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Main article: SC East Bengal
This article is about list of coaches. For all-time records, see List of SC East Bengal records and statistics.

Sporting Club East Bengal is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which competes in the top tier of Indian football. The club was formed in August 1920 when the Jorabagan Club's vice-president, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, resigned. He did so after the club sent out their starting eleven with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose, who was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons when they were about to face Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup semi-final on 28 July 1920. He, along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal on 1 August 1920. East Bengal started playing in the Calcutta Football League, 2nd division, in 1921. In 1925, they qualified for the first division for the first time and since then they have won many Indian football titles.[1]

East Bengal joined the National Football League (NFL) at its inception in 1996[2][3] and is the only club to have played every season to date, including those after the rebranded I-League succeeded the NFL in 2007. East Bengal won the National Football League in 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04 and were runners up seven times, the most by any Indian football club. Among other trophies, East Bengal has won the Calcutta Football League 39 times, the IFA Shield 28 times, the Federation Cup eight times and the Durand Cup 16 times.[3]

There have been thirty-one permanent and six caretaker coaches of East Bengal since 1920; P. K. Banerjee has managed the club in five different spells, spanning nine seasons, having won thirty-one trophies, the most by anyone in the history of the club.[4]

This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of coach of the first team of East Bengal since their foundation in 1920. Each coach's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker coaches are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

Coaching history[edit]

P. K. Banerjee in 2011
Syed Nayeemuddin in 2016
Trevor James Morgan in 2011
East Bengal coach Armando Colaco with Brazilian legend Zico at the club tent in 2014
Alejandro Menéndez with I-League coach of the month award (December 2019) in January 2020.

From 1920 to 1960, team management and coaching was undertaken by the club's executive committee members and senior players.[5][6][7] The subsequent coaching role was known originally as "secretary-coach", as the coach also managed the club's affairs off the pitch as well as on it. Former club secretary Late. J. C. Guha[7][8] was one of the pioneers of this role as he took over the club in the early 40s and managed the club both on and off the field till he retired in the late 50s and eventually the role of a permanent first team "head coach" was defined and Sushil Bhattacharya was appointed as the first coach by the club in 1961.[9][10][11]

1960–1970: Early years[edit]

Sushil Bhattacharya was appointed by the club as the first-ever head coach of the senior men's football team in 1961.[9] In his first and only season in charge, he helped the team win the Calcutta Football League title after a gap of 9 years, the IFA Shield title and also the Dr H. K. Mookherjee Shield.[10] The following year, former club legends Poritosh Chakraborty and Promod Dasgupta took charge of the team jointly and led the team to a Rovers Cup title.[5][6] In 1963, the East Bengal club appointed Amal Dutta as the head coach of the club for the first time and he served the club for two seasons, although without any major success.[12][13] In 1966, Mohammed Hussein was appointed as the head coach of the team and he helped the team win back the Calcutta League title once again after 5 years. Hussein remained in charge for 3 seasons (1966–67, 1967–68 and 1970–71) and helped the club win 7 major titles including two Calcutta League titles, two Durand Cup titles, two IFA Shield titles and one Rovers Cup title.[5][6]

1970–1995: Dominance and road to professionalism[edit]

Swaraj Ghosh was appointed the coach of the club in 1971 and he led the club to another Calcutta League title.[5][6] In 1972, the East Bengal club appointed former India national team captain P. K. Banerjee as the head coach of the club and the most dominating era of the club began.[14][15][4] In 1972, his first season in charge, P. K. Banerjee led the East Bengal club to become champions in all five tournaments his team participated in, remaining unbeaten throughout the season and conceding just two goals in 42 matches.[16] East Bengal club became the first-ever Indian club to win the coveted Triple-crown of Indian football: The IFA Shield, the Durand Cup and the Rovers Cup in the same season.[16] The following season, the undefeated streak extended to 57 matches, before tasting defeat for the first time against Khidderpore in the Calcutta League.[16] The club won five more titles in 1973 including two famous victories over North Korean football teams, first defeating Pyongyang City in the IFA Shield final and then defeating Dok Ro Gang in the DCM Trophy final, a team which consisted of players from the 1966 FIFA World Cup North Korean squad.[16][17] In 1975, P. K. Banerjee led East Bengal to achieve history, as they first won the Calcutta Football League title for the sixth consecutive time winning all the matches, overtaking the record of five titles set my Mohammedan Sporting from 1934–38, and then a fourth consecutive IFA Shield title defeating arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the final by 5–0, the highest margin till date in a Kolkata Derby game.[14] P. K. Banerjee led the East Bengal club to sixteen major trophies in four seasons which included four Calcutta League titles, four IFA Shield titles, three Rovers Cup titles, two DCM trophies, two Bordoloi Trophy wins and one Durand Cup title.[16]

After P. K. Banerjee left after 1975, Amal Dutta was once again appointed as the head coach of the club for his second stint after 1964.[12][13] Dutta led East Bengal to three titles in two seasons, including a famous all win Calcutta league title in 1977.[12][13] Former India and club legend Arun Ghosh was appointed as the coach in 1978 and he led the club to their first-ever Federation Cup title in the club's very first appearance in the tournament, jointly shared with Mohun Bagan.[18] After a disappointing 1979 season, Arun Ghosh was replaced by P. K. Banerjee once again for his second stint with the club and he led the team to their second Federation Cup triumph, again jointly shared with Mohun Bagan,[18] the Darjeeling Gold Cup and a Rovers Cup title, jointly shared with Mohammedan Sporting. P. K. Banerjee had three more stints with the club, first in 1983–84, then again in 1985–86 where he led the club to their third Federation Cup title defeating Mohun Bagan 1–0 in the final[18] and then again from 1988–90 winning five more trophies for the club.[4] In 1985, after winning the Federation Cup title, P. K. Banerjee led the East Bengal club to their first-ever international triumph as the club won the Coca Cola Cup, the Central-Asia zonal tournament, held as a preliminary tournament for the 1985-86 Asian Club Championship.[4][19] In total, P. K. Banerjee won thirty-one titles as the head coach of East Bengal, a record still unmatched to date.[4]

In 1990, the club appointed another former India and club legend Syed Nayeemuddin as the head coach and in his first season, he led East Bengal club to their second Triple-crown of Indian football.[20] Nayeemuddin led East Bengal to six trophies in two seasons in his first stint with the club.[20] He was again appointed as the head coach in 1994 when he again led the team to seven trophies in two seasons. He had one more stint as the head coach in 2000 and holds the record of winning eighteen trophies as the head coach of the club, only second to P. K. Banerjee.[14][15][20]

1996–2020: National League and I-League era[edit]

The National Football League was launched in 1996, the first nationwide top division league in India and East Bengal club appointed club legend Monoranjan Bhattacharya as the head coach and P. K. Banerjee as the Technical Director of the team.[5][6][21] P. K. Banerjee discontinued after a year, but Monoranjan Bhattacharya remained in charge for three seasons, winning seven trophies including a Federation Cup triumph against Dempo in 1996.[18] Monoranjan Bhattacharya was once again brought back in 2000–01 after Syed Nayeemuddin left charge just before the National League and Bhattacharya led the club to their maiden National Football League triumph in 2000–01.[22] Monoranjan Bhattacharya continued until the mid-way of the 2002–03 season, before resigning over poor results. He won a total of ten trophies as the head coach of East Bengal.[14][15][21]

After Monoranjan Bhattacharya stepped down, another club legend Subhash Bhowmick was appointed as the head coach of the club.[23] This was Bhowmick's second stint with the club after 1999–00.[23] Bhowmick took charge of the team and won back to back National Football League titles in 2002–03 and 2003–04.[14][15] In 2002–03 season, Bhowmick led East Bengal to all five trophies the club participated in, the feat East Bengal club achieved back in 1972–73.[14][15] The following season, Bhowmick made history as he led the East Bengal club to the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship title in Jakarta, defeating BEC Tero Sasana in the final.[24] Bhowmick won a total of twelve trophies as the head coach of the club, only third behind P. K. Banerjee and Syed Nayeemuddin.[14][15][25]

In 2005, Bhowmick stepped down from his position due to legal issues,[26] and the club appointed Philippe De Ridder, the first-ever foreign national to be the head coach of East Bengal.[27][28] Ridder led East Bengal to the 2006 Super Cup title after finishing runners-up in the 2005–06 National Football League.[27][28] Brazilian veteran coach Carlos Roberto Pereira was appointed in charge in 2006–07 season winning just the Calcutta Football League.[27][28] Between 2007 to 2010, the club changed the head coach seven times with the likes of Subrata Bhattacharya, Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Aloke Mukherjee, Stanley Rozario, Subhash Bhowmick and Philippe De Ridder taking charge.[14][15] Subrata Bhattacharya led East Bengal to their fifth Federation Cup triumph in 2007 after eleven years,[18] while Ridder led the club to their sixth Federation Cup title in 2009–10.[18]

In 2010, English coach Trevor James Morgan was appointed as the head coach of the club.[29] Morgan led East Bengal to eight trophies in his three-season in charge, which included three Calcutta League titles, two Federation Cup titles (2010 and 2012), one IFA Shield, one Super Cup and one Platinum Jubilee Cup title.[30] He was once again appointed as the coach in 2016,[31] and in his two spells with the club, he was won a total of nine trophies, the most by any foreign coach for the club.[27][28]

The club also appointed the likes of Marcos Falopa,[32] Armando Colaco,[33] Eelco Schattorie,[34] Biswajit Bhattacharya,[35] Khalid Jamil,[36] Alejandro Menéndez[37] and Mario Rivera Campesino[38] after Morgan left in 2013.

2020–present: Indian Super League era[edit]

Robbie Fowler, head coach of East Bengal in its inaugural season in ISL.

In 2020, East Bengal club jumped from the I-League to the Indian Super League,[39] and appointed Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler as the head coach of the club.[40][41] Fowler took charge of the team in the 2020–21 season and finished ninth in the Indian Super League campaign.[42] The club and Robbie Fowler mutually terminated the contract in 2021,[43] and former Real Madrid Castilla coach Manolo Díaz was appointed in charge for the 2021–22 season.[44][45]

East Bengal coaches[edit]

Key

  •    caretaker Coaches with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments.
  •    caretaker, then permanent appointment Coaches with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments promoted to full-time coach.
List of East Bengal coaches
Season Nationality Name Honours Ref
1920–61 Template:Sort dash None Template:Sort dash [5]
1961–62 India India Sushil Bhattacharya CFL, IFA Shield, Dr. H. K. Mookherjee Shield [9]
1962–63 India India Poritosh Chakraborty and Promod Dasgupta Rovers Cup [5]
1963–64 India India Amal Dutta Template:Sort dash [12]
1964–65 Template:Sort dash [12]
1965–66 Template:Sort dash None IFA Shield [5]
1966–67 India India Mohammed Hussein CFL, IFA Shield [5]
1967–68 Durand Cup, Rovers Cup [5]
1968–69 Template:Sort dash None Bordoloi Trophy, Sait Nagjee, Kerala FA Shield [5]
1969–70 Template:Sort dash None Rovers Cup [5]
1970–71 India India Mohammed Hussein CFL, IFA Shield, Durand Cup [5]
1971–72 India India Swaraj Ghosh CFL [5]
1972–73 India India P. K. Banerjee CFL, IFA Shield, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, Bordoloi Trophy [4]
1973–74 CFL, IFA Shield, Rovers Cup, D.C.M. Trophy, Bordoloi Trophy [4]
1974–75 CFL, IFA Shield, D.C.M. Trophy [4]
1975–76 CFL, IFA Shield, Rovers Cup [4]
1976–77 India India Amal Dutta IFA Shield, Darjeeling Gold Cup [12]
1977–78 CFL [12]
1978–79 India India Arun Ghosh Federation Cup, Durand Cup, Bordoloi Trophy [5]
1979–80 Template:Sort dash [5]
1980–81 India India P. K. Banerjee Federation Cup, Rovers Cup [4]
1981–82 India India Prabir Mazumdar Stafford Cup [5]
India India Santo Mitra IFA Shield, Darjeeling Gold Cup [5]
1982–83 India India Amal Dutta CFL, Durand Cup, Darjeeling Gold Cup [12]
1983–84 India India P. K. Banerjee IFA Shield, D.C.M. Trophy, Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup [4]
1984–85 India India Amal Dutta IFA Shield [12]
1985–86 India India P. K. Banerjee Federation Cup, CFL, Coca Cola Cup, Darjeeling Gold Cup [4]
India India Shyam Thapa caretaker, then permanent appointment Template:Sort dash [5]
1986–87 IFA Shield, Sait Nagjee, Stafford Cup [5]
1987–88 CFL, All Airlines Gold Cup [5]
1988–89 India India P. K. Banerjee CFL, All Airlines Gold Cup [4]
1989–90 CFL, Durand Cup, SSS Trophy [4]
1990–91 India India Shyam Thapa All Airlines Gold Cup [5]
India India Syed Nayeemuddin IFA Shield, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup [20]
1991–92 CFL, IFA Shield, Durand Cup [20]
India India Amal Dutta All Airlines Gold Cup, SSS Trophy [12]
1992–93 ATPA Shield, Bordoloi Trophy [12]
India India Shymal Ghosh Template:Sort dash [5]
1993–94 CFL, Durand Cup, Wai Wai Cup, Kalinga Cup [5]
1994–95 Template:Sort dash [5]
India India Syed Nayeemuddin IFA Shield, Rovers Cup [20]
1995–96 Mcdowell's Cup, CFL, IFA Shield, Durand Cup, All Airlines Gold Cup [20]
1996–97 India India Monoranjan Bhattacharya CFL, Federation Cup [21]
1997–98 Super Cup, IFA Shield, McDowells Cup [21]
1998–99 CFL, All Airlines Gold Cup [21]
1999–00 India India Subhas Bhowmick CFL [23]
2000–01 India India Syed Nayeemuddin CFL, IFA Shield, Mcdowell's Cup [20]
India India Monoranjan Bhattacharya National Football League [21]
2001–02 IFA Shield, All Airlines Gold Cup [21]
India India Subhash Bhowmick Template:Sort dash [23]
2002–03 National Football League, CFL, IFA Shield, Durand Cup, Independence Cup[46] [23]
2003–04 ASEAN Club Championship, National Football League, CFL [23]
2004–05 CFL, Durand Cup, San Miguel International Cup [23]
2005–06 Template:Sort dash [23]
India India Bikash Panji caretaker Template:Sort dash [47]
Belgium Belgium Philippe De Ridder Super Cup [48]
2006–07 Brazil Brazil Carlos Roberto Pereira CFL [49]
2007–08 India India Subrata Bhattacharya Federation Cup [50]
India India Monoranjan Bhattacharya Template:Sort dash [51]
India India Aloke Mukherjee caretaker Template:Sort dash [52]
2008–09 India India Monoranjan Bhattacharya Template:Sort dash [51]
India India Stanley Rozario Template:Sort dash [53]
India India Subhash Bhowmick Template:Sort dash [54]
2009–10 Template:Sort dash [54]
Belgium Belgium Philippe De Ridder Federation Cup [55]
2010–11 England England Trevor Morgan Federation Cup, CFL, Platinum Jubilee Cup[56][57] [29]
2011–12 Super Cup, CFL [29]
2012–13 Federation Cup, CFL, IFA Shield [29]
2013–14 Brazil Brazil Marcos Falopa Template:Sort dash [32]
India India Armando Colaco CFL [33]
2014–15 CFL [33]
Netherlands Netherlands Eelco Schattorie Template:Sort dash [34]
2015–16 India India Biswajit Bhattacharya CFL [35]
England England Trevor Morgan Template:Sort dash [31]
2016–17 CFL [31]
India India Ranjan Chowdhury Sr. caretaker Template:Sort dash [lower-alpha 1]
India India Mridul Banerjee caretaker Template:Sort dash [58]
India India Ranjan Chowdhury caretaker Template:Sort dash [59]
2017–18 India India Khalid Jamil CFL [36]
2018–19 India India Bastob Roy Template:Sort dash [60]
Spain Spain Alejandro Menéndez Template:Sort dash [37]
2019–20 Template:Sort dash [37]
Spain Spain Mario Rivera Campesino Template:Sort dash [38]
2020–21 England England Robbie Fowler Template:Sort dash [40]
2021–22 Spain Spain Manolo Díaz TBD [61]

Statistics[edit]

East Bengal club in its history of more than a hundred years has had a number of coaches who won quite a few honours for the club. The legendary P.K. Banerjee in his nine-season spell with the club has won a total of thirty-one trophies, including five trophies in a season twice in 1972–73 and 1973–74, which is the highest for any coach in the club's history.[4] The Dronacharya award winner Syed Nayeemuddin comes second in the most honours list with a total of sixteen titles to his name as the coach of Red and Gold brigade including another "Triple Crown" in 1990–91.[20] Former player and coach Subhash Bhowmick too brought in huge success in the current millennia with twelve titles on his regime including five trophies in a season again in 2002–03, winning back to back National League titles and the famous 2003 ASEAN Club Championship in Jakarta.[23] Amal Dutta, regarded as the very first professional coach in Indian football too won eleven titles during his five different spells at the club.[12] Club legend Monoranjan Bhattacharyais fifth on the list with ten trophies as the head coach, including the very first National League title in 2000–01. Among foreign coaches, Englishman Trevor James Morgan has won the most titles for the club, with nine titles to his name in two spells at the club.[28]

Record for East Bengal coaches[edit]

Record in competitive matches for East Bengal coaches since 2000–01 season.
As of 8 September 2021
Record in Competitive matches for East Bengal coaches
Name Nat. From To P W D L Win%
Syed Nayeemuddin  India 4 April 2000 13 January 2001 32 25 2 5 078.13
Monoranjan Bhattacharya  India 13 January 2001 24 January 2002 52 31 13 8 059.62
Subhash Bhowmick  India 25 January 2002 2 December 2005 200 133 29 38 066.50
Bikash Panji[lower-alpha 2]  India 4 December 2005 15 December 2005 2 1 0 1 050.00
Philippe De Ridder  Belgium 15 December 2005 31 May 2006 18 10 4 4 055.56
Carlos Roberto Pereira  Brazil 4 July 2006 22 May 2007 38 18 9 11 047.37
Subrata Bhattacharya  India 23 May 2007 16 January 2008 30 15 4 11 050.00
Monoranjan Bhattacharya  India 16 January 2008 19 February 2008 7 3 2 2 042.86
Aloke Mukherjee  India 20 February 2008 31 May 2008 9 2 2 5 022.22
Monoranjan Bhattacharya  India 1 July 2008 15 September 2008 14 7 4 3 050.00
Stanley Rozario  India 16 September 2008 24 December 2008 15 6 4 5 040.00
Subhash Bhowmick  India 24 December 2008 25 October 2009 20 5 6 9 025.00
Philippe De Ridder  Belgium 6 November 2009 31 May 2010 46 16 17 13 034.78
Trevor James Morgan  England 16 July 2010 24 May 2013 178 112 31 35 062.92
Marcos Falopa  Brazil 12 June 2013 14 November 2013 11 5 2 4 045.45
Armando Colaco  India 14 November 2013 19 February 2015 54 30 15 9 055.56
Eelco Schattorie  Netherlands 20 February 2015 30 June 2015 20 8 4 8 040.00
Biswajit Bhattacharya  India 19 June 2015 11 April 2016 29 19 5 5 065.52
Trevor James Morgan  England 16 April 2016 17 April 2017 28 18 4 6 064.29
Ranjan Chowdhury Sr.[lower-alpha 1]  India 19 September 2016 30 September 2016 5 4 0 1 080.00
Mridul Banerjee  India 18 April 2017 19 April 2017 0 0 0 0 !—
Ranjan Chowdhury[lower-alpha 3]  India 20 April 2017 31 May 2017 6 3 2 1 050.00
Khalid Jamil  India 21 July 2017 26 April 2018 31 18 9 4 058.06
Bastob Roy[lower-alpha 4]  India 18 May 2018 19 August 2018 11 7 2 2 063.64
Alejandro Menéndez[lower-alpha 5]  Spain 19 August 2018 21 January 2020 43 24 7 12 055.81
Mario Rivera Campesino  Spain 23 January 2020 31 May 2020 8 3 3 2 037.50
Robbie Fowler  England 9 October 2020 8 September 2021 20 3 8 9 015.00
Manolo Díaz  Spain 8 September 2021 Present 0 0 0 0 !—
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Academy Head Coach Ranjan Chowdhury was announced as the head-coach cum manager for the Bordoloi Trophy as Trevor Morgan left for holidays after the CFL.[63]
  2. ↑ Caretaker manager after Subhash Bhowmick was sacked due to legal reasons.[62]
  3. ↑ Caretaker manager under Technical-Director Monoranjan Bhattacharya.[59]
  4. ↑ Head-coach under Technical-Director Subhash Bhowmick.[64]
  5. ↑ Include two walkovers East Bengal awarded;
    1. vs Delhi Dynamos in 2019 Indian Super Cup
    2. vs Calcutta Customs in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division.

Most successful East Bengal coaches[edit]

Below is the list of the 5 most successful East Bengal head-coaches as per most honours won:

No Name I-League/NFL Fed Cup Calcutta League IFA Shield Durand Cup Rovers Cup Others[lower-alpha 1] Total
1 India PK Banerjee Template:Sort dash 2 7 5 2 4 11 31
India PK Banerjee (as Technical Director) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
2 India Syed Nayeemuddin 0 0 3 5 3 2 3 16
3 India Subhash Bhowmick 2 0 4 1 2 0 3 12
4 India Amal Dutta Template:Sort dash 0 2 2 1 0 6 11
5 India Monoranjan Bhattacharya 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 10
  1. ↑ Includes Coca-Cola Cup, ASEAN Club Championship, D.C.M. Trophy, All Airlines Gold Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Wai Wai Cup, Kalinga Cup, Super Cup, San Miguel International Cup, McDowell's Cup, Independence Cup, Platinum Jubilee Cup.

Most trophies won in a single stint[edit]

No Seasons Name I-League/NFL Federation Cup Calcutta League IFA Shield Durand Cup Rovers Cup Others[lower-alpha 1] Total
1 1972–73 to 1975–76 India PK Banerjee – – 4 4 1 3 4 16
2 2001–02 to 2005–06 India Subhash Bhowmick 2 0 3 1 2 0 3 11
3 2010–11 to 2012–13 England Trevor James Morgan 0 2 3 1 0 — 2 8
4 1994–95 to 1995–96 India Syed Nayeemuddin — 0 1 2 1 1 2 7
1996–97 to 1998–99 India Monoranjan Bhattacharya 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 7
5 1990–91 to 1991–92 India Syed Nayeemuddin — 0 1 2 2 1 0 6
  1. ↑ Includes ASEAN Club Championship, D.C.M. Trophy, All Airlines Gold Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Wai Wai Cup, Super Cup, San Miguel International Cup, McDowell's Cup, Independence Cup, Platinum Jubilee Cup, SSS Trophy.

List of technical directors for East Bengal[edit]

East Bengal Club has appointed a technical director at times to over-head the head-coaches. The very first Technical Director was the legendary P.K. Banerjee who was appointed in 1996–97 season over head-coach Monoranjan Bhattacharya. Later Monoranjan Bhattacharya himself and Subhash Bhowmick too were appointed as the Technical Directors of the team in separate occasions.


Season Name
1996–97 India Pradip Kumar Banerjee
2016–17 India Monoranjan Bhattacharya
2017–18 India Subhash Bhowmick[65]

Foreign coaches for East Bengal[edit]

East Bengal appointed their very first foreign coach in 2005 when they signed Belgian head coach Philippe De Ridder.[28] The club has since appointed nine foreign coaches, the latest being former Real Madrid Castilla coach Manolo Díaz in 2021.[66] English coach Trevor James Morgan is the most successful foreign coach at the club with 130 wins from 206 matches, emassing a 63.1% win-ratio in all competitions during his four year stay in two spells at the club.[28] Philippe De Ridder and Trevor James Morgan are the only two foreign coaches to be appointed more than once by the club.[28]

Record for foreign coaches[edit]

Record in competitive matches for foreign coaches
As of 9 September 2021
Record for foreign coaches for East Bengal[28]
Name Nat. From To P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Philippe De Ridder  Belgium 15 December 2005 31 May 2006 18 10 4 4 27 17 +10 055.56
Carlos Roberto Pereira  Brazil 4 July 2006 31 May 2007 38 18 9 11 53 43 +10 047.37
Philippe De Ridder  Belgium 6 November 2009 31 May 2010 46 16 17 13 60 52 +8 034.78
Trevor James Morgan  England 16 July 2010 24 May 2013 178 112 31 35 351 160 +191 062.92
Marcos Falopa  Brazil 12 June 2013 14 November 2013 11 5 2 4 20 17 +3 045.45
Eelco Schattorie  Netherlands 20 February 2015 30 June 2015 20 8 4 8 31 31 +0 040.00
Trevor James Morgan  England 16 April 2016 17 April 2017 28 18 4 6 48 24 +24 064.29
Alejandro Menéndez[lower-alpha 1]  Spain 19 August 2018 21 January 2020 43 24 7 12 75 38 +37 055.81
Mario Rivera Campesino  Spain 23 January 2020 31 May 2020 8 3 3 2 11 8 +3 037.50
Robbie Fowler  England 9 October 2020 8 September 2021 20 3 8 9 22 33 −11 015.00
Manolo Díaz  Spain 8 September 2021 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
  1. ↑ Includes two walkovers East Bengal awarded;
    1. vs Delhi Dynamos in 2019 Indian Super Cup
    2. vs Calcutta Customs in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division.


Foreign support staff for East Bengal[edit]

Tony Grant, assistant coach of East Bengal in 2020–21 season.

In 2003–04 season, East Bengal brought in South African Kevin Jackson as the physical trainer for the team ahead of participating in the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship. He was the first foreign physical trainer that the club has ever hired.[67][68] The club had appointed many foreign physical trainers since then. In 2015–16, East Bengal appointed their former defender Kenyan Sammy Omollo as the assistant coach of the team, the first foreign personnel to take charge of that role.[69]

Season Nat. Name Designation Ref.
2003–04 South Africa South Africa Kevin Jackson Physical Trainer [67]
2004–05 England England Peter McKnight Physical Trainer [70]
2005–06 [71]
2008–09 Belgium Belgium Neuzy Jean-Marie Physical Trainer [72]
2009–10 Malaysia Malaysia Mashidi Suleiman Physical Trainer [73]
Australia Australia Monica Ahluwalia Physical Trainer [74]
2013–14 Brazil Brazil Americo Falopa Physical Trainer[lower-alpha 1] [75]
2015–16 Kenya Kenya Sammy Omollo Assistant coach [69]
2016–17 England England Warren Hackett Assistant coach [76]
England England Simon Maltby Physical trainer [77]
2017–18 Brazil Brazil Djair Miranda Garcia Physical trainer [78]
2018–19 Spain Spain Mario Rivera Campesino Assistant coach[lower-alpha 2] [79]
Spain Spain Carlos Nodar Paz Physical trainer [79]
2019–20 [80]
Spain Spain Josep Ferré Assistant coach [81]
Spain Spain Marçal Trulls Sevillano Assistant coach [82]
2020–21 England England Tony Grant Assistant coach [83]
England England Terry McPhillips Set-piece coach [83]
England England Bobby Mimms Goalkeeper coach [83]
England England Michael Harding Physical trainer [83]
2021–22 Spain Spain Angel Puebla Garcia Assistant coach[lower-alpha 3] [84]
Malaysia Malaysia Joseph Ronald D’Angelus Head of sport science [85]
England England Leslie Cleevely Goalkeeper coach [86]
  1. ↑ Also served as the Goalkeeping coach.
  2. ↑ Also served as the video analyst.
  3. ↑ Also fulfilled the responsibilities of a strength and fitness coach.

Accolades[edit]

I-League Coach of the Month[edit]

In the 2019–20 I-League season, the AIFF had introduced the I-League Coach of the Month award, given to the best Coach of an I-League side for the month. The first award was awarded to East Bengal coach Alejandro Menendez for the month of December – 2019, as he managed to stay undefeated for the month with 2 wins and 2 draws.[87]

I-League Coach of the Month
Season Month Nationality Name Ref
2019–20 December Spain Spain Alejandro Menendez [87]

References[edit]

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