East Bengal Club
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| East Bengal ইস্ট বেঙ্গল |
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| Full name | Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Red-and-Gold Brigade Torch Hilsa (Bengali:লাল-হলুদ, মশাল and ইলিশ respectively) |
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| Founded | 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | East Bengal Club on the Maidan (shared with Aryans club) Matches are played at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan (Bengali: যুবভারতী ক্রীড়াঙ্গন) also known as the Salt Lake Stadium |
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| Capacity | 120,000 - Salt Lake Stadium; 24,000 - East Bengal Ground |
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| Chairman | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Swapan Ball Coach:  Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva |
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| League | NFL Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-2006 | NFL Premier Division 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club is an Indian football club based in Kolkata and was ranked second in the last National Football League season. The club was orignally known as the East Bengal Club. In 1998, the name of the club was changed from the East Bengal Club to the Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club as United Breweries obtained a 50% stake in the club and renamed it to promote their Kinfisher beer.
They were the first Indian club in over 40 years to win a continental trophy when they beat BEC Tero Sasano in the final of the 2003 ASEAN Cup championship.
East Bengal has been one of the best performing football clubs in India's football history,
East Bengal also has a multi-collaborative tie-in with Leicester City FC, UK for an exchange program with junior footballers, in respect to coaching techniques, sports science, and other developmental programs.
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[edit] Current squad
As of 10 January 2007 [1]
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[edit] Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal rivalry
Out of 276 matches East Bengal have played with their arch rival Mohun Bagan, East Bengal have won 105 times and Mohun Bagan have won 73. The very first clash resulted in an 1-0 win for East Bengal with N. Chakravarty scoring the all-important goal. The only hat-trick ever in an East Bengal-Mohun Bagan match was scored by Baichung Bhutia when East Bengal defeated Mohun Bagan 4-1 in Federation Cup semifinal in 1997. The biggest ever margin in this duel is another East Bengal win by a margin of 5-0 in the IFA shield in 1975.
[edit] Performance record
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Sl #. Name of Tournament (Number of Championships Won)
Championship Years
1. LG ASEAN Club Cup (Champions Once) the only Indian club to have won this tournament till date
- Champions: 2003
2. National Football League (Champions Thrice, Runners-Up Thrice in 10 editions since 1996-97)
- Champions: 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
- Runners-Up: 1997-98, 1998-99, 2005-06
3. Federation Cup (Champions 4 times, Runners-Up 7 times in 27 editions since 1977)
- Champions: 1978, 1980, 1985, 1996(Aug)
- Runners-Up: 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996(Jan), 1997, 1998
4. Super Cup (Champions Twice, Runners-Up Once in 6 editions since 1997)
- Champions: 1997, 2005-06
- Runners-Up: 2003
5. Calcutta Football League — Premier Division (Champions 16 times in 29 editions) also known as Kolkata Premier League
- ... 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
5a. Calcutta Football League — First Division (Champions 15 times)
- 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 ...
6. The IFA Shield (Champions 27 times ... tournament started in 1893)
- 1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
7. Durand Cup (Champions 16 times)
- 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004
8. Rovers Cup (Champions 10 times)
- 1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994
9. DCM Trophy (Champions 7 times)
- 1950, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1983
10. All Airlines Gold Cup (Champions 7 times)
- 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
11. Bordoloi Trophy (Champions 5 times)
- 1968, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1992
12. McDowell's Cup (Champions 3 times)
- 1995, 1997, 2000
13. Sait Nagjee Trophy (Champions Twice)
- 1968, 1986
14. Hercules Cup (Champions Once)
- 1920
15. Darjeeling Gold Cup (Champions Once)
- 1976
16. Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup (Champions Once)
- 1984
17. Stafford Cup (Champions Once)
- 1986
18. Wai-Wai Cup, Nepal (Champions Once)
- 1993
19. Coca Cola Cup (Champions Once)
- 1996
20. Independence Day Cup (Champions Once)
- 2002
21. San Miguel International Cup, Nepal (Champions Once)
- 2004-05
[edit] Stadium
As its homeground, the club boasts of the enigmatic Yuba Bharati Krirangan, or the Salt Lake Stadium Asia's biggest composite stadium. It is the biggest of its kind in Asia. The Salt Lake Stadium:has seating arrangement for 120,000 people at a time. Its training ground is a smaller East Bengal tent near the maidan.
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