2016–17 East Bengal F.C. season

East Bengal F.C.
2016–17 season
Manager Trevor James Morgan
Stadium Salt Lake Stadium
Barasat Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League 3rd
Calcutta Premier Division Champions
Top goalscorer League: Willis Plaza (7)
All: Do Dong-Hyun
Willis Plaza (7)
Highest home attendance 29067
Lowest home attendance 6000
Average home league attendance 11928
Home colours
Away colours

The 2016–17 season is the club's 96th season in existence. The club has already won the Calcutta Football League this season and became the runners of 2016 Bordoloi Trophy.

Pre-Season Overview

The club signed Calum Angus, an English defender to strengthen the defence for the Calcutta League. The Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set a hepta 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

August

The club started their Calcutta Football League campaign by beating Bhawanipore F.C. by 2–1. Then they went on winning all the matches in the league.

September

Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal went on to win all the matches in the league to win the Calcutta Football League for a record consecutive 7 times, bettering their own record of 1970–75. Mohun Bagan decided not to play the Kolkata Derby and East Bengal got a walk over which ensured the hepta league win.
East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.

October

The club went to play the 2016 Bordoloi Trophy. 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 Oluwaunmi Somide Adeleja on loan for the tournament. East Bengal started off well by defeating Bangladesh club Bongobi Agragami by 6–0. The club kept its winning streak by defeating United Sikkim F.C. by a comfortable margin of 2–0 and then ASEB SC by 3–0. Then the club went into the semis where they defeated Shillong Lajong F.C. by 1–0 to enter into the final. East Bengal FC played the final against Three Star Club (Nepal) where they lost 1–2 in extra time. 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 was appreciated whole heartedly by the supporters of the club.

January

The club roped in Haitian Wedson Anselme from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Bangladesh and Willis Plaza from Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen the forward line along with Robin Singh, Jackichand Singh, Thongkhosiem Haokip, Rowllin Borges and Romeo Fernandes to strengthen the squad. East Bengal also brought Ivan Bukenya from Uganda to fortify their defence.
The team played against Aizawl F.C. in the 2016-17 I-League opener, but drew the match on the dying minutes thanks to a late equalizer from Ivan Bukenya. Then they went to Pune to play DSK Shivajians where the forward line sparkled and East Bengal won 2–1. Then they defeated Churchill Brothers S.C. by 2–0. Then on 22 January 2017, East Bengal faced the defending champions Bengaluru FC. The defending champions went ahead early by a goal from C.K. Vineeth but East Bengal ralied from behind to win it 2–1 with the goals scored by Ivan Bukenya and Robin Singh. East Bengal continued their winning streak and won 6 games on the trot to lead the league table. They face their arch Rivals Mohun Bagan on 12th Feb at Siliguri.

February

The month of February didn't start too well for the Red and Gold brigade. Draws against arch rival Mohun Bagan and Shillong Lajong F.C. and then a 1–0 loss away to Aizawl F.C. halted the victory march. The team looked out of shape and confidence when they faced Bengaluru FC away on 25 February at Sree Kanteerava Stadium. However, East Bengal turned all predictions aside and won the match 3–1 thanks to a brace from Robin Singh and a wonder strike from Wedson Anselme. With 7 matches to go, East Bengal currently sits at the top of the table for now.

March

By the time March came, East Bengal started bottling, like they always do.[1] East Bengal were leading at the beginning of the March, but ended the season in the third position.

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Name Signed from Month Ref.
10 FW Haiti Wedson Anselme Free Agent December
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza Free Agent January
4 DF Uganda Ivan Bukenya Free Agent December
11 FW India Jackichand Singh India Salgaocar F.C. December
24 FW India Robin Singh (footballer) Free Agent January
15 FW Australia Chris Payne Free Agent January

Out

Pos. Name Sold to Month Ref.
DF India Harmanjot Khabra India Bengaluru FC N/A
MF South Korea Do Dong-Hyun N/A

Kit

Supplier: Shiv Naresh / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium, Peerless

Home
Away

First-team squad

As of 15 January 2017.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 India GK Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
2 India DF Robin Gurung (on loan from NorthEast United)
3 India DF Arnab Mondal
4 Uganda DF Ivan Bukenya
5 India DF Rahul Bheke
6 Australia FW Chris Payne
8 India MF Mohammed Rafique
9 Trinidad and Tobago FW Willis Plaza
10 Haiti FW Wedson Anselme
11 India MF Jackichand Singh
12 India MF Rowllin Borges
13 India GK Rehenesh TP (on loan from NorthEast United)
14 India MF Mehtab Hossain
16 India DF Gurwinder Singh
No. Position Player
17 India DF Narayan Das
18 India MF David Lalrinmuana
19 India DF Robert Lalthlamuana
20 India MF Lalrindika Ralte
21 India FW Thongkhosiem Haokip
22 India DF Mehtab Singh
23 India MF Bikash Jairu
24 India FW Robin Singh (on loan from FC Goa)
25 India MF Cavin Lobo
27 India MF Nikhil Poojari
28 India MF Romeo Fernandes (on loan from Goa)
30 India GK Luis Barreto
31 India GK Dibyendu Sarkar
34 India MF Abhinas Ruidas
50 India DF Anwar Ali

Technical Staff

PositionName [3]
Head coachEngland Trevor Morgan
1st Assistant CoachEngland Warren Hackett
Goalkeeper CoachIndia Abhijit Mondal
Club DoctorIndia Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
Team Media OfficerIndia Gautam Roy

Statistics

Goal Scorers

No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL 2016 Bordoloi Trophy I-League Total
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza --7 7
21 FW South Korea Do Dong-Hyun 43- 7
10 FW Haiti Wedson Anselme --6 6
FW Nigeria Oluwaunmi Somide 14- 5
24 FW India Robin Singh --4 4
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 3-1 4
26 FW India Jiten Murmu 31- 4
6 FW Australia Chris Payne --3 3
4 DF Uganda Ivan Bukenya --3 3
3 DF India Arnab Mondal 2-- 2
33 MF India Prohlad Roy -2- 2
21 FW India Thongkhosiem Haokip --1 1
8 MF India Mohammed Rafique 1-- 1
5 DF India Rahul Bheke 1-- 1
27 MF India Nikhil Poojari -1- 1
DF England Calum Angus 1-- 1

Competitions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Final
position
Calcutta Football League 1st
2016 Bordoloi Trophy 2nd
I-League 7 January 2017 – currently on 2nd

Last Updated: 7 March 2017

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
CFL 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 100.00
2016 Bordoloi Trophy 5 4 0 1 13 2 +11 080.00
2016-17 I-League 14 8 3 3 25 11 +14 057.14
Total 29 22 3 4 57 19 +38 075.86

Last updated: 24 March 2017
Source: Competitions

I-League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Aizawl (C) 18 11 4 3 24 14 +10 37 Qualification to Champions League qualifier
2 Mohun Bagan 18 10 6 2 27 12 +15 36
3 East Bengal 18 10 3 5 33 15 +18 33
4 Bengaluru FC 18 8 6 4 30 15 +15 30 Qualification to AFC Cup qualifying play-off[lower-alpha 1]
5 Shillong Lajong 18 7 5 6 24 23 +1 26
Source: IndiaFooty.com
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) drawing of lots
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Bengaluru FC qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup by winning the 2016–17 Federation Cup.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

I League

Fixtures & results

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Goal.com".
  2. ↑ "Senior Team". East Bengal Football Club. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to the home of Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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