2016–17 East Bengal FC season

The 2016–17 season was the East Bengal FC's 97th season in existence. The club had already won the Calcutta Football League and became the runners of 2016 Bordoloi Trophy.

East Bengal
2016–17 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachEngland Trevor James Morgan
(until 17 April 2017)
India Mridul Banerjee
(until 19 April 2017[1])
India Ranjan Chowdhury[a]
(from 20 April 2017)
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
Barasat Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League3rd
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions
Federation CupSemi-finals
Bordoloi TrophyRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Willis Plaza (9)
All: Willis Plaza
Wedson Anselme
(9 each)
Highest home attendance29067
Lowest home attendance6000
Average home league attendance11928

Pre-Season Overview edit

The club signed Calum Angus, an English defender to strengthen the defence for the Calcutta League. The Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set a hepta record. With the help of recent performances, the club clinched the 74th spot in the Asian Football Confederation club ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs.

Season Overview edit

August edit

The club started their Calcutta Football League campaign by beating Bhawanipore by 2–1. Then they went on winning all the matches in the league.

September edit

Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal went on to win all the matches in the league to win the Calcutta Football League for a record consecutive 7 times, bettering their own record of 1970–75. Mohun Bagan decided not to play the Kolkata Derby and East Bengal got a walk over which ensured the hepta league win.
East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.

October edit

The club went to play the 2016 Bordoloi Trophy. The team draw set East Bengal in Group B on the fixture of this tour. Due to the absence of almost all the main and first team players of the club (all out on loan in different clubs of Indian Super League), the junior and reserve bench players had taken part in it. The club brought Oluwaunmi Somide Adeleja on loan for the tournament. East Bengal started off well by defeating Bangladesh club Bongobi Agragami by 6–0. The club kept its winning streak by defeating United Sikkim F.C. by a comfortable margin of 2–0 and then ASEB SC by 3–0. Then the club went into the semis where they defeated Shillong Lajong F.C. by 1–0 to enter into the final. East Bengal FC played the final against Three Star Club (Nepal) where they lost 1–2 in extra time. The brilliant performance of the junior players throughout the tournament came to an end with the defeat in final match. But the fight of the junior brigade was appreciated wholeheartedly by the supporters of the club.

January edit

The club roped in Haitian Wedson Anselme from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Bangladesh and Willis Plaza from Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen the forward line along with Robin Singh, Jackichand Singh, Thongkhosiem Haokip, Rowllin Borges and Romeo Fernandes to strengthen the squad. East Bengal also brought Ivan Bukenya from Uganda to fortify their defence.
The team played against Aizawl F.C. in the 2016-17 I-League opener, but drew the match on the dying minutes thanks to a late equalizer from Ivan Bukenya. Then they went to Pune to play DSK Shivajians where the forward line sparkled and East Bengal won 2–1. Then they defeated Churchill Brothers S.C. by 2–0. Then on 22 January 2017, East Bengal faced the defending champions Bengaluru FC. The defending champions went ahead early by a goal from C.K. Vineeth but East Bengal rallied from behind to win it 2–1 with the goals scored by Ivan Bukenya and Robin Singh. East Bengal continued their winning streak and won 6 games on the trot to lead the league table. They face their arch Rivals Mohun Bagan on 12 February at Siliguri.

February edit

The month of February didn't start too well for the Red and Gold brigade. Draws against arch rival Mohun Bagan and Shillong Lajong F.C. and then a 1–0 loss away to Aizawl F.C. halted the victory march. The team looked out of shape and confidence when they faced Bengaluru FC away on 25 February at Sree Kanteerava Stadium. However, East Bengal turned all predictions aside and won the match 3–1 thanks to a brace from Robin Singh and a wonder strike from Wedson Anselme. With 7 matches to go, East Bengal currently sits at the top of the table for now.

March edit

By the time March came, East Bengal started bottling, like they always do.[2] East Bengal were leading at the beginning of the March, but ended the season in the third position.

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Name Signed from Month Ref.
10 FW   Wedson Anselme Free Agent December
9 FW   Willis Plaza Free Agent January
4 DF   Ivan Bukenya Free Agent December
11 FW   Jackichand Singh   Salgaocar December
24 FW   Robin Singh (footballer) Free Agent January
15 FW   Chris Payne Free Agent January

Out edit

Pos. Name Sold to Month Ref.
DF   Harmanjot Khabra   Bengaluru FC N/A
MF   Do Dong-Hyun N/A

Kit edit

Supplier: Shiv Naresh / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium, Peerless

 
 
 
 
 
 
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First-team squad edit

As of 15 January 2017.[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
1 GK   IND Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
2 DF   IND Robin Gurung (on loan from NorthEast United)
3 DF   IND Arnab Mondal
4 DF   UGA Ivan Bukenya
5 DF   IND Rahul Bheke
6 FW   AUS Chris Payne
8 MF   IND Mohammed Rafique
9 FW   TRI Willis Plaza
10 FW   HAI Wedson Anselme
11 MF   IND Jackichand Singh
12 MF   IND Rowllin Borges
13 GK   IND Rehenesh TP (on loan from NorthEast United)
14 MF   IND Mehtab Hossain
16 DF   IND Gurwinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   IND Narayan Das
18 MF   IND David Lalrinmuana
19 DF   IND Robert Lalthlamuana
20 MF   IND Lalrindika Ralte
21 FW   IND Thongkhosiem Haokip
22 DF   IND Mehtab Singh
23 MF   IND Bikash Jairu
24 FW   IND Robin Singh (on loan from FC Goa)
25 MF   IND Cavin Lobo
27 MF   IND Nikhil Poojari
28 MF   IND Romeo Fernandes (on loan from Goa)
30 GK   IND Luis Barreto
31 GK   IND Dibyendu Sarkar
34 MF   IND Abhinas Ruidas
50 DF   IND Anwar Ali

Technical Staff edit

Position Name [4]
Head coach   Trevor Morgan
1st Assistant Coach   Warren Hackett
Goalkeeper coach   Abhijit Mondal
Club Doctor   Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
Team Media Officer   Gautam Roy

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 4 August 2016 18 September 2016 Champions
Bordoloi Trophy 22 September 2016 30 September 2016 Runners-up
I-League 7 January 2017 29 April 2017 3rd
Federation Cup 7 May 2017 14 May 2017 Semi-finals

Overview edit

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 100.00
Bordoloi Trophy 5 4 0 1 13 2 +11 080.00
I-League 18 10 3 5 33 15 +18 055.56
Federation Cup 4 1 2 1 3 3 +0 025.00
Total 37 25 5 7 68 26 +42 067.57

Last updated: 1 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 East Bengal[b] (C) 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 30 Champion
2 Mohammedan 10 6 2 2 13 7 +6 20
3 Mohun Bagan[b] 10 6 1 3 20 7 +13 19
4 Southern Samity 10 4 3 3 11 8 +3 15
5 Peerless SC 10 3 5 2 12 11 +1 14
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2016. Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Caretaker manager under Technical-Director Monoranjan Bhattacharya.[1]
  2. ^ a b East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by IFA to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal.[5]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 August 2016 1 East Bengal 2–1 Bhawanipore Kalyani
14:00 IST Jiten Murmu   21'
Lalrindika Ralte   53'
Report Orok Essien   32' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
12 August 2016 3 East Bengal 2–1 Army XI Kolkata
17:00 IST Rafique   48'
Jiten Murmu   58'
Report Alwyn   78' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
16 August 2016 4 East Bengal 4–3 United Kolkata
17:00 IST Lalrindika Ralte   48', 89'
Do Dong-Hyun   73' (pen)
Arnab Mondal   79'
Report Monotosh Chakladar   16'
Bello Razaq   53' (pen)
V.P. Suhair   63'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
27 August 2016 6 East Bengal 2–1 Southern Samity Kolkata
17:00 IST Jiten Murmu   35'
Do Dong-Hyun   45+2'
Report Basanta Singh   72' (pen) Stadium: Barasat Stadium
7 September 2016 8 East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan Kalyani
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Note: Walkover given by Mohun Bagan.
18 September 2016 10 East Bengal 1–0 Aryan Kolkata
14:00 IST Adelaja   22' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium



Bordoloi Trophy edit

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   East Bengal 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knock-out Stage
2   United Sikkim 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3   Assam State Electricity Board 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4   Bongobi Agragami 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 September 2016. Source: kolkatafootball.com

Knock-out Stage edit

Semi-Finals Final
      
  Three Star Club 4
  United Sikkim F.C. 1
  Three Star Club (aet) 2
  East Bengal 1
  East Bengal 1
  Shillong Lajong 0

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 6–0 Bongobi Agragami Guwahati
19:00 IST Adelaja   6'
Do-dong   34', 67' (pen.)
Jiten Murmu   49'
Prohlad   62'
Nikhil Poojari   85'
Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
24 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 2–0 United Sikkim Guwahati
19:00 IST Jiten Murmu   73'
Adelaja   84'
Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
26 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 3–0 Assam State Electricity Board Guwahati
19:00 IST Do-dong   6'
Prohlad   12'
Yami Longvah   68'
Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
28 September 2016 Semi-final East Bengal 1–0 Shillong Lajong Guwahati
19:00 IST Adelaja   17' Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
30 September 2016 Final Three Star Club 2–1 (a.e.t.) East Bengal Guwahati
19:00 IST Devendra   90+2'
Bimal   99'
Report Adelaja   82' Stadium: Nehru Stadium



I-League edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Aizawl (C) 18 11 4 3 24 14 +10 37 Qualification to Champions League qualifier
2 Mohun Bagan 18 10 6 2 27 12 +15 36
3 East Bengal 18 10 3 5 33 15 +18 33
4 Bengaluru 18 8 6 4 30 15 +15 30 Qualification to AFC Cup qualifying play-off[a]
5 Shillong Lajong 18 7 5 6 24 23 +1 26
Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Bengaluru qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup by winning the 2016–17 Federation Cup.

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2017 1 East Bengal 1–1 Aizawl Kolkata
16:30 IST Rahul Bheke   34'
Ivan Bukenya   90'
Report Gurwinder Singh(o.g.)   45+1'
Lalruatthara   73'
Kamo Stephane Bayi   90+4'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
14 January 2017 2 DSK Shivajians 1–2 East Bengal Pune
19:00 IST Soram Anganba   13'
Nirmal Chhetri   45'
Gouramangi Singh   64'
Report Wedson Anselme   20' (pen)
Lalrindika Ralte   53'
Robin Gurung   64'
Willis Plaza   80'
Mehtab Hossain   90+1'
Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
18 January 2017 3 Churchill Brothers 0–2 East Bengal Vasco da Gama
16:30 IST Report Thongkhosiem Haokip   31'
Mehtab Hossain   34'
Narayan Das   42'
Ivan Bukenya   45+1'
Nikhil Poojari   48'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
22 January 2017 4 East Bengal 2–1 Bengaluru Kolkata
14:35 IST Ivan Bukenya   28'
Mehtab Hossain   31'
Lalrindika Ralte   34'
Robin Singh   79'
Report C.K. Vineeth   22'
Sunil Chhetri   31'
Sena Ralte   78'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Ajit Meitei
29 January 2017 5 Minerva Punjab 0–5 East Bengal Ludhiana
14:35 IST Report Wedson Anselme   8', 63' (pen), 66'
Willis Plaza   40'
Robin Singh   65'
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
1 February 2017 6 East Bengal 2–0 Mumbai Kolkata
19:05 IST Willis Plaza   10', 17'
Mehtab Hossain   90+4'
Report Pratik Chaudhari   77'
Steven Dias   83'
Shilton D'Silva   87'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
5 February 2017 7 East Bengal 3–0 Chennai City Kolkata
19:05 IST Robin Singh   38'
Wedson Anselme   50'
Willis Plaza   75'
Lalrindika Ralte   90+6' (pen)
Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
12 February 2017 8 East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan Siliguri
14:35 IST Lalrindika Ralte   44'
Mehtab Hossain   67'
Report Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Attendance: 29067
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
15 February 2017 9 East Bengal 1–1 Shillong Lajong Siliguri
14:35 IST Gurwinder Singh   35'
Willis Plaza   45'
Narayan Das   86'
Report Lalmuanpiua   20'
Chinglensana Singh   60'
Nim Dorjee Tamang   88'
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
20 February 2017 10 Aizawl 1–0 East Bengal Aizawl
14:05 IST Lalramchullova   55'
Laldanmawia Ralte   58'
Report Ivan Bukenya   55'
Lalrindika Ralte   56'
Arnab Mondal   87'
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
25 February 2017 11 Bengaluru 1–3 East Bengal Bengaluru
19:05 IST Harmanjot Khabra   66'
Sunil Chhetri   69'
C.K. Vineeth   85'   88'
Report Wedson Anselme   23'
Robin Singh   54', 59'
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
12 March 2017 14 Chennai City 2–1 East Bengal Chennai
19:05 IST Nanda Kumar   57'
Denson Devadas   77'
K Prasanth   90+2'
Report Willis Plaza   42' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
9 April 2017 15 Mohun Bagan 2-1 East Bengal Siliguri
19:05 IST Raju Gaikwad   17'
Sony Norde   35'
Azharuddin Mallick   43'   43'
Report Willis Plaza   66'
Gurwinder Singh   71'
Chris Payne   75'
Rowllin Borges   90+2'
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
16 April 2017 16 East Bengal 0-1 DSK Shivajians Kolkata
14:35 IST Robin Singh   57' Report Jerry   29'   62'
Jerry Lalrinzuala   38'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Palmson M. Raj
23 April 2017 17 East Bengal 3-1 Minerva Punjab Kolkata
14:30 IST Narayan Das   8'
Wedson Anselme   31'
Robin Singh   52' (pen)
Bikash Jairu   90'
Report Arshdeep Singh   22'
Krishna Pandit   90+4'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Ajit Mettei
29 April 2017 18 Mumbai 0-4 East Bengal Mumbai
19:05 IST Densill Theobald   90' Report Bikash Jairu   7'
Willis Plaza   40', 68'
Wedson Anselme   62'
Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna



Federation Cup edit

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aizawl 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to
semi-finals
2 East Bengal 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3 Chennai City 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 Churchill Brothers 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: AIFF

Knock-out Stage edit

Semi-Finals Final
      
Aizawl 0
Bengaluru FC 1
Bengaluru FC 2
Mohun Bagan 0
Mohun Bagan 2
East Bengal 0

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 May 2017 Group Stage Chennai City 0–2 East Bengal Cuttack
16:00 IST Mehtab Hossain   18'
Robin Singh   45+1', 77' (pen)   45+3'
Willis Plaza   45+2'
Gurwinder Singh   52'
Narayan Das   57'
Report Debabrata   72'
Dharmaraj Ravanan   76'
Stadium: Barabati Stadium
11 May 2017 Group Stage Aizawl 0–0 East Bengal Cuttack
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Barabati Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
14 May 2017 Semi-final Mohun Bagan 2–0 East Bengal Cuttack
16:00 IST Duffy   35'
Sehnaj Singh   74'
B.Singh   84'
Report Gurwinder Singh   40' Stadium: Barabati Stadium
Referee: Santhosh Kumar

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
As of end of 2016-17 season.[6]
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup Bordoloi Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
13 GK   TP Rehnesh 15 15 1 0 16 15
1 GK   Subhasish Roy Chowdhury 3 3 4 4 7 7
30 GK   Luis Barreto 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 7
31 GK   Dibyendu Sarkar 4 4 0 0 4 3 8 7
Defenders
4 DF   Ivan Bukenya 18 17 2 2 20 19
5 DF   Rahul Bheke 6 6 15 15 4 4 25 25
4 DF   Callum Angus 8 7 4 4 12 11
16 DF   Gurwinder Singh 4 4 14 13 3 3 21 20
17 DF   Narayan Das 6 6 13 12 4 4 23 22
19 DF   Robert Lalthlamuana 6 3 7 5 0 0 13 8
50 DF   Anwar Ali 5 4 0 0 5 4
3 DF   Arnab Mondal 7 7 4 2 2 2 13 11
2 DF   Robin Gurung 5 3 0 0 5 3
25 DF   Samad Ali Mallick 4 3 0 0 1 1 5 5 10 9
28 DF   Kaushik Sarkar 2 1 1 1 3 2
29 DF   Deepak Singh 1 0 5 5 6 5
- DF   Aspreet Singh 5 5 5 5
22 DF   Mehtab Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
14 MF   Mehtab Hossain 8 8 16 15 3 3 27 26
10 MF   Wedson Anselme 15 14 4 4 19 18
27 MF   Nikhil Poojari 4 1 14 14 2 1 2 2 22 18
20 MF   Lalrindika Ralte 8 8 13 9 2 0 23 17
12 MF   Rowlin Borges 12 10 4 4 16 14
28 MF   Romeo Fernandes 8 2 1 0 9 2
11 MF   Jackichand Singh 7 3 0 0 7 3
27 MF   Prohlad Roy 4 1 5 5 9 6
34 MF   Abhinash Ruidas 9 7 7 4 0 0 16 11
8 MF   Mohammed Rafique 7 7 5 3 3 2 15 12
23 MF   Bikash Jairu 6 2 4 2 4 4 14 8
7 MF   Cavin Lobo 0 0 2 2 2 1 4 3
21 MF   Do Dong-Hyun 9 6 5 5 14 11
- MF   Yami Longvah 4 4 4 4
- MF   Prakash Sarkar 3 3 3 3
- MF   Lalruatkima 2 1 2 1
18 MF   David Lalrinmuana 1 0 1 0
Forwards
9 FW   Willis Plaza 14 12 4 4 18 16
26 FW   Jiten Murmu 8 8 5 5 13 13
22 FW   Adilaja Somide 7 5 5 5 12 10
24 FW   Robin Singh 14 9 4 1 18 10
21 FW   Thongkhosiem Haokip 8 3 0 0 8 3
6 FW   Chris Payne 7 6 7 6
15 FW   Ildar Amirov 2 1 2 1

Goal Scorers edit

Goals for East Bengal in 2016–17 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL Bordoloi I League Fed Cup Total
1 9 FW   Willis Plaza 9 0 9
10 FW   Wedson Anselme 8 1 9
21 FW   Do Dong-Hyun 4 3 7
4 24 FW   Robin Singh 5 2 7
5 22 FW   Adilaja Somide 1 4 5
6 26 FW   Jiten Murmu 3 2 5
20 MF   Lalrindika Ralte 3 1 0 4
8 4 DF   Ivan Bukenya 3 0 3
6 FW   Chris Payne 3 3
10 3 DF   Arnab Mondal 2 0 0 2
23 MF   Bikash Jairu 0 2 0 2
33 MF   Prohlad Roy 0 2 2
13 4 DF   Calum Angus 1 1
5 DF   Rahul Bheke 1 0 0 1
8 MF   Mohammed Rafique 1 0 0 1
12 MF   Rowlin Borges 1 0 1
21 FW   Thongkhosiem Haokip 1 0 1
27 MF   Nikhil Poojari 0 1 0 0 1
MF   Yami Longvah 1 1
Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 16 13 33 3 65

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Goal.com". Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Senior Team". East Bengal Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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  6. ^ "East Bengal FC - Squad". Soccerway.