2015–16 East Bengal FC season

The 2015–16 season is East Bengal FC's 96th season in existence. The club had won the Calcutta Football League this season and became the runners of 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup.

East Bengal
2015–16 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachIndia Biswajit Bhattacharya
(until 11 April 2016)
England Trevor Morgan
(from 13 April 2016)
StadiumSalt Lake Stadium
Kalyani Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League3rd
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions
Federation CupQuarter-Finals
Sheikh Kamal TrophyRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Ranti Martins (12)
All: Ranti Martins (17)
Home kit colours
Away kit colours
Third kit colours

Pre-Season Overview

The club signed Do Dong-hyun, a South Korean attacking mid-fielder to support the striking part. With the arrival of veteran defender Bello Razaq from Mohun Bagan, the team became stronger and the Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set another hexa record. With the help of recent performances, The Club clinched to the 74th spot in the recent AFC Club Ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs.

Season Overview

August

The club started their Calcutta Football League (CFL) campaign on 8 August by beating SVF Tollygunge Agragami FC by 1–0. In the next match, against Aryan F.C., the club managed a draw, the only draw of this CFL campaign. Then they went on winning all the matches against Bengal Nagpur Railway, Army XI, Mohammedan S.C., Police AC and Sports Authority of India.

September

Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal started their September by beating Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. by 4–3. This fixture was their toughest in this campaign as at a time, the team was trailing by 0-2 and then they managed to win it.
The next fixture of the club was a prestigious Kolkata Derby against their arch rivals Mohun Bagan in which the team managed an easy 4–0 win with two stunning free kicks by Do Dong-hyun, the top scorer of the club, one of which came in just after 82 seconds from the kick off. This win sealed their league victory and their 118th win against their arch rivals. Moreover, it was the club's 6th consecutive CFL championship which is itself a record and they hold a similar 6 consecutive CFL League wins between the period 1970–75.
The last fixture was against Southern Samity on 10 September. East Bengal with their reserved squad managed to win it and became the unbeatable champions of this CFL. Do Dong-hyun became the top scorer of both the club and the CFL.

October

The club went to play an international tournament in Bangladesh named 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup. 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 Orok Essien and Subodh Kumar on loan for the tournament. East Bengal started off well by defeating Bangladesh club Abahani Limited (Chittagong) by 2–1 on 21st Oct 2015. Young Prohlad scored on the match along with Mohammed Rafique. After that the most important player of midfield, Do Dong-hyun, had a knee injury which couldn't let him play for the rest of the tour. The club kept on its winning streak by defeating the current best club of Pakistan K-Electric F.C. by a comfortable margin of 3–1. Then the club had its first draw of the tournament which was against Abahani Limited (Dhaka). Then the club went into the semis where they defeated (on 28th oct 2015) Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka) by 3–0 to enter into the final. Ranti Martins scored a couple on the semis. On 30th Oct 2015, East Bengal FC played the final against Abahani Limited (Chittagong) once again after the very first match. But the young brigade could not seal the victory at the end in spite of taking a lead on the 9th minute by the goal scored by Avinabo Bag. This time East Bengal lost to the Bangladeshi club by 1–3. 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 were appreciated whole heartedly by the supporters of the club.

Transfers

In
No. Pos. Name Signed from Month Ref.
21 MF South Korea Do Dong-hyun Free Agent N/A
6 DF Nigeria Bello Razaq India Mohun Bagan June
43 FW Nigeria Orok Essien (on loan) October
MF India Subodh Kumar (on loan) India Tollygunge Agragami October

Out
Pos. Name Sold to Month Ref.
DF IndiaSafar Sardar India Mohun Bagan N/A
MF India Raju Gaikwad India Mohun Bagan N/A

Kit

Supplier: Shiv Naresh / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium, Peerless

Home kit
Away kit
Third Kit

Technical Staff
Position Name
Chief coach India Biswajit Bhattacharya
Assistant coach India Debjit Ghosh
Goalkeeping coach India Sanjay Majhi
Defence Coach Kenya Sammy Omollo
Physiotherapist India Rajesh Basak
Club Doctor India Dr. Santiranjan Dasgupta
Team Manager India Manish Banerjee
Team Media Officer India Gautam Roy

Competitions

Overall
Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 8 August 2015 10 September 2015 Champions
Sheikh Kamal Trophy 21 October 2015 30 October 2015 Runners-up
I-League 10 January 2016 24 April 2016 3rd
Federation Cup 1 May 2017 4 May 2017 Quarter Finals

Overview
Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 10 9 1 0 29 9 +20 090.00
Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 060.00
I-League 16 7 4 5 22 18 +4 043.75
Federation Cup 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 000.00
Total 33 19 7 7 63 36 +27 057.58

Last updated: 31 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League

Table

2015-16 Calcutta Premier Division

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 August 2015 1 East Bengal 1–0 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
14:00 IST Harmanjot Khabra 79' Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
11 August 2015 2 East Bengal 0–0 Aryan Kolkata
14:00 IST Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Prabir Dhar
Man of the Match: Priyant Singh (Aryan)
14 August 2015 3 East Bengal 6–0 Bengal Nagpur Railway Kolkata
14:00 IST Rafique 24'
Bello Razaq 27'
Do Dong-hyun 53', 83', 90+2'
Jiten Murmu 90+1'		 Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Animesh Biswas
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
19 August 2015 4 East Bengal 3–2 Army XI Kolkata
14:00 IST Do Dong-hyun 58', 69'
Saumik Dey 76'		 Report L'mawaya 16'
P Jain 34'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Ajit Dutta
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
23 August 2015 5 East Bengal 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
14:00 IST Do Dong-hyun 66', 73' Report Kareem Omolaja 90+5' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Uttam Sarkar
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
27 August 2015 6 East Bengal 4–1 Police A.C. Kolkata
14:00 IST Rafique 28'
Harmanjot Khabra 29'
Do Dong-hyun 62'
Bikash Jairu 70'		 Report Ainish 45' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar
Man of the Match: Rafique (East Bengal)
30 August 2015 7 East Bengal 3–1 SAI Darjeeling Kolkata
14:00 IST Rahul Bheke 4'
Mehtab Hossain 52'
Do Dong-hyun 53'		 Report Asiruddin 48' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal)
2 September 2015 8 East Bengal 4–3 Kalighat MS Kolkata
14:00 IST Ranti Martins 48'
Rahul Bheke 61'
Do Dong-hyun 69'
Abhinas Ruidas 89'		 Report Cristopher 2', 26'
Kallol 75'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Animesh Biswas
Man of the Match: Abhinas Ruidas (East Bengal)
6 September 2015 9 East Bengal 4–0 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
14:30 IST Do Dong-hyun 2', 37'
Mehtab Hossain Yellow card 48'
Robert Lalthlamuana Yellow card 52'
Rafique 81'
Rahul Bheke 90+3'		 Report Dudu Omagbemi Yellow card 19' Yellow-red card 50'
Sanjay Balmuchu Yellow card 35'
Lalkamal Bhowmick Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 90+3'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal)
10 September 2015 10 East Bengal 2–1 Southern Samity Kolkata
14:00 IST Prohlad Roy 37'
Rafique 69'		 Report Khaidem Vicky Meitei 47' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Tanmoy Dhar
Man of the Match: Rafique (East Bengal)


Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup
Main article: 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 India East Bengal 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Bangladesh Chittagong Abahani (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 Pakistan K-Electric 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: GSA
(H) Hosts

Bracket
Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Afghanistan De Spin Ghar Bazan 1
B2 Bangladesh Chittagong Abahani 3
B2 Bangladesh Chittagong Abahani 3
Group A
Group B
B1 India East Bengal 1
B1 India East Bengal 3
A2 Bangladesh Mohammedan Dhaka 0

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 October 2015 Group Stage Chittagong Abahani 1–2 East Bengal Chittagong
19:30 BST Bello Razaq 78' (o.g.) Mohammed Rafique 32'
Prohlad Roy 72'		 Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
22 October 2015 Group Stage East Bengal 3–1 K-Electric Chittagong
16:30 BST Orok Essien 15'
Mohammed Rafique 25'
Ranti Martins 49'		 Report Muhammad Rasool 84' Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
24 October 2015 Group Stage Dhaka Abahani 0–0 East Bengal Chittagong
19:30 BST Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
28 October 2015 Semi Final East Bengal 3–0 Dhaka Mohammedan Chittagong
19:30 BST Ranti Martins 8', 59'
Mohammed Rafique 48'		 Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
30 October 2015 Final Chittagong Abahani 3–1 East Bengal Chittagong
19:30 BST Eleta Kingsley 45+1', 54'
Hemanta Vincent Biswas 57'		 Report Avinabo Bag 11' Stadium: M. A. Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 30,000


I-League
Main article: 2015–16 I-League

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bengaluru FC (C) 16 10 2 4 24 17 +7 32 Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off
2 Mohun Bagan 16 8 6 2 32 16 +16 30 Qualification to AFC Cup qualifying play-off[lower-alpha 1]
3 East Bengal 16 7 4 5 22 18 +4 25
4 Sporting Goa 16 5 7 4 24 20 +4 22 Withdrew[lower-alpha 2]
5 Mumbai 16 4 7 5 20 19 +1 19
Source: I-League
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) play-off match
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup by winning the 2015–16 Federation Cup.
  2. Sporting Goa and Salgaocar withdrew from I-League.[1]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 January 2016 1 Sporting Club de Goa 1–3 East Bengal Margao
16:30 IST Odafa Onyeka Okolie 29'
Alber Gonsalves Yellow card 73'
Mahmoud Amnah Yellow card 76'		 Report Ranti Martins 67', 81'
Bikash Jairu 78'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
17 January 2016 2 Mumbai 0–0 East Bengal Mumbai
19:05 IST Eric Brown Yellow card 32' Report Sanju Pradhan Yellow card 39'
Harmanjot Khabra Yellow card 40'
Ranti Martins Yellow card 45+1'		 Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: P. Vairamuthu
23 January 2016 3 Mohun Bagan 1–1 East Bengal Kolkata
14:30 IST Pronay Halder Yellow card 53'
Luciano Sabrosa Yellow card 72'
Dhanachandra Singh Yellow card 76'
Cornell Glen 77'		 Report Arnab Mondal Yellow card 53'
Ranti Martins 63'
Rahul Bheke Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
26 January 2016 4 East Bengal 1–0 DSK Shivajians Kolkata
19:05 IST Ranti Martins 29' Report Abdul Hakku Yellow card 8'
Milan Singh Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Priyobarta Singh
30 January 2016 5 East Bengal 0–1 Bengaluru Kolkata
14:05 IST Rehenesh TP Yellow card 6'
Samad Ali Mallick Yellow card 8'
Ranti Martins Yellow card 62'
Bikash Jairu Yellow card 75'		 Report Seiminlen Doungel Yellow card 26'
Sunil Chhetri 60'
Lalchhuanmawia Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
5 February 2016 6 East Bengal 2–0 Aizawl Kolkata
14:30 IST Rahul Bheke Yellow card 17'
Bikash Jairu 72'
Bernard Mendy 74'		 Report Yuta Kinowaki Yellow card 27' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Meitei
9 February 2016 7 East Bengal 4–0 Shillong Lajong Kolkata
19:05 IST Ranti Martins 17', 26', 37'
Bikash Jairu 52'		 Report Chinglensana Singh Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 82' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
21 February 2016 8 East Bengal 2–1 Salgaocar Kolkata
14:30 IST Rafique 38'
Bello Razaq 83'		 Report Darryl Duffy 65' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: R. Venkatesh
1 March 2016 9 Salgaocar 3–1 East Bengal Vasco da Gama
16:00 IST Thongkhosiem Haokip 4', 90+5'
Calvin Mbarga 36' (pen)		 Report Ranti Martins 25'
Samad Ali Mallick Yellow card 35'
Sehnaj Singh Red card 78'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
6 March 2016 10 DSK Shivajians 2–0 East Bengal Pune
16:00 IST Douhou Pierre 8'
Surchandra Singh Yellow card 45'
Zohmingliana Ralte Yellow card 64'
Juan Quero 66'		 Report Ranti Martins 25'
Samad Ali Mallick Yellow card 35'
Sehnaj Singh Red card 78'		 Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
12 March 2016 11 Aizawl 2–3 East Bengal Aizawl
16:00 IST Brandon Vanlalremdika 19'
Alfred Jaryan Yellow card 47'
Yuta Kinowaki 58'
Lalramchullova Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 90'
David Lalrinmuana Yellow card 65'
Emmanuel Chigozie Red card 67'		 Report Sehnaj Singh Yellow card 27'
Robert Lalthlamuana Yellow card 47'
Ranti Martins 69' (pen), 85', 88'
Bikash Jairu Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur
2 April 2016 12 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan Siliguri
16:30 IST Do Dong-hyun 40' (pen), 75' Yellow card 75'
Bello Razaq Yellow card 45+1'
Sehnaj Singh Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Luciano Sabrosa Yellow card 38'
Katsumi Yusa 83'
Pritam Kotal Yellow card 84'
Pronay Halder Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
5 April 2016 13 East Bengal 2–2 Mumbai Kolkata
19:05 IST Rahul Bheke Yellow card 11'
Luis Barreto Yellow card 14'
Ranti Martins 25'
Cavin Lobo Yellow card 39'
Bernard Mendy 59'		 Report Steven Dias 15'
Pratik Chaudhari Yellow card 44'
Allan Dias Yellow card 67'
Ashutosh Mehta 77'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Rowan
10 April 2016 14 Bengaluru 3–1 East Bengal Bengaluru
19:05 IST Eugeneson Lyngdoh 28'
Sunil Chhetri Yellow card 61'
Kim Song-yong 63'
Malsawmzuala 68'		 Report Do Dong-hyun 27' Yellow card 39'
Bernard Mendy Yellow card 47'		 Stadium: Kanteerava Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
15 April 2016 15 East Bengal 0–0 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
19:05 IST Samad Ali Mallick Yellow card 44'
Mehtab Hossain Yellow card 60'
Narayan Das Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 86'		 Report Mehrajuddin Wadoo Yellow card 57' Yellow-red card 59'
Fulganco Cardozo Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: B. Balasubramanium
24 April 2016 16 Shillong Lajong 1–0 East Bengal Shillong
19:05 IST Isaac Vanmalsawma 62'
Uilliams Bomfim Souza Yellow card 64'
Chinglensana Singh Yellow card 83'		 Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Om Prakash Thakur


Federation Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Indian Federation Cup
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
1 Bengaluru FC 1 2 3
8 Aizawl 2 3 5
8 Aizawl (a) 0 2 2
4 Sporting Goa 0 2 2
4 Sporting Goa 1 1 2
5 Mumbai 0 0 0
8 Aizawl 0
2 Mohun Bagan 5
3 East Bengal 1 2 3
6 Shillong Lajong (aet) 2 2 4
6 Shillong Lajong 0 0 0
2 Mohun Bagan 5 0 5
2 Mohun Bagan 3 4 7
7 Salgaocar 2 0 2

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 May 2016 Quarter-Final 1st Leg Shillong Lajong 2–1 East Bengal Shillong
17:00 IST Konsham Singh 33'
Fábio Pena 62'		 Report Do Dong-hyun 44' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
4 May 2016 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg East Bengal 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 agg.)		 Shillong Lajong Kolkata
16:30 IST Ranti Martins 23'
Lalrindika Ralte 37'		 Report Fábio Pena 17'
Uilliams Bomfim Souza 114'		 Stadium: Barasat Stadium

Statistics

Appearances
Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
As of end of 2015-16 season.[2]
Appearances for East Bengal in 2015–16 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup S.K. Int. Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
13GKIndiaRehenesh TP8822 1010
30GKIndiaLuis Barreto998800 1717
26GKIndiaAbhra Mondal110000 11
31GKIndiaDibyendu Sarkar000055 55
Defenders
6DFNigeriaBello Razaq8816162255 3131
3DFIndiaArnab Mondal33131322 1818
5DFIndiaRahul Bheke5410900 1513
45DFFranceBernard Mendy9910 109
28DFIndiaSaumik Dey768700 1513
38DFIndiaSamad Ali Mallick66660021 1212
19DFIndiaRobert Lalthlamuana335500 88
4DFIndiaNarayan Das3322 55
12DFIndiaDeepak Mondal77212255 1615
16DFIndiaGurwinder Singh210000 21
24DFIndiaBabu Mondal1130 41
40DFIndiaBiswajit Saha0055 55
22DFIndiaAvinabo Bag110044 55
Midfielders
14MFIndiaMehtab Hossain88141422 2424
21MFSouth KoreaDo Dong-Hyun101013102211 2623
8MFIndiaMohammed Rafique981262055 2819
23MFIndiaBikash Jairu8811900 1917
11MFIndiaCavin Lobo539200 145
15MFIndiaSanju Pradhan9721 118
2MFIndiaSehnaj Singh8300 83
34MFIndiaAbhinas Ruidas54881043 1815
7MFIndiaHarmanjot Khabra877522 1714
28MFIndiaShylo Malsawmtluanga927421 187
17MFIndiaJoaquim Abranches7400 74
20MFIndiaLalrindika Ralte2122 43
35MFIndiaAnthony Soren2131 52
36MFIndiaProhlad Roy660055 1111
18MFIndiaSubodh Kumar000055 55
33MFIndiaJagannath Sana1031 41
Forwards
10FWNigeriaRanti Martins6016162255 2923
25FWIndiaJiten Murmu6300 63
43FWNigeriaOrok Essien44 44
27FWIndiaC. S. Sabeeth5200 52

Goal Scorers
As of end of 2015-16 season.[2]
Goals for East Bengal in 2015–16 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup S.K. Int. Cup Total
1 10 FW Nigeria Ranti Martins 1 12 1 3 17
2 21 FW South Korea Do Dong-hyun 12 3 1 0 16
3 8 MF India Mohammed Rafique 4 1 0 3 8
4 23 MF India Bikash Jairu 1 3 0 4
5 5 DF India Rahul Bheke 3 0 0 3
6 6 MF Nigeria Bello Razaq 1 1 0 0 2
7 MF India Harmanjot Khabra 2 0 0 2
36 MF India Prohlad Roy 1 0 1 2
45 DF France Bernard Mendy 2 0 2
10 14 DF India Mehtab Hossain 1 0 0 1
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 0 1 1
22 MF India Avinabo Bag 0 0 1 1
25 FW India Jiten Murmu 1 1
29 DF India Saumik Dey 1 0 0 1
34 MF India Abhinas Ruidas 1 0 0 0 1
43 MF Nigeria Orok Essien 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0 0
Total 29 22 3 9 63

References
  1. "Salgaocar FC, Sporting Clube de Goa withdraw from I-League". The Indian Express. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. "East Bengal FC - Squad". Soccerway.

See also
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