2019–20 East Bengal F.C. season

Mawia

Mehtab

Borja

Samad

Manoj

Didika

Rohlupuia

Brandon

Abhijit

Boithang

Colado

Lineup against Army Red in Durand Cup. The first match of centenary season.

East Bengal FC started their campaign for the season on 3 August against Army Red in the 2019 Durand Cup at the East Bengal Ground and won by 2–0, with goals from Jaime Santos Colado scoring from a freekick in the 85th minute and Bidyashagar Singh tapping home from a Samad Ali Mallick cross in the 91st minute. East Bengal FC played Jamshedpur FC (R) on 6th at the East Bengal Ground in the next match in the 2019 Durand Cup and won by a convincing 6–0 margin, with Jaime Santos Colado and Bidyashagar Singh each scoring a brace and other two scored by Pintu Mahata and Boithang Haokip. Jaime Santos suffered an injury to his shoulder early in the first half and was taken off to avoid any risk.[28]

East Bengal FC started off their 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division campaign on 9 August against George Telegraph S.C. at the East Bengal Ground, however, they faced a set back as the Red and Gold brigade lost by a solitary goal scored by Justice Morgan in the dying minutes of the injury time. East Bengal FC fielded a rather weakened side, with 5 academy players in the starting eleven and just Martí Crespí in the lineup.[29]

East Bengal FC faced Bengaluru FC next in the 2019 Durand Cup final Group A match on 14 August at the Salt Lake Stadium to secure a spot in the Semi-Finals. The visitors went ahead early in the game with an opportunistic strike from striker Ajay Chhetri. The Red and Gold brigade, however, rallied from behind in the second half with a brace from their academy graduate Bidyashagar Singh to win it 2–1 and top the group stages and enter the semi-finals.[30]

East Bengal FC were supposed to face BSS Sporting Club in the 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division on 17 August however, the match was postponed[31] since the Red and Gold brigade will be playing in the 2019 Durand Cup Semi-Final on 21 August, against the winners of Group D at the Salt Lake Stadium.

East Bengal FC faced Gokulam Kerala F.C. in the Semi-Finals of the 2019 Durand Cup and lost in the Penalty Shootouts by a 2–3 margin after the game ended 1–1 after 120 minutes. Samad Ali Mallick scored the first goal for the Red and Gold brigade, however, Marcus Joseph made no mistakes as he equalized for the visiting side in the dying minutes of the match after Mehtab Singh conceded a penalty by pulling down Henry Kisekka, resulting in the former being sent-off. 10 men East Bengal FC took the match to the tie-breakers but Lalrindika Ralte, Jaime Santos Colado and Naorem Tondomba Singh missed from the spot as Gokulam Kerala F.C. progressed into the final.[32]

East Bengal FC faced BSS Sporting Club in the next match on 25 August in the 2019–20 CFL at the East Bengal Ground and won it by 2–1 margin with goals from Jaime Santos Colado and academy graduate Bidyashagar Singh. William Opoku reduced the margin in the dying minutes from a penalty which was conceded as the ball struck Kamalpreet Singh's hand inside the box. Spanish striker Marcos de la Espada debuted in the match for the Red and Gold brigade and in the muddly playing conditions had a decent first outing.[33]

East Bengal FC played Aryan F.C. next on 28 August in the Calcutta Football League at the East Bengal Ground and won quite handsomely by a 3–0 margin with Lalrindika Ralte opening the scoring in the 40th minute and Jaime Santos Colado netting a brace in the second half. The Red and Gold brigade would have had a huge scoreline if not for the missed chances in the second half from Bidyashagar Singh, Samad Ali Mallick, Ronaldo Oliviera.[34]

East Bengal FC faced their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan next on 1 September at the Salt Lake Stadium in the first Kolkata Derby of the season. Coach Alejandro Menendez benched two top scorers Jaime Santos Colado and Bidyashagar Singh for the match, which ended in a goalless stalemate with both teams failing to break open the deadlock.[35]

East Bengal FC faced Southern Samity in the next match of the 2019–20 CFL on 5 September at the East Bengal Ground and in a difficult underfoot conditions, emerged victorious by a 2–1 margin, with goals from academy graduate Bidyashagar Singh and star-man Jaime Santos Colado, both scoring their 7th goal of the season. Arjun Tudu reduced the margin for the visiting side but the Red and Gold brigade held onto the lead. East Bengal now has 10 points from 5 matches in the Calcutta Football League.[36]

East Bengal FC faced Peerless SC in the next match of the 2019–20 CFL on 9 September at the East Bengal Ground and in a very hard-fought match, lost 0–1 courtesy of a penalty goal from Ansumana Kromah in the 65th minute. Marcos de la Espada's header hit the goalpost in the first half while Brandon Vanlalremdika and substitute Jaime Santos Colado failed to convert their chances as the Red and Gold brigade failed to take any point from the game.[37]

East Bengal FC players and support staff were penalised by the IFA governing body for the after-match incident with the match referee. Captain Lalrindika Ralte and Mehtab Singh were both handed a match ban and 1 lakh Rupees fine, while team manager Debraj Chowdhury and goalkeeper coach Abhra Mondal were handed a year-long ban from all IFA competitions.[38]

East Bengal FC faced Kalighat MS in the next match of the 2019–20 CFL on 12 September at the East Bengal Ground. After conceding a goal early in the 27th minute against the run of play, the Red and Gold brigade rallied from behind to score 3 goals, with Bidyashagar Singh equalizing in the first half then Pintu Mahata's shot deflected into the net off Lassine and then Jaime Santos Colado increasing the lead. Kalighat MS reduced the margin in the 82nd min to make the scoreline 3–2 but East Bengal team was fast to react as Jaime Santos scored again within a minute to take full 3 points from the match. East Bengal now stands 3rd in the table with 13 points of 7 matches.[39]

East Bengal FC appealed to the IFA for the suspension of Manager and Goalkeeper coach and IFA has reduced the penalty of the duo as well as for the players. Manager Debraj Chowdhury and Goal Keeper coach Abhra Mondal are now just fined 75 thousand and their suspension is lifted, players Lalrindika Ralte and Mehtab Singh's fines are also reduced to 75 thousand from 1 lakh Rupees.[40]

East Bengal FC faced Bhawanipore F.C. in the next match of the 2019–20 CFL on 16 September at the Kalyani Stadium and in a tense game, the Red and Gold brigade twice went ahead, however, both times nullified by Bhawanipur to end 2–2. Pintu Mahata scored the opener early in the 7th minute to take a 1–0 advantage at HT. Kamo Stephane Bayi equalised for the visitors. Borja Gomez Perez again put East Bengal ahead in the 83rd min however again Jagannath Sana equalised just a minute later.[41]

East Bengal FC faced NBP Rainbow AC in the next match of the 2019–20 CFL on 20 September at the East Bengal Ground and managed to edge past by a solitary goal by Marcos de la Espada from the penalty spot in the 35th minute. Samad Ali Mallick was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant display down the right-wing.[42]

East Bengal FC faced their rivals Mohammedan Sporting in the next match of the 2019–20 CFL on 26 September at the Salt Lake Stadium and in a potential title decided the Red and Gold brigade edged past the Black Panthers by 3–2 scoreline. East Bengal took the lead early as Pintu Mahata headed home brilliantly from a cross from Kamalpreet Singh in the 12th minute. Mohammedan Sporting was quick to react as they equalised in the 23rd min as Borja Gomez Perez deflected the ball into his own net from a setpiece movement. In the 43rd min, East Bengal won a penalty after Shaiful Rahman stopped the ball with his hand as it was going into the goal, hence getting a red card in the process; Jaime Santos Colado did no mistake in scoring from the spot to take a 2–1 lead at HT. East Bengal increased the lead in the second half as Marcos de la Espada tapped in from close range from a Lalrindika Ralte cross to make it 3–1. The men in Black and White did surge for a comeback with 10 men as they reduced the margin in the 83rd min as Arthur Kouassi scored. However, East Bengal held onto the lead and kept their title hopes alive with 20 points from 10 matches with a game to go.[43]

East Bengal FC was supposed to face Calcutta Customs in the last match of the 2019–20 CFL on 29 September at the East Bengal Ground however the match was abandoned due to unplayable conditions due to heavy rainfall, which caused water-clogging inside the playing arena.[44] The match was rescheduled on 3 October at the Kalyani Stadium however East Bengal FC did not show up and Customs were given a Walkover.

East Bengal FC had their pre-season for the 2019-20 I-League in October, after they withdrew from the 2019 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup. The Red and Gold brigade decided to play a set of pre-season friendlies against ISL sides before the start of the I-League. East Bengal FC played a friendly against 2018-19 Indian Super League Champions Bengaluru FC on 6 November at Bengaluru which ended 1–1. Marcos de la Espada opened the scoring early in the 4th minute, however, Edmund Lalrindika equalized for the home side from a long-range effort early in the second half to end the game in a stalemate.[45]

East Bengal FC played their second pre-season friendly against another ISL opponent, NorthEast United FC on 16 November, at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati which ended in a goalless draw.[46]

East Bengal FC played their third and final pre-season friendly against Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC on 21 November, at the JFC Training Ground in Jamshedpur where they defeated the ISL team by 2–0 courtesy of goals from Abhijit Sarkar and Jaime Santos Colado to end their pre-season campaign before the start of the 2019-20 I-League.[47]

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Mehtab

Crespi

Kamalpreet

Abhishek

Naorem

Kassim

Mahata

Juan

Espada

Colado

Lineup against Real Kashmir in first match of I-League in the centenary year.

East Bengal FC began their 2019-20 I-League campaign against Real Kashmir F.C. on 4 December at the Kalyani Stadium. The match ended up 1–1 draw. Marcos de la Espada scored on behalf of East Bengal, and Juan Mera Gonzalez became Hero of the match.[48]

East Bengal FC travelled to Ludhiana to face-off with Punjab FC on 7 December for their second match of the campaign and failed to win again as the match ended 1–1 draw. Juan Mera González scored the equaliser in the 85th min to avoid the defeat.[49]

East Bengal FC travelled to Imphal for their third match of the 2019-20 I-League as they faced NEROCA F.C. on 10 December. The Red and Gold brigade managed to grab their first win of the campaign as the match ended 4–1 in favour of East Bengal. Jaime Santos Colado scored a brace while Juan Mera González and Marcos de la Espada scored the other two.[50]

East Bengal FC faced TRAU F.C. next on 14 December at the Kalyani Stadium and in a close game, managed to grab all 3 points as the Red and Golds won 2–1 with goals from Marcos de la Espada in the 17th minute and Marti Crespi in the 89th minute. Deepak Devrani had equalized for the away side in the 45th minute.[51]

East Bengal FC were supposed face their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the first Kolkata Derby of the 2019-20 I-League next on 22 December at the Salt Lake Stadium however the match was postponed citing security concerns by the police and home team Mohun Bagan.[52]

East Bengal FC will faced Churchill Brothers away on 4 January at the Fatorda Stadium and lost courtesy of a solitary goal in the 89th minute from Willis Plaza. This was the first defeat of the campaign for the Red and Gold brigade.[53]

On 8 January, East Bengal F.C. announced the signing of Abhash Thapa on loan from ISL side Hyderabad FC for the remainder of the season.[54]

On 14 January, East Bengal F.C. announced their second winter transfer singing as they roped in Bengaluru F.C. attacking midfielder Edmund Lalrindika on loan for the rest of the season.[55]

East Bengal FC faced Gokulam Kerala F.C. at home on 15 January at the Kalyani Stadium and suffered their second defeat of the 2019-20 I-League campaign as they lost 3–1 to the Malabarians. Henry Kisekka, Marcus Joseph scored two while Marti Crespi scored an own goal as the visitors won the game. Kassim Aidara scored the only goal for the Red and Golds.[56]

East Bengal FC faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan on 19 January at the Salt Lake Stadium in the Kolkata Derby and faced their third defeat in a row as the Green and Maroons snatched a hard-fought 2–1 victory over the Red and Gold brigade. Joseba Beitia opened the scoring for the Mariners in the 18th minute. Baba Diawara increased the lead in the 62nd minute. Marcos de la Espada reduced the margin for East Bengal in the 72nd minute, however, they could find an equaliser with Juan Mera's shot hitting the crossbar was the closest East Bengal got.[57]

On 21 January, just 2 days after the Kolkata Derby defeat, East Bengal FC announced that coach Alejandro Menendez had resigned from his position due to personal reasons and taking responsibility if the poor performance of the team. The new coach will be announced within a few days.[58]

On 22 January, the East Bengal FC management announced a double signing: Liberian striker Ansumana Kromah and Monotosh Chakladar for the remainder of the season.[59]

Mario Rivera Campesino was appointed the new head coach on 23 January, a few hours later Alejandro Menendez left the city. Mario worked with the club in the previous season as the assistant coach and video analyst.[60]

East Bengal FC faced defending champions Chennai City F.C. on 25 January at Coimbatore and finally came back to winning ways with a 2–0 win courtesy of a goal each from Marcos de la Espada and Jaime Santos Colado who scored from the spot. This was the first clean sheet the Red and Gold Brigade achieved in the 2019-20 I-League campaign.[61]

East Bengal FC faced Indian Arrows on 1 February at the Kalyani Stadium in the next match and lost by 1–0, courtesy of a solitary goal by Vikram Pratap Singh in the 58th minute.[62]

East Bengal FC played Aizawl F.C. next on 7 February at the Kalyani Stadium and lost once again by a solitary goal from Matias Veron in the 76th minute. This was their 5th defeat in 6 matches in the 2019-20 I-League campaign.[63]

On 12 February, East Bengal FC announced the signing of Spanish defensive midfielder Víctor Pérez Alonso for the remainder of the season.[64]

East Bengal FC faced Punjab F.C. next on 13 February at the Kalyani Stadium and in an intensely fought game managed to share points after the game ended in a 1-1 draw. Ansumana Kromah gave the lead for the Red and Gold brigade in the 9th minute with a long-range effort while Girik Khosla equalised for the visiting team in the 42nd minute to share the points.[65]

East Bengal FC faced Indian Arrows next on 17 February at the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and got back to winning ways with a 3-1 win courtesy of goals from Jaime Santos Colado in the 6th minute, Asheer Akhtar in the 62nd minute and Lalrindika Ralte in the 67th minute. Vikram Pratap Singh did equalize for the home team in the 54th minute before Asheer and Didika struck the two goals and secure the win.[66]

East Bengal FC travelled to Imphal to face TRAU F.C. next on 23 January at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium and won their second game in succession after a brilliant second half display to rally from behind to win 4-2. Princewell Emeka scored the opener for the home side in the 18th minute. East Bengal FC scored 4 goals in the second half courtesy of 4 different scorers: Jaime Santos Colado, Kassim Aidara, Brandon Vanlalremdika and Marcos de la Espada. Oguchi Uche reduced the margin for the home side in the 86th minute.[67]

East Bengal FC faced Churchill Brothers S.C. next on 29 February at the Salt Lake Stadium and in a fiercely competitive match managed to share points with a dying minute equalizer goal from Jaime Santos Colado to make it 1-1. Willis Plaza scored the opening goal of the match in the 10th minute for Churchill Brothers.[68]

East Bengal FC travelled to Kozhikode next to face Gokulam Kerala F.C. next on 3rd March and drew 1-1 plying more than 35 mins against 10-men Gokulam Kerala FC side. Marcus Joseph opened the scoring in the 9th minute for the home side while Víctor Pérez Alonso equalised from the spot after Juan Mera was brought down in the 24th minute. Naocha Huidrom Singh was shown marching orders in the 49th minute for his second booking. Juan Mera and Victor Perez both struck the bar in the second half but could not find the winning goal as both teams shared the points.[69]

East Bengal FC signed back Costa Rican World Cup star and former defender Johnny Acosta ahead of the game against Real Kashmir FC and released Liberian striker Ansumana Kromah to make way for him.[70]

East Bengal FC continued their travel to Srinagar next as they faced Real Kashmir F.C. on 9th March at the TRC Turf Ground and won by a solitary penalty goal in the dying minutes of the injury time by Víctor Pérez Alonso to snatch all 3 points and move up to the 2nd place in the league table. The game was ill-tempered and Real Kashmir FC had 3 players sent-off in the match while Edmund Lalrindika of Quess East Bengal FC was also given marching orders in the last seconds of the game which means he will miss the all-important Kolkata Derby next.[71]

East Bengal FC was supposed to face arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the second leg of the Kolkata Derby next on 15th March at the Salt Lake Stadium however due to the outbreak of COVID-19, all matches of the 2019-20 I-League has been suspended till 14 April until further notice. The revised schedule will be announced later.[72][73]

On 18th April, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the All India Football Federation announced that the remaining matches of 2019-20 I-League will be cancelled and Mohun Bagan was awarded as the champions. No team was relegated, and the remaining prize money (apart from the champion’s prize money) was equally divided among the 10 teams.[1]

On 26 April, East Bengal FC's prime investors announced they will be parting ways with the club after 30th April, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, applying the "Force Majeure Clause".[74]

Calcutta Football League fixtures were announced on 22 July 2019. East Bengal FC were supposed to start their campaign against George Telegraph S.C. on 31 July at the East Bengal Ground however fixtures were rescheduled due to unavailability of the stadiums and the first game was postponed to 9 August.[76]

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v George Telegraph S.C.

9 August 2019 1	East Bengal	0–1	George Telegraph S.C.	Kolkata
15:00 IST		Report	Justice Morgan  65'  90+4'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tanmoy Dhar Man of the Match: Tanmoy Ghosh (George Telegraph S.C.)

East Bengal v BSS Sporting Club

25 August 2019 2	East Bengal	2–1	BSS Sporting Club	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Jaime Santos Colado  18'  41' Bidyashagar Singh  53'	Report	William Opoku  90+3' (pen)	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ranjit Bakshi Man of the Match: Jaime Santos Colado (East Bengal FC)

East Bengal v Aryan F.C.

28 August 2019 3	East Bengal	3–0	Aryan F.C.	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Lalrindika Ralte  42' Jaime Santos Colado  61', 89'	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Mithun Kundu Man of the Match: Syed Bin Abdul Kadir (Aryan F.C.)

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

1 September 2019 4	East Bengal	0–0	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Kassim Aidara  39' Lalrindika Ralte  80'	Report	Fran Morante  73'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Joseba Beitia (Mohun Bagan)
Note: (Exhibition match)

East Bengal v Southern Samity

5 September 2019 5	East Bengal	2–1	Southern Samity	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Bidyashagar Singh  33' Jaime Santos Colado  62'	Report	Ainish  56' Arjun Tudu  82'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Animesh Biswas Man of the Match: Mahmoud Amnah (Southern Samity)

East Bengal v Peerless SC

9 September 2019 6	East Bengal	0–1	Peerless SC	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Abhishek Ambekar  13' Borja Gomez Perez  90+1'	Report	Dipendu Dowary  33' Ansumana Kromah  65' (pen.) Pankaj Moula  68'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dipu Roy Man of the Match: Varney Kallon (Peerless SC)

East Bengal v Kalighat MS

12 September 2019 7	East Bengal	4–2	Kalighat MS	Kolkata
14:30 IST	Bidyashagar Singh  42' Karamoko Lassine  60' (o.g.) Jaime Santos Colado  64', 83' Naorem Tondomba Singh  66' Asheer Akhtar  86'	Report	Bhawani Jaiswar  29' Tuhin Sikdar  38' Alexander Kouame  66' Rahul Kumar Paswan  82'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Pratick Mondal Man of the Match: Jaime Santos Colado (East Bengal FC)

East Bengal v Bhawanipore F.C.

16 September 2019 8	East Bengal	2–2	Bhawanipore F.C.	Kalyani
14:30 IST	Pintu Mahata  7' Juan Mera González  42' Borja Gomez Perez  83'	Report	Kamo Stephane Bayi  58' Jagannath Sana  84'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Debasish Mandi Man of the Match: Anto Sagayraj (Bhawanipore F.C.)

East Bengal v NBP Rainbow

20 September 2019 9	East Bengal	1–0	NBP Rainbow	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Marcos de la Espada  35' (pen)	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rabin Biswas Man of the Match: Samad Ali Mallick (East Bengal FC)

East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting

26 September 2019 10	East Bengal	3–2	Mohammedan Sporting	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Pintu Mahata  12' Jaime Santos Colado  44' (pen.)  62' Mehtab Singh  53' Marcos de la Espada  58'	Report	Borja Gómez Pérez  24' (o.g.) Safiul Rahman  43' Arthur Kouassi  83'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Jaime Santos Colado (East Bengal FC)
Note: (Exhibition match)

On 8 July the fixtures were announced. East Bengal FC has been slotted into Group "A", along with Army Red, Jamshedpur FC and Bengaluru FC. One team from each of the 4 groups to go through to the Semi-Finals.[77][78]

East Bengal FC topped the group stages winning all the matches however crashed out in the Semi-Final in the Penalty Shootout after the game ended 1–1 after 120 minutes against Gokulam Kerala F.C.,[32] who went on to win the 2019 Durand Cup defeating Mohun Bagan 2–1 in the final.[79]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Quess East Bengal v Army Red

3 August 2019 Group Stage	Quess East Bengal	2–0	Army Red	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Boithang Haokip  67' Jaime Santos Colado  85' Bidyashagar Singh  90+1'	Report	Alwin  26' Zothanpuia  45+1' Shanoos  83'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 17,000 Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Jaime Santos Colado (East Bengal FC)

Quess East Bengal v Jamshedpur FC

6 August 2019 Group Stage	Quess East Bengal	6–0	Jamshedpur FC	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Jaime Santos Colado  6' (pen), 8' Pintu Mahata  33' Bidyashagar Singh  75', 81' Boithang Haokip  90+1'	Report	Amrit Gope  4' Baset Hansdah  63'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Pintu Mahata (East Bengal FC)

Quess East Bengal v Bengaluru FC

14 August 2019 Group Stage	Quess East Bengal	2–1	Bengaluru FC	Kolkata
18:00 IST	Bidyashagar Singh  59', 74'  90+4'	Report	Ajay Chhetri  17'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Bidyashagar Singh (East Bengal FC)

In preparation for the 2019-20 I-League, East Bengal FC have decided to play a set of pre-season friendly matches against ISL opponents. The first match was against 2018-19 Indian Super League Champions Bengaluru FC, on 6 November in Bengaluru. East Bengal FC played NorthEast United FC in their second pre-season friendly match on 16 November at Guwahati. East Bengal FC played their final friendly against Jamshedpur FC on 21 November at Jamshedpur.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bengaluru FC v East Bengal

6 November 2019 Friendly	Bengaluru FC	1–1	East Bengal	Bengaluru
09:30 IST	Edmund Lalrindika  70'	Report	Marcos de la Espada  4'	Stadium: R.B.A.N.M. First Grade College Ground Attendance: 100

Jamshedpur FC v East Bengal

21 November 2019 Friendly	Jamshedpur FC	0–2	East Bengal	Jamshedpur
18:30 IST		Report	Abhijit Sarkar  74' Jaime Santos Colado  87'	Stadium: JFC Training Ground

  Win   Draw   Loss

Quess East Bengal v Real Kashmir

4 December 2019 1	Quess East Bengal	1–1	Real Kashmir	Kalyani, West Bengal
17:00 IST	Marcos Espada  77' Kassim Aidara  69' Marti Crespi  90+5'	Report	Gnohere Krizo  33' Ritwik Kumar Das  15' Arashpreet Singh  70' Gnohere Krizo  71'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 11,592 Referee: Om Prakash Thakur Man of the Match: Juan Mera González (Quess East Bengal)

Punjab v Quess East Bengal

7 December 2019 2	Punjab	1–1	Quess East Bengal	Ludhiana, Punjab
14:00 IST	Danilo Quipapá  13' Bali Gagandeep  20' Aser Pierrick Dipanda  39' Samuel Shadap  75'	Report	Juan Mera González  85' Marti Crespi  56' Kassim Aidara  67' Mirshad Michu  72' Abhishek Ambekar  75'	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Danilo Quipapá (Punjab F.C.)

NEROCA v Quess East Bengal

10 December 2019 3	NEROCA	1–4	Quess East Bengal	Imphal, Manipur
14:00 IST	Boubacar Diarra  31' Ousmane Diawara  7' Sekle Yao Zico  36'	Report	Jaime Santos Colado  20' (pen), 52' (pen) Juan Mera González  33' Marcos de la Espada  63'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 19,782 Referee: R Palmson Moses Raj Man of the Match: Jaime Santos Colado (Quess East Bengal)

Quess East Bengal v TRAU

14 December 2019 4	Quess East Bengal	2–1	TRAU	Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST	Marcos de la Espada  17' Marti Crespi Pascual  88'  16' Juan Mera González  71'	Report	Deepak Devrani  45' Sandeep Singh  16' Angousana Luwang  78' Denechandram Meitei  61'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 9,882 Referee: Raktim Saha Man of the Match: Premjit Singh (TRAU F.C.)

Churchill Brothers v Quess East Bengal

4 January 2020 5	Churchill Brothers	1–0	Quess East Bengal	Margao, Goa
17:00 IST	Willis Plaza  89' Robert Primus  25'	Report	Marcos de la Espada  30' Kassim Aidara  43'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 3,226 Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Willis Plaza (Churchill Brothers S.C.)

Quess East Bengal v Gokulam Kerala

15 January 2020 6	Quess East Bengal	1–3	Gokulam Kerala	Kalyani, West Bengal
17:00 IST	Kassim Aidara  27'	Report	Henry Kisekka  21' Marcus Joseph  65' Marti Crespi (o.g.) 45'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 9232 Referee: C.R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Marcus Joseph (Gokulam Kerala F.C.)

Mohun Bagan v Quess East Bengal

19 January 2020 7	Mohun Bagan	2–1	Quess East Bengal	Kolkata, West Bengal
17:00 IST	Joseba Beitia  18' Baba Diawara  65' Fran González  36' Daneil Cyrus  45+1' Gurjinder Kumar  66' SK Sahil  81' Sankar Roy  90+1'	Report	Marti Crespi  40' Marcos de la Espada  71'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 63,756 Referee: Ajitkumar Meitei Man of the Match: Joseba Beitia (Mohun Bagan AC)
Note: Match postponed from 22 December 2019, to 19 January 2020 due to security concerns.

Chennai City v Quess East Bengal

25 January 2020 8	Chennai City	0–2	Quess East Bengal	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
17:00 IST	Shem Marton Eugene  38' Pradison Mariyadasan  88'	Report	Marcos de la Espada  68' Jaime Santos Colado 15'  77' (pen) Kamalpreet Singh  31' Lalrindika Ralte  42' Juan Mera Gonzalez  86'	Stadium: JL Nehru Stadium Attendance: 6,250 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Jaime Santos Colado (Quess East Bengal FC)

Quess East Bengal v Indian Arrows

1 February 2020 9	Quess East Bengal	0–1	Indian Arrows	Kalyani, West Bengal
17:00 IST	Marcos de la Espada  21'  90+5' Asheer Akhtar  36' Juan Mera Gonzalez  78'	Report	Vikram Pratap Singh  59' Rv. Hormipam  27'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 6340 Referee: Ibungo Meetei Man of the Match: Lalbiakhlua Jongte (Indian Arrows)

Quess East Bengal v Aizawl

7 February 2020 10	Quess East Bengal	0–1	Aizawl	Kalyani, West Bengal
17:00 IST		Report	Matias Veron  77' Alfred Jaryan  28' Zothanmawia  84' Justice Morgan  88' Juuko Richard Kassaga  90+4'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 5,130 Referee: Palmson Moses Raj Man of the Match: Rochharzela (Aizawl FC)

Quess East Bengal v Punjab

13 February 2020 11	Quess East Bengal	1–1	Punjab	Kalyani, West Bengal
17:00 IST	Ansumana Kromah  9' Mehtab Singh  79'	Report	Girik Khosla  40' Sérgio Barboza  64' Nirmal Chettri  82'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 4,573 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Ansumana Kromah (Quess East Bengal FC)

Indian Arrows v Quess East Bengal

17 February 2020 12	Indian Arrows	1–3	Quess East Bengal	Mumbai, Maharashtra
19:00 IST	Vikram Pratap Singh 46'  54'  56' Akash Mishra  80'	Report	Jaime Santos  5' Asheer Akhtar  62'  7' Lalrindika Ralte  67'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Attendance: 2,512 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Lalrindika Ralte (Quess East Bengal FC)

TRAU v Quess East Bengal

23 February 2020 13	TRAU	2–4	Quess East Bengal	Imphal, Manipur
17:00 IST	Princewill Emeka Olariche  18' Oguchi Uche  85' (pen)  56' Loken Meitei  60' Shahbaaz Khan  67'	Report	Jaime Santos Colado  52'  56' Kassim Aidara  67'  39' Brandon Vanlalremdika  69'  70' Marcos de la Espada  76' (pen) Asheer Akhtar  78'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 26,612 Referee: Raktim Saha Man of the Match: Brandon Vanlalremdika (East Bengal F.C.)

Quess East Bengal v Churchill Brothers

29 February 2020 14	Quess East Bengal	1–1	Churchill Brothers	Kolkata, West Bengal
17:00 IST	Jaime Santos Colado  90+5' (pen) Samad Ali Mallick  56' Mehtab Singh  90'	Report	Willis Plaza  10' Jovel Martins  41' Ponif Vaz  89' Suresh Meitei  90+5'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 12,722 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Quan Gomes (Churchill Brothers SC)

Gokulam Kerala v Quess East Bengal

3 March 2020 15	Gokulam Kerala	1–1	Quess East Bengal	Kozhikode, Kerala
19:00 IST	Marcus Joseph  8' Huidrom Singh  24'  49' Haroon Amiri  87'  90+1' Andre Ettienne  90+5'	Report	Víctor Pérez Alonso  24' (pen)  88' Abhash Thapa  68' Samad Ali Mallick  78' Marcos de la Espada  90+6'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 12,624 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Nathaniel Garcia (Gokulam Kerala)

Real Kashmir v Quess East Bengal

9 March 2020 16	Real Kashmir	0–1	Quess East Bengal	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
14:00 IST	Danish Farooq  19'  38' Robin Singh  25' Mason Robertson  26' Bazie Armand  55' Kallum Higginbotham  90+8'	Report	Victor Perez Alonso  90+5' (pen) Kassim Aidara  87' Edmund Lalrindika  90+8'	Stadium: TRC Turf Ground Attendance: 10,223 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Chesterpoul Lyngdoh (Real Kashmir F.C.)

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 09 March 2020

Appearances for East Bengal FC in 2019–20 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL		Durand Cup		I League		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Lalthuammawia Ralte	9	9	2	2	9	9	20	20
32	GK		Mirshad Michu	0	0	2	2	7	7	9	9
40	GK		Rakshit Dagar	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Defenders
2	DF		Asheer Akhtar	6	4	2	2	10	10	18	16
—	DF		Borja Gomez Perez[a 1]	5	4	3	2	0	0	8	6
4	DF		Johnny Acosta	—				1	1	1	1
5	DF		Kamalpreet Singh	6	5	3	2	9	9	18	16
6	DF		Gurwinder Singh	—				2	1	2	1
15	DF		Abhash Thapa	—				8	7	8	7
—	DF		Martí Crespí[a 1]	6	6	2	2	8	8	16	16
25	DF		Samad Ali Mallick	7	5	2	2	12	10	21	17
27	DF		Abhishek Ambekar	8	6	2	2	8	8	19	17
28	DF		Monotosh Chakladar	—				1	0	1	0
29	DF		Mehtab Singh	6	6	2	2	11	11	19	19
41	DF		Manoj Mohammed	4	4	2	2	0	0	6	6
Midfielders
7	MF		Abhijit Sarkar	1	1	1	1	6	1	8	3
8	MF		Jaime Santos Colado	9	6	4	4	15	15	28	25
9	MF		Boithang Haokip	4	2	4	2	1	0	9	4
11	MF		Pintu Mahata	8	7	4	3	7	6	19	14
14	MF		Naorem Tondomba	7	7	3	1	8	3	18	11
16	MF		Kassim Aidara	5	3	4	3	14	14	23	20
20	MF		Lalrindika Ralte	8	7	3	3	8	8	19	18
23	MF		Juan Mera González	5	4	—		15	14	20	18
24	MF		Víctor Pérez Alonso	—				4	3	4	3
30	MF		Brandon Vanlalremdika	7	4	4	4	12	8	23	16
38	MF		Prakash Sarkar	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
43	MF		PC Rohlupuia	4	2	1	1	5	1	10	4
—	MF		Subhonil Ghosh[a 1]	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Forwards
17	FW		Edmund Lalrindika	—				2	0	2	0
18	FW		Marcos de la Espada	6	4	—		14	14	20	18
—	FW		Ronaldo Oliveira[a 1]	8	5	—		4	1	12	6
—	FW		Ansumana Kromah[a 1]	—				8	4	8	4
26	FW		Bidyashagar Singh	8	6	4	2	5	1	17	9

As of matches played 9 March 2020

As of matches played 09 March 2020

No.	Pos.	Name	CFL			Durand Cup			I League			Total			Remarks
2	DF	Asheer Akhtar	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0
3	DF	Borja Gomez Perez	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	DF	Kamalpreet Singh	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF	Jaime Santos Colado	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
9	MF	Boithang Haokip	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF	Tondomba Singh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	DF	Abhash Thapa	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
16	MF	Kassim Aidara	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	7	0	0	missed home match against Churchill Brothers
17	FW	Edmund Lalrindika	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
18	FW	Marcos de la Espada	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	1	0	missed home match against Aizawl
20	MF	Lalrindika Ralte	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
21	DF	Marti Crespi	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	missed away match against Chennai City
23	MF	Juan Mera González	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0
24	MF	Víctor Pérez Alonso	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
25	DF	Samad Ali Mallick	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
26	FW	Bidyashagar Singh	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	DF	Abhishek Ambekar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
29	DF	Mehtab Singh	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
30	MF	Brandon Vanlalremdika	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
32	GK	Mirshad Michu	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0