2015–16 East Bengal FC season

Indian football club season July 2021 July 2021 September 2015 East Bengal 2015–16 IND Biswajit Bhattacharya(until 11 April 2016)ENG Trevor Morgan(from 13 April 2016) Head-Coach Dr Pranab Dasgupta President Salt Lake StadiumKalyani StadiumEast Bengal Ground I-League 3rd Calcutta Football League Champions Federation Cup Quarter-Finals Sheikh Kamal Trophy Runners-up Ranti Martins (12) Ranti Martins (17) 28742 11831 24962 _redhalf _2 gold stripes FFDF00 FFDF00 ff0000 000000 ff0000 Home kit _EastBengal201718_a _EastBengal1718a _EastBengal1718a _EastBengal000000 _EastBengalFFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Away kit _yellowredstripes _redyellow _redyellow ffff00 000080 000080 000080 000080 ffff00 Third kit 2014-15 2016–17 The 2015–16 season is East Bengal FC's 96th season in existence. The club had won the Calcutta Football League this season and became the runners of 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup. Pre-Season Overview The club signed Do Dong-hyun, a South Korean attacking mid-fielder to support the striking part. With the arrival of veteran defender Bello Razaq from Mohun Bagan, the team became stronger and the Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set another hexa record. With the help of recent performances, The Club clinched to the 74th spot in the recent AFC Club Ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs. Season Overview August The club started their Calcutta Football League (CFL) campaign on 8 August by beating SVF Tollygunge Agragami FC by 1–0. In the next match, against Aryan F.C., the club managed a draw, the only draw of this CFL campaign. Then they went on winning all the matches against Bengal Nagpur Railway, Army XI, Mohammedan S.C., Police AC and Sports Authority of India. September Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal started their September by beating Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. by 4–3. This fixture was their toughest in this campaign as at a time, the team was trailing by 0-2 and then they managed to win it. The next fixture of the club was a prestigious Kolkata Derby against their arch rivals Mohun Bagan in which the team managed an easy 4–0 win with two stunning free kicks by Do Dong-hyun, the top scorer of the club, one of which came in just after 82 seconds from the kick off. This win sealed their league victory and their 118th win against their arch rivals. Moreover, it was the club's 6th consecutive CFL championship which is itself a record and they hold a similar 6 consecutive CFL League wins between the period 1970–75. The last fixture was against Southern Samity on 10 September. East Bengal with their reserved squad managed to win it and became the unbeatable champions of this CFL. Do Dong-hyun became the top scorer of both the club and the CFL. October The club went to play an international tournament in Bangladesh named 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup. 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 Orok Essien and Subodh Kumar on loan for the tournament. East Bengal started off well by defeating Bangladesh club Abahani Limited (Chittagong) by 2–1 on 21st Oct 2015. Young Prohlad scored on the match along with Mohammed Rafique. After that the most important player of midfield, Do Dong-hyun, had a knee injury which couldn't let him play for the rest of the tour. The club kept on its winning streak by defeating the current best club of Pakistan K-Electric F.C. by a comfortable margin of 3–1. Then the club had its first draw of the tournament which was against Abahani Limited (Dhaka). Then the club went into the semis where they defeated (on 28th oct 2015) Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka) by 3–0 to enter into the final. Ranti Martins scored a couple on the semis. On 30th Oct 2015, East Bengal FC played the final against Abahani Limited (Chittagong) once again after the very first match. But the young brigade could not seal the victory at the end in spite of taking a lead on the 9th minute by the goal scored by Avinabo Bag. This time East Bengal lost to the Bangladeshi club by 1–3. 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 were appreciated whole heartedly by the supporters of the club. Transfers In No.Pos.NameSigned fromMonthRef.21MFSouth Korea Do Dong-hyunFree AgentN/A6DFNigeria Bello RazaqIndia Mohun BaganJune43FWNigeria Orok Essien (on loan)OctoberMFIndia Subodh Kumar (on loan)India Tollygunge AgragamiOctober Out Pos.NameSold toMonthRef.DFIndiaSafar SardarIndia Mohun BaganN/AMFIndia Raju GaikwadIndia Mohun BaganN/A Kit Supplier: Shiv Naresh / Sponsors: Kingfisher Premium, Peerless _redhalf ffff00 ffff00 ff0000 000000 ffff00 Home kit _EastBengal201718_a _EastBengal1718a _EastBengal1718a _EastBengal000000 _EastBengalFFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Away kit _yellowredstripes _redyellow _redyellow _white_hoops_color ffff00 000080 000080 000080 000080 ffff00 Third Kit Technical Staff Position Name Chief coachIND Biswajit Bhattacharya Assistant coachIND Debjit Ghosh Goalkeeping coachIND Sanjay Majhi Defence CoachKenya Sammy Omollo PhysiotherapistIndia Rajesh Basak Club DoctorIND Dr. Santiranjan Dasgupta Team ManagerIND Manish Banerjee Team Media OfficerIND Gautam Roy Competitions Overall Competition First match Last match Final positionCalcutta Football League8 August 201510 September 2015ChampionsSheikh Kamal Trophy21 October 201530 October 2015Runners-upI-League10 January 201624 April 20163rdFederation Cup1 May 20174 May 2017Quarter Finals Overview 2 Calcutta Football League 9 0 1 29 9 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup 3 1 1 9 5 I-League 7 5 4 22 18 Federation Cup 0 1 1 3 4 31 May 2016 Calcutta Football League 2015-16 Calcutta Premier Division Table Standings 135 KEB Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 8 August 2015 1 14:00 IST East Bengal 1–0 https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_2015_premier_divn/cfl_report.html Tollygunge Agragami Harmanjot Khabra 79 Kolkata East Bengal Ground Pranjal Banerjee Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal) W 11 August 2015 2 14:00 IST East Bengal 0–0 https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/aryan-snatch-point-from-eb/cid/1491185 Aryan Kolkata East Bengal Ground Prabir Dhar Priyant Singh (Aryan) D 14 August 2015 3 14:00 IST East Bengal 6–0 https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_2015_premier_divn/cfl_report.html Bengal Nagpur Railway Rafique 24Bello Razaq 27Do Dong-hyun 53 83 90+2Jiten Murmu 90+1 Kolkata East Bengal Ground Animesh Biswas Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal) W 19 August 2015 4 14:00 IST East Bengal 3–2 https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_2015_premier_divn/cfl_report.html Army XI Do Dong-hyun 58 69Saumik Dey 76 L'mawaya 16P Jain 34 Kolkata East Bengal Ground Ajit Dutta Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal) W 23 August 2015 5 14:00 IST East Bengal 2–1 https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_2015_premier_divn/cfl_report.html Mohammedan Sporting Do Dong-hyun 66 73 Kareem Omolaja 90+5 Kolkata Barasat Stadium Uttam Sarkar Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal) W 27 August 2015 6 14:00 IST East Bengal 4–1 https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_2015_premier_divn/cfl_report.html Police A.C. Rafique 28Harmanjot Khabra 29Do Dong-hyun 62Bikash Jairu 70 Ainish 45 Kolkata Barasat Stadium Tanmoy Dhar Rafique (East Bengal) W 30 August 2015 7 14:00 IST East Bengal 3–1 https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_2015_premier_divn/cfl_report.html SAI Darjeeling Rahul Bheke 4Mehtab Hossain 52Do Dong-hyun 53 Asiruddin 48 Kolkata Barasat Stadium Pranjal Banerjee Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal) W 2 September 2015 8 14:00 IST East Bengal 4–3 https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_2015_premier_divn/cfl_report.html Kalighat MS Ranti Martins 48Rahul Bheke 61Do Dong-hyun 69Abhinas Ruidas 89 Cristopher 2 26Kallol 75 Kolkata Barasat Stadium Animesh Biswas Abhinas Ruidas (East Bengal) W 6 September 2015 9(KD) 14:30 IST East Bengal 4–0 https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/east-bengal-thrash-mohun-bagan-4-0-to-clinch-local-league-title-for-sixth-consecutive-time/ Mohun Bagan Do Dong-hyun 2 37Mehtab Hossain 48Robert Lalthlamuana 52Rafique 81Rahul Bheke 90+3 Dudu Omagbemi 2 19 50Sanjay Balmuchu 35Lalkamal Bhowmick 2 36 90+3 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium Ranjit Bakshi Do Dong-hyun (East Bengal) W 10 September 2015 10 14:00 IST East Bengal 2–1 https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/signing-off-unbeaten/cid/1492725 Southern Samity Prohlad Roy 37Rafique 69 Khaidem Vicky Meitei 47 Kolkata Barasat Stadium Tanmoy Dhar Rafique (East Bengal) W Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Group B Group B KEB Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA W Group Stage 20 October 2015 19:30 BST Chittagong Abahani 1–2 East Bengal Bello Razaq 78 (o.g.) Mohammed Rafique 32 Prohlad Roy 72 Chittagong M. A. Aziz Stadium 12,000 W Group Stage 22 October 2015 16:30 BST East Bengal 3–1 Report K-Electric Orok Essien 15Mohammed Rafique 25 Ranti Martins 49 Muhammad Rasool 84 Chittagong M. A. Aziz Stadium 4,000 D Group Stage 24 October 2015 19:30 BST Dhaka Abahani 0–0 East Bengal Chittagong M. A. Aziz Stadium 18,000 W Semi Final 28 October 2015 19:30 BST East Bengal 3–0 Dhaka Mohammedan Ranti Martins 8 59 Mohammed Rafique 48 Chittagong M. A. Aziz Stadium 18,000 L Final 30 October 2015 19:30 BST Chittagong Abahani 3–1 Report East Bengal Eleta Kingsley 45+1 54 Hemanta Vincent Biswas 57 Avinabo Bag 11 Chittagong M. A. Aziz Stadium 30,000 I-League 2015–16 I-League Table KEB Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 10 January 2016 1 16:30 IST Sporting Club de Goa 1–3 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/01/10/india/i-league/sporting-club-de-goa/east-bengal-club-fc/2176877/ East Bengal Odafa Onyeka Okolie 29Alber Gonsalves 73Mahmoud Amnah 76 Ranti Martins 67 81Bikash Jairu 78 Margao Fatorda Stadium R. Venkatesh W 17 January 2016 2 19:05 IST Mumbai 0–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/01/17/india/i-league/mumbai-fc/east-bengal-club-fc/2176881/ East Bengal Eric Brown 32 Sanju Pradhan 39Harmanjot Khabra 40Ranti Martins 45+1 Mumbai Cooperage Ground P. Vairamuthu D 23 January 2016 3(KD) 14:30 IST Mohun Bagan 1–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/01/23/india/i-league/mohun-bagan-ac/east-bengal-club-fc/2176883/ East Bengal Pronay Halder 53Luciano Sabrosa 72Dhanachandra Singh 76Cornell Glen 77 Arnab Mondal 53Ranti Martins 63Rahul Bheke 88 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium A. Rowan D 26 January 2016 4 19:05 IST East Bengal 1–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/01/26/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/dsk-shivajians/2176887/ DSK Shivajians Ranti Martins 29 Abdul Hakku 8Milan Singh 81 Kolkata Barasat Stadium Priyobarta Singh W 30 January 2016 5 14:05 IST East Bengal 0–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/01/30/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/bengaluru/2176890/ Bengaluru Rehenesh TP 6Samad Ali Mallick 8Ranti Martins 62Bikash Jairu 75 Seiminlen Doungel 26Sunil Chhetri 60Lalchhuanmawia 83 Kolkata Barasat Stadium Santosh Kumar L 5 February 2016 6 14:30 IST East Bengal 2–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/02/05/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/aizawl-fc/2176897/ Aizawl Rahul Bheke 17Bikash Jairu 72Bernard Mendy 74 Yuta Kinowaki 27 Kolkata Barasat Stadium A. Meitei W 9 February 2016 7 19:05 IST East Bengal 4–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/02/09/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/lajong-sc/2176900/ Shillong Lajong Ranti Martins 17 26 37Bikash Jairu 52 Chinglensana Singh 2 61 82 Kolkata Barasat Stadium Umesh Bora W 21 February 2016 8 14:30 IST East Bengal 2–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/02/21/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/salgaocar-sports-club/2176910/ Salgaocar Rafique 38Bello Razaq 83 Darryl Duffy 65 Kolkata Barasat Stadium R. Venkatesh W 1 March 2016 9 16:00 IST Salgaocar 3–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/03/01/india/i-league/salgaocar-sports-club/east-bengal-club-fc/2177574/ East Bengal Thongkhosiem Haokip 4 90+5Calvin Mbarga 36 pen Ranti Martins 25Samad Ali Mallick 35Sehnaj Singh 0 78 Vasco da Gama Tilak Maidan Stadium Umesh Bora L 6 March 2016 10 16:00 IST DSK Shivajians 2–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/03/06/india/i-league/dsk-shivajians/east-bengal-club-fc/2177581/ East Bengal Douhou Pierre 8Surchandra Singh 45Zohmingliana Ralte 64Juan Quero 66 Ranti Martins 25Samad Ali Mallick 35Sehnaj Singh 0 78 Pune Balewadi Stadium C.R. Srikrishna L 12 March 2016 11 16:00 IST Aizawl 2–3 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/03/12/india/i-league/aizawl-fc/east-bengal-club-fc/2177583/ East Bengal Brandon Vanlalremdika 19Alfred Jaryan 47Yuta Kinowaki 58Lalramchullova 2 64 90David Lalrinmuana 65Emmanuel Chigozie 0 67 Sehnaj Singh 27Robert Lalthlamuana 47Ranti Martins 69 pen 85 88Bikash Jairu 90+3 Aizawl Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Om Prakash Thakur W 2 April 2016 12(KD) 16:30 IST East Bengal 2–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/02/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/mohun-bagan-ac/2177588/ Mohun Bagan Do Dong-hyun 40 pen 75 75Bello Razaq 45+1Sehnaj Singh 90+4 Luciano Sabrosa 38Katsumi Yusa 83Pritam Kotal 84Pronay Halder 87 Siliguri Kanchenjunga Stadium Santosh Kumar W 5 April 2016 13 19:05 IST East Bengal 2–2 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/05/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/mumbai-fc/2177591/ Mumbai Rahul Bheke 11Luis Barreto 14Ranti Martins 25Cavin Lobo 39Bernard Mendy 59 Steven Dias 15Pratik Chaudhari 44Allan Dias 67Ashutosh Mehta 77 Kolkata Barasat Stadium A. Rowan D 10 April 2016 14 19:05 IST Bengaluru 3–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/10/india/i-league/bengaluru/east-bengal-club-fc/2177597/ East Bengal Eugeneson Lyngdoh 28Sunil Chhetri 61Kim Song-yong 63Malsawmzuala 68 Do Dong-hyun 27 39Bernard Mendy 47 Bengaluru Kanteerava Stadium C.R. Srikrishna L 15 April 2016 15 19:05 IST East Bengal 0–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/15/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/sporting-club-de-goa/2177598/ Sporting Club de Goa Samad Ali Mallick 44Mehtab Hossain 60Narayan Das 2 68 86 Mehrajuddin Wadoo 2 57 59Fulganco Cardozo 67 Kolkata Barasat Stadium B. Balasubramanium D 24 April 2016 16 19:05 IST Shillong Lajong 1–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/24/india/i-league/lajong-sc/east-bengal-club-fc/2177604/ East Bengal Isaac Vanmalsawma 62Uilliams Bomfim Souza 64Chinglensana Singh 83 Shillong Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Om Prakash Thakur L Federation Cup 2015–16 Indian Federation Cup Bracket Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 May 2016 Quarter-Final 1st Leg 17:00 IST Shillong Lajong 2–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/05/01/india/federation-cup/lajong-sc/east-bengal-club-fc/2231273/ East Bengal Konsham Singh 33Fábio Pena 62 Do Dong-hyun 44 Shillong Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium L 4 May 2016 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg 16:30 IST East Bengal 2–2 3–4 yes https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/05/04/india/federation-cup/east-bengal-club-fc/lajong-sc/2231269/ Shillong Lajong Ranti Martins 23Lalrindika Ralte 37 Fábio Pena 17Uilliams Bomfim Souza 114 Kolkata Barasat Stadium D Statistics Appearances Players with no appearances are not included in the list. end of 2015-16 season.Soccerway https://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/east-bengal-club-fc/3346/squad/ East Bengal FC - Squad Appearances for East Bengal in 2015–16 season No.Pos.Nat.NameCFLI LeagueFed CupS.K. Int. CupTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts Goalkeepers 13 GK IND Rehenesh TP 8 8 2 2 10 10 30 GK IND Luis Barreto 9 9 8 8 0 0 17 17 26 GK IND Abhra Mondal 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 31 GK IND Dibyendu Sarkar 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 Defenders 6 DF NGR Bello Razaq 8 8 16 16 2 2 5 5 31 31 3 DF IND Arnab Mondal 3 3 13 13 2 2 18 18 5 DF IND Rahul Bheke 5 4 10 9 0 0 15 13 45 DF FRA Bernard Mendy 9 9 1 0 10 9 28 DF IND Saumik Dey 7 6 8 7 0 0 15 13 38 DF IND Samad Ali Mallick 6 6 6 6 0 0 2 1 12 12 19 DF IND Robert Lalthlamuana 3 3 5 5 0 0 8 8 4 DF IND Narayan Das 3 3 2 2 5 5 12 DF IND Deepak Mondal 7 7 2 1 2 2 5 5 16 15 16 DF IND Gurwinder Singh 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 24 DF IND Babu Mondal 1 1 3 0 4 1 40 DF IND Biswajit Saha 0 0 5 5 5 5 22 DF IND Avinabo Bag 1 1 0 0 4 4 5 5 Midfielders 14 MF IND Mehtab Hossain 8 8 14 14 2 2 24 24 21 MF South Korea Do Dong-Hyun 10 10 13 10 2 2 1 1 26 23 8 MF IND Mohammed Rafique 9 8 12 6 2 0 5 5 28 19 23 MF IND Bikash Jairu 8 8 11 9 0 0 19 17 11 MF IND Cavin Lobo 5 3 9 2 0 0 14 5 15 MF IND Sanju Pradhan 9 7 2 1 11 8 2 MF IND Sehnaj Singh 8 3 0 0 8 3 34 MF IND Abhinas Ruidas 5 4 8 8 1 0 4 3 18 15 7 MF IND Harmanjot Khabra 8 7 7 5 2 2 17 14 28 MF IND Shylo Malsawmtluanga 9 2 7 4 2 1 18 7 17 MF IND Joaquim Abranches 7 4 0 0 7 4 20 MF IND Lalrindika Ralte 2 1 2 2 4 3 35 MF IND Anthony Soren 2 1 3 1 5 2 36 MF IND Prohlad Roy 6 6 0 0 5 5 11 11 18 MF IND Subodh Kumar 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 33 MF IND Jagannath Sana 1 0 3 1 4 1 Forwards 10 FW NGR Ranti Martins 6 0 16 16 2 2 5 5 29 23 25 FW IND Jiten Murmu 6 3 0 0 6 3 43 FW NGR Orok Essien 4 4 4 4 27 FW IND C. S. Sabeeth 5 2 0 0 5 2 Goal Scorers end of 2015-16 season. Goals for East Bengal in 2015–16 seasonRankNo. Squad NumberPos. PositionNat. NationalityNameCFLI LeagueFed CupS.K. Int. CupTotal110FWNGRRanti Martins1121317221FWSouth KoreaDo Dong-hyun123101638MFINDMohammed Rafique41038423MFINDBikash Jairu130455DFINDRahul Bheke300366MFNGRBello Razaq110027MFINDHarmanjot Khabra200236MFINDProhlad Roy101245DFFRABernard Mendy2021014DFINDMehtab Hossain100120MFINDLalrindika Ralte01122MFINDAvinabo Bag001125FWINDJiten Murmu1129DFINDSaumik Dey100134MFINDAbhinas Ruidas1000143MFNGROrok Essien11Own goals00000Total29223963 References See also 2015–16 in Indian football Category:East Bengal Club seasons East Bengal