2016–17 East Bengal F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the club's 97th season in existence. The club had already won the Calcutta Football League and became the runners of 2016 Bordoloi Trophy.

East Bengal F.C.
2016–17 season
ManagerTrevor James Morgan
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
Barasat Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League3rd
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions
Federation CupSemi Finalists
Top goalscorerLeague: Willis Plaza (7)
All: Do Dong-Hyun
Willis Plaza (7)
Highest home attendance29067
Lowest home attendance6000
Average home league attendance11928

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 F.C. 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 12th Feb 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.[1] 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 Wedson Anselme Free Agent December
9 FW Willis Plaza Free Agent January
4 DF Ivan Bukenya Free Agent December
11 FW Jackichand Singh Salgaocar F.C. December
24 FW Robin Singh (footballer) Free Agent January
15 FW Chris Payne Free Agent January

Out

Pos. Name Sold to Month Ref.
DF Harmanjot Khabra 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.[2]

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

Technical Staff

PositionName [3]
Head coach Trevor Morgan
1st Assistant Coach Warren Hackett
Goalkeeper Coach Abhijit Mondal
Club Doctor Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
Team Media Officer Gautam Roy

Statistics

Goal Scorers

No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL Bordoloi I-League Total
9 FW Willis Plaza --7 7
21 FW Do Dong-Hyun 43- 7
10 FW Wedson Anselme --6 6
FW Oluwaunmi Somide 14- 5
24 FW Robin Singh --4 4
20 MF Lalrindika Ralte 3-1 4
26 FW Jiten Murmu 31- 4
6 FW Chris Payne --3 3
4 DF Ivan Bukenya --3 3
3 DF Arnab Mondal 2-- 2
33 MF Prohlad Roy -2- 2
21 FW Thongkhosiem Haokip --1 1
8 MF Mohammed Rafique 1-- 1
5 DF Rahul Bheke 1-- 1
27 MF Nikhil Poojari -1- 1
DF Calum Angus 1-- 1

Competitions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Final
position
Calcutta Football League 1st
2016 Bordoloi Trophy 2nd
I-League 7 January 2017 currently on 2nd

Last Updated: 7 March 2017

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
CFL 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 100.00
2016 Bordoloi Trophy 5 4 0 1 13 2 +11 080.00
2016-17 I-League 18 10 3 5 33 15 +18 055.56
2016–17 Indian 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

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

I League

Fixtures & results

22 January 2017 4 East Bengal 2–1 Bengaluru FC Barasat Stadium
Ivan Bukenya 28'
Robin Singh 75'
C.K. Vineeth 22'
12 February 2017 8 East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan Kanchenjunga Stadium
Attendance: 29067
25 February 2017 11 Bengaluru FC 1–3 East Bengal Sree Kanteerava Stadium
C.K. Vineeth 84' Wedson Anselme 22'
Robin Singh 54' 58'
12 March 2017 14 Chennai City F.C. 2–1 East Bengal Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
S Nandhakumar 57'
K Prasanth 92'
Willis Plaza 42'

See also

References

  1. "Goal.com".
  2. "Senior Team". East Bengal Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. "Welcome to the home of Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club". Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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