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East Bengal FC,[1] commonly referred to as East Bengal, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of the Indian football league system.[2] The club is the second most successful in India only behind Mohun Bagan, having won three national league titles in addition to 40 state league titles, a record by a long shot. The club has enjoyed significant success in domestic cup competitions as well, including Federation Cup and Super Cup trophies, making it one of the most decorated football clubs in India.

It is one of the big three clubs of Kolkata, and participates in the well-renowned Kolkata derby against its eternal rivals Mohun Bagan. The club also plays in the mini Kolkata derby with Mohammedan.

Founded in August 1920, the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association in 1922 and initially played in the Calcutta Football League Second Division before earning promotion to the First Division in 1924. East Bengal won its first First Division league title in 1942 and has since won it a record 40 times with generous help from different quarters.[3] The club was a founding member of the National Football League, the first nation-wide football league in India in 1996, which it has won 3 times since.[4] They have also won 9 National Cup titles — the Federation Cup 8 times and the Super Cup once. The club has also won several other trophies, including the Durand Cup 16 times, the Indian Super Cup a record 3 times, the IFA Shield a record 29 times, the Rovers Cup 10 times and the Calcutta Football League a record 40 times, the DCM Trophy a record 7 times, the Darjeeling Gold Cup a record 5 times and the McDowell's Cup a record 3 times. East Bengal won an international friendly trophy, in the form of ASEAN Club Championship.

History

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Formation

On 28 July 1920, Jorabagan was scheduled to play against Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup. Jorabagan sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose, who was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons. The then vice-president of Jorabagan, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, asked in vain for Bose to be included in the line-up. When his request was not welcomed, Chaudhuri left the club along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen, and Aurobinda Ghosh. They formed East Bengal as a Sports and Cultural Association in the neighbourhood of Jorabagan on 1 August 1920. The name East Bengal was chosen for the newly formed club as the founders hailed from the eastern region of Bengal.[5][6][7] Sarada Ranjan Ray took on the role of becoming the first president of this newly formed club while Suresh Chandra Chowdhury and Tarit Bhusan Roy were declared to be the first joint secretaries of the club.[8] Soon after, Nagen Kali, M. Talukdar, B. Sen, N. Gossain, Goshto Paul (on loan from Mohun Bagan), P. Bardhan, S. Das, S. Tagore, J. Mukherjee, Ramesh Chandra Sen, S. Bose, C. Bose, A. Roy, and A. Bannerjee were announced to be the members of the first team squad by the board.[9][10]

Early years: 1920s–1930s

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East Bengal players and officials in 1921

In the same month of its formation, the club participated in its maiden tournament in, the Hercules Cup, a seven-a-side tournament. On 11 August 1920, the club played their first match in the tournament and in their history against Metropolitan College, which they went on to win 4–0. East Bengal went on to win the tournament, announcing the arrival of a club that would break many records in the future. The club also won Khagendra Shield in 1921.[8] Following this, the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association (IFA) and entered the IFA Second Division replacing Tajhat Football Club who withdrew from the 2nd Division League.[11] The club finished placing third in their maiden season in the league. The first match between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan took place on 8 August 1921 in the Cooch Behar Cup semi-final match, which didn't turn in the favour of either of the teams as it ended in a goalless draw. It was an unofficial derby at that time.[5][12]

In 1924, the club won the Second Division and gained promotion to the IFA First Division after finishing in second place to Cameroons 'B' after paying a hefty sum.[13] As Cameroons 'A' team was already in the First Division the 'B' team could not gain promotion to the same league. East Bengal was next in line for promotion. However, more controversy arose since the IFA allowed only two Indian-based clubs in the IFA First Division at a time (at that time, the IFA was a British organization). This rule had previously deprived clubs like "Kumartuli" and "Town" from entering the First Division. During a governing body meeting of the IFA, the nine British clubs approved East Bengal's promotion to the First Division. Ironically, the two Indian clubs, Mohun Bagan and Aryan, opposed it. East Bengal's efforts led to the abolition of the oppressive Indian club limit rule.[5][14]

In 1925, East Bengal made its IFA First Division debut, and Mona Dutta became the maiden goalscorer for the club in the league. On 28 May 1925, the first official Kolkata Derby was played, where Nepal Chakraborty scored the only goal for East Bengal.[8][15]

1940s–1970s

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East Bengal players after winning 1949 IFA Shield

It took the club till 1942 to win their first IFA First Division title. East Bengal won their first IFA Shield in 1943. They then achieved the double in 1945 by winning both the Calcutta Football League (CFL) and IFA Shield. In 1948, East Bengal became the first team to defeat a foreign club on home soil. They won 2–0 against the visiting Chinese Olympic XI.[16] East Bengal won their first treble in the 1949 season, by winning the Calcutta League,[17] the IFA Shield and the Rovers Cup, becoming the first Indian club to do so.[18] The club went on to win the 1949 Rovers Cup and the Durand Cup in 1951. That period saw the rise of the Pancha Pandavas. The five players, P. B. A. Saleh, Ahmed Khan, P. Venkatesh, Appa Rao, and K. P. Dhanaraj played together at the club from 1949 to 1953. The club also won its first DCM Trophy in 1950. The club also won three straight IFA Shields in 1949, 1950, and 1951. The English Football Association 1951–52 annual almanac adjudged East Bengal as the best club in Asia.[19] On being recommended by the president of India, Rajendra Prasad, the club was invited by the Romania Youth Festival Committee in 1953 to participate in a football tournament. They also partook in a tour of the Soviet Union the same year. They were defeated by Soviet side by a margin of 13–1. Apart from football, East Bengal also won the Beighton Cup hockey tournament for the first time in 1957 and the Bengal Hockey Association league in 1960. Again the club won the Rovers Cup several times during this era—1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975—as well as the Durand Cup in 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972 and 1978. The club also won its first Sait Nagjee football tournament and Bordoloi Trophy in 1968.[20] The club stunned everyone by winning the 1970 IFA Shield against PAS Club of Iran by a score of 1–0, in front of 60,000 supporters at the Eden Gardens. Later, the club won the 1973 IFA Shield by defeating Pyongyang City SC of North Korea. In 1978, East Bengal won its first Federation Cup title. The club became joint winners in cricket with Mohun Bagan of Cricket Association of Bengal senior league and senior-division knockout tournament.[7][21][22][8]

East Bengal won the Calcutta Football League for six straight years from 1970 to 1975.[21] In 1970, East Bengal topped the Calcutta Football League table without conceding a single goal. East Bengal won multiple times against their arch-rivals, Mohun Bagan, including a record margin of 5–0 in the history of the Kolkata Derby, in 1975. The same year, East Bengal won the CFL title without losing a match. The 1970s decade of the club is also commonly known as "Shonali Doshok" (in English Golden Decade).[8][23][18]

1980s–1990s

The club won the Federation Cup in 1980 and again in 1985. They also became the first Indian club to play in the newly reorganized Asian Club Championship in 1985–86.[21] The club then won their second treble in 1990, under coach Naeemuddin, by winning the IFA Shield, the Rovers Cup, and the Durand Cup in the same season. The club also won the Stafford Cup (1986) and the McDowell's Cup (1995, 1997). In 1993, East Bengal won its first-ever international title, the Wai Wai Cup in Nepal. The club also won the Federation Cup, the IFA Shield, the Calcutta Football League, the Durand Cup, and the Rovers Cup several times during this period.[24] In 1996, the club became the founding member of the first nationwide football league in India, the National Football League.[8][19][25]

In 1984, Dipak Das joined the club and revamped it. He brought professionalism and converted the football team into a private, limited company. He also secured sponsorship from local brands and companies like Khadims. In 1998, he collaborated with Vijay Mallya's United Breweries Group, which then formed a new Private Limited Company, with a 50–50 shareholding, called United East Bengal Football Team Private Limited and incorporated the football team—the first in the country. The team was renamed Kingfisher East Bengal FC.[26][22]

2000s–2010s

Template:Football squad on pitch The club entered the 21st century in style, winning the 2000–01 National Football League season. They became the first club to win back-to-back titles after winning the 2002–03 and 2003–04 versions of the league. The club went on to win the Federation Cup again in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012. They also won the Indian Super Cup in 2006 and 2011.[27] The club won their third international trophy in the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship, in Jakarta, Indonesia.[28][29][30] East Bengal is still the only Indian football team to win any major trophy outside the country.[19][31] In 2004, East Bengal also won the San Miguel International Cup in Nepal. The club was invited to the tournament by Leicester City, celebrating their 120th Anniversary. In 2004, Leicester City also had partnerships with East Bengal.[32][33] Then FIFA president, Joseph Blatter, visited the club tent on 15 April 2007. After a year, East Bengal became the first Indian football team to win against a West Asian team, Al Wihdat SC of Jordan on foreign soil.[8][24]Template:East Bengal F.C. centenary season first match teamEast Bengal also made a record eight appearances, between 2004 and 2015, in the AFC Cup.[34][35] The club played in the semi-finals of 2013 AFC Cup where they lost to Kuwait SC of Kuwait.[36] The club has the achievement of winning the Calcutta Football League title eight consecutive times from 2010 to 2017, breaking their previous record of six times during the 1970s.[21][37] Following the exit of Kingfisher from the club, Quess Corp signed an agreement with the East Bengal and acquired a 70 percent stake in the club in July 2018. The football team was rebranded as Quess East Bengal FC.[38][39]

On 1 August 2019, the club entered its 100th establishment year. A centenary celebration logo was introduced. Torch rallies and events were organised, and attended by former players, coaches, presidents, etc. The centenary kit was unveiled, which was inspired by the 1925–26 season kit.[40] The club participated in the Durand Cup, the Calcutta Football League and the I-League, and played its first match and won against Army Red in the Durand Cup.[41][42]

2020–present

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East Bengal tent

The year 2020, saw the wake of COVID-19 which halted the ongoing football season in the country.[43] The then investor, Quess pulled out from the two-year-old agreement by July 2020.[44][45] On 1 August, the club completed its 100 years of existence. In September, Shree Cement was announced as the new investor of the club.[46] The company acquired 76 percent shares of the club and renamed it from "East Bengal Football Club" to "Sporting Club East Bengal".[47][48] Later that month, after successful bidding, the club moved from the I-League to the Indian Super League.[49][50] In early 2022, the club parted ways with its investor Shree Cement.

The partnership between investor group Shree Cement and East Bengal was terminated after the end of the 2021–22 Indian Super League season. They returned the sporting rights to the club on 12 April 2022, after both the parties failed to reach an agreement and the final term sheet was not accepted and signed by the club officials.[51] The club officials, however, stated that East Bengal shall continue to play in the Indian Super League, and shall be announcing their new investors within the next two weeks.[52] East Bengal was once again handed another transfer ban by AIFF for non-payment of dues for seven of their players.[53]

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Trophy cabinet of East Bengal during the 103 years of foundation day

On 25 May, East Bengal announced the collaboration with Emami as the principal investors of the club.[54][55][56] The club confirmed their participation in the 2022-23 Indian Super League season with the arrival of the new investors.[57] On 18 July, after two months of contractual discussions between the club and the investor group, the club finally started the recruitment process for the new season after receiving a go-ahead from the investors.[58][59] On 22 July, the AIFF uplifted the transfer ban set on East Bengal and thus allowed the club to register their new signings for the season.[60] East Bengal appointed Santosh Trophy winning Kerala football team head-coach Bino George as the care-taker head coach of the team for the Calcutta Football League and Durand Cup, and will become the assistant coach of the team for the Indian Super League.[61][62] East Bengal also roped in former India national football team coach Stephen Constantine as the new head-coach of the team for the season.[63][64] The club also announced that the formal tie-up between them and the new investor group Emami.[65] Emami East Bengal FC has hired former Indian Super League (ISL) champion Carles Cuadrat as their new head coach on a two-year deal.[66] On 28 January 2024, they defeated the defending champions Odisha 3–2 in the Kalinga Super Cup final to win their first title in 12 years, and qualified for the AFC Champions League 2 play-offs.[67] As the winners, East Bengal qualified for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage but lost 3-2 against FC Altyn Asyr.

Crest, colours and kits

Crest

In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha swept over India and affected football. Indian clubs boycotted the ongoing Calcutta Football League midway through the season. Amidst much confusion, Royal Regiment was declared the winner in the first division. However, East Bengal was not allowed to be promoted to the First Division. Thousands of East Bengal fans and officials decided to hold a protest march at the East Bengal Ground. It was at this march that flaming torches were carried by the protesters. And the hand holding flame torch (known as 'Mawshal' or 'মশাল' in Bangla) became the club emblem, which has remained to this day.[17][68][19] In the year of 2020, East Bengal released a special centenary crest to celebrate 100 years of its existence.

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Colours

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Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. department store in 1945

The primary and secondary colors of East Bengal are red and yellow respectively.[69] Traditionally, the home kit consists of a red and yellow jersey with black shorts, while the away kit colors vary every year.[40] These colors came about after the club was formed when the founders debated over them for the club jersey. At that time, the jerseys used to come from England. The founders, while searching, came across the red and gold color shirt hanging at the Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. department store in Chowringhee, Kolkata. It attracted them, and they finalized the colors and jersey. It cost ₹80 in 1920, four times higher than the average.[70] These colours permanently integrated with the club.[5]

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Traditional kit
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Centenary year kit
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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Back sponsor Chest sponsor Sleeve sponsor
1993–94 Verona
1994–95 McDowell's No.1
1995–96 Emami[71]
1996–97 Umbro
1997–98 Duta Sports Khadim's[72]
1998–00 Adidas Kingfisher[72]
2000–05 Reebok[73]
2005–06 Pony[74]
2006–09 Reebok[75]
2009–10 ONGC
2010–11 Saradha
2011–14 Sahara Rose Valley
2014–15 Shiv Naresh[76] Artage Artage
2015–16 SRMB
2016–17 Officer's Choice Blue
2017–18 Perf[77] Shyam Steel
2018–19 Quess
2019–20 Kaizen Sports[78]
2020–21 TYKA[79] Shree Cement[80] TV9 Bangla TopTech
2021–22 Reyaur[81][82]
2022–23 Trak-Only[83][84] 1XBat[85] Mantra Masala Emami Alliance Broadband
2023–24 Batery BoroPlus
2024–25

Supporters

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Smoke show during a CFL match against NBP Rainbow at East Bengal Ground
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East Bengal supporters at Salt Lake Stadium during the Kolkata Derby in 2022 Durand Cup

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East Bengal is a club mainly supported by the migrant population, known as Bangals. There are approximately 30 to 40 million supporters from all across the nation and overseas.[19][39] In October 2020, the club got voted as the most popular football club in India on an AFC poll by its supporters, gaining approximately 49% of the votes.[86]

East Bengal Ultras, the main ultras (supporters) group of East Bengal, was established in 2013. It was the first ultras group to be established in the country. Since its inception, this group has set many new records and broken older ones. Though initially, people were skeptical about the group, now they have seen in what ways this group is benefitting Indian football. Though all these achievements came along with some controversies. As in the past, there have been fights and hooliganism among the fans of the rival clubs, the administration does not completely trust the group's functioning. [87][88]

Established on 15 November 2006, East Bengal the Real Power is India's first registered fan club. It is East Bengal's largest fan club and one of the largest in the country. In its early years, its functioning was limited to online platforms, but later on, it became a supporters' group.[89][90]

Rivalries

Kolkata Derby

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2019–20 season Kolkata Derby at the Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal has its fiercest rivalry with Mohun Bagan. Unlike East Bengal, Mohun Bagan is a club mainly supported by the native population of the present-day state of West Bengal. The match that takes place between these two clubs is eminently called the Kolkata Derby. The Kolkata Derby has much similarities with the Old Firm Derby played between Celtic and Rangers due to its socio-economic significance. It is one of the oldest rivalries in world sports and dates back to the 1920s.[91] These clubs also share a rivalry due to the fierce competition that existed between them in the Indian football circuit for over a hundred years, both being the two most successful clubs in India, and one of the most decorated in Asia, both having won 190+ titles. After Indian independence, the consequent second partition of Bengal led to huge influx of Bengali immigrants from the eastern part of Bengal into the neighbouring states which resulted in a socio-economic crisis in many of them. This led to rivalries in jobs, business, schools, and even on the football pitch among the immigrants and native population. This rivalry became fierce, and the Kolkata Derby grew in popularity and reached its peak during the 1960s and 1970s. "Probashi Bengalis" from all over India and the world would also set their keen eyes on this event, as it was a way for them to re-integrate with their culture after the partition. [92][93] The Kolkata Derby consistently brings in 60,000+ spectators on each match day and remains as one of the most viewed sporting events in the country. Both sets of supporters have unconditional love for their clubs, which is often vocalized in the form of chants and displaying tifos. The Kolkata Derby holds a record of Template:Lakh spectators, the most attended sporting event ever in India.[94][8]

Mini Derby

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Tifo displaying fans of (left to right) Mohammedan, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal united as the 12th man in support for India at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in 2019.

East Bengal also has a significant rivalry against Mohammedan.[95] The initiation of the feuds goes back to the early 30s, when Mohammedan came out as a dominant contender for Calcutta Football League by winning seven out of eight titles from 1934 to 1941. Since then until 1958, all the CFL titles were won among these three rival clubs, often referred as the Big Three of Maidan (Bengali: ময়দানের তিন প্রধান),[96] and even in other major tournaments like Durand Cup, Rover's Cup and IFA Shield, the three clubs contended against each other for the honours.[97][98][99] The rivalry initially had a communal background since Mohammedan being a Muslim-only club representing the Muslim population of Kolkata, thereby forcing the Hindus in the city to compete via their support for Mohun Bagan and East Bengal even though they weren't communal clubs themselves. By the 1960s, communal tension involved in the feud became insignificant as the club began to regularly sign non-Muslim players as well.[100] But the club also lost their dominance in Indian football and after the inception of national tournaments like Federation Cup and National Football League, Mohammedan was no more a top club and mostly playing in the lower tiers. Thus, the club rarely met Mohun Bagan and East Bengal at major tournaments due to them being in the top tier. Mohammedan won the I-league in 2023–24 season and was promoted to ISL.[101] Unlike the ever fierce East Bengal-Mohun Bagan feud termed as Kolkata Derby, the matches including Mohammedan and Mohun Bagan or East Bengal is commonly termed as Mini Kolkata Derby.[102][103][104]

Ownership

East Bengal is mainly organized as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, which means one can avail of membership in the club. There are around 12,000 members.[39] Although, a limited company, named East Bengal Club Pvt. Ltd., was later formed, and both are governed by the club parallelly. Sponsorships and investments happen via this corporate company.[105] The club is governed by its own set of rules and regulations. Amendments and resolutions are passed via extraordinary or annual general meeting.[106][107]

Currently the football rights are with a new merged entity, Emami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd. jointly owned by East Bengal and Emami Group who owns 87% stake of the whole club.[108]

Stadiums

The club has used several stadiums at Kolkata, Howrah and Barasat, including the Eden Gardens, which has been reserved for cricket since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984.[109] The first ground used by the club was Kumartuli Park in north Kolkata.[110][111]

Salt Lake Stadium

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Salt Lake Stadium

The Salt Lake Stadium, also known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), is a multi-purpose stadium in Kolkata, built in 1984. The Salt Lake Stadium hosts the majority home games of East Bengal. The total capacity of the stadium was 85,000, before it was changed to 68,000.[112]

East Bengal Ground

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East Bengal Ground

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Other grounds

Barasat Stadium is also used by the club for some regional matches, especially in cases where the Salt Lake Stadium or East Bengal Ground cannot be used.[114] Kanchenjunga Stadium, a multipurpose stadium based in Siliguri, has also been used several times to host club football matches.[115] It also hosted the 2012 Federation Cup. Kalyani Stadium, situated on the outskirts of Kolkata at Kalyani, was used by East Bengal as their home turf during the 2019–20 I-League.[116]

The team also trains at one of the VYBK practice grounds.[117]

Players

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Current squad

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3 DF Template:Fba/core Provat Lakra
4 DF Template:Fba/core Anwar Ali
5 DF Template:Fba/core Lalchungnunga (Vice-Captain)
6 MF Template:Fba/core Jeakson Singh
7 MF Template:Fba/core Miguel Figueira
9 FW Template:Fba/core Dimitrios Diamantakos
17 FW Template:Fba/core Edmund Lalrindika
11 FW Template:Fba/core Nandhakumar Sekar
12 DF Template:Fba/core Mohammad Rakip
13 GK Template:Fba/core Prabhsukhan Singh Gill
14 FW Template:Fba/core David Lalhlansanga
22 DF Template:Fba/core Nishu Kumar
23 MF Template:Fba/core Souvik Chakrabarti
26 MF Template:Fba/core Ramsanga Tlaichhun
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24 GK Template:Fba/core Debjit Majumder
20 MF Template:Fba/core Mohammed Rashid
29 FW Template:Fba/core Naorem Mahesh Singh (Captain)
30 MF Template:Fba/core Vanlalpeka Guite
18 MF Template:Fba/core Bipin Singh Thounaojam
62 MF Template:Fba/core Aman C.K.
82 FW Template:Fba/core Vishnu PV
84 FW Template:Fba/core Sayan Banerjee
16 DF Template:Fba/core Martand Raina
10 FW Template:Fba/core Hamid Ahadad
2 DF Template:Fba/core Kevin Sibille
41 DF Template:Fba/core Jay Gupta

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51 GK Template:Fba/core Kamaludheeen AK
54 DF Template:Fba/core Adil Aman
58 MF Template:Fba/core Sanjib Ghosh
59 FW Template:Fba/core Jesin TK
61 MF Template:Fba/core Tanmay Das
63 DF Template:Fba/core Monotosh Chakladar
64 MF Template:Fba/core Naseeb Rahaman
66 MF Template:Fba/core Shyamal Beshra
80 MF Template:Fba/core Ajad Sahim
86 MF Template:Fba/core Muhammed Roshal PP
90 DF Template:Fba/core Joseph Justin

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head of Football Operations Template:Flagicon Thangboi Singto
Head coach Template:Flagicon Óscar Bruzón
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Adrian Rubio Martinez
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Bino George
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Sandip Nandy
Fitness coach Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez
Physiotherapist
Team Manager Template:Flagicon Pratim Kumar Saha
Performance & video analyst Template:Flagicon Aromal Vijayan
Team doctor Template:Flagicon Mustufa Poonawalla
Masseur Template:Flagicon Rajesh Basak

Corporate team

As of May 2025

Position Name
CEO Template:Flagicon Namrata Parekh
General manager Template:Flagicon Ashley Pinto
Media manager Template:Flagicon Ritam Basu
Team photographer Template:Flagicon Tanmoy Das
Operations and accreditation manager Template:Flagicon Aritra Dutta

Management

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President Template:Flagicon Murari Lal Lohia
Chief advisor Template:Flagicon Pronab Dasgupta
Vice-presidents Template:Flagicon Ajoy Krishna Chatterjee, Template:Flagicon Shankar Bagri, Template:Flagicon Subhasish Chakraborty, Template:Flagicon Kalyan Majumdar
General secretary Template:Flagicon Rupak Saha
Assistant general secretary Template:Flagicon Dr. Santi Ranjan Dasgupta
Finance secretary Template:Flagicon Sadananda Mukherjee
Treasurer Template:Flagicon Debdas Samajdar
Football secretary Template:Flagicon Saikat Ganguly
Cricket secretary Template:Flagicon Sanjib Acharya
Hockey secretary Template:Flagicon Prabir Kumar Dafaddar
Athletic secretary Template:Flagicon Partha Pratim Roy
Tennis secretary Template:Flagicon Indranil Ghosh
Ground secretary Template:Flagicon Rajat Guha
Executive committee members Template:Flagicon Jhulan Goswami, Template:Flagicon Molly Ganguly, Template:Flagicon Sri Subir Ganguly, Template:Flagicon Santosh Bhattacharya, Template:Flagicon Diptendu Mohan Bose, Template:Flagicon Siddharta Sarcar, Template:Flagicon Debabrata Sarkar, Template:Flagicon Birendra Kumar Saha, Template:Flagicon Dipankar Chakraborty, Template:Flagicon Biswajit Mazumdar, Template:Flagicon Tapan Roy, Template:Flagicon Suman Dasgupta, Template:Flagicon Aritra Roy Chowdhury, Template:Flagicon Tamal Ghosal, Template:Flagicon Beni Madhab Bhattacharya, Template:Flagicon Manab Paul, Template:Flagicon Subhasish Dasgupta, Template:Flagicon Saroj Bhattacharjee, Template:Flagicon Debasish Bose, Template:Flagicon Bikash Dutta, Template:Flagicon Biplab Paul


Board of directors

Emami Group East Bengal
Template:Flagicon Aditya V. Agarwal Template:Flagicon Debabrata Sarkar
Template:Flagicon Manish Goenka Template:Flagicon Rupak Saha
Template:Flagicon Sandeep Agrawal Template:Flagicon Sadananda Mukherjee
Template:Flagicon Gatum Jatia
Template:Flagicon S. N. Paul
Template:Flagicon Saurabh Dasgupta
Template:Flagicon Manoj Agarwal

Records

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Indian Super League

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NFL/I-League

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Performance in AFC competitions

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Competition Appearances Seasons Best result
Asian Club Championship 2 1985–86, 1998–99 Group stage
Asian Cup Winners' Cup 5 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995, 1997–98 Quarter-finals (1991-92)
AFC Cup/AFC Champions League Two 9 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2024–25 Semi-finals (2013)
AFC Challenge League 1 2024–25[120][121][122][123] Quarter-finals (2024-25)

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Honours

East Bengal Club has won honours both domestically and in international competitions.[124] They have won the National Football League title 3 times and the Federation Cup 8 times.[124] They also won the Calcutta Football League a record 40 times and the IFA Shield a record 29 times.[124] Till date, the club has won more than 150 trophies which are listed below:[124][125]

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East Bengal Club honours
Type Tournament No. Years Ref.
AFC Central Asia Qualifier
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AFC File:AFC text logo.png Central Asia Champions' Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1985 [126]
Friendly invitational tournaments
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AFF Template:Flagicon ASEAN Club Championship
1S
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2003 [127]
ANFA Template:Flagicon Wai Wai Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1993 [128]
Template:Flagicon San Miguel International Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2004 [129]
Total 4
Domestic (Major)
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Template:Flagicon National Football League
3
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 [130]
Template:Flagicon Federation Cup/Super Cup
9
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1978, 1980, 1985, 1996, 2007, 2009–10, 2010, 2012, 2024 [131][132]

[133]

Template:Flagicon Indian Super Cup
3
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1997, 2006, 2011 [134]
Template:Flagicon Calcutta Football League
40
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024 [135]
Template:Flagicon IFA Shield
29
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002–03, 2012 [136]
Template:Flagicon Durand Cup
16
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972,1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004 [137]
Template:Flagicon Rovers Cup
10
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1949, 1962, 1967, 1969,1972. 1973, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994 [138]
Total 110
Domestic (Minor and Other Trophies)
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Template:Flagicon DCM Trophy
7
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1950, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1983 [139]
Template:Flagicon Bordoloi Trophy
5
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1968, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1992 [140]
Template:Flagicon All Airlines Gold Cup
7
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 [141]
Template:Flagicon Darjeeling Gold Cup
5
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2018Template:Efn [142][143]
Template:Flagicon McDowell's Cup
3
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1995, 1997, 2000 [144]
Template:Flagicon Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1968, 1986 [145]
Template:Flagicon Stafford Cup
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1981, 1986 [124][125]
Template:Flagicon Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1984 [124]
Template:Flagicon Kalinga Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1993 [124]
Template:Flagicon SSS Trophy
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1989, 1991 [124]
Template:Flagicon Independence Day Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2002 [124]
Template:Flagicon Dr. H. K. Mookherjee Shield
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1957, 1961 [124]
Template:Flagicon ATPA Shield
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1992 [124]
Template:Flagicon P. K. Nair Gold Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1956 [124]
Template:Flagicon Kerala FA Shield
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1968 [124]
Template:Flagicon Mohammedan Sporting Platinum Jubilee Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2010 [124]
Template:Flagicon Hercules Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1920 [124]
Template:Flagicon Khogendra Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1921 [125]
Template:Flagicon Chandannager Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1920 [125]
Template:Flagicon Sachin Memorial Shield
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1921 [125]
Template:Flagicon Cooch Behar Cup
5
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1924, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1960 [125]
Template:Flagicon Trades Cup
4
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1960, 1966, 1975, 1976 [125]
Template:Flagicon Gladstone Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1929 [125]
Template:Flagicon Griffith Shield
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1929, 1946 [125]
Template:Flagicon Lady Hardinge Shield
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1940 [125]
Template:Flagicon Lakshmibilas Cup
3
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1920, 1968, 1969 [125]
Template:Flagicon Bardwan Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1938 [125]
Template:Flagicon S.C.I.S.T. Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1947 [125]
Template:Flagicon William Younger Cup
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1969, 1976 [125]
Template:Flagicon Girija Shield
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1942 [125]
Template:Flagicon Raja Memorial Shield
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1960 [125]
Template:Flagicon Madhyamgram MLA Cup
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2023Template:Efn [146]
Template:Flagicon Kulodakanta Memorial Shield
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2023Template:Efn [147]
Total 70
All Total 184m
  • m Including minor trophies

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Affiliated clubs

The following club was formerly affiliated with East Bengal:

The following club is currently affiliated with East Bengal:

See also

Notes

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References

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Further reading

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Bibliography

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  • Chatterjee, Partha. The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post-colonial Histories (Calcutta: Oxford University Press, 1995).
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  • Goswami, Ramesh Chandra (1963). East Bengaler Itihas Template:In lang. Kolkata: Book Garden.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Santipriya (1979). Cluber Naam East Bengal Template:In lang. Kolkata: New Bengal Press.
  • Chattopadhyay, Hariprasad (2017). Mohun Bagan–East Bengal Template:In lang. Kolkata: Parul Prakashan.
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Other sources

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External links

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  • Club profile at the ISL website

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