2011–12 East Bengal F.C. season

East Bengal
2011–12 season
Chairman Dr Pranab Dasgupta
Manager Trevor Morgan
Ground Salt Lake Stadium
I-League 2nd
Federation Cup Runner-up
AFC Cup Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Tolgay Ozbey (15)
All: Tolgay Ozbey (15)
Highest home attendance 75,364 (26 September vs Prayag United, Federation Cup)
Average home league attendance 75,364
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2011–12 season is East Bengal Football Club's 5th season in the I-League, and also marks the club's 91st 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

26 September 2011: East Bengal defeat Prayag United in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals 2-1 to make the final. 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

First-Team Squad

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

Transfers

In:

No. Position Player
- India FW Robert Lalthalma (Free from India Churchill Brothers[6])
- India FW Khemtang Paite (Free from India Churchill Brothers[6])
- India FW Charan Rai (Free from India Churchill Brothers[6])
- India FW Sunil Kumar (Free from India Pune[6])
15 Scotland FW Alan Gow (Free from England Notts County[7][8])
- Brazil FW Edmilson Marques Pardal (Free from India Royal Wahingdoh[9])

Out:

No. Position Player
1 India GK Abhra Mondal (On loan India Pune)[10]
15 Scotland FW Alan Gow (Released[11])

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.

Sponsors

Current season

Federation Cup

Group League

Semi-final

Final

BECAMEX IDC Cup

Super Cup

Last year's Federation Cup Champion East Bengal beat last year's I-League Champion Salgaocar in the Super Cup on sudden death.

I League

Main article: 2011–12 I-League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
25 14 5 6 42 23 +19 47 10 0 3 24 12 +12 4 5 3 18 11 +7

Last updated: 15 December 2011.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHHAAAHAAAHAHHAHHAHHAHHA
Result L D W W W L W W W D W L W D W W D L D L W W W D W W
Position 10 11 6 5 3 6 4 3 3 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2

Source: Soccrway date=November 2011
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures & results

League table

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 1
3 Churchill Brothers 26 14 6 6 47 28+19 48 2013 AFC Cup Group stage 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 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 games played on 6 May 2012.
Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
2Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.[12]
3Pailan Arrows were not relegated in the season as they were a developmental team.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

2012 AFC Cup

Main article: 2012 AFC Cup

Group stage

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

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iraq Arbil 6420115+614
Kuwait Kazma 6321106+411
Yemen Al-Oruba 6222108+28
India East Bengal 6006214−120
Notes

Squad statistics

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name I League Federation Cup AFC Cup Total
1 FW Australia 10Tolgay Ozbey 17 0 0 17
2 MF Nigeria 18 Penn Orji 7 0 0 7
3 FW India 23 Robin Singh 4 2 0 6
4 FW Scotland 15 Alan Gow 2 3 0 5
5 FW Brazil 28Edmilson 2 0 2 4
6 DF Nigeria 5 Uga Samuel Okpara 3 0 0 3
= MF India 22 Sanju Pradhan 2 1 0 3
8 FW India 6 Baljit Sahni 2 0 0 2
9 MF India 13 Reisangmei Vashum 1 0 0 1
= DF India 3 Nirmal Chettri 1 0 0 1
= DF India 17 Robert Lalthalma 1 0 0 1
= DF India 29 Saumik Dey 1 0 0 1
= MF India 11 Khemtang Paite 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 43 7 2 52

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/east-bengal-season-review-2011-12/
  2. ↑ Official list
  3. ↑ "Current Squad". East Bengal Club. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  4. ↑ East Bengal Club, Official announcement
  5. ↑ News
  6. 1 2 3 4 http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2292/editorials/2011/07/07/2562653/transfer-zone-analysis-on-how-east-bengal-fared-in-the
  7. ↑ Burns, Scott (20 July 2011). "Alan Gow fancies an Indian take-away". Scottish Daily Express. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Morgan is okay with the 40-match cap". The Telegraph. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011. Meanwhile, a midfielder from Scotland – Alan Gow – has arrived at the East Bengal camp, but his selection depends only on whether he is able to pass the trial successfully.
  9. ↑ "Indian Football : BREAKING NEWS (13th January, 2012)". TheHardTackle (TheHardTackle). 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Pune FC sign ’keeper Abhra ‘on-loan’". Pune F.C. (Pune F.C.). 24 November 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Transfer Talk: January 13, 2012 - Celtic star Hooper could become a Saint; Rangers move for Jaager; Dons ace Arnasson in demand". Scottish Daily Record. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "AIFF to approach Churchill Brothers to participate in the AFC Cup". goal.com. 30 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "2012 ACL, AFCC draws on Dec 6". AFC. 18 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Yemen, Syria clubs to play in neutral venue". AFC. 27 February 2012.
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