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East Bengal Club

April 21, 2023

East Bengal Club (ইস্ট বেঙ্গল ক্লাব), commonly referred to as East Bengal (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈi:st ˌbenˈɡɔːl]), is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of the Indian football.[2] It is one of the most successful football clubs in the country.

East Bengal Club
Full nameEast Bengal Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)Red and Gold Brigade
Bangal Brigade
Torch Bearers
Short nameEBFC
FoundedAugust 1, 1920; 102 years ago (1920-08-01)
Stadium
Capacity85,000
23,500
OwnerEmami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd.
PresidentDr. Pronab Dasgupta
Head coachStephen Constantine
LeagueIndian Super League
2022–23Indian Super League, 9th of 11
Playoffs: DNQ
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Founded in August 1920, the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association in 1922 and initially played in the Calcutta Football League Second Division before earning promotion to the First Division in 1924. East Bengal won its first First Division league title in 1942 and has since won it a record 39 times.[3] The club was a founding member of the National Football League, the first nation-wide football league in India in 1996, which it has won three times since.[4] They have also won eight Federation Cups, three Super Cups, a record 29 IFA Shield[note 1] titles, and a record 16 Durand Cup titles, making the club one of the most decorated in Indian football.

East Bengal is one of the most widely supported football clubs in Asia. The club is mainly supported by the Bangals, i.e., the immigrant population from the eastern region of Bengal, who were forced to leave their homes (modern-day Bangladesh) during the partition of 1947.[5] For those people, East Bengal Club became a source of identity and hope. The huge influx of dispossessed into the state led to a socio-economic crisis.[6] This led to rivalries among the immigrant and native population of West Bengal, popularly named as Bangal (বাঙাল) in every sphere of life, from jobs to schools and even on football pitches. As a result, East Bengal has a long-standing rivalry with its cross-town competitors Mohun Bagan, now known as ATK Mohun Bagan, which is mainly supported by the native population, named popularly as Ghoti (ঘটি), with whom it competes in the Kolkata derby, Asia's biggest football rivalry. East Bengal also shares a local rivalry with another Kolkata club, Mohammedan. The club dons the iconic red and golden yellow colours, which give it the nickname of Red and Gold Brigade and Laal Holud (লাল হলুদ). The both teams have separate nicknames for their adversaries, i.e. Macha (মাচা) for the Mohun Bagan fans and Lota (লোটা) for the East Bengal fans. In 2011, East Bengal was ranked second amongst all India teams and 554th internationally by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in the international rankings of clubs for the first decade of the 21st century (2001-2010).[7]

The club has other departments too such as the women's football, cricket, women's cricket, field hockey, athletics and eSports teams.

History

 
Suresh Chandra Chaudhari (founder)
 
Sailesh Bose
 
Sarada Ranjan Roy (First president)

Formation

On 28 July 1920, Jorabagan Club was scheduled to play against Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup. Jorabagan Club sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose, who was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons. The then vice-president of Jorabagan Club, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, asked in vain for Bose to be included in the line-up. When his request was not welcomed, Chaudhuri left the club along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen, and Aurobinda Ghosh. They formed East Bengal Club as a Sports and Cultural Association in the neighbourhood of Jorabagan on 1 August 1920. The name East Bengal was chosen for the newly formed club as the founders hailed from the eastern region of Bengal.[8][9][10] Sarada Ranjan Ray took on the role of becoming the first president of this newly formed club while Suresh Chandra Chowdhury and Tarit Bhusan Roy were declared to be the first joint secretaries of the club.[11] Soon after, Nagen Kali, M. Talukdar, B. Sen, N. Gossain, Goshto Paul (on loan from Mohun Bagan), P. Bardhan, S. Das, S. Tagore, J. Mukherjee, Ramesh Chandra Sen, S. Bose, C. Bose, A. Roy, and A. Bannerjee were announced to be the members of the first team squad by the board.[12][13]

Early years: 1920 – 1930s

 
East Bengal players and officials in 1921

In the same month of its formation, the club participated in its maiden tournament in, the Hercules Cup, a seven-a-side tournament. On 11 August 1920, the club played their first match in the tournament and in their history against Metropolitan College, which they went on to win 4–0. East Bengal went on to win the tournament, announcing the arrival of a club that would break many records in the future. The club also won Khagendra Shield in 1921.[11] Following this, the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association (IFA) and entered league play in the IFA Second Division. The club finished placing third in their maiden season in the league. The first match between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan took place on 8 August 1921 in the Cooch Behar Cup semi-final match, which didn't turn in the favour of either of the teams as it ended in a goalless draw. It was an unofficial derby at that time.[8][14]

In 1924, the club won the Second Division and gained promotion to the IFA First Division after finishing in second place to Cameroons 'B'.[15] As Cameroons 'A' team was already in the First Division the 'B' team could not gain promotion to the same league. East Bengal was next in line for promotion. However, more controversy arose since the IFA allowed only two Indian-based clubs in the IFA First Division at a time (at that time, the IFA was a British organization). This rule had previously deprived clubs like "Kumartuli" and "Town" from entering the First Division. During a governing body meeting of the IFA, the nine British clubs approved East Bengal's promotion to the First Division. Ironically, the two Indian clubs, Mohun Bagan and Aryan, opposed it. East Bengal's efforts led to the abolition of the oppressive Indian club limit rule.[8][16]

In 1925, East Bengal made its IFA First Division debut, and Mona Dutta became the maiden goalscorer for the club in the league. On 28 May 1925, the first official Kolkata Derby was played, where Nepal Chakraborty scored the only goal for East Bengal.[11][17]

1940s – 1970s

See also: Pancha Pandavas
 
East Bengal players after winning 1949 IFA Shield

It took the club till 1942 to win their first IFA First Division title. East Bengal won their first IFA Shield in 1943. They then achieved the double in 1945 by winning both the Calcutta Football League (CFL) and IFA Shield. In 1948, East Bengal became the first team to defeat a foreign club on home soil. They won 2–0 against the visiting Chinese Olympic XI.[18] East Bengal won their first treble in the 1949 season, by winning the Calcutta League,[19] the IFA Shield and the Rovers Cup, becoming the first Indian club to do so.[20] The club went on to win the 1949 Rovers Cup and the Durand Cup in 1951. That period saw the rise of the Pancha Pandavas. The five players, P. B. A. Saleh, Ahmed Khan, P. Venkatesh, Appa Rao, and K. P. Dhanaraj played together at the club from 1949 to 1953. The club also won its first DCM Trophy in 1950. The club also won three straight IFA Shields in 1949, 1950, and 1951. The English Football Association 1951–52 annual almanac adjudged East Bengal as the best club in Asia.[21] On being recommended by the president of India, Rajendra Prasad, the club was invited by the Romania Youth Festival Committee in 1953 to participate in a football tournament. They also partook in a tour of the Soviet Union the same year. They were defeated by Soviet side by a margin of 13–1. Apart from football, East Bengal also won the Beighton Cup hockey tournament for the first time in 1957 and the Bengal Hockey Association league in 1960. Again the club won the Rovers Cup several times during this era—1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975—as well as the Durand Cup in 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972 and 1978. The club also won its first Sait Nagjee football tournament and Bordoloi Trophy in 1968.[22] The club stunned everyone by winning the 1970 IFA Shield against PAS Club of Iran by a score of 1–0, in front of 60,000 supporters at the Eden Gardens. Later, the club won the 1973 IFA Shield by defeating Pyongyang City SC of North Korea. In 1978, East Bengal won its first Federation Cup title. The club became joint winners in cricket with Mohun Bagan of Cricket Association of Bengal senior league and senior-division knockout tournament.[10][23][24][11]

East Bengal won the Calcutta Football League for six straight years from 1970 to 1975.[23] In 1970, East Bengal topped the Calcutta Football League table without conceding a single goal. East Bengal won multiple times against their arch-rivals, Mohun Bagan, including a record margin of 5–0 in the history of the Kolkata Derby, in 1975. The same year, East Bengal won the CFL title without losing a match. The 1970s decade of the club is also commonly known as "Shonali Doshok" (in English Golden era).[11][25][20]

1980s – 1990s

The club won the Federation Cup in 1980 and again in 1985. They also became the first Indian club to play in the newly reorganized Asian Club Championship in 1985–86.[23] The club then won their second treble in 1990, under coach Naeemuddin, by winning the IFA Shield, the Rovers Cup, and the Durand Cup in the same season. The club also won the Stafford Cup (1986) and the McDowell's Cup (1995, 1997). In 1993, East Bengal won its first-ever international title, the Wai Wai Cup in Nepal. The club also won the Federation Cup, the IFA Shield, the Calcutta Football League, the Durand Cup, and the Rovers Cup several times during this period.[26] In 1996, the club became the founding member of the first nationwide football league in India, the National Football League.[11][21][27]

In 1984, Dipak Das joined the club and revamped it. He brought professionalism and converted the football team into a private, limited company. He also secured sponsorship from local brands and companies like Khadims. In 1998, he collaborated with Vijay Mallya's United Breweries Group, which then formed a new Private Limited Company, with a 50–50 shareholding, called United East Bengal Football Team Private Limited and incorporated the football team—the first in the country. The team was renamed Kingfisher East Bengal FC.[28][24]

2000s – 2010s

East Bengal 2003 ASEAN Club Championship final lineup

The club entered the 21st century in style, winning the 2000–01 National Football League season. They became the first club to win back-to-back titles after winning the 2002–03 and 2003–04 versions of the league. The club went on to win the Federation Cup again in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012. They also won the Indian Super Cup in 2006 and 2011.[29] The club won their third international trophy in the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship, in Jakarta, Indonesia.[30][31][32] East Bengal is still the only Indian football team to win any major trophy outside the country.[21][33] In 2004, East Bengal also won the San Miguel International Cup in Nepal. The club was invited to the tournament by Leicester City, celebrating their 120th Anniversary. In 2004, Leicester City also had partnerships with East Bengal.[34][35] Then FIFA president, Joseph Blatter, visited the club tent on 15 April 2007. After a year, East Bengal became the first Indian football team to win against a West Asian team, Al Wihdat SC of Jordan on foreign soil.[11][26]

Lineup against Army Red in Durand Cup. The first match of centenary season.

East Bengal also made a record eight appearances, between 2004 and 2015, in the AFC Cup.[36][37] The club played in the semi-finals of 2013 AFC Cup where they lost to Kuwait SC of Kuwait.[38] The club has the achievement of winning the Calcutta Football League title eight consecutive times from 2010 to 2017, breaking their previous record of six times during the 1970s.[23][39] Following the exit of Kingfisher from the club, Quess Corp signed an agreement with the East Bengal Club and acquired a 70 percent stake in the club in July 2018. The football team was rebranded as Quess East Bengal FC.[40][41]

On 1 August 2019, the club entered its 100th establishment year. A centenary celebration logo was introduced. Torch rallies and events were organised, and attended by former players, coaches, presidents, etc. The centenary kit was unveiled, which was inspired by the 1925–26 season kit.[42] The club participated in the Durand Cup, the Calcutta Football League and the I-League, and played its first match and won against Army Red in the Durand Cup.[43][44]

2020 – present

 
East Bengal club tent

The year 2020, saw the wake of COVID-19 which halted the ongoing football season in the country.[45] The then investor, Quess pulled out from the two-year-old agreement by July 2020.[46][47] On 1 August, the club completed its 100 years of existence. In September, Shree Cement was announced as the new investor of the club.[48] The company acquired 76 percent shares of the club and renamed it from "East Bengal Football Club" to "Sporting Club East Bengal".[49][50] Later that month, after successful bidding, the club moved from the I-League to the Indian Super League.[51][52] In early 2022, the club parted ways with its investor Shree Cement.

The partnership between investor group Shree Cement and East Bengal Club was terminated after the end of the 2021–22 Indian Super League season. They returned the sporting rights to the club on 12 April 2022, after both the parties failed to reach an agreement and the final term sheet was not accepted and signed by the club officials.[53] The club officials, however, stated that East Bengal club shall continue to play in the Indian Super League, and shall be announcing their new investors within the next two weeks.[54] East Bengal club was once again handed another transfer ban by AIFF for non-payment of dues for seven of their players.[55]

 
Trophy cabinet of East Bengal Club during the 103 years of foundation day

On 25 May, East Bengal announced the collaboration with Emami as the principal investors of the club.[56][57][58] The club confirmed their participation in the 2022-23 Indian Super League season with the arrival of the new investors.[59] On 18 July, after two months of contractual discussions between the club and the investor group, the club finally started the recruitment process for the new season after receiving a go-ahead from the investors.[60][61] On 22 July, the AIFF uplifted the transfer ban set on East Bengal and thus allowed the club to register their new signings for the season.[62] East Bengal appointed Santosh Trophy winning Kerala football team head-coach Bino George as the care-taker head coach of the team for the Calcutta Football League and Durand Cup, and will become the assistant coach of the team for the Indian Super League.[63][64] East Bengal also roped in former India national football team coach Stephen Constantine as the new head-coach of the team for the season.[65][66] The club also announced that the formal tie-up between them and the new investor group Emami.[67]

Crest and colours

Crest

In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha swept over India and affected football. Indian clubs boycotted the ongoing Calcutta Football League midway through the season. Amidst much confusion, Royal Regiment was declared the winner in the first division. However, East Bengal was not allowed to be promoted to the First Division. Thousands of East Bengal fans and officials decided to hold a protest march at the East Bengal Ground. It was at this march that flaming torches were carried by the protesters. And the hand holding flame torch (known as 'Mawshal' or 'মশাল' in Bangla) became the club emblem, which has remained to this day.[19][68][21]

East Bengal crests
  •  

    First logo[69]

  •  

    Centenary logo

  •  

    Emami East Bengal logo[70]

Colours

 
Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. department store in 1945

The primary and secondary colors of East Bengal are red and yellow respectively.[71] Traditionally, the home kit consists of a red and yellow jersey with black shorts, while the away kit colors vary every year.[42] These colors came about after the club was formed when the founders debated over them for the club jersey. At that time, the jerseys used to come from England. The founders, while searching, came across the red and gold color shirt hanging at the Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. department store in Chowringhee, Kolkata. It attracted them, and they finalized the colors and jersey. It cost ₹80 in 1920, four times higher than the average.[72] These colours permanently integrated with the club.[8]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Centenary year kit

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
1993—1994 None Verona
1994—1995 McDowell's No.1
1995—1996 Emami[73]
1996—1997 Umbro
1997—1998 Duta Sports Khadim's[74]
1998—2000 Adidas Kingfisher[74]
2000—2003 None
2003—2005 Reebok[75]
2005—2006 Pony[76]
2006—2010 Reebok[77]
2010—2014 None
2014—2017 Shiv Naresh[78]
2017—2018 Perf[79]
2018—2019 Quess
2019—2020 Kaizen Sports[80]
2020—2021 TYKA[81] Shree Cement[82]
2021—22 Reyaur[83][84]
2022—present Trak Only[85] 1xBat Sporting Lines,[86] Emami, Alliance Broadband

Supporters

Main articles: East Bengal Ultras and East Bengal the Real Power
 
Smoke show during a CFL match against NBP Rainbow at the East Bengal Ground
 
East Bengal supporters at the Salt Lake Stadium during the Kolkata Derby in 2022 Durand Cup

East Bengal is a club mainly supported by the migrant population, known as Bangal, from the former Indian part of East Bengal (now modern-day Bangladesh). East Bengal is one of Asia's biggest and most supported football clubs. There are approximately 30 to 40 million supporters from all across the nation and overseas.[21][41] In October 2020, the club got voted as the most popular football club in India on an AFC poll by its supporters, gaining approximately 49% of the votes.[87]

East Bengal Ultras, the main ultras (supporters) group of East Bengal, was established in 2013. It was the first ultras group to be established in the country. Since its inception, this group has set many new records and broken older ones. Though initially, people were skeptical about the group, now they have seen in what ways this group is benefitting Indian football. Though all these achievements came along with some controversies. As in the past, there have been fights and hooliganism among the fans of the rival clubs, the administration does not completely trust the group's functioning.[88][89]

Established on 15 November 2006, East Bengal the Real Power is India's first registered fan club. It is East Bengal's largest fan club and one of the largest in the country. In its early years, its functioning was limited to online platforms, but later on, it became a supporters' group.[90][91]

Rivalries

Main article: Kolkata Derby

East Bengal have rivalries with ATK Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan, Bengaluru and Odisha.

 
2019–20 season away Kolkata Derby at the Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal have their biggest rivalry with its city competitors ATK Mohun Bagan. East Bengal, as mentioned earlier, is primarily supported by the migrant population of present-day Bangladesh. Unlike East Bengal, ATK Mohun Bagan is a club mainly supported by the native population of the present-day state of West Bengal. The match that takes place between these two clubs is eminently called the Kolkata Derby. The Kolkata Derby has its name taken from the Old Firm Derby between Celtic and Rangers and dates back to the 1920s.[92] After Indian independence and the partition of Bengal, the huge influx of immigrants from the eastern part of Bengal led to a socio-economic crisis in the state. This led to rivalries in jobs, business, schools, and even on the football pitch among the immigrants and native population. This rivalry became fierce, and the Kolkata Derby grew in popularity and reached its peak during the 1960s and 1970s.[93][94] The Kolkata Derby holds a record of 130,000 spectators, the most attended sporting event in India.[95][11]

Ownership

East Bengal is mainly organized as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, which means one can avail of membership in the club. There are around 12,000 members.[41] Although, a limited company, named East Bengal Club Pvt. Ltd., was later formed, and both are governed by the club parallelly. Sponsorships and investments happen via this corporate company.[96] The club is governed by its own set of rules and regulations. Amendments and resolutions are passed via extraordinary or annual general meeting.[97][98]

Currently the football rights are with a new limited company, Emami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd. jointly owned by East Bengal Club and Emami Group.[99]

Stadiums

The club has used several stadiums at Kolkata, Howrah and Barasat, including the Eden Gardens, which has been reserved for cricket since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984.[100] The first ground used by the club was Kumartuli Park in north Kolkata.[101][102]

Salt Lake Stadium

 
Salt Lake Stadium

The Salt Lake Stadium, also known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), is a multi-purpose stadium in Kolkata, built in 1984. The stadium is the largest non-auto racing in India. It is currently used mainly for football matches. The stadium includes a unique running track, long jump track, electronic scoreboard, natural turf, floodlighting arrangement, air-conditioned VIP restroom and Conference Hall, Medical Room, and a Doping Control Room. The Salt Lake Stadium hosts the home games of East Bengal in the Indian Super League and the AFC Cup. The total capacity of the stadium is 85,000.[103]

East Bengal Ground

 
East Bengal Ground
Main article: East Bengal Ground

The East Bengal Ground is located in Kolkata and is the club's home. The stadium lies in the Maidan (Kolkata) area on the northern side of Fort William and near the Eden Gardens. This stadium is used mostly for Calcutta Football League matches and by the academy, women's, and hockey teams. The total capacity of the stadium is 23,500.[103]

Other grounds

Barasat Stadium is also used by the club for some regional matches, especially in cases where the Salt Lake Stadium or East Bengal Ground cannot be used.[104] Kanchenjunga Stadium, a multipurpose stadium based in Siliguri, has also been used several times to host club football matches.[105] It also hosted the 2012 Federation Cup. Kalyani Stadium, situated on the outskirts of Kolkata at Kalyani, was used by East Bengal as their home turf during the 2019–20 I-League.[106]

The team also trains at one of the VYBK practice grounds.[107]

Players

Main article: List of East Bengal Club players
Further information on squad: 2022–23 East Bengal FC season § First-team squad
See also: List of East Bengal Club captains and List of foreign players for East Bengal Club

Current squad

As of 28 August 2022[108]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IND Kamaljit Singh
2 DF   IND Mohammad Rakip
4 DF   ESP Iván González
5 DF   IND Lalchungnunga
6 FW   IND Sumeet Passi
8 MF   IND Amarjit Singh (on loan from Goa)
10 FW   BRA Cleiton Silva
11 FW   IND V P Suhair
12 MF   IND Wahengbam Angousana
13 GK   IND Pawan Kumar
14 MF   BRA Alex Lima
15 MF   IND Mobashir Rahman
16 DF   IND Sarthak Golui
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   IND Jerry Lalrinzuala
18 FW   IND Himanshu Jangra (on loan from Delhi)
19 DF   IND Ankit Mukherjee
23 MF   IND Souvik Chakrabarti
24 MF   AUS Jordan O'Doherty
25 GK   IND Suvam Sen
26 FW   IND Semboi Haokip
29 FW   IND Mahesh Singh
32 GK   IND Naveen Kumar (on loan from Goa)
33 DF   IND Pritam Kumar
40 DF   CYP Charis Kyriakou
61 DF   IND Athul Unnikrishnan
77 FW   ENG Jake Jervis

For more details on this topic and current reserves and academy squads, see East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
37 DF   IND Tuhin Das
34 MF   IND Nabi Hussain Khan

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach   Stephen Constantine
Assistant coach   Shanmugam Venkatesh
Goalkeeping coach   Andy Petterson
Head of sports science   Owain Manship
Video analyst   Sam Baker
Reserve team head coach   Bino George
Physiotherapist
  Shehin Muhammed
  Mohamed Salah
Team manager   Pratim Kumar Saha
Team doctor   Dr Mustufa Poonawalla
Masseur   Liaqat Ali
  Satheeshkumar Sreedharan
Kit manager   Arpan Moitra

Corporate team

As of September 2022

CEO   Namrata Parekh
CTO   Amoy Ghoshal
Media Manager   Ritam Basu
Team photographer   Nikhil Patel
Operations and Accreditation Manager   Aritra Dutta

Management

As of September 2022[109]

East Bengal Club

Role Name
President   Dr. Pronab Dasgupta
Vice-presidents   Ajoy Krishna Chatterjee
  Shankar Bagri
  Saroj Kumar Jhunjhunwala
  Indrajit Roy
  Subhashish Chakroborty[110]
General secretary   Kalyan Majumdar
Assistant secretary   Rupak Saha
Treasurer   Debdas Samajdar
Accountant   Sadananda Mukherjee
Football secretary   Saikat Ganguly
Cricket secretary   Manas Kumar Roy
Hockey secretary   Chanchal Banerjee
Athletic secretary   Siddhartha Sircar
Ground secretary   Saroj Bhattacharjee
Tennis secretary   Debasish Bose
Executive committee members   Sanjib Acharya
  Molly Ganguly
  Sri Subir Ganguly
  Santosh Bhattacharya
  Debabrata Sarkar
  Rajiv Guha
  Goutam Das
  Birendra Kumar Saha
  Dipankar Chakraborty
  Biplab Paul
  Somenath Guha
  Suman Dasgupta
Special invitee   Ajit Banerjee
  Rajat Guha
  Manish Banerjee
  Dr. Santi Ranjan Dasgupta
  Bikash Dutta
  Tapan Das
  Indranil Dey
Co-opted   Kamalendu Sinha Roy
  Rabin Das
  Amit Roy

Board of Directors for Emami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd.


Emami Group East Bengal Club
  Aditya V Agarwal   Debabrata Sarkar
  Manish Goenka   Rupak Saha
  Sandeep Agrawal   Sadananda Mukherjee
  Gatum Jatia
  S. N. Paul
  Saurabh Dasgupta
  Manoj Agarwal

Records

Main article: List of East Bengal Club records and statistics
Further information: List of East Bengal Club seasons and East Bengal Club league record by opponent

Record in Indian Super League

As of till the end of 2022–23 season.
East Bengal league record in ISL
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 [111]
2021–22 20 1 8 11 18 36 -18 11 11th Did not qualify [112]
2022–23 20 6 1 13 22 38 -16 19 9th Did not qualify [113]
TOTAL 60 10 17 33 62 107 -45 47


Record in NFL / I-League

As of till the end of 2019–20 season.[114]
East Bengal league record in NFL/I-League
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 [115]
14 7 4 3 19 11 +8 25 3rd
1997–98 18 8 7 3 18 10 +8 31 2nd [116]
1998–99 10[b] 8 2 0 19 2 +17 26 Qualify for Second Stage [117]
10 5 4 1 14 8 +6 19 2nd
1999–00 22 8 8 6 25 21 +4 32 7th [118]
2000–01 22 13 7 2 30 9 +21 46 Champions [119]
2001–02 22 11 3 8 31 23 +8 36 5th [120]
2002–03 22 15 4 3 44 22 +22 49 Champions [121]
2003–04 22 15 4 3 37 13 +24 49 Champions [122]
2004–05 22 13 4 5 34 16 +18 43 3rd [123]
2005–06 17 9 4 4 25 16 +9 31 2nd [124]
2006–07 18 7 5 6 29 29 0 26 5th [125]
2007–08 18 5 4 9 17 23 -6 19 6th [126]
2008–09 22 7 7 8 31 26 +5 28 6th [127]
2009–10 26 7 10 9 27 31 -4 31 9th [128]
2010–11 26 15 6 5 44 21 +23 51 2nd [129]
2011–12 26 15 6 5 46 22 +24 51 2nd [130]
2012–13 26 13 8 5 44 18 +26 47 3rd [131]
2013–14 24 12 7 5 39 23 +16 43 2nd [132]
2014–15 20 8 5 7 30 28 +2 29 4th [133]
2015–16 16 7 4 5 22 18 +4 25 3rd [134]
2016–17 18 10 3 5 33 15 +18 33 3rd [135]
2017–18 18 8 7 3 32 19 +13 31 4th [136]
2018–19 20 13 3 4 37 20 +17 42 2nd [137]
2019–20 16 6 5 5 23 18 +4 20 2nd[c] [139]
TOTAL 500 248 133 119 756 464 +292 877
  1. ^ Group Stages
  2. ^ First Stage
  3. ^ 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.[138]


Performance in AFC competitions

Main article: East Bengal Club in international football
Further information: List of East Bengal Club wins against Foreign teams
Competition No. of appearances Seasons Best Result
Asian Club Championship[a] 2 1985–86, 1998–99 Group stages (1985–86)
Asian Cup Winners' Cup 5 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995, 1997–98 Quarter-finals (1991–92)
AFC Cup 8 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 Semi-finals (2013)
  1. ^ Known as AFC Champions League since 2002

Honours

Further information on Honours received by East Bengal: List of East Bengal Club records and statistics

Major trophies of East Bengal include the following:[140][141][142]

Type Competition Titles Seasons
International ASEAN Club Championship 1S 2003
Domestic National Football League 3 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
Federation Cup 8 1978, 1980, 1985, 1996, 2007, 2009–10, 2010, 2012
Indian Super Cup 3 1997, 2006, 2011
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, 2012, 2018
Durand Cup 16S 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004
Calcutta Football League 39 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, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Rovers Cup 10 1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994
  •   Record
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Awards

Other departments

Reserves team and Academy

Main article: East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy

East Bengal Club Reserves is the reserve team of East Bengal Club. It is the most senior level beneath the first team. The team generally consists of younger players but at times senior players also play, if recuperating from injury or not getting first team game time. Reserve side currently plays in Calcutta Football League.

East Bengal Academy are the club's under-21, under-18, under-15 and under-13 sections. The under-21 team is generally referred to as the primary youth team as it is the last stage of progression for promotion of youth players into the reserve or first team. The youth teams participate in the Reliance Foundation Development League and the Youth League of various age groups.

Women's football

Main article: East Bengal Club (women)

The women's football team was formed in 2001 but was disbanded in 2003. It won the Calcutta Women's Football League title in its inaugural season and was runners-up in 2002.[145] In the centenary year, the women's team was relaunched.[146][147] In the first year of relaunch, the East Bengal women's team became runner's up of the 2020 Kanyashree Cup.[148]

Cricket

Main article: East Bengal Club (cricket)

The East Bengal Club Cricket team participates in various tournaments for varying age groups conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal. Currently, it participates in the CAB First Division League, CAB Senior Knockout, CAB Super League, and JC Mukherjee Trophy. The team plays its home matches mostly at the Eden Gardens and Jadavpur University Campus Ground. They have won around 60 major state-level trophies so far.[149] Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Ajay Jadeja, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sourav Ganguly have played on the team.[26]

Hockey

Main article: East Bengal Club (field hockey)

This department started after the Independence of India. The club is affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association and participated in the BHA First Division hockey league and the Beighton Cup.[150][151][152] They won 13 trophies. The team was disbanded in 2000.[153] The hockey department was restarted in 2021 with Calcutta Hockey League.[154]

Athletics

East Bengal has an athletics team, which is affiliated with the West Bengal Athletic Association, and participates in various tournaments of West Bengal.[155] The club also organizes Annual Athletic meets at the club ground.[156]

E-Sports

East Bengal also took part in the inaugural season of e-ISL where the ISL teams competed to play the video game FIFA 22. The club was represented by 2 youngsters, Ankit Gupta and Shayantan Mondal.

Affiliated clubs

The following club was formerly affiliated with East Bengal:

The following club is currently affiliated with East Bengal:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Fourth oldest football tournament, organized by the IFA (W.B.), and played between the local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

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Further reading

  • Roy, Gautam (1 January 2021). East Bengal 100. Allsport Foundation. ISBN 978-8194763109.
  • Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
  • Martinez, Dolores; Mukharji, Projit B (2009). . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
  • Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). . London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
  • Chatterjee, Partha. The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post-colonial Histories (Calcutta: Oxford University Press, 1995).
  • Nath, Nirmal (2011). . Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
  • Goswami, Ramesh Chandra (1963). East Bengal Cluber Itihas (in Bengali). Kolkata: Book Garden.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Santipriya (1979). Cluber Naam East Bengal (in Bengali). Kolkata: New Bengal Press.
  • Chattopadhyay, Hariprasad (2017). Mohun Bagan–East Bengal (in Bengali). Kolkata: Parul Prakashan.
  • D'Mello, Anthony (1959). Portrait Of Indian Sport. P R Macmillan Limited, London.
  • Sengupta, Somnath (29 July 2011). . thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  • Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). . Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
  • Basu, Jaydeep (2003). . UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
  • Kumar Shil, Amrita (15 May 2022). (PDF). JHSR Journal of Historical Study and Search. 2. ISSN 2583-0198. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links

 
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east, bengal, club, ইস, গল, commonly, referred, east, bengal, bengali, pronunciation, ˌbenˈɡɔːl, indian, professional, multi, sports, club, based, kolkata, west, bengal, best, known, professional, football, team, that, competes, indian, super, league, flight, . East Bengal Club ইস ট ব ঙ গল ক ল ব commonly referred to as East Bengal Bengali pronunciation ˈi st ˌbenˈɡɔːl is an Indian professional multi sports club based in Kolkata West Bengal It is best known for its professional men s football team that competes in the Indian Super League the top flight of the Indian football 2 It is one of the most successful football clubs in the country East Bengal ClubFull nameEast Bengal Football Club 1 Nickname s Red and Gold BrigadeBangal BrigadeTorch BearersShort nameEBFCFoundedAugust 1 1920 102 years ago 1920 08 01 StadiumSalt Lake StadiumEast Bengal GroundCapacity85 00023 500OwnerEmami East Bengal FC Pvt Ltd PresidentDr Pronab DasguptaHead coachStephen ConstantineLeagueIndian Super League2022 23Indian Super League 9th of 11Playoffs DNQWebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent seasonFounded in August 1920 the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association in 1922 and initially played in the Calcutta Football League Second Division before earning promotion to the First Division in 1924 East Bengal won its first First Division league title in 1942 and has since won it a record 39 times 3 The club was a founding member of the National Football League the first nation wide football league in India in 1996 which it has won three times since 4 They have also won eight Federation Cups three Super Cups a record 29 IFA Shield note 1 titles and a record 16 Durand Cup titles making the club one of the most decorated in Indian football East Bengal is one of the most widely supported football clubs in Asia The club is mainly supported by the Bangals i e the immigrant population from the eastern region of Bengal who were forced to leave their homes modern day Bangladesh during the partition of 1947 5 For those people East Bengal Club became a source of identity and hope The huge influx of dispossessed into the state led to a socio economic crisis 6 This led to rivalries among the immigrant and native population of West Bengal popularly named as Bangal ব ঙ ল in every sphere of life from jobs to schools and even on football pitches As a result East Bengal has a long standing rivalry with its cross town competitors Mohun Bagan now known as ATK Mohun Bagan which is mainly supported by the native population named popularly as Ghoti ঘট with whom it competes in the Kolkata derby Asia s biggest football rivalry East Bengal also shares a local rivalry with another Kolkata club Mohammedan The club dons the iconic red and golden yellow colours which give it the nickname of Red and Gold Brigade and Laal Holud ল ল হল দ The both teams have separate nicknames for their adversaries i e Macha ম চ for the Mohun Bagan fans and Lota ল ট for the East Bengal fans In 2011 East Bengal was ranked second amongst all India teams and 554th internationally by the International Federation of Football History amp Statistics in the international rankings of clubs for the first decade of the 21st century 2001 2010 7 The club has other departments too such as the women s football cricket women s cricket field hockey athletics and eSports teams Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation 1 2 Early years 1920 1930s 1 3 1940s 1970s 1 4 1980s 1990s 1 5 2000s 2010s 1 6 2020 present 2 Crest and colours 2 1 Crest 2 2 Colours 2 3 Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors 3 Supporters 4 Rivalries 5 Ownership 6 Stadiums 6 1 Salt Lake Stadium 6 2 East Bengal Ground 6 3 Other grounds 7 Players 7 1 Current squad 7 2 Promoted from Reserves squad 8 Personnel 8 1 Current technical staff 8 2 Corporate team 9 Management 10 Records 10 1 Record in Indian Super League 10 2 Record in NFL I League 11 Performance in AFC competitions 12 Honours 12 1 Awards 13 Other departments 13 1 Reserves team and Academy 13 2 Women s football 13 3 Cricket 13 4 Hockey 13 5 Athletics 13 6 E Sports 14 Affiliated clubs 15 See also 16 Notes 17 References 18 Further reading 19 External linksHistory Edit Suresh Chandra Chaudhari founder Sailesh Bose Sarada Ranjan Roy First president Formation Edit On 28 July 1920 Jorabagan Club was scheduled to play against Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup Jorabagan Club sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose who was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons The then vice president of Jorabagan Club Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri asked in vain for Bose to be included in the line up When his request was not welcomed Chaudhuri left the club along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri Ramesh Chandra Sen and Aurobinda Ghosh They formed East Bengal Club as a Sports and Cultural Association in the neighbourhood of Jorabagan on 1 August 1920 The name East Bengal was chosen for the newly formed club as the founders hailed from the eastern region of Bengal 8 9 10 Sarada Ranjan Ray took on the role of becoming the first president of this newly formed club while Suresh Chandra Chowdhury and Tarit Bhusan Roy were declared to be the first joint secretaries of the club 11 Soon after Nagen Kali M Talukdar B Sen N Gossain Goshto Paul on loan from Mohun Bagan P Bardhan S Das S Tagore J Mukherjee Ramesh Chandra Sen S Bose C Bose A Roy and A Bannerjee were announced to be the members of the first team squad by the board 12 13 Early years 1920 1930s Edit East Bengal players and officials in 1921 In the same month of its formation the club participated in its maiden tournament in the Hercules Cup a seven a side tournament On 11 August 1920 the club played their first match in the tournament and in their history against Metropolitan College which they went on to win 4 0 East Bengal went on to win the tournament announcing the arrival of a club that would break many records in the future The club also won Khagendra Shield in 1921 11 Following this the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association IFA and entered league play in the IFA Second Division The club finished placing third in their maiden season in the league The first match between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan took place on 8 August 1921 in the Cooch Behar Cup semi final match which didn t turn in the favour of either of the teams as it ended in a goalless draw It was an unofficial derby at that time 8 14 In 1924 the club won the Second Division and gained promotion to the IFA First Division after finishing in second place to Cameroons B 15 As Cameroons A team was already in the First Division the B team could not gain promotion to the same league East Bengal was next in line for promotion However more controversy arose since the IFA allowed only two Indian based clubs in the IFA First Division at a time at that time the IFA was a British organization This rule had previously deprived clubs like Kumartuli and Town from entering the First Division During a governing body meeting of the IFA the nine British clubs approved East Bengal s promotion to the First Division Ironically the two Indian clubs Mohun Bagan and Aryan opposed it East Bengal s efforts led to the abolition of the oppressive Indian club limit rule 8 16 In 1925 East Bengal made its IFA First Division debut and Mona Dutta became the maiden goalscorer for the club in the league On 28 May 1925 the first official Kolkata Derby was played where Nepal Chakraborty scored the only goal for East Bengal 11 17 1940s 1970s Edit See also Pancha Pandavas East Bengal players after winning 1949 IFA Shield It took the club till 1942 to win their first IFA First Division title East Bengal won their first IFA Shield in 1943 They then achieved the double in 1945 by winning both the Calcutta Football League CFL and IFA Shield In 1948 East Bengal became the first team to defeat a foreign club on home soil They won 2 0 against the visiting Chinese Olympic XI 18 East Bengal won their first treble in the 1949 season by winning the Calcutta League 19 the IFA Shield and the Rovers Cup becoming the first Indian club to do so 20 The club went on to win the 1949 Rovers Cup and the Durand Cup in 1951 That period saw the rise of the Pancha Pandavas The five players P B A Saleh Ahmed Khan P Venkatesh Appa Rao and K P Dhanaraj played together at the club from 1949 to 1953 The club also won its first DCM Trophy in 1950 The club also won three straight IFA Shields in 1949 1950 and 1951 The English Football Association 1951 52 annual almanac adjudged East Bengal as the best club in Asia 21 On being recommended by the president of India Rajendra Prasad the club was invited by the Romania Youth Festival Committee in 1953 to participate in a football tournament They also partook in a tour of the Soviet Union the same year They were defeated by Soviet side by a margin of 13 1 Apart from football East Bengal also won the Beighton Cup hockey tournament for the first time in 1957 and the Bengal Hockey Association league in 1960 Again the club won the Rovers Cup several times during this era 1962 1967 1969 1972 1973 1975 as well as the Durand Cup in 1952 1956 1960 1967 1970 1972 and 1978 The club also won its first Sait Nagjee football tournament and Bordoloi Trophy in 1968 22 The club stunned everyone by winning the 1970 IFA Shield against PAS Club of Iran by a score of 1 0 in front of 60 000 supporters at the Eden Gardens Later the club won the 1973 IFA Shield by defeating Pyongyang City SC of North Korea In 1978 East Bengal won its first Federation Cup title The club became joint winners in cricket with Mohun Bagan of Cricket Association of Bengal senior league and senior division knockout tournament 10 23 24 11 East Bengal won the Calcutta Football League for six straight years from 1970 to 1975 23 In 1970 East Bengal topped the Calcutta Football League table without conceding a single goal East Bengal won multiple times against their arch rivals Mohun Bagan including a record margin of 5 0 in the history of the Kolkata Derby in 1975 The same year East Bengal won the CFL title without losing a match The 1970s decade of the club is also commonly known as Shonali Doshok in English Golden era 11 25 20 1980s 1990s Edit The club won the Federation Cup in 1980 and again in 1985 They also became the first Indian club to play in the newly reorganized Asian Club Championship in 1985 86 23 The club then won their second treble in 1990 under coach Naeemuddin by winning the IFA Shield the Rovers Cup and the Durand Cup in the same season The club also won the Stafford Cup 1986 and the McDowell s Cup 1995 1997 In 1993 East Bengal won its first ever international title the Wai Wai Cup in Nepal The club also won the Federation Cup the IFA Shield the Calcutta Football League the Durand Cup and the Rovers Cup several times during this period 26 In 1996 the club became the founding member of the first nationwide football league in India the National Football League 11 21 27 In 1984 Dipak Das joined the club and revamped it He brought professionalism and converted the football team into a private limited company He also secured sponsorship from local brands and companies like Khadims In 1998 he collaborated with Vijay Mallya s United Breweries Group which then formed a new Private Limited Company with a 50 50 shareholding called United East Bengal Football Team Private Limited and incorporated the football team the first in the country The team was renamed Kingfisher East Bengal FC 28 24 2000s 2010s Edit Nandy Suresh Surkumar Mondal Musah C Silva Duley Bijen D Cunha Bhutia OkoroEast Bengal 2003 ASEAN Club Championship final lineupThe club entered the 21st century in style winning the 2000 01 National Football League season They became the first club to win back to back titles after winning the 2002 03 and 2003 04 versions of the league The club went on to win the Federation Cup again in 2007 2009 2010 and 2012 They also won the Indian Super Cup in 2006 and 2011 29 The club won their third international trophy in the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship in Jakarta Indonesia 30 31 32 East Bengal is still the only Indian football team to win any major trophy outside the country 21 33 In 2004 East Bengal also won the San Miguel International Cup in Nepal The club was invited to the tournament by Leicester City celebrating their 120th Anniversary In 2004 Leicester City also had partnerships with East Bengal 34 35 Then FIFA president Joseph Blatter visited the club tent on 15 April 2007 After a year East Bengal became the first Indian football team to win against a West Asian team Al Wihdat SC of Jordan on foreign soil 11 26 Mawia Mehtab Borja Samad Manoj Didika Rohlupuia Brandon Abhijit Boithang ColadoLineup against Army Red in Durand Cup The first match of centenary season East Bengal also made a record eight appearances between 2004 and 2015 in the AFC Cup 36 37 The club played in the semi finals of 2013 AFC Cup where they lost to Kuwait SC of Kuwait 38 The club has the achievement of winning the Calcutta Football League title eight consecutive times from 2010 to 2017 breaking their previous record of six times during the 1970s 23 39 Following the exit of Kingfisher from the club Quess Corp signed an agreement with the East Bengal Club and acquired a 70 percent stake in the club in July 2018 The football team was rebranded as Quess East Bengal FC 40 41 On 1 August 2019 the club entered its 100th establishment year A centenary celebration logo was introduced Torch rallies and events were organised and attended by former players coaches presidents etc The centenary kit was unveiled which was inspired by the 1925 26 season kit 42 The club participated in the Durand Cup the Calcutta Football League and the I League and played its first match and won against Army Red in the Durand Cup 43 44 2020 present Edit East Bengal club tent The year 2020 saw the wake of COVID 19 which halted the ongoing football season in the country 45 The then investor Quess pulled out from the two year old agreement by July 2020 46 47 On 1 August the club completed its 100 years of existence In September Shree Cement was announced as the new investor of the club 48 The company acquired 76 percent shares of the club and renamed it from East Bengal Football Club to Sporting Club East Bengal 49 50 Later that month after successful bidding the club moved from the I League to the Indian Super League 51 52 In early 2022 the club parted ways with its investor Shree Cement The partnership between investor group Shree Cement and East Bengal Club was terminated after the end of the 2021 22 Indian Super League season They returned the sporting rights to the club on 12 April 2022 after both the parties failed to reach an agreement and the final term sheet was not accepted and signed by the club officials 53 The club officials however stated that East Bengal club shall continue to play in the Indian Super League and shall be announcing their new investors within the next two weeks 54 East Bengal club was once again handed another transfer ban by AIFF for non payment of dues for seven of their players 55 Trophy cabinet of East Bengal Club during the 103 years of foundation day On 25 May East Bengal announced the collaboration with Emami as the principal investors of the club 56 57 58 The club confirmed their participation in the 2022 23 Indian Super League season with the arrival of the new investors 59 On 18 July after two months of contractual discussions between the club and the investor group the club finally started the recruitment process for the new season after receiving a go ahead from the investors 60 61 On 22 July the AIFF uplifted the transfer ban set on East Bengal and thus allowed the club to register their new signings for the season 62 East Bengal appointed Santosh Trophy winning Kerala football team head coach Bino George as the care taker head coach of the team for the Calcutta Football League and Durand Cup and will become the assistant coach of the team for the Indian Super League 63 64 East Bengal also roped in former India national football team coach Stephen Constantine as the new head coach of the team for the season 65 66 The club also announced that the formal tie up between them and the new investor group Emami 67 Crest and colours EditCrest Edit In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi s Satyagraha swept over India and affected football Indian clubs boycotted the ongoing Calcutta Football League midway through the season Amidst much confusion Royal Regiment was declared the winner in the first division However East Bengal was not allowed to be promoted to the First Division Thousands of East Bengal fans and officials decided to hold a protest march at the East Bengal Ground It was at this march that flaming torches were carried by the protesters And the hand holding flame torch known as Mawshal or মশ ল in Bangla became the club emblem which has remained to this day 19 68 21 East Bengal crests First logo 69 Centenary logo Emami East Bengal logo 70 Colours Edit Whiteaway Laidlaw amp Co department store in 1945The primary and secondary colors of East Bengal are red and yellow respectively 71 Traditionally the home kit consists of a red and yellow jersey with black shorts while the away kit colors vary every year 42 These colors came about after the club was formed when the founders debated over them for the club jersey At that time the jerseys used to come from England The founders while searching came across the red and gold color shirt hanging at the Whiteaway Laidlaw amp Co department store in Chowringhee Kolkata It attracted them and they finalized the colors and jersey It cost 80 in 1920 four times higher than the average 72 These colours permanently integrated with the club 8 Traditional kit Centenary year kit Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors Edit Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor1993 1994 None Verona1994 1995 McDowell s No 11995 1996 Emami 73 1996 1997 Umbro1997 1998 Duta Sports Khadim s 74 1998 2000 Adidas Kingfisher 74 2000 2003 None2003 2005 Reebok 75 2005 2006 Pony 76 2006 2010 Reebok 77 2010 2014 None2014 2017 Shiv Naresh 78 2017 2018 Perf 79 2018 2019 Quess2019 2020 Kaizen Sports 80 2020 2021 TYKA 81 Shree Cement 82 2021 22 Reyaur 83 84 2022 present Trak Only 85 1xBat Sporting Lines 86 Emami Alliance BroadbandSupporters EditMain articles East Bengal Ultras and East Bengal the Real Power Smoke show during a CFL match against NBP Rainbow at the East Bengal Ground East Bengal supporters at the Salt Lake Stadium during the Kolkata Derby in 2022 Durand Cup East Bengal is a club mainly supported by the migrant population known as Bangal from the former Indian part of East Bengal now modern day Bangladesh East Bengal is one of Asia s biggest and most supported football clubs There are approximately 30 to 40 million supporters from all across the nation and overseas 21 41 In October 2020 the club got voted as the most popular football club in India on an AFC poll by its supporters gaining approximately 49 of the votes 87 East Bengal Ultras the main ultras supporters group of East Bengal was established in 2013 It was the first ultras group to be established in the country Since its inception this group has set many new records and broken older ones Though initially people were skeptical about the group now they have seen in what ways this group is benefitting Indian football Though all these achievements came along with some controversies As in the past there have been fights and hooliganism among the fans of the rival clubs the administration does not completely trust the group s functioning 88 89 Established on 15 November 2006 East Bengal the Real Power is India s first registered fan club It is East Bengal s largest fan club and one of the largest in the country In its early years its functioning was limited to online platforms but later on it became a supporters group 90 91 Rivalries EditMain article Kolkata DerbyEast Bengal have rivalries with ATK Mohun Bagan Mohammedan Bengaluru and Odisha 2019 20 season away Kolkata Derby at the Salt Lake Stadium East Bengal have their biggest rivalry with its city competitors ATK Mohun Bagan East Bengal as mentioned earlier is primarily supported by the migrant population of present day Bangladesh Unlike East Bengal ATK Mohun Bagan is a club mainly supported by the native population of the present day state of West Bengal The match that takes place between these two clubs is eminently called the Kolkata Derby The Kolkata Derby has its name taken from the Old Firm Derby between Celtic and Rangers and dates back to the 1920s 92 After Indian independence and the partition of Bengal the huge influx of immigrants from the eastern part of Bengal led to a socio economic crisis in the state This led to rivalries in jobs business schools and even on the football pitch among the immigrants and native population This rivalry became fierce and the Kolkata Derby grew in popularity and reached its peak during the 1960s and 1970s 93 94 The Kolkata Derby holds a record of 130 000 spectators the most attended sporting event in India 95 11 Ownership EditEast Bengal is mainly organized as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act 1860 which means one can avail of membership in the club There are around 12 000 members 41 Although a limited company named East Bengal Club Pvt Ltd was later formed and both are governed by the club parallelly Sponsorships and investments happen via this corporate company 96 The club is governed by its own set of rules and regulations Amendments and resolutions are passed via extraordinary or annual general meeting 97 98 Currently the football rights are with a new limited company Emami East Bengal FC Pvt Ltd jointly owned by East Bengal Club and Emami Group 99 Stadiums EditThe club has used several stadiums at Kolkata Howrah and Barasat including the Eden Gardens which has been reserved for cricket since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984 100 The first ground used by the club was Kumartuli Park in north Kolkata 101 102 Salt Lake Stadium Edit Salt Lake Stadium The Salt Lake Stadium also known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan VYBK is a multi purpose stadium in Kolkata built in 1984 The stadium is the largest non auto racing in India It is currently used mainly for football matches The stadium includes a unique running track long jump track electronic scoreboard natural turf floodlighting arrangement air conditioned VIP restroom and Conference Hall Medical Room and a Doping Control Room The Salt Lake Stadium hosts the home games of East Bengal in the Indian Super League and the AFC Cup The total capacity of the stadium is 85 000 103 East Bengal Ground Edit East Bengal Ground Main article East Bengal Ground The East Bengal Ground is located in Kolkata and is the club s home The stadium lies in the Maidan Kolkata area on the northern side of Fort William and near the Eden Gardens This stadium is used mostly for Calcutta Football League matches and by the academy women s and hockey teams The total capacity of the stadium is 23 500 103 Other grounds Edit Barasat Stadium is also used by the club for some regional matches especially in cases where the Salt Lake Stadium or East Bengal Ground cannot be used 104 Kanchenjunga Stadium a multipurpose stadium based in Siliguri has also been used several times to host club football matches 105 It also hosted the 2012 Federation Cup Kalyani Stadium situated on the outskirts of Kolkata at Kalyani was used by East Bengal as their home turf during the 2019 20 I League 106 The team also trains at one of the VYBK practice grounds 107 Players EditMain article List of East Bengal Club players Further information on squad 2022 23 East Bengal FC season First team squad See also List of East Bengal Club captains and List of foreign players for East Bengal Club Current squad Edit As of 28 August 2022 108 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK IND Kamaljit Singh2 DF IND Mohammad Rakip4 DF ESP Ivan Gonzalez5 DF IND Lalchungnunga6 FW IND Sumeet Passi8 MF IND Amarjit Singh on loan from Goa 10 FW BRA Cleiton Silva11 FW IND V P Suhair12 MF IND Wahengbam Angousana13 GK IND Pawan Kumar14 MF BRA Alex Lima15 MF IND Mobashir Rahman16 DF IND Sarthak Golui No Pos Nation Player17 DF IND Jerry Lalrinzuala18 FW IND Himanshu Jangra on loan from Delhi 19 DF IND Ankit Mukherjee23 MF IND Souvik Chakrabarti24 MF AUS Jordan O Doherty25 GK IND Suvam Sen26 FW IND Semboi Haokip29 FW IND Mahesh Singh32 GK IND Naveen Kumar on loan from Goa 33 DF IND Pritam Kumar40 DF CYP Charis Kyriakou61 DF IND Athul Unnikrishnan77 FW ENG Jake JervisPromoted from Reserves squad Edit For more details on this topic and current reserves and academy squads see East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player37 DF IND Tuhin Das34 MF IND Nabi Hussain KhanPersonnel EditCurrent technical staff Edit Position NameHead coach Stephen ConstantineAssistant coach Shanmugam VenkateshGoalkeeping coach Andy PettersonHead of sports science Owain ManshipVideo analyst Sam BakerReserve team head coach Bino GeorgePhysiotherapist Shehin Muhammed Mohamed SalahTeam manager Pratim Kumar SahaTeam doctor Dr Mustufa PoonawallaMasseur Liaqat Ali Satheeshkumar SreedharanKit manager Arpan MoitraCorporate team Edit As of September 2022 CEO Namrata ParekhCTO Amoy GhoshalMedia Manager Ritam BasuTeam photographer Nikhil PatelOperations and Accreditation Manager Aritra DuttaManagement EditAs of September 2022 109 East Bengal Club Role NamePresident Dr Pronab DasguptaVice presidents Ajoy Krishna Chatterjee Shankar Bagri Saroj Kumar Jhunjhunwala Indrajit Roy Subhashish Chakroborty 110 General secretary Kalyan MajumdarAssistant secretary Rupak SahaTreasurer Debdas SamajdarAccountant Sadananda MukherjeeFootball secretary Saikat GangulyCricket secretary Manas Kumar RoyHockey secretary Chanchal BanerjeeAthletic secretary Siddhartha SircarGround secretary Saroj BhattacharjeeTennis secretary Debasish BoseExecutive committee members Sanjib Acharya Molly Ganguly Sri Subir Ganguly Santosh Bhattacharya Debabrata Sarkar Rajiv Guha Goutam Das Birendra Kumar Saha Dipankar Chakraborty Biplab Paul Somenath Guha Suman DasguptaSpecial invitee Ajit Banerjee Rajat Guha Manish Banerjee Dr Santi Ranjan Dasgupta Bikash Dutta Tapan Das Indranil DeyCo opted Kamalendu Sinha Roy Rabin Das Amit RoyBoard of Directors for Emami East Bengal FC Pvt Ltd Emami Group East Bengal Club Aditya V Agarwal Debabrata Sarkar Manish Goenka Rupak Saha Sandeep Agrawal Sadananda Mukherjee Gatum Jatia S N Paul Saurabh Dasgupta Manoj AgarwalRecords EditMain article List of East Bengal Club records and statistics Further information List of East Bengal Club seasons and East Bengal Club league record by opponent Record in Indian Super League Edit As of till the end of 2022 23 season East Bengal league record in ISL Season Played Won Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Position Play offs Ref2020 21 20 3 8 9 22 33 11 17 9th Did not qualify 111 2021 22 20 1 8 11 18 36 18 11 11th Did not qualify 112 2022 23 20 6 1 13 22 38 16 19 9th Did not qualify 113 TOTAL 60 10 17 33 62 107 45 47 Record in NFL I League Edit As of till the end of 2019 20 season 114 East Bengal league record in NFL I League Season Played Won Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Position Ref1996 97 5 a 3 2 0 6 2 4 11 Qualify for Championship stage 115 14 7 4 3 19 11 8 25 3rd1997 98 18 8 7 3 18 10 8 312nd 116 1998 99 10 b 8 2 0 19 2 17 26 Qualify for Second Stage 117 10 5 4 1 14 8 6 192nd1999 00 22 8 8 6 25 21 4 32 7th 118 2000 01 22 13 7 2 30 9 21 46Champions 119 2001 02 22 11 3 8 31 23 8 36 5th 120 2002 03 22 15 4 3 44 22 22 49Champions 121 2003 04 22 15 4 3 37 13 24 49Champions 122 2004 05 22 13 4 5 34 16 18 43 3rd 123 2005 06 17 9 4 4 25 16 9 312nd 124 2006 07 18 7 5 6 29 29 0 26 5th 125 2007 08 18 5 4 9 17 23 6 19 6th 126 2008 09 22 7 7 8 31 26 5 28 6th 127 2009 10 26 7 10 9 27 31 4 31 9th 128 2010 11 26 15 6 5 44 21 23 512nd 129 2011 12 26 15 6 5 46 22 24 512nd 130 2012 13 26 13 8 5 44 18 26 47 3rd 131 2013 14 24 12 7 5 39 23 16 432nd 132 2014 15 20 8 5 7 30 28 2 29 4th 133 2015 16 16 7 4 5 22 18 4 25 3rd 134 2016 17 18 10 3 5 33 15 18 33 3rd 135 2017 18 18 8 7 3 32 19 13 31 4th 136 2018 19 20 13 3 4 37 20 17 422nd 137 2019 20 16 6 5 5 23 18 4 202nd c 139 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 138 Performance in AFC competitions EditMain article East Bengal Club in international football Further information List of East Bengal Club wins against Foreign teams Competition No of appearances Seasons Best ResultAsian Club Championship a 2 1985 86 1998 99 Group stages 1985 86 Asian Cup Winners Cup 5 1991 92 1993 94 1994 95 1995 1997 98 Quarter finals 1991 92 AFC Cup 8 2004 2005 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 Semi finals 2013 Known as AFC Champions League since 2002Honours EditFurther information on Honours received by East Bengal List of East Bengal Club records and statistics Major trophies of East Bengal include the following 140 141 142 Type Competition Titles SeasonsInternational ASEAN Club Championship 1S 2003Domestic National Football League 3 2000 01 2002 03 2003 04Federation Cup 8 1978 1980 1985 1996 2007 2009 10 2010 2012Indian Super Cup 3 1997 2006 2011IFA 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 2012 2018Durand Cup 16S 1951 1952 1956 1960 1967 1970 1972 1978 1982 1989 1990 1991 1993 1995 2002 2004Calcutta Football League 39 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 13 2013 14 2014 15 2015 16 2016 17 2017 18Rovers Cup 10 1949 1962 1967 1969 1972 1973 1975 1980 1990 1994 Record S Shared recordAwards Edit Banga Bibhushan 2022 143 144 Other departments EditReserves team and Academy Edit Main article East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy East Bengal Club Reserves is the reserve team of East Bengal Club It is the most senior level beneath the first team The team generally consists of younger players but at times senior players also play if recuperating from injury or not getting first team game time Reserve side currently plays in Calcutta Football League East Bengal Academy are the club s under 21 under 18 under 15 and under 13 sections The under 21 team is generally referred to as the primary youth team as it is the last stage of progression for promotion of youth players into the reserve or first team The youth teams participate in the Reliance Foundation Development League and the Youth League of various age groups Women s football Edit Main article East Bengal Club women The women s football team was formed in 2001 but was disbanded in 2003 It won the Calcutta Women s Football League title in its inaugural season and was runners up in 2002 145 In the centenary year the women s team was relaunched 146 147 In the first year of relaunch the East Bengal women s team became runner s up of the 2020 Kanyashree Cup 148 Cricket Edit Main article East Bengal Club cricket The East Bengal Club Cricket team participates in various tournaments for varying age groups conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal Currently it participates in the CAB First Division League CAB Senior Knockout CAB Super League and JC Mukherjee Trophy The team plays its home matches mostly at the Eden Gardens and Jadavpur University Campus Ground They have won around 60 major state level trophies so far 149 Kapil Dev Sachin Tendulkar Ajay Jadeja Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sourav Ganguly have played on the team 26 Hockey Edit Main article East Bengal Club field hockey This department started after the Independence of India The club is 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