2002–03 East Bengal FC season

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East Bengal
2002–03 season
ChairmanPranab Dasgupta
ManagerSubhash Bhowmick
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
National Football LeagueChampions[1]
Calcutta Football LeagueChampions[2]
Durand CupChampions[3]
IFA ShieldChampions[4]
Independence Day CupChampions[5]

The 2002–03 season is East Bengal Football Club's 7th season in the National Football League, and also marks the club's 83rd season. Coached by Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal won all five trophies from the five tournaments they participated in, including their second National league title, competing in the 2002–03 NFL. They also won the 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 Durand Cup and 2002 IFA Shield and the 2002 Independence Day Cup. This was the third instance in the history of East Bengal club that the club had won 5 trophies in a season, the other two back in 1972 and 1973 during P.K. Banerjee's reign.[6]

First-team squad[edit | edit source]

East Bengal FC squad for the 2002–03 season.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Sangram Mukherjee
— GK India IND Sandip Nandy
— GK India IND Satish Kumar
— GK India IND Arpan Dey.
— DF India IND Suley Musah
— DF India IND Surya Bikash Chakravarty
— DF India IND Amjad Ali Khan
— DF India IND Subhasis Roy Chaudhury
— DF India IND Deepak Mondal
— DF India IND M Suresh
— DF India IND Arun Malhotra
— DF India IND Raju Singh.
— DF India IND Anit Ghosh
— MF India IND Douglas De Silva
— MF India IND Malsawmtluanga
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND S. Venkatesh
— MF India IND Chandan Das
— MF India IND Sashti Duley
— MF India IND Dipankar Roy
— MF India IND Tushar Rakshit
— MF India IND Sankarlal Chakraborty
— MF India IND Soumitra Chakravarty
— MF India IND Swarup Chatterjee.
— MF India IND Alvito D'Cunha
— FW India IND Mike Okoro
— FW India IND Gilmar Da Silva
— FW India IND Trijit Das
— FW India IND Kalia Kulothungan
— FW India IND Kaustav Ghosh

Stadiums[edit | edit source]

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground since 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.

Competitions[edit | edit source]

Overall[edit | edit source]

Competition First match Last match Final Position
Calcutta Football League 3 August 2002 11 November 2002 Champions
National Football League 17 November 2002 28 April 2002 Champions
Durand Cup 4 January 2003 10 January 2003 Champions
IFA Shield 13 January 2003 22 January 2003 Champions
Independence Day Cup 27 September 2002 5 October 2002 Champions

Matches[edit | edit source]

  Win   Draw   Loss

National Football League[edit | edit source]

27 November 2002 1 East Bengal 1–0 JCT Mills Kolkata
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 59' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
17 November 2002 2 East Bengal 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Shanmugam Venkatesh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 44'
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 58'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
24 November 2002 3 East Bengal 1–0 Mahindra United Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 25' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
8 December 2002 4 Mohun Bagan 0–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Subhashish Roy Chowdhury Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70'
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90+'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
12 December 2002 5 East Bengal 0–0 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
15 December 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Salgaocar Sports Club Kolkata
Gilmar Error creating thumbnail: File missing 21', Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90+' MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi Error creating thumbnail: File missing 68' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
19 December 2002 7 Vasco Sports Club 1–1 East Bengal Goa
Marcos Pereira Error creating thumbnail: File missing 72' Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 33'
23 December 2002 8 Indian Bank 3–3 East Bengal Chennai
Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya Error creating thumbnail: File missing 21', Error creating thumbnail: File missing 22', Error creating thumbnail: File missing 53' Gilmar Error creating thumbnail: File missing 51', Chandan Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 58', Shanmugam Venkatesh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 59'
25 January 2003 9 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. 3–5 East Bengal Bengaluru
Kenneth Onu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 81', Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85', Mahendra Mani Error creating thumbnail: File missing 90+'
29 January 2003 10 Indian Telephone Industries 1–3 East Bengal Bengaluru
Ibrahim Karim Al Hasan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 60' Sasthi Duley Error creating thumbnail: File missing 17'
Suley Musah Error creating thumbnail: File missing 36'
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 83'
3 February 2003 11 East Bengal 3–2 Dempo Sports Club Kolkata
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Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 54', 69'		 Raman Vijayan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 4'
EB Channa Error creating thumbnail: File missing 14'
8 February 2003 12 East Bengal 4–1 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Kolkata
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 21', 44' (75) , Suley Musah Error creating thumbnail: File missing 38' Kenneth Onu Error creating thumbnail: File missing 77' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
13 February 2003 13 Churchill Brothers SC 1–3 East Bengal Goa
Ratan Singh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 35' Douglas da Silva Error creating thumbnail: File missing 27', Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 46', Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 88' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
16 February 2003 14 Dempo Sports Club 2–2 East Bengal Club Goa
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 32' Jose Colaco Error creating thumbnail: File missing 36' Mario Soares Error creating thumbnail: File missing 18' Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 20' Douglas da Silva
22 February 2003 15 East Bengal Club 1–0 Indian Telephone Industries Kolkata
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 11' Mike Okoro
25 February 2003 16 East Bengal Club 2–1 Mohun Bagan AC Kolkata
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 11' Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 73' Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 54' Jose Barreto
1 March 2003 17 East Bengal Club 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 67' Douglas da Silva Error creating thumbnail: File missing 89' Kalia Kulothungan
5 March 2003 18 JCT Mills 2–0 East Bengal Club Ludhiana
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 44' Jo Paul Ancheri Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70' IM Vijayan
9 April 2003 19 Mahindra United 2–0 East Bengal Club Mumbai
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 33' Mongba Aby Samson Error creating thumbnail: File missing 66' James Singh
13 April 2003 20 East Bengal Club 3–0 Indian Bank Kolkata
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 16' Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85' Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 53' Douglas da Silva
25 April 2003 21 East Bengal Club 4–0 Vasco Sports Club Kolkata
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 13' Douglas da Silva

Error creating thumbnail: File missing 47' Douglas da Silva Error creating thumbnail: File missing 67' Malswam Tulunga

Mike Okoro
28 April 2003 22 Salgaocar Sports Club 2–0 East Bengal Club Goa
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 22' Sebastiao Endro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 54' Sunday Seah

Calcutta Football League[edit | edit source]

3 August 2002 1 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 30', 80' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
6 August 2002 2 East Bengal 2–2 SAIL Kolkata
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 18'
Kalia Kulothungan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 59'		 Dulal Patra Error creating thumbnail: File missing 76'
Lawrence Enyilord Error creating thumbnail: File missing 78'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
9 August 2002 3 East Bengal 2–0 Bharati Sangha Kolkata
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Dipankar Roy Error creating thumbnail: File missing		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 August 2002 4 East Bengal 5–1 Eastern Railway FC Kolkata
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 6', 70', 71'
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 21'
Surya Bikash Chakraborty Error creating thumbnail: File missing 57'		 Somnath Pramanick Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stadium: East Bengal Ground
17 August 2002 5 East Bengal 3–0 FCI FC Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 20', 38'
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 71'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
20 August 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Dipankar Roy Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing 71'		 Basudeb Mondal Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
24 August 2002 7 East Bengal 5–0 Everready Association Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty Error creating thumbnail: File missing 43', 58'
Chandan Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 46'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing 65'
Soumitra Chakraborty Error creating thumbnail: File missing		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
27 August 2002 8 East Bengal 4–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 49'
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 51'
Subhashish Roy Chowdhury Error creating thumbnail: File missing 74'
Subhash Chakraborty Error creating thumbnail: File missing 82'		 Mehtab Hossain Error creating thumbnail: File missing 75' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
3 September 2002 9 East Bengal 2–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing 12', 16' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
7 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 2–2 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Chandan Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing		 Sujoy Dutta Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Ashim Biswas Error creating thumbnail: File missing		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 September 2002 Championship Group Mohammedan Sporting 3–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Reazul Mustafa Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Syed Rahim Nabi Error creating thumbnail: File missing ?', ?'		 Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Basudeb Mondal Error creating thumbnail: File missing 41' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 3–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 24', 78'
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 83'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
11 November 2002 Championship final East Bengal 3–0 (a.e.t.) Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Douglas De Silva Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2'
Sasthi Duley Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga Error creating thumbnail: File missing		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Independence Day Cup[edit | edit source]

East Bengal club went to Nagaon, Assam to participate in the 54th Independence Day Cup tournament after the end of the Championship Group round matches of the Calcutta League. The club won the tournament defeating Oil India FC of Assam by 2–0 with goals from Alvito D'Cunha and Chandan Das.[5]

27 September 2002 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 Oil India FC Nagaon, Assam
Tridip Khound Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85' Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
29 September 2002 Group stage East Bengal 4–0 Gauhati Town Club Nagaon, Assam
Dipankar Roy Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5'
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 19'
Anit Ghosh Error creating thumbnail: File missing 61'
Chandan Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
2 October 2002 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Nagaland Police Nagaon, Assam
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 39'
Kalia Kulothungan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 62'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
5 October 2002 Final East Bengal 2–0 Oil India FC Nagaon, Assam
Alvito D'Cunha Error creating thumbnail: File missing 42'
Chandan Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 82'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium

Durand Cup[edit | edit source]

East Bengal club participated in the 115th Durand Cup held in Delhi being grouped in Group B along with MEG, Bangalore and Air India. The team won their third tournament of the season after defeating Army XI in the final by 3–0 margin.[3]

4 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 4–0 Air India Delhi
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 33', 60'
Sashti Duley Error creating thumbnail: File missing 38'
Osberne D'Souza Error creating thumbnail: File missing 42' (og)		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
4 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 MEG, Bangalore Delhi
Ajith Kumar Error creating thumbnail: File missing 59' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
8 January 2003 Semi Final Salgaocar 0–1 East Bengal Delhi
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 79' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
10 January 2003 Final East Bengal 3–0 Army XI Delhi
Mike Okoro Error creating thumbnail: File missing 67'
Kalia Kulothungan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 72'
Douglas De Silva Error creating thumbnail: File missing 77'		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

IFA Shield[edit | edit source]

Just days after winning the Durand Cup, the club participated in the IFA Shield held in Kolkata and was grouped alongside Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami in Group A. The team reached the final defeating Vasco in the Semi-Final and lifted their 4th trophy of the season by defeating Churchill Brothers in the final via a penalty shootout, with Sashti Duley scoring the winning penalty in the sudden-death.[8]

13 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Indian Bank Kolkata
Tushar Rakshit Error creating thumbnail: File missing 58'
Amjad Ali Khan Error creating thumbnail: File missing 87'		 Joseph Error creating thumbnail: File missing 33' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
15 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Aqueel Ansari Error creating thumbnail: File missing 83' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Trijit Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 31'
Suley Musah Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70'		 Manas Das Error creating thumbnail: File missing 61' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 January 2003 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Vasco Kolkata
Suley Musah Error creating thumbnail: File missing 18'
Jiten Rai Error creating thumbnail: File missing 83'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
22 January 2003 Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Bharat Mani
Penalties

Sponsors[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "7th "Coca-Cola" National Football League 2002/03". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "India 2002 Regional Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "115th "Pepsi" Durand Cup 2002/03". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "108th "TVS Fiero" IFA Shield 2002". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "54th Independence Day Cup 2002". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Remembering 2002/03 when East Bengal FC bragged a Quintuple!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Team Archives – East Bengal Club". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Churchill fail to stop EB juggernaut". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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