2006–07 East Bengal FC season

August 2021Indian football club season The 2006–07 season was East Bengal's 11th season in the National Football League and 87th season in existence. East Bengal 2006–07 BRA Carlos Pereira Head-Coach Dr Pranab Dasgupta President Ground Salt Lake StadiumEast Bengal Ground National Football League 5th Calcutta Football League Champions Federation Cup Quarter-Finals IFA Shield Group Stage Durand Cup Group Stage Edmilson (13) Edmilson (13) _EastBengal_06_07 _2 gold stripes FFC90E ED1C24 000000 FF0000 _EastBengal_06_07_Away _band_black FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF 2005–06 2007-08 Competitions Overall Competition First match Last match Final position Calcutta Football League 2 August 2006 7 November 2006 ChampionsDurand Cup 20 November 2006 24 November 2006 Group StageIFA Shield 7 December 2006 11 December 2006 Group Stage Federation Cup 20 December 2006 23 December 2006 Quarter-FinalsNational Football League 7 January 2007 19 May 2007 5th Overview 5 Calcutta Football League 10 2 2 20 5 Durand Cup 0 2 1 1 6 IFA Shield 0 1 1 1 2 Federation Cup 1 1 0 2 1 National Football League 7 6 5 29 29 1 June 2007 Calcutta Football League Calcutta Football League East Bengal finished the 2006 Calcutta Premier Division as the champions with 32 points from 14 matches.Arunava Chaudhuri 31 Jan 2008 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-reg06.html IFA- "Sahara" Calcutta Premier League 2006 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 14 Aug 2021 1 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210501161347/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-reg06.html#calc live Captain Alvito D'Cunha scored the solitary goal in the final game against Eastern Railway to win back the Calcutta League title after losing out the previous year to arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.8 Nov 2006 https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/my-biggest-achievement-says-alvito-d-cunha-premier-division-we-have-proved-we-are-the-best-says-pereira/cid/1058277 My biggest achievement, says Alvito D'Cunha - PREMIER DIVISION - We have proved we are the best, says Pereira The Telegraph India 14 Aug 2021 14 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210814093032/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/my-biggest-achievement-says-alvito-d-cunha-premier-division-we-have-proved-we-are-the-best-says-pereira/cid/1058277 live Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 2 August 2006 1 East Bengal 2–0 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200608.html George Telegraph Alvito D'Cunha 70Ashim Biswas 76 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) Udayan Haldar 6 August 2006 2 East Bengal 3–0 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200608.html Railway FC Chandan Das 67Vincent Pires 77Yumnam Raju 90+1 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W Dipankar Roy (East Bengal) Minangshu Bhattacharya 18 August 2006 3 East Bengal 1–0 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200608.html United Vincent Pires 64 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W Dipankar Roy (East Bengal) Sunando Bose 21 August 2006 4 East Bengal 2–0 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200608.html Calcutta Port Trust Luis Octavio da Silva 68Dipankar Roy 55 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W Sasthi Duley (East Bengal) Rathin Mukherjee 26 August 2006 5 East Bengal 0–1 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200608.html Mohun Bagan Bhaichung Bhutia 40 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium L Sangram Mukherjee (Mohun Bagan) Subrata Sarkar 1 September 2006 6 East Bengal 0–0 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200609.html Eastern Railway Kolkata East Bengal Ground D Tapan Kumar Karmakar (Eastern Railway) Dhanapati Roy 14 September 2006 7 East Bengal 4–2 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200609.html Mohammedan Sporting Ashim Biswas 1Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 19Syed Rahim Nabi 32Chandan Das 45+1 Subhashish Roy Chowdhury 5Kalia Kulothungan 13 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W Snehasish Chakraborty (East Bengal) Subrata Sarkar 19 September 2006 8 Railway FC 0–1 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200609.html East Bengal Ashim Biswas 58 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) Subrata Das 23 September 2006 9 United 0–2 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200609.html East Bengal Syed Rahim Nabi 54Wajid Ali 68 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W not handed out Minangshu Bhattacharya 26 September 2006 10 Mohun Bagan 1–0 https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/bagan-steal-eb-thunder-again-defending-champions-ride-ndem-winner/cid/1064492 East Bengal Ndem Guy Herve 49Bhaichung Bhutia 0 88 Muttah Suresh 1 50 90+1 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium L Ndem Guy Herve (Mohun Bagan) Debashish Mishra 28 October 2006 11 George Telegraph 0–1 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200610.html East Bengal Alvito D'Cunha 2 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) Subrata Das 1 November 2006 12 Calcutta Port Trust 1–3 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200611.html East Bengal Sujit Dey 62 Alvito D'Cunha 4 2Saumik Dey 27Fredy Mascarenhas 49 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W Saumik Dey (East Bengal) Barun Saha 4 November 2006 13 Mohammedan Sporting 0–0 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200611.html East Bengal Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium D Habibur Rehman Mondal (Mohammedan Sporting) Minangshu Bhattacharya 7 November 2006 14 Eastern Railway 0–1 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200611.html East Bengal Sanjit Dutta Bhowmick 1 60 73 Alvito D'Cunha 70 0 73 Kolkata East Bengal Ground W Muttah Suresh (East Bengal) Kashinath Sen Durand Cup Durand Cup Group B main WDL Q n Group B JCT IND JCT DEM IND Dempo ARM IND Army XI EBG IND East Bengal 0 1 2 1 6 1 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 #ccffcc A EBG complete 119th "Osian's" Durand Cup 2006 East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT, Dempo and Army XI in Group B. East Bengal drew 0–0 against Dempo in the opening fixture but 0–4 against JCT and 1–2 against Army XI as they were eliminated from the group stages.Arunava Chaudhuri 29 Nov 2007 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india07.html 119th "Osian's" Durand Cup 2006 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 14 Aug 2021 9 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090609201305/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india07.html#durand live Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Group Stage D 20 November 2006 East Bengal 0–0 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200611.html Dempo Dipankar Roy 0 46 Delhi Ambedkar Stadium Group Stage L 22 November 2006 East Bengal 0–4 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200611.html JCT Parveen Kumar 22Sunday Ambrose 63Adebayo Tokunbo 81Muttah Suresh 83 Delhi Ambedkar Stadium Group Stage L 24 November 2006 East Bengal 1–2 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200611.html Army XI Alvito D'Cunha 53 Vijay Thapa 47 67 Delhi Ambedkar Stadium Mohammed Kamil IFA Shield IFA Shield Group A main WDL Q n Group A SCG IND Sporting Club de Goa MUN IND Mahindra United EBG IND East Bengal 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 #ccffcc A EBG complete 112th IFA Shield 2006 East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Sporting Club de Goa in Group A. East Bengal lost 1–0 against Sporting Club de Goa in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Mahindra United as they were eliminated from the group stages.Arunava Chaudhuri 29 Nov 2007 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india07.html 112th IFA Shield 2006 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 14 Aug 2021 9 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090609201305/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india07.html#ifashield live Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Group Stage L 7 December 2006 East Bengal 0–1 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200612.html Sporting Club de Goa Dudu Omagbemi 57 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium Mohammed Kamal Group Stage D 11 December 2006 East Bengal 1–1 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200612.html Mahindra United Alvito D'Cunha 57 Yusif Yakubu 25 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium Benjamin D'Silva Federation Cup Federation Cup (India) East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against State Bank of Travancore and won 2–0 with goals from Syed Rahim Nabi and Alvito D'Cunha.20 Dec 2006 https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/dempo-east-bengal-enter-fed-cup-quarters/438781 Dempo, East Bengal enter Fed Cup Quarters Outlook India 14 Aug 2021 14 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210814083021/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/dempo-east-bengal-enter-fed-cup-quarters/438781 dead In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost 0–1 against Dempo courtesy of a solitary strike from Ranti Martins in the 86th minute as they were eliminated from the competition.23 Dec 2006 http://im.rediff.com/sports/2006/dec/23fedcup.htm Dempo down E Bengal to enter Federation Cup semis Rediff News 14 Aug 2021 14 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210814083022/http://im.rediff.com/sports/2006/dec/23fedcup.htm live Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 20 December 2006 Pre-Quarter Final East Bengal 2–0 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200612.html SBT Syed Rahim Nabi 22Alvito D'Cunha 39 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W M.K. Roy 23 December 2006 Quarter-Final East Bengal 0–1 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200612.html Dempo Ranti Martins 86 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium L S. Suresh National Football League 2006–07 National Football League (India) League table EB Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 7 January 2007 1 Air India 1–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/01/07/india/i-league/air-india/east-bengal-club-fc/423388/ East Bengal Samson Singh 71 Mumbai Cooperage Ground L Benoy Kuruvilla (Air India) P.K. Bose 11 January 2007 2 HAL 1–3 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/01/11/india/i-league/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-sc/east-bengal-club-fc/423392/ East Bengal Sampath Kuttymani 49 Ashim Biswas 5Bibiano Fernandes 20Arata Izumi 80 Bengaluru Bangalore Football Stadium W Ashim Biswas (East Bengal) K. Shankar 18 January 2007 3 Mohammedan Sporting 1–2 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/01/18/india/i-league/mohammedan-sporting-club/east-bengal-club-fc/423400/ East Bengal Habibur Rehman Mondal 52 Ashim Biswas 33Boniface Ambani 58 Kolkata Barasat Stadium W Shylo Malsawmtluanga (East Bengal) K. Shankar 21 January 2007 4 East Bengal 2–2 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/01/21/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/churchill-brothers-sc/423402/ Churchill Brothers Boniface Ambani 41 65 Khanthang Paite 3D Raju 83 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium D D Raju (Churchill Brothers) K Shankar 19 February 2007 5 JCT 1–2 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/02/19/india/i-league/jagajit-cotton-textile-fc/east-bengal-club-fc/436216/ East Bengal Baldeep Singh 90+2 Edmilson Marques Pardal 14 31 Ludhiana Guru Nanak Stadium W Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal) P.K. Bose 24 February 2007 6 East Bengal 0–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/01/21/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/churchill-brothers-sc/423402/ Dempo Kolkata Barasat Stadium D Rajat Ghosh Dastidar (East Bengal) S. Suresh 27 January 2007 7 East Bengal 1–0 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/02/27/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/mohun-bagan-ac/436223/ Mohun Bagan Saumik Dey 15 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W Jayanta Sen (East Bengal) Dinesh Nair 16 March 2007 8 Mahindra United 2–2 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/03/16/india/i-league/mahindra-united/east-bengal-club-fc/436231/ East Bengal Abhishek Yadav 70Andrews Pomeyie Mensah 89 Edmilson Marques Pardal 31 58 Mumbai Cooperage Ground D Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal) Dinesh Nair 21 March 2007 9 East Bengal 0–2 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/03/21/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/sporting-club-de-goa/436234/ Sporting Club de Goa Ernest Jeremiah Chukwuma 20 50 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium L Dudu Omagbemi (Sporting Club de Goa) Rizwan Ul-Haq 24 March 2007 10 East Bengal 1–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/03/24/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/air-india/445898/ Air India Edmilson Marques Pardal 90+3 Samson Singh 73 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium D Samson Singh (Air India) K. Shankar 4 April 2007 11 East Bengal 3–2 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/04/04/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/hindustan-aeronautics-limited-sc/445907/ HAL Edmilson Marques Pardal 8 80Boniface Ambani 19 Sampath Kuttymani 27Xavier Vijay Kumar 81 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W Xavier Vijay Kumar (HAL) Deepak Kumar Dey 7 April 2007 12 East Bengal 2–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/04/07/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/mohammedan-sporting-club/445910/ Mohammedan Sporting Edmilson Marques Pardal 4 82 Jatin Singh 8 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal) P. Bhaskar 11 April 2007 13 Churchill Brothers 3–2 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/04/11/india/i-league/churchill-brothers-sc/east-bengal-club-fc/448993/ East Bengal Vanlal Rova 26Odafa Onyeka Okolie 54 86 Edmilson Marques Pardal 40Alvito D'Cunha 85 Margao Fatorda Stadium L Mashangva Zenith (Churchill Brothers) 15 April 2007 14 Mohun Bagan 2–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/04/15/india/i-league/mohun-bagan-ac/east-bengal-club-fc/448998/ East Bengal Jose Ramirez Barreto 45+2Douglas da Silva 71 Edmilson Marques Pardal 30 pen Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium L Jose Ramirez Barreto (Mohun Bagan) Rizwan Ul-Haq 22 April 2007 15 Dempo 5–3 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/04/22/india/i-league/dempo-sports-club/east-bengal-club-fc/449005/ East Bengal Beto 2 73Ranti Martins 19 86John Dias 84Creson Antao 0 90+3 Edmilson Marques Pardal 32 46 0 90+3Ashim Biswas 44 Margao Fatorda Stadium L Beto (Dempo) Shaji Kurian 25 April 2007 16 Sporting Club de Goa 1–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/04/25/india/i-league/sporting-club-de-goa/east-bengal-club-fc/449009/ East Bengal Ernest Jeremiah Chukwuma 6 Ashim Biswas 80 Margao Fatorda Stadium D Ashim Biswas (East Bengal) Rizwan Ul-Haw 15 May 2007 17 East Bengal 2–1 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/05/15/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/mahindra-united/449016/ Mahindra United Boniface Ambani 45 52 Andrews Pomeyie Mensah 28 Kolkata Salt Lake Stadium W Boniface Ambani (East Bengal) S. Suresh 19 May 2007 18 East Bengal 2–3 https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2007/05/19/india/i-league/east-bengal-club-fc/jagajit-cotton-textile-fc/449022/ JCT Boniface Ambani 10Ashim Biswas 52 Chidi Edeh 5 33Sunil Chhetri 30 Kolkata Barasat Stadium L Chidi Edeh (JCT) Rizwan Ul-Haq Super Soccer Series 2007 (Friendly) Brazilian giants São Paulo football club toured India for a series of friendly matches in January 2007. East Bengal played them on 27 January 2007 at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri and lost 0–3 with goals from Carlinhos, Paulo Matos and Jean Raphael Moreira.22 Mar 2006 https://sports.ndtv.com/football/sao-paulo-beat-east-bengal-1620240 Sao Paulo beat East Bengal NDTV Sports 14 Aug 2021 14 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210814112138/https://sports.ndtv.com/football/sao-paulo-beat-east-bengal-1620240 live27 Jan 2007 http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/search/index.asp?news_id=313 Sao Paulo FC, Brazil beat East Bengal by 3-0 East Bengal Club 4 Sep 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20090115172558/http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/search/index.asp?news_id=313 15 Jan 2009 usurped Fixtures & results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 27 January 2006 Friendly East Bengal 0–3 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200701.html São Paulo Carlinhos 35Paulo Matos 59Jean Raphael Moreira 90+3 Siliguri Kanchenjunga Stadium L Rizwan Ul-Haq Statistics Appearances Only for competitive fixtures. Players with no appearances are not included in the list. Appearances for East Bengal in 2006–07 season No.Pos.Nat.NameCFLNFLFed CupDurand CupIFA ShieldTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts Goalkeepers 21 GK IND Abhra Mondal 7 7 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 14 24 GK IND Rajat Ghosh Dastidar 7 7 8 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 17 17 1 GK IND Naseem Akhtar 0 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 9 8 Defenders 17 DF IND Surya Bikash Chakraborty 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 DF IND Covan Lawrence 5 4 12 12 17 16 27 DF IND Gurpreet Singh 11 10 4 4 1 0 3 3 2 1 21 18 29 DF IND Saumik Dey 11 11 10 10 2 2 3 3 2 2 28 28 19 DF IND Syed Rahim Nabi 9 8 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 20 19 5 DF IND Debabrata Roy 6 4 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 12 20 DF IND Vincent Pires 13 11 6 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 21 19 12 DF IND Anupam Sarkar 4 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 9 7 DF IND Yumnam Raju 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 DF IND Muttah Suresh 6 6 13 13 0 0 3 3 1 1 23 23 3 DF BRA Luis Octavio da Silva 11 11 11 11 3 DF BRA Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira 14 14 2 2 1 1 17 17 26 DF IND Gurjinder Singh 1 1 1 1 34 DF IND Amulya Mondal 1 1 1 0 2 1 Midfielders 7 MF IND Jayanta Sen 7 7 14 14 2 2 3 2 2 2 28 27 6 MF IND Dipankar Roy 13 10 9 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 26 16 9 MF IND Alvito D'Cunha 4 3 14 12 1 1 2 2 2 2 23 20 15 MF IND Bibiano Fernandes 7 1 8 5 0 0 2 2 1 1 18 9 14 MF IND Chandan Das 12 11 9 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 24 18 32 MF IND Gouranga Dutta 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 30 MF IND Snehasish Chakraborty 9 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 8 MF IND Sasthi Duley 5 3 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 13 10 MF IND Mohammed Mukhtar 3 1 3 1 11 MF IND Hardeep Singh Saini 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 6 5 28 MF IND Shylo Malsawmtluanga 17 12 2 2 2 1 21 15 32 MF JPN Arata Izumi 12 7 2 2 2 0 16 9 40 MF BRA Daniel Carlos Jorge 3 3 2 2 5 5 26 MF IND Sovan Chakraborty 1 0 1 0 Forwards 23 FW IND Vimal Pariyar 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 10 4 25 FW IND Ashim Biswas 9 8 11 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 13 22 FW IND Fredy Mascarenhas 11 10 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 19 11 10 FW BRA Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 6 6 6 6 10 FW BRA Thiago S Ferreira da Costa 2 2 2 2 4 4 10 FW KEN Boniface Ambani 17 17 17 17 30 FW BRA Edmilson Marques Pardal 12 12 12 12 Goal scorers Goals for East Bengal in 2006–07 seasonRankNo. Squad NumberPos. PositionNat. NationalityNameCFLNFLFed CupDurand CupIFA ShieldTotal 1 30 FW BRA Edmilson Marques Pardal 13 13 2 9 MF IND Alvito D'Cunha 4 1 1 1 1 8 25 FW IND Ashim Biswas 3 5 0 0 0 8 4 10 FW KEN Boniface Ambani 7 7 5 19 DF IND Syed Rahim Nabi 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 14 MF IND Chandan Das 2 0 0 0 0 2 20 DF IND Vincent Pires 2 0 0 0 0 2 29 DF IND Saumik Dey 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 3 DF BRA Luis Octavio da Silva 1 1 6 MF IND Dipankar Roy 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 FW BRA Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 1 1 15 MF IND Bibiano Fernandes 0 1 0 0 0 1 22 FW IND Fredy Mascarenhas 1 0 0 0 0 1 32 MF JPN Arata Izumi 1 0 0 1 DF IND Yumnam Raju 1 0 0 0 0 1 Own goals 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 20 29 2 1 1 53 References Category:East Bengal Club seasons