East Bengal Club

Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal

Sporting Club East Bengal are an Indian professional football club based at Kolkata.[1]

East Bengal
Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, which East Bengal uses for most matches
Full nameKingfisher Bengal Football Club
Founded1920
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Capacity120,000
OwnerUB Group
ChairmanDr Pranab Dasgupta
ManagerTrevor Morgan
LeagueI-League
2010–11I-League, 2nd
WebsiteClub website
Current season

East Bengal is one of the teams which compete in the I-League.

History

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East Bengal Football Club was established in 1920.[1]

In 1998, the name of the club was changed from East Bengal Football Club to Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club.[2]

In July 2003, East Bengal won the ASEAN Club Championship at Jakarta.[3]

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 24th July 2013[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   India Abhijit Mondal
2 DF   India Raju Gaikwad
3 DF   India Arnab Mondal
4 DF   Nigeria Uga Okpara
5 DF   India Sunil Thakur
6 FW   India Baljit Sahni
7 MF   India Harmanjot Khabra
8 DF   India Naoba Singh
9 MF   India Alvito D'Cunha
10 FW   Nigeria Chidi Edeh
11 FW   South Sudan James Moga
12 MF   India Reisangmei Vashum
13 GK   India Abhra Mondal
14 MF   India Mehtab Hossain (captain)
15 MF   India Sanju Pradhan
16 DF   India Gurwinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   Japan Ryuji Sueoka
18 MF   India Abhishek Das
19 FW   India Nilendra Dewan
20 FW   India Seminlen Doungel
21 MF   India Lalrindika Ralte
22 DF   India Safar Sardar
23 FW   India Joaquim Abranches
24 FW   India Cavin Lobo
25 DF   India Robert Lalthalma
29 DF   India Saumik Dey
30 GK   India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
31 GK   India Jayanta Pal
32 GK   India Priyant Singh
33 MF   India Saikat Saha Roy
34 MF   India Subodh Kumar
35 MF   India Ishfaq Ahmed
MF   India Dipankar Roy

Notable past players

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Soccerway.com, East Bengal FC; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  2. AsianFootballFeast.com, East Bengal Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-10.
  3. Rediff.com, "East Bengal lift ASEAN Cup," July 26, 2003; retrieved 2012-7-10.
  4. "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. East Bengal the Real Power (EBRP), Byomkesh Bose[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  6. NationalFootballTeams.com, "Baichung Bhutia"; retrieved 2012-7-19.
  7. EBRP, Paritosh Chakravarty[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  8. EBRP, Surja Chakravarty[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  9. EBRP, Mona Dutta[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  10. EBRP, Sunil Ghosh[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  11. EBRP, Ahmed Khan[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  12. EBRP, Majid[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  13. EBRP, Lakshmi Narayan[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  14. EBRP, J. Sarkar[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
  15. EBRP, Dulal Thakurta[permanent dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.

Other websites

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