2008–09 East Bengal FC season

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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)
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The 2008–09 season was

East Bengal's 2nd season in the I-League
and 89th season in existence.

Competitions

Overall

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

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



Calcutta Football League

East Bengal finished the 2008 Calcutta Premier Division in 3rd place with 25 points from 14 matches behind champions

Mohammedan Sporting.[1][2]

Fixtures & results

  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
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
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
Chirag United
Kolkata
Ashim Biswas 49' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Dilip Ghosh
Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal)
5 August 2008
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
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
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
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
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
East Bengal
Kolkata
Uzozle Emmanuel Junior 77' (pen) Report Sunil Chhetri 2'
Parveen Kumar 53'
Alvito D'Cunha 60'
Stadium:
Surkumar Singh
(East Bengal)
12 September 2008
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

League table

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 September 2008 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
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
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
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
East Bengal
Kolkata
17:00 IST Bhaichung Bhutia 2' Report
Surkumar Singh
Red card 49'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Pradeep Kumar
Man of the Match: Ishfaq Ahmed (Mohun Bagan)
2 November 2008 6
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dempo
Kolkata
15:45 IST Yusif Yakubu 12'
Ishmael Addo 60'
Report
Beto
22'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal)



Federation Cup

East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign as defending champions and was allotted into Group C alongside

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
India 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

  Win   Draw   Loss

13 December 2008 QF Group Stage
JCT
Kolkata
17:45 IST Sunil Chhetri 47' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: T. Pradip Kumar
15 December 2008 QF Group Stage
Sporting Club de Goa
Kolkata
17:45 IST Sanju Pradhan 79' Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
18 December 2008 Semi-final
Mohun Bagan
Kolkata
18:30 IST Sanju Pradhan 61' Report
Jose Ramirez Barreto
65'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan
Penalties

Statistics

Appearances

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 India
Subrata Paul
4 4 13 13 1 1 18 18
1 GK India Abhra Mondal 6 6 9 8 3 3 18 17
21 GK India Avijit Ghosh 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
31 GK India Arnab Das Sharma 4 4 4 4
Defenders
19 DF India Syed Rahim Nabi 4 4 22 22 3 2 29 28
26 DF India Mehrajuddin Wadoo 4 4 21 20 4 4 29 28
3 DF India Nirmal Chettri 10 8 19 17 4 4 33 29
29 DF India Saumik Dey 10 10 18 18 4 4 32 32
22 DF Ghana Suley Musah 9 8 14 14 3 3 26 25
27 DF India
Surkumar Singh
3 3 13 13 0 0 16 16
2 DF India
Muttah Suresh
6 6 9 8 0 0 15 14
5 DF India Khelemba Singh 9 8 3 2 0 0 12 10
17 DF India Jeevan Singh 4 3 1 0 5 3
20 DF India Poibang Pohshna 4 4 2 1 6 5
16 DF India Saheb Ali Mondal 1 0 1 0
33 DF India Saikat Saha Roy 5 3 5 3
12 DF India Anupam Sarkar 7 7 7 7
Midfielders
7 MF India Jayanta Sen 10 9 20 14 4 4 34 27
14 MF India Mehtab Hossain 9 9 17 13 4 4 30 26
22 MF India Sanju Pradhan 7 7 17 6 4 3 28 16
8 MF India Renedy Singh 2 2 16 15 2 2 20 19
9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 11 7 10 2 4 0 25 9
18 MF Ghana Ishmael Addo 10 8 10 8
28 MF India Malsawmkima 13 9 9 4 2 1 24 14
6 MF India Dipankar Roy 6 2 2 0 8 2
15 MF India Dharamjit Singh 2 1 1 0 3 1
23 MF India Mumtaz Akhtar 1 0 1 0 2 0
Forwards
12 FW Ghana Yusif Yakubu 21 21 4 4 25 25
11 FW India Sunil Chhetri 5 5 17 17 4 4 26 26
25 FW India Parveen Kumar 12 3 8 3 3 0 23 6
10 FW India Ashim Biswas 13 13 5 1 18 14
30 FW Brazil
Edmilson Marques Pardal
7 3 2 2 9 5
32 FW India Goutam Kujur 5 3 3 0 8 3

Goal scorers

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

References

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