2011–12 East Bengal FC season

The 2011–12 season is East Bengal Football Club's 5th season in the I-League, and also marks the club's 92nd season. East Bengal will seek to win their first league trophy for 7 seasons, competing in the I-League, the Federation Cup and the AFC Cup.[1]

East Bengal
2011–12 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachEngland Trevor Morgan
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Kalyani Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-LeagueRunner-up
Calcutta Football LeagueChampions
Federation CupRunner-up
Super CupChampions
IFA ShieldChampions
BTV CupGroup stage
AFC CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Tolgay Ozbey (18)
All: Tolgay Ozbey (29)

Key events edit

On 26 September 2011 East Bengal defeat Prayag United in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals 2–1 to make the final. On 18 October 2011, East Bengal defeat Salgaocar by 9-8 (penalty - sudden death) in 2011 Indian Super Cup final to win the first trophy of the season.they also won IFA Shield and Calcutta Premiere League

Players edit

First-Team Squad edit

Transfer period is on-going for new season: 2011–12.[2]

As of 4 February 2012.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 FW   IND Branco Cardozo
2 DF   IND Raju Gaikwad
3 DF   IND Nirmal Chettri
4 DF   NGA Uga Samuel Okpara
5 DF   IND Sunil Thakur
6 FW   IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF   IND Harmanjyot Khabra
8 DF   IND Naoba Singh
9 MF   IND Alvito D'Cunha
11 MF   IND Khemtang Paite
12 MF   IND Reisangmei Vashum
14 MF   IND Mehtab Hossain
15 MF   IND Sanju Pradhan (captain)
16 DF   IND Gurwinder Singh
17 MF   IND Sushanth Mathew
18 MF   NGA Penn Orji
19 DF   IND Ravinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   AUS Tolgay Ozbey
21 GK   IND Debjit Majumder
22 MF   IND Charan Rai
23 FW   IND Robin Singh
24 GK   IND Sandip Nandy
25 DF   IND Robert Lalthalma
26 DF   IND Sunil Kumar
28 FW   BRA Edmilson
29 DF   IND Saumik Dey
30 GK   IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
31 GK   IND Jayanta Paul
32 DF   IND Abhishek Das
33 DF   IND Saikat Saha Roy
34 MF   IND Subodh Kumar
35 FW   IND Budhiram Tudu
37 FW   IND Nabin Hela
38 FW   IND Seiminlen Doungel

Transfers edit

Stadiums edit

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground sense Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984. As of today the Salt Lake Stadium is used for East Bengal's I-League, AFC Cup, and Federation Cup games. The East Bengal Ground is used for the Calcutta Football League matches.

Kit edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Away

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition First match Last match Final position
Federation Cup 17 September 2011 29 September 2011 Runners-up
BTV Becamex IDC Cup 7 October 2011 11 October 2011 Group Stage
Super Cup 18 October 2011 Champions
I-League 22 October 2011 5 May 2012 Runners-up
Calcutta Football League 12 November 2011 14 May 2012 Champions
IFA Shield 3 March 2012 16 March 2012 Champions
AFC Cup 6 March 2012 9 May 2012 Group Stage

Overview edit

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Federation Cup 5 3 1 1 7 6 +1 060.00
BTV Becamex IDC Cup 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 000.00
Super Cup 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
I-League 26 15 6 5 46 22 +24 057.69
Calcutta Football League 10 8 0 2 26 8 +18 080.00
IFA Shield 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 075.00
AFC Cup 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 000.00
Total 55 29 10 16 89 55 +34 052.73

Last updated: 31 May 2012
Source: Competitions

Federation Cup edit

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
East Bengal 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Pune 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Dempo 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Mohammedan 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 September 2011 East Bengal 1 – 1 Mohammedan SC Kolkata
Sanju   49' Stanley   20' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 September 2011 East Bengal 2 – 1 Pune F.C. Kolkata
Alan Gow   42'
Robin Singh   81'
Jeje Lalpekhlua   55' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
21 September 2011 East Bengal 1 - 0 Dempo Kolkata
Robin Singh   66' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
26 September 2011 East Bengal 2 - 1 Prayag United Kolkata
6:00 pm IST Alan Gow   37' (pen.)
Khemtang Paite   81'
Snehashish Dutta   17' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium



BECAMEX IDC Cup edit

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss



Super Cup edit

Last year's Federation Cup Champion East Bengal beat last year's I-League Champion Salgaocar in the Super Cup on sudden death.

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 October 2011 Salgaocar 0 - 0
(8 - 9 p)
East Bengal Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
5:45 pm IST Report Referee: Pratap Singh
Penalties
  Edeh
  Sueoka
  Lamare
  Kumar
  Wadoo
  Fernandes
  Sabrosa
  T. Singh
  J. Singh
Ozbey  
Gow  
Robin Singh  
Pradhan  
Mathew  
Paite  
Chetri  
Okpara  
Roy  



I League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dempo (C) 26 18 3 5 59 21 +38 57
2 East Bengal 26 15 6 5 46 22 +24 51 2013 AFC Cup Group stage[a]
3 Churchill Brothers 26 14 6 6 47 28 +19 48 2013 AFC Cup Group stage[b]
4 Mohun Bagan 26 13 8 5 51 32 +19 47
5 Pune 26 13 7 6 44 34 +10 46
Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
  2. ^ Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.[12]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
25 14 5 6 42 23  +19 47 10 0 3 24 12  +12 4 5 3 18 11  +7

Last updated: 15 December 2011.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHHAAAHAAAHAHHAHHAHHAHHA
ResultLDWWWLWWWDWLWDWWDLDLWWWDWW
Position1011653643342422222223222322
Source: Soccrway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 November 2011 3 Mumbai 1 – 4 East Bengal Cooperage Ground
Kuttymani   33' Summary Pradhan   69'
Ozbey   71'
Vashum   82'
Gow   90'
9 November 2011 5 East Bengal 3 – 1 Pune Salt Lake Stadium
Chettri   43'
Ozbey   64'
Gow   87'
Summary Fernandez   45'
23 November 2011 7 HAL 1 – 8 East Bengal Bangalore Football Stadium
Hamza   17' (pen.) Summary Singh   7'
Okpara   26', 37'
Ozbey   49', 57', 71', 86'
Sahni   74'
15 December 2011 9 East Bengal 2 – 1 Dempo Salt Lake Stadium
Orji   31'
Ozbey   42'
Summary Miranda   11'
29 December 2011 12 Salgaocar 4 – 0 East Bengal Fatorda Stadium
Fernandes   24'
Sueoka   67'
Singh   85'
Chettri   90+3' (o.g.)
Summary
2 January 2012 13 East Bengal 2 – 1 Air India Salt Lake Stadium
Orji   25', 74' Summary Henry   52'
16 January 2012 15 East Bengal 4 - 1 Pailan Arrows Salt Lake Stadium
Orji   27'
Ozbey   31', 76'
Lalthalma   57'
Summary Maulingkar   60'
20 January 2012 16 East Bengal 2 - 0 HAL Salt Lake Stadium
Dey   66'
Orji   89'
Summary
30 March 2012 22 East Bengal 3 - 1 Mumbai Salt Lake Stadium
Ozbey   22' (pen.)
R.Singh   25'
Edmilson   87'
Summary Rodrigues   5'
16 April 2012 25 East Bengal 4 - 3 Chirag United Kerala Salt Lake Stadium
Orji   24'
Ozbey   33', 54'
Singh   77'
Summary Sunday   37', 41', 48'



Calcutta Football League edit

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 November 2011 1 East Bengal 3–1 George Telegraph Kolkata
Ravinder Singh   8'
Sunil Thakur   40'
Robin Singh   45+1'
Report Orok Essien   90+2' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
27 November 2011 3 East Bengal 2–1 Police A.C. Kolkata
Saumik Dey   70'
Seiminlen Doungel   73'
Report Emmanuel   75' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
10 January 2012 8 East Bengal 1–4 Aryan Kolkata
Tolgay Ozbey   43' Report Charles   60', 68', 84'
Gopal   66'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground



IFA Shield edit

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 March 2013 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Bhawanipore Kolkata
Robin Singh   5', 52' Report Biswajit Biswas   16' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Ajit Dutta
16 March 2012 Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Prayag United Kolkata
14:30 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 30,000 (est.)
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Penalties



AFC Cup edit

Group stage edit

The group were drawn on 6 December 2011 in (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)[13]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ERB KAZ ORU KEB
  Erbil 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 1–1 2–1 2–0
  Kazma 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–2 1–1 3–0
  Al-Oruba 6 2 2 2 10 8 +2 8 2–2 1–2 4–1
  East Bengal 6 0 0 6 2 14 −12 0 0–2 1–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 March 2012 1 East Bengal   0 – 1   Al-Oruba Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
15:00 UTC+05:30 Report
Summary
Adisa   45+1' (pen.) Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
20 March 2012 2 Kazma   3 – 0   East Bengal Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
18:30 UTC+03:00 Nasser   38'
Al Wuhaib   44'
Jammeh   58'
Report Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)
4 April 2012 3 East Bengal   0 – 2   Arbil Salt Lake Stadium
15:15 UTC+05:30 Summary Radhi   75'
Al Hussain   90'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)
10 April 2012 4 Arbil   2 – 0   East Bengal Franso Hariri Stadium
18:00 UTC+03:00 Al Hussain   45+1' (pen.), 47' (pen.) Summary Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
25 April 2012 5 Al-Oruba   4 – 1   East Bengal Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa (Jordan)2
16:00 UTC+03:00 Naggar   6'
Alao   33'
Sharyan   58'
Al-Gabr   70'
Summary Edmilson   79' Attendance: 600
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
9 May 2012 6 East Bengal   1 – 2   Kazma Salt Lake Stadium
15:30 UTC+05:30 Edmilson   18'
Saha   34'
Summary Ismail   7'
Al Azmi   90'
Notes

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2011–12 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup BTV Cup Super Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
30 GK   Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 16 16 1 1 3 3 4 4 24 24
24 GK   Sandip Nandy 6 6 10 10 5 5 0 0 1 1 2 2 24 24
26 GK   Abhra Mondal 3 3 3 3
21 GK   Debjit Majumder 3 3 3 3
31 GK   Jayanta Pal 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Defenders
4 DF   Uga Okpara 5 4 24 24 5 5 3 3 1 1 4 4 5 5 47 46
3 DF   Nirmal Chhetri 3 3 17 17 2 2 3 3 1 1 4 4 30 30
25 DF   Robert Lalthalmuana 4 4 14 13 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 4 3 30 25
16 DF   Gurwinder Singh 6 6 14 13 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 28 27
29 DF   Soumik Dey 8 6 13 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 32 29
8 DF   Naoba Singh 1 1 11 10 5 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 21 19
2 DF   Raju Gaikwad 2 2 5 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 11
33 DF   Saikat Saha Roy 6 6 4 4 1 1 3 3 2 1 16 15
19 DF   Ravinder Singh 6 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 5
26 DF   Sunil Thakur 5 5 1 1 6 6
5 DF   Sunil Kumar 3 3 3 3
DF   Abhishek Das 1 1 0 0 1 1
Midfielders
18 MF   Penn Orji 7 3 23 22 5 4 3 3 1 1 4 4 5 5 48 42
15 MF   Sanju Pradhan 6 4 22 15 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 6 5 46 29
7 MF   Harmanjot Khabra 5 4 21 20 5 5 1 1 2 2 3 3 37 35
12 MF   Reisengmei Vashum 3 2 20 19 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 31 29
14 MF   Mehtab Hossain 6 3 16 14 4 4 1 1 4 2 31 24
11 MF   Khantang Paite 3 2 13 7 4 0 3 3 1 1 4 3 3 1 31 17
17 MF   Sushant Matthews 2 2 10 8 3 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 21 18
34 MF   Subodh Kumar 5 4 6 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 18 13
MF   Charan Rai 4 4 0 0 1 0 5 4
9 MF   Alvito D'Cunha 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF   Sourav Roy 1 0 1 0
Forwards
20 FW   Tolgay Ozbey 8 7 25 24 5 3 1 1 1 0 4 4 5 4 49 43
23 FW   Robin Singh 7 5 15 13 3 3 2 2 1 1 4 4 6 5 38 33
6 FW   Baljit Singh Saini 4 3 15 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 30 14
28 FW   Edmilson Marques Pardal 10 3 6 4 16 7
10 FW   Alan Gow 1 1 6 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 14 10
38 FW   Semilen Doungel 10 10 4 2 1 1 1 1 16 14
35 FW   Budhiram Tudu 4 2 4 2

Goal scorers edit

Goals for East Bengal in 2011–12 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup BTV Cup Super Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
1 20 FW   Tolgay Ozbey 9 18 0 0 0 2 0 29
2 23 FW   Robin Singh 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 12
3 18 MF   Penn Orji 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 8
4 38 FW   Semilen Doungel 6 0 0 0 6
5 10 FW   Alan Gow 0 2 3 0 0 5
6 15 MF   Sanju Pradhan 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
28 FW   Edmilson Marques Pardal 2 2 4
29 DF   Soumik Dey 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
9 4 DF   Uga Okpara 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 3 DF   Nirmal Chhetri 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
6 FW   Baljit Singh Saini 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 MF   Khantang Paite 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
12 MF   Reisengmei Vashum 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
14 16 DF   Gurwinder Singh 0 0 0 0 1 1
19 DF   Ravinder Singh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 DF   Robert Lalthalmuana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 DF   Sunil Thakur 1 0 0 0 1
34 MF   Subodh Kumar 1 0 0 0 1
35 FW   Budhiram Tudu 1 1
Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 26 46 7 2 0 6 2 89

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