# 2008–09 East Bengal FC season

The 2008–09 season was East Bengal's 2nd season in the I-League and 89th season in existence.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
| Calcutta Football League | 14 July 2008 | 12 September 2008 | 3rd |
| I-League | 26 September 2008 | 16 April 2009 | 6th |
| Federation Cup | 11 December 2008 | 18 December 2008 | Semi-finals |

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Calcutta Football League | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 050.00 |
| I-League | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 031.82 |
| Federation Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 042.50 |
Last updated: 1 June 2009 Source: Competitions

### Calcutta Football League

East Bengal finished the 2008 Calcutta Premier Division in 3rd place with 25 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan and runners-up Mohammedan Sporting.

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### I League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Dempo | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 31 | |
| 5 | Mahindra United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 31 | |
| 6 | East Bengal | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 28 | 2010 AFC Cup group stage |
| 7 | Mumbai | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Chirag United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 26 | |
* ↑ East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Federation Cup

East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign as defending champions and was allotted into Group C alongside JCT, New Delhi Heroes and Sporting Club de Goa. East Bengal won all the group matches and reached the semi-finals where they lost to their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the penalty shoot-out after the game ended 1–1 in regulation time.

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| East Bengal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 |
| JCT | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| New Delhi Heroes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| Sporting Club de Goa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |

#### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2008–09 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | CFL | I League | I League | Fed Cup | Fed Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 24 | GK | | Subrata Paul | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| 1 | GK | | Abhra Mondal | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 |
| 21 | GK | | Avijit Ghosh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | | Arnab Das Sharma | 4 | 4 | | | | | 4 | 4 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 19 | DF | | Syed Rahim Nabi | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 28 |
| 26 | DF | | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 28 |
| 3 | DF | | Nirmal Chettri | 10 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 29 |
| 29 | DF | | Saumik Dey | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 32 |
| 22 | DF | | Suley Musah | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 25 |
| 27 | DF | | Surkumar Singh | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2 | DF | | Muttah Suresh | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 |
| 5 | DF | | Khelemba Singh | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| 17 | DF | | Jeevan Singh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | | 5 | 3 |
| 20 | DF | | Poibang Pohshna | 4 | 4 | | | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 16 | DF | | Saheb Ali Mondal | 1 | 0 | | | | | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Saikat Saha Roy | 5 | 3 | | | | | 5 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | | Anupam Sarkar | 7 | 7 | | | | | 7 | 7 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | Jayanta Sen | 10 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 27 |
| 14 | MF | | Mehtab Hossain | 9 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 26 |
| 22 | MF | | Sanju Pradhan | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 16 |
| 8 | MF | | Renedy Singh | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 19 |
| 9 | MF | | Alvito D'Cunha | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 |
| 18 | MF | | Ishmael Addo | | | 10 | 8 | | | 10 | 8 |
| 28 | MF | | Malsawmkima | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 |
| 6 | MF | | Dipankar Roy | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | | Dharamjit Singh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | | Mumtaz Akhtar | 1 | 0 | | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | | Yusif Yakubu | | | 21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 25 |
| 11 | FW | | Sunil Chhetri | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 26 |
| 25 | FW | | Parveen Kumar | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | | Ashim Biswas | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | | | 18 | 14 |
| 30 | FW | | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | 9 | 5 |
| 32 | FW | | Goutam Kujur | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | | 8 | 3 |

### Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2008–09 season :
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Sunil Chhetri | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | 12 | FW | | Yusif Yakubu | | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 19 | DF | | Syed Rahim Nabi | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | MF | | Alvito D'Cunha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 25 | FW | | Parveen Kumar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Ashim Biswas | 3 | 0 | | 3 |
| 6 | 22 | MF | | Sanju Pradhan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Nirmal Chettri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | MF | | Ishmael Addo | | 2 | | 2 |
| 8 | 30 | FW | | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 2 | 0 | | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | | Khelemba Singh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | MF | | Mehtab Hossain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | DF | | Suley Musah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 26 | DF | | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | DF | | Surkumar Singh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 28 | MF | | Malsawmkima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 | DF | | Saumik Dey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 31 | 5 | 57 |