The 2008–09 season was East Bengal's 2nd season in the I-League and 89th season in existence.
| 2008–09 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||
| Head-Coach |  Monoranjan Bhattacharya(until 15 September 2008) Stanley Rozario(until 24 December 2008) Subhash Bhowmick(from 24 December 2008) | ||
| Ground | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground | ||
| I-League | 6th | ||
| Calcutta Football League | 3rd | ||
| Federation Cup | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Yusif Yakubu (11) All: Sunil Chhetri (13) | ||
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Competitions edit
Overall edit
| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcutta Football League | 14 July 2008 | 12 September 2008 | 3rd |
| I-League | 26 September 2008 | 16 April 2009 | 6th |
| Federation Cup | 11 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 | Semi-finals |
Overview edit
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Calcutta Football League | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 50.00 |
| I-League | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 31.82 |
| Federation Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 75.00 |
| Total | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 42.50 |
Last updated: 1 June 2009
Source: Competitions
Calcutta Football League edit
East Bengal finished the 2008 Calcutta Premier Division in 3rd place with 25 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan and runners-up Mohammedan Sporting.[1][2]
Fixtures & results edit
Win Draw Loss
| 14 July 2008 1 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Calcutta Port Trust | Kolkata |
Mehtab Hussain  9'Kima 73' |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal) |
| 17 July 2008 2 | East Bengal | 1–1 | George Telegraph | Kolkata |
| Alvito D'Cunha 52' |
Report | Francis Chibueze Maduako 65' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Dhanapati Roy Man of the Match: Francis Chibueze Maduako (George Telegraph) |
| 20 July 2008 3 | East Bengal | 1–3 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
| Khelemba Singh 75' |
Report | Theodore Sunday Wrobeh 1', 85' Mike Okoro 90+2' (pen) |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: Theodore Sunday Wrobeh (Mohammedan Sporting) |
| 24 July 2008 4 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Railway FC | Kolkata |
| Parveen Kumar 16' |
Report | Suraj Mandal 33' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Kashinath Sen Man of the Match: Suraj Mandal (Railway FC) |
| 29 July 2008 5 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Chirag United | Kolkata |
| Ashim Biswas 49' |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Dilip Ghosh Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal) |
| 1 August 2008 6 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Peerless | Kolkata |
| Ashim Biswas 22' Parveen Kumar 28', 67' |
Report | Uzozle Emmanuel Junior 45+3' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Debashish Mishra Man of the Match: Parveen Kumar (East Bengal) |
| 5 August 2008 7 | Mohun Bagan | 2–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Lalawmpuia Pachuau 72', 82' |
Report | Alvito D'Cunha 19' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: Lalawmpuia Pachuau (Mohun Bagan) |
| 11 August 2008 8 | Calcuta Port Trust | 0–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Barun Saha Man of the Match: Simanta Das (Calcuta Port Trust) |
| 14 August 2008 9 | George Telegraph | 1–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Freebone Ipekere 90' |
Report | Saumik Dey 32' Suley Musah 53' (pen) |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Kashinath Sen Man of the Match: Abhra Mondal (East Bengal) |
| 25 August 2008 10 | Mohammedan Sporting | 0–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Report | Nirmal Chettri 23' Ashim Biswas 27' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal) |
| 30 August 2008 11 | Railway FC | 0–3 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Report | Mehrajuddin Wadoo 78' Edmilson Marques Pardal 82'Sunil Chhetri 85' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Debashish Mukherjee Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal) |
| 5 September 2008 12 | Chirag United | 1–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Lalmalswama Hmar 8' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee Man of the Match: Lalmalswama Hmar (Chirag United) |
| 8 September 2008 13 | Peerless | 1–3 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Uzozle Emmanuel Junior 77' (pen) |
Report | Sunil Chhetri 2' Parveen Kumar 53'Alvito D'Cunha 60' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Tushar Kanti Guha Man of the Match: Surkumar Singh (East Bengal) |
| 12 September 2008 14 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| Edmilson Marques Pardal 84' |
Report | Jose Ramirez Barreto 25' (pen) |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: Rakesh Masih (Mohun Bagan) |
I League edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dempo | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 31 | |
| 5 | Mahindra United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 31 | |
| 6 | East Bengal | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 28 | 2010 AFC Cup group stage[a] |
| 7 | Mumbai | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Chirag United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 26 |
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.
Fixtures & results edit
Win Draw Loss
| 26 September 2008 1 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Chirag United | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Surkumar Singh 10' Yusif Yakubu 19'Sunil Chhetri 28' |
Report | Shankar Oraon 79' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: S. Suresh Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (East Bengal) |
| 30 September 2008 2 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Mumbai | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Report | Felix Aboagye 23' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Selwyn Fernandes (Mumbai) |
| 12 October 2008 3 | Air India | 2–0 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
| 15:30 IST | Surojit Roy 48' Michael Tayo 79' |
Report | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: O.P. Thakur Man of the Match: Michael Tayo (Air India) |
| 18 October 2008 4 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Vasco | Kolkata |
| 18:00 IST | Yusif Yakubu 7', 90' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal) |
| 25 October 2008 5 | Mohun Bagan | 1–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| 17:00 IST | Bhaichung Bhutia 2' |
Report | Syed Rahim Nabi 39' Surkumar Singh  49' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pradeep Kumar Man of the Match: Ishfaq Ahmed (Mohun Bagan) |
| 2 November 2008 6 | Mohammedan Sporting | 0–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| 17:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Tharangachan Tungshang (Mohammedan Sporting) |
| 7 November 2008 7 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Mahindra United | Kolkata |
| 17:00 IST | Sunil Chhetri 61' |
Report | Paresh Shivalkar 58' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P. Bhaskar Man of the Match: Dharmaraj Ravanan (Mahindra United) |
| 15 November 2008 8 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata |
| 17:00 IST | Sunil Chhetri 14' Syed Rahim Nabi 27', 32' |
Report | Harmanjot Khabra 54' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
| 22 November 2008 9 | JCT | 1–0 | East Bengal | Ludhiana |
| 14:30 IST | Eduardo da Silva Escobar 68' (pen) |
Report | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Jaspal Parmar (JCT) |
| 26 November 2008 10 | Dempo | 1–0 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:00 IST | Climax Lawrence 79' |
Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: P. Bhaskar Man of the Match: Climax Lawrence (Dempo) |
| 1 December 2008 11 | East Bengal | 1–2 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata |
| 15:30 IST | Chitrasen Chandam 2' (o.g.) |
Report | Ogba Kalu 32' Mehrajuddin Wadoo 61' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S. Suresh Man of the Match: Ogba Kalu (Churchill Brothers) |
| 24 January 2009 12 | Chirag United | 0–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| 14:45 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Somnath Khara (Chirag United) |
| 24 January 2009 13 | Mumbai | 2–1 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
| 15:30 IST | Abhishek Yadav 47' Abel Hammond 88' |
Report | Yusif Yakubu 13' (pen) |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: A. Rowan Man of the Match: Abel Hammond (Mumbai) |
| 7 February 2008 14 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Air India | Kolkata |
| 15:00 IST | Yusif Yakubu 49' Sunil Chhetri 56'Sanju Pradhan 81' |
Report | Subhash Singh 88' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal) |
| 14 February 2008 15 | Vasco | 1–4 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:15 IST | Sherzod Nazarov 52' |
Report | Sunil Chhetri 28', 90' Yusif Yakubu 46', 56' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal) |
| 22 February 2008 16 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Syed Rahim Nabi 22', 40' Sunil Chhetri 47' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
| 28 February 2008 17 | East Bengal | 2–2 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Nirmal Chettri 49' Sunil Chhetri 54' |
Report | Mike Okoro 4' Eugene Gray 30' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Shaji Kurian Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (East Bengal) |
| 6 March 2008 18 | Mahindra United | 2–1 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
| 16:00 IST | Chidi Edeh 54' (pen), 70' (pen) |
Report | Sunil Chhetri 50' |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Chidi Edeh (Mahindra United) |
| 15 March 2008 19 | Sporting Club de Goa | 1–1 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:15 IST | Joseph Pereira 64' |
Report | Ishmael Addo 42' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Man of the Match: Joseph Pereira (Sporting Club de Goa) |
| 22 March 2008 20 | Churchill Brothers | 3–1 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:15 IST | Odafa Onyeka Okolie 33', 74' Ogba Kalu 47' |
Report | Yusif Yakubu 90+1' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: P. Bhaskar Man of the Match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers) |
| 3 April 2008 21 | East Bengal | 2–1 | JCT | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Yusif Yakubu 35', 69' |
Report | Eduardo da Silva Escobar 76' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: O.P. Thakur Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal) |
| 16 April 2008 22 | East Bengal | 2–2 | Dempo | Kolkata |
| 15:45 IST | Yusif Yakubu 12' Ishmael Addo 60' |
Report | Creson Antao 21' Beto 22' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal) |
Federation Cup edit
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign as defending champions and was allotted into Group C alongside JCT, New Delhi Heroes and Sporting Club de Goa. East Bengal won all the group matches and reached the semi-finals where they lost to their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the penalty shoot-out after the game ended 1–1 in regulation time.[3][4]
- Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bengal
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 |
| JCT
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| New Delhi Heroes
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| Sporting Club de Goa
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Source: 30th Federation Cup 2008
Fixtures & results edit
Win Draw Loss
| 11 December 2008 QF Group Stage | East Bengal | 2–0 | New Delhi Heroes | Kolkata |
| 17:45 IST | Sunil Chhetri 46' Alvito D'Cunha 83' |
Report | Santosh Singh  72'  90+2' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Shaji Kurian |
| 13 December 2008 QF Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–0 | JCT | Kolkata |
| 17:45 IST | Sunil Chhetri 47' |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: T. Pradip Kumar |
| 15 December 2008 QF Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–0 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata |
| 17:45 IST | Sanju Pradhan 79' |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan |
| 18 December 2008 Semi-final | East Bengal | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| 18:30 IST | Sanju Pradhan 61' |
Report | Jose Ramirez Barreto 65' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan |
| Penalties | ||||
Statistics edit
Appearances edit
- Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
| Appearances for East Bengal in 2008–09 season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Total | ||||
| Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 24 | GK | |
Subrata Paul | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| 1 | GK | |
Abhra Mondal | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 |
| 21 | GK | |
Avijit Ghosh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | |
Arnab Das Sharma | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 19 | DF | |
Syed Rahim Nabi | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 28 |
| 26 | DF | |
Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 28 |
| 3 | DF | |
Nirmal Chettri | 10 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 29 |
| 29 | DF | |
Saumik Dey | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 |
| 22 | DF |  |
Suley Musah | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 25 |
| 27 | DF | |
Surkumar Singh | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2 | DF | |
Muttah Suresh | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 |
| 5 | DF | |
Khelemba Singh | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 17 | DF | |
Jeevan Singh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 20 | DF | |
Poibang Pohshna | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 16 | DF | |
Saheb Ali Mondal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | DF | |
Saikat Saha Roy | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | DF | |
Anupam Sarkar | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 7 | MF | |
Jayanta Sen | 10 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 27 |
| 14 | MF | |
Mehtab Hossain | 9 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 26 |
| 22 | MF | |
Sanju Pradhan | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 16 |
| 8 | MF | |
Renedy Singh | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 19 |
| 9 | MF | |
Alvito D'Cunha | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 |
| 18 | MF | |
Ishmael Addo | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| 28 | MF | |
Malsawmkima | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 |
| 6 | MF | |
Dipankar Roy | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 15 | MF | |
Dharamjit Singh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 23 | MF | |
Mumtaz Akhtar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 12 | FW | |
Yusif Yakubu | 21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 25 | ||
| 11 | FW | |
Sunil Chhetri | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 26 |
| 25 | FW | |
Parveen Kumar | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | |
Ashim Biswas | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 30 | FW |  |
Edmilson Marques Pardal | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 32 | FW | |
Goutam Kujur | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
Goal scorers edit
| Goals for East Bengal in 2008–09 season | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | |
Sunil Chhetri | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | 12 | FW | |
Yusif Yakubu | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| 3 | 19 | DF | |
Syed Rahim Nabi | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | MF | |
Alvito D'Cunha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | FW | |
Parveen Kumar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | 10 | FW | |
Ashim Biswas | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 22 | MF | |
Sanju Pradhan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | 3 | DF | |
Nirmal Chettri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | |
Ishmael Addo | 2 | 2 | |||
| 30 | FW | |
Edmilson Marques Pardal | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 5 | DF | |
Khelemba Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | |
Mehtab Hossain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | DF | |
Suley Musah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | DF | |
Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | DF | |
Surkumar Singh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | MF | |
Malsawmkima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | DF | |
Saumik Dey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 31 | 5 | 57 | ||||
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