# 2011–12 East Bengal FC season

The 2011–12 season is East Bengal Football Club's 5th season in the I-League, and also marks the club's 92nd season. East Bengal will seek to win their first league trophy for 7 seasons, competing in the I-League, the Federation Cup and the AFC Cup.

## Key events

On 26 September 2011 East Bengal defeat Prayag United in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals 2–1 to make the final. On 18 October 2011, East Bengal defeat Salgaocar by 9-8 (penalty - sudden death) in 2011 Indian Super Cup final to win the first trophy of the season.they also won IFA Shield and Calcutta Premiere League

## Players
### First-Team Squad

Transfer period is on-going for new season: 2011–12.
    As of 4 February 2012.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | FW | IND | Branco Cardozo |
| 2 | DF | IND | Raju Gaikwad |
| 3 | DF | IND | Nirmal Chettri |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Uga Samuel Okpara |
| 5 | DF | IND | Sunil Thakur |
| 6 | FW | IND | Baljit Sahni |
| 7 | MF | IND | Harmanjyot Khabra |
| 8 | DF | IND | Naoba Singh |
| 9 | MF | IND | Alvito D'Cunha |
| 11 | MF | IND | Khemtang Paite |
| 12 | MF | IND | Reisangmei Vashum |
| 14 | MF | IND | Mehtab Hossain |
| 15 | MF | IND | Sanju Pradhan (captain) |
| 16 | DF | IND | Gurwinder Singh |
| 17 | MF | IND | Sushanth Mathew |
| 18 | MF | NGA | Penn Orji |
| 19 | DF | IND | Ravinder Singh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Tolgay Ozbey |
| 21 | GK | IND | Debjit Majumder |
| 22 | MF | IND | Charan Rai |
| 23 | FW | IND | Robin Singh |
| 24 | GK | IND | Sandip Nandy |
| 25 | DF | IND | Robert Lalthalma |
| 26 | DF | IND | Sunil Kumar |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Edmilson |
| 29 | DF | IND | Saumik Dey |
| 30 | GK | IND | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu |
| 31 | GK | IND | Jayanta Paul |
| 32 | DF | IND | Abhishek Das |
| 33 | DF | IND | Saikat Saha Roy |
| 34 | MF | IND | Subodh Kumar |
| 35 | FW | IND | Budhiram Tudu |
| 37 | FW | IND | Nabin Hela |
| 38 | FW | IND | Seiminlen Doungel |
* Coach: Trevor Morgan
* Asst coach: Ranjan Choudhury
* Goalkeeper coach: Atanu Bhattacharya
* Physical trainer: Kaji Juyef Islam
* Team doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta
* Physiotherapist: Rajesh Basak
* Team manager: Swapan Ball, Gopal Ghosh

### Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | FW | IND | Robert Lalthalma (Free from Churchill Brothers) |
| - | FW | IND | Khemtang Paite (Free from Churchill Brothers) |
| - | FW | IND | Charan Rai (Free from Churchill Brothers) |
| - | FW | IND | Sunil Kumar (Free from Pune) |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Alan Gow (Free from Notts County) |
| - | FW | BRA | Edmilson Marques Pardal (Free from Royal Wahingdoh) |
| 30 | GK | IND | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Loan return from Pailan Arrows) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Abhra Mondal (On loan Pune) |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Alan Gow (Released) |

## Stadiums

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground sense Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984. As of today the Salt Lake Stadium is used for East Bengal's I-League, AFC Cup, and Federation Cup games. The East Bengal Ground is used for the Calcutta Football League matches.

## Kit

* Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the club).
* Co-sponsor: Tower Group
* Co-sponsor: Saradha Group
* Co-sponsor: Rose-Valley
| Home | Away |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
| Federation Cup | 17 September 2011 | 29 September 2011 | Runners-up |
| BTV Becamex IDC Cup | 7 October 2011 | 11 October 2011 | Group Stage |
| Super Cup | 18 October 2011 | 18 October 2011 | Champions |
| I-League | 22 October 2011 | 5 May 2012 | Runners-up |
| Calcutta Football League | 12 November 2011 | 14 May 2012 | Champions |
| IFA Shield | 3 March 2012 | 16 March 2012 | Champions |
| AFC Cup | 6 March 2012 | 9 May 2012 | Group Stage |

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Federation Cup | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 060.00 |
| BTV Becamex IDC Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| I-League | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 057.69 |
| Calcutta Football League | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 080.00 |
| IFA Shield | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 075.00 |
| AFC Cup | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 000.00 |
| Total | 55 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 89 | 55 | +34 | 052.73 |
Last updated: 31 May 2012 Source: Competitions

### Federation Cup
#### Group C

| Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| East Bengal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| Pune | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Dempo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Mohammedan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### BECAMEX IDC Cup
#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Super Cup

Last year's Federation Cup Champion East Bengal beat last year's I-League Champion Salgaocar in the Super Cup on sudden death.

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### I League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dempo (C) | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 57 | |
| 2 | East Bengal | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 51 | 2013 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 3 | Churchill Brothers | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 48 | 2013 AFC Cup Group stage |
| 4 | Mohun Bagan | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 47 | |
| 5 | Pune | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 46 | |
* ↑ East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
* ↑ Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 December 2011. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Calcutta Football League
#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### IFA Shield
#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### AFC Cup
#### Group stage

The group were drawn on 6 December 2011 in (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ERB | KAZ | ORU | KEB |
| Erbil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Kazma | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Al-Oruba | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 4–1 |
| East Bengal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

##### Notes

* Note 2: Due to the political crisis in Yemen, the AFC requested Yemeni clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2011–12 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | CFL | I League | I League | Fed Cup | Fed Cup | BTV Cup | BTV Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | IFA Shield | IFA Shield | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | GK | | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu | | | 16 | 16 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
| 24 | GK | | Sandip Nandy | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 24 |
| 26 | GK | | Abhra Mondal | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | GK | | Debjit Majumder | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | GK | | Jayanta Pal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | | Uga Okpara | 5 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 46 |
| 3 | DF | | Nirmal Chhetri | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | 4 | 4 | 30 | 30 |
| 25 | DF | | Robert Lalthalmuana | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 25 |
| 16 | DF | | Gurwinder Singh | 6 | 6 | 14 | 13 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 |
| 29 | DF | | Soumik Dey | 8 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 29 |
| 8 | DF | | Naoba Singh | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | 1 | 21 | 19 |
| 2 | DF | | Raju Gaikwad | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 |
| 33 | DF | | Saikat Saha Roy | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 19 | DF | | Ravinder Singh | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 26 | DF | | Sunil Thakur | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | | Sunil Kumar | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| | DF | | Abhishek Das | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 0 | 0 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | | Penn Orji | 7 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 42 |
| 15 | MF | | Sanju Pradhan | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 29 |
| 7 | MF | | Harmanjot Khabra | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 35 |
| 12 | MF | | Reisengmei Vashum | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 31 | 29 |
| 14 | MF | | Mehtab Hossain | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 24 |
| 11 | MF | | Khantang Paite | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 17 |
| 17 | MF | | Sushant Matthews | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 18 |
| 34 | MF | | Subodh Kumar | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 |
| | MF | | Charan Rai | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | | Alvito D'Cunha | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | | Sourav Roy | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | FW | | Tolgay Ozbey | 8 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 43 |
| 23 | FW | | Robin Singh | 7 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 33 |
| 6 | FW | | Baljit Singh Saini | 4 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 14 |
| 28 | FW | | Edmilson Marques Pardal | | | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 6 | 4 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | FW | | Alan Gow | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 14 | 10 |
| 38 | FW | | Semilen Doungel | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 |
| 35 | FW | | Budhiram Tudu | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 2 |

### Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2011–12 season :
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | BTV Cup | Super Cup | IFA Shield | AFC Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | FW | | Tolgay Ozbey | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 2 | 23 | FW | | Robin Singh | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Penn Orji | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 38 | FW | | Semilen Doungel | 6 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Alan Gow | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | | 5 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Sanju Pradhan | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 28 | FW | | Edmilson Marques Pardal | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 29 | DF | | Soumik Dey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Uga Okpara | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Nirmal Chhetri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | FW | | Baljit Singh Saini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | | Khantang Paite | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 12 | MF | | Reisengmei Vashum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 16 | DF | | Gurwinder Singh | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 |
| 14 | 19 | DF | | Ravinder Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 25 | DF | | Robert Lalthalmuana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 26 | DF | | Sunil Thakur | 1 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 34 | MF | | Subodh Kumar | 1 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 35 | FW | | Budhiram Tudu | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 89 |