East Bengal
2016–17 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachEngland Trevor James Morgan
(until 17 April 2017)
India Mridul Banerjee
(until 19 April 2017[1])
India Ranjan Chowdhury[lower-alpha 1]
(from 20 April 2017)
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
Barasat Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League3rd
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions
Federation CupSemi-finals
Bordoloi TrophyRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Willis Plaza (9)
All: Willis Plaza
Wedson Anselme
(9 each)
Highest home attendance29067
Lowest home attendance6000
Average home league attendance11928

The 2016–17 season was the East Bengal FC's 97th season in existence. The club had already won the Calcutta Football League 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 the 74th spot in the Asian Football Confederation club ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs.

Season Overview

August

The club started their Calcutta Football League campaign by beating Bhawanipore 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 wholeheartedly 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 rallied 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 12 February 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.[2] 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 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.[3]

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

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

Technical Staff

PositionName [4]
Head coachEngland Trevor Morgan
1st Assistant CoachEngland Warren Hackett
Goalkeeper coachIndia Abhijit Mondal
Club DoctorIndia Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
Team Media OfficerIndia Gautam Roy

Competitions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 4 August 2016 18 September 2016 Champions
Bordoloi Trophy 22 September 2016 30 September 2016 Runners-up
I-League 7 January 2017 29 April 2017 3rd
Federation Cup 7 May 2017 14 May 2017 Semi-finals

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 100.00
Bordoloi Trophy 5 4 0 1 13 2 +11 080.00
I-League 18 10 3 5 33 15 +18 055.56
Federation Cup 4 1 2 1 3 3 +0 025.00
Total 37 25 5 7 68 26 +42 067.57

Last updated: 1 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 East Bengal[lower-alpha 2] (C) 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 30 Champion
2 Mohammedan 10 6 2 2 13 7 +6 20
3 Mohun Bagan[lower-alpha 2] 10 6 1 3 20 7 +13 19
4 Southern Samity 10 4 3 3 11 8 +3 15
5 Peerless SC 10 3 5 2 12 11 +1 14
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2016. Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ Caretaker manager under Technical-Director Monoranjan Bhattacharya.[1]
  2. 1 2 East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by IFA to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal.[5]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 August 2016 1 East Bengal 2–1 Bhawanipore Kalyani
14:00 IST Jiten Murmu 21'
Lalrindika Ralte 53'		 Report Orok Essien 32' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
12 August 2016 3 East Bengal 2–1 Army XI Kolkata
17:00 IST Rafique 48'
Jiten Murmu 58'		 Report Alwyn 78' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
27 August 2016 6 East Bengal 2–1 Southern Samity Kolkata
17:00 IST Jiten Murmu 35'
Do Dong-Hyun 45+2'		 Report Basanta Singh 72' (pen) Stadium: Barasat Stadium
7 September 2016 8 East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan Kalyani
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Note: Walkover given by Mohun Bagan.
18 September 2016 10 East Bengal 1–0 Aryan Kolkata
14:00 IST Adelaja 22' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium


Bordoloi Trophy

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 India East Bengal 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knock-out Stage
2 India United Sikkim 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3 India Assam State Electricity Board 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4 Bangladesh Bongobi Agragami 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 September 2016. Source: kolkatafootball.com

Knock-out Stage

Semi-Finals Final
      
Nepal Three Star Club 4
India United Sikkim F.C. 1
Nepal Three Star Club (aet) 2
India East Bengal 1
India East Bengal 1
India Shillong Lajong 0

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 6–0 Bongobi Agragami Guwahati
19:00 IST Adelaja 6'
Do-dong 34', 67' (pen.)
Jiten Murmu 49'
Prohlad 62'
Nikhil Poojari 85'		 Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
24 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 2–0 United Sikkim Guwahati
19:00 IST Jiten Murmu 73'
Adelaja 84'		 Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
26 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 3–0 Assam State Electricity Board Guwahati
19:00 IST Do-dong 6'
Prohlad 12'
Yami Longvah 68'		 Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
28 September 2016 Semi-final East Bengal 1–0 Shillong Lajong Guwahati
19:00 IST Adelaja 17' Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
30 September 2016 Final Three Star Club 2–1 (a.e.t.) East Bengal Guwahati
19:00 IST Devendra 90+2'
Bimal 99'		 Report Adelaja 82' Stadium: Nehru Stadium


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) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ Bengaluru FC qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup by winning the 2016–17 Federation Cup.

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2017 1 East Bengal 1–1 Aizawl Kolkata
16:30 IST Rahul Bheke Yellow card 34'
Ivan Bukenya 90'		 Report Gurwinder Singh(o.g.) 45+1'
Lalruatthara Yellow card 73'
Kamo Stephane Bayi Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
14 January 2017 2 DSK Shivajians 1–2 East Bengal Pune
19:00 IST Soram Anganba Yellow card 13'
Nirmal Chhetri Yellow card 45'
Gouramangi Singh 64'		 Report Wedson Anselme 20' (pen)
Lalrindika Ralte Yellow card 53'
Robin Gurung Yellow card 64'
Willis Plaza 80'
Mehtab Hossain Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
22 January 2017 4 East Bengal 2–1 Bengaluru Kolkata
14:35 IST Ivan Bukenya 28'
Mehtab Hossain Yellow card 31'
Lalrindika Ralte Yellow card 34'
Robin Singh 79'		 Report C.K. Vineeth 22'
Sunil Chhetri Yellow card 31'
Sena Ralte Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Ajit Meitei
29 January 2017 5 Minerva Punjab 0–5 East Bengal Ludhiana
14:35 IST Report Wedson Anselme 8', 63' (pen), 66'
Willis Plaza 40'
Robin Singh 65'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
1 February 2017 6 East Bengal 2–0 Mumbai Kolkata
19:05 IST Willis Plaza 10', 17'
Mehtab Hossain Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Pratik Chaudhari Yellow card 77'
Steven Dias Yellow card 83'
Shilton D'Silva Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
5 February 2017 7 East Bengal 3–0 Chennai City Kolkata
19:05 IST Robin Singh Yellow card 38'
Wedson Anselme 50'
Willis Plaza 75'
Lalrindika Ralte 90+6' (pen)		 Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
12 February 2017 8 East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan Siliguri
14:35 IST Lalrindika Ralte Yellow card 44'
Mehtab Hossain Yellow card 67'		 Report Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Attendance: 29067
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
20 February 2017 10 Aizawl 1–0 East Bengal Aizawl
14:05 IST Lalramchullova Yellow card 55'
Laldanmawia Ralte 58'		 Report Ivan Bukenya Yellow card 55'
Lalrindika Ralte Yellow card 56'
Arnab Mondal Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
25 February 2017 11 Bengaluru 1–3 East Bengal Bengaluru
19:05 IST Harmanjot Khabra Yellow card 66'
Sunil Chhetri Yellow card 69'
C.K. Vineeth 85' Yellow card 88'		 Report Wedson Anselme 23'
Robin Singh 54', 59'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
12 March 2017 14 Chennai City 2–1 East Bengal Chennai
19:05 IST Nanda Kumar 57'
Denson Devadas Yellow card 77'
K Prasanth 90+2'		 Report Willis Plaza 42' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
16 April 2017 16 East Bengal 0-1 DSK Shivajians Kolkata
14:35 IST Robin Singh Yellow card 57' Report Jerry 29' Yellow card 62'
Jerry Lalrinzuala Yellow card 38'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Palmson M. Raj
29 April 2017 18 Mumbai 0-4 East Bengal Mumbai
19:05 IST Densill Theobald Yellow card 90' Report Bikash Jairu 7'
Willis Plaza 40', 68'
Wedson Anselme 62'		 Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna


Federation Cup

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aizawl 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to
semi-finals
2 East Bengal 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3 Chennai City 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 Churchill Brothers 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: AIFF

Knock-out Stage

Semi-Finals Final
      
Aizawl 0
Bengaluru FC 1
Bengaluru FC 2
Mohun Bagan 0
Mohun Bagan 2
East Bengal 0

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 May 2017 Group Stage Chennai City 0–2 East Bengal Cuttack
16:00 IST Mehtab Hossain Yellow card 18'
Robin Singh 45+1', 77' (pen) Yellow card 45+3'
Willis Plaza Yellow card 45+2'
Gurwinder Singh Yellow card 52'
Narayan Das Yellow card 57'		 Report Debabrata Yellow card 72'
Dharmaraj Ravanan Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Barabati Stadium
11 May 2017 Group Stage Aizawl 0–0 East Bengal Cuttack
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Barabati Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
14 May 2017 Semi-final Mohun Bagan 2–0 East Bengal Cuttack
16:00 IST Duffy 35'
Sehnaj Singh Yellow card 74'
B.Singh 84'		 Report Gurwinder Singh Yellow card 40' Stadium: Barabati Stadium
Referee: Santhosh Kumar

Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
As of end of 2016-17 season.[6]
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup Bordoloi Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
13GKIndia TP Rehnesh– 151510– 1615
1GKIndia Subhasish Roy Chowdhury– 3344– 77
30GKIndia Luis Barreto5500002277
31GKIndia Dibyendu Sarkar4400– 4387
Defenders
4DFUgandaIvan Bukenya– 181722– 2019
5DFIndia Rahul Bheke66151544– 2525
4DFEnglandCallum Angus87– 441211
16DFIndia Gurwinder Singh44141333– 2120
17DFIndia Narayan Das66131244– 2322
19DFIndia Robert Lalthlamuana637500– 138
50DFIndia Anwar Ali– 5400– 54
3DFIndia Arnab Mondal774222– 1311
2DFIndia Robin Gurung– 5300– 53
25DFIndia Samad Ali Mallick43001155109
28DFIndia Kaushik Sarkar21– 1132
29DFIndia Deepak Singh10– 5565
-DFIndia Aspreet Singh– – 5555
22DFIndia Mehtab Singh– 00000000
Midfielders
14MFIndia Mehtab Hossain88161533– 2726
10MFHaitiWedson Anselme– 151444– 1918
27MFIndia Nikhil Poojari41141421222218
20MFIndia Lalrindika Ralte8813920– 2317
12MFIndia Rowlin Borges– 121044– 1614
28MFIndia Romeo Fernandes– 8210– 92
11MFIndia Jackichand Singh– 7300– 73
27MFIndia Prohlad Roy41– 5596
34MFIndia Abhinash Ruidas977400– 1611
8MFIndia Mohammed Rafique775332– 1512
23MFIndia Bikash Jairu624244– 148
7MFIndia Cavin Lobo002221– 43
21MFSouth KoreaDo Dong-Hyun96–551411
-MFIndia Yami Longvah– 4444
-MFIndia Prakash Sarkar– 3333
-MFIndia Lalruatkima– 2121
18MFIndia David Lalrinmuana– 10– 10
Forwards
9FWTrinidad and TobagoWillis Plaza– 141244– 1816
26FWIndia Jiten Murmu88– 551313
22FWNigeriaAdilaja Somide75– 551210
24FWIndia Robin Singh– 14941– 1810
21FWIndia Thongkhosiem Haokip– 8300– 83
6FWAustralia Chris Payne– 76– 76
15FWKyrgyzstanIldar Amirov– 21– 21

Goal Scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2016–17 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL Bordoloi I League Fed Cup Total
1 9FWTrinidad and TobagoWillis Plaza909
10FWHaitiWedson Anselme819
21FWSouth KoreaDo Dong-Hyun437
4 24FWIndiaRobin Singh527
5 22FWNigeriaAdilaja Somide145
6 26FWIndiaJiten Murmu325
20MFIndiaLalrindika Ralte3104
8 4DFUgandaIvan Bukenya303
6FWAustraliaChris Payne33
10 3DFIndiaArnab Mondal2002
23MFIndiaBikash Jairu0202
33MFIndiaProhlad Roy022
13 4DFEnglandCalum Angus11
5DFIndiaRahul Bheke1001
8MFIndiaMohammed Rafique1001
12MFIndiaRowlin Borges101
21FWIndiaThongkhosiem Haokip101
27MFIndiaNikhil Poojari01001
MFIndiaYami Longvah11
Own Goals 00000
TOTAL 161333365

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mridul Banerjee crestfallen after injury forces him to relinquish East Bengal job, Ranjan Chowdhury steps in". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Goal.com". Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Senior Team". East Bengal Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to the home of Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club". Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "IFA show causes Mohun Bagan Officials". xtratime.in. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "East Bengal FC - Squad". Soccerway.
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