2008–09 East Bengal FC season

The 2008–09 season was East Bengal's 2nd season in the I-League and 89th season in existence.

East Bengal
2008–09 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachIndia Monoranjan Bhattacharya
(until 15 September 2008)
India Stanley Rozario
(until 24 December 2008)
India Subhash Bhowmick
(from 24 December 2008)
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Barasat Stadium
East Bengal Ground
I-League6th
Calcutta Football League3rd
Federation CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Yusif Yakubu (11)
All: Sunil Chhetri (13)

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 14 July 2008 12 September 2008 3rd
I-League 26 September 2008 16 April 2009 6th
Federation Cup 11 December 2008 18 December 2008 Semi-finals

Overview

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Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 14 7 4 3 21 12 +9 050.00
I-League 22 7 7 8 31 26 +5 031.82
Federation Cup 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 075.00
Total 40 17 12 11 57 39 +18 042.50

Last updated: 1 June 2009
Source: Competitions



Calcutta Football League

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East Bengal finished the 2008 Calcutta Premier Division in 3rd place with 25 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan and runners-up Mohammedan Sporting.[1][2]

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

14 July 2008 1 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mehtab Hussain   9'
Kima   73'
Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Rathin Mukherjee
Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal)
17 July 2008 2 East Bengal 1–1 George Telegraph Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha   52' Report Francis Chibueze Maduako   65' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Dhanapati Roy
Man of the Match: Francis Chibueze Maduako (George Telegraph)
20 July 2008 3 East Bengal 1–3 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Khelemba Singh   75' Report Theodore Sunday Wrobeh   1', 85'
Mike Okoro   90+2' (pen)
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Man of the Match: Theodore Sunday Wrobeh (Mohammedan Sporting)
24 July 2008 4 East Bengal 1–1 Railway FC Kolkata
Parveen Kumar   16' Report Suraj Mandal   33' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Kashinath Sen
Man of the Match: Suraj Mandal (Railway FC)
29 July 2008 5 East Bengal 1–0 Chirag United Kolkata
Ashim Biswas   49' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Dilip Ghosh
Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal)
1 August 2008 6 East Bengal 3–1 Peerless Kolkata
Ashim Biswas   22'
Parveen Kumar   28', 67'
Report Uzozle Emmanuel Junior   45+3' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Debashish Mishra
Man of the Match: Parveen Kumar (East Bengal)
5 August 2008 7 Mohun Bagan 2–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Lalawmpuia Pachuau   72', 82' Report Alvito D'Cunha   19' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Man of the Match: Lalawmpuia Pachuau (Mohun Bagan)
11 August 2008 8 Calcuta Port Trust 0–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Barun Saha
Man of the Match: Simanta Das (Calcuta Port Trust)
14 August 2008 9 George Telegraph 1–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Freebone Ipekere   90' Report Saumik Dey   32'
Suley Musah   53' (pen)
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Kashinath Sen
Man of the Match: Abhra Mondal (East Bengal)
25 August 2008 10 Mohammedan Sporting 0–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Nirmal Chettri   23'
Ashim Biswas   27'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rathin Mukherjee
Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal)
30 August 2008 11 Railway FC 0–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Mehrajuddin Wadoo   78'
Edmilson Marques Pardal   82'
Sunil Chhetri   85'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Debashish Mukherjee
Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal)
5 September 2008 12 Chirag United 1–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Lalmalswama Hmar   8' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rathin Mukherjee
Man of the Match: Lalmalswama Hmar (Chirag United)
8 September 2008 13 Peerless 1–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Uzozle Emmanuel Junior   77' (pen) Report Sunil Chhetri   2'
Parveen Kumar   53'
Alvito D'Cunha   60'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Tushar Kanti Guha
Man of the Match: Surkumar Singh (East Bengal)
12 September 2008 14 East Bengal 1–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Edmilson Marques Pardal   84' Report Jose Ramirez Barreto   25' (pen) Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Man of the Match: Rakesh Masih (Mohun Bagan)



I League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Dempo 22 8 7 7 35 26 +9 31
5 Mahindra United 22 8 7 7 28 22 +6 31
6 East Bengal 22 7 7 8 31 26 +5 28 2010 AFC Cup group stage[a]
7 Mumbai 22 7 7 8 22 27 −5 28
8 Chirag United 22 6 8 8 20 26 −6 26
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ East Bengal qualified for the 2010 AFC Cup as 2009–10 Indian Federation Cup winners.

Fixtures & results

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26 September 2008 1 East Bengal 3–1 Chirag United Kolkata
18:30 IST Surkumar Singh   10'
Yusif Yakubu   19'
Sunil Chhetri   28'
Report Shankar Oraon   79' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: S. Suresh
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (East Bengal)
30 September 2008 2 East Bengal 0–1 Mumbai Kolkata
18:30 IST Report Felix Aboagye   23' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
Man of the Match: Selwyn Fernandes (Mumbai)
12 October 2008 3 Air India 2–0 East Bengal Mumbai
15:30 IST Surojit Roy   48'
Michael Tayo   79'
Report Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: O.P. Thakur
Man of the Match: Michael Tayo (Air India)
18 October 2008 4 East Bengal 2–0 Vasco Kolkata
18:00 IST Yusif Yakubu   7', 90' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal)
25 October 2008 5 Mohun Bagan 1–1 East Bengal Kolkata
17:00 IST Bhaichung Bhutia   2' Report Syed Rahim Nabi   39'
Surkumar Singh   49'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pradeep Kumar
Man of the Match: Ishfaq Ahmed (Mohun Bagan)
2 November 2008 6 Mohammedan Sporting 0–0 East Bengal Kolkata
17:00 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Tharangachan Tungshang (Mohammedan Sporting)
7 November 2008 7 East Bengal 1–1 Mahindra United Kolkata
17:00 IST Sunil Chhetri   61' Report Paresh Shivalkar   58' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P. Bhaskar
Man of the Match: Dharmaraj Ravanan (Mahindra United)
15 November 2008 8 East Bengal 3–1 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
17:00 IST Sunil Chhetri   14'
Syed Rahim Nabi   27', 32'
Report Harmanjot Khabra   54' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)
22 November 2008 9 JCT 1–0 East Bengal Ludhiana
14:30 IST Eduardo da Silva Escobar   68' (pen) Report Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Jaspal Parmar (JCT)
26 November 2008 10 Dempo 1–0 East Bengal Margao
16:00 IST Climax Lawrence   79' Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: P. Bhaskar
Man of the Match: Climax Lawrence (Dempo)
1 December 2008 11 East Bengal 1–2 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
15:30 IST Chitrasen Chandam   2' (o.g.) Report Ogba Kalu   32'
Mehrajuddin Wadoo   61' (o.g.)
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S. Suresh
Man of the Match: Ogba Kalu (Churchill Brothers)
24 January 2009 12 Chirag United 0–0 East Bengal Kolkata
14:45 IST Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Somnath Khara (Chirag United)
24 January 2009 13 Mumbai 2–1 East Bengal Mumbai
15:30 IST Abhishek Yadav   47'
Abel Hammond   88'
Report Yusif Yakubu   13' (pen) Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: A. Rowan
Man of the Match: Abel Hammond (Mumbai)
7 February 2008 14 East Bengal 3–1 Air India Kolkata
15:00 IST Yusif Yakubu   49'
Sunil Chhetri   56'
Sanju Pradhan   81'
Report Subhash Singh   88' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal)
14 February 2008 15 Vasco 1–4 East Bengal Margao
16:15 IST Sherzod Nazarov   52' Report Sunil Chhetri   28', 90'
Yusif Yakubu   46', 56'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Pratap Singh
Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal)
22 February 2008 16 East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
18:30 IST Syed Rahim Nabi   22', 40'
Sunil Chhetri   47'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)
28 February 2008 17 East Bengal 2–2 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
18:30 IST Nirmal Chettri   49'
Sunil Chhetri   54'
Report Mike Okoro   4'
Eugene Gray   30'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Shaji Kurian
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (East Bengal)
6 March 2008 18 Mahindra United 2–1 East Bengal Mumbai
16:00 IST Chidi Edeh   54' (pen), 70' (pen) Report Sunil Chhetri   50' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: A. Arjunan
Man of the Match: Chidi Edeh (Mahindra United)
15 March 2008 19 Sporting Club de Goa 1–1 East Bengal Margao
16:15 IST Joseph Pereira   64' Report Ishmael Addo   42' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Man of the Match: Joseph Pereira (Sporting Club de Goa)
22 March 2008 20 Churchill Brothers 3–1 East Bengal Margao
16:15 IST Odafa Onyeka Okolie   33', 74'
Ogba Kalu   47'
Report Yusif Yakubu   90+1' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: P. Bhaskar
Man of the Match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers)
3 April 2008 21 East Bengal 2–1 JCT Kolkata
18:30 IST Yusif Yakubu   35', 69' Report Eduardo da Silva Escobar   76' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: O.P. Thakur
Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal)
16 April 2008 22 East Bengal 2–2 Dempo Kolkata
15:45 IST Yusif Yakubu   12'
Ishmael Addo   60'
Report Creson Antao   21'
Beto   22'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal)



Federation Cup

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East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign as defending champions and was allotted into Group C alongside JCT, New Delhi Heroes and Sporting Club de Goa. East Bengal won all the group matches and reached the semi-finals where they lost to their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the penalty shoot-out after the game ended 1–1 in regulation time.[3][4]

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  East Bengal 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9
  JCT 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
  New Delhi Heroes 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
  Sporting Club de Goa 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0

Fixtures & results

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11 December 2008 QF Group Stage East Bengal 2–0 New Delhi Heroes Kolkata
17:45 IST Sunil Chhetri   46'
Alvito D'Cunha   83'
Report Santosh Singh   72'   90+2' Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Shaji Kurian
13 December 2008 QF Group Stage East Bengal 1–0 JCT Kolkata
17:45 IST Sunil Chhetri   47' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: T. Pradip Kumar
15 December 2008 QF Group Stage East Bengal 1–0 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
17:45 IST Sanju Pradhan   79' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
18 December 2008 Semi-final East Bengal 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
Mohun Bagan Kolkata
18:30 IST Sanju Pradhan   61' Report Jose Ramirez Barreto   65' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
Penalties

Statistics

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Appearances

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Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2008–09 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
24 GK   Subrata Paul 4 4 13 13 1 1 18 18
1 GK   Abhra Mondal 6 6 9 8 3 3 18 17
21 GK   Avijit Ghosh 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
31 GK   Arnab Das Sharma 4 4 4 4
Defenders
19 DF   Syed Rahim Nabi 4 4 22 22 3 2 29 28
26 DF   Mehrajuddin Wadoo 4 4 21 20 4 4 29 28
3 DF   Nirmal Chettri 10 8 19 17 4 4 33 29
29 DF   Saumik Dey 10 10 18 18 4 4 32 32
22 DF   Suley Musah 9 8 14 14 3 3 26 25
27 DF   Surkumar Singh 3 3 13 13 0 0 16 16
2 DF   Muttah Suresh 6 6 9 8 0 0 15 14
5 DF   Khelemba Singh 9 8 3 2 0 0 12 10
17 DF   Jeevan Singh 4 3 1 0 5 3
20 DF   Poibang Pohshna 4 4 2 1 6 5
16 DF   Saheb Ali Mondal 1 0 1 0
33 DF   Saikat Saha Roy 5 3 5 3
12 DF   Anupam Sarkar 7 7 7 7
Midfielders
7 MF   Jayanta Sen 10 9 20 14 4 4 34 27
14 MF   Mehtab Hossain 9 9 17 13 4 4 30 26
22 MF   Sanju Pradhan 7 7 17 6 4 3 28 16
8 MF   Renedy Singh 2 2 16 15 2 2 20 19
9 MF   Alvito D'Cunha 11 7 10 2 4 0 25 9
18 MF   Ishmael Addo 10 8 10 8
28 MF   Malsawmkima 13 9 9 4 2 1 24 14
6 MF   Dipankar Roy 6 2 2 0 8 2
15 MF   Dharamjit Singh 2 1 1 0 3 1
23 MF   Mumtaz Akhtar 1 0 1 0 2 0
Forwards
12 FW   Yusif Yakubu 21 21 4 4 25 25
11 FW   Sunil Chhetri 5 5 17 17 4 4 26 26
25 FW   Parveen Kumar 12 3 8 3 3 0 23 6
10 FW   Ashim Biswas 13 13 5 1 18 14
30 FW   Edmilson Marques Pardal 7 3 2 2 9 5
32 FW   Goutam Kujur 5 3 3 0 8 3

Goal scorers

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Goals for East Bengal in 2008–09 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL I League Fed Cup Total
1 11 FW   Sunil Chhetri 2 9 2 13
2 12 FW   Yusif Yakubu 11 0 11
3 19 DF   Syed Rahim Nabi 0 5 0 5
4 9 MF   Alvito D'Cunha 3 0 1 4
25 FW   Parveen Kumar 4 0 0 4
6 10 FW   Ashim Biswas 3 0 3
22 MF   Sanju Pradhan 0 1 2 3
8 3 DF   Nirmal Chettri 1 1 0 2
18 MF   Ishmael Addo 2 2
30 FW   Edmilson Marques Pardal 2 0 2
11 5 DF   Khelemba Singh 1 0 0 1
14 MF   Mehtab Hossain 1 0 0 1
22 DF   Suley Musah 1 0 0 1
26 DF   Mehrajuddin Wadoo 1 0 0 1
27 DF   Surkumar Singh 0 1 0 1
28 MF   Malsawmkima 1 0 0 1
29 DF   Saumik Dey 1 0 0 1
Own goals 0 1 0 1
Total 21 31 5 57

References

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  4. ^ Pakrashi, Sudeep (19 December 2008). "Bagan hold nerve, move into final". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 August 2021.