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2013–14 East Bengal FC season

The 2013–14 season was East Bengal's 94th season since its formation in 1920.

East Bengal
2013-14 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachBrazil Marcos Falopa
(until 14 November 2013)
India Armando Colaco
(from 14 November 2013)
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Kalyani Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-LeagueRunner-up
Calcutta Football LeagueChampions
Federation CupGroup Stage
AFC CupSemi-finals
IFA ShieldFourth
Top goalscorerLeague: Chidi Edeh (9)
All: Chidi Edeh (20)

Key events edit

  • 12 June 2013: Brazilian Marcos Falopa succeeds Trevor Morgan as the head coach.[1]
  • 6 July 2013: The club signed James Moga from Pune FC who became their second foreigner.[2]
  • 15 July 2013: The club revealed Ryuji Sueoka as their fourth foreigner.[3]
  • 17 September 2013: They continue their winning streak in the AFC Cup by beating Semen Padang.[4] AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das congratulated the club on the behalf of entire AIFF.[5]
  • 24 September 2013: East Bengal drew with Semen and secured the semi-final stages, becoming the second Indian club to do so. They will meet Al-Kuwait.[6]
  • 14 November 2013: East Bengal appoint Armando Colaco as their new head coach.[7]

Transfers edit

First-team squad edit

As of 2 September 2013[15]

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   IND Abhijit Mondal
2 DF   IND Raju Gaikwad
3 DF   IND Arnab Mondal
4 DF   NGA Uga Okpara (vice-captain)
5 DF   IND Abhishek Das
6 FW   IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF   IND Harmanjot Khabra
8 DF   IND Naoba Singh (3rd captain)
9 MF   IND Alvito D'Cunha
10 FW   NGA Chidi Edeh
11 MF   JPN Ryuji Sueoka
12 MF   IND Reisangmei Vashum
14 MF   IND Mehtab Hossain (captain)
15 FW   SSD James Moga
16 DF   IND Gurwinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   IND Joaquim Abranches
19 DF   IND Robert Lalthalma
20 MF   IND Lalrindika Ralte
21 FW   IND Seminlen Doungel
23 DF   IND Safar Sardar
24 FW   IND Cavin Lobo
26 GK   IND Abhra Mondal
27 GK   IND Jayanta Pal
28 MF   IND Shylo Tulunga
29 DF   IND Saumik Dey
30 GK   IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
33 MF   IND Dipankar Roy
34 MF   IND Subodh Kumar
35 FW   IND Nilendra Dewan

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 12 September 2013 11 January 2014 Champions
I-League 9 October 2013 28 April 2014 Runners-up
Federation Cup 15 January 2014 21 January 2014 Group Stage
IFA Shield 29 January 2014 13 February 2014 Fourth
AFC Cup[A] 17 September 2013 22 October 2013 Semi-finals
  1. ^ The continuation of the 2013 AFC Cup from the Quarter-final stage happened in the 2013-14 season.

Overview edit

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 11 9 1 1 28 5 +23 081.82
I-League 24 12 7 5 39 23 +16 050.00
Federation Cup 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 033.33
IFA Shield 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 040.00
AFC Cup 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 025.00
Total 47 25 12 10 81 44 +37 053.19

Last updated: 31 May 2014
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League edit

Main article: 2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division

Table edit

2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 September 2013 1 East Bengal 4–0 Police A.C. Kolkata
16:00 IST Chidi Edeh   10'
Joaquim Abranches   27', 49'
Lalrindika Ralte   33'		 report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Prabeer Dhar
13 November 2013 2 East Bengal 2–1 Peerless Kolkata
14:00 IST Harmanjot Khabra   35'
James Moga   47'		 report Christopher Chizoba   63' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Ajit Dutta
16 November 2013 3 East Bengal 2–1 Aryan Kolkata
17:00 IST Cavin Lobo   25'
Chidi Edeh   41'		 report Stanley   78' (pen) Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
19 November 2013 4 East Bengal 4–1 George Telegraph Kolkata
17:00 IST Cavin Lobo   22'
Chidi Edeh   42', 62', 72'		 report Bibekananda   90+2' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Bapi Dey
19 December 2013 5 East Bengal 5–0 Bhawanipore Kolkata
14:00 IST James Moga   25', 44', 47'
Reisangmei Vashum   45+1'
Ryuji Sueoka   75'		 report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
29 December 2013 6 East Bengal 3–0 Army XI Kolkata
17:00 IST Ryuji Sueoka   31'
Seiminlen Doungel   37'
Reisangmei Vashum   81'		 report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Subrata Burman
31 December 2013 7 East Bengal 4–1 Railway FC Kolkata
14:00 IST Lalrindika Ralte   27' (pen)
Harmanjot Khabra   45+1'
Seiminlen Doungel   62', 65'		 report Raju Gaikwad   85' (o.g.) Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Kanika Burman
2 January 2014 8 East Bengal 0–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
16:30 IST report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Prabir Dhar
5 January 2014 9 East Bengal 2–0 United Kolkata
16:30 IST James Moga   12'
Chidi Edeh   81'
Harmanjot Khabra   42'   90+2'		 report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Biplab Poddar
8 January 2014 10 East Bengal 2–0 Kalighat MS Kolkata
14:00 IST James Moga   23'
Chidi Edeh   76'		 report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Ujjal Haldar
11 January 2014 11 East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
16:30 IST report Katsumi Yusa   83' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee


I-League edit

Main article: 2013–14 I-League

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bengaluru (C) 24 14 5 5 42 28 +14 47 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 East Bengal 24 12 7 5 39 23 +16 43 Qualification for 2015 AFC Cup group stage
3 Salgaocar 24 11 6 7 36 25 +11 39
4 Dempo 24 9 8 7 31 25 +6 35
5 Sporting Goa 24 9 7 8 34 34 0 34
Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) taking lots[16]
(C) Champions

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 October 2013 1 Shillong Lajong 0–4 East Bengal Shillong
15:30 IST Report James   20'   63'
Chidi   45'
Subodh   50'
Cavin   55'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Raktim Shah
17 October 2013 2 East Bengal 1–3 Dempo Kalyani
14:30 IST Uga   10'   75'
Baljit   85'		 Report Clifford   3'
Beto   54'   pen' (77)		 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
26 October 2013 3 East Bengal 2–0 Bengaluru FC Kolkata
14:30 IST Mehtab   21'
Robin   49' (og)
Robert   82'
James   90+4'   90+4'		 Report John   22'
Johnny   82'
Siam   90+1'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rahul Dsa
1 November 2013 4 East Bengal 2–3 Salgaocar Kolkata
14:30 IST Moga   64'
Gurwinder   66'
Len   77'		 Report Karma   8'
Francis   10'
Clifton   60'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
5 November 2013 5 Sporting Clube de Goa 1–1 East Bengal Mapusa
15:45 IST Dawson   41' (pen)
Ravi   45'		 Report Harmanjot   43'
Dika   45+1'
Arnab   59'
Cavin   61'
Mehtab   70'  90+4'		 Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: Ratheesh Kumar
24 November 2013 6 Mohun Bagan 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata
17:00 IST Report Ryuji   44'
Dika   73'  74'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
28 November 2013 7 East Bengal 1–1 United SC Kolkata
17:30 IST Chidi   27'  32' Report Anupam   6'
Dhanachandra   59'
Hasan   83'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Khamba Singh
2 December 2013 8 Mumbai FC 3–2 East Bengal Mumbai
18:00 IST Yakubu   2'
Ahmad   37'  67'   80'
Pradeep   65'		 Report Cavin   1'   32'
Ryuji   87'		 Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: CR Srikrishna
7 December 2013 9 Rangdajied United 1–2 East Bengal Shillong
17:00 IST Lamine   15'
Kim   45+1'
Yohei   90+1'		 Report Gurwinder   41'
Harmanjot   76'
Shylo   84'
Saumik   90+3'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
11 December 2013 10 Salgaocar 0–0 East Bengal Mapusa
15:30 IST Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: Vishnu Chauhan
15 December 2013 11 Bengaluru FC 0–2 East Bengal Bangaluru
15:00 IST Darren   76' Report James   17'
Raju   42'
Cavin   59'
Chidi   81'		 Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Referee: Anthony Simoees
18 February 2014 12 East Bengal 0–0 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
15:00 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
23 February 2014 13 Dempo 1–0 East Bengal Vasco da Gama
15:00 IST Ozbey   70' Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Vishnu Chauhan
1 March 2014 14 East Bengal 1–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
17:00 IST James   39' Report Sabeeth   67' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
11 March 2014 15 East Bengal 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
17:00 IST James   18'
Chidi   84'		 Report Hasegawa   34' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
14 March 2014 16 East Bengal 0–0 Shillong Lajong Kolkata
17:00 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rahul Dsa
23 March 2014 17 East Bengal 3–1 Rangdajied United Kolkata
15:00 IST Chidi   16' (pen)
Vashum   45+1'
Lenn   55'		 Report Ranti Martins   30' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Armughan Rowan
26 March 2014 18 East Bengal 2–2 Mumbai Kolkata
15:00 IST Ryuji   66', 68' Report Yakubu   61'
Mehta   87'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Anthony Simoees
30 March 2014 19 East Bengal 2–1 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
17:00 IST Sahni   45+2'
Dika   65'		 Report D'Mello   90' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
5 April 2014 20 Mohammedan Sporting 1–3 East Bengal Kolkata
17:00 IST Joshimar   41' Report Ryuji   11'
Abranches   40'
Chidi   62'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
12 April 2014 21 East Bengal 3–1 Pune Kolkata
17:00 IST Chidi   18'
Dika   43', 70'		 Report Pavlović   58' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Khamba Singh
16 April 2014 22 Churchill Brothers 1–0 East Bengal Margao
17:00 IST Raju   23' Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
19 April 2014 23 Pune 1–2 East Bengal Pune
19:00 IST D'Souza   39' Report Chidi   72'
Lenn   75'		 Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Referee: Armughan Rowan
28 April 2014 24 United 0–3 East Bengal Kolkata
17:30 IST Report Das   64'
Chidi   84'
Lenn   90'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora


Federation Cup edit

Main article: 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup Group Stage
Group B

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting Goa 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
East Bengal 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
Bengaluru FC 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
Rangdajied United 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 January 2014 Group Stage East Bengal 1–1 Rangdajied United Manjeri
Moga   56' Report Seng-Yong   20' Stadium: MDS Complex
18 January 2014 Group Stage Sporting Goa 2–1 East Bengal Manjeri
Fernandes   18'
D'Mello   85'		 Report Sueoka   58' Stadium: MDS Complex
21 January 2014 Group Stage East Bengal 2–0 Bengaluru FC Manjeri
Edeh   62', 75' Report Stadium: MDS Complex


IFA Shield edit

Main article: 2014 IFA Shield
Group A

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  East Bengal 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
  United 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
  Sun Moon University 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
  Geylang International 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: RSSSF

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 January 2014 Group stage East Bengal 1–1 Busan Kyotong Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30 James Moga   78' Report Gim Dae Han   6' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
1 February 2014 Group stage East Bengal 2–0 Geylang International Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30 Seminlen Doungel   72'
Chidi Edeh   90'		 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
4 February 2014 Group stage East Bengal 2–0 United SC Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30 Lalrindika Ralte   49'
James Moga   69'		 Report Ranti Martins   47' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
11 February 2014 Semi-final East Bengal 0–3 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30 Report Emeka Darlington   22'
Sony Norde   37'
Wedson Anselme   66'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
13 February 2014 Third-Place Play-off East Bengal 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4-5 p)		 United Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30 Chidi Edeh   22' (pen.) Report Baldeep Singh   73' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Penalties
Edeh  
Lobo  
Tluanga  
Kumar  
N. Singh  
Khabra  		   Martins
  Razaq
  D. Singh
  Biswas
  Sarkar
  Chakraborty


AFC Cup edit

Main article: 2013 AFC Cup

Knock-out Stage edit

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Al-Qadsia 4
  Fanja 0
  Al-Qadsia (a) 0 2 2
  Al-Shorta 0 2 2
  Erbil 3
  Al-Shorta (a.e.t.) 4
  Al-Qadsia 2 1 3
  Al-Faisaly 1 0 1
  Kelantan 0
  Kitchee 2
  Kitchee 1 1 2
  Al-Faisaly 2 2 4
  Al-Faisaly 3
  Al-Riffa 1
  Al-Qadsia 0
  Al-Kuwait 2
  New Radiant (a.e.t.) 2
  Selangor 0
  New Radiant 2 0 2
  Al-Kuwait 7 5 12
  Al-Kuwait (p) 1 (4)
  Dohuk 1 (1)
  Al-Kuwait 4 3 7
  East Bengal 2 0 2
  East Bengal 5
  Yangon United 1
  East Bengal 1 1 2
  Semen Padang 0 1 1
  Semen Padang 2
  SHB Đà Nẵng 1

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 September 2013 QF 1st leg East Bengal 1–0 Semen Padang Kolkata
16:30 IST Sueoka   71' report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Iida Jumpe (Japan)
24 September 2013 QF 2nd leg Semen Padang 1–1 East Bengal Padang
1:30 IST Junior   23' report James Moga   78' Stadium: Haji Agus Salim Stadium
Attendance: 11,350
Referee: Mohammed A Alawaji (Saudi Arabia)
1 October 2013 SF 1st leg Al-Kuwait 4–2 East Bengal Kuwait City
19:30 UTC+3 Jemâa   17', 33'
Ali   32'
Hammami   48'		 Report Okpara   65'
Ralte   87'		 Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
22 October 2013 SF 2nd leg East Bengal 0–3 Al-Kuwait Kolkata
16:00 UTC+5:30 Report Rogerinho   43'
Khamis   44'
Das   87' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2013–14 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
1 GK   Abhijit Mondal 2 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 15
30 GK   Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 9 9 8 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 26 26
26 GK   Abhra Mondal 2 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 6
Defenders
3 DF   Arnab Mondal 5 5 20 18 2 2 3 3 4 4 34 32
2 DF   Raju Gaikwad 4 4 17 14 3 3 5 5 0 0 29 26
8 DF   Naoba Singh 9 9 15 11 1 1 1 1 3 3 29 25
19 DF   Robert Lalthlamuana 6 6 14 14 1 1 4 4 3 2 28 27
16 DF   Gurwinder Singh 8 8 13 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 23 17
5 DF   Abhishek Das 1 1 10 9 5 4 1 1 17 15
29 DF   Soumik Dey 8 7 10 10 2 2 2 2 4 4 26 25
4 DF   Uga Okpara 2 2 9 9 3 3 4 4 18 18
23 DF   Safar Sardar 1 0 1 0
Midfielders
24 MF   Cavin Lobo 10 9 23 20 2 2 3 1 3 2 41 34
20 MF   Lalrindika Ralte 6 6 22 20 3 3 4 3 4 3 39 35
7 MF   Harmanjot Khabra 9 9 21 19 2 2 2 0 1 1 35 31
11 MF   Ryuji Sueoka 10 9 18 17 3 3 4 4 2 1 37 34
28 MF   Shylo Malsawmtluanga 9 3 17 12 1 1 4 4 1 0 32 20
17 MF   Joaquim Abranches 4 4 15 9 1 1 2 2 4 3 26 19
14 MF   Mehtab Hossain 1 1 8 8 2 1 4 4 15 14
18 MF   Subodh Kumar 6 5 7 4 0 0 5 4 18 13
12 MF   Reisangmei Vashum 6 6 3 3 0 0 1 1 10 10
9 MF   Alvito D'Cunha 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 8 2
33 MF   Dipankar Roy 2 0 2 0
Forwards
10 FW   Chidi Edeh 8 4 22 22 3 3 5 5 4 4 42 38
21 FW   Semilen Doungel 8 2 17 2 0 0 4 1 29 5
15 FW   James Moga 9 7 14 11 3 3 4 4 4 3 34 28
6 FW   Baljit Singh Sahni 5 2 9 0 3 0 17 2

Goal scorers edit

Goals for East Bengal in 2013–14 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
1 10 FW   Chidi Edeh 7 9 2 2 0 20
2 15 FW   James Moga 6 7 1 2 1 17
3 11 MF   Ryuji Sueoka 2 4 1 0 1 8
20 MF   Lalrindika Ralte 2 4 0 1 1 8
21 FW   Semilen Doungel 3 4 0 1 8
6 24 MF   Cavin Lobo 2 2 0 0 0 4
7 12 MF   Reisangmei Vashum 2 1 0 0 3
17 MF   Joaquim Abranches 2 1 0 0 0 3
9 6 FW   Baljit Singh Sahni 0 2 0 0 0 2
7 MF   Harmanjot Khabra 2 0 0 0 0 2
11 4 DF   Uga Okpara 0 0 0 1 1
5 DF   Abhishek Das 0 1 0 0 1
16 DF   Gurwinder Singh 0 1 0 0 1
28 MF   Shylo Malsawmtluanga 0 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 0 2 0 0 0 2
Total 28 39 4 6 4 81

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