2007–08 East Bengal FC season

The 2007–08 season was East Bengal's 1st season in the I-League and 88th season in existence.

East Bengal
2007–08 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachIndia Subrata Bhattacharya
(until 16 January 2008)
India Monoranjan Bhattacharya
(until 19 February 2008)
India Aloke Mukherjee
(from 20 February 2008)
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Barasat Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League6th
Calcutta Football LeagueRunners-up
Federation CupChampions
Super CupRunners-up
IFA ShieldGroup Stage
AFC CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Edmilson (8)
All: Edmilson (29)

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 30 July 2007 18 November 2007 Runners-up
Federation Cup 4 September 2007 15 September 2007 Champions
I-League 25 November 2007 23 February 2008 6th
Super Cup 27 February 2008 Runners-up
IFA Shield 1 March 2008 3 March 2008 Group Stage
AFC Cup 11 March 2008 14 May 2008 Group Stage

Overview

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Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 14 8 2 4 30 16 +14 057.14
Federation Cup 4 4 0 0 11 6 +5 100.00
I-League 18 5 4 9 17 23 −6 027.78
Super Cup 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
IFA Shield 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 000.00
AFC Cup 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 033.33
Total 45 19 8 18 64 55 +9 042.22

Last updated: 1 June 2008
Source: Competitions



Calcutta Football League

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East Bengal finished the 2007 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 26 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan.[1]

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

30 July 2007 1 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mehtab Hussain   8'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   10'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Rathin Mukherjee
3 August 2007 2 East Bengal 2–0 Eastern Railway Kolkata
Edmilson Marques Pardal   70' (pen)
Dipendu Biswas   86'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Debashish Mishra
7 August 2007 3 East Bengal 6–2 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Edmilson Marques Pardal   4', 42', 72'
Ashim Biswas   46', 48'
Alvito D'Cunha   55'
Report Basudeb Mondal   2'
K Shyju   19'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
14 August 2007 4 East Bengal 3–0 Peerless Kolkata
Abdul Samed Okocha   16'
Alvito D'Cunha   50'
Dipankar Roy   57'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Udayan Haldar
17 August 2007 5 East Bengal 3–4 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha   46', 60'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   69' (pen)
Report Lalawmpuia Pachuau   9'
Jose Ramirez Barreto   34' (pen)
Shanmugam Venkatesh   42', 47'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Subrata Sarkar
22 August 2007 6 East Bengal 1–0 George Telegraph Kolkata
Ashim Biswas   7' Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Dhanapati Roy
25 August 2007 7 East Bengal 1–1 Chirag United Kolkata
Vimal Pariyar   14' Report Sashti Duley   13' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: K Shankar
1 October 2007 8 Calcutta Port Trust 0–5 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Dipankar Roy   3'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   36', 39', 59' (pen), 80'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Biplab Poddar
3 October 2007 9 Eastern Railway 0–1 East Bengal Howrah
Report Jayanta Sen   27' Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium
Referee: Pradip Mukherjee
6 October 2007 10 Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi   2'
Kalia Kulothungan   80'
Report Edmilson Marques Pardal   32' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rathin Mukherjee
27 October 2007 11 Peerless 0–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Edmilson Marques Pardal   57'
Vimal Pariyar   74'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Pradip Mukherjee
6 November 2007 12 Mohun Bagan 2–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Jose Ramirez Barreto   49', 90+2' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S Suresh
15 November 2007 13 George Telegraph 3–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Nuruddin Saleh Olawale   24', 33'
Gour Naskar   29'
Report Ashim Biswas   40' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Kashinath Sen
18 November 2007 14 Chirag United 2–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Shankar Oraon   44'
Theodore Sunday Wrobeh   61'
Report Syed Rahim Nabi   16'
Ashim Biswas   76'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dhanapati Roy



Federation Cup

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East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting and won 3–1 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan but Edmilson Marques Pardal scored twice to take the team to the last 8. In the Quarter-Final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and won 3–2 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT.[2] In the Semi-Final, East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Bhaichung Bhutia put Mohun Bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. José Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute wasn't enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3–2 to reach the final.[3][4] In the Final, East Bengal defeated Mahindra United 2–1 with another brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson as they lifted their 5th Federation Cup title.[5]


Bracket

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Pre-Quarter FinalsQuarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
 
              
 
4 September
 
 
JCT3
 
9 September
 
Vasco1
 
JCT2
 
4 September
 
East Bengal3
 
Mohammedan Sporting1
 
11 September
 
East Bengal3
 
East Bengal3
 
6 September
 
Mohun Bagan2
 
Air India1
 
9 September
 
Viva Kerala2
 
Viva Kerala1
 
6 September
 
Mohun Bagan3
 
ONGC1
 
5 September
 
Mohun Bagan2
 
East Bengal2
 
7 September
 
Mahindra United1
 
Dempo3
 
10 September
 
Chirag United0
 
Dempo2
 
7 September
 
Churchill Brothers0
 
Salgaocar1
 
12 September
 
Churchill Brothers4
 
Dempo1 (1)
 
5 September
 
Mahindra United1 (3)
 
Mahindra United1
 
8 September
 
HAL0
 
Mahindra United1 (5)
 
5 September
 
Sporting Clube de Goa1 (4)
 
Army XI 0
 
 
Sporting Clube de Goa1
 

Fixtures & results

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4 September 2007 Pre-Quarter Final Mohammedan Sporting 1–3 East Bengal Ludhiana
Kalia Kulothungan   45+3' Report Ashim Biswas   21'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   51', 66'
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: S. Suresh
9 September 2007 Quarter-Final JCT 2–3 East Bengal Ludhiana
Eduardo da Silva Escobar   51'
Renedy Singh   90+5'
Report Irungbam Surkumar Singh   14'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   44', 72'
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: Benjamin D'Silva
11 September 2007 Semi-Final East Bengal 3–2 Mohun Bagan Ludhiana
Irungbam Surkumar Singh   25'
Dipendu Biswas   35'
Ashim Biswas   47'
Report Bhaichung Bhutia   12'
Jose Ramirez Barreto   71'
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: K. Shankar
15 September 2007 Final East Bengal 2–1 Mahindra United Ludhiana
Edmilson Marques Pardal   36' (pen), 45+1' Report Sunil Kumar   42'
Manjit Singh   45+3'
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: K. Shankar



I League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Mohun Bagan 18 8 6 4 22 17 +5 30 2009 AFC Cup group stage[a]
5 Mahindra United 18 7 7 4 24 18 +6 28
6 East Bengal 18 5 4 9 17 23 −6 19
7 Sporting Goa 18 4 7 7 14 24 −10 19
8 Air India 18 3 8 7 10 20 −10 17
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Fixtures & results

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25 November 2007 1 East Bengal 2–0 Viva Kerala Kolkata
17:30 IST Edmilson Marques Pardal   73'
Alvito D'Cunha   79'
Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal)
30 November 2007 2 East Bengal 1–3 JCT Kolkata
17:30 IST Edmilson Marques Pardal   50' (pen) Report Eduardo da Silva Escobar   43', 67', 83' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Benjamin D'Silva
Man of the Match: Eduardo da Silva Escobar (JCT)
3 December 2007 3 East Bengal 3–2 Salgaocar Kolkata
17:30 IST Edmilson Marques Pardal   20', 66' (pen)
Ashim Biswas   53'
Report TV Biju Kumar   49'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga   75'
Remu Gomes   60'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Felix Chimaokwu (Salgaocar)
9 December 2007 4 Dempo 2–2 East Bengal Margao
15:30 IST Valeriano Rebello   26'
Beto   86'
Report MacDonald Mukansi   25'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   59'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Ali Saleem
Man of the Match: Subrata Paul (East Bengal)
13 December 2007 5 Churchill Brothers 3–2 East Bengal Margao
15:30 IST Odafa Onyeka Okolie   32', 41' (pen), 44' Report Edmilson Marques Pardal   26'
Mehtab Hossain   87'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Ali Saleem
Man of the Match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers)
17 December 2007 6 Air India 1–0 East Bengal Mumbai
15:30 IST Paresh Shivalkar   62' Report Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: Benjamin D'Silva
Man of the Match: Paresh Shivalkar (Air India)
23 December 2007 7 Mahindra United 2–1 East Bengal Mumbai
15:30 IST Debabrata Roy   31' (o.g.)
Mohammed Rafi   72'
Report Edmilson Marques Pardal   50' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: S Suresh
Man of the Match: Sushanth Mathew (Mahindra United)
30 December 2007 8 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal Kolkata
16:00 IST Baichung Bhutia   61' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: K Shankar
Man of the Match: Douglas da Silva (Mohun Bagan)
5 January 2008 9 Sporting Clube de Goa 1–0 East Bengal Margao
15:30 IST Lawrence Adjei   52' Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Denzil Franco (Sporting Clube de Goa)
8 January 2008 10 Salgaocar 0–0 East Bengal Margao
16:00 IST Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq
Man of the Match: Fabio Dos Passos (Salgaocar)
14 January 2008 11 JCT 3–0 East Bengal Ludhiana
13:30 IST Baljit Sahni   5'
Baldeep Singh   8'
Eduardo da Silva Escobar   38'
Report Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
Man of the Match: Baljit Sahni (JCT)
21 January 2008 12 East Bengal 0–2 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
16:00 IST Report Bhaichung Bhutia   29', 62'
Douglas da Silva   9'   48'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (Mohun Bagan)
27 January 2008 13 East Bengal 1–0 Dempo Kolkata
18:00 IST Mahesh Gawli   69' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)
30 January 2008 14 East Bengal 0–0 Air India Kolkata
18:00 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: K Shankar
Man of the Match: Arnab Das Sharma (Air India)
3 February 2008 15 East Bengal 1–0 Mahindra United Kolkata
18:00 IST Syed Rahim Nabi   5' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)
10 February 2008 16 East Bengal 0–1 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
18:00 IST Jayanta Sen   29' Report Mboyo Iyomi   77' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
Man of the Match: Subrata Paul (East Bengal)
17 February 2008 17 Viva Kerala 1–3 East Bengal Kozhikode
15:30 IST Syed Rahim Nabi   20'
Alvito D'Cunha   57'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   90'
Report Ebin Rose   45+1' Stadium: EMS Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq
Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)
23 February 2008 18 East Bengal 1–1 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
15:30 IST Syed Rahim Nabi   56' Report Joseph Pereira   21' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)



Super Cup

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2007 Federation Cup Champion East Bengal faced 2007-08 I-League Champion Dempo in the 2008 Super Cup. Dempo won 1–0 courtesy of a solitary goal from Chidi Edeh.[6]

Fixtures & results

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27 February 2008 Dempo 1–0 East Bengal Gurgaon
14:30 IST Chidi Edeh   71' Report Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair



IFA Shield

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Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Santos 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
  Mahindra United 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
  East Bengal 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1

East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Santos in Group B. East Bengal lost 2–0 against Mahindra United in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Santos as they were eliminated from the group stages.[7]

Fixtures & results

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1 March 2008 Group Stage East Bengal 0–2 Mahindra United Kolkata
15:00 IST Report Rafi   37'
Yusif Yakubu   44'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Kamil
3 March 2008 Group Stage East Bengal 1–1 Santos Howrah
15:00 IST Edmilson Marques Pardal   14' (pen) Report Gregory Michael   7' Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan



AFC Cup

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Group stage

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Safa 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 10
  Al-Wahdat 6 1 4 1 12 12 0 7
  East Bengal 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7
  Al-Ahli San‘a’ 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures & results

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30 April 2008 East Bengal   0–0   Safa Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India
15:00 UTC+5:30 (Report) Attendance: 10,000
Referee:   Valentin Kovalenko

Statistics

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Appearances

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Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2007–08 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup Super Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
24 GK   Subrata Paul 3 3 16 16 4 4 1 1 1 1 6 6 31 31
21 GK   Abhra Mondal 6 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 9
31 GK   Arup Debnath 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
33 GK   Gopal Das 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Defenders
19 DF   Syed Rahim Nabi 3 3 18 18 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 6 34 34
5 DF   Debabrata Roy 3 3 15 14 2 2 1 1 2 2 5 5 28 27
26 DF   Mehrajuddin Wadoo 3 3 14 12 4 4 1 1 2 1 6 6 30 27
3 DF   Majek Bolaji 5 5 13 13 4 4 0 0 1 1 6 6 29 29
12 DF   Anupam Sarkar 9 4 10 8 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 23 16
4 DF   Julius Owino 10 10 1 1 11 11
29 DF   Saumik Dey 10 9 9 8 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 20
27 DF   Surkumar Singh 1 1 9 9 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 6 23 23
42 DF   Madhab Das 5 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8
2 DF   Muttah Suresh 9 9 3 3 4 4 2 1 5 5 23 22
35 DF   Aiborlang Khongjee 5 5 2 1 0 0 7 6
39 DF   Ratan Das 2 1 2 0 4 1
17 DF   Abdul Samad Okocha 4 4 3 0 7 4
4 DF   Gurpreet Singh 8 6 0 0 8 6
17 DF   Surya Bikash Chakraborty 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 5
20 DF   Napoleon Singh 1 1 1 1
DF   Poibang Pohshna 0 0 1 1 1 1
Midfielders
9 MF   Alvito D'Cunha 10 8 17 16 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 6 40 37
23 MF   Mehtab Hossain 7 7 17 15 0 0 1 1 2 1 6 6 33 30
7 MF   Jayanta Sen 12 12 12 12 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 33 32
32 MF   Snehasish Chakraborty 4 2 11 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 24 6
6 MF   Dipankar Roy 13 10 9 2 2 0 24 12
37 MF   MacDonald Mukansi 1 1 9 6 10 7
14 MF   Chandan Das 5 4 4 1 9 5
11 MF   Hardeep Singh Saini 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 2
40 MF   Vanlal Rova 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 9 3
15 MF   Ikechukwu Ibe Gift 1 1 6 5 7 6
37 MF   Marlanki Suiting 6 3 6 3
36 MF   Sovon Chakraborty 1 0 1 0
34 MF   Amulya Mondal 2 1 2 1
MF   Mohammed Mukhtar 1 0 1 0
MF   Vinu Jose 0 0 1 0 1 0
Forwards
30 FW   Edmilson Marques Pardal 12 12 14 14 3 3 1 1 2 2 5 5 37 37
10 FW   Dipendu Biswas 11 2 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 24 4
25 FW   Ashim Biswas 13 13 5 4 4 4 22 21
22 FW   Vimal Pariyar 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
8 FW   Abeeku Gaiesi 2 2 2 2

Goal scorers

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Goals for East Bengal in 2007–08 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup Super Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
1 30 FW   Edmilson Marques Pardal 12 8 6 0 1 2 29
2 25 FW   Ashim Biswas 5 1 2 0 0 8
3 9 MF   Alvito D'Cunha 4 2 0 0 0 1 7
4 19 DF   Syed Rahim Nabi 1 3 0 0 0 1 5
5 6 MF   Dipankar Roy 2 0 0 0 0 2
10 FW   Dipendu Biswas 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
22 FW   Vimal Pariyar 2 0 0 0 0 2
23 MF   Mehtab Hossain 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
27 DF   Surkumar Singh 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
10 7 MF   Jayanta Sen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 MF   Ikechukwu Ibe Gift 0 1 1
17 DF   Abdul Samad Okocha 1 0 1
37 MF   MacDonald Mukansi 0 1 1
Own goals 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 30 17 11 0 1 5 64

References

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  2. ^ "Speedy Nabi takes East Bengal to semis". Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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  6. ^ PTI (27 February 2008). "Dempo claim Super Cup to end memorable season on a high". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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