2005–06 East Bengal FC season

The 2005–06 season was East Bengal's 10th season in the National Football League and 86th season in existence.

East Bengal
2005–06 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachIndia Subhash Bhowmick
(until 2 December 2005)
India Bikash Panji[a]
(until 15 December 2005)
Belgium Philippe De Ridder
(from 15 December 2005)
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
East Bengal Ground
National Football LeagueRunners-up
Calcutta Football LeagueRunners-up
Federation CupQuarter-Finals
IFA ShieldGroup Stage
Durand CupGroup Stage
Super CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Bhaichung Bhutia (12)
All: Bhaichung Bhutia (12)

Competitions

Overall

Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 31 July 2005 30 September 2005 Runners-Up
Federation Cup 19 October 2005 23 October 2005 Quarter-Finals
IFA Shield 24 November 2005 1 December 2005 Semi-Finals
Durand Cup 11 December 2005 13 December 2005 Group Stage
National Football League 10 January 2006 15 May 2006 Runners-Up
Super Cup 27 May 2006 Champions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 14 11 1 2 25 7 +18 078.57
Federation Cup 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 050.00
IFA Shield 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 033.33
Durand Cup 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 050.00
National Football League 17 9 4 4 25 16 +9 052.94
Super Cup 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Total 39 24 6 9 65 33 +32 061.54

Last updated: 1 June 2006
Source: Competitions


Calcutta Football League

Main article: Calcutta Football League

East Bengal finished the 2005 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 34 points from 14 matches, 6 points behind champions Mohun Bagan.[2]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

31 July 2005 1 East Bengal 0–0 EverReady Kolkata
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
5 August 2005 2 East Bengal 2–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Syed Rahim Nabi 70', 88' Report Sheikh Azim 80' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
9 August 2005 3 East Bengal 3–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Saumik Dey 78'
Dipankar Roy 85'
Sasthi Duley 89'		 Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
14 August 2005 4 East Bengal 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Syed Rahim Nabi 73', 90' Report Suman Datta 36' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
18 August 2005 5 East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Report Gley Yao Rodrigue 17' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: England Dave Roberts
22 August 2005 6 East Bengal 4–0 Eastern Railway Kolkata
I.M. Vijayan 26', 58'
Alvito D'Cunha 53'
Syed Rahim Nabi 65'		 Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
25 August 2005 7 East Bengal 2–0 George Telegraph Kolkata
I.M. Vijayan 11'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 87'		 Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
3 September 2005 8 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Gley Yao Rodrigue 42' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: India Subrata Sarkar
8 September 2005 9 EverReady 1–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Snehashis Chakroborty 66' Report Syed Rahim Nabi 29'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 70'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
13 September 2005 10 Tollygunge Agragami 1–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Prasanta Chakraborty 44' Report Manoj Das 3' (o.g.)
Bernard Pires 19'
RC Prakash 89'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
17 September 2005 11 Mohammedan Sporting 0–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Arun Malhotra 4'
Alvito D'Cunha 54'
Syed Rahim Nabi 67'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
22 September 2005 12 Calcutta Port Trust 1–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Srimanta Das 88' Report Kalia Kulothungan 80'
Syed Rahim Nabi 81'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
27 September 2005 13 George Telegraph 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Mike Okoro 47' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
30 September 2005 14 Eastern Railway 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Gouranga Datta 73' Stadium: East Bengal Ground


Federation Cup

Main article: Federation Cup (India)

East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Air India and won 3–1 with goals from Sydney Nkalanga, Dipankar Roy and Mike Okoro. Syed Rahim Nabi scored an own-goal in the dying minutes to give consolation to Air India.[3] In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost to Churchill Brothers in the sudden-death after the game ended 0–0 after 120 minutes.[4]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 October 2005 Pre-Quarter Final East Bengal 3–1 Air India Margao
Sydney Nkalanga 9'
Dipankar Roy 44'
Mike Okoro 58'		 Report Syed Rahim Nabi 90+1' (o.g.) Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Man of the Match: Mike Okoro (East Bengal).
23 October 2005 Quarter-Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(9–10 p)		 Churchill Brothers Margao
Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: S Suresh
Penalties
  • soccer ball with check mark Jotin Singh
  • soccer ball with check mark Syed Hussain
  • soccer ball with check mark Sony P T
  • soccer ball with check mark Vanlalrova
  • soccer ball with check mark Ngozi Tony
  • soccer ball with check mark Chitra Singh
  • soccer ball with check mark Vinay Singh
  • soccer ball with check mark Villroy D'Cruz
  • soccer ball with check mark Amjad Hussain
  • soccer ball with check mark Abba Muritala


IFA Shield

Main article: IFA Shield
Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
India East Bengal 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
India Mohammedan Sporting 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
India Mohun Bagan 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
Source: 111th IFA Shield 2005

East Bengal was grouped alongside the other two Kolkata Giants Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting in Group A. East Bengal lost 2–3 against Mohammedan Sporting in the opening game.[5] However, in the second game, against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, East Bengal registered a 4–1 win with goals from Chandan Das, Mike Okoro and a brace from Alvito D'Cunha.[6] In the semi-finals, East Bengal faced EverReady and surprisingly lost 2–1 with Chibueze Francis Maduako scoring a brace for EverReady after Kalia Kulothungan put East Bengal ahead in the 3rd minute.[7][8]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 November 2005 Group Stage East Bengal 2–3 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Chandan Das 66'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 86'		 Report Okonji Onyelo Patrick 42'
Satyajit Bose 69'
Mputu Bolwe 77'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S Suresh
Man of the Match: Patrick Okonji Onyelo (Md Sporting)
27 November 2005 Group Stage East Bengal 4–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Chandan Das 9'
Mike Okoro 29'
Alvito D'Cunha 43', 90+3'		 Report Akeem Abul Alem 14' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Subrata Sarkar
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)
1 December 2005 Semi-Final East Bengal 1–2 EverReady Kolkata
Kalia Kulothungan 3' Report Chibueze Francis Maduako 24', 90+2' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S. Suresh
Man of the Match: Chibueze Francis Maduako (EverReady)


Durand Cup

Main article: Durand Cup
Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
India JCT 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
India East Bengal 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
India HAL 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: 118th Durand Cup 2005

East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT and HAL in Group D. East Bengal won 2–0 against HAL in the opening fixture withgoals from RC Prakash and Jatin Singh Bisht.[9] However, they lost 1–2 against JCT as they were eliminated from the group stages.[10][11]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 December 2005 Group Stage East Bengal 2–0 HAL Delhi
RC Prakash 7'
Jatin Singh Bisht 22'		 Report Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
13 December 2005 Group Stage East Bengal 1–2 JCT Delhi
Mike Okoro 57' Report Parveen Kumar 33'
Renedy Singh 63'		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium


National Football League

Main article: 2005–06 National Football League (India)

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mahindra United 17 11 3 3 27 13 +14 36 Champions
2 East Bengal 17 9 4 4 25 16 +9 31
3 Mohun Bagan 17 8 6 3 17 10 +7 30
4 Sporting Goa 17 6 7 4 24 16 +8 25
5 Dempo 17 6 7 4 29 22 +7 25
Source: 10th National Football League


Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

10 January 2006 1 East Bengal 1–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Bhaichung Bhutia 78' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S Suresh
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)
15 January 2006 2 East Bengal 1–1 Salgaocar Kolkata
Bhaichung Bhutia 33' Report Fabio dos Passos 60' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Deepak Kumar Dey
Man of the Match: Fabio dos Passos (Salgaocar)
22 January 2006 3 Mohun Bagan 0–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul Haq
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)
25 January 2006 4 East Bengal 2–0 Fransa-Pax Kolkata
Mike Okoro 8'
Bhaichung Bhutia 82'		 Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)
29 January 2006 5 East Bengal 0–0 Air India Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Syed Sujauddin / Dinesh Nair[b]
Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (East Bengal)
2 February 2006 6 JCT 0–1 East Bengal Ludhiana
Report Narinder Singh 9' (o.g.) Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: Deepak Bisht
Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (JCT)
6 February 2006 7 East Bengal 0–1 Mahindra United Kolkata
Report Jose Ramirez Barreto 68' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: James Lukram Singh (Mahindra)
18 March 2006 8 East Bengal 4–3 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
Bhaichung Bhutia 30', 60', 87'
Syed Rahim Nabi 65'		 Report Hardip Singh Saini 45'
Chidi Edeh 55'
Bibiano Fernandes 86'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Komaleeswaran Shankar
Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (East Bengal)
26 March 2006 9 East Bengal 5–3 Dempo Kolkata
Ndem Guy Herve 13'
Bhaichung Bhutia 24'
Debabrata Roy 69', 77'
Syed Rahim Nabi 71'		 Report Majekodumni Bolaji 34'
Ranti Martins 76' (pen.), 85'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: N Mohan
Man of the Match: Debabrata Roy (East Bengal)
2 April 2006 10 Mohammedan Sporting 0–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Ndem Guy Herve 2'
Bhaichung Bhutia 54'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: N Mohan
Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (East Bengal)
8 April 2006 11 East Bengal 3–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Bhaichung Bhutia 48'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 62'
Gouranga Datta 89'		 Report Dharamjit Singh Red card 30'
Mehtab Hossain 72'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)
16 April 2006 12 Dempo 1–3 East Bengal Margao
Johnny D'Cruz 35' Report Bhaichung Bhutia 63'
Syed Rahim Nabi 71'
Dipankar Roy 85'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: N Mohan
Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)
20 April 2006 13 Mahindra United 1–0 East Bengal Mumbai
Yusif Yakubu 45+1' (pen.) Report Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: Pradip Kuma
Man of the Match: Irungbam Surkumar Singh (Mahindra United)
23 April 2006 14 Air India 1–1 East Bengal Mumbai
Vijith Shetty 17' Report Bhaichung Bhutia 29' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: Abdul Saleem
Man of the Match: Paresh Shivalkar (Air-India)
30 April 2006 15 Salgaocar 1–0 East Bengal Margao
Micky Fernandes 81' Report Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: N Mohan
Man of the Match: Micky Fernandes (Salgaocar)
8 May 2006 16 Sporting Club de Goa 3–1 East Bengal Margao
Chidi Edeh 11'
Hardip Singh Saini 33'
Dudu Omagbemi 35'		 Report Bhaichung Bhutia 28' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: P Bhaskar
Man of the Match: Hardip Singh Saini (Sporting Clube)
15 May 2006 17 East Bengal 1–0 JCT Kolkata
Jayanta Sen 25' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A Arjunan
Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal)
21 May 2006 18 Fransa-Pax n/p East Bengal Margao
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Note: Fransa-Pax team withdrew from the National League midway.[12]


Super Cup

Main article: 2006 Indian Super Cup

Since Mahindra United won both the 2005-06 National Football League and the 2005 Federation Cup, National League runner-up East Bengal faced them in the 2006 Indian Super Cup and won 2–1 with goals from Ndem Guy Herve and Alvito D'Cunha.[13]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 May 2005 Mahindra United 1–2 East Bengal Mumbai
14:30 IST Yusif Yakubu 65' Report Ndem Guy Herve 23'
Alvito D'Cunha 33'		 Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: S Suresh
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)

Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2005–06 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL NFL Fed Cup IFA Shield Durand Cup Super Cup Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
1 GK India Naseem Akhtar 4 4 8 8 2 2 2 2 16 16
21 GK India Abhra Mondal 4 4 2 2 1 1 7 7
24 GK India Rajat Ghosh Dastidar 7 6 7 7 2 2 1 1 17 16
Defenders
2 DF India Muttah Suresh 5 4 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 18 15
5 DF India Habibur Rehman Mondal 4 4 3 2 2 2 9 8
12 DF India Arun Malhotra 7 7 1 1 1 1 9 9
12 DF India Anupam Sarkar 15 15 15 15
16 DF India Covan Lawrence 11 10 11 11 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 0 30 28
17 DF India Surya Bikash Chakraborty 4 4 1 1 5 5
22 DF India Debabrata Roy 5 5 10 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 19 12
26 DF Cameroon Ngassa Guy Martial 12 12 1 1 13 13
27 DF India Gurpreet Singh 4 4 3 2 7 6
29 DF India Saumik Dey 11 11 11 11 1 1 2 2 2 2 27 27
DF India Debkumar Sashmal 7 5 7 5
DF India Debjit Ghosh 7 6 2 1 9 7
Midfielders
6 MF India Dipankar Roy 7 7 9 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 20 9
7 MF India Jayanta Sen 6 3 15 15 1 1 22 19
8 MF India Sasthi Duley 8 8 10 5 3 3 1 1 22 17
9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 7 6 12 7 1 1 2 2 1 1 23 17
11 MF India Kalia Kulothungan 8 4 10 8 3 1 1 0 22 13
14 MF India Chandan Das 7 2 2 2 1 1 10 5
18 MF India Tushar Rakshit 3 0 3 0
19 MF India Syed Rahim Nabi 12 11 15 14 2 2 1 1 30 28
20 MF Cameroon Ndem Guy Herve 13 13 1 1 14 14
27 MF India Amandeep Singh 1 1 1 1 2 2
28 MF India Shylo Malsawmtluanga 10 7 17 17 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 33 27
30 MF India Bernard Pires 5 5 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 13 10
32 MF India Gouranga Dutta 3 1 11 7 1 1 15 9
MF India Jatin Singh Bisht 11 8 2 2 1 1 14 11
MF India Sandip Das 5 5 5 5
MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Liswa Nduti 2 1 1 0 2 2 5 3
Forwards
10 FW Nigeria Mike Okoro 2 1 9 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 18 14
12 FW India I.M. Vijayan 5 3 2 0 7 3
15 FW India Bhaichung Bhutia 16 16 16 16
25 FW India R.C. Prakash 8 6 2 2 1 0 2 1 13 9
FW South Africa Sydney Nkalanga 2 2 3 3 2 2 7 7

Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2005–06 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL NFL Fed Cup IFA Shield Durand Cup Super Cup Total
1 15 FW India Bhaichung Bhutia 12 12
2 19 MF India Syed Rahim Nabi 8 3 0 0 0 0 11
3 9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 2 0 0 2 0 1 5
10 FW Nigeria Mike Okoro 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
5 28 MF India Shylo Malsawmtluanga 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
6 6 MF India Dipankar Roy 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
12 FW India I.M. Vijayan 3 0 0 0 3
20 MF Cameroon Ndem Guy Herve 2 1 3
9 11 MF India Kalia Kulothungan 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
14 MF India Chandan Das 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
22 DF India Debabrata Roy 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
25 FW India R.C. Prakash 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
32 MF India Gouranga Dutta 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 7 MF India Jayanta Sen 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 MF India Sasthi Duley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 DF India Arun Malhotra 1 0 0 0 0 1
29 DF India Saumik Dey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 MF India Bernard Pires 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
FW South Africa Sydney Nkalanga 1 0 0 1
MF India Jatin Singh Bisht 0 0 0 1 0 1
Own goals 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Total 25 25 3 7 3 2 65

Notes

  1. ^ Caretaker manager after Subhash Bhowmick was sacked for legal reasons.[1]
  2. ^ replaced in 2nd Half due to illness.

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