2015–16 East Bengal FC season

The 2015–16 season is East Bengal FC's 96th season in existence. The club had won the Calcutta Football League this season and became the runners of 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup.

East Bengal
2015–16 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachIndia Biswajit Bhattacharya
(until 11 April 2016)
England Trevor Morgan
(from 13 April 2016)
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
Kalyani Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League3rd
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions
Federation CupQuarter-Finals
Sheikh Kamal TrophyRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Ranti Martins (12)
All: Ranti Martins (17)
Home kit colours
Away kit colours
Third kit colours

Pre-Season Overview edit

The club signed Do Dong-hyun, a South Korean attacking mid-fielder to support the striking part. With the arrival of veteran defender Bello Razaq from Mohun Bagan, the team became stronger and the Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set another hexa record. With the help of recent performances, The Club clinched to the 74th spot in the recent AFC Club Ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs.

Season Overview edit

August edit

The club started their Calcutta Football League (CFL) campaign on 8 August by beating SVF Tollygunge Agragami FC by 1–0. In the next match, against Aryan F.C., the club managed a draw, the only draw of this CFL campaign. Then they went on winning all the matches against Bengal Nagpur Railway, Army XI, Mohammedan S.C., Police AC and Sports Authority of India.

September edit

Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal started their September by beating Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. by 4–3. This fixture was their toughest in this campaign as at a time, the team was trailing by 0-2 and then they managed to win it.
The next fixture of the club was a prestigious Kolkata Derby against their arch rivals Mohun Bagan in which the team managed an easy 4–0 win with two stunning free kicks by Do Dong-hyun, the top scorer of the club, one of which came in just after 82 seconds from the kick off. This win sealed their league victory and their 118th win against their arch rivals. Moreover, it was the club's 6th consecutive CFL championship which is itself a record and they hold a similar 6 consecutive CFL League wins between the period 1970–75.
The last fixture was against Southern Samity on 10 September. East Bengal with their reserved squad managed to win it and became the unbeatable champions of this CFL. Do Dong-hyun became the top scorer of both the club and the CFL.

October edit

The club went to play an international tournament in Bangladesh named 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup. The team draw set East Bengal in Group B on the fixture of this tour. Due to the absence of almost all the main and first team players of the club (all out on loan in different clubs of Indian Super League), the junior and reserve bench players had taken part in it. The club brought Orok Essien and Subodh Kumar on loan for the tournament. East Bengal started off well by defeating Bangladesh club Abahani Limited (Chittagong) by 2–1 on 21st Oct 2015. Young Prohlad scored on the match along with Mohammed Rafique. After that the most important player of midfield, Do Dong-hyun, had a knee injury which couldn't let him play for the rest of the tour. The club kept on its winning streak by defeating the current best club of Pakistan K-Electric F.C. by a comfortable margin of 3–1. Then the club had its first draw of the tournament which was against Abahani Limited (Dhaka). Then the club went into the semis where they defeated (on 28th oct 2015) Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka) by 3–0 to enter into the final. Ranti Martins scored a couple on the semis. On 30th Oct 2015, East Bengal FC played the final against Abahani Limited (Chittagong) once again after the very first match. But the young brigade could not seal the victory at the end in spite of taking a lead on the 9th minute by the goal scored by Avinabo Bag. This time East Bengal lost to the Bangladeshi club by 1–3. The brilliant performance of the junior players throughout the tournament came to an end with the defeat in final match. But the fight of the junior brigade were appreciated whole heartedly by the supporters of the club.

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Name Signed from Month Ref.
21 MF   Do Dong-hyun Free Agent N/A
6 DF   Bello Razaq   Mohun Bagan June
43 FW   Orok Essien (on loan) October
MF   Subodh Kumar (on loan)   Tollygunge Agragami October

Out edit

Pos. Name Sold to Month Ref.
DF  Safar Sardar   Mohun Bagan N/A
MF   Raju Gaikwad   Mohun Bagan N/A

Kit edit

Supplier: Shiv Naresh / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium, Peerless

 
 
 
 
 
 
Home kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away kit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third Kit

Technical Staff edit

Position Name
Chief coach   Biswajit Bhattacharya
Assistant coach   Debjit Ghosh
Goalkeeping coach   Sanjay Majhi
Defence Coach   Sammy Omollo
Physiotherapist   Rajesh Basak
Club Doctor   Dr. Santiranjan Dasgupta
Team Manager   Manish Banerjee
Team Media Officer   Gautam Roy

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 8 August 2015 10 September 2015 Champions
Sheikh Kamal Trophy 21 October 2015 30 October 2015 Runners-up
I-League 10 January 2016 24 April 2016 3rd
Federation Cup 1 May 2017 4 May 2017 Quarter Finals

Overview edit

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 10 9 1 0 29 9 +20 090.00
Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 060.00
I-League 16 7 4 5 22 18 +4 043.75
Federation Cup 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 000.00
Total 33 19 7 7 63 36 +27 057.58

Last updated: 31 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League edit

Table edit

2015-16 Calcutta Premier Division

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 August 2015 1 East Bengal 1–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
14:00 IST Harmanjot Khabra   79' Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
11 August 2015 2 East Bengal 0–0 Aryan Kolkata
14:00 IST Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Prabir Dhar
Man of the Match: Priyant Singh (Aryan)
14 August 2015 3 East Bengal 6–0 Bengal Nagpur Railway Kolkata
14:00 IST Rafique   24'
Bello Razaq   27'
Do Dong-hyun   53', 83', 90+2'
Jiten Murmu   90+1'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Animesh Biswas
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
19 August 2015 4 East Bengal 3–2 Army XI Kolkata
14:00 IST Do Dong-hyun   58', 69'
Saumik Dey   76'
Report L'mawaya   16'
P Jain   34'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Ajit Dutta
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
23 August 2015 5 East Bengal 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
14:00 IST Do Dong-hyun   66', 73' Report Kareem Omolaja   90+5' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Uttam Sarkar
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
27 August 2015 6 East Bengal 4–1 Police A.C. Kolkata
14:00 IST Rafique   28'
Harmanjot Khabra   29'
Do Dong-hyun   62'
Bikash Jairu   70'
Report Ainish   45' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar
Man of the Match: Rafique (East Bengal)
30 August 2015 7 East Bengal 3–1 SAI Darjeeling Kolkata
14:00 IST Rahul Bheke   4'
Mehtab Hossain   52'
Do Dong-hyun   53'
Report Asiruddin   48' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal)
2 September 2015 8 East Bengal 4–3 Kalighat MS Kolkata
14:00 IST Ranti Martins   48'
Rahul Bheke   61'
Do Dong-hyun   69'
Abhinas Ruidas   89'
Report Cristopher   2', 26'
Kallol   75'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Animesh Biswas
Man of the Match: Abhinas Ruidas (East Bengal)
6 September 2015 9 East Bengal 4–0 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
14:30 IST Do Dong-hyun   2', 37'
Mehtab Hossain   48'
Robert Lalthlamuana   52'
Rafique   81'
Rahul Bheke   90+3'
Report Dudu Omagbemi   19'   50'
Sanjay Balmuchu   35'
Lalkamal Bhowmick   36'   90+3'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
10 September 2015 10 East Bengal 2–1 Southern Samity Kolkata
14:00 IST Prohlad Roy   37'
Rafique   69'
Report Khaidem Vicky Meitei   47' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar
Man of the Match: Rafique (East Bengal)



Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup edit

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   East Bengal 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Chittagong Abahani (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3   Abahani Limited Dhaka 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4   K-Electric 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts

Bracket edit

Semi-finals Final
      
A1   De Spin Ghar Bazan 1
B2   Chittagong Abahani 3
B2   Chittagong Abahani 3
Group A
Group B
B1   East Bengal 1
B1   East Bengal 3
A2   Mohammedan Dhaka 0


Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 October 2015 Group Stage Chittagong Abahani 1–2 East Bengal Chittagong
19:30 BST Bello Razaq   78' (o.g.) Mohammed Rafique   32'
Prohlad Roy   72'
Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
22 October 2015 Group Stage East Bengal 3–1 K-Electric Chittagong
16:30 BST Orok Essien   15'
Mohammed Rafique   25'
Ranti Martins   49'
Report Muhammad Rasool   84' Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
24 October 2015 Group Stage Dhaka Abahani 0–0 East Bengal Chittagong
19:30 BST Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
28 October 2015 Semi Final East Bengal 3–0 Dhaka Mohammedan Chittagong
19:30 BST Ranti Martins   8', 59'
Mohammed Rafique   48'
Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
30 October 2015 Final Chittagong Abahani 3–1 East Bengal Chittagong
19:30 BST Eleta Kingsley   45+1', 54'
Hemanta Vincent Biswas   57'
Report Avinabo Bag   11' Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 30,000



I-League edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bengaluru (C) 16 10 2 4 24 17 +7 32 Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off
2 Mohun Bagan 16 8 6 2 32 16 +16 30 Qualification to AFC Cup qualifying play-off[a]
3 East Bengal 16 7 4 5 22 18 +4 25
4 Sporting Goa 16 5 7 4 24 20 +4 22 Withdrew[b]
5 Mumbai 16 4 7 5 20 19 +1 19
Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup by winning the 2015–16 Federation Cup.
  2. ^ Sporting Goa and Salgaocar withdrew from I-League.[1]

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 January 2016 1 Sporting Club de Goa 1–3 East Bengal Margao
16:30 IST Odafa Onyeka Okolie   29'
Alber Gonsalves   73'
Mahmoud Amnah   76'
Report Ranti Martins   67', 81'
Bikash Jairu   78'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
17 January 2016 2 Mumbai 0–0 East Bengal Mumbai
19:05 IST Eric Brown   32' Report Sanju Pradhan   39'
Harmanjot Khabra   40'
Ranti Martins   45+1'
Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: P. Vairamuthu
23 January 2016 3 Mohun Bagan 1–1 East Bengal Kolkata
14:30 IST Pronay Halder   53'
Luciano Sabrosa   72'
Dhanachandra Singh   76'
Cornell Glen   77'
Report Arnab Mondal   53'
Ranti Martins   63'
Rahul Bheke   88'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
26 January 2016 4 East Bengal 1–0 DSK Shivajians Kolkata
19:05 IST Ranti Martins   29' Report Abdul Hakku   8'
Milan Singh   81'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Priyobarta Singh
30 January 2016 5 East Bengal 0–1 Bengaluru Kolkata
14:05 IST Rehenesh TP   6'
Samad Ali Mallick   8'
Ranti Martins   62'
Bikash Jairu   75'
Report Seiminlen Doungel   26'
Sunil Chhetri   60'
Lalchhuanmawia   83'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
5 February 2016 6 East Bengal 2–0 Aizawl Kolkata
14:30 IST Rahul Bheke   17'
Bikash Jairu   72'
Bernard Mendy   74'
Report Yuta Kinowaki   27' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Meitei
9 February 2016 7 East Bengal 4–0 Shillong Lajong Kolkata
19:05 IST Ranti Martins   17', 26', 37'
Bikash Jairu   52'
Report Chinglensana Singh   61'   82' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
21 February 2016 8 East Bengal 2–1 Salgaocar Kolkata
14:30 IST Rafique   38'
Bello Razaq   83'
Report Darryl Duffy   65' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
1 March 2016 9 Salgaocar 3–1 East Bengal Vasco da Gama
16:00 IST Thongkhosiem Haokip   4', 90+5'
Calvin Mbarga   36' (pen)
Report Ranti Martins   25'
Samad Ali Mallick   35'
Sehnaj Singh   78'
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
6 March 2016 10 DSK Shivajians 2–0 East Bengal Pune
16:00 IST Douhou Pierre   8'
Surchandra Singh   45'
Zohmingliana Ralte   64'
Juan Quero   66'
Report Ranti Martins   25'
Samad Ali Mallick   35'
Sehnaj Singh   78'
Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
12 March 2016 11 Aizawl 2–3 East Bengal Aizawl
16:00 IST Brandon Vanlalremdika   19'
Alfred Jaryan   47'
Yuta Kinowaki   58'
Lalramchullova   64'   90'
David Lalrinmuana   65'
Emmanuel Chigozie   67'
Report Sehnaj Singh   27'
Robert Lalthlamuana   47'
Ranti Martins   69' (pen), 85', 88'
Bikash Jairu   90+3'
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
2 April 2016 12 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan Siliguri
16:30 IST Do Dong-hyun   40' (pen), 75'   75'
Bello Razaq   45+1'
Sehnaj Singh   90+4'
Report Luciano Sabrosa   38'
Katsumi Yusa   83'
Pritam Kotal   84'
Pronay Halder   87'
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
5 April 2016 13 East Bengal 2–2 Mumbai Kolkata
19:05 IST Rahul Bheke   11'
Luis Barreto   14'
Ranti Martins   25'
Cavin Lobo   39'
Bernard Mendy   59'
Report Steven Dias   15'
Pratik Chaudhari   44'
Allan Dias   67'
Ashutosh Mehta   77'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
10 April 2016 14 Bengaluru 3–1 East Bengal Bengaluru
19:05 IST Eugeneson Lyngdoh   28'
Sunil Chhetri   61'
Kim Song-yong   63'
Malsawmzuala   68'
Report Do Dong-hyun   27'   39'
Bernard Mendy   47'
Stadium: Kanteerava Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
15 April 2016 15 East Bengal 0–0 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
19:05 IST Samad Ali Mallick   44'
Mehtab Hossain   60'
Narayan Das   68'   86'
Report Mehrajuddin Wadoo   57'   59'
Fulganco Cardozo   67'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: B. Balasubramanium



Federation Cup edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
1 Bengaluru FC 1 2 3
8 Aizawl 2 3 5
8 Aizawl (a) 0 2 2
4 Sporting Goa 0 2 2
4 Sporting Goa 1 1 2
5 Mumbai 0 0 0
8 Aizawl 0
2 Mohun Bagan 5
3 East Bengal 1 2 3
6 Shillong Lajong (aet) 2 2 4
6 Shillong Lajong 0 0 0
2 Mohun Bagan 5 0 5
2 Mohun Bagan 3 4 7
7 Salgaocar 2 0 2

Fixtures & results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 May 2016 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg East Bengal 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)
Shillong Lajong Kolkata
16:30 IST Ranti Martins   23'
Lalrindika Ralte   37'
Report Fábio Pena   17'
Uilliams Bomfim Souza   114'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
As of end of 2015-16 season.[2]
Appearances for East Bengal in 2015–16 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup S.K. Int. Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
13 GK   Rehenesh TP 8 8 2 2 10 10
30 GK   Luis Barreto 9 9 8 8 0 0 17 17
26 GK   Abhra Mondal 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 GK   Dibyendu Sarkar 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5
Defenders
6 DF   Bello Razaq 8 8 16 16 2 2 5 5 31 31
3 DF   Arnab Mondal 3 3 13 13 2 2 18 18
5 DF   Rahul Bheke 5 4 10 9 0 0 15 13
45 DF   Bernard Mendy 9 9 1 0 10 9
28 DF   Saumik Dey 7 6 8 7 0 0 15 13
38 DF   Samad Ali Mallick 6 6 6 6 0 0 2 1 12 12
19 DF   Robert Lalthlamuana 3 3 5 5 0 0 8 8
4 DF   Narayan Das 3 3 2 2 5 5
12 DF   Deepak Mondal 7 7 2 1 2 2 5 5 16 15
16 DF   Gurwinder Singh 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
24 DF   Babu Mondal 1 1 3 0 4 1
40 DF   Biswajit Saha 0 0 5 5 5 5
22 DF   Avinabo Bag 1 1 0 0 4 4 5 5
Midfielders
14 MF   Mehtab Hossain 8 8 14 14 2 2 24 24
21 MF   Do Dong-Hyun 10 10 13 10 2 2 1 1 26 23
8 MF   Mohammed Rafique 9 8 12 6 2 0 5 5 28 19
23 MF   Bikash Jairu 8 8 11 9 0 0 19 17
11 MF   Cavin Lobo 5 3 9 2 0 0 14 5
15 MF   Sanju Pradhan 9 7 2 1 11 8
2 MF   Sehnaj Singh 8 3 0 0 8 3
34 MF   Abhinas Ruidas 5 4 8 8 1 0 4 3 18 15
7 MF   Harmanjot Khabra 8 7 7 5 2 2 17 14
28 MF   Shylo Malsawmtluanga 9 2 7 4 2 1 18 7
17 MF   Joaquim Abranches 7 4 0 0 7 4
20 MF   Lalrindika Ralte 2 1 2 2 4 3
35 MF   Anthony Soren 2 1 3 1 5 2
36 MF   Prohlad Roy 6 6 0 0 5 5 11 11
18 MF   Subodh Kumar 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5
33 MF   Jagannath Sana 1 0 3 1 4 1
Forwards
10 FW   Ranti Martins 6 0 16 16 2 2 5 5 29 23
25 FW   Jiten Murmu 6 3 0 0 6 3
43 FW   Orok Essien 4 4 4 4
27 FW   C. S. Sabeeth 5 2 0 0 5 2

Goal Scorers edit

As of end of 2015-16 season.[2]
Goals for East Bengal in 2015–16 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup S.K. Int. Cup Total
1 10 FW   Ranti Martins 1 12 1 3 17
2 21 FW   Do Dong-hyun 12 3 1 0 16
3 8 MF   Mohammed Rafique 4 1 0 3 8
4 23 MF   Bikash Jairu 1 3 0 4
5 5 DF   Rahul Bheke 3 0 0 3
6 6 MF   Bello Razaq 1 1 0 0 2
7 MF   Harmanjot Khabra 2 0 0 2
36 MF   Prohlad Roy 1 0 1 2
45 DF   Bernard Mendy 2 0 2
10 14 DF   Mehtab Hossain 1 0 0 1
20 MF   Lalrindika Ralte 0 1 1
22 MF   Avinabo Bag 0 0 1 1
25 FW   Jiten Murmu 1 1
29 DF   Saumik Dey 1 0 0 1
34 MF   Abhinas Ruidas 1 0 0 0 1
43 MF   Orok Essien 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0 0
Total 29 22 3 9 63

References edit

  1. ^ "Salgaocar FC, Sporting Clube de Goa withdraw from I-League". The Indian Express. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "East Bengal FC - Squad". Soccerway.

See also edit