2009–10 East Bengal FC season

East Bengal

2009–10 season
President	Dr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-Coach	Subhash Bhowmick (until 25 October 2009) Philippe De Ridder (from 6 November 2009)
Ground	Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground
I-League	9th
3rd
Federation Cup	Champions
IFA Shield	Group Stage
Durand Cup	Group Stage
E. K. Nayanar Cup	Group Stage
AFC Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Yusif Yakubu (9) All: Yusif Yakubu (13)
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The 2009–10 season is East Bengal Football Club's 3rd season in the I-League, and also marks the club's 90th season. East Bengal will seek to win their first league trophy for 5 seasons, competing in the I-League, the Federation Cup and the AFC Cup.

Squad

For the 2009–10 season.^[1]
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  IND Abhra Mondal — GK  IND Arup Debnath — GK  IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu — GK  IND Priyant Kumar Singh 2 DF  IND Ravinder Singh 4 DF  NGA Uga Samuel Okpara 19 DF  IND Syed Rahim Nabi [Captain] 29 DF  IND Saumik Dey 26 DF  IND Mehrajuddin Wadoo — DF  IND Govin Singh 3 DF  IND Nirmal Chettri — DF  IND Wasim Feroz — DF  IND Saheb Ali Mondal — DF  IND Jeevan Singh 33 DF  IND Saikat Saha Roy — DF  IND Sayantan Das Roy 7 MF  IND Harmanjot Singh Khabra

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  IND Riston Rodrigues 9 MF  IND Alvito D'Cunha 24 MF  IND Mumtaz Akhtar 32 MF  IND Beikhokhei Beingaichho 14 MF  IND Mehtab Hossain 12 MF  IND Renedy Singh 11 MF  IND Sanju Pradhan 17 MF  IND Chhangte Malsawmkima 42 MF  IND Poibang Poshnua 18 MF  AUS Srećko Mitrović 15 FW  IND Baichung Bhutia 25 FW  GHA Abel Hammond 20 FW  GHA Yusif Yakubu 6 FW  IND Subhash Singh 6 FW  IND Budhiram Tudu 6 FW  IND Bijen Singh

• Coach: Philippe De Ridder^[2]
• Asst coach: Tushar Rakshit
• Goalkeeper coach: Atanu Bhattacharya
• Team doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta
• Team manager: Swapan Ball, Gopal Ghosh

Stadiums

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground sense Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984. As of today the Salt Lake Stadium is used for East Bengal's I-League, AFC Cup, and Federation Cup games. The East Bengal Ground is used for the Calcutta Football League matches.

Pre Season tour of Myanmar

In 2009, under coach Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal FC toured Myanmar in August for a set of friendlies as a part of their pre-season campaign after a heavy training camp in Puri, Odisha. The Red and Gold brigade had imported players like Jan Berger, Omar Sebastián Monesterolo and Ramez Dayoub, however, the latter could not be a part of the team since his previous club Safa SC denied transfer clearance.^[3][4]

East Bengal played 4 friendly games in Myanmar against Myanmar National League teams, in which they won 2, drew 1 and lost 1 before returning to Kolkata.^[5]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position
IFA Shield	3 September 2009	5 September 2009	Group Stage
Durand Cup	16 September 2009	18 September 2009	Group Stage
Calcutta Football League	21 October 2009	12 May 2010	3rd
I-League	3 October 2009	27 May 2009	9th
Federation Cup	22 December 2009	3 January 2010	Champions
E.K. Nayanar Cup	16 February 2010	19 February 2010	Group Stage
AFC Cup	10 March 2010	27 April 2010	Group Stage

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
IFA Shield	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	000.00
Durand Cup	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Calcutta Football League	15	8	6	1	34	9	+25	053.33
I-League	26	7	10	9	27	31	−4	026.92
Federation Cup	5	3	2	0	4	0	+4	060.00
E.K. Nayanar	3	0	3	0	1	1	+0	000.00
AFC Cup	6	0	0	6	5	20	−15	000.00
Total	59	18	21	20	74	71	+3	030.51

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IFA Shield

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chirag United	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
Tata Football Academy	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
East Bengal	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

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Durand Cup

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mahindra United	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Shillong Lajong	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
East Bengal	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

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Calcutta Football League

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

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Federation Cup

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Bengal	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Salgaocar SC	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Viva Kerala	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
JCT Mills Football Club	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

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E.K. Nayanar Gold Cup

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

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I League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	JCT	26	8	8	10	26	29	−3	32
8	Prayag United	26	8	8	10	33	39	−6	32
9	East Bengal	26	7	10	9	27	31	−4	31	2011 AFC Cup group stage[a]
10	Viva Kerala	26	7	9	10	25	36	−11	30
11	Mumbai	26	6	11	9	24	26	−2	29

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

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AFC Cup

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		QAD	ITT	NEJ	EB
Al-Qadsia	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9	14			3–0	1–1	4–1
Al-Ittihad	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10		0–0		4–2	2–1
Al-Nejmeh	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10		1–3	1–0		3–0
Kingfisher East Bengal	6	0	0	6	5	20	−15	0		2–3	1–4	0–4

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Statistics

Appearances

Only for competitive fixtures.

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

Appearances for East Bengal in 2009–10 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL		I League		Fed Cup		IFA Shield		Durand Cup		E.K. Nayanar		AFC Cup		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Abhra Mondal	3	3	17	17	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	31	31
30	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	3	3	6	6											9	9
24	GK		Arup Debnath			2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1					4	4
21	GK		Avijit Ghosh	4	4	1	1											5	5
31	GK		Priyant Singh	5	5									1	1	3	3	9	9
Defenders
19	DF		Syed Rahim Nabi	4	3	25	25	2	2	2	2	1	1			2	2	36	35
26	DF		Mehrajuddin Wadoo	1	1	22	22	5	4	1	1	1	1			5	4	35	33
4	DF		Uga Okpara	7	7	21	21	5	5							4	4	37	37
3	DF		Nirmal Chettri	3	3	19	19	5	5	1	1	1	1			4	4	33	33
34	DF		Govin Singh	3	3	10	10	0	0	2	2	2	1			3	3	20	19
29	DF		Saumik Dey	5	5	9	9	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	26	25
33	DF		Saikat Saha Roy	11	9	6	5	1	0	2	1			2	2	0	0	22	17
20	DF		Poibang Pohshna	10	9	3	3							2	2			15	14
2	DF		Wasim Feroz	10	9					1	1			2	2			13	12
16	DF		Saheb Ali Mondal	11	10							1	1	2	2	2	1	16	14
17	DF		Jeevan Singh	3	3							1	0					4	3
	DF		Sayantan Das Roy	2	2											2	2	4	4
	DF		Sontu Das	1	1													1	1
Midfielders
14	MF		Mehtab Hossain	9	9	25	25	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	5	47	47
22	MF		Sanju Pradhan	8	6	23	14	5	5	1	1	2	0	1	1	4	3	44	30
9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	8	0	21	13	4	4			2	1	1	0	6	4	42	22
7	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	11	9	20	12	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	2	5	4	46	33
27	MF		Beikhokhei Beingaichho	8	7	16	13	2	2	1	1	2	1			4	4	33	28
8	MF		Renedy Singh	3	3	5	4					2	2			2	1	12	10
18	MF		Riston Fernandes	6	5	4	4	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1			15	14
10	MF		Srecko Mitrovic	2	2	4	4											6	6
23	MF		Mumtaz Akhtar	11	10	4	1	2	0					2	2	2	2	21	15
	MF		Jan Berger							1	1	1	1					2	2
28	MF		Malswamkima	7	4											2	0	9	4
	MF		NG Beirona	0	0									2	2			2	2
	MF		Suman Dey	4	4									1	1			5	5
Forwards
12	FW		Yusif Yakubu			21	19	5	5							5	5	31	29
6	FW		Abel Hammond	10	8	19	18							2	0	5	4	36	30
15	FW		Bhaichung Bhutia	2	0	15	9	3	0							2	2	22	11
24	FW		Subhash Singh	3	3	10	6	5	5	2	2	2	2			2	2	24	20
35	FW		Budhiram Tudu	11	7	7	4	3	0					1	1	2	1	24	13
30	FW		Edmilson Marques Pardal							2	2							2	2
30	FW		Omar Sebastián Monesterolo									2	2					2	2
	FW		Abhijit Sarkar	2	2													2	2
32	FW		Goutam Khujur	2	2					2	0							4	2
25	FW		Bijen Singh	4	4													4	4

Goal Scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2009–10 season
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL	I-League	Fed Cup	IFA Shield	Durand	E.K. Nayanar	AFC Cup	Total
1	12	FW		Yusif Yakubu		9	2				2	13
2	6	FW		Abel Hammond	5	6	0			1	0	12
3	35	FW		Budhiram Tudu	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
4	22	MF		Sanju Pradhan	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
5	14	MF		Mehtab Hossain	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
	19	DF		Syed Rahim Nabi	1	2	0	1	0		0	4
	27	MF		Beikhokhei Beingaichho	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
8	3	DF		Nirmal Chettri	2	1	0	0	0		0	3
	24	FW		Subhash Singh	1	0	0	1	0		1	3
	7	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
12	15	FW		Bhaichung Bhutia	0	1	1				0	2
	18	MF		Riston Rodrigues	1	0	0	1	0		0	2
14	8	MF		Renedy Singh	1	0					0	1
	10	MF		Srećko Mitrović	1	0						1
	20	MF		Poibang Pohshna	1							1
	25	FW		Bijen Singh	1							1
	28	MF		Malsawmkima	1					0	0	1
Own Goals					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total					34	27	4	3	0	1	5	74

Sponsors

• Main Sponsor: Kingfisher

References