2005–06 East Bengal FC season
The 2005–06 season was East Bengal's 10th season in the National Football League and 86th season in existence.
2005–06 season | |||
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President | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||
Head-Coach | Subhash Bhowmick (until 2 December 2005) Bikash Panji[lower-alpha 1] (until 15 December 2005) Philippe De Ridder (from 15 December 2005) | ||
Ground | Salt Lake Stadium East Bengal Ground | ||
National Football League | Runners-up | ||
Calcutta Football League | Runners-up | ||
Federation Cup | Quarter-Finals | ||
IFA Shield | Group Stage | ||
Durand Cup | Group Stage | ||
Super Cup | Champions | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Bhaichung Bhutia (12) All: Bhaichung Bhutia (12) | ||
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Competitions
Overall
Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
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Calcutta Football League | 31 July 2005 | 30 September 2005 | Runners-Up |
Federation Cup | 19 October 2005 | 23 October 2005 | Quarter-Finals |
IFA Shield | 24 November 2005 | 1 December 2005 | Semi-Finals |
Durand Cup | 11 December 2005 | 13 December 2005 | Group Stage |
National Football League | 10 January 2006 | 15 May 2006 | Runners-Up |
Super Cup | 27 May 2006 | Champions | |
Overview
Competition | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Calcutta Football League | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 78.57 |
Federation Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00 |
IFA Shield | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 33.33 |
Durand Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
National Football League | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 52.94 |
Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
Total | 39 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 61.54 |
Last updated: 1 June 2006
Source: Competitions
Calcutta Football League
East Bengal finished the 2005 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 34 points from 14 matches, 6 points behind champions Mohun Bagan.[2]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
31 July 2005 1 | East Bengal | 0–0 | EverReady | Kolkata |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
5 August 2005 2 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Tollygunge Agragami | Kolkata |
Syed Rahim Nabi 70', 88' | Report | Sheikh Azim 80' | Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
9 August 2005 3 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Calcutta Port Trust | Kolkata |
Saumik Dey 78' Dipankar Roy 85' Sasthi Duley 89' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
14 August 2005 4 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
Syed Rahim Nabi 73', 90' | Report | Suman Datta 36' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
18 August 2005 5 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
Report | Gley Yao Rodrigue 17' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dave Roberts |
22 August 2005 6 | East Bengal | 4–0 | Eastern Railway | Kolkata |
I.M. Vijayan 26', 58' Alvito D'Cunha 53' Syed Rahim Nabi 65' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
25 August 2005 7 | East Bengal | 2–0 | George Telegraph | Kolkata |
I.M. Vijayan 11' Shylo Malsawmtluanga 87' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
3 September 2005 8 | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Gley Yao Rodrigue 42' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Sarkar |
8 September 2005 9 | EverReady | 1–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Snehashis Chakroborty 66' | Report | Syed Rahim Nabi 29' Shylo Malsawmtluanga 70' |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
13 September 2005 10 | Tollygunge Agragami | 1–3 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Prasanta Chakraborty 44' | Report | Manoj Das 3' (o.g.) Bernard Pires 19' RC Prakash 89' |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
17 September 2005 11 | Mohammedan Sporting | 0–3 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Arun Malhotra 4' Alvito D'Cunha 54' Syed Rahim Nabi 67' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium |
22 September 2005 12 | Calcutta Port Trust | 1–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Srimanta Das 88' | Report | Kalia Kulothungan 80' Syed Rahim Nabi 81' |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
27 September 2005 13 | George Telegraph | 0–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Mike Okoro 47' | Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
30 September 2005 14 | Eastern Railway | 0–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Gouranga Datta 73' | Stadium: East Bengal Ground |
Federation Cup
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Air India and won 3–1 with goals from Sydney Nkalanga, Dipankar Roy and Mike Okoro. Syed Rahim Nabi scored an own-goal in the dying minutes to give consolation to Air India.[3] In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost to Churchill Brothers in the sudden-death after the game ended 0–0 after 120 minutes.[4]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
19 October 2005 Pre-Quarter Final | East Bengal | 3–1 | Air India | Margao |
Sydney Nkalanga 9' Dipankar Roy 44' Mike Okoro 58' |
Report | Syed Rahim Nabi 90+1' (o.g.) | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Man of the Match: Mike Okoro (East Bengal). |
23 October 2005 Quarter-Final | East Bengal | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (9–10 p) | Churchill Brothers | Margao |
Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: S Suresh | |||
Penalties | ||||
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IFA Shield
- Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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East Bengal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
Mohammedan Sporting | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Mohun Bagan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
East Bengal was grouped alongside the other two Kolkata Giants Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting in Group A. East Bengal lost 2–3 against Mohammedan Sporting in the opening game.[5] However, in the second game, against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, East Bengal registered a 4–1 win with goals from Chandan Das, Mike Okoro and a brace from Alvito D'Cunha.[6] In the semi-finals, East Bengal faced EverReady and surprisingly lost 2–1 with Chibueze Francis Maduako scoring a brace for EverReady after Kalia Kulothungan put East Bengal ahead in the 3rd minute.[7][8]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
24 November 2005 Group Stage | East Bengal | 2–3 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
Chandan Das 66' Shylo Malsawmtluanga 86' |
Report | Okonji Onyelo Patrick 42' Satyajit Bose 69' Mputu Bolwe 77' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S Suresh Man of the Match: Patrick Okonji Onyelo (Md Sporting) |
27 November 2005 Group Stage | East Bengal | 4–1 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
Chandan Das 9' Mike Okoro 29' Alvito D'Cunha 43', 90+3' |
Report | Akeem Abul Alem 14' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Sarkar Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) |
1 December 2005 Semi-Final | East Bengal | 1–2 | EverReady | Kolkata |
Kalia Kulothungan 3' | Report | Chibueze Francis Maduako 24', 90+2' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S. Suresh Man of the Match: Chibueze Francis Maduako (EverReady) |
Durand Cup
- Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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JCT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
East Bengal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
HAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT and HAL in Group D. East Bengal won 2–0 against HAL in the opening fixture withgoals from RC Prakash and Jatin Singh Bisht.[9] However, they lost 1–2 against JCT as they were eliminated from the group stages.[10][11]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
11 December 2005 Group Stage | East Bengal | 2–0 | HAL | Delhi |
RC Prakash 7' Jatin Singh Bisht 22' |
Report | Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium |
13 December 2005 Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–2 | JCT | Delhi |
Mike Okoro 57' | Report | Parveen Kumar 33' Renedy Singh 63' |
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium |
National Football League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mahindra United | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 36 | Champions |
2 | East Bengal | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 31 | |
3 | Mohun Bagan | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 30 | |
4 | Goa | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 25 | |
5 | Dempo | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 25 |
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss Void
10 January 2006 1 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
Bhaichung Bhutia 78' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S Suresh Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal) |
15 January 2006 2 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Salgaocar | Kolkata |
Bhaichung Bhutia 33' | Report | Fabio dos Passos 60' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Deepak Kumar Dey Man of the Match: Fabio dos Passos (Salgaocar) |
22 January 2006 3 | Mohun Bagan | 0–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul Haq Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal) |
25 January 2006 4 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Fransa-Pax | Kolkata |
Mike Okoro 8' Bhaichung Bhutia 82' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal) |
29 January 2006 5 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Air India | Kolkata |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Syed Sujauddin / Dinesh Nair[lower-alpha 2] Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (East Bengal) |
2 February 2006 6 | JCT | 0–1 | East Bengal | Ludhiana |
Report | Narinder Singh 9' (o.g.) | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: Deepak Bisht Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (JCT) |
6 February 2006 7 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Mahindra United | Kolkata |
Report | Jose Ramirez Barreto 68' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: James Lukram Singh (Mahindra) |
18 March 2006 8 | East Bengal | 4–3 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata |
Bhaichung Bhutia 30', 60', 87' Syed Rahim Nabi 65' |
Report | Hardip Singh Saini 45' Chidi Edeh 55' Bibiano Fernandes 86' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Komaleeswaran Shankar Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal) |
26 March 2006 9 | East Bengal | 5–3 | Dempo | Kolkata |
Ndem Guy Herve 13' Bhaichung Bhutia 24' Debabrata Roy 69', 77' Syed Rahim Nabi 71' |
Report | Majekodumni Bolaji 34' Ranti Martins 76' (pen), 85' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: N Mohan Man of the Match: Debabrata Roy (East Bengal) |
2 April 2006 10 | Mohammedan Sporting | 0–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Ndem Guy Herve 2' Bhaichung Bhutia 54' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: N Mohan Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (East Bengal) |
8 April 2006 11 | East Bengal | 3–1 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
Bhaichung Bhutia 48' Shylo Malsawmtluanga 62' Gouranga Datta 89' |
Report | Dharamjit Singh 30' Mehtab Hossain 72' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) |
16 April 2006 12 | Dempo | 1–3 | East Bengal | Margao |
Johnny D'Cruz 35' | Report | Bhaichung Bhutia 63' Syed Rahim Nabi 71' Dipankar Roy 85' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: N Mohan Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
20 April 2006 13 | Mahindra United | 1–0 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
Yusif Yakubu 45+1' (pen) | Report | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: Pradip Kuma Man of the Match: Irungbam Surkumar Singh (Mahindra United) |
23 April 2006 14 | Air India | 1–1 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
Vijith Shetty 17' | Report | Bhaichung Bhutia 29' | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: Abdul Saleem Man of the Match: Paresh Shivalkar (Air-India) |
30 April 2006 15 | Salgaocar | 1–0 | East Bengal | Margao |
Micky Fernandes 81' | Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: N Mohan Man of the Match: Micky Fernandes (Salgaocar) |
8 May 2006 16 | Sporting Club de Goa | 3–1 | East Bengal | Margao |
Chidi Edeh 11' Hardip Singh Saini 33' Dudu Omagbemi 35' |
Report | Bhaichung Bhutia 28' | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: P Bhaskar Man of the Match: Hardip Singh Saini (Sporting Clube) |
15 May 2006 17 | East Bengal | 1–0 | JCT | Kolkata |
Jayanta Sen 25' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A Arjunan Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal) |
21 May 2006 18 | Fransa-Pax | n/p | East Bengal | Margao |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium | ||||
Note: Fransa-Pax team withdrew from the National League midway.[12] |
Super Cup
Since Mahindra United won both the 2005-06 National Football League and the 2005 Federation Cup, National League runner-up East Bengal faced them in the 2006 Indian Super Cup and won 2–1 with goals from Ndem Guy Herve and Alvito D'Cunha.[13]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
27 May 2005 | Mahindra United | 1–2 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
14:30 IST | Yusif Yakubu 65' | Report | Ndem Guy Herve 23' Alvito D'Cunha 33' |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: S Suresh Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) |
Statistics
Appearances
- Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2005–06 season | |||||||||||||||||
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No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | NFL | Fed Cup | IFA Shield | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Total | |||||||
Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||
1 | GK | Naseem Akhtar | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | |||||
21 | GK | Abhra Mondal | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
24 | GK | Rajat Ghosh Dastidar | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | |||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||||
2 | DF | Muttah Suresh | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | |
5 | DF | Habibur Rehman Mondal | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||||||
12 | DF | Arun Malhotra | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
12 | DF | Anupam Sarkar | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
16 | DF | Covan Lawrence | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 28 | |
17 | DF | Surya Bikash Chakraborty | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
22 | DF | Debabrata Roy | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | |||
26 | DF | Ngassa Guy Martial | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
27 | DF | Gurpreet Singh | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
29 | DF | Saumik Dey | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 27 | |||
DF | Debkumar Sashmal | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||
DF | Debjit Ghosh | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||
6 | MF | Dipankar Roy | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | |||
7 | MF | Jayanta Sen | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 19 | |||||||
8 | MF | Sasthi Duley | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 17 | |||||
9 | MF | Alvito D'Cunha | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 17 | |||
11 | MF | Kalia Kulothungan | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | |||||
14 | MF | Chandan Das | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | |||||||
18 | MF | Tushar Rakshit | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
19 | MF | Syed Rahim Nabi | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 28 | |||||
20 | MF | Ndem Guy Herve | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
27 | MF | Amandeep Singh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
28 | MF | Shylo Malsawmtluanga | 10 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 27 | |
30 | MF | Bernard Pires | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
32 | MF | Gouranga Dutta | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||||||
MF | Jatin Singh Bisht | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | ||||||||
MF | Sandip Das | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
MF | Liswa Nduti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||||
10 | FW | Mike Okoro | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | |||
12 | FW | I.M. Vijayan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
15 | FW | Bhaichung Bhutia | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||
25 | FW | R.C. Prakash | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |||||
FW | Sydney Nkalanga | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
Goal scorers
Goals for East Bengal in 2005–06 season | |||||||||||
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Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | NFL | Fed Cup | IFA Shield | Durand Cup | Super Cup | Total |
1 | 15 | FW | Bhaichung Bhutia | 12 | 12 | ||||||
2 | 19 | MF | Syed Rahim Nabi | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
3 | 9 | MF | Alvito D'Cunha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
10 | FW | Mike Okoro | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
5 | 28 | MF | Shylo Malsawmtluanga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | 6 | MF | Dipankar Roy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
12 | FW | I.M. Vijayan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
20 | MF | Ndem Guy Herve | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
9 | 11 | MF | Kalia Kulothungan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
14 | MF | Chandan Das | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
22 | DF | Debabrata Roy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
25 | FW | R.C. Prakash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
32 | MF | Gouranga Dutta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
14 | 7 | MF | Jayanta Sen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | MF | Sasthi Duley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
12 | DF | Arun Malhotra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
29 | DF | Saumik Dey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
30 | MF | Bernard Pires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | Sydney Nkalanga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
MF | Jatin Singh Bisht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Total | 25 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 65 |
Notes
- Caretaker manager after Subhash Bhowmick was sacked due to legal reasons.[1]
- replaced in 2nd Half due to illness.
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