2002–03 East Bengal FC season

Indian football club season August 2022 August 2022 East Bengal 2002–03 Subhash Bhowmick Manager Pranab Dasgupta Chairman Ground Salt Lake Stadium National Football League Championshttp://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2002-03nl.html 7th "Coca-Cola" National Football League 2002/03 IndianFootball.de 2 November 2020 Durand Cup Championshttp://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2002-03durandcup.html 115th "Pepsi" Durand Cup 2002/03 2 November 2020 IFA Shield Championshttp://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2002-03ifashield.html 108th "TVS Fiero" IFA Shield 2002 2 November 2020 Independence Day Cup Championshttp://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2002independencecup.html 54th Independence Day Cup 2002 2 November 2020 Calcutta Football League Championshttps://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-reg02.html India 2002 Regional Championships RSSSF 2 November 2020 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 season is East Bengal Football Club's 7th season in the National Football League, and also marks the club's 83rd season. Coached by Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal won all five trophies from the five tournaments they participated in, including their second National league title, competing in the 2002–03 NFL. They also won the 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 Durand Cup and 2002 IFA Shield and the 2002 Independence Day Cup. This was the third instance in the history of East Bengal club that the club had won 5 trophies in a season, the other two back in 1972 and 1973 during P.K. Banerjee's reign.https://www.badgeb.com/remembering-2002-03-when-east-bengal-fc-bragged-a-quintuple/ Remembering 2002/03 when East Bengal FC bragged a Quintuple! BADGEB 2 November 2020 31 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201031100544/https://www.badgeb.com/remembering-2002-03-when-east-bengal-fc-bragged-a-quintuple/ dead First-team squad East Bengal FC squad for the 2002–03 season.http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html Team Archives – East Bengal Club East Bengal Club 2 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20191108213722/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html 8 November 2019 dead GK India Sangram Mukherjee GK India Sandip Nandy GK India Satish Kumar GK India Arpan Dey. DF India Suley Musah DF India Surya Bikash Chakravarty DF India Amjad Ali Khan DF India Subhasis Roy Chaudhury DF India Deepak Mondal DF India M Suresh DF India Arun Malhotra DF India Raju Singh. DF India Anit Ghosh MF India Douglas De Silva MF India Malsawmtluanga MF India S. Venkatesh MF India Chandan Das MF India Sashti Duley MF India Dipankar Roy MF India Tushar Rakshit MF India Sankarlal Chakraborty MF India Soumitra Chakravarty MF India Swarup Chatterjee. MF India Alvito D'Cunha FW India Mike Okoro FW India Gilmar Da Silva FW India Trijit Das FW India Kalia Kulothungan FW India Kaustav Ghosh Coach: IND Subhash Bhowmick Team doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta Team manager: Swapan Ball Stadiums Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984. As of today the Salt Lake Stadium is used for East Bengal's I-League, AFC Cup, and Federation Cup games. The East Bengal Ground is used for the Calcutta Football League matches. Competitions Overall Competition First match Last match Final PositionCalcutta Football League 3 August 2002 11 November 2002 ChampionsNational Football League 17 November 2002 28 April 2002 ChampionsDurand Cup 4 January 2003 10 January 2003 ChampionsIFA Shield 13 January 2003 22 January 2003 ChampionsIndependence Day Cup 27 September 2002 5 October 2002 Champions Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA National Football League 27 November 2002 1 East Bengal 1–0 JCT Mills Mike Okoro 59 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 17 November 2002 2 East Bengal 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami Shanmugam Venkatesh 44Mike Okoro 58 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 24 November 2002 3 East Bengal 1–0 Mahindra United Alvito D'Cunha 25 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 8 December 2002 4 Mohun Bagan 0–2 East Bengal Subhashish Roy Chowdhury 70Alvito D'Cunha 90+ Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W 12 December 2002 5 East Bengal 0–0 Churchill Brothers Kolkata East Bengal Ground D 15 December 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Salgaocar Sports Club Gilmar 21, Mike Okoro 90+ MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi 68 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 19 December 2002 7 Vasco Sports Club 1–1 East Bengal Marcos Pereira 72 Alvito D'Cunha 33 Goa D 23 December 2002 8 Indian Bank 3–3 East Bengal Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya 21, 22, 53 Gilmar 51, Chandan Das 58, Shanmugam Venkatesh 59 Chennai D 25 January 2003 9 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. 3–5 East Bengal Kenneth Onu 81, 85, Mahendra Mani 90+ Mike Okoro 4, 37 Bhaichung Bhutia 32 Suley Musah 70 Alvito D'Cunha 89 Bengaluru W 29 January 2003 10 Indian Telephone Industries 1–3 East Bengal Ibrahim Karim Al Hasan 60 Sasthi Duley 17 Suley Musah 36 Mike Okoro 83 Bengaluru W 3 February 2003 11 East Bengal 3–2 Dempo Sports Club EB Channa 3 Mike Okoro 54 69 Raman Vijayan 4 EB Channa 14 Kolkata W 8 February 2003 12 East Bengal 4–1 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Mike Okoro 21 44 75 , Suley Musah 38 Kenneth Onu 77 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 13 February 2003 13 Churchill Brothers SC 1–3 East Bengal Ratan Singh 35 Douglas da Silva 27, Alvito D'Cunha 46, Mike Okoro 88 Goa Fatorda Stadium W 16 February 2003 14 Dempo Sports Club 2–2 East Bengal Club 32 Jose Colaco 36 Mario Soares 18 Mike Okoro 20 Douglas da Silva Goa D 22 February 2003 15 East Bengal Club 1–0 Indian Telephone Industries 11 Mike Okoro Kolkata W 25 February 2003 16 East Bengal Club 2–1 Mohun Bagan AC 11 Alvito D'Cunha 73 Mike Okoro 54 Jose Barreto Kolkata W 1 March 2003 17 East Bengal Club 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami 67 Douglas da Silva 89 Kalia Kulothungan Kolkata W 5 March 2003 18 JCT Mills 2–0 East Bengal Club 44 Jo Paul Ancheri 70 IM Vijayan Ludhiana L 9 April 2003 19 Mahindra United 2–0 East Bengal Club 33 Mongba Aby Samson 66 James Singh Mumbai L 13 April 2003 20 East Bengal Club 3–0 Indian Bank 16 85 Mike Okoro 53 Douglas da Silva Kolkata W 25 April 2003 21 East Bengal Club 4–0 Vasco Sports Club 13 Douglas da Silva 47 Douglas da Silva 67 Malswam Tulunga Mike Okoro Kolkata W 28 April 2003 22 Salgaocar Sports Club 2–0 East Bengal Club 22 Sebastiao Endro 54 Sunday Seah Goa L Calcutta Football League 3 August 2002 1 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Mike Okoro 30 80 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 6 August 2002 2 East Bengal 2–2 SAIL Mike Okoro 18Kalia Kulothungan 59 Dulal Patra 76Lawrence Enyilord 78 Kolkata East Bengal Ground D 9 August 2002 3 East Bengal 2–0 Bharati Sangha Mike Okoro Dipankar Roy Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 12 August 2002 4 East Bengal 5–1 Eastern Railway FC Mike Okoro 6 70 71Alvito D'Cunha 21Surya Bikash Chakraborty 57 Somnath Pramanick Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 17 August 2002 5 East Bengal 3–0 FCI FC Alvito D'Cunha 20 38Mike Okoro 71 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 20 August 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan Dipankar Roy Shylo Malsawmtluanga 71 Basudeb Mondal Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W 24 August 2002 7 East Bengal 5–0 Everready Association Subhash Chakraborty 43 58Chandan Das 46Shylo Malsawmtluanga 65Soumitra Chakraborty Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 27 August 2002 8 East Bengal 4–1 Tollygunge Agragami Alvito D'Cunha 49Mike Okoro 51Subhashish Roy Chowdhury 74Subhash Chakraborty 82 Mehtab Hossain 75 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 3 September 2002 9 East Bengal 2–0 Mohammedan Sporting Shylo Malsawmtluanga 12 16 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W 7 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 2–2 Tollygunge Agragami Subhash Chakraborty Chandan Das Sujoy Dutta Ashim Biswas Kolkata East Bengal Ground D 12 September 2002 Championship Group Mohammedan Sporting 3–3 East Bengal Reazul Mustafa Syed Rahim Nabi ? ? Mike Okoro Alvito D'Cunha Shylo Malsawmtluanga Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium D 17 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Basudeb Mondal 41 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium L 19 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 3–0 Calcutta Port Trust Mike Okoro 24 78Alvito D'Cunha 83 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 11 November 2002 Championship final East Bengal 3–0 yes Mohammedan Sporting Douglas De Silva 2Sasthi Duley 45Shylo Malsawmtluanga Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W Independence Day Cup East Bengal club went to Nagaon, Assam to participate in the 54th Independence Day Cup tournament after the end of the Championship Group round matches of the Calcutta League. The club won the tournament defeating Oil India FC of Assam by 2–0 with goals from Alvito D'Cunha and Chandan Das. 27 September 2002 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 Oil India FC Tridip Khound 85 Nagaon, Assam Nurul Amin Stadium L 29 September 2002 Group stage East Bengal 4–0 Gauhati Town Club Dipankar Roy 5Alvito D'Cunha 19Anit Ghosh 61Chandan Das 70 Nagaon, Assam Nurul Amin Stadium W 2 October 2002 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Nagaland Police Mike Okoro 39Kalia Kulothungan 62 Nagaon, Assam Nurul Amin Stadium W 5 October 2002 Final East Bengal 2–0 Oil India FC Alvito D'Cunha 42Chandan Das 82 Nagaon, Assam Nurul Amin Stadium W Durand Cup East Bengal club participated in the 115th Durand Cup held in Delhi being grouped in Group B along with MEG, Bangalore and Air India. The team won their third tournament of the season after defeating Army XI in the final by 3–0 margin. 4 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 4–0 Air India Mike Okoro 33 60Sashti Duley 38Osberne D'Souza 42 og Delhi Ambedkar Stadium W 4 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 MEG, Bangalore Ajith Kumar 59 Delhi Ambedkar Stadium L 8 January 2003 Semi Final Salgaocar 0–1 East Bengal Mike Okoro 79 Delhi Ambedkar Stadium W 10 January 2003 Final East Bengal 3–0 Army XI Mike Okoro 67Kalia Kulothungan 72Douglas De Silva 77 Delhi Ambedkar Stadium W IFA Shield Just days after winning the Durand Cup, the club participated in the IFA Shield held in Kolkata and was grouped alongside Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami in Group A. The team reached the final defeating Vasco in the Semi-Final and lifted their 4th trophy of the season by defeating Churchill Brothers in the final via a penalty shootout, with Sashti Duley scoring the winning penalty in the sudden-death.https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/churchill-fail-to-stop-eb-juggernaut/cid/1032237 Churchill fail to stop EB juggernaut Telegraph 2 November 2020 13 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Indian Bank Tushar Rakshit 58Amjad Ali Khan 87 Joseph 33 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W 15 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 0–1 Churchill Brothers Aqueel Ansari 83 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium L 17 January 2003 Group stage East Bengal 2–1 Tollygunge Agragami Trijit Das 31Suley Musah 70 Manas Das 61 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W 19 January 2003 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Vasco Suley Musah 18Jiten Rai 83 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W 22 January 2003 Final East Bengal 0–0 yes 5–4 Report Churchill Brothers Suley Musah Chandan Das Kalia Kulothungan Kaustav Ghosh Douglas De Silva Sashti Duley Kasif Jamal Rajesh Meetei Noel Wilson Yusif Yakubu Roque Barreto Tiken Singh Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W Bharat Mani Sponsors Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the club). 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