2002–03 East Bengal FC season

The 2002–03 season is East Bengal Football Club's 7th season in the National Football League, and also marks the club's 83rd season. Coached by Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal won all five trophies from the five tournaments they participated in, including their second National league title, competing in the 2002–03 NFL. They also won the 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 Durand Cup and 2002 IFA Shield and the 2002 Independence Day Cup. This was the third instance in the history of East Bengal club that the club had won 5 trophies in a season, the other two back in 1972 and 1973 during P.K. Banerjee's reign.[6]

East Bengal
2002–03 season
ChairmanPranab Dasgupta
ManagerSubhash Bhowmick
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
National Football LeagueChampions[1]
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions[2]
Durand CupChampions[3]
IFA ShieldChampions[4]
Independence Day CupChampions[5]

First-team squad

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East Bengal FC squad for the 2002–03 season.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   IND Sangram Mukherjee
GK   IND Sandip Nandy
GK   IND Satish Kumar
GK   IND Arpan Dey.
DF   IND Suley Musah
DF   IND Surya Bikash Chakravarty
DF   IND Amjad Ali Khan
DF   IND Subhasis Roy Chaudhury
DF   IND Deepak Mondal
DF   IND M Suresh
DF   IND Arun Malhotra
DF   IND Raju Singh.
DF   IND Anit Ghosh
MF   IND Douglas De Silva
MF   IND Malsawmtluanga
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   IND S. Venkatesh
MF   IND Chandan Das
MF   IND Sashti Duley
MF   IND Dipankar Roy
MF   IND Tushar Rakshit
MF   IND Sankarlal Chakraborty
MF   IND Soumitra Chakravarty
MF   IND Swarup Chatterjee.
MF   IND Alvito D'Cunha
FW   IND Mike Okoro
FW   IND Gilmar Da Silva
FW   IND Trijit Das
FW   IND Kalia Kulothungan
FW   IND Kaustav Ghosh

Stadiums

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Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984. As of today the Salt Lake Stadium is used for East Bengal's I-League, AFC Cup, and Federation Cup games. The East Bengal Ground is used for the Calcutta Football League matches.

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Final Position
Calcutta Football League 3 August 2002 11 November 2002 Champions
National Football League 17 November 2002 28 April 2002 Champions
Durand Cup 4 January 2003 10 January 2003 Champions
IFA Shield 13 January 2003 22 January 2003 Champions
Independence Day Cup 27 September 2002 5 October 2002 Champions

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

27 November 2002 1 East Bengal 1–0 JCT Mills Kolkata
Mike Okoro   59' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
19 December 2002 7 Vasco Sports Club 1–1 East Bengal Goa
Marcos Pereira   72' Alvito D'Cunha   33'
23 December 2002 8 Indian Bank 3–3 East Bengal Chennai
Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya   21',   22',   53' Gilmar   51', Chandan Das   58', Shanmugam Venkatesh   59'
25 January 2003 9 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. 3–5 East Bengal Bengaluru
Kenneth Onu   81',   85', Mahendra Mani   90+'
8 February 2003 12 East Bengal 4–1 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Kolkata
Mike Okoro   21', 44' (75) , Suley Musah   38' Kenneth Onu   77' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
13 February 2003 13 Churchill Brothers SC 1–3 East Bengal Goa
Ratan Singh   35' Douglas da Silva   27', Alvito D'Cunha   46', Mike Okoro   88' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
16 February 2003 14 Dempo Sports Club 2–2 East Bengal Club Goa
  32' Jose Colaco   36' Mario Soares   18' Mike Okoro   20' Douglas da Silva
22 February 2003 15 East Bengal Club 1–0 Indian Telephone Industries Kolkata
  11' Mike Okoro
25 February 2003 16 East Bengal Club 2–1 Mohun Bagan AC Kolkata
  11' Alvito D'Cunha   73' Mike Okoro   54' Jose Barreto
1 March 2003 17 East Bengal Club 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
  67' Douglas da Silva   89' Kalia Kulothungan
5 March 2003 18 JCT Mills 2–0 East Bengal Club Ludhiana
  44' Jo Paul Ancheri   70' IM Vijayan
9 April 2003 19 Mahindra United 2–0 East Bengal Club Mumbai
  33' Mongba Aby Samson   66' James Singh
13 April 2003 20 East Bengal Club 3–0 Indian Bank Kolkata
  16'   85' Mike Okoro   53' Douglas da Silva
25 April 2003 21 East Bengal Club 4–0 Vasco Sports Club Kolkata
  13' Douglas da Silva

  47' Douglas da Silva   67' Malswam Tulunga

Mike Okoro
28 April 2003 22 Salgaocar Sports Club 2–0 East Bengal Club Goa
  22' Sebastiao Endro   54' Sunday Seah
3 August 2002 1 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro   30', 80' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
6 August 2002 2 East Bengal 2–2 SAIL Kolkata
Mike Okoro   18'
Kalia Kulothungan   59'
Dulal Patra   76'
Lawrence Enyilord   78'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
9 August 2002 3 East Bengal 2–0 Bharati Sangha Kolkata
Mike Okoro  
Dipankar Roy  
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 August 2002 4 East Bengal 5–1 Eastern Railway FC Kolkata
Mike Okoro   6', 70', 71'
Alvito D'Cunha   21'
Surya Bikash Chakraborty   57'
Somnath Pramanick   Stadium: East Bengal Ground
17 August 2002 5 East Bengal 3–0 FCI FC Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha   20', 38'
Mike Okoro   71'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
20 August 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Dipankar Roy  
Shylo Malsawmtluanga   71'
Basudeb Mondal   Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
24 August 2002 7 East Bengal 5–0 Everready Association Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty   43', 58'
Chandan Das   46'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga   65'
Soumitra Chakraborty  
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
27 August 2002 8 East Bengal 4–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha   49'
Mike Okoro   51'
Subhashish Roy Chowdhury   74'
Subhash Chakraborty   82'
Mehtab Hossain   75' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
7 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 2–2 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty  
Chandan Das  
Sujoy Dutta  
Ashim Biswas  
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 September 2002 Championship Group Mohammedan Sporting 3–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Reazul Mustafa  
Syed Rahim Nabi   ?', ?'
Mike Okoro  
Alvito D'Cunha  
Shylo Malsawmtluanga  
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Basudeb Mondal   41' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 3–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro   24', 78'
Alvito D'Cunha   83'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
11 November 2002 Championship final East Bengal 3–0 (a.e.t.) Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Douglas De Silva   2'
Sasthi Duley   45'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga  
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal club went to Nagaon, Assam to participate in the 54th Independence Day Cup tournament after the end of the Championship Group round matches of the Calcutta League. The club won the tournament defeating Oil India FC of Assam by 2–0 with goals from Alvito D'Cunha and Chandan Das.[5]

27 September 2002 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 Oil India FC Nagaon, Assam
Tridip Khound   85' Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
2 October 2002 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Nagaland Police Nagaon, Assam
Mike Okoro   39'
Kalia Kulothungan   62'
Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium

East Bengal club participated in the 115th Durand Cup held in Delhi being grouped in Group B along with MEG, Bangalore and Air India. The team won their third tournament of the season after defeating Army XI in the final by 3–0 margin.[3]

4 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 4–0 Air India Delhi
Mike Okoro   33', 60'
Sashti Duley   38'
Osberne D'Souza   42' (og)
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
4 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 MEG, Bangalore Delhi
Ajith Kumar   59' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
8 January 2003 Semi Final Salgaocar 0–1 East Bengal Delhi
Mike Okoro   79' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Just days after winning the Durand Cup, the club participated in the IFA Shield held in Kolkata and was grouped alongside Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami in Group A. The team reached the final defeating Vasco in the Semi-Final and lifted their 4th trophy of the season by defeating Churchill Brothers in the final via a penalty shootout, with Sashti Duley scoring the winning penalty in the sudden-death.[8]

13 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Indian Bank Kolkata
Tushar Rakshit   58'
Amjad Ali Khan   87'
Joseph   33' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
15 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Aqueel Ansari   83' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Trijit Das   31'
Suley Musah   70'
Manas Das   61' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 January 2003 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Vasco Kolkata
Suley Musah   18'
Jiten Rai   83'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
22 January 2003 Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Bharat Mani
Penalties

Sponsors

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References

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  2. ^ "India 2002 Regional Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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  4. ^ "108th "TVS Fiero" IFA Shield 2002". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b "54th Independence Day Cup 2002". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Remembering 2002/03 when East Bengal FC bragged a Quintuple!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Team Archives – East Bengal Club". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Churchill fail to stop EB juggernaut". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2020.