2016–17 East Bengal FC season

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Champions
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
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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

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

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

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
Salgaocar
December
24 FW India Robin Singh (footballer) Free Agent January
15 FW
Chris Payne
Free Agent January

Out

Pos. Name Sold to Month Ref.
DF
Harmanjot Khabra
India Bengaluru FC N/A
MF
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

Position Name [4]
Head coach England Trevor Morgan
1st Assistant Coach England Warren Hackett
Goalkeeper coach India Abhijit Mondal
Club Doctor India Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
Team Media Officer India 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[b]
(C)
10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 30 Champion
2
Mohammedan
10 6 2 2 13 7 +6 20
3
Mohun Bagan[b]
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. ^
    East Bengal.[5]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 August 2016 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
16 August 2016 4
United
Kolkata
17:00 IST
Do Dong-Hyun 73' (pen)
Arnab Mondal
79'
Report
V.P. Suhair
63'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
21 August 2016 5
Tollygunge Agragami
Kolkata
17:00 IST Calum Angus 73' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
1 September 2016 7
George Telegraph
Kolkata
17:00 IST
Do Dong-Hyun
74'
Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
7 September 2016 8
Mohun Bagan
Kalyani
14:00 IST Report Stadium:
Mohun Bagan
.
15 September 2016 9
Mohammedan Sporting
Kalyani
14:00 IST
Do Dong-Hyun
72' (pen)
Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
18 September 2016 10
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
East Bengal
3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knock-out Stage
2
United Sikkim
3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3
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
United Sikkim F.C.
1
Nepal Three Star Club (aet) 2
East Bengal
1
East Bengal
1
Shillong Lajong
0

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 September 2016 Group Stage
East Bengal
6–0 Bongobi Agragami Guwahati
19:00 IST
Nikhil Poojari
85'
Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
24 September 2016 Group Stage
United Sikkim
Guwahati
19:00 IST Jiten Murmu 73'
Adelaja 84'
Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
26 September 2016 Group Stage
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
Shillong Lajong
Guwahati
19:00 IST Adelaja 17' Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
30 September 2016 Final
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 18 8 6 4 30 15 +15 30 Qualification to AFC Cup qualifying play-off[a]
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 qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup by winning the 2016–17 Federation Cup.

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2017 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
East Bengal
Pune
19:00 IST
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
18 January 2017 3
East Bengal
Vasco da Gama
16:30 IST Report
Nikhil Poojari
Yellow card 48'
Stadium:
Tilak Maidan Stadium

Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
29 January 2017 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
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
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
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
15 February 2017 9
Shillong Lajong
Siliguri
14:35 IST Gurwinder Singh Yellow card 35'
Willis Plaza 45'
Narayan Das Yellow card 86'
Report Lalmuanpiua 20'
Chinglensana Singh Yellow card 60'
Nim Dorjee Tamang Yellow card 88'
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
20 February 2017 10
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
19:05 IST
C.K. Vineeth
85' Yellow card 88'
Report Wedson Anselme 23'
Robin Singh 54', 59'
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
4 March 2017 12
East Bengal
Shillong
14:35 IST Samuel Lalmuanpuia Yellow card 54'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda 64'
Chinglensana Singh Yellow card 79'
Report
Chris Payne 9', 33'
Gurwinder Singh Yellow card 54'
Robert Lalthlamuana
Yellow card 69'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
7 March 2017 13
Churchill Brothers
Kolkata
14:35 IST
Chris Payne 67'
Robin Singh
Yellow card 70'
Report Anthony Wolfe 9'
Ansumana Kromah 34'
Rowilson Rodrigues Yellow card 61'
Bektur Talgat Uulu Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
12 March 2017 14
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
9 April 2017 15
East Bengal
Siliguri
19:05 IST
Sony Norde 35'
Azharuddin Mallick
43' Yellow card 43'
Report
Chris Payne Yellow card 75'
Rowllin Borges
90+2'
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
16 April 2017 16
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
23 April 2017 17
Minerva Punjab
Kolkata
14:30 IST Narayan Das Yellow card 8'
Wedson Anselme 31'
Robin Singh 52' (pen)
Bikash Jairu 90'
Report Arshdeep Singh Yellow card 22'
Krishna Pandit 90+4'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Ajit Mettei
29 April 2017 18
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

7 May 2017 Group Stage
Churchill Brothers
Cuttack
16:00 IST Ivan Bukenya Yellow card 13'
Gurwinder Singh Yellow card 44'
Wedson Anselme 66'
Report Ansumana Kromah Yellow card 38' 81' Stadium: Barabati Stadium
9 May 2017 Group Stage
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
East Bengal
Cuttack
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Barabati Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
14 May 2017 Semi-final
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
13 GK India TP Rehnesh 15 15 1 0 16 15
1 GK India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury 3 3 4 4 7 7
30 GK India Luis Barreto 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 7
31 GK India Dibyendu Sarkar 4 4 0 0 4 3 8 7
Defenders
4 DF Uganda Ivan Bukenya 18 17 2 2 20 19
5 DF India Rahul Bheke 6 6 15 15 4 4 25 25
4 DF England Callum Angus 8 7 4 4 12 11
16 DF India Gurwinder Singh 4 4 14 13 3 3 21 20
17 DF India Narayan Das 6 6 13 12 4 4 23 22
19 DF India Robert Lalthlamuana 6 3 7 5 0 0 13 8
50 DF India Anwar Ali 5 4 0 0 5 4
3 DF India Arnab Mondal 7 7 4 2 2 2 13 11
2 DF India Robin Gurung 5 3 0 0 5 3
25 DF India Samad Ali Mallick 4 3 0 0 1 1 5 5 10 9
28 DF India Kaushik Sarkar 2 1 1 1 3 2
29 DF India Deepak Singh 1 0 5 5 6 5
- DF India Aspreet Singh 5 5 5 5
22 DF India Mehtab Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
14 MF India Mehtab Hossain 8 8 16 15 3 3 27 26
10 MF Haiti Wedson Anselme 15 14 4 4 19 18
27 MF India Nikhil Poojari 4 1 14 14 2 1 2 2 22 18
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 8 8 13 9 2 0 23 17
12 MF India Rowlin Borges 12 10 4 4 16 14
28 MF India Romeo Fernandes 8 2 1 0 9 2
11 MF India Jackichand Singh 7 3 0 0 7 3
27 MF India Prohlad Roy 4 1 5 5 9 6
34 MF India Abhinash Ruidas 9 7 7 4 0 0 16 11
8 MF India Mohammed Rafique 7 7 5 3 3 2 15 12
23 MF India Bikash Jairu 6 2 4 2 4 4 14 8
7 MF India Cavin Lobo 0 0 2 2 2 1 4 3
21 MF South Korea Do Dong-Hyun 9 6 5 5 14 11
- MF India Yami Longvah 4 4 4 4
- MF India Prakash Sarkar 3 3 3 3
- MF India Lalruatkima 2 1 2 1
18 MF India David Lalrinmuana 1 0 1 0
Forwards
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza 14 12 4 4 18 16
26 FW India Jiten Murmu 8 8 5 5 13 13
22 FW Nigeria Adilaja Somide 7 5 5 5 12 10
24 FW India Robin Singh 14 9 4 1 18 10
21 FW India Thongkhosiem Haokip 8 3 0 0 8 3
6 FW Australia Chris Payne 7 6 7 6
15 FW Kyrgyzstan Ildar Amirov 2 1 2 1

Goal Scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2016–17 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL Bordoloi I League Fed Cup Total
1 9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza 9 0 9
10 FW Haiti Wedson Anselme 8 1 9
21 FW South Korea Do Dong-Hyun 4 3 7
4 24 FW India Robin Singh 5 2 7
5 22 FW Nigeria Adilaja Somide 1 4 5
6 26 FW India Jiten Murmu 3 2 5
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 3 1 0 4
8 4 DF Uganda Ivan Bukenya 3 0 3
6 FW Australia Chris Payne 3 3
10 3 DF India Arnab Mondal 2 0 0 2
23 MF India Bikash Jairu 0 2 0 2
33 MF India Prohlad Roy 0 2 2
13 4 DF England Calum Angus 1 1
5 DF India Rahul Bheke 1 0 0 1
8 MF India Mohammed Rafique 1 0 0 1
12 MF India Rowlin Borges 1 0 1
21 FW India Thongkhosiem Haokip 1 0 1
27 MF India Nikhil Poojari 0 1 0 0 1
MF India Yami Longvah 1 1
Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 16 13 33 3 65

See also

References

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  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.