2005–06 East Bengal FC season

The 2005–06 season was East Bengal's 10th season in the National Football League and 86th season in existence.

East Bengal
2005–06 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachIndia Subhash Bhowmick
(until 2 December 2005)
India Bikash Panji[a]
(until 15 December 2005)
Belgium Philippe De Ridder
(from 15 December 2005)
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
East Bengal Ground
National Football LeagueRunners-up
Calcutta Football LeagueRunners-up
Federation CupQuarter-Finals
IFA ShieldGroup Stage
Durand CupGroup Stage
Super CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Bhaichung Bhutia (12)
All: Bhaichung Bhutia (12)

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 31 July 2005 30 September 2005 Runners-Up
Federation Cup 19 October 2005 23 October 2005 Quarter-Finals
IFA Shield 24 November 2005 1 December 2005 Semi-Finals
Durand Cup 11 December 2005 13 December 2005 Group Stage
National Football League 10 January 2006 15 May 2006 Runners-Up
Super Cup 27 May 2006 Champions

Overview edit

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 14 11 1 2 25 7 +18 078.57
Federation Cup 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 050.00
IFA Shield 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 033.33
Durand Cup 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 050.00
National Football League 17 9 4 4 25 16 +9 052.94
Super Cup 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Total 39 24 6 9 65 33 +32 061.54

Last updated: 1 June 2006
Source: Competitions



Calcutta Football League edit

East Bengal finished the 2005 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 34 points from 14 matches, 6 points behind champions Mohun Bagan.[2]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 August 2005 2 East Bengal 2–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Syed Rahim Nabi   70', 88' Report Sheikh Azim   80' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
9 August 2005 3 East Bengal 3–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Saumik Dey   78'
Dipankar Roy   85'
Sasthi Duley   89'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
14 August 2005 4 East Bengal 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Syed Rahim Nabi   73', 90' Report Suman Datta   36' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
18 August 2005 5 East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Report Gley Yao Rodrigue   17' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee:   Dave Roberts
3 September 2005 8 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Gley Yao Rodrigue   42' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee:   Subrata Sarkar
8 September 2005 9 EverReady 1–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Snehashis Chakroborty   66' Report Syed Rahim Nabi   29'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga   70'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
13 September 2005 10 Tollygunge Agragami 1–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Prasanta Chakraborty   44' Report Manoj Das   3' (o.g.)
Bernard Pires   19'
RC Prakash   89'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
22 September 2005 12 Calcutta Port Trust 1–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Srimanta Das   88' Report Kalia Kulothungan   80'
Syed Rahim Nabi   81'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
30 September 2005 14 Eastern Railway 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Gouranga Datta   73' Stadium: East Bengal Ground



Federation Cup edit

East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Air India and won 3–1 with goals from Sydney Nkalanga, Dipankar Roy and Mike Okoro. Syed Rahim Nabi scored an own-goal in the dying minutes to give consolation to Air India.[3] In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost to Churchill Brothers in the sudden-death after the game ended 0–0 after 120 minutes.[4]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 October 2005 Pre-Quarter Final East Bengal 3–1 Air India Margao
Sydney Nkalanga   9'
Dipankar Roy   44'
Mike Okoro   58'
Report Syed Rahim Nabi   90+1' (o.g.) Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Man of the Match: Mike Okoro (East Bengal).
23 October 2005 Quarter-Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(9–10 p)
Churchill Brothers Margao
Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: S Suresh
Penalties
  •   Jotin Singh
  •   Syed Hussain
  •   Sony P T
  •   Vanlalrova
  •   Ngozi Tony
  •   Chitra Singh
  •   Vinay Singh
  •   Villroy D'Cruz
  •   Amjad Hussain
  •   Abba Muritala



IFA Shield edit

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  East Bengal 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
  Mohammedan Sporting 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
  Mohun Bagan 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3

East Bengal was grouped alongside the other two Kolkata Giants Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting in Group A. East Bengal lost 2–3 against Mohammedan Sporting in the opening game.[5] However, in the second game, against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, East Bengal registered a 4–1 win with goals from Chandan Das, Mike Okoro and a brace from Alvito D'Cunha.[6] In the semi-finals, East Bengal faced EverReady and surprisingly lost 2–1 with Chibueze Francis Maduako scoring a brace for EverReady after Kalia Kulothungan put East Bengal ahead in the 3rd minute.[7][8]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 November 2005 Group Stage East Bengal 2–3 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Chandan Das   66'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga   86'
Report Okonji Onyelo Patrick   42'
Satyajit Bose   69'
Mputu Bolwe   77'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S Suresh
Man of the Match: Patrick Okonji Onyelo (Md Sporting)
27 November 2005 Group Stage East Bengal 4–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Chandan Das   9'
Mike Okoro   29'
Alvito D'Cunha   43', 90+3'
Report Akeem Abul Alem   14' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Subrata Sarkar
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)
1 December 2005 Semi-Final East Bengal 1–2 EverReady Kolkata
Kalia Kulothungan   3' Report Chibueze Francis Maduako   24', 90+2' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S. Suresh
Man of the Match: Chibueze Francis Maduako (EverReady)



Durand Cup edit

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  JCT 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
  East Bengal 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
  HAL 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0

East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT and HAL in Group D. East Bengal won 2–0 against HAL in the opening fixture withgoals from RC Prakash and Jatin Singh Bisht.[9] However, they lost 1–2 against JCT as they were eliminated from the group stages.[10][11]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 December 2005 Group Stage East Bengal 2–0 HAL Delhi
RC Prakash   7'
Jatin Singh Bisht   22'
Report Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
13 December 2005 Group Stage East Bengal 1–2 JCT Delhi
Mike Okoro   57' Report Parveen Kumar   33'
Renedy Singh   63'
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium



National Football League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mahindra United 17 11 3 3 27 13 +14 36 Champions
2 East Bengal 17 9 4 4 25 16 +9 31
3 Mohun Bagan 17 8 6 3 17 10 +7 30
4 Sporting Goa 17 6 7 4 24 16 +8 25
5 Dempo 17 6 7 4 29 22 +7 25


Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

10 January 2006 1 East Bengal 1–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Bhaichung Bhutia   78' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S Suresh
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)
15 January 2006 2 East Bengal 1–1 Salgaocar Kolkata
Bhaichung Bhutia   33' Report Fabio dos Passos   60' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Deepak Kumar Dey
Man of the Match: Fabio dos Passos (Salgaocar)
22 January 2006 3 Mohun Bagan 0–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul Haq
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)
25 January 2006 4 East Bengal 2–0 Fransa-Pax Kolkata
Mike Okoro   8'
Bhaichung Bhutia   82'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)
29 January 2006 5 East Bengal 0–0 Air India Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Syed Sujauddin / Dinesh Nair[b]
Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (East Bengal)
2 February 2006 6 JCT 0–1 East Bengal Ludhiana
Report Narinder Singh   9' (o.g.) Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: Deepak Bisht
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (JCT)
6 February 2006 7 East Bengal 0–1 Mahindra United Kolkata
Report Jose Ramirez Barreto   68' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: James Lukram Singh (Mahindra)
18 March 2006 8 East Bengal 4–3 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
Bhaichung Bhutia   30', 60', 87'
Syed Rahim Nabi   65'
Report Hardip Singh Saini   45'
Chidi Edeh   55'
Bibiano Fernandes   86'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Komaleeswaran Shankar
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)
26 March 2006 9 East Bengal 5–3 Dempo Kolkata
Ndem Guy Herve   13'
Bhaichung Bhutia   24'
Debabrata Roy   69', 77'
Syed Rahim Nabi   71'
Report Majekodumni Bolaji   34'
Ranti Martins   76' (pen), 85'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: N Mohan
Man of the Match: Debabrata Roy (East Bengal)
2 April 2006 10 Mohammedan Sporting 0–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Ndem Guy Herve   2'
Bhaichung Bhutia   54'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: N Mohan
Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (East Bengal)
8 April 2006 11 East Bengal 3–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Bhaichung Bhutia   48'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga   62'
Gouranga Datta   89'
Report Dharamjit Singh   30'
Mehtab Hossain   72'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)
16 April 2006 12 Dempo 1–3 East Bengal Margao
Johnny D'Cruz   35' Report Bhaichung Bhutia   63'
Syed Rahim Nabi   71'
Dipankar Roy   85'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: N Mohan
Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)
20 April 2006 13 Mahindra United 1–0 East Bengal Mumbai
Yusif Yakubu   45+1' (pen) Report Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: Pradip Kuma
Man of the Match: Irungbam Surkumar Singh (Mahindra United)
23 April 2006 14 Air India 1–1 East Bengal Mumbai
Vijith Shetty   17' Report Bhaichung Bhutia   29' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: Abdul Saleem
Man of the Match: Paresh Shivalkar (Air-India)
30 April 2006 15 Salgaocar 1–0 East Bengal Margao
Micky Fernandes   81' Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: N Mohan
Man of the Match: Micky Fernandes (Salgaocar)
8 May 2006 16 Sporting Club de Goa 3–1 East Bengal Margao
Chidi Edeh   11'
Hardip Singh Saini   33'
Dudu Omagbemi   35'
Report Bhaichung Bhutia   28' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: P Bhaskar
Man of the Match: Hardip Singh Saini (Sporting Clube)
15 May 2006 17 East Bengal 1–0 JCT Kolkata
Jayanta Sen   25' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A Arjunan
Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal)
21 May 2006 18 Fransa-Pax n/p East Bengal Margao
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Note: Fransa-Pax team withdrew from the National League midway.[12]



Super Cup edit

Since Mahindra United won both the 2005-06 National Football League and the 2005 Federation Cup, National League runner-up East Bengal faced them in the 2006 Indian Super Cup and won 2–1 with goals from Ndem Guy Herve and Alvito D'Cunha.[13]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 May 2005 Mahindra United 1–2 East Bengal Mumbai
14:30 IST Yusif Yakubu   65' Report Ndem Guy Herve   23'
Alvito D'Cunha   33'
Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: S Suresh
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2005–06 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL NFL Fed Cup IFA Shield Durand Cup Super Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Naseem Akhtar 4 4 8 8 2 2 2 2 16 16
21 GK   Abhra Mondal 4 4 2 2 1 1 7 7
24 GK   Rajat Ghosh Dastidar 7 6 7 7 2 2 1 1 17 16
Defenders
2 DF   Muttah Suresh 5 4 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 18 15
5 DF   Habibur Rehman Mondal 4 4 3 2 2 2 9 8
12 DF   Arun Malhotra 7 7 1 1 1 1 9 9
12 DF   Anupam Sarkar 15 15 15 15
16 DF   Covan Lawrence 11 10 11 11 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 0 30 28
17 DF   Surya Bikash Chakraborty 4 4 1 1 5 5
22 DF   Debabrata Roy 5 5 10 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 19 12
26 DF   Ngassa Guy Martial 12 12 1 1 13 13
27 DF   Gurpreet Singh 4 4 3 2 7 6
29 DF   Saumik Dey 11 11 11 11 1 1 2 2 2 2 27 27
DF   Debkumar Sashmal 7 5 7 5
DF   Debjit Ghosh 7 6 2 1 9 7
Midfielders
6 MF   Dipankar Roy 7 7 9 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 20 9
7 MF   Jayanta Sen 6 3 15 15 1 1 22 19
8 MF   Sasthi Duley 8 8 10 5 3 3 1 1 22 17
9 MF   Alvito D'Cunha 7 6 12 7 1 1 2 2 1 1 23 17
11 MF   Kalia Kulothungan 8 4 10 8 3 1 1 0 22 13
14 MF   Chandan Das 7 2 2 2 1 1 10 5
18 MF   Tushar Rakshit 3 0 3 0
19 MF   Syed Rahim Nabi 12 11 15 14 2 2 1 1 30 28
20 MF   Ndem Guy Herve 13 13 1 1 14 14
27 MF   Amandeep Singh 1 1 1 1 2 2
28 MF   Shylo Malsawmtluanga 10 7 17 17 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 33 27
30 MF   Bernard Pires 5 5 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 13 10
32 MF   Gouranga Dutta 3 1 11 7 1 1 15 9
MF   Jatin Singh Bisht 11 8 2 2 1 1 14 11
MF   Sandip Das 5 5 5 5
MF   Liswa Nduti 2 1 1 0 2 2 5 3
Forwards
10 FW   Mike Okoro 2 1 9 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 18 14
12 FW   I.M. Vijayan 5 3 2 0 7 3
15 FW   Bhaichung Bhutia 16 16 16 16
25 FW   R.C. Prakash 8 6 2 2 1 0 2 1 13 9
FW   Sydney Nkalanga 2 2 3 3 2 2 7 7

Goal scorers edit

Goals for East Bengal in 2005–06 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL NFL Fed Cup IFA Shield Durand Cup Super Cup Total
1 15 FW   Bhaichung Bhutia 12 12
2 19 MF   Syed Rahim Nabi 8 3 0 0 0 0 11
3 9 MF   Alvito D'Cunha 2 0 0 2 0 1 5
10 FW   Mike Okoro 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
5 28 MF   Shylo Malsawmtluanga 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
6 6 MF   Dipankar Roy 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
12 FW   I.M. Vijayan 3 0 0 0 3
20 MF   Ndem Guy Herve 2 1 3
9 11 MF   Kalia Kulothungan 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
14 MF   Chandan Das 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
22 DF   Debabrata Roy 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
25 FW   R.C. Prakash 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
32 MF   Gouranga Dutta 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 7 MF   Jayanta Sen 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 MF   Sasthi Duley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 DF   Arun Malhotra 1 0 0 0 0 1
29 DF   Saumik Dey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 MF   Bernard Pires 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
FW   Sydney Nkalanga 1 0 0 1
MF   Jatin Singh Bisht 0 0 0 1 0 1
Own goals 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Total 25 25 3 7 3 2 65

Notes edit

  1. ^ Caretaker manager after Subhash Bhowmick was sacked due to legal reasons.[1]
  2. ^ replaced in 2nd Half due to illness.

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