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 |
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| 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]
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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
East Bengal players and officials in 1921
East Bengal players after winning 1949 IFA Shield
East Bengal Sporting Club, tent and front gate in Maidan, Kolkata
Trophy cabinet of East Bengal Club during the 103 years of foundation day
Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. department store in 1945
Smoke show during a CFL match against NBP Rainbow at East Bengal Ground
East Bengal supporters at Salt Lake Stadium during the Kolkata Derby in 2022 Durand Cup
East Bengal supporters waving flags during a Calcutta Football League match at the East Bengal Ground in July 2023.
2019–20 season Kolkata Derby at the Salt Lake Stadium
Aerial View of the Salt Lake Stadium
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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.