East Bengal
2012–13 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachTrevor Morgan
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Kalyani Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League3rd
Calcutta Football LeagueChampions
Federation CupChampions
IFA ShieldRunners-up
AFC CupQuarter-Finals
(Continues into 2013–14)
Top goalscorerLeague: Chidi Edeh (18)
All: Chidi Edeh (38)

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

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Squad

First-team squad

As of 19 January 2013.[1]

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Abhijit Mondal
2 DF India IND Raju Gaikwad
3 DF India IND Arnab Mondal
4 DF Nigeria NGA Uga Okpara
5 DF India IND Sunil Thakur
6 FW India IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF India IND Harmanjot Khabra
8 DF India IND Naoba Singh
9 MF India IND Alvito D'Cunha
10 FW Nigeria NGA Chidi Edeh
12 MF India IND Reisangmei Vashum
14 MF India IND Mehtab Hossain
15 MF India IND Sanju Pradhan (captain)
16 DF India IND Gurwinder Singh
18 MF Nigeria NGA Penn Orji
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF India IND Charan Rai
21 MF India IND Lalrindika Ralte
23 FW India IND Robin Singh
24 FW India IND Cavin Lobo
25 DF India IND Robert Lalthalma
26 FW India IND Manandeep Singh
28 MF India IND Jagpreet Singh
27 FW Australia AUS Andrew Barisić
29 DF India IND Saumik Dey
30 GK India IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
31 GK India IND Jayanta Paul
32 GK India IND Priyant Kumar
33 DF India IND Saikat Saha Roy
34 MF India IND Subodh Kumar
35 MF India IND 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. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF India IND Abhishek Das (at United Sikkim until the end of the 2012–13 season)
33 FW India IND Safar Sardar (at United Sikkim until the end of the 2012–13 season)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND Khemtang Paite (at Pune until the end of the 2012–13 season)
— FW India IND Seminlen Doungel (at Pailan Arrows until the end of the 2012–13 season)


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Competitions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 17 August 2012 23 May 2013 Champions
Federation Cup 21 September 2012 30 September 2012 Champions
I-League 7 October 2012 12 May 2013 3rd
IFA Shield 3 March 2013 20 March 2013 Runners-up
AFC Cup 27 February 2013 15 May 2013 Quarter-Finals [upper-alpha 1]
  1. ↑ Continued to the 2013-14 season.

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League [upper-alpha 1] 17 15 1 1 57 7 +50 088.24
Federation Cup 5 4 1 0 11 7 +4 080.00
I-League 26 13 8 5 44 18 +26 050.00
IFA Shield 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 060.00
AFC Cup 7 5 2 0 18 7 +11 071.43
Total 60 40 13 7 136 42 +94 066.67

Last updated: 31 May 2013
Source: Competitions

  1. ↑ Includes two wins from Walkover given by Prayag United.

Calcutta Football League

Table

Group A

2012–13 Calcutta Premier Division

Championship Stage

2012–13 Calcutta Premier Division

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

First stage
17 August 2012 1 East Bengal 5 – 0 Eastern Railway Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Sahni 6', 33', 71'
Lobo 24'
Edeh 38'
11 September 2012 3 East Bengal 4 – 0 ARMY XI Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Sahni 43', 47', 52'
Manandeep 54'
31 October 2012 4 East Bengal 3 – 0 BNR Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Ralte 10'
Singh 62'
Lobo 70'
13 December 2012 7 East Bengal 1 – 2 Aryan East Bengal Ground, Kolkata
Gaikwad 65' Gopal Debnath 12'
Pankaj Moula 75'
19 December 2012 8 East Bengal 4 – 0 Railway FC East Bengal Ground, Kolkata
Pradhan 33' (pen)
Doungel 44'
Manandeep 66'
Vashum 78'
Championship Stage
5 February 2013 2 East Bengal 4 – 1 Eastern Railway Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Tuesday Singh 7'
Barisić 29'
Avik 73' (own goal)
Khabra 85'		 Bera 73'
13 February 2013 3 East Bengal 4 – 0 Kalighat MS Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Wednesday Barisić 7'
Pradhan 72'
Orji 76', 90'
16 February 2013 4 East Bengal 4 – 0 Southern Samity Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Saturday Sahni 52', 58'
Edeh 84'
Khabra 89'
19 February 2013 5 East Bengal 7 – 1 Techno Aryan Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Tuesday Barisić 7', 36', 67'
Ralte 20', 50'
Sahni 60'
Orji 90+2'		 Mallick 43'
23 February 2013 6 East Bengal 6 – 1 Mohammedan Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Saturday Sahni 10', 25', 53'
Edeh 12'
Singh 68', 75'		 Hyo-Jun 60'
23 May 2013 8 East Bengal 3 – 2 Mohun Bagan Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Thursday Edeh 22', 72'
Orji 28'		 Report Okolie 38'
Ozbey 90+2'		 Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Santosh Kumar


Federation Cup

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
East Bengal 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
ONGC 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
Sporting Goa 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
Kalighat MS 3 0 0 3 6 12 −6 0
Source:

Summary

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 September 2012 Group Stage East Bengal 2 – 1 ONGC Siliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Edeh 45+2'
Singh 80'		 Report Yusa 11' Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
25 September 2012 Group Stage East Bengal 4 – 3 Kalighat Siliguri, West Bengal
15:00 IST Singh 26', 30'
Edeh 45' (pen), 60' (pen)		 Report Gbilee 11'
Kundu 16'
Chizoba 40'		 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
30 September 2012 Final East Bengal 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Dempo Siliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Mondal 60'
Singh 100'
Edeh 109'		 Report Lawrence 51'
Gawli 111'		 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium


I-League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Churchill Brothers (C) 26 16 7 3 56 22 +34 55 Qualification for 2014 AFC Cup group stage
2 Pune 26 16 4 6 53 26 +27 52 Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off[lower-alpha 1]
3 East Bengal 26 13 8 5 44 18 +26 47
4 United SC 26 13 5 8 55 35 +20 44
5 Dempo 26 11 7 8 45 33 +12 40
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2013. Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ Pune were chosen to represent India in the AFC Champions League as they passed the club licensing requirements.[10]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 November 2012 Round 4 East Bengal 1 – 1 Dempo Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Edeh 31' (pen) Report Carvalho 82' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
9 December 2012 Round 10 East Bengal 3 – 0 Mohun Bagan Kolkata, 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 11 East Bengal 0 – 1 Prayag United Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Report Martins 75' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
23 December 2012 Round 12 Mumbai 2 – 1 East Bengal Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST Fernandes 64'
Yakubu 90+4'		 Report Edeh 90+7' Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: A. Costa
30 December 2012 Round 13 East Bengal 3 – 0 Pailan Arrows Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Singh 44'
Pradhan 55', 86'		 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: R. Dsa
5 January 2013 Round 14 Salgaocar 1 – 4 East Bengal Mapusa, Goa
15:45 IST Masceranhas 8' Report Edeh 36', 65', 81'
Singh 59'		 Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
8 January 2013 Round 15 ONGC 1 – 0 East Bengal New Delhi
14:00 IST Yusa 87' Report Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
13 January 2013 Round 16 East Bengal 2 – 0 Mumbai Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Chidi 11'
Ralte 53'		 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
25 January 2013 Round 18 Pune 1 – 2 East Bengal Pune, 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 19 Pailan Arrows 1 – 2 East Bengal Kalyani, West Bengal
15:00 IST George 2' Report Chidi 7' (pen) , Ralte 32' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Laiq Khan
23 March 2013 Round 21 East Bengal 1 – 1 Air India Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Chidi 60' Report Ezeh 90+2' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Ajit Meetei
29 March 2013 Round 22 Prayag United S.C. 2 – 2 East Bengal Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Hernandez 62' , Martins 66' Report Chidi 41' , Manandeep 49' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Kunal Singh
8 May 2013 Round 25 East Bengal 6 – 0 United Sikkim Kolkata, 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


IFA Shield

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
East Bengal 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9
Prayag United 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
ONGC 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
Pailan Arrows 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 March 2013 Group stage East Bengal 2 – 1 ONGC Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Barisić 20'
Singh 90+3' (pen.)		 Lalmuanpuia 42'
17 March 2013 Semi Final East Bengal 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)		 Mohun Bagan Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Barisić 88' Report Sabeeth 46' Attendance: 70,000 (estimated)
Penalties
Edeh soccer ball with check mark
Barisić soccer ball with check mark
Pradhan soccer ball with check mark
Singh soccer ball with red X
Sahni soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Okolie
soccer ball with red X Chettri
soccer ball with check mark Raja
soccer ball with check mark Khongjee


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.[11]

Table

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KEB SEL SG TPR
India East Bengal 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 1–0 4–1 2–1
Malaysia Selangor 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 2–2 3–1 3–3
Vietnam Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8 0–0 2–1 2–2
Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 0 2 4 12 17 −5 2 2–4 2–3 2–3
Source:

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 April 2013 Group Stage East Bengal India 2 – 1 Singapore Tampines Rovers Kolkata, 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 Group Stage Selangor FA Malaysia 2 – 2 India East Bengal Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Shukur 79'
Adib 90+3'		 Report Orji 23'
Ralte 54'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)
15 May 2013 Round of 16 East Bengal India 5 – 1 Myanmar Yangon United Kolkata, 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)

Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2012–13 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL [upper-alpha 1] I League Fed Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
1 GK India Abhijit Mondal 3 3 14 14 4 4 1 1 3 3 25 25
30 GK India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 10 10 14 12 1 1 4 4 4 4 33 31
31 GK India Jayanta Pal 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Defenders
3 DF India Arnab Mondal 4 4 21 21 2 2 0 0 2 1 29 28
4 DF Nigeria Uga Okpara 8 8 21 20 4 3 5 5 6 6 44 42
8 DF India Naoba Singh 7 6 21 20 5 5 4 2 4 2 41 35
29 DF India Soumik Dey 8 7 20 19 5 5 3 3 6 6 42 40
2 DF India Raju Gaikwad 6 6 9 8 2 2 0 0 3 3 20 19
19 DF India Robert Lalthlamuana 7 7 9 7 1 0 2 2 2 1 21 17
16 DF India Gurwinder Singh 8 7 8 6 4 3 5 5 5 4 30 25
33 DF India Saikat Saha Roy 7 7 7 7
5 DF India Sunil Kumar 5 4 5 4
36 DF India Safar Sardar 1 1 1 1
25 DF India Abhishek Das 2 0 0 0 2 0
Midfielders
18 MF Nigeria Penn Orji 9 9 26 24 5 5 5 4 7 7 52 49
14 MF India Mehtab Hossain 2 2 23 22 4 4 2 2 6 6 37 36
35 MF India Ishfaq Ahmed 6 6 22 18 5 5 2 1 3 2 38 32
21 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 11 9 21 12 4 0 4 4 7 7 47 32
7 MF India Harmanjot Khabra 5 5 16 15 4 3 5 4 5 5 35 32
15 MF India Sanju Pradhan 9 5 14 6 4 2 5 4 6 5 38 22
24 MF India Cavin Lobo 14 10 9 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 26 16
12 MF India Reisangmei Vashum 11 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 9
34 MF India Subodh Kumar 6 6 4 4 2 1 3 3 0 0 15 14
9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 8 0 3 0 0 0 11 0
17 MF India Sushanth Matthews 4 2 4 2
Forwards
10 FW Nigeria Chidi Edeh 6 5 26 25 5 5 5 4 7 6 49 45
26 FW India Manandeep Singh 6 3 20 14 5 3 3 0 3 1 37 21
23 FW India Robin Singh 8 7 13 6 0 0 2 1 2 0 25 14
27 FW Australia Andrew Barisić 6 4 7 3 5 2 7 7 25 16
6 FW India Baljit Singh Sahni 12 9 6 5 3 2 4 3 4 0 29 19
38 FW India Semilen Doungel 5 3 0 0 5 3
27 FW India Branco Vincent Cardozo 1 0 1 0
  1. ↑ Does not include two Walkover matches against Prayag United.

Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2012–13 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
1 10 FW Nigeria Chidi Edeh 6 18 5 3 6 38
2 6 FW India Baljit Singh Sahni 14 0 0 0 0 14
3 18 MF Nigeria Penn Orji 5 4 0 0 4 13
4 21 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 3 5 1 0 3 12
5 27 FW Australia Andrew Barisić 5 1 2 3 11
6 26 FW India Manandeep Singh 2 3 4 1 0 10
7 23 FW India Robin Singh 5 3 0 0 8
8 7 MF India Harmanjot Khabra 2 3 0 0 0 5
9 15 MF India Sanju Pradhan 2 2 0 0 0 4
10 24 MF India Cavin Lobo 2 1 0 0 0 3
11 14 MF India Mehtab Hossain 0 1 0 0 1 2
12 2 DF India Raju Gaikwad 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 DF India Arnab Mondal 0 0 1 0 0 1
12 MF India Reisangmei Vashum 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 MF India Subodh Kumar 1 0 0 0 0 1
35 MF India Ishfaq Ahmed 0 1 0 0 0 1
38 FW India Semilen Doungel 1 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 0 1 2
Total 51 42 11 6 18 128

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava (15 January 2013). "Calcutta Premier Division: Prayag United hand walkover to East Bengal". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Mitra, Atanu (20 May 2013). "Prayag United's walkover hands crucial three points to East Bengal". Goal. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Choudhuri, Arunava. "34th Federation Cup: Complete Fixtures out!". Arunava Choudhuri. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 East Bengal - Victorino Fernandes salvages a point for the Flaming Oranje". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Churchill Brothers SC 0-1 East Bengal: A late Ralte strike sends Subhas Bhowmick's side packing". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  9. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 3-2 Dempo SC: Trevor Morgan gifted with a Federation Cup title on his birthday". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Pune FC to play AFC Champions League play-off". Goal.com. 26 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "AFC Cup 2013 – Group Stage Draw". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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