2012–13 East Bengal FC season

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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
.

Transfers

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

Squad

First-team squad

As of 19 January 2013[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 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
United Sikkim
until the end of the 2012–13 season)
33 FW India IND
United Sikkim
until the end of the 2012–13 season)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF India IND
Pune
until the end of the 2012–13 season)
FW India IND
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 [A]
  1. 2013-14
    season.

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League [A] 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. 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
25 August 2012 2
Kalighat MS
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Orji 13'
Sahni 24', 59'
Edeh 84'
11 September 2012 3
East Bengal
4 – 0 ARMY XI Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Sahni 43', 47', 52'
Manandeep 54'
6 November 2012 5
George Telegraph
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Report
13 December 2012 7
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'
15 January 2013 9
Prayag United
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Report
Note:
Prayag United.[2]
Championship Stage
29 January 2013 1
Bhawanipore
Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Tuesday Kumar 52'
13 February 2013 3
Kalighat MS
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Wednesday
Barisić 7'
Pradhan 72'
Orji
76', 90'
19 February 2013 5
Techno Aryan
Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Tuesday
Barisić 7', 36', 67'
Ralte 20', 50'
Sahni 60'
Orji
90+2'
Mallick 43'
23 February 2013 6
Mohammedan
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Saturday Sahni 10', 25', 53'
Edeh 12'
Singh 68', 75'
Hyo-Jun 60'
21 May 2013 7
Prayag United
Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Tuesday Report
Note:
Prayag United.[3]
23 May 2013 8
Mohun Bagan
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Thursday Edeh 22', 72'
Orji 28'
Report
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: [citation needed]

Summary

East Bengal entered the

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

21 September 2012
East Bengal
Siliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Fernandes 82' Report Edeh 10' (pen) Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
23 September 2012
ONGC
Siliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Edeh 45+2'
Singh 80'
Report Yusa 11' Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
25 September 2012
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
27 September 2012
East Bengal
Siliguri, West Bengal
19:00 IST Report Ralte 111' Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
30 September 2012
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[a]
3
East Bengal
26 13 8 5 44 18 +26 47
4
Prayag United
26 13 5 8 55 35 +20 44
5
Dempo
26 11 7 8 45 33 +12 40
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

7 October 2012
East Bengal
Margao, Goa
17:30 IST Report Stadium:
Fatorda Stadium
11 October 2012
East Bengal
Gangtok, Sikkim
14:30 IST Report Ralte 82' Stadium: Paljor Stadium
29 October 2012
Pune
Kolkata, West Bengal
14:30 IST Edeh 28' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
3 November 2012
Dempo
Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Edeh 31' (pen) Report Carvalho 82' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
10 November 2012
East Bengal
Pune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST Report
Khabra 37', 64'
Orji
75'
Stadium:
Balewadi Sports Complex
17 November 2012
East Bengal
Margao, Goa
17:30 IST Report Edeh 5', 90+4'
Singh 77'
Stadium:
Fatorda Stadium
24 November 2012
ONGC
Kolkata, 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
Salgaocar
Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Edeh 66' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
1 December 2012
East Bengal
Shillong, Meghalaya
14:00 IST Report Stadium:
Nehru Stadium
9 December 2012
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
Prayag United
Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Report Martins 75' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
23 December 2012
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
Pailan Arrows
Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Singh 44'
Pradhan 55', 86'
Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: R. Dsa
5 January 2013
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
East Bengal
New Delhi
14:00 IST Yusa 87' Report Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
13 January 2013
Mumbai
Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Chidi 11'
Ralte 53'
Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
19 January 2013
Churchill Brothers
Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Report
Antchouet 34', 45+2'
Moghrabi
82'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
25 January 2013
East Bengal
Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST Izumi 17' Report Edeh 6', 75' (pen) Stadium:
C.R. Srikrishna (Tamil Nadu
)
2 February 2013
East Bengal
Kalyani, West Bengal
15:00 IST George 2' Report Chidi 7' (pen) , Ralte 32' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Laiq Khan
9 February 2013
Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
23 March 2013
Air India
Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Chidi 60' Report Ezeh 90+2' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Ajit Meetei
29 March 2013
East Bengal
Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Hernandez 62' , Martins 66' Report Chidi 41' , Manandeep 49' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Kunal Singh
14 April 2013
Sporting Goa
Kolkata, West Bengal
15:30 IST Edeh 63' Report
Juanfri
44'
Stadium:
C.R. Srikrishna
4 May 2013
East Bengal
Vasco da Gama, Goa
16:15 IST Ferrao 48'
Menyongar 74'
Report Orji 17'
Ahmed 83'
Stadium:
C.R. Srikrishna
8 May 2013
United Sikkim
Kolkata, West Bengal
15:30 IST
Barisić 88' (pen.)
Edeh
89'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
12 May 2013
Shillong Lajong
Kolkata, West Bengal
15:30 IST Report Matsugae 8' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora



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: [citation needed]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 March 2013 Group stage
Pailan Arrows
Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Edeh 35'
6 March 2013 Group stage
ONGC
Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Barisić 20'
Singh 90+3' (pen.
)
Lalmuanpuia 42'
8 March 2013 Group stage
East Bengal
Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Edeh 51', 75'
17 March 2013 Semi Final
Mohun Bagan
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Barisić
88'
Report
Sabeeth
46'
Attendance: 70,000 (estimated)
Penalties
soccer ball with check mark soccer ball with red X
20 March 2013 Final
East Bengal
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Martins 79'



AFC Cup

Due to East Bengal's

Saigon Xuan Thanh.[11]

Table

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
Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 0 2 4 12 17 −5 2 2–4 2–3 2–3

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 February 2013
Selangor FA
Kolkata, West Bengal
Ralte 42' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
13 March 2013
East Bengal
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Report Stadium:
Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic
)
3 April 2013
East Bengal
Kallang, Singapore
Hadžibulić 28'
Amri 65'
Report
Barisić 62', 87'
Edeh
64'
Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium
Attendance: 1,082
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
23 April 2013
East Bengal
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Shukur
79'
Adib 90+3'
Report Orji 23'
Ralte 54'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:
Hong Kong
)
30 April 2013
Saigon Xuan Thanh
Kolkata, West Bengal
Barisić 45'
Orji
53', 59'
Report Amougou 61' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

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 [A] 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. 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

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  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.
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