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2008–09 East Bengal FC season
The 2008–09 season was East Bengal's 2nd season in the I-League and 89th season in existence.
| 2008–09 season | |
|---|---|
| President | Dr Pranab Dasgupta |
| Head-Coach | Monoranjan Bhattacharya (until 15 September 2008) Stanley Rozario (until 24 December 2008) Subhash Bhowmick (from 24 December 2008) |
| Ground | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground |
| I-League | 6th |
| Calcutta Football League | 3rd |
| Federation Cup | Semi-finals |
| Top goalscorer | League: Yusif Yakubu (11) All: Sunil Chhetri (13) |
Competitions edit
Overall edit
| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcutta Football League | 14 July 2008 | 12 September 2008 | 3rd |
| I-League | 26 September 2008 | 16 April 2009 | 6th |
| Federation Cup | 11 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 | Semi-finals |
Overview edit
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Calcutta Football League | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 50.00 |
| I-League | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 31.82 |
| Federation Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 75.00 |
| Total | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 42.50 |
Last updated: 1 June 2009
Source: Competitions
Calcutta Football League edit
East Bengal finished the 2008 Calcutta Premier Division in 3rd place with 25 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan and runners-up Mohammedan Sporting.[1][2]
Fixtures & results edit
Win Draw Loss
| 14 July 2008 1 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Calcutta Port Trust | Kolkata |
| Mehtab Hussain 9' Kima 73' | Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal) |
| 17 July 2008 2 | East Bengal | 1–1 | George Telegraph | Kolkata |
| Alvito D'Cunha 52' | Report | Francis Chibueze Maduako 65' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Dhanapati Roy Man of the Match: Francis Chibueze Maduako (George Telegraph) |
| 20 July 2008 3 | East Bengal | 1–3 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
| Khelemba Singh 75' | Report | Theodore Sunday Wrobeh 1', 85' Mike Okoro 90+2' (pen) | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: Theodore Sunday Wrobeh (Mohammedan Sporting) |
| 24 July 2008 4 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Railway FC | Kolkata |
| Parveen Kumar 16' | Report | Suraj Mandal 33' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Kashinath Sen Man of the Match: Suraj Mandal (Railway FC) |
| 29 July 2008 5 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Chirag United | Kolkata |
| Ashim Biswas 49' | Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Dilip Ghosh Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal) |
| 1 August 2008 6 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Peerless | Kolkata |
| Ashim Biswas 22' Parveen Kumar 28', 67' | Report | Uzozle Emmanuel Junior 45+3' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Debashish Mishra Man of the Match: Parveen Kumar (East Bengal) |
| 5 August 2008 7 | Mohun Bagan | 2–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Lalawmpuia Pachuau 72', 82' | Report | Alvito D'Cunha 19' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: Lalawmpuia Pachuau (Mohun Bagan) |
| 11 August 2008 8 | Calcuta Port Trust | 0–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Barun Saha Man of the Match: Simanta Das (Calcuta Port Trust) |
| 14 August 2008 9 | George Telegraph | 1–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Freebone Ipekere 90' | Report | Saumik Dey 32' Suley Musah 53' (pen) | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Kashinath Sen Man of the Match: Abhra Mondal (East Bengal) |
| 25 August 2008 10 | Mohammedan Sporting | 0–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Report | Nirmal Chettri 23' Ashim Biswas 27' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal) |
| 30 August 2008 11 | Railway FC | 0–3 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Report | Mehrajuddin Wadoo 78' Edmilson Marques Pardal 82' Sunil Chhetri 85' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Debashish Mukherjee Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal) |
| 5 September 2008 12 | Chirag United | 1–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Lalmalswama Hmar 8' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee Man of the Match: Lalmalswama Hmar (Chirag United) |
| 8 September 2008 13 | Peerless | 1–3 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Uzozle Emmanuel Junior 77' (pen) | Report | Sunil Chhetri 2' Parveen Kumar 53' Alvito D'Cunha 60' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Tushar Kanti Guha Man of the Match: Surkumar Singh (East Bengal) |
| 12 September 2008 14 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| Edmilson Marques Pardal 84' | Report | Jose Ramirez Barreto 25' (pen) | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: Rakesh Masih (Mohun Bagan) |
I League edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dempo | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 31 | |
| 5 | Mahindra United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 31 | |
| 6 | East Bengal | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 28 | 2010 AFC Cup group stage[a] |
| 7 | Mumbai | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Chirag United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 26 |
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.
Fixtures & results edit
Win Draw Loss
| 26 September 2008 1 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Chirag United | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Surkumar Singh 10' Yusif Yakubu 19' Sunil Chhetri 28' | Report | Shankar Oraon 79' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: S. Suresh Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (East Bengal) |
| 30 September 2008 2 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Mumbai | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Report | Felix Aboagye 23' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Selwyn Fernandes (Mumbai) |
| 12 October 2008 3 | Air India | 2–0 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
| 15:30 IST | Surojit Roy 48' Michael Tayo 79' | Report | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: O.P. Thakur Man of the Match: Michael Tayo (Air India) |
| 18 October 2008 4 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Vasco | Kolkata |
| 18:00 IST | Yusif Yakubu 7', 90' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal) |
| 25 October 2008 5 | Mohun Bagan | 1–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| 17:00 IST | Bhaichung Bhutia 2' | Report | Syed Rahim Nabi 39' Surkumar Singh 49' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pradeep Kumar Man of the Match: Ishfaq Ahmed (Mohun Bagan) |
| 2 November 2008 6 | Mohammedan Sporting | 0–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| 17:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Tharangachan Tungshang (Mohammedan Sporting) |
| 7 November 2008 7 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Mahindra United | Kolkata |
| 17:00 IST | Sunil Chhetri 61' | Report | Paresh Shivalkar 58' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P. Bhaskar Man of the Match: Dharmaraj Ravanan (Mahindra United) |
| 15 November 2008 8 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata |
| 17:00 IST | Sunil Chhetri 14' Syed Rahim Nabi 27', 32' | Report | Harmanjot Khabra 54' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
| 22 November 2008 9 | JCT | 1–0 | East Bengal | Ludhiana |
| 14:30 IST | Eduardo da Silva Escobar 68' (pen) | Report | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Jaspal Parmar (JCT) |
| 26 November 2008 10 | Dempo | 1–0 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:00 IST | Climax Lawrence 79' | Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: P. Bhaskar Man of the Match: Climax Lawrence (Dempo) |
| 1 December 2008 11 | East Bengal | 1–2 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata |
| 15:30 IST | Chitrasen Chandam 2' (o.g.) | Report | Ogba Kalu 32' Mehrajuddin Wadoo 61' (o.g.) | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S. Suresh Man of the Match: Ogba Kalu (Churchill Brothers) |
| 24 January 2009 12 | Chirag United | 0–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| 14:45 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Somnath Khara (Chirag United) |
| 24 January 2009 13 | Mumbai | 2–1 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
| 15:30 IST | Abhishek Yadav 47' Abel Hammond 88' | Report | Yusif Yakubu 13' (pen) | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: A. Rowan Man of the Match: Abel Hammond (Mumbai) |
| 7 February 2008 14 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Air India | Kolkata |
| 15:00 IST | Yusif Yakubu 49' Sunil Chhetri 56' Sanju Pradhan 81' | Report | Subhash Singh 88' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal) |
| 14 February 2008 15 | Vasco | 1–4 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:15 IST | Sherzod Nazarov 52' | Report | Sunil Chhetri 28', 90' Yusif Yakubu 46', 56' | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal) |
| 22 February 2008 16 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Syed Rahim Nabi 22', 40' Sunil Chhetri 47' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
| 28 February 2008 17 | East Bengal | 2–2 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Nirmal Chettri 49' Sunil Chhetri 54' | Report | Mike Okoro 4' Eugene Gray 30' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Shaji Kurian Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (East Bengal) |
| 6 March 2008 18 | Mahindra United | 2–1 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
| 16:00 IST | Chidi Edeh 54' (pen), 70' (pen) | Report | Sunil Chhetri 50' | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Chidi Edeh (Mahindra United) |
| 15 March 2008 19 | Sporting Club de Goa | 1–1 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:15 IST | Joseph Pereira 64' | Report | Ishmael Addo 42' | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Man of the Match: Joseph Pereira (Sporting Club de Goa) |
| 22 March 2008 20 | Churchill Brothers | 3–1 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:15 IST | Odafa Onyeka Okolie 33', 74' Ogba Kalu 47' | Report | Yusif Yakubu 90+1' | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: P. Bhaskar Man of the Match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers) |
| 3 April 2008 21 | East Bengal | 2–1 | JCT | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Yusif Yakubu 35', 69' | Report | Eduardo da Silva Escobar 76' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: O.P. Thakur Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal) |
| 16 April 2008 22 | East Bengal | 2–2 | Dempo | Kolkata |
| 15:45 IST | Yusif Yakubu 12' Ishmael Addo 60' | Report | Creson Antao 21' Beto 22' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal) |
Federation Cup edit
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign as defending champions and was allotted into Group C alongside JCT, New Delhi Heroes and Sporting Club de Goa. East Bengal won all the group matches and reached the semi-finals where they lost to their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the penalty shoot-out after the game ended 1–1 in regulation time.[3][4]
- Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bengal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 |
| JCT | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| New Delhi Heroes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| Sporting Club de Goa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Source: 30th Federation Cup 2008
Fixtures & results edit
Win Draw Loss
| 11 December 2008 QF Group Stage | East Bengal | 2–0 | New Delhi Heroes | Kolkata |
| 17:45 IST | Sunil Chhetri 46' Alvito D'Cunha 83' | Report | Santosh Singh 72' 90+2' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Shaji Kurian |
| 13 December 2008 QF Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–0 | JCT | Kolkata |
| 17:45 IST | Sunil Chhetri 47' | Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: T. Pradip Kumar |
| 15 December 2008 QF Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–0 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata |
| 17:45 IST | Sanju Pradhan 79' | Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan |
| 18 December 2008 Semi-final | East Bengal | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Sanju Pradhan 61' | Report | Jose Ramirez Barreto 65' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan |
| Penalties | ||||
Statistics edit
Appearances edit
- Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
| Appearances for East Bengal in 2008–09 season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Total | ||||
| Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 24 | GK | Subrata Paul | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | |
| 1 | GK | Abhra Mondal | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | |
| 21 | GK | Avijit Ghosh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 31 | GK | Arnab Das Sharma | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 19 | DF | Syed Rahim Nabi | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 28 | |
| 26 | DF | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 28 | |
| 3 | DF | Nirmal Chettri | 10 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 29 | |
| 29 | DF | Saumik Dey | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 | |
| 22 | DF | Suley Musah | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 25 | |
| 27 | DF | Surkumar Singh | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | |
| 2 | DF | Muttah Suresh | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | |
| 5 | DF | Khelemba Singh | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | |
| 17 | DF | Jeevan Singh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 20 | DF | Poibang Pohshna | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 16 | DF | Saheb Ali Mondal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | DF | Saikat Saha Roy | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 12 | DF | Anupam Sarkar | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Jayanta Sen | 10 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 27 | |
| 14 | MF | Mehtab Hossain | 9 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 26 | |
| 22 | MF | Sanju Pradhan | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 16 | |
| 8 | MF | Renedy Singh | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 19 | |
| 9 | MF | Alvito D'Cunha | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | |
| 18 | MF | Ishmael Addo | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | |||||
| 28 | MF | Malsawmkima | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | |
| 6 | MF | Dipankar Roy | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 15 | MF | Dharamjit Singh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 23 | MF | Mumtaz Akhtar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 12 | FW | Yusif Yakubu | 21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 11 | FW | Sunil Chhetri | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 26 | |
| 25 | FW | Parveen Kumar | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | |
| 10 | FW | Ashim Biswas | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 30 | FW | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 32 | FW | Goutam Kujur | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||
Goal scorers edit
| Goals for East Bengal in 2008–09 season | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Sunil Chhetri | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | |
| 2 | 12 | FW | Yusif Yakubu | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 19 | DF | Syed Rahim Nabi | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | 9 | MF | Alvito D'Cunha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 25 | FW | Parveen Kumar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 10 | FW | Ashim Biswas | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 22 | MF | Sanju Pradhan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | DF | Nirmal Chettri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | MF | Ishmael Addo | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 30 | FW | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 11 | 5 | DF | Khelemba Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | Mehtab Hossain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 22 | DF | Suley Musah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 26 | DF | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | DF | Surkumar Singh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 28 | MF | Malsawmkima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 29 | DF | Saumik Dey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 31 | 5 | 57 | ||||
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