2002–03 East Bengal FC season

The 2002–03 season is East Bengal Football Club's 7th season in the National Football League, and also marks the club's 83rd season. Coached by Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal won all five trophies from the five tournaments they participated in, including their second National league title, competing in the 2002–03 NFL. They also won the 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 Durand Cup and 2002 IFA Shield and the 2002 Independence Day Cup. This was the third instance in the history of East Bengal club that the club had won 5 trophies in a season, the other two back in 1972 and 1973 during P.K. Banerjee's reign.[6]

East Bengal
2002–03 season
ChairmanPranab Dasgupta
ManagerSubhash Bhowmick
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
National Football LeagueChampions[1]
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions[2]
Durand CupChampions[3]
IFA ShieldChampions[4]
Independence Day CupChampions[5]

First-team squad

East Bengal FC squad for the 2002–03 season.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Sangram Mukherjee
— GK India IND Sandip Nandy
— GK India IND Satish Kumar
— GK India IND Arpan Dey.
— DF India IND Suley Musah
— DF India IND Surya Bikash Chakravarty
— DF India IND Amjad Ali Khan
— DF India IND Subhasis Roy Chaudhury
— DF India IND Deepak Mondal
— DF India IND M Suresh
— DF India IND Arun Malhotra
— DF India IND Raju Singh.
— DF India IND Anit Ghosh
— MF India IND Douglas De Silva
— MF India IND Malsawmtluanga
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND S. Venkatesh
— MF India IND Chandan Das
— MF India IND Sashti Duley
— MF India IND Dipankar Roy
— MF India IND Tushar Rakshit
— MF India IND Sankarlal Chakraborty
— MF India IND Soumitra Chakravarty
— MF India IND Swarup Chatterjee.
— MF India IND Alvito D'Cunha
— FW India IND Mike Okoro
— FW India IND Gilmar Da Silva
— FW India IND Trijit Das
— FW India IND Kalia Kulothungan
— FW India IND Kaustav Ghosh

Stadiums

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984. As of today the Salt Lake Stadium is used for East Bengal's I-League, AFC Cup, and Federation Cup games. The East Bengal Ground is used for the Calcutta Football League matches.

Competitions

Overall
Competition First match Last match Final Position
Calcutta Football League 3 August 2002 11 November 2002 Champions
National Football League 17 November 2002 28 April 2002 Champions
Durand Cup 4 January 2003 10 January 2003 Champions
IFA Shield 13 January 2003 22 January 2003 Champions
Independence Day Cup 27 September 2002 5 October 2002 Champions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

National Football League
27 November 2002 1 East Bengal 1–0 JCT Mills Kolkata
Mike Okoro 59' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
17 November 2002 2 East Bengal 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Shanmugam Venkatesh 44'
Mike Okoro 58'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
24 November 2002 3 East Bengal 1–0 Mahindra United Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha 25' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
8 December 2002 4 Mohun Bagan 0–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Subhashish Roy Chowdhury 70'
Alvito D'Cunha 90+'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
12 December 2002 5 East Bengal 0–0 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
15 December 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Salgaocar Sports Club Kolkata
Gilmar 21', Mike Okoro 90+' MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi 68' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
19 December 2002 7 Vasco Sports Club 1–1 East Bengal Goa
Marcos Pereira 72' Alvito D'Cunha 33'
23 December 2002 8 Indian Bank 3–3 East Bengal Chennai
Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya 21', 22', 53' Gilmar 51', Chandan Das 58', Shanmugam Venkatesh 59'
25 January 2003 9 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. 3–5 East Bengal Bengaluru
Kenneth Onu 81', 85', Mahendra Mani 90+'
29 January 2003 10 Indian Telephone Industries 1–3 East Bengal Bengaluru
Ibrahim Karim Al Hasan 60' Sasthi Duley 17'
Suley Musah 36'
Mike Okoro 83'
3 February 2003 11 East Bengal 3–2 Dempo Sports Club Kolkata
EB Channa (o.g.)
Mike Okoro 54', 69'		 Raman Vijayan 4'
EB Channa 14'
08 February 2003 12 East Bengal 4–1 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Kolkata
Mike Okoro 21', 44' (75) , Suley Musah 38' Kenneth Onu 77' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
13 February 2003 13 Churchill Brothers SC 1–3 East Bengal Goa
Ratan Singh 35' Douglas da Silva 27', Alvito D'Cunha 46', Mike Okoro 88' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
16 February 2003 14 Dempo Sports Club 2–2 East Bengal Club Goa
32' Jose Colaco 36' Mario Soares 18' Mike Okoro 20' Douglas da Silva
22 February 2003 15 East Bengal Club 1–0 Indian Telephone Industries Kolkata
11' Mike Okoro
25 February 2003 16 East Bengal Club 2–1 Mohun Bagan AC Kolkata
11' Alvito D'Cunha 73' Mike Okoro 54' Jose Barreto
01 March 2003 17 East Bengal Club 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
67' Douglas da Silva 89' Kalia Kulothungan
05 March 2003 18 JCT Mills 2–0 East Bengal Club Ludhiana
44' Jo Paul Ancheri 70' IM Vijayan
09 April 2003 19 Mahindra United 2–0 East Bengal Club Mumbai
33' Mongba Aby Samson 66' James Singh
13 April 2003 20 East Bengal Club 3–0 Indian Bank Kolkata
16' 85' Mike Okoro 53' Douglas da Silva
25 April 2003 21 East Bengal Club 4–0 Vasco Sports Club Kolkata
13' Douglas da Silva

47' Douglas da Silva 67' Malswam Tulunga

Mike Okoro
28 April 2003 22 Salgaocar Sports Club 2–0 East Bengal Club Goa
22' Sebastiao Endro 54' Sunday Seah

Calcutta Football League
3 August 2002 1 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro 30', 80' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
6 August 2002 2 East Bengal 2–2 SAIL Kolkata
Mike Okoro 18'
Kalia Kulothungan 59'		 Dulal Patra 76'
Lawrence Enyilord 78'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
9 August 2002 3 East Bengal 2–0 Bharati Sangha Kolkata
Mike Okoro
Dipankar Roy 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 August 2002 4 East Bengal 5–1 Eastern Railway FC Kolkata
Mike Okoro 6', 70', 71'
Alvito D'Cunha 21'
Surya Bikash Chakraborty 57'		 Somnath Pramanick Stadium: East Bengal Ground
17 August 2002 5 East Bengal 3–0 FCI FC Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha 20', 38'
Mike Okoro 71'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
20 August 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Dipankar Roy
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 71'		 Basudeb Mondal Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
24 August 2002 7 East Bengal 5–0 Everready Association Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty 43', 58'
Chandan Das 46'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 65'
Soumitra Chakraborty 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
27 August 2002 8 East Bengal 4–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha 49'
Mike Okoro 51'
Subhashish Roy Chowdhury 74'
Subhash Chakraborty 82'		 Mehtab Hossain 75' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
3 September 2002 9 East Bengal 2–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 12', 16' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
7 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 2–2 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty
Chandan Das 		Sujoy Dutta
Ashim Biswas 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 September 2002 Championship Group Mohammedan Sporting 3–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Reazul Mustafa
Syed Rahim Nabi ?', ?'		 Mike Okoro
Alvito D'Cunha
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Basudeb Mondal 41' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 3–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro 24', 78'
Alvito D'Cunha 83'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
11 November 2002 Championship final East Bengal 3–0 (a.e.t.) Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Douglas De Silva 2'
Sasthi Duley 45'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Independence Day Cup

East Bengal club went to Nagaon, Assam to participate in the 54th Independence Day Cup tournament after the end of the Championship Group round matches of the Calcutta League. The club won the tournament defeating Oil India FC of Assam by 2–0 with goals from Alvito D'Cunha and Chandan Das.[5]

27 September 2002 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 Oil India FC Nagaon, Assam
Tridip Khound 85' Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
29 September 2002 Group stage East Bengal 4–0 Gauhati Town Club Nagaon, Assam
Dipankar Roy 5'
Alvito D'Cunha 19'
Anit Ghosh 61'
Chandan Das 70'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
2 October 2002 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Nagaland Police Nagaon, Assam
Mike Okoro 39'
Kalia Kulothungan 62'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
5 October 2002 Final East Bengal 2–0 Oil India FC Nagaon, Assam
Alvito D'Cunha 42'
Chandan Das 82'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium

Durand Cup

East Bengal club participated in the 115th Durand Cup held in Delhi being grouped in Group B along with MEG, Bangalore and Air India. The team won their third tournament of the season after defeating Army XI in the final by 3–0 margin.[3]

4 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 4–0 Air India Delhi
Mike Okoro 33', 60'
Sashti Duley 38'
Osberne D'Souza 42' (og)		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
4 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 MEG, Bangalore Delhi
Ajith Kumar 59' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
8 January 2003 Semi Final Salgaocar 0–1 East Bengal Delhi
Mike Okoro 79' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
10 January 2003 Final East Bengal 3–0 Army XI Delhi
Mike Okoro 67'
Kalia Kulothungan 72'
Douglas De Silva 77'		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

IFA Shield

Just days after winning the Durand Cup, the club participated in the IFA Shield held in Kolkata and was grouped alongside Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami in Group A. The team reached the final defeating Vasco in the Semi-Final and lifted their 4th trophy of the season by defeating Churchill Brothers in the final via a penalty shootout, with Sashti Duley scoring the winning penalty in the sudden-death.[8]

13 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Indian Bank Kolkata
Tushar Rakshit 58'
Amjad Ali Khan 87'		 Joseph 33' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
15 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Aqueel Ansari 83' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Trijit Das 31'
Suley Musah 70'		 Manas Das 61' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 January 2003 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Vasco Kolkata
Suley Musah 18'
Jiten Rai 83'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
22 January 2003 Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Bharat Mani
Penalties

Sponsors

References
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