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2012–13 East Bengal FC season

Indian football club season


Indian football club season

FieldValue
clubEast Bengal
season[2012–13](2012-13-in-indian-football)
managerTrevor Morgan
mgrtitleHead-Coach
chairmanDr Pranab Dasgupta
chrtitlePresident
stdtitleGround
stadiumSalt Lake Stadium
Kalyani Stadium
East Bengal Ground
leagueI-League
league result[3rd](2012-13-i-league)
league2Calcutta Football League
league2 resultChampions
cup1Federation Cup
cup1 result**[Champions](2011-indian-federation-cup)**
cup2IFA Shield
cup2 result[Runners-up](2013-ifa-shield)
cup3AFC Cup
cup3 result*[Quarter-Finals](2013-afc-cup)*
(Continues into 2013–14)
league topscorerChidi Edeh (18)
season topscorerChidi Edeh (38)
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prevseason[2011–12](2011-12-east-bengal-f-c-season)
nextseason[2013–14](2013-14-east-bengal-f-c-season)

Kalyani Stadium East Bengal Ground (Continues into 2013–14)

The 2012–13 season was East Bengal F.C.'s 93rd 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.

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.

Squad

First-team squad

Out on loan

Kit

Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium / Co-Sponsor: Rose-Valley

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Competitions

Overall

CompetitionFirst matchLast matchFinal position
Calcutta Football League17 August 201223 May 2013Champions
Federation Cup21 September 201230 September 2012[Champions](2012-indian-federation-cup)
I-League7 October 201212 May 2013[3rd](2012-13-i-league)
IFA Shield3 March 201320 March 2013[Runners-up](2013-ifa-shield)
AFC Cup27 February 201315 May 2013*[Quarter-Finals](2013-afc-cup)*

Overview

Calcutta Football League

Main article: 2012–13 Calcutta Premier Division

Table

;Group A

;Championship Stage

Fixtures & results

First stage

Lobo Edeh Sahni Edeh Manandeep Singh Lobo Pankaj Moula Doungel Manandeep Vashum

Championship Stage

Barisić Avik Khabra Pradhan Orji Edeh Khabra Ralte Sahni Orji Edeh Singh Orji Ozbey

Federation Cup

Main article: 2012 Indian Federation Cup

;Group C

Summary

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Fixtures & results

Singh Edeh Kundu Chizoba Singh Edeh Gawli


I-League

Main article: 2012–13 I-League

Table

Fixtures & results

Orji Singh Penn M. Singh Ralte R. Singh Yakubu Pradhan Singh Ralte Moghrabi March 2013 Menyongar Ahmed Hossain Ralte Lobo Barisić Edeh


IFA Shield

Main article: 2013 IFA Shield

;Group A

Fixtures & results

Singh Barisić Pradhan Singh Sahni Chettri Raja Khongjee

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.

Table

;Group H

Fixtures & results

Amri Barisić Edeh Ralte Adib Ralte Barisić Orji Edeh Hossain

Statistics

Appearances

:Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

Appearances for East Bengal in 2012–13 seasonNo.Pos.Nat.NameCFLI LeagueFed CupIFA ShieldAFC CupTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsGoalkeepers2525333122Defenders292844424135424020192117302577541120Midfielders5249373638324732353238222616169151411042Forwards494537212514251629195310
1GKIndiaAbhijit Mondal331414441133
30GKIndiaGurpreet Singh Sandhu10101412114444
31GKIndiaJayanta Pal2200000000
3DFIndiaArnab Mondal442121220021
4DFNGAUga Okpara882120435566
8DFIndiaNaoba Singh762120554242
29DFIndiaSoumik Dey872019553366
2DFIndiaRaju Gaikwad6698220033
19DFIndiaRobert Lalthlamuana7797102221
16DFIndiaGurwinder Singh8786435554
33DFIndiaSaikat Saha Roy77
5DFIndiaSunil Kumar54
36DFIndiaSafar Sardar11
25DFIndiaAbhishek Das2000
18MFNGAPenn Orji992624555477
14MFIndiaMehtab Hossain222322442266
35MFIndiaIshfaq Ahmed662218552132
21MFIndiaLalrindika Ralte1192112404477
7MFIndiaHarmanjot Khabra551615435455
15MFIndiaSanju Pradhan95146425465
24MFIndiaCavin Lobo141094001121
12MFIndiaReisangmei Vashum11841000010
34MFIndiaSubodh Kumar6644213300
9MFIndiaAlvito D'Cunha803000
17MFIndiaSushanth Matthews42
10FWNGAChidi Edeh652625555476
26FWIndiaManandeep Singh632014533031
23FWIndiaRobin Singh87136002120
27FWAUSAndrew Barisić64735277
6FWIndiaBaljit Singh Sahni12965324340
38FWIndiaSemilen Doungel5300
27FWIndiaBranco Vincent Cardozo10

Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2012–13 seasonRankNo.Pos.Nat.NameCFLI LeagueFed CupIFA ShieldAFC CupTotal138214313412511610788594103112121111112Total514211618128
10FWNGAChidi Edeh618536
6FWIndiaBaljit Singh Sahni140000
18MFNGAPenn Orji54004
21MFIndiaLalrindika Ralte35103
27FWAUSAndrew Barisić5123
26FWIndiaManandeep Singh23410
23FWIndiaRobin Singh5300
7MFIndiaHarmanjot Khabra23000
15MFIndiaSanju Pradhan22000
24MFIndiaCavin Lobo21000
14MFIndiaMehtab Hossain01001
2DFIndiaRaju Gaikwad10000
3DFIndiaArnab Mondal00100
12MFIndiaReisangmei Vashum10000
34MFIndiaSubodh Kumar10000
35MFIndiaIshfaq Ahmed01000
38FWIndiaSemilen Doungel100
*Own goals*10001

References

References

  1. Chaudhuri, Arunava. (15 Jan 2013). "Calcutta Premier Division: Prayag United hand walkover to East Bengal". Sportskeeda.
  2. Mitra, Atanu. (20 May 2013). "Prayag United's walkover hands crucial three points to East Bengal". Goal.
  3. Choudhuri, Arunava. "34th Federation Cup: Complete Fixtures out!". Arunava Choudhuri.
  4. Srivastava, Ayush. "Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 East Bengal - Victorino Fernandes salvages a point for the Flaming Oranje". Goal.com.
  5. Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 2-1 ONGC FC: The Red and Gold keep semi-finals hope alive". Goal.com.
  6. Vaz, John. "East Bengal 4-3 Kalighat MS: Red and Gold brigade come out on top in 7 goal thriller". Goal.com.
  7. Noronha, Anselm. "Churchill Brothers SC 0-1 East Bengal: A late Ralte strike sends Subhas Bhowmick's side packing". Goal.com.
  8. Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 3-2 Dempo SC: Trevor Morgan gifted with a Federation Cup title on his birthday". Goal.com.
  9. "AFC Cup 2013 – Group Stage Draw". Asian Football Confederation.
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