# 2006–07 East Bengal FC season

The 2006–07 season was East Bengal's 11th season in the National Football League and 87th season in existence.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
| Calcutta Football League | 2 August 2006 | 7 November 2006 | Champions |
| Durand Cup | 20 November 2006 | 24 November 2006 | Group Stage |
| IFA Shield | 7 December 2006 | 11 December 2006 | Group Stage |
| Federation Cup | 20 December 2006 | 23 December 2006 | Quarter-Finals |
| National Football League | 7 January 2007 | 19 May 2007 | 5th |

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Calcutta Football League | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 071.43 |
| Durand Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 000.00 |
| IFA Shield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Federation Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| National Football League | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 29 | +0 | 038.89 |
| Total | 39 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 046.15 |
Last updated: 1 June 2007 Source: Competitions

### Calcutta Football League

East Bengal finished the 2006 Calcutta Premier Division as the champions with 32 points from 14 matches. Captain Alvito D'Cunha scored the solitary goal in the final game against Eastern Railway to win back the Calcutta League title after losing out the previous year to arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Durand Cup
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| JCT | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
| Dempo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| Army XI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| East Bengal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT, Dempo and Army XI in Group B. East Bengal drew 0–0 against Dempo in the opening fixture but 0–4 against JCT and 1–2 against Army XI as they were eliminated from the group stages.

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### IFA Shield
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sporting Club de Goa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| Mahindra United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| East Bengal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Sporting Club de Goa in Group A. East Bengal lost 1–0 against Sporting Club de Goa in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Mahindra United as they were eliminated from the group stages.

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Federation Cup

East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against State Bank of Travancore and won 2–0 with goals from Syed Rahim Nabi and Alvito D'Cunha. In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost 0–1 against Dempo courtesy of a solitary strike from Ranti Martins in the 86th minute as they were eliminated from the competition.

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### National Football League
#### League table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Mahindra United | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 30 |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 29 |
| 5 | East Bengal | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Sporting Clube de Goa | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 25 |
| 7 | Air India | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 21 |

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

## Super Soccer Series 2007 (Friendly)

Brazilian giants São Paulo football club toured India for a series of friendly matches in January 2007. East Bengal played them on 27 January 2007 at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri and lost 0–3 with goals from Carlinhos, Paulo Matos and Jean Raphael Moreira.

### 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 2006–07 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | CFL | NFL | NFL | Fed Cup | Fed Cup | Durand Cup | Durand Cup | IFA Shield | IFA Shield | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | GK | | Abhra Mondal | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | GK | | Rajat Ghosh Dastidar | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 1 | GK | | Naseem Akhtar | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | DF | | Surya Bikash Chakraborty | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | Covan Lawrence | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | 17 | 16 |
| 27 | DF | | Gurpreet Singh | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 18 |
| 29 | DF | | Saumik Dey | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 28 |
| 19 | DF | | Syed Rahim Nabi | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 |
| 5 | DF | | Debabrata Roy | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 |
| 20 | DF | | Vincent Pires | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 |
| 12 | DF | | Anupam Sarkar | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| | DF | | Yumnam Raju | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Muttah Suresh | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| 3 | DF | | Luis Octavio da Silva | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | DF | | Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira | | | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 |
| 26 | DF | | Gurjinder Singh | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | DF | | Amulya Mondal | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | Jayanta Sen | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 27 |
| 6 | MF | | Dipankar Roy | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 16 |
| 9 | MF | | Alvito D'Cunha | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 20 |
| 15 | MF | | Bibiano Fernandes | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
| 14 | MF | | Chandan Das | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 |
| 32 | MF | | Gouranga Dutta | 6 | 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | | Snehasish Chakraborty | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 8 | MF | | Sasthi Duley | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
| | MF | | Mohammed Mukhtar | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Hardeep Singh Saini | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 28 | MF | | Shylo Malsawmtluanga | | | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | | | 2 | 1 | 21 | 15 |
| 32 | MF | | Arata Izumi | | | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | 16 | 9 |
| 40 | MF | | Daniel Carlos Jorge | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 26 | MF | | Sovan Chakraborty | | | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | | Vimal Pariyar | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 25 | FW | | Ashim Biswas | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 13 |
| 22 | FW | | Fredy Mascarenhas | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 |
| 10 | FW | | Marcio Fernandes Tomaz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | | Thiago S Ferreira da Costa | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | | Boniface Ambani | | | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | 17 | 17 |
| 30 | FW | | Edmilson Marques Pardal | | | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | 12 | 12 |

### Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2006–07 season :
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | NFL | Fed Cup | Durand Cup | IFA Shield | Total |
| 1 | 30 | FW | | Edmilson Marques Pardal | | 13 | | | | 13 |
| 2 | 9 | MF | | Alvito D'Cunha | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 25 | FW | | Ashim Biswas | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | | Boniface Ambani | | 7 | | | | 7 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | | Syed Rahim Nabi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 14 | MF | | Chandan Das | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | DF | | Vincent Pires | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 29 | DF | | Saumik Dey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Luis Octavio da Silva | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Dipankar Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | FW | | Marcio Fernandes Tomaz | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Bibiano Fernandes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | FW | | Fredy Mascarenhas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 32 | MF | | Arata Izumi | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1 |
| 9 | | DF | | Yumnam Raju | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |