East Bengal Club
Sporting Club East Bengal are an Indian professional football club based at Kolkata.[1]
| Salt Lake Stadium - Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata.jpg Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, which East Bengal uses for most matches | |
| Full name | Kingfisher Bengal Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1920 |
| Ground | Salt Lake Stadium (capacity: 120,000) |
| Owner | UB Group |
| Chairman | Dr Pranab Dasgupta |
| Manager | Trevor Morgan |
| League | I-League |
| 2010–11 | I-League, 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
East Bengal is one of the teams which compete in the I-League.
History
East Bengal Football Club was established in 1920.[1]
In 1998, the name of the club was changed from East Bengal Football Club to Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club.[2]
In July 2003, East Bengal won the ASEAN Club Championship at Jakarta.[3]
Players
First-team squad
- As of 24th July 2013[4]
Notable past players
- Byomkesh Bose, 1948–1958[5]
- Baichung Bhutia, 1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2003-2006, 2009-2011[6]
- Paritosh Chakravarty, 1942–1949[7]
- Surja Chakravarty, 1925–1927, 1929-1934[8]
- Mona Dutta, 1922–1925[9]
- Sunil Ghosh, 1938, 1940-1948[10]
- Ahmed Khan, 1949–1959[11]
- Majid, 1931-1937[12]
- Lakshmi Narayan, 1935–1940[13]
- J. Sarkar, 1925–1927, 1929-1932[14]
- Dulal Thakurta, 1927-1929, 1931-1937, 1939-1941[15]
East Bengal Club Media
- A Department Store (BOND 0089).jpeg
Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. department store in 1945
- Yuva Bharati Krirangan.png
Aerial View of the Salt Lake Stadium
- EB-Ground.png
East Bengal Ground
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Soccerway.com, East Bengal FC; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ AsianFootballFeast.com, East Bengal Archived 2012-06-30 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-10.
- ↑ Rediff.com, "East Bengal lift ASEAN Cup," July 26, 2003; retrieved 2012-7-10.
- ↑ "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ East Bengal the Real Power (EBRP), Byomkesh Bose[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ NationalFootballTeams.com, "Baichung Bhutia"; retrieved 2012-7-19.
- ↑ EBRP, Paritosh Chakravarty[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ EBRP, Surja Chakravarty[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ EBRP, Mona Dutta[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ EBRP, Sunil Ghosh[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ EBRP, Ahmed Khan[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ EBRP, Majid[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ EBRP, Lakshmi Narayan[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ EBRP, J. Sarkar[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
- ↑ EBRP, Dulal Thakurta[dead link]; retrieved 2012-7-9.
Other websites
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