2018–19 East Bengal F.C. season

East Bengal
2018–19 season
Manager Spain Alejandro Menéndez
Stadium Salt Lake Stadium
Barasat Stadium
East Bengal Ground
Top goalscorer League:
All: 4 Goals
Jobi Justin
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2018–19 season is the club's 98th season in existence. East Bengal discontinued it's tie up with their Main Sponsors "Kingfisher" after 20 long years of partnership. On 5h July, 2018, East Bengal announced partnership with Business Giants Quess Corp as their main sponsors, leading to the formation of a new entity named “Quess East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd.”[1] (QEBFC)

Pre-Season Overview

East Bengal FC roped in 4 players from 2017-18 I-League champions Minerva Punjab F.C.: goal-keeper Rakshit Dagar, defender Kamalpreet Singh, midfielder Kassim Aidara[2] and forward Bali Gagandeep. East Bengal FC also signed experienced defender Kingshuk Debnath from arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Veteran custodian Abhra Mondal rejoined East Bengal FC from Bengaluru FC. East Bengal FC also announced the signing of midfielder Sanchayan Samaddar who was part of the Bengal Santosh Trophy squad and promoted youngstar Ginkaholen Haokip from their junior squad. East Bengal FC roped in Costa Rica national team centre-back Johnny Acosta[3] who played all 3 games in the 2018 FIFA World Cup for a rumored fee of Rs. 1.4 Cr.
On 18th August, East Bengal FC announced former Real madrid B manager Alejandro Menéndez García as the new coach[4].
On 24th August, East Bengal FC announced the signing of former Granada C.F. centreback Borja Gómez Pérez[5]. On 30th August, East Bengal FC signed former Mexico international Enrique Esqueda on a free transfer, however making him the highest paid footballer in I-League with a rumoured of Rs 4.2 Cr[6].

Transfers

No. Pos. Name
31 FW India Vidyasagar Singh
34 FW India Talem Suranjit Singh
36 MF India Ginkaholen Haokip
37 FW India Tetepuia Lalchanhima
DF India Manoj Mohammed
DF India Gurmukh Singh

Transfers IN

No. Pos. Name Previous Team Month
5 GK India Abhra Mondal Bengaluru F.C. June
4 DF India Kingshuk Debnath Mohun Bagan June
40 GK India Rakshit Dagar Minerva Punjab F.C. June
26 MF Senegal Kassim Aidara Minerva Punjab F.C. June
14 DF India Kamalpreet Singh Minerva Punjab F.C. June
9 MF India Bali Gagandeep Minerva Punjab F.C. June
39 DF India Sanchayan Samaddar Customs FC June
23 DF India Lalrozama Fanai Aizawl F.C. June
16 MF India Lalrindika Ralte NorthEast United FC July
2 DF Costa Rica Johnny Acosta Rionegro Águilas July
3 DF Spain Borja Gómez Pérez UD San Sebastian August
9 FW Mexico Enrique Esqueda Arka Gdynia August
FW India Sujay Dutta Rainbow AC September
DF India Hira Mondal Peerless FC September

Team

First-team Squad

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Ubaid CK India GK (1990-03-03) 3 March 1990
12 Abhra Mondal India GK (1986-10-03) 3 October 1986
32 Mirshad Michu India GK (1994-02-03) 3 February 1994
40 Rakshit Dagar India GK (1992-10-16) 16 October 1992
Defenders
2 Johnny Acosta Costa Rica CB (1983-07-21) 21 July 1983
3 Borja Gómez Pérez Spain CB (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988
4 Kingshuk Debnath India CB (1985-05-08) 8 May 1985
5 Kamalpreet Singh India RB (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997
23 Lalrozama Fanai India LB (1991-11-30) 30 November 1991
24 Salam Ranjan Singh India RB/LB/CB (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995
25 Samad Ali Mallick India RB (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994
26 Deepak Kumar India LB (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994
27 Lalramchullova India RB/LB (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996
28 Koushik Sarkar India CB (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994
29 Mehtab Singh India RB (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998
33 Rahul Ghosh India LB (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998
39 Manoj Mohammed India CB
41 Gurmukh Singh India RB
Midfielders
6 Mahmoud Amnah Syria CM/AM (1983-01-03) 3 January 1983
7 Surabuddin Mollick India RW (1990-05-04) 4 May 1990
16 Kassim Aidara Senegal CDM (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987
17 Laldanmawia Ralte India RW (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992
20 Lalrindika Ralte India RW (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992
21 Richard Costa India CDM (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992
30 Brandon Vanlalremdika India LW (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994
34 Sanchayan Samaddar India CM
35 Yami Longvah India LW (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998
36 Ginkaholen Haokip India CAM
38 Prakash Sarkar India CDM/RB (1997-02-15) 15 February 1997
Forwards
9 Enrique Esqueda Mexico FW (1988-04-19) 19 April 1988
11 Bali Gagandeep India FW (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990
22 Jobi Justin India FW (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993
31 Vidyasagar Singh India FW
37 Tetepuia Lalchanhima India FW
42 Talem Suranjit Singh India FW

Last updated: 11 July 2018
Source: East Bengal First Team

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager (Head Coach) Spain Alejandro Menéndez
Physical Trainer Spain Carlos Nodar Paz
Video Analyst Spain Mario Rivera Campesino
Assistant Coach India Bastob Roy
Assistant Physical Trainer India Rudra Pratim Roy
Assistant Coach II India Ranjan Chowdhury
Club Doctor India Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
Team Media Officer India Gautam Roy
Team Observer India Tushar Rakshit

Season Overview

East Bengal FC started the season with an entire makeover. East Bengal FC parted ways with long time sponsors Kingfisher after 20 years and entered into a new partnership with Quess Corp as their main investors. East Bengal FC is will be taking part in the 2018–19 I- League. East Bengal FC roped in Costa Rica national team center back Johnny Acosta who played all 3 games in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. East Bengal also roped in ex-Granada CF centre-back Borja Gómez Pérez to strengthen their defence for their quest for the 2018-19 I-League. East Bengal announced ex-Real madrid B manager Alejandro Menéndez as the new coach.

August

East Bengal FC started off as the 8 times defending champions of the Calcutta Football League, in search of the 9th consecutive league title. The red and gold brigade started off with an abandoned game against Tollygunge Agragami however, won 2-0 comfortably against WB Police FC with Lalrindika Ralte opening the scoring for the season and Kassim Aidara making it 2-0.
East Bengal FC succumbed to the defensive of Calcutta Customs FC as they failed to score and the match ended a goalless draw.
East Bengal FC won the next 5 games to lead to the all-important Kolkata Derby.

September

East Bengal FC made a great comeback against their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the first Kolkata Derby of the season, after the Mariners led 2-0 within 30 minutes. East Bengal FC rallied from behind with goals from star debutante Johnny Acosta and the equalised from Laldanmawia Ralte from a Lalrindika Ralte corner.

East Bengal FC however lost the 2 next matches against Peerless FC and Mohammedan SC and eventually lost the title to arch-rivals Mohun Bagan after holding it for 8 long years.

East Bengal FC suffered a huge blow when the AIFF put on a Transfer Ban on the Red and Golds which will prevent them from signing any further player until the 31st of January, 2018. The Transfer Ban was imposed after the AIFF disciplinary committee found East Bengal FC guilty of unethically poaching Sukhwinder Singh of Minerva Punjab which the player was still in contract with the team from Punjab.
Alejandro Menéndez took over the reigns of the East Bengal FC manager after the Calcutta Football League ended and planned to play a few friendlies as a pre-season before the 2018-19 I-League.
East Bengal FC played FC Goa in a pre-season friendly on 22nd September at Bambolim, Stadium, Goa and lost via a single goal after a terrific solo effort from Ferran Corominas put the Goan side ahead in the 75th minute. East Bengal put up a great fight against the Indian Super League side after just 3 days of new coach Alejandro Menendez took over.

October

East Bengal FC flew off to Malaysia for 3 weeks to conduct the Pre-season for the upcoming 2018-19 I-League. East Bengal FC would stay at the MSN Sports Complex Residential Training Facilities at Kuala Lumpur and play 5 practice matches in the interim.
East Bengal FC faced Malaysia Premier League side UiTM F.C. on 7th October in the first Pre-season game in Malaysia. After conceding an early goal, the Red and Gold brigade made a come-back and rallied past 4 goals to win 1-4 against the Malaysian side. Yami Longvah, Enrique Esqueda, Mahmoud Amnah and Jobi Justin were on the score-sheet.
East Bengal was to play against another Malaysia Premier League side UKM F.C. on 10th October in the second of the 5 pre-season friendlies however due to bad pitch conditions due to excessive rainfall, the match was abandoned before kick-off.
East Bengal will play against Malaysia Super League side Terengganu F.C. on 13th October in the next Pre-season friendly game in Malaysia. Ex-East Bengal fans' heartthrob Do Dong Hyun will feature in the match against the Red and Golds.

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Competitions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Final Position
IFA Shield [a] 8th July, 2018 19th July, 2018 Champions
Calcutta Football League 3rd August, 2018 18th September, 2018 3rd
I-League
Super Cup

[a] U-19 Tournament since 2015.

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
CFL 11 7 2 2 19 7 +12 063.64
I League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 11 7 2 2 19 7 +12 063.64

Last updated: 18 September 2018
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mohun Bagan (C) 11 9 2 0 27 6 +21 29 Champion
2 Peerless 11 8 1 2 20 8 +12 25
3 East Bengal 11 7 2 2 19 7 +12 23
4 Mohammedan 11 6 1 4 12 8 +4 19 Qualified for I-League 2nd Division
5 Rainbow 11 5 2 4 15 13 +2 17
6 George Telegraph 11 4 3 4 12 13 −1 15
7 Calcutta Customs 11 3 5 3 13 12 +1 14
8 Aryan 11 4 2 5 11 14 −3 14
9 Pathachakra 11 3 4 4 15 17 −2 13 Relegation to Group B
10 Tollygunge Agragami 11 2 2 7 12 21 −9 8
11 FCI 11 0 4 7 5 20 −15 4
12 West Bengal Police 11 0 2 9 4 26 −22 2
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2018. Source: [7]
(C) Champion.

I-League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Chennai City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Churchill Brothers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 East Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Gokulam Kerala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Indian Arrows[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on October 2018. Source: i-league.org
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
Notes:
  1. ↑ Indian Arrows are exempted from relegation, because they are AIFF developmental team.

Result summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 6 October 2018.
Source: i-league.org

Results by round

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Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: Soccrway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Super Cup

Main article: 2019 Super Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Calcutta Football League

Fixtures & results

Pre Season

Fixtures & results

I League

Fixtures & results

Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
As of match played 18 September 2018
Sortable table
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Super Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
40 GK India Rakshit Dagar 1010----1010
1 GK India Ubaid CK 21----21
Defenders
27 DF India Lalramchullova 99----99
28 DF India Mehtab Singh 1111----1111
4 DF India Kingshuk Debnath 88----88
25 DF India Samad Ali Mallick 99----99
28 DF India Koushik Sarkar 11----11
2 DF Costa Rica Johnny Acosta 33----33
23 DF India Lalrozama Fanai 22----22
Midfielders
16 MF Senegal Kassim Aidara 1111----1111
17 MF India Laldanmawia Ralte 1010----1010
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 75----75
5 MF India Kamalpreet Singh 119----119
30 MF India Brandon Vanlalremdika 97----97
26 MF India K. Vidyasagar Singh 62----62
6 MF Syria Mahmoud Amnah 119----119
7 MF India Surabuddin Mollick 82----82
34 MF India Sanchayan Samaddar 30----30
38 MF India Prakash Sarkar 31----31
21 MF India Yami Longvah 21----21
Forwards
22 FW India Jobi Justin 99----99
11 FW India Bali Gagandeep 103----103

Goal Scorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Indian Super Cup Total
1 22 FW India Jobi Justin 4004
2 17 MF India Laldanmawia Ralte 3003
16 MF Senegal Kassim Aidara 3003
3 2 DF Costa Rica Johnny Acosta 2002
4 20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 1001
6 MF Syria Mahmoud Amnah 1001
30 MF India Brandon Vanlalremdika 1001
25 DF India Samad Ali Mallick 1001
27 DF India Lalramchullova 1001
29 DF India Mehtab Singh 1001
28 DF India Koushik Sarkar 1001
Own Goals ---
TOTAL 190019


Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition

Clean Sheets

Correct as of matches played on 11 September 2018
No. Player CFL I League Indian Super Cup TOTAL
40Rakshit Dagar6006
1Ubaid CK1001

Disciplinary Record

As of matches played 11 September 2018
No. Pos. Name CFL I League Indian Super Cup Total Remarks
Yellow cardYellow cardYellow cardRed cardRed card Yellow cardYellow cardYellow cardRed cardRed card Yellow cardYellow cardYellow cardRed cardRed card Yellow cardYellow cardYellow cardRed cardRed card
25 DF Samad Ali Mallick 100100
27 DF Lalramchullova 100100
5 MF Kamalpreet Singh 100100
40 GK Rakshit Dagar 100100
16 MF Kassim Aidara 200200
6 MF Mahmoud Amnah 100100
17 MF Laldanmawia Ralte 100100

Honours

Titles Won

2018 IFA Shield Champions (29th time)[8]
*U-19 tournament since 2015. Defeated Mohun Bagan U-19 in the final: 1–1; 4–3 (p)

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/quess-corp-come-onboard-as-east-bengals-investor/u0vmufw8boye1ahh8kl4si46i
  2. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/kassim-aidara-officially-signs-east-bengal-minerva-punjab/1awiq4vzfeqk017p2sgajyqwv0
  3. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/east-bengal-costa-rica-world-cupper-johnny-acosta-zamora/465y47dadkx41d790co4usbtt
  4. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/east-bengal-alejandro-menendez-garcia-appointment-new-era/9huw0gp4vywv1v5gn3tddastm
  5. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/east-bengal-sign-spanish-defender-borja-gomez-perez/o2hlmksjklip18eqx7zf6dnr1
  6. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en/news/east-bengal-sign-enrique-esqueda-mexico-striker/mr7dd21rtvml10atiuz5votre
  7. ↑ "Soccerway".
  8. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/ifa-shield-2018-final-east-bengal-mohun-bagan/j6y20z37bjfl1sis75e18br1b
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