2012–13 East Bengal F.C. season

The 2012–13 East Bengal F.C. season was the club's 93rd season since their formation in 1920 and their sixteenth season ever in the I-League which is India's top football league.

East Bengal
2012–13 season
ChairmanVijay Mallya
ManagerTrevor Morgan
I-League3rd
Federation CupChampions
AFC CupQuarter-Finals
(Continues into 2013–14)
Top goalscorerLeague: Chidi Edeh (18)
All: Chidi Edeh (29)

At the end of the season the club had won the Federation Cup, finished 3rd in the 2012–13 I-League, and made it to the quarter-finals of the 2013 AFC Cup.

Background
See also: East Bengal F.C.

Transfers

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

Federation Cup
Main article: 2012 Indian Federation Cup

East Bengal entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group C along with Sporting Clube de Goa, ONGC, and Kalighat MS and their matches were played in Siliguri.[1] East Bengal experienced mixed fortunes at the start of the tournament as they drew their opening match 1–1 against Sporting Goa with new Nigerian signing Chidi Edeh scoring his first goal for the club in the 10th minute from the penalty spot.[2] The club then won their first game of the season in their second match of the tournament on 23 September 2012 against ONGC F.C. in which East Bengal came back from 0–1 down to 2–1 winners after Edeh and other new signing, India international, Manandeep Singh scored two goals to gift Bengal the victory.[3] East Bengal then confirmed promotion out of the group stage of the Federation Cup to the Semi-Finals after a remarkable come from behind victory in their last game at the group stage to Kalighat MS in which East Bengal came back from 2–0 to tie the score up at 2–2 through two goals from Manandeep Singh in the 26th and 30th minute but then East Bengal had to come from behind again after Kalighat took the lead again to go up 3–2 with Edeh scoring two goals to win the game for East Bengal 4–3 and send them to the semi-finals.[4] In the semi-finals East Bengal took on Churchill Brothers and after finishing regulation time tied at 0–0 the match went into 30-minute extra-time where East Bengal would eventually take the lead from former Churchill Brothers youngster Lalrindika Ralte in the 111th minute of play which then allowed East Bengal to win the match 1–0 and send them to the final.[5] Then in the final East Bengal found themselves down 1–0 after 51 minutes after their opponents, Dempo, scored through former India captain Climax Lawrence but East Bengal managed to equalize through newly signed defender Arnab Mondal in the 60th minute which would then send both clubs to 30-minute extra-time at 1–1 and that is where East Bengal start to show good form by scoring twice through Manandeep Singh in the 100th minute and Chidi Edeh in the 109th minute to give East Bengal a 3–1 lead which would then be cut down to a 3–2 after another former India international, Mahesh Gawli scored in the 111th minute but that was still enough for East Bengal to win the Federation Cup for the 2nd time in 3 years and their eighth overall.[6]

21 September 2012 Group StageSporting Goa1 – 1East BengalSiliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Fernandes  82' Report Edeh  10' (pen) Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
23 September 2012 Group StageEast Bengal2 – 1ONGCSiliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Edeh  45+2'
Singh  80'		 Report Yusa  11' Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
25 September 2012 Group StageEast Bengal4 – 3KalighatSiliguri, West Bengal
15:00 IST Singh  26' (30)
Edeh  45', 60' (pen)		 Report Gbilee  11'
Kundu  16'
Chizoba  40'		 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
27 September 2012 Semi-FinalsChurchill Brothers0 – 1 (AET)East BengalSiliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Report Ralte  111' Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
30 September 2012 FinalEast Bengal3 – 2DempoSiliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Mondal  60'
Singh  100'
Edeh  109'		 Report Lawrence  51'
Gawli  111'		 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium

I-League
Main article: 2012–13 I-League
7 October 2012 Round 1Sporting Goa0 – 0East BengalMargao, Goa
17:30 IST Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
11 October 2012 Round 2United Sikkim0 – 1East BengalGangtok, Sikkim
14:30 IST Report Ralte  82' Stadium: Paljor Stadium
29 October 2012 Round 3East Bengal1 – 0PuneKolkata, West Bengal
14:30 IST Edeh  28' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
3 November 2012 Round 4East Bengal1 – 1DempoKolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Edeh  31' (pen) Report Carvalho  82' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
10 November 2012 Round 5Air India0 – 3East BengalPune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST Report Khabra  37', 64'
Orji  75'		 Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
17 November 2012 Round 6Churchill Brothers0 – 3East BengalMargao, Goa
17:30 IST Report Edeh  5', 90+4'
Singh  77'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
24 November 2012 Round 7East Bengal5 – 0ONGCKolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Edeh  26'
Penn  51'
M. Singh  66'
Ralte  78'
R. Singh  83'		 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
27 November 2012 Round 8East Bengal1 – 0SalgaocarKolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Edeh  66' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
1 December 2012 Round 9Shillong Lajong0 – 0East BengalShillong, Meghalaya
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
9 December 2012 Round 10East Bengal3 – 0Mohun BaganKolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Khabra  43' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Note: Match was abandoned due to crowd violence at half-time. Due to Mohun Bagan not playing the rest of the game East Bengal were awarded a 3–0 victory.
16 December 2012 Round 11East Bengal0 – 1Prayag UnitedKolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Report Martins  75' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
23 December 2012 Round 12Mumbai2 – 1East BengalPune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST Fernandes  64'
Yakubu  90+4'		 Report Edeh  90+7' Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: A. Costa
30 December 2012 Round 13East Bengal3 – 0Pailan ArrowsKalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Singh  44'
Pradhan  55', 86'		 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: R. Dsa
5 January 2013 Round 14Salgaocar1 – 4East BengalMapusa, Goa
15:45 IST Masceranhas  8' Report Edeh  36', 65', 81'
Singh  59'		 Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
8 January 2013 Round 15ONGC1 – 0East BengalNew Delhi
14:00 IST Yusa  87' Report Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
13 January 2013 Round 16East Bengal2 – 0MumbaiKalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Chidi  11'
Ralte  53'		 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
19 January 2013 Round 17East Bengal0 – 3Churchill BrothersKolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Report Antchouet  34', 45+2'
Moghrabi  82'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
25 January 2013 Round 18Pune1 – 2East BengalPune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST Izumi  17' Report Edeh  6', 75' (pen) Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna (Tamil Nadu)
2 February 2013 Round 19Pailan Arrows1 – 2East BengalKalyani, West Bengal
15:00 IST George  2' Report Chidi  7' (pen) , Ralte  32' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Laiq Khan
9 February 2013 Round 20Mohun Bagan0 – 0East BengalKalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
23 March 2013 Round 21East Bengal1 – 1Air IndiaKalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Chidi  60' Report Ezeh  90+2' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Ajit Meetei
29 March 2013 Round 22Prayag United S.C.2 – 2East BengalKalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Hernandez  62' , Martins  66' Report Chidi  41' , Manandeep  49' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Kunal Singh
14 April 2013 Round 23East Bengal1 – 1Sporting GoaKolkata, West Bengal
15:30 IST Edeh  63' Report Juanfri  44' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
4 May 2013 Round 24Dempo2 – 2East BengalVasco da Gama, Goa
16:15 IST Ferrao  48'
Menyongar  74'		 Report Orji  17'
Ahmed  83'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
8 May 2013 Round 25East Bengal6 – 0United SikkimKolkata, West Bengal
15:30 IST Orji  8'
Hossain  21'
Ralte  35'
Lobo  80'
Barisić  88' (pen.)
Edeh  89'		 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
12 May 2013 Round 26East Bengal0 – 1Shillong LajongKolkata, West Bengal
15:30 IST Report Matsugae  8' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora

AFC Cup
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup

Due to East Bengal's 2012 Indian Federation Cup victory the club automatically qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup which is the 2nd tier Asian competition ran by the Asian Football Confederation. On 6 December 2012 the AFC made their official 2013 AFC Cup group-stage draw and East Bengal was placed in Group H along with reigning 2012 S.League champions Tampines Rovers of Singapore, Malaysia Super League third place team Selangor FA, and V-League third place team Saigon Xuan Thanh.[7]

Group stage
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup group stage § Group H
Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KEB SEL SG TPR
East Bengal 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 1–0 4–1 2–1
Selangor 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 2–2 3–1 3–3
Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8 0–0 2–1 2–2
Tampines Rovers 6 0 2 4 12 17 −5 2 2–4 2–3 2–3
Source:
27 February 2013 Round 1East Bengal 1 – 0 Selangor FAKolkata, West Bengal
Ralte  42' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
13 March 2013 Round 2Saigon Xuan Thanh 0 – 0 East BengalHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Report Stadium: Thong Nhat Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic)
3 April 2013 Round 3Tampines Rovers 2 – 4 East BengalKallang, Singapore
Hadžibulić  28'
Amri  65'		 Report Hadee  19' (o.g.)
Barisić  62', 87'
Edeh  64'		 Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,082
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
9 April 2013 Round 4East Bengal 2 – 1 Tampines RoversKolkata, West Bengal
Edeh  23'
Ralte  87'		 Report Esah  69' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
23 April 2013 Round 5Selangor FA 2 – 2 East BengalShah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Shukur  79'
Adib  90+3'		 Report Orji  23'
Ralte  54'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
30 April 2013 Round 6East Bengal 4 – 1 Saigon Xuan ThanhKolkata, West Bengal
Edeh  8' (pen.)
Barisić  45'
Orji  53', 59'		 Report Amougou  61' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Knockout phase
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup knockout stage

Round of 16
15 May 2013 Round of 16East Bengal 5 – 1 Yangon UnitedKolkata, India
18:00 UTC+5:30 Orji  2'
Edeh  25', 72', 77'
Hossain  48'		 Report César  79' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Squad

First-team squad
As of 19 January 2013.[8]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Abhijit Mondal
2 DF Raju Gaikwad
3 DF Arnab Mondal
4 DF Uga Okpara
5 DF Sunil Thakur
6 FW Baljit Sahni
7 MF Harmanjot Khabra
8 DF Naoba Singh
9 MF Alvito D'Cunha
10 FW Chidi Edeh
12 MF Reisangmei Vashum
14 MF Mehtab Hossain
15 MF Sanju Pradhan (captain)
16 DF Gurwinder Singh
18 MF Penn Orji
No. Position Player
19 MF Charan Rai
21 MF Lalrindika Ralte
23 FW Robin Singh
24 FW Cavin Lobo
25 DF Robert Lalthalma
26 FW Manandeep Singh
28 MF Jagpreet Singh
27 FW Andrew Barisić
29 DF Saumik Dey
30 GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
31 GK Jayanta Paul
32 GK Priyant Kumar
33 DF Saikat Saha Roy
34 MF Subodh Kumar
35 MF Ishfaq Ahmed

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
22 DF Abhishek Das (at United Sikkim until the end of the 2012–13 season)
33 FW Safar Sardar (at United Sikkim until the end of the 2012–13 season)
No. Position Player
MF Khemtang Paite (at Pune until the end of the 2012–13 season)
FW Seminlen Doungel (at Pailan Arrows until the end of the 2012–13 season)

Goalscorers
Place Position Nationality Name I-League Federation Cup AFC Cup Total
1 FW Chidi Edeh 18 5 6 29
2 MF Lalrindika Ralte 5 1 3 9
3 MF Penn Orji 4 0 4 8
4 FW Manandeep Singh 3 4 0 7
5 FW Andrew Barisić 1 0 3 4
6 FW Robin Singh 3 0 0 3
MF Harmanjot Khabra 3 0 0 3
8 MF Sanju Pradhan 2 0 0 2
MF Mehtab Hossain 1 0 1 2
10 DF Arnab Mondal 0 1 0 1
MF Ishfaq Ahmed 1 0 0 1
MF Cavin Lobo 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 20 11 0 31

References
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  3. Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 2-1 ONGC FC: The Red and Gold keep semi-finals hope alive". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. Vaz, John. "East Bengal 4-3 Kalighat MS: Red and Gold brigade come out on top in 7 goal thriller". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
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