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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)

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]

Key events[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

First-Team Squad[edit | edit source]

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

Transfers[edit | edit source]

Stadiums[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

Home
Away

Competitions[edit | edit source]

Overall[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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Federation Cup[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

  Win   Draw   Loss

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



BECAMEX IDC Cup[edit | edit source]

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

  Win   Draw   Loss



Super Cup[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

  Win   Draw   Loss



I League[edit | edit source]

League table[edit | edit source]

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[lower-alpha 1]
3 Churchill Brothers 26 14 6 6 47 28 +19 48 2013 AFC Cup Group stage[lower-alpha 2]
4 Mohun Bagan 26 13 8 5 51 32 +19 47
5 Pune 26 13 7 6 44 34 +10 46
6 Salgaocar 26 12 8 6 32 19 +13 44
7 United SC 26 11 9 6 41 29 +12 42
8 Sporting Goa 26 11 7 8 53 43 +10 40
9 Air India 26 9 5 12 29 37 −8 32
10 Shillong Lajong 26 7 7 12 24 44 −20 28
11 Mumbai 26 7 3 16 31 52 −21 24
12 Chirag United Kerala (R) 26 6 2 18 28 50 −22 20 Relegation to 2013 I-League 2nd Division[lower-alpha 3]
13 Pailan Arrows 26 2 10 14 17 40 −23 16
14 HAL (R) 26 1 5 20 19 68 −49 8 Relegation to 2013 I-League 2nd Division
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2012. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
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]
  3. Pailan Arrows were not relegated in the season as they were a developmental team.

Results summary[edit | edit source]

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 Template:Fb gd 47 10 0 3 24 12 Template:Fb gd 4 5 3 18 11 Template:Fb gd

Last updated: 15 December 2011.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[edit | edit source]

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Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

  Win   Draw   Loss

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



Calcutta Football League[edit | edit source]

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

  Win   Draw   Loss

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



IFA Shield[edit | edit source]

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 March 2013 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Bhawanipore Kolkata
Robin Singh Goal 5'52' Report Biswajit Biswas Goal 16' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Ajit Dutta



AFC Cup[edit | edit source]

Group stage[edit | edit source]

The group were drawn on 6 December 2011 in (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)[13] 2012 AFC Cup group stage

Fixtures & results[edit | edit source]

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

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 India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 16 16 1 1 3 3 4 4 24 24
24 GK India Sandip Nandy 6 6 10 10 5 5 0 0 1 1 2 2 24 24
26 GK India Abhra Mondal 3 3 3 3
21 GK India Debjit Majumder 3 3 3 3
31 GK India Jayanta Pal 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Defenders
4 DF Nigeria Uga Okpara 5 4 24 24 5 5 3 3 1 1 4 4 5 5 47 46
3 DF India Nirmal Chhetri 3 3 17 17 2 2 3 3 1 1 4 4 30 30
25 DF India Robert Lalthalmuana 4 4 14 13 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 4 3 30 25
16 DF India Gurwinder Singh 6 6 14 13 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 28 27
29 DF India Soumik Dey 8 6 13 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 32 29
8 DF India Naoba Singh 1 1 11 10 5 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 21 19
2 DF India Raju Gaikwad 2 2 5 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 11
33 DF India Saikat Saha Roy 6 6 4 4 1 1 3 3 2 1 16 15
19 DF India Ravinder Singh 6 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 5
26 DF India Sunil Thakur 5 5 1 1 6 6
5 DF India Sunil Kumar 3 3 3 3
DF India Abhishek Das 1 1 0 0 1 1
Midfielders
18 MF Nigeria Penn Orji 7 3 23 22 5 4 3 3 1 1 4 4 5 5 48 42
15 MF India Sanju Pradhan 6 4 22 15 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 6 5 46 29
7 MF India Harmanjot Khabra 5 4 21 20 5 5 1 1 2 2 3 3 37 35
12 MF India Reisengmei Vashum 3 2 20 19 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 31 29
14 MF India Mehtab Hossain 6 3 16 14 4 4 1 1 4 2 31 24
11 MF India Khantang Paite 3 2 13 7 4 0 3 3 1 1 4 3 3 1 31 17
17 MF India Sushant Matthews 2 2 10 8 3 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 21 18
34 MF India Subodh Kumar 5 4 6 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 18 13
MF India Charan Rai 4 4 0 0 1 0 5 4
9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF India Sourav Roy 1 0 1 0
Forwards
20 FW Australia Tolgay Ozbey 8 7 25 24 5 3 1 1 1 0 4 4 5 4 49 43
23 FW India Robin Singh 7 5 15 13 3 3 2 2 1 1 4 4 6 5 38 33
6 FW India Baljit Singh Saini 4 3 15 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 30 14
28 FW Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal 10 3 6 4 16 7
10 FW Scotland Alan Gow 1 1 6 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 14 10
38 FW India Semilen Doungel 10 10 4 2 1 1 1 1 16 14
35 FW India Budhiram Tudu 4 2 4 2

Goal scorers[edit | edit source]

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 Australia Tolgay Ozbey 9 18 0 0 0 2 0 29
2 23 FW India Robin Singh 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 12
3 18 MF Nigeria Penn Orji 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 8
4 38 FW India Semilen Doungel 6 0 0 0 6
5 10 FW Scotland Alan Gow 0 2 3 0 0 5
6 15 MF India Sanju Pradhan 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
28 FW Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal 2 2 4
29 DF India Soumik Dey 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
9 4 DF Nigeria Uga Okpara 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 3 DF India Nirmal Chhetri 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
6 FW India Baljit Singh Saini 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 MF India Khantang Paite 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
12 MF India Reisengmei Vashum 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
14 16 DF India Gurwinder Singh 0 0 0 0 1 1
19 DF India Ravinder Singh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 DF India Robert Lalthalmuana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 DF India Sunil Thakur 1 0 0 0 1
34 MF India Subodh Kumar 1 0 0 0 1
35 FW India 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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