2012–13 East Bengal F.C. season

East Bengal
2012–13 season
Chairman Vijay Mallya
Manager Trevor Morgan
I-League 3rd
Federation Cup Champions
AFC Cup Quarter-Finals
(Continues into 2013–14)
Top goalscorer League: Chidi Edeh (18)
All: Chidi Edeh (29)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 East Bengal F.C. season was the club's 92nd season since their formation in 1920 and their sixteenth season ever in the I-League which is India's top football league.

At the end of the season the club had won the Federation Cup, finished 3rd in the 2012–13 I-League, and made it to the quarter-finals of the 2013 AFC Cup.

Background

Transfers

In:

Out:

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Federation Cup

East Bengal entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group C along with Sporting Clube de Goa, ONGC, and Kalighat MS and their matches were played in Siliguri.[1] East Bengal experienced mixed fortunes at the start of the tournament as they drew their opening match 1–1 against Sporting Goa with new Nigerian signing Chidi Edeh scoring his first goal for the club in the 10th minute from the penalty spot.[2] The club then won their first game of the season in their second match of the tournament on 23 September 2012 against ONGC F.C. in which East Bengal came back from 0–1 down to 2–1 winners after Edeh and other new signing, India international, Manandeep Singh scored two goals to gift Bengal the victory.[3] East Bengal then confirmed promotion out of the group stage of the Federation Cup to the Semi-Finals after a remarkable come from behind victory in their last game at the group stage to Kalighat MS in which East Bengal came back from 2–0 to tie the score up at 2–2 through two goals from Manandeep Singh in the 26th and 30th minute but then East Bengal had to come from behind again after Kalighat took the lead again to go up 3–2 with Edeh scoring two goals to win the game for East Bengal 4–3 and send them to the semi-finals.[4] In the semi-finals East Bengal took on Churchill Brothers and after finishing regulation time tied at 0–0 the match went into 30-minute extra-time where East Bengal would eventually take the lead from former Churchill Brothers youngster Lalrindika Ralte in the 111th minute of play which then allowed East Bengal to win the match 1–0 and send them to the final.[5] Then in the final East Bengal found themselves down 1–0 after 51 minutes after their opponents, Dempo, scored through former India captain Climax Lawrence but East Bengal managed to equalize through newly signed defender Arnab Mondal in the 60th minute which would then send both clubs to 30-minute extra-time at 1–1 and that is where East Bengal start to show good form by scoring twice through Manandeep Singh in the 100th minute and Chidi Edeh in the 109th minute to give East Bengal a 3–1 lead which would then be cut down to a 3–2 after another former India international, Mahesh Gawli scored in the 111th minute but that was still enough for East Bengal to win the Federation Cup for the 2nd time in 3 years and their eighth overall.[6]

I-League

Main article: 2012–13 I-League

AFC Cup

Main article: 2013 AFC Cup

Due to East Bengal's 2012 Indian Federation Cup victory the club automatically qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup which is the 2nd tier Asian competition ran by the Asian Football Confederation. On 6 December 2012 the AFC made their official 2013 AFC Cup group-stage draw and East Bengal was placed in Group H along with reigning 2012 S.League champions Tampines Rovers of Singapore, Malaysia Super League third place team Selangor FA, and V-League third place team Saigon Xuan Thanh.[7]

Group stage

Group H
Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
India East Bengal 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14
Malaysia Selangor 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8
Vietnam Sài Gòn Xuân Thành 6 2 2 2 9 12 −3 8
Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 0 2 4 12 17 −5 2

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Squad

First-team squad

As of 19 January 2013.[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 India GK Abhijit Mondal
2 India DF Raju Gaikwad
3 India DF Arnab Mondal
4 Nigeria DF Uga Okpara
5 India DF Sunil Thakur
6 India FW Baljit Sahni
7 India MF Harmanjot Khabra
8 India DF Naoba Singh
9 India MF Alvito D'Cunha
10 Nigeria FW Chidi Edeh
12 India MF Reisangmei Vashum
14 India MF Mehtab Hossain
15 India MF Sanju Pradhan (captain)
16 India DF Gurwinder Singh
18 Nigeria MF Penn Orji
No. Position Player
19 India MF Charan Rai
21 India MF Lalrindika Ralte
23 India FW Robin Singh
24 India FW Cavin Lobo
25 India DF Robert Lalthalma
26 India FW Manandeep Singh
28 India MF Jagpreet Singh
27 Australia FW Andrew Barisić
29 India DF Saumik Dey
30 India GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
31 India GK Jayanta Paul
32 India GK Priyant Kumar
33 India DF Saikat Saha Roy
34 India MF Subodh Kumar
35 India MF Ishfaq Ahmed

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
22 India DF Abhishek Das (at United Sikkim until the end of the 2012–13 season)
33 India FW Safar Sardar (at United Sikkim until the end of the 2012–13 season)
No. Position Player
India MF Khemtang Paite (at Pune until the end of the 2012–13 season)
India FW Seminlen Doungel (at Pailan Arrows until the end of the 2012–13 season)

Goalscorers

Place Position Nationality Name I-League Federation Cup AFC Cup Total
1 FW Nigeria Chidi Edeh 18 5 6 29
2 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 5 1 3 9
3 MF Nigeria Penn Orji 4 0 4 8
4 FW India Manandeep Singh 3 4 0 7
5 FW Australia Andrew Barisić 1 0 3 4
6 FW India Robin Singh 3 0 0 3
MF India Harmanjot Khabra 3 0 0 3
8 MF India Sanju Pradhan 2 0 0 2
MF India Mehtab Hossain 1 0 1 2
10 DF India Arnab Mondal 0 1 0 1
MF India Ishfaq Ahmed 1 0 0 1
MF India Cavin Lobo 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 20 11 0 31

References

  1. ↑ Choudhuri, Arunava. "34th Federation Cup: Complete Fixtures out!". Arunava Choudhuri. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 East Bengal - Victorino Fernandes salvages a point for the Flaming Oranje". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 2-1 ONGC FC: The Red and Gold keep semi-finals hope alive". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Vaz, John. "East Bengal 4-3 Kalighat MS: Red and Gold brigade come out on top in 7 goal thriller". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Churchill Brothers SC 0-1 East Bengal: A late Ralte strike sends Subhas Bhowmick's side packing". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  6. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 3-2 Dempo SC: Trevor Morgan gifted with a Federation Cup title on his birthday". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "AFC Cup 2013 – Group Stage Draw". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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