2005–06 East Bengal FC season

East Bengal
2005–06 season
President	Dr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-Coach	Subhash Bhowmick; (until 2 December 2005); Bikash Panji; (until 15 December 2005); Philippe De Ridder; (from 15 December 2005)
Ground	Salt Lake Stadium; East Bengal Ground
National Football League	Runners-up
Calcutta Football League	Runners-up
Federation Cup	Quarter-Finals
IFA Shield	Group Stage
Durand Cup	Group Stage
Super Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Bhaichung Bhutia (12); All: Bhaichung Bhutia (12)
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	← 2004–05 2006-07 →

The 2005–06 season was East Bengal's 10th season in the National Football League and 86th season in existence.

Competitions[edit | edit source]

Overall[edit | edit source]

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position
Calcutta Football League	31 July 2005	30 September 2005	Runners-Up
Federation Cup	19 October 2005	23 October 2005	Quarter-Finals
IFA Shield	24 November 2005	1 December 2005	Semi-Finals
Durand Cup	11 December 2005	13 December 2005	Group Stage
National Football League	10 January 2006	15 May 2006	Runners-Up
Super Cup	27 May 2006		Champions

Overview[edit | edit source]

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Calcutta Football League[edit | edit source]

East Bengal finished the 2005 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 34 points from 14 matches, 6 points behind champions Mohun Bagan.^[2]

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss

31 July 2005 1	East Bengal	0–0	EverReady	Kolkata
		Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground

5 August 2005 2	East Bengal	2–1	Tollygunge Agragami	Kolkata
	Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70', 88'	Report	Sheikh Azim Error creating thumbnail: File missing 80'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground

9 August 2005 3	East Bengal	3–0	Calcutta Port Trust	Kolkata
	Saumik Dey Error creating thumbnail: File missing 78' Dipankar Roy Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85' Sasthi Duley Error creating thumbnail: File missing 89'	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground

14 August 2005 4	East Bengal	2–1	Mohammedan Sporting	Kolkata
	Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 73', 90'	Report	Suman Datta Error creating thumbnail: File missing 36'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

18 August 2005 5	East Bengal	0–1	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
		Report	Gley Yao Rodrigue Error creating thumbnail: File missing 17'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dave Roberts

22 August 2005 6	East Bengal	4–0	Eastern Railway	Kolkata
	I.M. Vijayan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 26', 58' Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 53' Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 65'	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground

25 August 2005 7	East Bengal	2–0	George Telegraph	Kolkata
	I.M. Vijayan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 11' Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing 87'	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground

3 September 2005 8	Mohun Bagan	1–0	East Bengal	Kolkata
	Gley Yao Rodrigue Error creating thumbnail: File missing 42'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Sarkar

8 September 2005 9	EverReady	1–2	East Bengal	Kolkata
	Snehashis Chakroborty Error creating thumbnail: File missing 66'	Report	Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 29' Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground

13 September 2005 10	Tollygunge Agragami	1–3	East Bengal	Kolkata
	Prasanta Chakraborty Error creating thumbnail: File missing 44'	Report	Manoj Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3' (o.g.) Bernard Pires Error creating thumbnail: File missing 19' RC Prakash Error creating thumbnail: File missing 89'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground

17 September 2005 11	Mohammedan Sporting	0–3	East Bengal	Kolkata
		Report	Arun Malhotra Error creating thumbnail: File missing 4' Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 54' Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 67'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

22 September 2005 12	Calcutta Port Trust	1–2	East Bengal	Kolkata
	Srimanta Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 88'	Report	Kalia Kulothungan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 80' Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 81'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground

27 September 2005 13	George Telegraph	0–1	East Bengal	Kolkata
		Report	Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 47'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground

30 September 2005 14	Eastern Railway	0–1	East Bengal	Kolkata
		Report	Gouranga Datta Error creating thumbnail: File missing 73'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground

Federation Cup[edit | edit source]

East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Air India and won 3–1 with goals from Sydney Nkalanga, Dipankar Roy and Mike Okoro. Syed Rahim Nabi scored an own-goal in the dying minutes to give consolation to Air India.^[3] In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost to Churchill Brothers in the sudden-death after the game ended 0–0 after 120 minutes.^[4]

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss

19 October 2005 Pre-Quarter Final	East Bengal	3–1	Air India	Margao
	Sydney Nkalanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing 9' Dipankar Roy Error creating thumbnail: File missing 44' Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 58'	Report	Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Man of the Match: Mike Okoro (East Bengal).

23 October 2005 Quarter-Final	East Bengal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (9–10 p)	Churchill Brothers	Margao
		Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: S Suresh
	Penalties
	Mike Okoro Liswa Nduti Jatin Singh Sydney Nkalanga Syed Rahim Nabi Covan Lawrence Muttah Suresh Saumik Dey I.M. Vijayan Kalia Kulothungan Error creating thumbnail: File missing		Jotin Singh Syed Hussain Sony P T Vanlalrova Ngozi Tony Chitra Singh Vinay Singh Villroy D'Cruz Amjad Hussain Abba Muritala

IFA Shield[edit | edit source]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Bengal	2	1	1	6	4	+2	3
Mohammedan Sporting	2	1	1	3	3	0	3
Mohun Bagan	2	1	1	2	4	−2	3

Source: 111th IFA Shield 2005

East Bengal was grouped alongside the other two Kolkata Giants Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting in Group A. East Bengal lost 2–3 against Mohammedan Sporting in the opening game.^[5] However, in the second game, against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, East Bengal registered a 4–1 win with goals from Chandan Das, Mike Okoro and a brace from Alvito D'Cunha.^[6] In the semi-finals, East Bengal faced EverReady and surprisingly lost 2–1 with Chibueze Francis Maduako scoring a brace for EverReady after Kalia Kulothungan put East Bengal ahead in the 3rd minute.^[7]^[8]

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss

24 November 2005 Group Stage	East Bengal	2–3	Mohammedan Sporting	Kolkata
	Chandan Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 66' Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing 86'	Report	Okonji Onyelo Patrick Error creating thumbnail: File missing 42' Satyajit Bose Error creating thumbnail: File missing 69' Mputu Bolwe Error creating thumbnail: File missing 77'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S Suresh Man of the Match: Patrick Okonji Onyelo (Md Sporting)

27 November 2005 Group Stage	East Bengal	4–1	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
	Chandan Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 9' Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 29' Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 43', 90+3'	Report	Akeem Abul Alem Error creating thumbnail: File missing 14'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Sarkar Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)

1 December 2005 Semi-Final	East Bengal	1–2	EverReady	Kolkata
	Kalia Kulothungan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3'	Report	Chibueze Francis Maduako Error creating thumbnail: File missing 24', 90+2'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S. Suresh Man of the Match: Chibueze Francis Maduako (EverReady)

Durand Cup[edit | edit source]

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
JCT	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6
East Bengal	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
HAL	2	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: 118th Durand Cup 2005

East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT and HAL in Group D. East Bengal won 2–0 against HAL in the opening fixture withgoals from RC Prakash and Jatin Singh Bisht.^[9] However, they lost 1–2 against JCT as they were eliminated from the group stages.^[10]^[11]

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss

11 December 2005 Group Stage	East Bengal	2–0	HAL	Delhi
	RC Prakash Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7' Jatin Singh Bisht Error creating thumbnail: File missing 22'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

13 December 2005 Group Stage	East Bengal	1–2	JCT	Delhi
	Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 57'	Report	Parveen Kumar Error creating thumbnail: File missing 33' Renedy Singh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 63'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

National Football League[edit | edit source]

League table[edit | edit source]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mahindra United	17	11	3	3	27	13	+14	36	Champions
2	East Bengal	17	9	4	4	25	16	+9	31
3	Mohun Bagan	17	8	6	3	17	10	+7	30
4	Sporting Goa	17	6	7	4	24	16	+8	25
5	Dempo	17	6	7	4	29	22	+7	25

Source: 10th National Football League

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss Void

10 January 2006 1	East Bengal	1–0	Mohammedan Sporting	Kolkata
	Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 78'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S Suresh Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)

15 January 2006 2	East Bengal	1–1	Salgaocar	Kolkata
	Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 33'	Report	Fabio dos Passos Error creating thumbnail: File missing 60'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Deepak Kumar Dey Man of the Match: Fabio dos Passos (Salgaocar)

22 January 2006 3	Mohun Bagan	0–0	East Bengal	Kolkata
		Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul Haq Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)

25 January 2006 4	East Bengal	2–0	Fransa-Pax	Kolkata
	Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 8' Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 82'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)

29 January 2006 5	East Bengal	0–0	Air India	Kolkata
		Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Syed Sujauddin / Dinesh Nair^{[lower-alpha 2]} Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (East Bengal)

2 February 2006 6	JCT	0–1	East Bengal	Ludhiana
		Report	Narinder Singh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 9' (o.g.)	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: Deepak Bisht Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (JCT)

6 February 2006 7	East Bengal	0–1	Mahindra United	Kolkata
		Report	Jose Ramirez Barreto Error creating thumbnail: File missing 68'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: James Lukram Singh (Mahindra)

18 March 2006 8	East Bengal	4–3	Sporting Club de Goa	Kolkata
	Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 30', 60', 87' Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 65'	Report	Hardip Singh Saini Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45' Chidi Edeh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 55' Bibiano Fernandes Error creating thumbnail: File missing 86'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Komaleeswaran Shankar Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)

26 March 2006 9	East Bengal	5–3	Dempo	Kolkata
	Ndem Guy Herve Error creating thumbnail: File missing 13' Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 24' Debabrata Roy Error creating thumbnail: File missing 69', 77' Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 71'	Report	Majekodumni Bolaji Error creating thumbnail: File missing 34' Ranti Martins Error creating thumbnail: File missing 76' (pen), 85'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: N Mohan Man of the Match: Debabrata Roy (East Bengal)

2 April 2006 10	Mohammedan Sporting	0–2	East Bengal	Kolkata
		Report	Ndem Guy Herve Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2' Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 54'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: N Mohan Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (East Bengal)

8 April 2006 11	East Bengal	3–1	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
	Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 48' Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing 62' Gouranga Datta Error creating thumbnail: File missing 89'	Report	Dharamjit Singh 30' Mehtab Hossain Error creating thumbnail: File missing 72'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)

16 April 2006 12	Dempo	1–3	East Bengal	Margao
	Johnny D'Cruz Error creating thumbnail: File missing 35'	Report	Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 63' Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 71' Dipankar Roy Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: N Mohan Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)

20 April 2006 13	Mahindra United	1–0	East Bengal	Mumbai
	Yusif Yakubu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45+1' (pen)	Report		Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: Pradip Kuma Man of the Match: Irungbam Surkumar Singh (Mahindra United)

23 April 2006 14	Air India	1–1	East Bengal	Mumbai
	Vijith Shetty Error creating thumbnail: File missing 17'	Report	Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 29'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: Abdul Saleem Man of the Match: Paresh Shivalkar (Air-India)

30 April 2006 15	Salgaocar	1–0	East Bengal	Margao
	Micky Fernandes Error creating thumbnail: File missing 81'	Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: N Mohan Man of the Match: Micky Fernandes (Salgaocar)

8 May 2006 16	Sporting Club de Goa	3–1	East Bengal	Margao
	Chidi Edeh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 11' Hardip Singh Saini Error creating thumbnail: File missing 33' Dudu Omagbemi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 35'	Report	Bhaichung Bhutia Error creating thumbnail: File missing 28'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: P Bhaskar Man of the Match: Hardip Singh Saini (Sporting Clube)

15 May 2006 17	East Bengal	1–0	JCT	Kolkata
	Jayanta Sen Error creating thumbnail: File missing 25'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A Arjunan Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal)

21 May 2006 18	Fransa-Pax	n/p	East Bengal	Margao
				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Note: Fransa-Pax team withdrew from the National League midway.^[12]

Super Cup[edit | edit source]

Since Mahindra United won both the 2005-06 National Football League and the 2005 Federation Cup, National League runner-up East Bengal faced them in the 2006 Indian Super Cup and won 2–1 with goals from Ndem Guy Herve and Alvito D'Cunha.^[13]

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

Win Draw Loss

27 May 2005	Mahindra United	1–2	East Bengal	Mumbai
14:30 IST	Yusif Yakubu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 65'	Report	Ndem Guy Herve Error creating thumbnail: File missing 23' Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 33'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: S Suresh Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

Appearances for East Bengal in 2005–06 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL		NFL		Fed Cup		IFA Shield		Durand Cup		Super Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Naseem Akhtar	4	4	8	8			2	2	2	2			16	16
21	GK		Abhra Mondal	4	4	2	2			1	1					7	7
24	GK		Rajat Ghosh Dastidar	7	6	7	7	2	2					1	1	17	16
Defenders
2	DF		Muttah Suresh	5	4	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	18	15
5	DF		Habibur Rehman Mondal	4	4	3	2					2	2			9	8
12	DF		Arun Malhotra	7	7			1	1	1	1					9	9
12	DF		Anupam Sarkar			15	15									15	15
16	DF		Covan Lawrence	11	10	11	11	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	30	28
17	DF		Surya Bikash Chakraborty	4	4	1	1									5	5
22	DF		Debabrata Roy	5	5	10	3	2	2	1	1			1	1	19	12
26	DF	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Ngassa Guy Martial			12	12							1	1	13	13
27	DF		Gurpreet Singh	4	4					3	2					7	6
29	DF		Saumik Dey	11	11	11	11	1	1	2	2	2	2			27	27
	DF		Debkumar Sashmal	7	5											7	5
	DF		Debjit Ghosh	7	6					2	1					9	7
Midfielders
6	MF		Dipankar Roy	7	7	9	0	2	1	1	1			1	0	20	9
7	MF		Jayanta Sen	6	3	15	15							1	1	22	19
8	MF		Sasthi Duley	8	8	10	5			3	3			1	1	22	17
9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	7	6	12	7	1	1	2	2			1	1	23	17
11	MF		Kalia Kulothungan	8	4	10	8			3	1			1	0	22	13
14	MF		Chandan Das	7	2					2	2	1	1			10	5
18	MF		Tushar Rakshit	3	0											3	0
19	MF		Syed Rahim Nabi	12	11	15	14	2	2					1	1	30	28
20	MF	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Ndem Guy Herve			13	13							1	1	14	14
27	MF		Amandeep Singh	1	1	1	1									2	2
28	MF		Shylo Malsawmtluanga	10	7	17	17	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	1	33	27
30	MF		Bernard Pires	5	5	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	2			13	10
32	MF		Gouranga Dutta	3	1	11	7							1	1	15	9
	MF		Jatin Singh Bisht	11	8			2	2			1	1			14	11
	MF		Sandip Das	5	5											5	5
	MF	Template:Country data DRC Template:Preview warning	Liswa Nduti					2	1	1	0	2	2			5	3
Forwards
10	FW		Mike Okoro	2	1	9	6	2	2	3	3	2	2			18	14
12	FW		I.M. Vijayan	5	3			2	0							7	3
15	FW		Bhaichung Bhutia			16	16									16	16
25	FW		R.C. Prakash	8	6	2	2			1	0	2	1			13	9
	FW		Sydney Nkalanga					2	2	3	3	2	2			7	7

Goal scorers[edit | edit source]

Goals for East Bengal in 2005–06 season
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL	NFL	Fed Cup	IFA Shield	Durand Cup	Super Cup	Total
1	15	FW		Bhaichung Bhutia		12					12
2	19	MF		Syed Rahim Nabi	8	3	0	0	0	0	11
3	9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	2	0	0	2	0	1	5
3	10	FW		Mike Okoro	1	1	1	1	1	0	5
5	28	MF		Shylo Malsawmtluanga	2	1	0	1	0	0	4
6	6	MF		Dipankar Roy	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
	12	FW		I.M. Vijayan	3		0	0	0		3
	20	MF	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Ndem Guy Herve		2				1	3
9	11	MF		Kalia Kulothungan	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
	14	MF		Chandan Das	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
	22	DF		Debabrata Roy	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
	25	FW		R.C. Prakash	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
	32	MF		Gouranga Dutta	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
14	7	MF		Jayanta Sen	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	8	MF		Sasthi Duley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	12	DF		Arun Malhotra	1		0	0	0	0	1
	29	DF		Saumik Dey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	30	MF		Bernard Pires	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
		FW		Sydney Nkalanga			1	0	0		1
		MF		Jatin Singh Bisht	0		0	0	1	0	1
Own goals					1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Total					25	25	3	7	3	2	65

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ Caretaker manager after Subhash Bhowmick was sacked for legal reasons.^[1]
↑ replaced in 2nd Half due to illness.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Deputy coach takes over East Bengal for Durand Cup". Zee News. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava (31 January 2008). "Calcutta Super Division League (IFA)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
↑ "East Bengal too good for Air India". Rediff News. 19 October 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
↑ "Churchill hand East Bengal sudden death". Rediff News. 23 October 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
↑ "Md. Sporting shock East Bengal 3-2 - IFA SHIELD - Patrick sets up win for black-and white brigade". The Telegraph India. 25 November 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
↑ "Bagan made to pay for goalkeeper's errors - IFA shield - Alvito sets up 4-1 rout for East Bengal". The Telegraph India. 28 November 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
↑ "Francis brace takes Ever-Ready to final - IFA SHIELD East Bengal crash out". The Telegraph India. 2 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava (9 January 2007). "111th IFA Shield 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
↑ "East Bengal overcome HASC 2-0 in opener - Durand Cup - Army XI pip Dempo to semis after draw of lots". The Telegraph India. 12 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
↑ "East Bengal shown Durand exit door by JCT". Outlook India. 13 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava (9 January 2007). "118th Durand Cup 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
↑ "Fransa Pax Club to be disbanded from tomorrow: Pacheco". Outlook India. 23 March 2006. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
↑ PTI (28 May 2006). "East Bengal lift Super Cup". The Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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[2] Caretaker manager after Subhash Bhowmick was sacked for legal reasons.^[1]

[13] replaced in 2nd Half due to illness.

[1] "Deputy coach takes over East Bengal for Durand Cup". Zee News. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[3] Chaudhuri, Arunava (31 January 2008). "Calcutta Super Division League (IFA)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[4] "East Bengal too good for Air India". Rediff News. 19 October 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[5] "Churchill hand East Bengal sudden death". Rediff News. 23 October 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[6] "Md. Sporting shock East Bengal 3-2 - IFA SHIELD - Patrick sets up win for black-and white brigade". The Telegraph India. 25 November 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[7] "Bagan made to pay for goalkeeper's errors - IFA shield - Alvito sets up 4-1 rout for East Bengal". The Telegraph India. 28 November 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[8] "Francis brace takes Ever-Ready to final - IFA SHIELD East Bengal crash out". The Telegraph India. 2 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[9] Chaudhuri, Arunava (9 January 2007). "111th IFA Shield 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[10] "East Bengal overcome HASC 2-0 in opener - Durand Cup - Army XI pip Dempo to semis after draw of lots". The Telegraph India. 12 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[11] "East Bengal shown Durand exit door by JCT". Outlook India. 13 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[12] Chaudhuri, Arunava (9 January 2007). "118th Durand Cup 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[14] "Fransa Pax Club to be disbanded from tomorrow: Pacheco". Outlook India. 23 March 2006. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[15] PTI (28 May 2006). "East Bengal lift Super Cup". The Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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