2009–10 East Bengal FC season

East Bengal

2009–10 season
President	Dr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-Coach	Subhash Bhowmick (until 25 October 2009) Philippe De Ridder (from 6 November 2009)
Ground	Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground
I-League	9th
Calcutta Football League	3rd
Federation Cup	Champions
IFA Shield	Group Stage
Durand Cup	Group Stage
E. K. Nayanar Cup	Group Stage
AFC Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Yusif Yakubu (9) All: Yusif Yakubu (13)
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The 2009–10 season is East Bengal Football Club's 3rd season in the I-League, and also marks the club's 90th season. East Bengal will seek to win their first league trophy for 5 seasons, competing in the I-League, the Federation Cup and the AFC Cup.

Squad

For the 2009–10 season.
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 Abhra Mondal — GK IND Arup Debnath — GK IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu — GK IND Priyant Kumar Singh 2 DF IND Ravinder Singh 4 DF NGA Uga Samuel Okpara 19 DF IND Syed Rahim Nabi [Captain] 29 DF IND Saumik Dey 26 DF IND Mehrajuddin Wadoo — DF IND Govin Singh 3 DF IND Nirmal Chettri — DF IND Wasim Feroz — DF IND Saheb Ali Mondal — DF IND Jeevan Singh 33 DF IND Saikat Saha Roy — DF IND Sayantan Das Roy 7 MF IND Harmanjot Singh Khabra

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF IND Riston Rodrigues 9 MF IND Alvito D'Cunha 24 MF IND Mumtaz Akhtar 32 MF IND Beikhokhei Beingaichho 14 MF IND Mehtab Hossain 12 MF IND Renedy Singh 11 MF IND Sanju Pradhan 17 MF IND Chhangte Malsawmkima 42 MF IND Poibang Poshnua 18 MF AUS Srećko Mitrović 15 FW IND Baichung Bhutia 25 FW GHA Abel Hammond 20 FW GHA Yusif Yakubu 6 FW IND Subhash Singh 6 FW IND Budhiram Tudu 6 FW IND Bijen Singh

• Coach: Philippe De Ridder
• Asst coach: Tushar Rakshit
• Goalkeeper coach: Atanu Bhattacharya
• Team doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta
• Team manager: Swapan Ball, Gopal Ghosh

Stadiums

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.

Pre Season tour of Myanmar

In 2009, under coach Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal FC toured Myanmar in August for a set of friendlies as a part of their pre-season campaign after a heavy training camp in Puri, Odisha. The Red and Gold brigade had imported players like Jan Berger, Omar Sebastián Monesterolo and Ramez Dayoub, however, the latter could not be a part of the team since his previous club Safa SC denied transfer clearance.

East Bengal played 4 friendly games in Myanmar against Myanmar National League teams, in which they won 2, drew 1 and lost 1 before returning to Kolkata.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Yadanarbon v East Bengal

Yangon United v East Bengal

Okktha United v East Bengal

Magwe v East Bengal

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position
IFA Shield	3 September 2009	5 September 2009	Group Stage
Durand Cup	16 September 2009	18 September 2009	Group Stage
Calcutta Football League	21 October 2009	12 May 2010	3rd
I-League	3 October 2009	27 May 2009	9th
Federation Cup	22 December 2009	3 January 2010	Champions
E.K. Nayanar Cup	16 February 2010	19 February 2010	Group Stage
AFC Cup	10 March 2010	27 April 2010	Group Stage

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IFA Shield

Main article: 2009 IFA Shield

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chirag United	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Tata Football Academy	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
East Bengal	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

Source:

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v TFA

East Bengal v Chirag United

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Durand Cup

Main article: 2009 Durand Cup

Group D

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Shillong Lajong

16 September 2009 Group Stage	East Bengal	0–1	Shillong Lajong	Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi
16:30 IST		Report	Kyrshan Lynshing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 60'

East Bengal v Mahindra United

18 September 2009 Group Stage	East Bengal	0–2	Mahindra United	Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi
16:30 IST		Report	Md. Rafi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 62', 65'

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Calcutta Football League

Main article: Calcutta Football League

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Eastern Railway

21 October 2009 1	East Bengal	4–0	Eastern Railway	Barasat Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Nirmal Chettri Error creating thumbnail: File missing 34', 55' Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 42' Budhiram Tudu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 89'	Report		Man of the Match: Nirmal Chettri (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Railway FC

18 November 2009 2	East Bengal	2–2	Railway FC	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Beikhokhei Beingaichho Error creating thumbnail: File missing 30' Srećko Mitrović Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85'	Report	Sankha Roy Chowdhury Error creating thumbnail: File missing 65' (pen) Kaltu Hembrom Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90+3'	Man of the Match: Kaltu Hembrom (Railway)

East Bengal v Tollygunge Agragami

27 November 2009 3	East Bengal	1–2	Tollygunge Agragami	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Harmanjot Khabra Error creating thumbnail: File missing 42'	Report	Nuruddin Error creating thumbnail: File missing 14', 80'	Man of the Match: Nuruddin (Tollygunge Agragami)

East Bengal v Calcutta Port Trust

6 December 2009 4	East Bengal	4–2	Calcutta Port Trust	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Budhiram Tudu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 12', 72' Abel Hammond Error creating thumbnail: File missing 58' Harmanjot Khabra Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70'	Report	Henry Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37', 45'	Man of the Match: Budhiram Tudu (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Kalighat Club

9 December 2009 5	East Bengal	1–0	Kalighat Club	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Budhiram Tudu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 8'	Report		Man of the Match: Kunal Ghosh (Kalighat)

East Bengal v Chirag United

12 December 2009 6	East Bengal	0–0	Chirag United	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST		Report		Man of the Match: Priyant Singh (East Bengal)

East Bengal v WB Police

7 February 2010 7	East Bengal	3–0	WB Police	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Abel Hammond Error creating thumbnail: File missing 50' (pen), 60' Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90'	Report		Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Peerless

East Bengal v Calcutta Customs

12 February 2010 9	East Bengal	1–1	Calcutta Customs	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Bijen Singh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45'	Report	Raja Sheikkh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 39'	Man of the Match: Amit Rajbansi (Calcutta Customs)

East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting

27 February 2010 10	East Bengal	0–0	Mohammedan Sporting	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Uga Okpara  88' Alvito D'Cunha  90'	Report	Eduardo  88' Dipankar Roy  90'	Referee: Biplab Poddar Man of the Match: Anupam Sarkar (Mohammedan SC)

East Bengal v Kalighat MS

9 April 2010 11	East Bengal	6–1	Kalighat MS	Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah
14:30 IST	Budhiram Tudu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 30' Sanju Pradhan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 52', 62', 74' Subhash Singh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 80' Kima Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90'	Report	Subhankar Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 42'	Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Mohammedan AC

13 April 2010 12	East Bengal	3–1	Mohammedan AC	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Renedy Singh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 12' (pen) Budhiram Tudu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 23', 80'	Report	Md. Yasin Error creating thumbnail: File missing 87'	Man of the Match: Mumtaz Akhtar (East Bengal)

East Bengal v BNR

17 April 2010 13	East Bengal	0–0	BNR	Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah
14:30 IST		Report		Man of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

24 April 2010 14	East Bengal	0–0	Mohun Bagan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Harmanjot Khabra  73'	Report		Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal)

East Bengal v George Telegraph

12 May 2010 15	East Bengal	4–0	George Telegraph	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
14:30 IST	Riston Rodrigues Error creating thumbnail: File missing 35' Budhiram Tudu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 48', 74' Abel Hammond Error creating thumbnail: File missing 82'	Report		Man of the Match: Budhiram Tudu (East Bengal)

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Federation Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Bengal	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Salgaocar SC	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Viva Kerala	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
JCT Mills Football Club	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Source:

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Viva Kerala

22 December 2009 Group Stage	East Bengal	0–0	Viva Kerala	Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium, Silchar
14:30 IST

East Bengal v Salgaocar

24 December 2009 Group Stage	East Bengal	1–0	Salgaocar	Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium, Silchar
14:30 IST	Yusif Yakubu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 15'

East Bengal v JCT

27 December 2009 Group Stage	East Bengal	1–0	JCT	Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium, Silchar
14:30 IST	Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 80'

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

Shillong Lajong v East Bengal

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E.K. Nayanar Gold Cup

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Pune F.C.

16 February 2010 Group Stage	East Bengal	0–0	Pune F.C.	Kannur
14:30 IST

East Bengal v Chirag United

East Bengal v Shillong Lajong F.C.

19 February 2010 Group Stage	East Bengal	0–0	Shillong Lajong F.C.	Kannur
18:30 IST

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I League

Main article: 2009–10 I-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	JCT	26	8	8	10	26	29	−3	32
8	Prayag United	26	8	8	10	33	39	−6	32
9	East Bengal	26	7	10	9	27	31	−4	31	2011 AFC Cup group stage
10	Viva Kerala	26	7	9	10	25	36	−11	30
11	Mumbai	26	6	11	9	24	26	−2	29

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pune F.C. v East Bengal

3 October 2009 1	Pune F.C.	0–0	East Bengal	Pune Stadium, Pune
18:30 IST

Mahindra United F.C. v East Bengal

East Bengal v JCT F.C.

11 October 2009 3	East Bengal	0–0	JCT F.C.	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
17:30 IST

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

25 October 2009 4	East Bengal	3–5	Mohun Bagan	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
17:30 IST	Nirmal Chettri Error creating thumbnail: File missing 9' Yusif Yakubu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 35', 44'		Chidi Edeh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 17', 33', 46', 66' Manish Maithani Error creating thumbnail: File missing 22'	Attendance: 90,000 Man of the Match: Chidi Edeh (Mohun Bagan)

East Bengal v Salgaocar S.C.

Chirag Kerala v East Bengal

Air India F.C. v East Bengal

East Bengal v Shillong Lajong F.C.

Chirag United SC v East Bengal

Mumbai F.C. v East Bengal

16 January 2010 10	Mumbai F.C.	0–0	East Bengal	Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
18:30 IST

East Bengal v Churchill Brothers S.C.

Dempo S.C. v East Bengal

29 January 2010 12	Dempo S.C.	0–0	East Bengal	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
18:30 IST

Sporting Clube de Goa v East Bengal

East Bengal v Pune F.C.

Shillong Lajong F.C. v East Bengal

East Bengal v Mahindra United F.C.

East Bengal v Air India F.C.

21 March 2010 17	East Bengal	0–2	Air India F.C.	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
18:30 IST			K Patil Error creating thumbnail: File missing 31' N Opara Error creating thumbnail: File missing 77'

Salgaocar S.C. v East Bengal

East Bengal v Mumbai F.C.

East Bengal v Sporting Clube de Goa

East Bengal v Chirag United

JCT F.C. v East Bengal

Mohun Bagan v East Bengal

Churchill Brothers S.C. v East Bengal

East Bengal v Chirag Kerala

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AFC Cup

Main article: 2010 AFC Cup

Group stage

2010 AFC Cup group stage

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Al-Ittihad

Al-Nejmeh v East Bengal

17 March 2010	Al-Nejmeh	3–0	East Bengal	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut
18:00 (UTC+2)	Diop Error creating thumbnail: File missing 19' Atwi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 23' Najjarin Error creating thumbnail: File missing 48' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Bin Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

East Bengal v Al-Qadsia

Al-Qadsia v East Bengal

Al-Ittihad v East Bengal

East Bengal v Al-Nejmeh

27 April 2010	East Bengal	0–4	Al-Nejmeh	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
15:00 (UTC+5:30)		Report	Atwi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3', 41' Cisse Error creating thumbnail: File missing 36' Najarin Error creating thumbnail: File missing 68'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Pandian Palaniyandi (Singapore)

Statistics

Appearances

Only for competitive fixtures.

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

Appearances for East Bengal in 2009–10 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL		I League		Fed Cup		IFA Shield		Durand Cup		E.K. Nayanar		AFC Cup		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Abhra Mondal	3	3	17	17	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	31	31
30	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	3	3	6	6											9	9
24	GK		Arup Debnath			2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1					4	4
21	GK		Avijit Ghosh	4	4	1	1											5	5
31	GK		Priyant Singh	5	5									1	1	3	3	9	9
Defenders
19	DF		Syed Rahim Nabi	4	3	25	25	2	2	2	2	1	1			2	2	36	35
26	DF		Mehrajuddin Wadoo	1	1	22	22	5	4	1	1	1	1			5	4	35	33
4	DF		Uga Okpara	7	7	21	21	5	5							4	4	37	37
3	DF		Nirmal Chettri	3	3	19	19	5	5	1	1	1	1			4	4	33	33
34	DF		Govin Singh	3	3	10	10	0	0	2	2	2	1			3	3	20	19
29	DF		Saumik Dey	5	5	9	9	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	26	25
33	DF		Saikat Saha Roy	11	9	6	5	1	0	2	1			2	2	0	0	22	17
20	DF		Poibang Pohshna	10	9	3	3							2	2			15	14
2	DF		Wasim Feroz	10	9					1	1			2	2			13	12
16	DF		Saheb Ali Mondal	11	10							1	1	2	2	2	1	16	14
17	DF		Jeevan Singh	3	3							1	0					4	3
	DF		Sayantan Das Roy	2	2											2	2	4	4
	DF		Sontu Das	1	1													1	1
Midfielders
14	MF		Mehtab Hossain	9	9	25	25	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	5	47	47
22	MF		Sanju Pradhan	8	6	23	14	5	5	1	1	2	0	1	1	4	3	44	30
9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	8	0	21	13	4	4			2	1	1	0	6	4	42	22
7	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	11	9	20	12	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	2	5	4	46	33
27	MF		Beikhokhei Beingaichho	8	7	16	13	2	2	1	1	2	1			4	4	33	28
8	MF		Renedy Singh	3	3	5	4					2	2			2	1	12	10
18	MF		Riston Fernandes	6	5	4	4	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1			15	14
10	MF		Srecko Mitrovic	2	2	4	4											6	6
23	MF		Mumtaz Akhtar	11	10	4	1	2	0					2	2	2	2	21	15
	MF		Jan Berger							1	1	1	1					2	2
28	MF		Malswamkima	7	4											2	0	9	4
	MF		NG Beirona	0	0									2	2			2	2
	MF		Suman Dey	4	4									1	1			5	5
Forwards
12	FW		Yusif Yakubu			21	19	5	5							5	5	31	29
6	FW		Abel Hammond	10	8	19	18							2	0	5	4	36	30
15	FW		Bhaichung Bhutia	2	0	15	9	3	0							2	2	22	11
24	FW		Subhash Singh	3	3	10	6	5	5	2	2	2	2			2	2	24	20
35	FW		Budhiram Tudu	11	7	7	4	3	0					1	1	2	1	24	13
30	FW		Edmilson Marques Pardal							2	2							2	2
30	FW		Omar Sebastián Monesterolo									2	2					2	2
	FW		Abhijit Sarkar	2	2													2	2
32	FW		Goutam Khujur	2	2					2	0							4	2
25	FW		Bijen Singh	4	4													4	4

Goal Scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2009–10 season
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL	I-League	Fed Cup	IFA Shield	Durand	E.K. Nayanar	AFC Cup	Total
1	12	FW		Yusif Yakubu		9	2				2	13
2	6	FW		Abel Hammond	5	6	0			1	0	12
3	35	FW		Budhiram Tudu	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
4	22	MF		Sanju Pradhan	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
5	14	MF		Mehtab Hossain	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
	19	DF		Syed Rahim Nabi	1	2	0	1	0		0	4
	27	MF		Beikhokhei Beingaichho	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
8	3	DF		Nirmal Chettri	2	1	0	0	0		0	3
	24	FW		Subhash Singh	1	0	0	1	0		1	3
	7	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
12	15	FW		Bhaichung Bhutia	0	1	1				0	2
	18	MF		Riston Rodrigues	1	0	0	1	0		0	2
14	8	MF		Renedy Singh	1	0					0	1
	10	MF		Srećko Mitrović	1	0						1
	20	MF		Poibang Pohshna	1							1
	25	FW		Bijen Singh	1							1
	28	MF		Malsawmkima	1					0	0	1
Own Goals					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total					34	27	4	3	0	1	5	74

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