA Shield match: East Bengal 1–1 Town Club, 20 July 1921.[46]
- First Durand Cup match: East Bengal 2–0 Army Headquarters FC, 1926.[46][111]
- First Rovers Cup match: East Bengal 6–0 Royal Navy, 6 September 1941.[46][111]
- First Federation Cup match: East Bengal 5–0 Rajasthan Police, 22 April 1978.[10][111]
- First NFL / I-League match: Mohammedan Sporting 1–2 East Bengal, 17 December 1996.[112]
- First Indian Super League match: East Bengal 0–2 ATK Mohun Bagan, 27 November 2020.[113]
- First win in Indian Super League match: East Bengal 3–1 Odisha, 3 January 2021.[114][115]
- First competitive Continental match: East Bengal 7–0 New Road Team, 1 August 1985.[A][116]
Wins
[edit]Highest margin of victories in different tournaments | |||||
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Tournament | Date | Opponent | Score | Goal scorers | Ref |
Rovers Cup | 23 September 1945 | B.B & C.I. Railway | 11–0 | Sunil Ghosh (2), Fred Pugsley (8), Sushil Chatterjee | [117] |
Calcutta Football League | 10 June 1943 | Dalhousie | 10–0 | A. C. Somana (4), Arokiraj (4), Appa Rao (2) | [117] |
28 June 1949 | Calcutta Garrison | 10–0 | P.B.A. Saleh (3), Abid (4), K. P. Dhanraj (2), P. Venkatesh | [117] | |
26 September 2023 | Kidderpore | 10–1 | P. V. Vishnu (4), Mahitosh Roy (3), Jesin TK, V. P. Suhair (2) | [117] | |
Durand Cup | 26 December 1972 | B.B.Star | 10–0 | Md. Akbar (4), Md. Habib (2), Mohan Singh, Latifuddin, Shambu Moitra, Samaresh Chowdhury | [117][6] |
IFA Shield | 14 July 1936 | Victoria Sporting | 9–0 | N. Majumdar (3), P. Mukherjee (2), S. M. Kaiser, Dulal Guha Thakurta, A. Hussain, Hira Das | [117] |
22 September 2003 | Wari | 9–0 | Dipankar Roy (4), Bijen Singh (2), Kalia Kulothungan, Douglas De Silva, Shylo Malsawmtluanga | [118][119] | |
Asian Club Championship | 10 August 1985 | Club Valencia | 9–0 | Debashis Roy (3), Jamshid Nassiri (2), Monojit Das (2), Debashis Misra, Samir Chaudhury | [117] |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 15 August 1997 | Tribhuvan Club | 8–0 | Bhaichung Bhutia (2), Somatai Shaiza, Naushad Moosa, Preto Garcia, Nazimul Haq, Falguni Dutta, A. Sarvanan | [117] |
DCM Trophy | 16 October 1960 | D.F.A. Jalandhar | 8–0 | Kanayan (3), D. Kannan (3), Narayan, Tulsidas Balaram | [117] |
I-League | 23 Nov 2011 | HAL | 8–1 | Tolgay Ozbey (4), Uga Okpara (2), Robin Singh, Baljit Sahni | [120] |
Federation Cup | 22 April 1978 | Rajasthan Police | 5–0 | Surajit Sengupta, Ranjit Mukherjee, Mihir Bose, Ulganathan, Prasanta Banerjee | [117] |
28 August 1998 | Vasco | 5–0 | Raman Vijayan (2), Renedy Singh (2), Carlton Chapman | [117] | |
31 July 2003 | HAL | 5–0 | Bijen Singh (2), Chandan Das (2), Dipankar Roy | [117] | |
AFC Cup | 15 May 2013 | Yangon United | 5–1 | Chidi Edeh (3), Penn Orji, Mehtab Hossain | [117] |
Indian Super League | 4 December 2023 | NorthEast United | 5–0 | Borja Herrera, Cleiton Silva (2), Nandhakumar Sekar (2) | [121] |
Defeats
[edit]- Worst defeat: Dynamo Kyiv 13–1 East Bengal, 6 September 1953.[H]
- Worst defeat in Calcutta League: Dalhousie 7–1 East Bengal, 1928[46]
- Worst defeat in Indian Super League: East Bengal 0–4 Hyderabad, 24 January 2022 (During the 2021–22 season).[123]
- Worst defeat in NFL/I-League:
- Shillong Lajong 5–1 East Bengal, 30 May 2015 (During the 2014–15 season).[124]
- Salgaocar 4–0 East Bengal, 29 December 2011 (During the 2011–12 season).[125]
- Worst defeat in Continental competitions: Dalian Wanda 6–0 East Bengal, 19 September 1998 (During the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship).[116]
Consecutive titles
[edit]- Most consecutive NFL/I-League titles: 2 (2002–03, 2003–04) shared record.[22]
- Most consecutive Calcutta Football League titles: 8 (2010 to 2017) record.[15]
- Most consecutive IFA Shield titles: 5 (1972 to 1976).[26]
- Most consecutive Federation Cup titles: 2 (2009–10, 2010).[23]
- Most consecutive Durand Cup titles: 3 (1989 to 1991) shared record.[27]
- Most consecutive Rovers Cup titles: 2 (1973, 1974).[28]
Undefeated/winning streaks
[edit]- Longest undefeated streak in all competitions: 57 matches, (47 wins, 10 draws).[I] record.[96]
- Longest undefeated streak in Calcutta Football League: 98 matches, (85 wins, 13 draws).[J] record.[96]
- Longest undefeated streak in Indian Super League: 7 matches, (2 wins, 5 draws).[K][126]
- Longest undefeated streak in NFL / I-League: 22 matches, (17 wins, 5 draws).[L] record.[127]
- Longest undefeated streak in NFL / I-League in a single campaign: 17 matches, (13 wins, 4 draws).[M][2]
- Longest winning streak in NFL / I-League: 6 matches (During the 2010-11 season).[N][2]
- Undefeated Calcutta Football League Champions: 17 times, record.[45]
- Calcutta Football League Champions winning all matches: 3 times, (1975–76, 1977–78, 2016–17) record.[45]
Records in National Football League and I-League
[edit]Season | Played | Won | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Position | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996–97 | 5[a] | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 11 | Qualify for Championship stage | [129] |
14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 25 | 3rd | ||
1997–98 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 31 | 2nd | [130] |
1998–99 | 10[b] | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 26 | Qualify for Second Stage | [131] |
10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 19 | 2nd | ||
1999–00 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 32 | 7th | [132] |
2000–01 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 46 | Champions | [133] |
2001–02 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 36 | 5th | [134] |
2002–03 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 49 | Champions | [135] |
2003–04 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 49 | Champions | [136] |
2004–05 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 43 | 3rd | [137] |
2005–06 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 31 | 2nd | [138] |
2006–07 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 5th | [139] |
2007–08 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 19 | 6th | [140] |
2008–09 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 28 | 6th | [141] |
2009–10 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 31 | 9th | [142] |
2010–11 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 51 | 2nd | [143] |
2011–12 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 51 | 2nd | [144] |
2012–13 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 47 | 3rd | [145] |
2013–14 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 43 | 2nd | [146] |
2014–15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 29 | 4th | [147] |
2015–16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 25 | 3rd | [148] |
2016–17 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 33 | 3rd | [149] |
2017–18 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 31 | 4th | [150] |
2018–19 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 42 | 2nd | [151] |
2019–20 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +4 | 20 | 2nd[c] | [153] |
TOTAL | 500 | 248 | 133 | 119 | 756 | 464 | +292 | 877 |
- ^ Group Stages
- ^ First Stage
- ^ The 2019–20 I-League was cancelled after 16 Rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic. East Bengal FC was at the second place when the league was cancelled.[152]
Overall record in NFL/I-League
[edit]- Statistics correct till end of 2019–20 I-League.
Competition | Home | Away | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | P | W | D | L | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% | Notes | |
National Football League (1996–2007) (Tier-One) | 114 | 77 | 25 | 12 | 110 | 45 | 33 | 32 | 224 | 122 | 58 | 44 | 331 | 182 | 54.46 | [O][2] |
I-League (2007–2020) (Tier-One) | 137 | 72 | 38 | 27 | 139 | 54 | 37 | 48 | 276 | 126 | 75 | 75 | 425 | 282 | 45.65 | [2] |
Total | 251 | 149 | 63 | 39 | 249 | 99 | 70 | 80 | 500 | 248 | 133 | 119 | 756 | 464 | 49.60 | [2] |
Record in ISL
[edit]- As of 21 December 2024
Season | Played | Won | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Points | Position | Play-offs | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020–21 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 17 | 9th | Did not qualify | [154] |
2021–22 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 11 | 11th | Did not qualify | [155] |
2022–23 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 19 | 9th | Did not qualify | [156] |
2023–24 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 24 | 9th | Did not qualify | [157] |
2024–25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 13 | 10th | TBD | |
TOTAL | 94 | 20 | 24 | 50 | 102 | 152 | −50 | 84 |
Overall Record in ISL
[edit]- As of 21 December 2024
Competition | Home | Away | Total | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% | Notes | |
Indian Super League (2020 – ) (Tier-One) | 48 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 50 | 70 | 46 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 52 | 82 | 94 | 20 | 24 | 50 | 102 | 152 | 21.28 | [P] [Q] |
Goals
[edit]Firsts
[edit]- First goal in Calcutta League 2nd division: Arabinda Ghosh (against St. Xavier's, 1921).[46]
- First goal in Calcutta League 1st division: Mona Dutta (against Calcutta FC, May 1925).[161][43]
- First goal in IFA Shield: Shashi Das (against Town Club, 1921).[162]
- First goal in Durand Cup: Bhupen Das (against Army Headquarters, 1926).[161]
- First goal in Rovers Cup: Sunil Ghosh (against Royal Navy, 1941).[161]
- First goal in Federation Cup: Surajit Sengupta (against Rajasthan Police, 22 April 1978).[10][161]
- First goal in NFL / I-League: Raman Vijayan (against Mohammedan Sporting, 17 December 1996).[112][10][161]
- First goal in Indian Super League: Jacques Maghoma (against Hyderabad FC, 15 December 2020).[163][164]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player: Jatin Sarkar (against Rangers, 1927 Calcutta Football League).[43]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player in NFL/I-League: Ossius Luiz Ferreira (against State Bank of Travancore, 15 February 2000, during the 1999-00 season).[165]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player in Federation Cup: Chima Okorie (against Assam Police, during the 1990 Federation Cup - Eastern Zone qualifiers).[166]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player in IFA Shield: N. Mazumdar (against Victoria Sporting, during the 1936 IFA Shield First-Round).[167]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player in Durand Cup: K. P. Dhanraj (against Kalighat, during the 1951 Durand Cup Quarter-Final).[168]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player in Rovers Cup: A. C. Somana (against Royal Navy, during the 1941 Rovers Cup First-Round).[169]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player in Asian Club Championship: Biswajit Bhattacharya (against New Road Team, 2 August 1985, during the 1985[A] season).[21]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player in Asian Cup Winners' Cup: Carlton Chapman (against Al-Zawra, 1 October 1993, during the 1993-94 season).[170]
- First hat-trick by an East Bengal player in AFC Cup: Ernest Jeremiah (against Nebitçi Balkanabat, 25 May 2005, during the 2005 season).[171]
- First golden-goal by an East Bengal player: Bhaichung Bhutia (against Mohammedan Sporting, 1993 Durand Cup Semi-Final).[172]
Records
[edit]- Most goals scored in an Indian Super League season: 27 in 22 matches (during the 2023–24 season).[76][40]
- Most goals scored in an NFL/I-League season: 46 in 26 games (during the 2011–12 season).[2]
- Most goals scored in a Calcutta League season: 77 in 26 games (during the 1949–50 season).[46][173]
- Fewest goals conceded in an Indian Super League season: 29 in 22 games (during the 2023–24 season).[76][40]
- Fewest goals conceded in an NFL/I-League season: 9 in 22 games (during the 2000–01 season).[2]
- Fewest goals conceded in a Calcutta Football League season: 0 in 19 and 18 games (During the 1972–73 and 1991–92 season).[173][174]
- Fewest goals conceded in a Federation Cup campaign: 0 in 5 games (during the 2009–10 season).[10]
- Most individual scorers in a single NFL/I-League match: 6 (against United Sikkim, during the 2012–13 season).[175]
Top Scorers each season in ISL
[edit]Top scorers for East Bengal in each season:[76][40]
* Current Season
- As of 21 December 2024
Golden boot winner |
Top Scorer for East Bengal in ISL | ||||
Season | Nationality | Name | Goals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020–21 | Germany | Matti Steinmann | 4 | |
2021–22 | Croatia | Antonio Perošević | 4 | |
2022–23 | Brazil | Cleiton Silva | 12 | |
2023–24 | Brazil | Cleiton Silva | 8 | |
2024–25 | India | P. V. Vishnu | 3* | |
Greece | Dimitrios Diamantakos |
Top Scorers each season in NFL/I-League
[edit]Top scorers for East Bengal in each season:[2]
Golden boot winner |
Top Scorer for East Bengal in NFL/I-League | ||||
Season | Nationality | Name | Goals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1996-97 | India | Raman Vijayan | 9 | |
1997-98 | India | Bhaichung Bhutia | 8 | |
1998-99 | India | Raman Vijayan | 10 | |
1999-00 | Ghana | Willie Brown | 4 | |
Brazil | Ossius Luiz Ferreira | |||
India | Dipankar Roy | |||
2000-01 | Nigeria | Omolaja Olalekan | 8 | |
2001-02 | Nigeria | Omolaja Olalekan | 7 | |
2002-03 | Nigeria | Mike Okoro | 17 | |
2003-04 | Brazil | Cristiano Júnior | 15 | |
2004-05 | India | Bhaichung Bhutia | 9 | |
2005-06 | India | Bhaichung Bhutia | 12 | |
2006-07 | Brazil | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 13 | |
2007-08 | Brazil | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 8 | |
2008-09 | Ghana | Yusif Yakubu | 11 | |
2009-10 | Ghana | Yusif Yakubu | 9 | |
2010-11 | Australia | Tolgay Özbey | 17 | |
2011-12 | Australia | Tolgay Özbey | 18 | |
2012-13 | Nigeria | Chidi Edeh | 18 | |
2013-14 | Nigeria | Chidi Edeh | 9 | |
2014-15 | Nigeria | Ranti Martins | 17 | |
2015-16 | Nigeria | Ranti Martins | 12 | |
2016-17 | Trinidad and Tobago | Willis Plaza | 9 | |
2017-18 | Nigeria | Dudu Omagbemi | 8 | |
2018-19 | India | Jobby Justin | 9 | |
Mexico | Enrique Esqueda | |||
2019-20 | Spain | Marcos de la Espada | 6 | |
Spain | Jaime Santos |
Hat-tricks in NFL/I-League
[edit]List of all hat-tricks for East Bengal in the NFL and I-League:[165][51]
Hat-tricks for East Bengal in NFL/I-League | |||||
Season | Date | Nationality | Name | Against | Final score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999-00 | 15 February 2000 | Brazil | Oseías Luíz Ferreira | State Bank of Travancore | 3 – 0 |
2002-03 | 25 January 2003 | India | Alvito D'Cunha | HAL | 3 – 5 |
2002-03 | 8 February 2003 | Nigeria | Mike Okoro | HAL | 4 – 1 |
2005-06 | 18 March 2006 | India | Bhaichung Bhutia | Sporting Club de Goa | 4 – 3 |
2010-11 | 4 April 2011 | Australia | Tolgay Özbey | Air India | 3 – 0 |
2011-12 | 23 November 2011 | Australia | Tolgay Özbey4 | HAL | 1 – 8 |
2012-13 | 5 January 2013 | Nigeria | Chidi Edeh | Salgaocar | 4 – 1 |
2014-15 | 1 March 2015 | Nigeria | Ranti Martins5 | Dempo | 1 – 5 |
2015-16 | 9 February 2016 | Nigeria | Ranti Martins | Shillong Lajong | 4 – 0 |
2015-16 | 12 March 2016 | Nigeria | Ranti Martins | Aizawl F.C. | 2 – 3 |
2016-17 | 29 January 2017 | Haiti | Wedson Anselme | Minerva Punjab | 0 – 5 |
2017-18 | 24 February 2018 | Nigeria | Dudu Omagbemi4 | Chennai City F.C. | 7 – 1 |
2018-19 | 14 February 2019 | India | Laldanmawia Ralte | Shillong Lajong | 5 – 0 |
4 Scored 4 Goals
5 Scored 5 Goals
Attendances
[edit]- Record highest attendance in a match: 1,31,785 (against Mohun Bagan in the 1997–98 Federarion Cup semifinal).[176]
- Highest league home attendance in Indian Super League: 60,102 (against ATK Mohun Bagan in the 2022–23 season).[177]
- Highest home attendance in Continental matches: 50,000 (against Al–Kuwait in the 2013 AFC Cup).[178]
- Lowest league home attendance in Indian Super League: 1,982 (against NorthEast United in the 2022–23 season).[179]
Kolkata Derby
[edit]Firsts
[edit]- First Derby match: East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan (8 August 1921, Cooch Behar Cup).[180][181][47][182]
- First Derby win: East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan (26 August 1921, Khogendra Shield Final).[47][46][182]
- First Derby match in official tournament: East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan (28 May 1925, Calcutta Football League).[181][47][46]
- First Derby at Eden Gardens: East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan (25 June 1967, Calcutta Football League).[47]
- First Derby at Salt Lake Stadium: East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan (28 September 1984, IFA Shield Final).[4][47]
- First Derby at Kanchenjunga Stadium: East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan (12 January 1988, Exhibition Match).[47]
First Kolkata Derbies in Major Tournaments | ||||||
Tournament | Date | Round | Score | East Bengal Scorers | Mohun Bagan/ATK Mohun Bagan Scorers | Ref |
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Calcutta Football League | 28 May 1925 | — | 1–0 | Nepal Chakraborty | — | [181][183] |
IFA Shield | 5 August 1944 | Semi Final | 1–0 | Vishweshwar Rao | — | [183] |
Durand Cup | 28 December 1957 | Semi Final | 0–0 | — | — | [183] |
30 December 1957 | Semi Final (Replay) | 3–2 | Moosa (2), Balasubramaniam | Chuni Goswami, Nimai Mukherjee | [183] | |
Rovers Cup | 27 November 1960 | Semi Final | 2–1 | Arun Ghosh, B. Narayan | Amiya Bannerjee | [183] |
Federation Cup | 7 May 1978 | Final | 0–0 | — | — | [183] |
National Football League | 6 January 1998 | — | 1–2 | Felix Ijabandenyi | Chima Okorie, Dipendu Biswas | [184] |
I-League | 30 December 2007 | — | 0–1 | — | Bhaichung Bhutia | [185] |
Indian Super League | 27 November 2020 | — | 0–2 | — | Roy Krishna, Manvir Singh | .[186][187] |
Win Draw Loss
Goalscoring
[edit]- First Goal in Derby: Nosa Sen (East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan, 26 August 1921, Khogendra Shield Final).[46][182]
- First Goal in Calcutta Football League Derby: Nepal Chakraborty (East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan, 28 May 1925).[46][47][183]
- First Goal in IFA Shield Derby: Vishweshwar Rao (East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan, 8 August 1944).[183]
- First Goal in NFL/I-league Derby: Felix Abayomi (East Bengal 1–2 Mohun Bagan, 6 January 1998).[183]
- First Goal in Indian Super League Derby: Tiri (o.g.) (ATK Mohun Bagan 3–1 East Bengal, 19 February 2021).[188]
- Most Goals in Derby: Bhaichung Bhutia, 13.[189][190]
- Most Goals in NFL / I-League Derby: Syed Rahim Nabi, 4.[2][189]
- Most Goals in Federation Cup Derby: Bhaichung Bhutia, 5.[42]
- Hattrick in Derby: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal 4–1 Mohun Bagan, 13 July 1997, Fed Cup Semi Final).[189][190][191]
Win Records
[edit]- Biggest Victory: East Bengal 5–0 Mohun Bagan, 30 September 1975 (IFA Shield Final).[189][192]
- Biggest Victory in Calcutta Football League Derby:
- Biggest Victory in Durand Cup Derby: East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan, 17 January 1979.[27]
- Biggest Victory in Rovers Cup Derby: East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan, 25 December 1969.[28]
- Biggest Victory in Federation Cup Derby: East Bengal 4–1 Mohun Bagan, 13 July 1997.[194]
- Biggest Victory in NFL/I-League Derby: East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan, 22 February 2009.[195][196]
- Most consecutive Derby won: 6 (from 12 January 1972, Durand Cup Final to 29 September 1974, IFA Shield Final).[2][189]
- Most consecutive Derby won in NFL/I-League: 4 (from 8 December 2002 to 25 April 2004).[2][189]
- Most consecutive Derby undefeated: 17 (1932 Days,[R] from 25 December 1969, Rovers Cup Final to 29 September 1974, IFA Shield Final).[198][122]
- Most consecutive Derby undefeated in NFL/I-League: 9 (from 8 December 2002 to 27 February 2007).[2]
- Derby Doubles in NFL/I-League: 3 (During the 2002–03, 2003–04, 2018–19 seasons).[199][200]
Overall Derby Record
[edit]- As of matches played 2 September 2024
Overall Kolkata Derby head-to-head record[190][201] | ||||
Competition | Matches played | East Bengal wins | Mohun Bagan wins | Draws |
---|---|---|---|---|
Indian Super League [a] | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
NFL / I-League | 45 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
Federation Cup / Super Cup[202] | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Calcutta Football League [b] | 162 | 55 | 48 | 59 |
IFA Shield [c] | 41 | 19 | 9 | 13 |
Durand Cup | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Rovers Cup | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
All Airlines Gold Cup | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
DCM Trophy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Scissor's Cup | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
McDowell Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bordoloi Trophy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Darjeeling Gold Cup | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Horendra Mukherjee Memorial Shield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Amrita Bazar Centenary Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Peerless Trophy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mohun Bagan Centenary Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nehru Centenary Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
J.C. Guha Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Shibdas Bhaduri Memorial Trophy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
SSS Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
PNB Centenary Trophy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kalinga Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Md. Sporting Platinum Jubilee Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cooch Behar Cup | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Khogendra Shield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Raja Memorial Shield | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gladstone Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Darbhanga Shield | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
William Younger Challenge Cup | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Lady Hardinge Shield | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Trades Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chandicharan Shield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Competitive Matches Total | 374 | 132 | 123 | 119 |
Exhibition Games | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
ALL TIME TOTAL | 400 | 137 | 134 | 129 |
East Bengal has 4 W/O wins over Mohun Bagan and Mohun Bagan has 3 W/O wins over East Bengal as of 2 September 2024.
Mini Kolkata Derby Record
[edit]East Bengal FC also has a minor rivalry against another giant from Kolkata Mohammedan SC. The rivalry started in the 1930s when Mohammedan SC won 5 consecutive Calcutta Football League titles between 1934 and 1938 while East Bengal FC bettered their record in the 70s by winning the league for 6 consecutive seasons from 1970 to 1975.[203]
Goalscoring Records
[edit]- Highest margin of win:
- East Bengal FC 7–1 Mohammedan SC, 6 October 1998 (Calcutta Football League, Super Five).[204]
- East Bengal FC 6–0 Mohammedan SC, 14 May 2012 (2011 Calcutta Football League).[205]
- Highest margin of defeat: Mohammedan SC 3–0 East Bengal FC, 1940 (Calcutta Football League).[206]
- Most goals in a single game against Mohammedan Sporting - Tolgay Ozbey, 4, 14 May 2012 (2011 Calcutta Football League).[205]
Overall record
[edit]- As of 9 November 2023
Overall Head to Head record[206] | ||||
Competition | Matches Played | East Bengal FC wins | Mohammedan SC wins | Draws |
---|---|---|---|---|
Competitive Matches Total | 248 | 124 | 61 | 63 |
International
[edit]Continental record
[edit]Competition | Appearances | Seasons | Best result |
---|---|---|---|
Coca-Cola Cup (Central Asia) [A] | 1 | 1985 | Champions |
Asian Club Championship | 2 | 1985–86, 1998–99 | Group stage |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 5 | 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995, 1997–98 | Quarter-finals (1991-92) |
AFC Cup / AFC Champions League Two | 9 | 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2024–25 | Semi-finals (2013) |
AFC Challenge League | 1 | 2024–25 | To be decided |
Invitational tournaments
[edit]Apart from AFC tournaments, East Bengal club have participated in several invitational tournaments on foreign soil and have been victorious on three occasions.[207]
Season | Country | Competition | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1953-54 | Romania | 1953 World Youth Festival | Fourth place |
1991-92 | Bangladesh | 1991 BTC Club Cup | Semi-finals |
1993-94 | Nepal | 1993 Wai Wai Cup | Champions |
1996-97 | Nepal | 1996 Coca Cola Cup | Semi-finals |
1996-97 | Bangladesh | 1996 Bangabandhu Cup[208] | Group stages |
2003-04 | Indonesia | 2003 ASEAN Club Championship | Champions |
2004-05 | England | 2004 Pepsi Max Challenge Cup | Fourth place |
2004-05 | Nepal | 2004 San Miguel International Cup | Champions |
2011-12 | Vietnam | 2011 BTV Becamex IDC Cup | Group stages |
2015-16 | Bangladesh | 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup | Runners-up |
Firsts
[edit]- First match against foreign opponent: East Bengal 2–0 China Olympic XI, 14 July 1948 (Friendly Match, Kolkata).[209][210][211][212]
- First competitive match against foreign opponent: Grazer AK 0–2 East Bengal, 6 August 1953 (1953 World Youth Festival, Bucharest).[213][214]
- First win in a final at home: East Bengal 1–0 PAS Tehran, 25 September 1970 (IFA Shield, Kolkata).[211][214][215]
- First win in a final away from home: Ranipokhari Corner Team 0–1 East Bengal, 15 June 1993 (Wai Wai Cup, Nepal).[214]
- First match in Asian Club Championship: East Bengal 7–0 New Road Team, 1 August 1985 (During the 1985-86 season).[A][116]
- First match in Asian Cup Winners' Cup: Abahani KC 0–0 East Bengal, 1 September 1991 (During the 1991-92 season).[116]
- First match in AFC Cup: Geylang United 2–3 East Bengal, 10 February 2004 (During the 2004 season).[116]
- First match in AFC Champions League Two: East Bengal 2–3 Altyn Asyr, 14 August 2024 (During the 2024–25 season).[216]
- First match in AFC Challenge League: East Bengal 2–2 Paro, 26 October 2024 (During the 2024–25 season).[217]
Records
[edit]- Total Matches played in AFC competitions: 86.[116]
- Matches played in Asian Club Championship: 9.[116]
- Matches played in Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 18.[116]
- Matches played in AFC Cup / AFC Champions League Two: 56.[116]
- Matches played in AFC Challenge League: 3.[116]
- Most Appearances by a player in AFC Cup: 34, Mehtab Hossain.[82]
- Most Goals against foreign opponents: 25, Bhaichung Bhutia.[42]
- Most Goals in AFC competitions: 11, Bhaichung Bhutia.[42]
- Most Goals in Asian Club Championship: 8, Debasish Roy.[116]
- Most Goals in Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 8, Bhaichung Bhutia.[116][42]
- Most Goals in AFC Cup: 6, Cristiano Júnior and Chidi Edeh.[116]
- Most Goals in AFC Challenge League: 4, Dimitrios Diamantakos.[116]
- Most consecutive wins against foreign opponents: 8 Matches (2003–04)[218][S]
- Most Goals by a player in a match against foreign opponents: 6, Bhaichung Bhutia (against Philippine Army, 2003 ASEAN Club Championship).[13][52]
- Biggest win against foreign opponents: East Bengal 9–0 Club Valencia, 10 August 1985 (1985 Coca-Cola Cup).[A][116][117]
- Biggest win in Asian Cup Winners' Cup: East Bengal 8–0 Tribhuvan Club, 15 August 1997 (during the 1997-98 season).[116][117]
- Biggest win in AFC Cup: East Bengal 5–1 Yangon United, 15 May 2013 (during the 2013 season).[116][117]
- Biggest win in AFC Challenge League: East Bengal 4–0 Bashundhara Kings, 29 October 2024 (during the 2024–25 season).[116][117]
Overall record
[edit]- As of 1 November 2024
East Bengal Club overall record against foreign opponents | ||||||||
Tournament | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Club Championship[a] | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 55.56 |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 38.89 |
AFC Cup/AFC Champions League Two | 56 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 73 | 107 | −34 | 26.79 |
AFC Challenge League | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 66.67 |
AFC Tournaments Total | 86 | 29 | 15 | 42 | 134 | 154 | −20 | 33.72 |
All Airlines Gold Cup | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 75.00 |
ASEAN Club Championship | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 80.00 |
Bangabandhu Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
Bordoloi Trophy | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 57.14 |
BTC Club Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 33.33 |
BTV Becamex IDC Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
Charms Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
Coca-Cola Cup | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 33.33 |
Darjeeling Gold Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
DCM Trophy | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 30.77 |
Durand Cup | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 33.33 |
Governor's Gold Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 66.67 |
IFA Shield | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 65.38 |
JC Guha Trophy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 50.00 |
Mohun Bagan Centenary Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
Nehru Centenary Club Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
P. K. Nair Gold Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Pepsi Max Challenge Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
Rovers Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
San Miguel Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 75.00 |
Scissors Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
Sheikh Kamal Cup | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 60.00 |
Stafford Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Tea Planters' Association Trophy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Wai Wai Cup | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 60.00 |
World Youth Festival | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 50.00 |
Total in competitive matches | 211 | 90 | 35 | 86 | 318 | 281 | +37 | 42.65 |
Friendlies | 48 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 66 | 105 | −39 | 35.42 |
Total | 259 | 107 | 44 | 108 | 384 | 386 | −2 | 41.31 |
Last updated: 1 November 2024
Source: East Bengal against Foreign Opponents
- ^ Includes record for the Coca-Cola Cup 1985, which was organized as a preliminary qualification tournament for the 1985-86 Asian Club Championship.[219]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f The Coca-Cola Cup - Central Asia Zone Preliminary Tournament for the 1985–86 Asian Club Championship was held in Colombo.[21]
- ^ 27 August 1949, East Bengal 8-0 Maharana Club, Semi Final 1949 IFA Shield, K. P. Dhanraj scored a hattrick inside the 5th minute (goals scored: 1', 2', 5') of the match.[56][57]
- ^ 12 March 2016, Aizawl F.C. 2-3 East Bengal FC, 2015–16, Ranti Martins scored a second-half hattrick within a span of 19 minutes (goals scored: 69' (pen.), 85', 88').[58]
- ^ Cristiano Júnior scored in 7 consecutive matches from 16 December 2003 in round 4 against Churchill Brothers to 16 January 2004 in round 10 against Mohammedan Sporting.[59][60]
- ^ P. K. Banerjee won 7 Calcutta Football League titles as the head coach of East Bengal club: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1988, 1989.[45]
- ^ Subhash Bhowmick led East Bengal to two titles on foreign soil: 2003 ASEAN Club Championship, Jakarta and 2004 San Miguel International Cup, Kathmandu.[13][14]
- ^ East Bengal formed on 1 August 1920, participated in the 6-a-side Hercules Cup tournament held at the Kumartuli Ground as they debuted into football.[110]
- ^ Friendly Match, at the Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv in East Bengal Club's tour to USSR in 1953.[122]
- ^ East Bengal remained unbeaten in 57 matches from the start of 1972 season, from 23 May 1972 until their 2–1 loss in the 16th match of 1973 Calcutta Football League against Khidirpore on 13 July 1973. East Bengal remained unbeaten in: 19 matches in 1972 Calcutta League, 4 matches in 1972 Bordoloi Trophy, 5 matches in 1972 IFA Shield, 7 matches in 1972 Durand Cup, 7 matches in 1972 Rovers Cup and 15 matches in the 1973 Calcutta League before losing against Khidirpore.[96]
- ^ East Bengal gave a walkover to Mohun Bagan in the 11th game of the 1968 Calcutta League on 21 September 1968. They won their next game 2–1 against Khidirpore on 9 August 1968 and since then, they were defeated once again after 5 years, in the 16th match of 1973 Calcutta League against Khidirpore 13 July 1973 by a 1–2 scoreline. In between these games, East Bengal played 98 matches in the Calcutta League where they won 85 and drew 13 of the matches without tasting a single defeat.
The record of facing defeat by playing on-field dates further back as East Bengal lost 0–1 to Mohun Bagan in the last match of the 1967 Calcutta League on 10 September 1967. Since then, the Red and Gold brigade played 108 matches, where they won 94 and drew 14 of them.[96] - ^ East Bengal played their 6th match vs Kerala Blasters on 20 December 2020, which they drew 1–1 and continued their unbeaten run till their 12th match vs Chennaiyin on 18 January 2021, which East Bengal once again drew 0–0, in 2020-21 ISL. They managed 2 wins and 5 draws in the unbeaten streak. They lost 0–1 against Mumbai City on 22 January 2020 and thus ended their unbeaten run.
- ^ East Bengal played their 18th match in the 2001-02 NFL on 27 March 2002 vs HAL, which they won 4–0 and continued their unbeaten run till their 17th match in the 2002-03 NFL on 1 March 2003 vs Tollygunge Agragami, which they won 2–0. They managed 17 wins and 5 draws in the unbeaten steak. East Bengal lost 2–0 against JCT on 5 March 2003 and thus ended their unbeaten run.[2]
- ^ East Bengal remained unbeaten in the 2002-03 NFL from their first match on 8 December 2002 vs Mohun Bagan, which they won 2–0 and continued their unbeaten run till their 17th match on 1 March 2003 vs Tollygunge Agragami, which they won 2–0. They managed 13 wins and 4 draws in the unbeaten steak. East Bengal lost 2–0 against JCT on 5 March 2003 and thus ended their unbeaten run.[127]
- ^ East Bengal won the first six matches in the 2010-11 I-League. They played their first match vs ONGC F.C. on 4 December 2010, in which they won 1–0 and continued their winning streak till their 6th match vs Air India F.C. on 29 December 2010, which they won 6–1. East Bengal drew 1–1 against Mumbai in their 7th match on 4 January 2011 and thus halted their winning streak.[128]
- ^ Includes 5 matches from 1996–97 NFL First Stage and 10 matches from 1998–99 NFL Preliminary Stages.
- ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Indian Super League season was held entirely in Goa, inside closed doors and East Bengal was allotted the Tilak Maidan Stadium as their home ground for both the seasons.[158][159]
- ^ In 2023–24 the home match against Goa was shifted to Bhubaneshwar due to administrative issues.[160]
- ^ East Bengal lost to Mohun Bagan, first time since their 3-1 defeat in the IFA Shield Final on 20 September 1969, after 1932 days, on 5 January 1975, in the Durand Cup Semi Final at the Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi by 1-0.[197]
- ^ East Bengal won consecutive 8 matches against foreign opponents between 16 July 2003, when the defeated Philippine Army FC in the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship to 21 April 2004, when they defeated Island FC in the 2004 AFC Cup.
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