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2016–17 season of East Bengal F.C. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2016–17 season was the East Bengal FC's 97th season in existence. The club had already won the Calcutta Football League and became the runners of 2016 Bordoloi Trophy.
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2016–17 season | |||
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President | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||
Head-Coach | ![]() (until 17 April 2017) ![]() (until 19 April 2017[1]) ![]() (from 20 April 2017) | ||
Stadium | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground | ||
I-League | 3rd | ||
Calcutta Premier Division | Champions | ||
Federation Cup | Semi-finals | ||
Bordoloi Trophy | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Willis Plaza (9) All: Willis Plaza Wedson Anselme (9 each) | ||
Highest home attendance | 29067 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 6000 | ||
Average home league attendance | 11928 | ||
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The club signed Calum Angus, an English defender to strengthen the defence for the Calcutta League. The Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set a hepta record. With the help of recent performances, the club clinched the 74th spot in the Asian Football Confederation club ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs.
The club started their Calcutta Football League campaign by beating Bhawanipore by 2–1. Then they went on winning all the matches in the league.
Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal went on to win all the matches in the league to win the Calcutta Football League for a record consecutive 7 times, bettering their own record of 1970–75. Mohun Bagan decided not to play the Kolkata Derby and East Bengal got a walk over which ensured the hepta league win.
East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.
The club went to play the 2016 Bordoloi Trophy. 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 Oluwaunmi Somide Adeleja on loan for the tournament. East Bengal started off well by defeating Bangladesh club Bongobi Agragami by 6–0. The club kept its winning streak by defeating United Sikkim F.C. by a comfortable margin of 2–0 and then ASEB SC by 3–0. Then the club went into the semis where they defeated Shillong Lajong F.C. by 1–0 to enter into the final. East Bengal FC played the final against Three Star Club (Nepal) where they lost 1–2 in extra time. 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 was appreciated wholeheartedly by the supporters of the club.
The club roped in Haitian Wedson Anselme from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Bangladesh and Willis Plaza from Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen the forward line along with Robin Singh, Jackichand Singh, Thongkhosiem Haokip, Rowllin Borges and Romeo Fernandes to strengthen the squad. East Bengal also brought Ivan Bukenya from Uganda to fortify their defence.
The team played against Aizawl F.C. in the 2016-17 I-League opener, but drew the match on the dying minutes thanks to a late equalizer from Ivan Bukenya. Then they went to Pune to play DSK Shivajians where the forward line sparkled and East Bengal won 2–1. Then they defeated Churchill Brothers S.C. by 2–0. Then on 22 January 2017, East Bengal faced the defending champions Bengaluru FC. The defending champions went ahead early by a goal from C.K. Vineeth but East Bengal rallied from behind to win it 2–1 with the goals scored by Ivan Bukenya and Robin Singh. East Bengal continued their winning streak and won 6 games on the trot to lead the league table. They face their arch Rivals Mohun Bagan on 12 February at Siliguri.
The month of February didn't start too well for the Red and Gold brigade. Draws against arch rival Mohun Bagan and Shillong Lajong F.C. and then a 1–0 loss away to Aizawl F.C. halted the victory march. The team looked out of shape and confidence when they faced Bengaluru FC away on 25 February at Sree Kanteerava Stadium. However, East Bengal turned all predictions aside and won the match 3–1 thanks to a brace from Robin Singh and a wonder strike from Wedson Anselme. With 7 matches to go, East Bengal currently sits at the top of the table for now.
By the time March came, East Bengal started bottling, like they always do.[2] East Bengal were leading at the beginning of the March, but ended the season in the third position.
No. | Pos. | Name | Signed from | Month | Ref. |
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10 | FW | ![]() |
Free Agent | December | |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Free Agent | January | |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Free Agent | December | |
11 | FW | ![]() |
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December | |
24 | FW | ![]() |
Free Agent | January | |
15 | FW | ![]() |
Free Agent | January |
Pos. | Name | Sold to | Month | Ref. |
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DF | ![]() |
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N/A | |
MF | ![]() |
N/A |
Supplier: Shiv Naresh / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium, Peerless
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Position | Name [4] |
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Head coach | ![]() |
1st Assistant Coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeper coach | ![]() |
Club Doctor | ![]() |
Team Media Officer | ![]() |
Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
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Calcutta Football League | 4 August 2016 | 18 September 2016 | Champions |
Bordoloi Trophy | 22 September 2016 | 30 September 2016 | Runners-up |
I-League | 7 January 2017 | 29 April 2017 | 3rd |
Federation Cup | 7 May 2017 | 14 May 2017 | Semi-finals |
Competition | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Calcutta Football League | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 100.00 |
Bordoloi Trophy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 80.00 |
I-League | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 55.56 |
Federation Cup | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 25.00 |
Total | 37 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 67.57 |
Last updated: 1 May 2017
Source: Competitions
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | East Bengal[lower-alpha 2] (C) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 30 | Champion |
2 | Mohammedan | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 20 | |
3 | Mohun Bagan[lower-alpha 2] | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 19 | |
4 | Southern Samity | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 15 | |
5 | Peerless SC | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 14 |
Win Draw Loss
4 August 2016 1 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Bhawanipore | Kalyani |
14:00 IST | Jiten Murmu ![]() Lalrindika Ralte ![]() |
Report | Orok Essien ![]() |
Stadium: Kalyani Stadium |
7 August 2016 2 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Peerless | Kalyani |
14:00 IST | Rahul Bheke ![]() Arnab Mondal ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Kalyani Stadium |
12 August 2016 3 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Army XI | Kolkata |
17:00 IST | Rafique ![]() Jiten Murmu ![]() |
Report | Alwyn ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
16 August 2016 4 | East Bengal | 4–3 | United | Kolkata |
17:00 IST | Lalrindika Ralte ![]() Do Dong-Hyun ![]() Arnab Mondal ![]() |
Report | Monotosh Chakladar ![]() Bello Razaq ![]() V.P. Suhair ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
21 August 2016 5 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Tollygunge Agragami | Kolkata |
17:00 IST | Calum Angus ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
27 August 2016 6 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Southern Samity | Kolkata |
17:00 IST | Jiten Murmu ![]() Do Dong-Hyun ![]() |
Report | Basanta Singh ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
1 September 2016 7 | East Bengal | 1–0 | George Telegraph | Kolkata |
17:00 IST | Do Dong-Hyun ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
7 September 2016 8 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Mohun Bagan | Kalyani |
14:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Kalyani Stadium | ||
Note: Walkover given by Mohun Bagan. |
15 September 2016 9 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kalyani |
14:00 IST | Do Dong-Hyun ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Kalyani Stadium |
18 September 2016 10 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Aryan | Kolkata |
14:00 IST | Adelaja ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | Knock-out Stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||
![]() | 0 |
Win Draw Loss
22 September 2016 Group Stage | East Bengal | 6–0 | Bongobi Agragami | Guwahati |
19:00 IST | Adelaja ![]() Do-dong ![]() Jiten Murmu ![]() Prohlad ![]() Nikhil Poojari ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
24 September 2016 Group Stage | East Bengal | 2–0 | United Sikkim | Guwahati |
19:00 IST | Jiten Murmu ![]() Adelaja ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
26 September 2016 Group Stage | East Bengal | 3–0 | Assam State Electricity Board | Guwahati |
19:00 IST | Do-dong ![]() Prohlad ![]() Yami Longvah ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
28 September 2016 Semi-final | East Bengal | 1–0 | Shillong Lajong | Guwahati |
19:00 IST | Adelaja ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
30 September 2016 Final | Three Star Club | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | East Bengal | Guwahati |
19:00 IST | Devendra ![]() Bimal ![]() |
Report | Adelaja ![]() |
Stadium: Nehru Stadium |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Aizawl (C) | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 37 | Qualification to Champions League qualifier |
2 | Mohun Bagan | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 36 | |
3 | East Bengal | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 33 | |
4 | Bengaluru | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 30 | Qualification to AFC Cup qualifying play-off[lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Shillong Lajong | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 26 |
Win Draw Loss
7 January 2017 1 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Aizawl | Kolkata |
16:30 IST | Rahul Bheke ![]() Ivan Bukenya ![]() |
Report | Gurwinder Singh(o.g.) ![]() Lalruatthara ![]() Kamo Stephane Bayi ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Om Prakash Thakur |
14 January 2017 2 | DSK Shivajians | 1–2 | East Bengal | Pune |
19:00 IST | Soram Anganba ![]() Nirmal Chhetri ![]() Gouramangi Singh ![]() |
Report | Wedson Anselme ![]() Lalrindika Ralte ![]() Robin Gurung ![]() Willis Plaza ![]() Mehtab Hossain ![]() |
Stadium: Balewadi Stadium Referee: R. Venkatesh |
18 January 2017 3 | Churchill Brothers | 0–2 | East Bengal | Vasco da Gama |
16:30 IST | Report | Thongkhosiem Haokip ![]() Mehtab Hossain ![]() Narayan Das ![]() Ivan Bukenya ![]() Nikhil Poojari ![]() |
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: C.R. Srikrishna |
22 January 2017 4 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Bengaluru | Kolkata |
14:35 IST | Ivan Bukenya ![]() Mehtab Hossain ![]() Lalrindika Ralte ![]() Robin Singh ![]() |
Report | C.K. Vineeth ![]() Sunil Chhetri ![]() Sena Ralte ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Ajit Meitei |
29 January 2017 5 | Minerva Punjab | 0–5 | East Bengal | Ludhiana |
14:35 IST | Report | Wedson Anselme ![]() Willis Plaza ![]() Robin Singh ![]() |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora |
1 February 2017 6 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Mumbai | Kolkata |
19:05 IST | Willis Plaza ![]() Mehtab Hossain ![]() |
Report | Pratik Chaudhari ![]() Steven Dias ![]() Shilton D'Silva ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Rowan |
5 February 2017 7 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Chennai City | Kolkata |
19:05 IST | Robin Singh ![]() Wedson Anselme ![]() Willis Plaza ![]() Lalrindika Ralte ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta |
12 February 2017 8 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Mohun Bagan | Siliguri |
14:35 IST | Lalrindika Ralte ![]() Mehtab Hossain ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium Attendance: 29067 Referee: C.R. Srikrishna |
15 February 2017 9 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Shillong Lajong | Siliguri |
14:35 IST | Gurwinder Singh ![]() Willis Plaza ![]() Narayan Das ![]() |
Report | Lalmuanpiua ![]() Chinglensana Singh ![]() Nim Dorjee Tamang ![]() |
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium Referee: Santosh Kumar |
20 February 2017 10 | Aizawl | 1–0 | East Bengal | Aizawl |
14:05 IST | Lalramchullova ![]() Laldanmawia Ralte ![]() |
Report | Ivan Bukenya ![]() Lalrindika Ralte ![]() Arnab Mondal ![]() |
Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora |
25 February 2017 11 | Bengaluru | 1–3 | East Bengal | Bengaluru |
19:05 IST | Harmanjot Khabra ![]() Sunil Chhetri ![]() C.K. Vineeth ![]() ![]() |
Report | Wedson Anselme ![]() Robin Singh ![]() |
Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Referee: R. Venkatesh |
4 March 2017 12 | Shillong Lajong | 1–2 | East Bengal | Shillong |
14:35 IST | Samuel Lalmuanpuia ![]() Aser Pierrick Dipanda ![]() Chinglensana Singh ![]() |
Report | Chris Payne ![]() Gurwinder Singh ![]() Robert Lalthlamuana ![]() |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Om Prakash Thakur |
7 March 2017 13 | East Bengal | 1–2 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata |
14:35 IST | Ivan Bukenya ![]() Chris Payne ![]() Robin Singh ![]() |
Report | Anthony Wolfe ![]() Ansumana Kromah ![]() Rowilson Rodrigues ![]() Bektur Talgat Uulu ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Santosh Kumar |
12 March 2017 14 | Chennai City | 2–1 | East Bengal | Chennai |
19:05 IST | Nanda Kumar ![]() Denson Devadas ![]() K Prasanth ![]() |
Report | Willis Plaza ![]() |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
9 April 2017 15 | Mohun Bagan | 2-1 | East Bengal | Siliguri |
19:05 IST | Raju Gaikwad ![]() Sony Norde ![]() Azharuddin Mallick ![]() ![]() |
Report | Willis Plaza ![]() Gurwinder Singh ![]() Chris Payne ![]() Rowllin Borges ![]() |
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium Referee: A. Rowan |
16 April 2017 16 | East Bengal | 0-1 | DSK Shivajians | Kolkata |
14:35 IST | Robin Singh ![]() |
Report | Jerry ![]() ![]() Jerry Lalrinzuala ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Palmson M. Raj |
23 April 2017 17 | East Bengal | 3-1 | Minerva Punjab | Kolkata |
14:30 IST | Narayan Das ![]() Wedson Anselme ![]() Robin Singh ![]() Bikash Jairu ![]() |
Report | Arshdeep Singh ![]() Krishna Pandit ![]() |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Ajit Mettei |
29 April 2017 18 | Mumbai | 0-4 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
19:05 IST | Densill Theobald ![]() |
Report | Bikash Jairu ![]() Willis Plaza ![]() Wedson Anselme ![]() |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: C.R. Srikrishna |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Aizawl | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | East Bengal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Chennai City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Churchill Brothers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||
Aizawl | 0 | ||||||||
Bengaluru FC | 1 | ||||||||
Bengaluru FC | 2 | ||||||||
Mohun Bagan | 0 | ||||||||
Mohun Bagan | 2 | ||||||||
East Bengal | 0 |
Win Draw Loss
7 May 2017 Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–1 | Churchill Brothers | Cuttack |
16:00 IST | Ivan Bukenya ![]() Gurwinder Singh ![]() Wedson Anselme ![]() |
Report | Ansumana Kromah ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Barabati Stadium |
9 May 2017 Group Stage | Chennai City | 0–2 | East Bengal | Cuttack |
16:00 IST | Mehtab Hossain ![]() Robin Singh ![]() ![]() Willis Plaza ![]() Gurwinder Singh ![]() Narayan Das ![]() |
Report | Debabrata ![]() Dharmaraj Ravanan ![]() |
Stadium: Barabati Stadium |
11 May 2017 Group Stage | Aizawl | 0–0 | East Bengal | Cuttack |
19:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Barabati Stadium Referee: A. Rowan |
14 May 2017 Semi-final | Mohun Bagan | 2–0 | East Bengal | Cuttack |
16:00 IST | Duffy ![]() Sehnaj Singh ![]() B.Singh ![]() |
Report | Gurwinder Singh ![]() |
Stadium: Barabati Stadium Referee: Santhosh Kumar |
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