East Bengal FC in international football

Date	Name	Opponent	Competition	Result	Ref.
2 August 1985	Biswajit Bhattacharya4	New Road Team	1985–86 Asian Club Championship	7–0	[6]
10 August 1985	Debasish Roy	Club Valencia	1985–86 Asian Club Championship	9–0	[6]
1 October 1993	Carlton Chapman	Al-Zawra'a SC	1993-94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup	6–2	[25]
16 July 2003	Bhaichung Bhutia5	Philippine Army FC	2003 ASEAN Club Championship	6–0	[26]
25 May 2005	Ernest Jeremiah	Nebitçi Balkanabat	2005 AFC Cup	3–2	[27]
15 May 2013	Chidi Edeh	Yangon United	2013 AFC Cup	5–1	[28]

⁴ Scored 4 Goals
⁶ Scored 6 Goals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Bengal	5	5	0	0	20	0	+20	10
Abahani Krira Chakra	5	4	0	1	17	4	+13	8
Saunders SC	5	2	1	2	12	8	+4	5
PIA FC	5	1	2	2	8	8	0	4
New Road Team	5	1	1	3	8	11	−3	3
Club Valencia	5	0	0	5	2	36	−34	0

•  Afghanistan and  Iran champions withdrew.

East Bengal qualified for the 1985–86 Asian Club Championship after winning the 1985 Federation Cup.[30] The Red and Gold brigade became the first Indian "club" to qualify for the Asian Club Championship.[29] The format of the tournament was different with different zonal tournaments that were held and the winners of these zonal tournaments would progress into the main finals to be held in Jedah, Saudi Arabia.[6] East Bengal was part of the Central Asia Zone, and the tournament was named Coca-Cola Cup.[6] They were to face the champions of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Maldives however, the two teams from Iran and Afghanistan withdrew their names.[6] The team traveled to Colombo, Sri Lanka where the tournament was hosted and in the first game defeated the champions of Nepal, New Road Team by 7–0 to start their campaign, with forward Biswajit Bhattacharya scoring four goals in the game.[6] In the second match against the favourites Abahani Krira Chakra from Bangladesh, East Bengal managed a 1–0 victory courtesy of a solitary strike from forward Debasish Roy.[6] The next three games, East Bengal won with ease, including a 9–0 victory over Maldivian champions Club Valencia, with Debasish Roy scoring a hattrick, and thus recording the biggest margin of victory by an Indian team over any foreign opponents till date.[29] East Bengal became the champion of the tournament winning all the games, without conceding a single goal.[6] Defender Tarun Dey was awarded the Man of the Tournament award while forward Debasish Roy ended as the second top scorer with 7 goals.[6]

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v New Road Team

2 August 1985 1	East Bengal	7–0	New Road Team	Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Biswajit Bhattacharya Debasish Roy Birbhadra Pradhan (o.g.)			Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

East Bengal v Abahani Krira Chakra

5 August 1985 2	East Bengal	1–0	Abahani Krira Chakra	Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Debasish Roy			Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

East Bengal v PIA

7 August 1985 3	East Bengal	2–0	PIA	Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Biswajit Bhattacharya Debasish Roy			Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

East Bengal v Club Valencia

10 August 1985 4	East Bengal	9–0	Club Valencia	Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Debasish Roy Jamshid Nassiri Monojit Das Debasish Mishra Samar Choudhury			Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

East Bengal v Saunders

14 August 1985 5	East Bengal	1–0	Saunders	Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Jamshid Nassiri			Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

East Bengal qualified for the main round of the 1985–86 Asian Club Championship by winning the Coca-Cola Cup in Sri Lanka[6] and was allotted into the Group A, along with Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia and Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian of Indonesia. Assistant coach Shyam Thapa took charge of the team after P. K. Banerjee had resigned from his position after the Coca-Cola Cup victory as he took over the India national team.[6] In the opening match, on 19 January 1986, East Bengal faced the Saudi and West Asia champions Al-Ahli and even managed to score first with Debasish Roy scoring in the 33rd minute but the Saudi team came back strong with two goals from Khaled Abu Rass as they lost 2–1.[6][8] In the second game on 21 January 1986, East Bengal faced another defeat against Indonesian and ASEAN champions Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian as they went down 2–0 and were eliminated from the tournament.[6][8]

East Bengal FC was drawn in Group A along with Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia and Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian of Indonesia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahli Jeddah	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	4
Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
East Bengal	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

  Win   Draw   Loss

Al-Ahli v East Bengal

19 January 1986 (1986-01-19) 1	Al-Ahli	2–1	East Bengal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
	Khaled Abu Rass 38', 88'		Debashish Roy 33'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Stadium

East Bengal v Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian

21 January 1986 (1986-01-21) 2	East Bengal	0–2	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
			Bambang Nurdiansyah 65' Saud Lumban Tobing 74'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Stadium

East Bengal took part in the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship after finishing runners-up of the 1997–98 National Football League and was drawn against Chinese giants Dalian Wanda FC in the first round.[14] On 19 September 1998, East Bengal travelled to Dalian, China for the first leg of the tie and suffered a 6–0 loss, their heaviest defeat in continental competitions to this date.[29] China national team forward Wang Tao scored a hat-trick for the Chinese side.[14] In the return leg on 3 October 1998, East Bengal managed to hold on to a 0–0 draw at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri and were eliminated from the competition.[14][29]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Dalian Wanda v East Bengal

19 September 1998 (1998-09-19) First Round	Dalian Wanda	6–0	East Bengal	Dalian, China
	Wang Tao Hans Eklund Hao Haidong			Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium

East Bengal v Dalian Wanda

3 October 1998 (1998-10-03) First Round	East Bengal	0–0 (0–6 agg.)	Dalian Wanda	Siliguri, India
				Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium

East Bengal qualified for the 1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1991 Durand Cup. The 1991 season also saw East Bengal, under the coaching of Syed Nayeemuddin, win the Calcutta Football League without even conceding a single goal throughout the tournament.[31] East Bengal was drawn against Abhani Krira Chakra of Bangladesh in the first round of the tournament. In the first-leg, away at the Bangabandhu Stadium, East Bengal drew goalless against a resolute Abahani side. In the return leg at the Salt Lake Stadium, East Bengal managed to grab a 1–0 victory with Bikash Panji scoring the solitary winner for the Red and Gold brigade as they reached the Quarter-finals where they faced Nissan FC of Japan, who would eventually go on to become the Champions of the tournament. In the first-leg, playing home at the Salt Lake Stadium, East Bengal was beaten 1–3 by the 1991 Emperor's Cup champions and in the return leg, East Bengal lost 4–0 and was eliminated from the tournament.[9]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Abhani Krira Chakra v East Bengal

1 September 1991 First Round	Abhani Krira Chakra	0–0	East Bengal	Dhaka, Bangladesh
				Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

East Bengal v Abhani Krira Chakra

8 September 1991 First Round	East Bengal	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Abhani Krira Chakra	Kolkata, India
	Bikash Panji			Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal v Nissan

1 November 1991 Quarter-Final	East Bengal	1–3	Nissan	Kolkata, India
	Peter Maguire		Matsuhashi Zaizen	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Nissan v East Bengal

8 November 1991 Quarter-Final	Nissan	4–0 (7–1 agg.)	East Bengal	Yokohama, Japan
	Matsuhashi Jinno			Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

East Bengal qualified for the 1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1993 Durand Cup. East Bengal was drawn with Al-Zawra of Iraq, the 1992–93 Iraq FA Cup champions in the first round of the tournament. Due to the ongoing war situation in Iraq, both the legs were held in India, the first leg at the Salt Lake Stadium while the second leg was held at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, which was a home game for the Iraq side.[32] In the first leg, East Bengal shocked the Iraqi champions and defeated them 6–2 with Carlton Chapman scoring a hat-trick and Sisir Ghosh, Aqueel Ansari and Kumaresh Bhawal scoring one each for East Bengal.[33] Mudhir Khalef Muhsim and Sahib Abbas Hassan scored two for the Iraqi champions. In the return leg, however, Al-Zawra came back strong with a 2–0 win at Siliguri with goals from Sahib Abbas Hassan and Ziad Tariq Aziz, but East Bengal progressed into the second round with a 6–4 aggregate score.[32] In the second round, East Bengal faced South China of Hong Kong. East Bengal lost the first leg at home 1–0 and suffered a 4–1 defeat away in Hong Kong as they were eliminated from the tournament.[10]

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Al-Zawra

6 October 1993 First Round	East Bengal	6–2	Al-Zawra	Kolkata, India
	Chapman ?', ?', ?' Ghosh ?' Ansari ?' Bhawal ?'		Khalaf ?' Abbas ?'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Al-Zawra v East Bengal

8 October 1993 First Round	Al-Zawra	2–0 (4–6 agg.)	East Bengal	Siliguri, India
	Abbas ?' Tariq ?'			Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium

East Bengal v South China

1 November 1993 Second Round	East Bengal	0–1	South China	Kolkata, India
			Wai Chi Loh ?'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

South China v East Bengal

7 November 1993 Second Round	South China	4–1 (5–1 agg.)	East Bengal	Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
	Aau ?', ?' Marco ?' Chungman ?'		Bhutia ?'	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium

East Bengal qualified for the 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup after being runner-up of the 1994 Durand Cup, as Mohun Bagan who were the champions, also won the Federation Cup and qualified for the 1994–95 Asian Club Championship.[11] In the preliminary round for the East Asia zone held in Colombo Sri Lanka, East Bengal was drawn with Renown of Sri Lanka and Club Lagoons of Maldives. East Bengal won 4–0 in the opening game against Club Lagoons but lost 2–1 against the hosts Renown in their second match to finish second in the group.[11] East Bengal qualified for the main tournament as the group runners and faced TOT of Thailand. In the first leg game away in Bangkok, East Bengal lost 4–1 to the 1993 Thai FA Cup champions. In the return leg, however, East Bengal withdrew from the tournament as the match was not held due to a plague scare in Kolkata and no dates could be confirmed. Telecom Club advanced to the quarterfinal on the basis of their first-leg triumph.[29][11]

East Bengal was drawn with Renown SC of Sri Lanka and Club Lagoons of Maldives in the preliminary round of the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Renown SC	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	2[lower-alpha 1]
East Bengal	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	2
Club Lagoons	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0[lower-alpha 1]

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Club Lagoons

4 August 1994 Preliminary	East Bengal	4–0	Club Lagoons	Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Carlton Chapman Shishir Ghosh Sanjay Majhi			Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

Renown v East Bengal

6 August 1994 Preliminary	Renown	2–1	East Bengal	Colombo, Sri Lanka
	Debanath ?', ?'		Kiron Khongsai ?'	Stadium: Sugathadasa Stadium

TOT v East Bengal

3 September 1994 First Round	TOT	4–1	East Bengal	Bangkok, Thailand
	Ampan ?', ?' Lunpet ?' Aistukaida ?' (pen)		Bhaichung Bhutia	Stadium: TOT Stadium

East Bengal v TOT

16 September 1994 First Round	East Bengal	(w/o) (1–7 agg.)	TOT	Kolkata, India
				Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal qualified for the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1995 Durand Cup. In the first round, East Bengal received a bye and progressed into the second round of the tournament where they were drawn against New Radiant of Maldives.[12] In the first leg, away at Malé, East Bengal suffered a 3–0 defeat which became too big of a margin to overcome in the second leg, even after winning 2–0 at home, as they were eliminated from the tournament with a 2–3 aggregate score in favour of New Radiant. Biswanath Mondal and Bhaichung Bhutia had scored in the home win for East Bengal.[29][12]

  Win   Draw   Loss

New Radiant v East Bengal

8 October 1995 Second Round	New Radiant	3–0	East Bengal	Malé, Maldives
	no Information			Stadium: Rasmee Dhandu Stadium

East Bengal v New Radiant

22 October 1995 Second Round	East Bengal	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	New Radiant	Kolkata, India
	Biswanath Mondal Bhaichung Bhutia			Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal qualified for the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1996 Indian Federation Cup. Churchill Brothers were supposed to get the slot for being the runners-up of the 1996–97 National Football League but since JCT, the champions, did not participate in the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship, Churchill Brothers got the spot and East Bengal qualified for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.[29] In the first round, East Bengal was drawn against Tribhuvan Club of Nepal and in the first leg at home, East Bengal recorded an 8–0 win over the side from Nepal, their second biggest win in continental football.[29] In the away game, East Bengal snatched up a 3–0 victory as they progressed into the second round with an 11–0 aggregate score. In the second round, East Bengal faced the 1996 Emperor's Cup champions Verdy Kawasaki of Japan. In the first leg, away at Naraha, Fukushima, East Bengal suffered a 5–2 defeat against the J League side, however, in the return leg, at Kolkata, East Bengal surprised the Japanese team with a famous 1–0 win courtesy of a solitary strike from Kenyan defender Sammy Omollo.[34] Naushad Moosa also missed a penalty for East Bengal and they were eliminated with a 5–3 aggregate score for Verdy Kawasaki.[13]

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Tribhuvan Club

15 August 1997 First Round	East Bengal	8–0	Tribhuvan Club	Kolkata, India
	Bhaichung Bhutia ?', ?' Somatai Shaiza ?' Naushad Moosa ?' Marcelo Garcia ?' Nazimul Haq ?' Falguni Dutta ?' A Sarvanan ?'			Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Tribhuvan Club v East Bengal

15 September 1997 First Round	Tribhuvan Club	0–3 (0–11 agg.)	East Bengal	Kathmandu, Nepal
			Bhaichung Bhutia ?' Marcelo Garcia ?' Sammy Omollo ?'	Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium

Verdy Kawasaki v East Bengal

15 October 1997 Second Round	Verdy Kawasaki	5–2	East Bengal	Naraha, Fukushima, Japan
	Sugawara ?' Alcindo ?', ?', ?' Y. Miura ?'		Bhaichung Bhutia ?', ?'	Stadium: J-Village Stadium Attendance: 2,136

East Bengal v Verdy Kawasaki

8 November 1997 Second Round	East Bengal	1–0 (3–5 agg.)	Verdy Kawasaki	Kolkata, India
	Naushad Moosa 41' Sammy Omollo 61'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 30,000

East Bengal qualified for the 2004 AFC Cup after winning the 2002–03 National Football League and was placed in Group E alongside Geylang United of Singapore, Negeri Sembilan of Malaysia and Island of Maldives. East Bengal began their campaign on a terrific note as they won all of their first four matches in the group stages and confirmed their place in the quarter-finals. They set a record of winning eight consecutive matches against foreign opposition, the most by any Indian team, bettering their own record of five wins, back in the Coca-Cola Cup.[35] East Bengal also thus became the first Indian team to qualify for AFC Cup knockout stages,[36] where they faced the eventual finalist Al-Jaish of Syria. In the first leg at home, East Bengal held the Syrian champions to a goalless draw,[37] however, the Syrian team won 3–0 at home and East Bengal were eliminated from the tournament.[15]

  Win  Draw  Loss

Geylang United v East Bengal

10 February 2004 Group stage	Geylang United	2–3	East Bengal	Kowloon, Hong Kong
	Mohd Hafiz Rahim 40' Jeykanth Jeyapal 90'	(Report)	Cristiano Junior 45', 76' Bijen Singh 83'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 369 Referee: K Matsumura

East Bengal v Negeri Sembilan

25 February 2004 Group stage	East Bengal	4–2	Negeri Sembilan	Kolkata, India
	Mike Okoro 9' Cristiano Junior 34' (pen), 70' Baichung Bhutia 77'	(Report)	K. Rajan 45' Shahrin Abdul Majid 64'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: C Win

Island v East Bengal

7 April 2004 Group stage	Island	1–2	East Bengal	Malé, Maldives
	Ahmed Sunain 72' (pen)	(Report)	Baichung Bhutia 36' Mike Okoro 90'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: S Mujghef

East Bengal v Island

21 April 2004 Group stage	East Bengal	3–0	Island	Kolkata, India
	Douglas 9' Cristiano Junior 36' Mike Okoro 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A Albadwawi

East Bengal v Geylang United

5 May 2004 Group stage	East Bengal	1–1	Geylang United	Kolkata, India
	Mike Okoro 76'	(Report)	Daniel Hill 33'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: B Williams

Negeri Sembilan v East Bengal

18 May 2004 Group stage	Negeri Sembilan	2–1	East Bengal	Kowloon, Hong Kong
	Suharmin Yusof 23' (49)	(Report)	Cristiano Junior 24'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium Attendance: 208 Referee: S Tongkhan

East Bengal v Al-Jaish

14 September 2004 Quarter-Final	East Bengal	0–0	Al-Jaish	Kolkata, India
				Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Lusullin Naii

Al-Jaish v East Bengal

21 September 2004 Quarter-Final	Al-Jaish	3–0 (3-0 agg.)	East Bengal	Amman, Jordan
	Adel Abdullah 16' Mohamed Al Zeno 50' Feras Esmaeel 87'			Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium

East Bengal qualified for the 2005 AFC Cup after winning the 2003–04 National Football League and was placed in Group B alongside Al-Faisaly of Jordan, Nebitçi Balkanabat of Turkmenistan and Muktijoddha Sangsad of Bangladesh. In the opening game, at home, East Bengal drew goalless with Muktijoddha Sangsad of Bangladesh. East Bengal lost the next three matches to Nebitçi Balkanabat away and Al-Faisaly twice both home and away. They managed to win the last two matches, first a 1–0 win against Muktijoddha Sangsad away in Dhaka and then a 3–2 win at home against Nebitçi Balkanabat, courtesy of a hat-trick scored by Earnest Jeremiah.[27] However, with two wins and one draw, East Bengal finished third in the group with seven points and was eliminated from the tournament.[16]

  Win  Draw  Loss

East Bengal v Muktijoddha Sangsad

9 March 2005 Group stage	East Bengal	0–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad	Kolkata, India
				Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Nebitçi Balkanabat v East Bengal

16 March 2005 Group stage	Nebitçi Balkanabat	3–2	East Bengal	Balkanabat, Turkmenistan
	Vitaliy Alikperov 1' Rowshen Meredov 60' Hojaahmet Arazov 83'		Marcos Secco 52' Baichung Bhutia 90+2'	Stadium: Balkanabat Stadium

Al-Faisaly v East Bengal

6 April 2005 Group stage	Al-Faisaly	5–0	East Bengal	Amman, Jordan
	Mo'ayyad Salim 13', 43', 73' Saman Halasa 50', 69'			Stadium: Amman International Stadium

East Bengal v Al-Faisaly

20 April 2005 Group stage	East Bengal	0–1	Al-Faisaly	Kolkata, India
			Hatem Aqel 31' (pen)	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Muktijoddha Sangsad v East Bengal

11 May 2005 Group stage	Muktijoddha Sangsad	0–1	East Bengal	Dhaka, Bangladesh
			Bijen Singh 75'	Stadium: Bangabandhu Stadium

East Bengal v Nebitçi Balkanabat

25 May 2005 Group stage	East Bengal	3–2	Nebitçi Balkanabat	Kolkata, India
	Earnest Jeremiah 28', 57', 63'		Farhat Bazarov 53' Hojaahmet Arazov 88'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal FC qualified for the 2008 AFC Cup after winning the 2007 Federation Cup in Ludhiana and were placed in Group B alongside Safa SC of Lebanon, Al-Wahdat of Jordan and Al-Ahli San‘a’ of Yemen. The Red and Gold brigade lost the first match to Safa SC away at the Sports City Stadium, Beirut by a solitary goal but won back to back matches, first against Al-Ahli San‘a’ at the Salt Lake Stadium courtesy of a brilliant strike by Edmilson Marques Pardal and then against Al-Wahdat away at the Prince Mohammad Stadium, Zarqa by 2-0 with strikes from Alvito D'Cunha and Ikechukwu Gift Ibe, thus becoming the first Indian club to win at away against a West Asian team. East Bengal FC however, could not win any more matches in the group stage as they finished third with 2 wins and a draw and were eliminated on goal difference.

East Bengal FC qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup after winning the 2009–10 Federation Cup in Guwahati.[38] They were placed in Group D alongside Al-Ittihad of Syria, Al-Nejmeh of Lebanon and Al-Qadsia of Kuwait. East Bengal FC however, could not win any of the matches in the group stage as they finished last without any points and were eliminated.

East Bengal qualified for the 2011 AFC Cup after winning the 2010 Federation Cup.[19] They were placed in Group H alongside Chonburi of Thailand, Persipura Jayapura of Indonesia and South China of Hong Kong. In the opening match of the group, East Bengal faced Chonburi at home and in a thriller contest managed to secure a 4–4 draw after Tolgay Ozbey scored twice early to put East Bengal ahead only to concede four goals in succession and finally made a comeback with goals from Baljit Sahni and Ravinder Singh to equalise the match and share points. East Bengal lost the second match 4–1 to Persipura Jayapura away at Jakarta. Tolgay scored the only goal for the team. East Bengal lost again in the third match 1–0 against South China away at Hong Kong. In the fourth match, East Bengal managed a 3–3 draw against South China at the Barabati Stadium, courtesy of a last-minute equaliser from Tolgay to share points from the game. East Bengal lost 4–0 against Chonburi in the penultimate game of the group stage away at Chonburi. In the last match of the group stage, East Bengal drew 1–1 against Persipura Jayapura at home to end their campaign with three home draws and three away defeats as they finished at the bottom of the group with three points.[19]

East Bengal qualified for the 2012 AFC Cup after finishing runner-up of the 2010–11 I-League, as Salgaocar had won both the I-League and Federation Cup.[20] This was their sixth and third successive qualification into the AFC Cup. East Bengal was placed in Group B alongside Al-Oruba of Yemen, Kazma of Kuwait and Arbil of Iraq. East Bengal suffered a disastrous campaign as they lost all six of their group stage matches against the strong West–Asian opponents and was thus eliminated from the tournament after finishing bottom of the group without any points.[39][20]

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Al-Oruba

6 March 2012 Group stage	East Bengal	0–1	Al-Oruba	Kolkata, India
15:00 UTC+05:30		Report	Alao 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Kazma v East Bengal

20 March 2012 Group stage	Kazma	3–0	East Bengal	Kuwait City, Kuwait
18:30 UTC+03:00	Nasser 38' Al Wuhaib 44' Jammeh 58'	Report		Stadium: Al-Sadaqua Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

East Bengal v Arbil

4 April 2012 Group stage	East Bengal	0–2	Arbil	Kolkata, India
15:15 UTC+05:30		Report	Radhi 76' Al Hussain 90+4'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Leow Thiam Hoe (Singapore)

Arbil v East Bengal

10 April 2012 Group stage	Arbil	2–0	East Bengal	Erbil, Iraq
18:00 UTC+03:00	Al Hussain 45+1' (pen.), 47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

Al-Oruba v East Bengal

25 April 2012 Group stage	Al-Oruba	4–1	East Bengal	Zarqa, Jordan
16:00 UTC+03:00	Duke 6', 34' Sharyan 59' Al-Gabr 71'	Report	Edmilson 78'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)

East Bengal v Kazma

9 May 2012 Group stage	East Bengal	1–2	Kazma	Kolkata, India
15:30 UTC+05:30	Edmilson 18'	Report	Al Ajmi 8' Al Azmi 90+1'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (Korea Republic)

East Bengal qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup after winning the 2012 Federation Cup. This was their seventh appearance in the AFC Cup and fourth in succession since 2009–10. East Bengal was grouped with Selangor of Malaysia, Tampines Rovers of Singapore and Sai Gon Xuan Thanh of Vietnam in Group H. In the opening game, East Bengal defeated Selangor 1–0 at home courtesy of a solitary strike from Lalrindika Ralte in the first half.[40] East Bengal played Sai Gon Xuan Thanh in the next match away in Ho Chi Minh City and drew 0–0.[41] In the third match, East Bengal defeated Tampines Rovers 4–2 away from home with Australian forward Andrew Barisić scoring twice while Chidi Edeh scored one and the other came as an own-goal.[42] East Bengal won against Rovers again in the next match at home by 2–1 with goals from Chidi Edeh and Lalrindika Ralte.[43] East Bengal drew 2–2 against Selangor in the fifth match away in Shah Alam. Penn Orji and Lalrindika Ralte scored for the team.[44] In the last match of the group stage, East Bengal defeated Sai Gon Xuan Thanh 4–1 with Penn Orji netting a brace, Chidi and Barisić netting one each.[45] East Bengal topped the group with four wins and two draws without any defeats and confirmed a pre-quarterfinal fixture at home against Yangon United.[46] On 15 May, East Bengal defeated Yangon United 5–1 at the Salt Lake Stadium with Chidi Edeh scoring a hattrick for the team while Penn Orji and Mehtab Hossain scored one each as East Bengal reached the quarter-finals.[47] East Bengal coach Trevor Morgan resigned and Brazilian coach Marcos Falopa took charge. East Bengal was drawn against Semen Padang of Indonesia in the quarter-finals. In the first leg at home, on 17 September, East Bengal won 1–0 courtesy of a second-half goal from Japanese forward Ryuji Sueoka.[48] In the return leg, on 24 September, East Bengal made history as they drew 1–1 against Semen Padang with James Moga equalising for the team in the second half and secured a place in the AFC Cup semi-final, the second Indian team to do so.[49][50] East Bengal managed to remain undefeated in the tournament until the semi-finals, where they were drawn against the defending champions Al-Kuwait. On 1 October, East Bengal played the first leg in Kuwait City and lost 4–2. Uga Okpara and Lalrindika Ralte scored for the team.[51] On 22 October, East Bengal faced Kuwait for the return leg at the Salt Lake Stadium in front of a record 50,000 crowd.[52] However, East Bengal was defeated 3–0 by the eventual champions and thus ended their journey in the tournament.[53]

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Selangor

27 February 2013 Group stage	East Bengal	1–0	Selangor	Kolkata, India
15:00 UTC+5:30	Ralte 43'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Sai Gon Xuan Thanh v East Bengal

13 March 2013 Group stage	Sai Gon Xuan Thanh	0–0	East Bengal	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:30 UTC+7		Report		Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic)

Tampines Rovers v East Bengal

3 April 2013 Group stage	Tampines Rovers	2–4	East Bengal	Jalan Besar, Singapore
19:45 UTC+8	Hadžibulić 28' Amri 65'	Report	Hadee 19' (o.g.) Barisić 62', 87' Edeh 64'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Attendance: 1,082 Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

East Bengal v Tampines Rovers

9 April 2013 Group stage	East Bengal	2–1	Tampines Rovers	Kolkata, India
15:15 UTC+5:30	Edeh 22' Ralte 86'	Report	Esah 68'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Selangor v East Bengal

23 April 2013 Group stage	Selangor	2–2	East Bengal	Shah Alam, Malaysia
20:45 UTC+8	Shukur 79' Adib 90+3'	Report	Orji 23' Ralte 54'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

East Bengal v Sai Gon Xuan Thanh

30 April 2013 Group stage	East Bengal	4–1	Sai Gon Xuan Thanh	Kolkata, India
16:30 UTC+5:30	Edeh 8' (pen.) Barisić 45' Orji 53', 59'	Report	Amougou 61'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

East Bengal v Yangon United

15 May 2013 Round of 16	East Bengal	5–1	Yangon United	Kolkata, India
18:00 UTC+5:30	Orji 2' Edeh 25', 72', 77' Hossain 48'	Report	César 79'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

East Bengal v Semen Padang

17 September 2013 Quarter-Final	East Bengal	1–0	Semen Padang	Kolkata, India
16:30 UTC+5:30	Sueoka 70'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Semen Padang v East Bengal

24 September 2013 Quarter-Final	Semen Padang	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	East Bengal	Padang, Indonesia
15:00 UTC+7	Wilson 23'	Report	Moga 78'	Stadium: Haji Agus Salim Stadium Attendance: 11,350 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)