2016–17 East Bengal FC season

The 2016–17 season was the East Bengal FC's 97th season in existence. The club had already won the Calcutta Football League and became the runners of 2016 Bordoloi Trophy.

East Bengal
2016–17 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-Coach Trevor James Morgan
(until 17 April 2017)
Mridul Banerjee
(until 19 April 2017[1])
Ranjan Chowdhury[lower-alpha 1]
(from 20 April 2017)
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
Barasat Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League3rd
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions
Federation CupSemi Finals
Bordoloi TrophyRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Willis Plaza (9)
All: Willis Plaza
Wedson Anselme
(9 each)
Highest home attendance29067
Lowest home attendance6000
Average home league attendance11928

Pre-Season Overview

The club signed Calum Angus, an English defender to strengthen the defence for the Calcutta League. The Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set a hepta record. With the help of recent performances, the club clinched the 74th spot in the Asian Football Confederation club ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs.

Season Overview

August

The club started their Calcutta Football League campaign by beating Bhawanipore by 2–1. Then they went on winning all the matches in the league.

September

Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal went on to win all the matches in the league to win the Calcutta Football League for a record consecutive 7 times, bettering their own record of 1970–75. Mohun Bagan decided not to play the Kolkata Derby and East Bengal got a walk over which ensured the hepta league win.
East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.

October

The club went to play the 2016 Bordoloi Trophy. The team draw set East Bengal in Group B on the fixture of this tour. Due to the absence of almost all the main and first team players of the club (all out on loan in different clubs of Indian Super League), the junior and reserve bench players had taken part in it. The club brought Oluwaunmi Somide Adeleja on loan for the tournament. East Bengal started off well by defeating Bangladesh club Bongobi Agragami by 6–0. The club kept its winning streak by defeating United Sikkim F.C. by a comfortable margin of 2–0 and then ASEB SC by 3–0. Then the club went into the semis where they defeated Shillong Lajong F.C. by 1–0 to enter into the final. East Bengal FC played the final against Three Star Club (Nepal) where they lost 1–2 in extra time. The brilliant performance of the junior players throughout the tournament came to an end with the defeat in final match. But the fight of the junior brigade was appreciated wholeheartedly by the supporters of the club.

January

The club roped in Haitian Wedson Anselme from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Bangladesh and Willis Plaza from Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen the forward line along with Robin Singh, Jackichand Singh, Thongkhosiem Haokip, Rowllin Borges and Romeo Fernandes to strengthen the squad. East Bengal also brought Ivan Bukenya from Uganda to fortify their defence.
The team played against Aizawl F.C. in the 2016-17 I-League opener, but drew the match on the dying minutes thanks to a late equalizer from Ivan Bukenya. Then they went to Pune to play DSK Shivajians where the forward line sparkled and East Bengal won 2–1. Then they defeated Churchill Brothers S.C. by 2–0. Then on 22 January 2017, East Bengal faced the defending champions Bengaluru FC. The defending champions went ahead early by a goal from C.K. Vineeth but East Bengal rallied from behind to win it 2–1 with the goals scored by Ivan Bukenya and Robin Singh. East Bengal continued their winning streak and won 6 games on the trot to lead the league table. They face their arch Rivals Mohun Bagan on 12th Feb at Siliguri.

February

The month of February didn't start too well for the Red and Gold brigade. Draws against arch rival Mohun Bagan and Shillong Lajong F.C. and then a 1–0 loss away to Aizawl F.C. halted the victory march. The team looked out of shape and confidence when they faced Bengaluru FC away on 25 February at Sree Kanteerava Stadium. However, East Bengal turned all predictions aside and won the match 3–1 thanks to a brace from Robin Singh and a wonder strike from Wedson Anselme. With 7 matches to go, East Bengal currently sits at the top of the table for now.

March

By the time March came, East Bengal started bottling, like they always do.[2] East Bengal were leading at the beginning of the March, but ended the season in the third position.

Transfers

In
No. Pos. Name Signed from Month Ref.
10 FW Wedson Anselme Free Agent December
9 FW Willis Plaza Free Agent January
4 DF Ivan Bukenya Free Agent December
11 FW Jackichand Singh Salgaocar December
24 FW Robin Singh (footballer) Free Agent January
15 FW Chris Payne Free Agent January

Out
Pos. Name Sold to Month Ref.
DF Harmanjot Khabra Bengaluru FC N/A
MF Do Dong-Hyun N/A

Kit

Supplier: Shiv Naresh / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium, Peerless

Home
Away

First-team squad
As of 15 January 2017.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IND Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
2 DF  IND Robin Gurung (on loan from NorthEast United)
3 DF  IND Arnab Mondal
4 DF  UGA Ivan Bukenya
5 DF  IND Rahul Bheke
6 FW  AUS Chris Payne
8 MF  IND Mohammed Rafique
9 FW  TRI Willis Plaza
10 FW  HAI Wedson Anselme
11 MF  IND Jackichand Singh
12 MF  IND Rowllin Borges
13 GK  IND Rehenesh TP (on loan from NorthEast United)
14 MF  IND Mehtab Hossain
16 DF  IND Gurwinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  IND Narayan Das
18 MF  IND David Lalrinmuana
19 DF  IND Robert Lalthlamuana
20 MF  IND Lalrindika Ralte
21 FW  IND Thongkhosiem Haokip
22 DF  IND Mehtab Singh
23 MF  IND Bikash Jairu
24 FW  IND Robin Singh (on loan from FC Goa)
25 MF  IND Cavin Lobo
27 MF  IND Nikhil Poojari
28 MF  IND Romeo Fernandes (on loan from Goa)
30 GK  IND Luis Barreto
31 GK  IND Dibyendu Sarkar
34 MF  IND Abhinas Ruidas
50 DF  IND Anwar Ali

Technical Staff
PositionName [4]
Head coach Trevor Morgan
1st Assistant Coach Warren Hackett
Goalkeeper Coach Abhijit Mondal
Club Doctor Dr. Shantiranjan Dasgupta
Team Media Officer Gautam Roy

Competitions

Overall
Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 4 August 2016 18 September 2016 Champions
Bordoloi Trophy 22 September 2016 30 September 2016 Runners-up
I-League 7 January 2017 29 April 2017 3rd
Federation Cup 7 May 2017 14 May 2017 Semi Finals

Overview
Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 100.00
Bordoloi Trophy 5 4 0 1 13 2 +11 080.00
I-League 18 10 3 5 33 15 +18 055.56
Federation Cup 4 1 2 1 3 3 +0 025.00
Total 37 25 5 7 68 26 +42 067.57

Last updated: 1 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League
Main article: 2016–17 Calcutta Premier Division

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 East Bengal[lower-alpha 2] (C) 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 30 Champion
2 Mohammedan 10 6 2 2 13 7 +6 20
3 Mohun Bagan[lower-alpha 2] 10 6 1 3 20 7 +13 19
4 Southern Samity 10 4 3 3 11 8 +3 15
5 Peerless SC 10 3 5 2 12 11 +1 14
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2016. Source: Soccerway
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Caretaker manager under Technical-Director Monoranjan Bhattacharya.[1]
  2. East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by IFA to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal.[5]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 August 2016 1 East Bengal 2–1 Bhawanipore Kalyani
14:00 IST Jiten Murmu 21'
Lalrindika Ralte 53'		 Report Orok Essien 32' Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
7 August 2016 2 East Bengal 2–0 Peerless Kalyani
14:00 IST Rahul Bheke 18'
Arnab Mondal 30'		 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
12 August 2016 3 East Bengal 2–1 Army XI Kolkata
17:00 IST Rafique 48'
Jiten Murmu 58'		 Report Alwyn 78' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
16 August 2016 4 East Bengal 4–3 United Kolkata
17:00 IST Lalrindika Ralte 48', 89'
Do Dong-Hyun 73' (pen)
Arnab Mondal 79'		 Report Monotosh Chakladar 16'
Bello Razaq 53' (pen)
V.P. Suhair 63'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
21 August 2016 5 East Bengal 1–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
17:00 IST Calum Angus 73' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
27 August 2016 6 East Bengal 2–1 Southern Samity Kolkata
17:00 IST Jiten Murmu 35'
Do Dong-Hyun 45+2'		 Report Basanta Singh 72' (pen) Stadium: Barasat Stadium
1 September 2016 7 East Bengal 1–0 George Telegraph Kolkata
17:00 IST Do Dong-Hyun 74' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
7 September 2016 8 East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan Kalyani
14:00 IST Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Note: Walkover given by Mohun Bagan.
15 September 2016 9 East Bengal 1–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kalyani
14:00 IST Do Dong-Hyun 72' (pen) Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
18 September 2016 10 East Bengal 1–0 Aryan Kolkata
14:00 IST Adelaja 22' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium


Bordoloi Trophy
Main article: 2016 Bordoloi Trophy

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 East Bengal 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Knock-out Stage
2 United Sikkim 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3 Assam State Electricity Board 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4 Bongobi Agragami 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 September 2016. Source: kolkatafootball.com

Knock-out Stage
Semi-Finals Final
      
Three Star Club 4
United Sikkim F.C. 1
Three Star Club (aet) 2
East Bengal 1
East Bengal 1
Shillong Lajong 0

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 6–0 Bongobi Agragami Guwahati
19:00 IST Adelaja 6'
Do-dong 34', 67' (pen.)
Jiten Murmu 49'
Prohlad 62'
Nikhil Poojari 85'		 Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
24 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 2–0 United Sikkim Guwahati
19:00 IST Jiten Murmu 73'
Adelaja 84'		 Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
26 September 2016 Group Stage East Bengal 3–0 Assam State Electricity Board Guwahati
19:00 IST Do-dong 6'
Prohlad 12'
Yami Longvah 68'		 Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
28 September 2016 Semi Final East Bengal 1–0 Shillong Lajong Guwahati
19:00 IST Adelaja 17' Report Stadium: Nehru Stadium
30 September 2016 Final Three Star Club 2–1 (a.e.t.) East Bengal Guwahati
19:00 IST Devendra 90+2'
Bimal 99'		 Report Adelaja 82' Stadium: Nehru Stadium


I-League
Main article: 2016–17 I-League

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Aizawl (C) 18 11 4 3 24 14 +10 37 Qualification to Champions League qualifier
2 Mohun Bagan 18 10 6 2 27 12 +15 36
3 East Bengal 18 10 3 5 33 15 +18 33
4 Bengaluru FC 18 8 6 4 30 15 +15 30 Qualification to AFC Cup qualifying play-off[lower-alpha 1]
5 Shillong Lajong 18 7 5 6 24 23 +1 26
Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Bengaluru FC qualified for the 2018 AFC Cup by winning the 2016–17 Federation Cup.

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2017 1 East Bengal 1–1 Aizawl Kolkata
16:30 IST Rahul Bheke  34'
Ivan Bukenya 90'		 Report Gurwinder Singh(o.g.) 45+1'
Lalruatthara  73'
Kamo Stephane Bayi  90+4'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
14 January 2017 2 DSK Shivajians 1–2 East Bengal Pune
19:00 IST Soram Anganba  13'
Nirmal Chhetri  45'
Gouramangi Singh 64'		 Report Wedson Anselme 20' (pen)
Lalrindika Ralte  53'
Robin Gurung  64'
Willis Plaza 80'
Mehtab Hossain  90+1'		 Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
18 January 2017 3 Churchill Brothers 0–2 East Bengal Vasco da Gama
16:30 IST Report Thongkhosiem Haokip 31'
Mehtab Hossain  34'
Narayan Das  42'
Ivan Bukenya 45+1'
Nikhil Poojari  48'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
22 January 2017 4 East Bengal 2–1 Bengaluru Kolkata
14:35 IST Ivan Bukenya 28'
Mehtab Hossain  31'
Lalrindika Ralte  34'
Robin Singh 79'		 Report C.K. Vineeth 22'
Sunil Chhetri  31'
Sena Ralte  78'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Ajit Meitei
29 January 2017 5 Minerva Punjab 0–5 East Bengal Ludhiana
14:35 IST Report Wedson Anselme 8', 63' (pen), 66'
Willis Plaza 40'
Robin Singh 65'		 Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
1 February 2017 6 East Bengal 2–0 Mumbai Kolkata
19:05 IST Willis Plaza 10', 17'
Mehtab Hossain  90+4'		 Report Pratik Chaudhari  77'
Steven Dias  83'
Shilton D'Silva  87'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
5 February 2017 7 East Bengal 3–0 Chennai City Kolkata
19:05 IST Robin Singh  38'
Wedson Anselme 50'
Willis Plaza 75'
Lalrindika Ralte 90+6' (pen)		 Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
12 February 2017 8 East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan Siliguri
14:35 IST Lalrindika Ralte  44'
Mehtab Hossain  67'		 Report Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Attendance: 29067
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
15 February 2017 9 East Bengal 1–1 Shillong Lajong Siliguri
14:35 IST Gurwinder Singh  35'
Willis Plaza 45'
Narayan Das  86'		 Report Lalmuanpiua 20'
Chinglensana Singh  60'
Nim Dorjee Tamang  88'		 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
20 February 2017 10 Aizawl 1–0 East Bengal Aizawl
14:05 IST Lalramchullova  55'
Laldanmawia Ralte 58'		 Report Ivan Bukenya  55'
Lalrindika Ralte  56'
Arnab Mondal  87'		 Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
25 February 2017 11 Bengaluru 1–3 East Bengal Bengaluru
19:05 IST Harmanjot Khabra  66'
Sunil Chhetri  69'
C.K. Vineeth 85'  88'		 Report Wedson Anselme 23'
Robin Singh 54', 59'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
4 March 2017 12 Shillong Lajong 1–2 East Bengal Shillong
14:35 IST Samuel Lalmuanpuia  54'
Aser Pierrick Dipanda 64'
Chinglensana Singh  79'		 Report Chris Payne 9', 33'
Gurwinder Singh  54'
Robert Lalthlamuana  69'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
7 March 2017 13 East Bengal 1–2 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
14:35 IST Ivan Bukenya  36'
Chris Payne 67'
Robin Singh  70'		 Report Anthony Wolfe 9'
Ansumana Kromah 34'
Rowilson Rodrigues  61'
Bektur Talgat Uulu  90+2'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
12 March 2017 14 Chennai City 2–1 East Bengal Chennai
19:05 IST Nanda Kumar 57'
Denson Devadas  77'
K Prasanth 90+2'		 Report Willis Plaza 42' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
9 April 2017 15 Mohun Bagan 2-1 East Bengal Siliguri
19:05 IST Raju Gaikwad  17'
Sony Norde 35'
Azharuddin Mallick 43'  43'		 Report Willis Plaza  66'
Gurwinder Singh  71'
Chris Payne  75'
Rowllin Borges 90+2'		 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
16 April 2017 16 East Bengal 0-1 DSK Shivajians Kolkata
14:35 IST Robin Singh  57' Report Jerry 29'  62'
Jerry Lalrinzuala  38'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Palmson M. Raj
23 April 2017 17 East Bengal 3-1 Minerva Punjab Kolkata
14:30 IST Narayan Das  8'
Wedson Anselme 31'
Robin Singh 52' (pen)
Bikash Jairu 90'		 Report Arshdeep Singh  22'
Krishna Pandit 90+4'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Ajit Mettei
29 April 2017 18 Mumbai 0-4 East Bengal Mumbai
19:05 IST Densill Theobald  90' Report Bikash Jairu 7'
Willis Plaza 40', 68'
Wedson Anselme 62'		 Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna


Federation Cup
Main article: 2016–17 Indian Federation Cup
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aizawl 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to
semi-finals
2 East Bengal 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3 Chennai City 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 Churchill Brothers 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: AIFF

Knock-out Stage
Semi-Finals Final
      
Aizawl 0
Bengaluru FC 1
Bengaluru FC 2
Mohun Bagan 0
Mohun Bagan 2
East Bengal 0

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 May 2017 Group Stage East Bengal 1–1 Churchill Brothers Cuttack
16:00 IST Ivan Bukenya  13'
Gurwinder Singh  44'
Wedson Anselme 66'		 Report Ansumana Kromah  38' 81' Stadium: Barabati Stadium
9 May 2017 Group Stage Chennai City 0–2 East Bengal Cuttack
16:00 IST Mehtab Hossain  18'
Robin Singh 45+1', 77' (pen)  45+3'
Willis Plaza  45+2'
Gurwinder Singh  52'
Narayan Das  57'		 Report Debabrata  72'
Dharmaraj Ravanan  76'		 Stadium: Barabati Stadium
11 May 2017 Group Stage Aizawl 0–0 East Bengal Cuttack
19:00 IST Report Stadium: Barabati Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
14 May 2017 Semi Final Mohun Bagan 2–0 East Bengal Cuttack
16:00 IST Duffy 35'
Sehnaj Singh  74'
B.Singh 84'		 Report Gurwinder Singh  40' Stadium: Barabati Stadium
Referee: Santhosh Kumar

Statistics

Appearances
Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
As of end of 2016-17 season.[6]
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup Bordoloi Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
13GK TP Rehnesh– 151510– 1615
1GK Subhasish Roy Chowdhury– 3344– 77
30GK Luis Barreto5500002277
31GK Dibyendu Sarkar4400– 4387
Defenders
4DFIvan Bukenya– 181722– 2019
5DF Rahul Bheke66151544– 2525
4DFCallum Angus87– 441211
16DF Gurwinder Singh44141333– 2120
17DF Narayan Das66131244– 2322
19DF Robert Lalthlamuana637500– 138
50DF Anwar Ali– 5400– 54
3DF Arnab Mondal774222– 1311
2DF Robin Gurung– 5300– 53
25DF Samad Ali Mallick43001155109
28DF Kaushik Sarkar21– 1132
29DF Deepak Singh10– 5565
-DF Aspreet Singh– – 5555
22DF Mehtab Singh– 00000000
Midfielders
14MF Mehtab Hossain88161533– 2726
10MFWedson Anselme– 151444– 1918
27MF Nikhil Poojari41141421222218
20MF Lalrindika Ralte8813920– 2317
12MF Rowlin Borges– 121044– 1614
28MF Romeo Fernandes– 8210– 92
11MF Jackichand Singh– 7300– 73
27MF Prohlad Roy41– 5596
34MF Abhinash Ruidas977400– 1611
8MF Mohammed Rafique775332– 1512
23MF Bikash Jairu624244– 148
7MF Cavin Lobo002221– 43
21MFDo Dong-Hyun96–551411
-MF Yami Longvah– 4444
-MF Prakash Sarkar– 3333
-MF Lalruatkima– 2121
18MF David Lalrinmuana– 10– 10
Forwards
9FWWillis Plaza– 141244– 1816
26FW Jiten Murmu88– 551313
22FWAdilaja Somide75– 551210
24FW Robin Singh– 14941– 1810
21FW Thongkhosiem Haokip– 8300– 83
6FW Chris Payne– 76– 76
15FWIldar Amirov– 21– 21

Goal Scorers
Goals for East Bengal in 2016–17 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL Bordoloi I League Fed Cup Total
1 9FWWillis Plaza909
10FWWedson Anselme819
21FWDo Dong-Hyun437
4 24FWRobin Singh527
5 22FWAdilaja Somide145
6 26FWJiten Murmu325
20MFLalrindika Ralte3104
8 4DFIvan Bukenya303
6FWChris Payne33
10 3DFArnab Mondal2002
23MFBikash Jairu0202
33MFProhlad Roy022
13 4DFCalum Angus11
5DFRahul Bheke1001
8MFMohammed Rafique1001
12MFRowlin Borges101
21FWThongkhosiem Haokip101
27MFNikhil Poojari01001
MFYami Longvah11
Own Goals 00000
TOTAL 161333365

See also

References
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  3. "Senior Team". East Bengal Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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  6. 2016–17 East Bengal FC season at Soccerway
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