2013–14 East Bengal FC season

East Bengal
2013-14 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachBrazil Marcos Falopa
(until 14 November 2013)
India Armando Colaco
(from 14 November 2013)
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Kalyani Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-LeagueRunner-up
Calcutta Football LeagueChampions
Federation CupGroup Stage
AFC CupSemi-finals
IFA ShieldFourth
Top goalscorerLeague: Chidi Edeh (9)
All: Chidi Edeh (20)

The 2013–14 season was East Bengal's 94th season since its formation in 1920.

Key events

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  • 12 June 2013: Brazilian Marcos Falopa succeeds Trevor Morgan as the head coach.[1]
  • 6 July 2013: The club signed James Moga from Pune FC who became their second foreigner.[2]
  • 15 July 2013: The club revealed Ryuji Sueoka as their fourth foreigner.[3]
  • 17 September 2013: They continue their winning streak in the AFC Cup by beating Semen Padang.[4] AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das congratulated the club on the behalf of entire AIFF.[5]
  • 24 September 2013: East Bengal drew with Semen and secured the semi-final stages, becoming the second Indian club to do so. They will meet Al-Kuwait.[6]
  • 14 November 2013: East Bengal appoint Armando Colaco as their new head coach.[7]

Transfers

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First-team squad

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As of 2 September 2013[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Abhijit Mondal
2 DF India IND Raju Gaikwad
3 DF India IND Arnab Mondal
4 DF Nigeria NGA Uga Okpara (vice-captain)
5 DF India IND Abhishek Das
6 FW India IND Baljit Sahni
7 MF India IND Harmanjot Khabra
8 DF India IND Naoba Singh (3rd captain)
9 MF India IND Alvito D'Cunha
10 FW Nigeria NGA Chidi Edeh
11 MF Japan JPN Ryuji Sueoka
12 MF India IND Reisangmei Vashum
14 MF India IND Mehtab Hossain (captain)
15 FW South Sudan SSD James Moga
16 DF India IND Gurwinder Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW India IND Joaquim Abranches
19 DF India IND Robert Lalthalma
20 MF India IND Lalrindika Ralte
21 FW India IND Seminlen Doungel
23 DF India IND Safar Sardar
24 FW India IND Cavin Lobo
26 GK India IND Abhra Mondal
27 GK India IND Jayanta Pal
28 MF India IND Shylo Tulunga
29 DF India IND Saumik Dey
30 GK India IND Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
33 MF India IND Dipankar Roy
34 MF India IND Subodh Kumar
35 FW India IND Nilendra Dewan

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 12 September 2013 11 January 2014 Champions
I-League 9 October 2013 28 April 2014 Runners-up
Federation Cup 15 January 2014 21 January 2014 Group Stage
IFA Shield 29 January 2014 13 February 2014 Fourth
AFC Cup[A] 17 September 2013 22 October 2013 Semi-finals
  1. ^ The continuation of the 2013 AFC Cup from the Quarter-final stage happened in the 2013-14 season.

Overview

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Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 11 9 1 1 28 5 +23 081.82
I-League 24 12 7 5 39 23 +16 050.00
Federation Cup 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 033.33
IFA Shield 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 040.00
AFC Cup 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 025.00
Total 47 25 12 10 81 44 +37 053.19

Last updated: 31 May 2014
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League

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Table

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2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

12 September 2013 1 East Bengal 4–0 Police A.C. Kolkata
16:00 IST Chidi Edeh 10'
Joaquim Abranches 27', 49'
Lalrindika Ralte 33'
report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Prabeer Dhar
13 November 2013 2 East Bengal 2–1 Peerless Kolkata
14:00 IST Harmanjot Khabra 35'
James Moga 47'
report Christopher Chizoba 63' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Ajit Dutta
16 November 2013 3 East Bengal 2–1 Aryan Kolkata
17:00 IST Cavin Lobo 25'
Chidi Edeh 41'
report Stanley 78' (pen) Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
19 November 2013 4 East Bengal 4–1 George Telegraph Kolkata
17:00 IST Cavin Lobo 22'
Chidi Edeh 42', 62', 72'
report Bibekananda 90+2' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Bapi Dey
19 December 2013 5 East Bengal 5–0 Bhawanipore Kolkata
14:00 IST James Moga 25', 44', 47'
Reisangmei Vashum 45+1'
Ryuji Sueoka 75'
report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Ranjit Bakshi
29 December 2013 6 East Bengal 3–0 Army XI Kolkata
17:00 IST Ryuji Sueoka 31'
Seiminlen Doungel 37'
Reisangmei Vashum 81'
report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Subrata Burman
31 December 2013 7 East Bengal 4–1 Railway FC Kolkata
14:00 IST Lalrindika Ralte 27' (pen)
Harmanjot Khabra 45+1'
Seiminlen Doungel 62', 65'
report Raju Gaikwad 85' (o.g.) Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Kanika Burman
2 January 2014 8 East Bengal 0–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
16:30 IST report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Prabir Dhar
5 January 2014 9 East Bengal 2–0 United Kolkata
16:30 IST James Moga 12'
Chidi Edeh 81'
Harmanjot Khabra Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 90+2'
report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Biplab Poddar
8 January 2014 10 East Bengal 2–0 Kalighat MS Kolkata
14:00 IST James Moga 23'
Chidi Edeh 76'
report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Ujjal Haldar
11 January 2014 11 East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
16:30 IST report Katsumi Yusa 83' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee



I-League

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bengaluru (C) 24 14 5 5 42 28 +14 47 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 East Bengal 24 12 7 5 39 23 +16 43 Qualification for 2015 AFC Cup group stage
3 Salgaocar 24 11 6 7 36 25 +11 39
4 Dempo 24 9 8 7 31 25 +6 35
5 Sporting Goa 24 9 7 8 34 34 0 34
Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) taking lots[16]
(C) Champions

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

9 October 2013 1 Shillong Lajong 0–4 East Bengal Shillong
15:30 IST Report James 20' 63'
Chidi 45'
Subodh Yellow card 50'
Cavin 55'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Raktim Shah
17 October 2013 2 East Bengal 1–3 Dempo Kalyani
14:30 IST Uga Yellow card 10' Yellow-red card 75'
Baljit 85'
Report Clifford 3'
Beto 54' pen' (77)
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
26 October 2013 3 East Bengal 2–0 Bengaluru FC Kolkata
14:30 IST Mehtab Yellow card 21'
Robin 49' (og)
Robert Yellow card 82'
James 90+4' Yellow card 90+4'
Report John Yellow card 22'
Johnny Yellow card 82'
Siam Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rahul Dsa
1 November 2013 4 East Bengal 2–3 Salgaocar Kolkata
14:30 IST Moga 64'
Gurwinder Yellow card 66'
Len 77'
Report Karma 8'
Francis 10'
Clifton 60'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
5 November 2013 5 Sporting Clube de Goa 1–1 East Bengal Mapusa
15:45 IST Dawson 41' (pen)
Ravi Yellow card 45'
Report Harmanjot Yellow card 43'
Dika Yellow card 45+1'
Arnab Yellow card 59'
Cavin Yellow card 61'
Mehtab Yellow card 70' 90+4'
Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: Ratheesh Kumar
24 November 2013 6 Mohun Bagan 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata
17:00 IST Report Ryuji Yellow card 44'
Dika 73'Yellow card 74'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
28 November 2013 7 East Bengal 1–1 United SC Kolkata
17:30 IST Chidi Yellow card 27' 32' Report Anupam Yellow card 6'
Dhanachandra 59'
Hasan Yellow card 83'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Khamba Singh
2 December 2013 8 Mumbai FC 3–2 East Bengal Mumbai
18:00 IST Yakubu 2'
Ahmad 37'Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card 80'
Pradeep 65'
Report Cavin Yellow card 1' 32'
Ryuji 87'
Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: CR Srikrishna
7 December 2013 9 Rangdajied United 1–2 East Bengal Shillong
17:00 IST Lamine Yellow card 15'
Kim 45+1'
Yohei Yellow card 90+1'
Report Gurwinder 41'
Harmanjot Yellow card 76'
Shylo 84'
Saumik Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
11 December 2013 10 Salgaocar 0–0 East Bengal Mapusa
15:30 IST Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: Vishnu Chauhan
15 December 2013 11 Bengaluru FC 0–2 East Bengal Bangaluru
15:00 IST Darren Yellow card 76' Report James 17'
Raju Yellow card 42'
Cavin Yellow card 59'
Chidi 81'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Referee: Anthony Simoees
18 February 2014 12 East Bengal 0–0 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
15:00 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
23 February 2014 13 Dempo 1–0 East Bengal Vasco da Gama
15:00 IST Ozbey 70' Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: Vishnu Chauhan
1 March 2014 14 East Bengal 1–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
17:00 IST James 39' Report Sabeeth 67' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
11 March 2014 15 East Bengal 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
17:00 IST James 18'
Chidi 84'
Report Hasegawa 34' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
14 March 2014 16 East Bengal 0–0 Shillong Lajong Kolkata
17:00 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rahul Dsa
23 March 2014 17 East Bengal 3–1 Rangdajied United Kolkata
15:00 IST Chidi 16' (pen)
Vashum 45+1'
Lenn 55'
Report Ranti Martins 30' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Armughan Rowan
26 March 2014 18 East Bengal 2–2 Mumbai Kolkata
15:00 IST Ryuji 66', 68' Report Yakubu 61'
Mehta 87'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Anthony Simoees
30 March 2014 19 East Bengal 2–1 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
17:00 IST Sahni 45+2'
Dika 65'
Report D'Mello 90' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora
5 April 2014 20 Mohammedan Sporting 1–3 East Bengal Kolkata
17:00 IST Joshimar 41' Report Ryuji 11'
Abranches 40'
Chidi 62'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
12 April 2014 21 East Bengal 3–1 Pune Kolkata
17:00 IST Chidi 18'
Dika 43', 70'
Report Pavlović 58' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Khamba Singh
16 April 2014 22 Churchill Brothers 1–0 East Bengal Margao
17:00 IST Raju 23' Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
19 April 2014 23 Pune 1–2 East Bengal Pune
19:00 IST D'Souza 39' Report Chidi 72'
Lenn 75'
Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Referee: Armughan Rowan
28 April 2014 24 United 0–3 East Bengal Kolkata
17:30 IST Report Das 64'
Chidi 84'
Lenn 90'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Umesh Bora



Federation Cup

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Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting Goa 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
East Bengal 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
Bengaluru FC 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
Rangdajied United 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures & results

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18 January 2014 Group Stage Sporting Goa 2–1 East Bengal Manjeri
Fernandes 18'
D'Mello 85'
Report Sueoka 58' Stadium: MDS Complex
21 January 2014 Group Stage East Bengal 2–0 Bengaluru FC Manjeri
Edeh 62', 75' Report Stadium: MDS Complex



IFA Shield

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Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
India East Bengal 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
India United 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
South Korea Sun Moon University 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Singapore Geylang International 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: RSSSF

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

29 January 2014 Group stage East Bengal 1–1 Busan Kyotong Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30 James Moga 78' Report Gim Dae Han 6' Stadium: Barasat Stadium



AFC Cup

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Knock-out Stage

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 4
Oman Fanja 0
Kuwait Al-Qadsia (a) 0 2 2
Syria Al-Shorta 0 2 2
Iraq Erbil 3
Syria Al-Shorta (a.e.t.) 4
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 2 1 3
Jordan Al-Faisaly 1 0 1
Malaysia Kelantan 0
Hong Kong Kitchee 2
Hong Kong Kitchee 1 1 2
Jordan Al-Faisaly 2 2 4
Jordan Al-Faisaly 3
Bahrain Al-Riffa 1
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 0
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 2
Maldives New Radiant (a.e.t.) 2
Malaysia Selangor 0
Maldives New Radiant 2 0 2
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 7 5 12
Kuwait Al-Kuwait (p) 1 (4)
Iraq Dohuk 1 (1)
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 4 3 7
India East Bengal 2 0 2
India East Bengal 5
Myanmar Yangon United 1
India East Bengal 1 1 2
Indonesia Semen Padang 0 1 1
Indonesia Semen Padang 2
Vietnam SHB Đà Nẵng 1

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

17 September 2013 QF 1st leg East Bengal 1–0 Semen Padang Kolkata
16:30 IST Sueoka 71' report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Iida Jumpe (Japan)
24 September 2013 QF 2nd leg Semen Padang 1–1 East Bengal Padang
1:30 IST Junior 23' report James Moga 78' Stadium: Haji Agus Salim Stadium
Attendance: 11,350
Referee: Mohammed A Alawaji (Saudi Arabia)
1 October 2013 SF 1st leg Al-Kuwait 4–2 East Bengal Kuwait City
19:30 UTC+3 Jemâa 17', 33'
Ali 32'
Hammami 48'
Report Okpara 65'
Ralte 87'
Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)
22 October 2013 SF 2nd leg East Bengal 0–3 Al-Kuwait Kolkata
16:00 UTC+5:30 Report Rogerinho 43'
Khamis 44'
Das 87' (o.g.)
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

Statistics

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Appearances

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Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2013–14 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
1 GK India Abhijit Mondal 2 2 12 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 15
30 GK India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 9 9 8 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 26 26
26 GK India Abhra Mondal 2 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 6
Defenders
3 DF India Arnab Mondal 5 5 20 18 2 2 3 3 4 4 34 32
2 DF India Raju Gaikwad 4 4 17 14 3 3 5 5 0 0 29 26
8 DF India Naoba Singh 9 9 15 11 1 1 1 1 3 3 29 25
19 DF India Robert Lalthlamuana 6 6 14 14 1 1 4 4 3 2 28 27
16 DF India Gurwinder Singh 8 8 13 8 0 0 1 1 1 0 23 17
5 DF India Abhishek Das 1 1 10 9 5 4 1 1 17 15
29 DF India Soumik Dey 8 7 10 10 2 2 2 2 4 4 26 25
4 DF Nigeria Uga Okpara 2 2 9 9 3 3 4 4 18 18
23 DF India Safar Sardar 1 0 1 0
Midfielders
24 MF India Cavin Lobo 10 9 23 20 2 2 3 1 3 2 41 34
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 6 6 22 20 3 3 4 3 4 3 39 35
7 MF India Harmanjot Khabra 9 9 21 19 2 2 2 0 1 1 35 31
11 MF Japan Ryuji Sueoka 10 9 18 17 3 3 4 4 2 1 37 34
28 MF India Shylo Malsawmtluanga 9 3 17 12 1 1 4 4 1 0 32 20
17 MF India Joaquim Abranches 4 4 15 9 1 1 2 2 4 3 26 19
14 MF India Mehtab Hossain 1 1 8 8 2 1 4 4 15 14
18 MF India Subodh Kumar 6 5 7 4 0 0 5 4 18 13
12 MF India Reisangmei Vashum 6 6 3 3 0 0 1 1 10 10
9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 8 2
33 MF India Dipankar Roy 2 0 2 0
Forwards
10 FW Nigeria Chidi Edeh 8 4 22 22 3 3 5 5 4 4 42 38
21 FW India Semilen Doungel 8 2 17 2 0 0 4 1 29 5
15 FW South Sudan James Moga 9 7 14 11 3 3 4 4 4 3 34 28
6 FW India Baljit Singh Sahni 5 2 9 0 3 0 17 2

Goal scorers

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Goals for East Bengal in 2013–14 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup IFA Shield AFC Cup Total
1 10 FW Nigeria Chidi Edeh 7 9 2 2 0 20
2 15 FW South Sudan James Moga 6 7 1 2 1 17
3 11 MF Japan Ryuji Sueoka 2 4 1 0 1 8
20 MF India Lalrindika Ralte 2 4 0 1 1 8
21 FW India Semilen Doungel 3 4 0 1 8
6 24 MF India Cavin Lobo 2 2 0 0 0 4
7 12 MF India Reisangmei Vashum 2 1 0 0 3
17 MF India Joaquim Abranches 2 1 0 0 0 3
9 6 FW India Baljit Singh Sahni 0 2 0 0 0 2
7 MF India Harmanjot Khabra 2 0 0 0 0 2
11 4 DF Nigeria Uga Okpara 0 0 0 1 1
5 DF India Abhishek Das 0 1 0 0 1
16 DF India Gurwinder Singh 0 1 0 0 1
28 MF India Shylo Malsawmtluanga 0 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 0 2 0 0 0 2
Total 28 39 4 6 4 81

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