East Bengal Club Season Awards

The East Bengal Club Season Awards are the official East Bengal awards presented on August 1 to various recipients in the Foundation Day celebrations of the club. The Inaugural award was handed out in 2011 which had three categories the highlight 'Bharat Gourav Award', the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' and the 'Player of the Season Award'.

Awards ceremony

The East Bengal end of the season awards are presented on the 1st of August every year, which is also the Foundation Day of the Club. The awards ceremony was started in 2011 with the main highlight 'Bharat Gourav Award', given out to honour outstanding sports personalities who had made India proud in the field of sports. Along with the 'Bharat Gourav' award, the East Bengal club also honours the Player of the Season and also presents the 'Lifetime achievement award' to former players and sportsperson of the club. In 2018, the East Bengal club also introduced an award for the best player from the East Bengal Academy.

Winners

Bharat Gourav Award
Milkha Singh - recipient of the Bharat Gourav award in 2016.

East Bengal Club had constituted the ‘Bharat Gaurav Award' in 2011 to honour outstanding sports personalities who had made India proud in the field of sports. Three times Olympic Champion and Indian Hockey legend Leslie Claudius was the first recipient of the award in 2011.[1]

Year Recipient Sport Field Ref
2011 Leslie Claudius Field hockey [2]
2012 Ahmed Khan Football [3][4]
2013 Arun Ghosh Football [5]
2014 Bachendri Pal Mountaineering [6]
2015 Mohammed Habib Football [7]
2016 Milkha Singh Sprint [8]
2017 Dhanraj Pillay Field hockey [9]
2018 Gurbux Singh Field hockey [10]
2019 Kapil Dev Cricket [11]
2020 not awarded [upper-alpha 1]
2021 not awarded [upper-alpha 2]

Player of the Season Award
Penn Orji - recipient of the Player of the Season award in 2012.

East Bengal had constituted the 'Player of the Season Award' in 2011 to honour the best football player of the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. Mehtab Hossain was the first recipient in 2011.[2]

However, the first Player of the Season title was awarded at the end of the 2007–08 season, given by the then official marketing partner - Ideas Unlimited, with goalkeeper Subrata Paul being the winner.[14]

Year Nationality Recipient Position Ref
2008 India Subrata Paul Goalkeeper [15]
2011 India Mehtab Hossain Midfielder [2]
2012 Nigeria Penn Orji Midfielder [3]
2013 India Saumik Dey Defender [5]
2014 India Arnab Mondal Defender [6]
2015 India Robert Lalthlamuana Defender [7]
2016 South Korea Do Dong-hyun Forward [8]
2017 India Gurwinder Singh Defender [9]
2018 Syria Mahmoud Amnah Midfielder [10]
2019 India Laldanmawia Ralte Midfielder [11]
2020 not awarded [upper-alpha 1]
2021 not awarded [upper-alpha 2]

Lifetime Achievement Award

East Bengal had constituted the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in 2011 to honour a legendary sports personality of the club. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. India and East Bengal Legend Sudhir Karmakar and Sukumar Samajpati were the first recipients of this award in 2011.[2]

Year Nationality Recipient Position Ref
2011 India Sudhir Karmakar Defender [2]
India Sukumar Samajpati Defender [2]
2012 India Prasanta Sinha Midfielder [3]
India Santo Mitra Defender [3]
2013 India Samaresh Chowdhury Midfielder [5]
India Abani Bose Goalkeeper [5]
2014 India Amal Dutta Defender [6]
India Parimal Dey Forward [6]
2015 India Chandan Banerjee Defender [7]
2016 India Shyamal Ghosh Defender [8]
India Shyam Thapa Forward [8]
2017 India Subhash Bhowmick Forward [9]
2018 India Sunil Bhattacharya Defender [10]
India Surajit Sengupta Forward [10]
2019 India Monoranjan Bhattacharya Defender [11]
India Bhaskar Ganguly Goalkeeper [11]
2020 not awarded [upper-alpha 1]
2021 not awarded [upper-alpha 2]

Academy Player of the Year Award

East Bengal had constituted the 'Academy Player of the Year Award' in 2018 to honour the best football player of the East Bengal F.C. Academy for the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. Manoj Mohammed and PC Rohlupuia were the first recipients of this award in 2018.[10]

Year Nationality Recipient Position Ref
2018 India Manoj Mohammed Defender [10]
India PC Rohlupuia Midfielder [10]
2019 not awarded
2020 not awarded [upper-alpha 1]
2021 not awarded [upper-alpha 2]


Special Awards

On the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the club in 2019, a set of special awards were awarded to sports personalities associated with the East Bengal club.[11]

Award Name Nationality Recipient Ref
Coach of Coaches award India P. K. Banerjee [11]
Best Foreign Player award Iran Majid Bishkar [16][17]

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the East Bengal Foundation day awards were put on hold.[12]
  2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the East Bengal Foundation day awards were put on hold for the second consecutive year.[13]

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