2013–14 East Bengal F.C. season

East Bengal

2013-14 season
Chairman	Vijay Mallya
Manager	Armando Colaco
I-League	2nd
Federation Cup	Group Stage
AFC Cup	Semi-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: TBA All: James Moga (4)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2013–14 season is East Bengal's 93rd season since its formation in 1920.

Key events

• 12 June 2013: Brazilian Marcos Falopa succeeds Trevor Morgan as the head coach.^[1]
• 6 July 2013: The club signed James Moga from Pune FC who became their second foreigner.^[2]
• 15 July 2013: The club revealed Ryuji Sueoka as their fourth foreigner.^[3]
• 17 September 2013: They continue their winning streak in the AFC Cup by beating Semen Padang.^[4] AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das congratulated the club on the behalf of entire AIFF.^[5]
• 24 September 2013: East Bengal drew with Semen and secured the semi-final stages, becoming the second Indian club to do so. They will meet Al-Kuwait.^[6]
• 14 November 2013: East Bengal appoint Armando Colaco as their new head coach.^[7]

First-team squad

As of 2 September 2013^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Abhijit Mondal 2 DF Raju Gaikwad 3 DF Arnab Mondal 4 DF Uga Okpara (vice-captain) 5 DF Abhishek Das 6 FW Baljit Sahni 7 MF Harmanjot Khabra 8 DF Naoba Singh (3rd captain) 9 MF Alvito D'Cunha 10 FW Chidi Edeh 11 MF Ryuji Sueoka 12 MF Reisangmei Vashum 14 MF Mehtab Hossain (captain) 15 FW James Moga 16 DF Gurwinder Singh

No. Position Player 17 FW Joaquim Abranches 19 DF Robert Lalthalma 20 MF Lalrindika Ralte 21 FW Seminlen Doungel 23 DF Safar Sardar 24 FW Cavin Lobo 26 GK Abhra Mondal 27 GK Jayanta Pal 28 MF Shylo Tulunga 29 DF Saumik Dey 30 GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu 33 MF Dipankar Roy 34 MF Subodh Kumar 35 FW Nilendra Dewan

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

I-League

Shillong Lajong v East Bengal

9 October 2013 4	Shillong Lajong	0 - 4	East Bengal	Shillong, Meghalaya
15:30 IST		Report	James  20'  63' Chidi  45' Subodh  50' Cavin  55'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Raktim Shah

East Bengal v Dempo

17 October 2013 5	East Bengal	1 - 3	Dempo	Kalyani, West Bengal
14:30 IST	Uga  10', 75' Baljit  85'	Report	Clifford  3' Beto  54'  pen' (77)	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

East Bengal v Bengaluru FC

26 October 2013 7	East Bengal	2 - 0	Bengaluru FC	Kolkata, West Bengal
14:30 IST	Mehtab  21' Robin  49' (og) Robert  82' James  90+4'  90+4'	Report	John  22' Johnny  82' Siam  90+1'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rahul Dsa

East Bengal v Salgaocar

1 November 2013 8	East Bengal	2 - 3	Salgaocar	Kolkata, West Bengal
14:30 IST	Moga  64' Gurwinder  66' Len  77'	Report	Karma  8' Francis  10' Clifton  60'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

Sporting Clube de Goa v East Bengal

5 November 2013 9	Sporting Clube de Goa	1 - 1	East Bengal	Mapusa, Goa
15:45 IST	Dawson  41' (pen) Ravi  45'	Report	Harmanjot  43' Dika  45+1' Arnab  59' Cavin  61' Mehtab  70' 90+4'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Ratheesh Kumar

Mohun Bagan v East Bengal

24 November 2013 10	Mohun Bagan	0 - 1	East Bengal	Kolkata, West Bengal
17:00 IST		Report	Ryuji  44' Dika  73' 74'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

East Bengal v United SC

28 November 2013 11	East Bengal	1 - 1	United SC	Kolkata, West Bengal
17:30 IST	Chidi  27' 32'	Report	Anupam  6' Dhanachandra  59' Hasan  83'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Khamba Singh

Mumbai FC v East Bengal

2 December 2013 12	Mumbai FC	3 - 2	East Bengal	Mumbai, Maharashtra
18:00 IST	Yakubu  2' Ahmad  37' 67', 80' Pradeep  65'	Report	Cavin  1'  32' Ryuji  87'	Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: CR Srikrishna

Rangdajied United v East Bengal

7 December 2013 13	Rangdajied United	1 - 2	East Bengal	Shillong, Meghalaya
17:00 IST	Lamine  15' Kim  45+1' Yohei  90+1'	Report	Gurwinder  41' Harmanjot  76' Shylo  84' Saumik  90+3'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

Salgaocar v East Bengal

11 December 2013 14	Salgaocar	0 - 0	East Bengal	Mapusa, Goa
15:30 IST		Report		Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Vishnu Chauhan

Bengaluru FC v East Bengal

15 December 2013 15	Bengaluru FC	0 - 2	East Bengal	Mapusa, Goa
15:00 IST	Darren  76'	Report	James  17' Raju  42' Cavin  59' Chidi  81'	Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Anthony Simoees

CFL

Kingfisher East Bengal v Kalighat MS

8 September 2013 CFL First Round	Kingfisher East Bengal	1–0	Kalighat MS	Kolkata, India
16:00 IST			Arijit Bagui  47'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Prajjwal Banerjee

Kingfisher East Bengal v Police

12 September 2013 CFL Second Round	Kingfisher East Bengal	4–0	Police	Kolkata, India
16:00 IST	Chidi 10' Abranches  27' 49' Ralte  33'	report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Prabeer Dhar

AFC Cup

Quarter Finals

Kingfisher East Bengal v Semen Padang

17 September 2013 1st leg	Kingfisher East Bengal	1–0	Semen Padang	Kolkata, India
16:30 IST	Sueoka  71'	report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Iida Jumpe (Japan)

Semen Padang v Kingfisher East Bengal

24 September 2013 2nd leg	Semen Padang	1–1	Kingfisher East Bengal	Padang, Indonesia
1:30 IST	Junior  23'	report	James Moga  78'	Stadium: Haji Agus Salim Stadium Attendance: 11,350 Referee: Mohammed A Alawaji (Saudi Arabia)

Semi Finals

Al-Kuwait v East Bengal

1 October 2013 1st leg	Al-Kuwait	4–2	East Bengal	Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
19:30 UTC+3	Jemâa  17', 33' Ali  32' Hammami  48'	Report	Okpara  65' Ralte  87'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

East Bengal v Al-Kuwait

22 October 2013 2nd leg	East Bengal	0–3	Al-Kuwait	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
16:00 UTC+5:30		Report	Rogerinho  43' Khamis  44' Das  87' (o.g.)	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

Federation Cup

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sporting Goa	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
East Bengal	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Bengaluru FC	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Rangdajied United	3	0	2	1	2	4	–2	2

East Bengal v Rangdajied United

15 January 2014	East Bengal	1–1	Rangdajied United	MDS Complex, Manjeri
	Moga  56'	Report	Seng-Yong  20'

Sporting Goa v East Bengal

18 January 2014	Sporting Goa	2–1	East Bengal	MDS Complex, Manjeri
	Fernandes  18' D'Mello  85'	Report	Sueoka  58'

East Bengal v Bengaluru FC

21 January 2014	East Bengal	2–0	Bengaluru FC	MDS Complex, Manjeri
	Edeh  62', 75'	Report

IFA Shield

East Bengal v Busan Kyotong

29 January 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	1 - 1	Busan Kyotong	Barasat Stadium, Barasat
15:15 UTC+5:30	James  78'	Report	Gim Dae Han  6'

East Bengal v Geylang International

1 February 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	2 - 0	Geylang International	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30	Len  72' Chidi  90'	Report

East Bengal v United SC

4 February 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	2 - 0	United SC	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30	Dika  49' James  69'	Report	Ranti  47'

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player FW Ryuji Sueoka (from Dempo)[9] GK Abhra Mondal (from Pune)[10] FW James Moga (Free Agent)[11] FW Joaquim Abranches (Free Agent)[12]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player FW Robin Singh (Released)[13] MF Penn Orji (to Mohammedan)[14] FW Andrew Barisić (Released)[14] MF Khanthang Paite (Released)[15]

References

1. "East Bengal appoint Falopa". IBN Live. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
2. "I-League transfers 6 June". The hard tackle. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
3. "Ryuji Sueoka unveiled". East Bengal. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
4. "East Bengal pips Semen Padang". East Bengal. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
5. "AIFF congratulated East Bengal". East Bengal. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
6. "East Bengal in semifinal of AFC Cup". East Bengal. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
7. "East Bengal appoints Armando Colaco". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
8. "Senior Team". East Bengal F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
9. George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, May 22". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
10. "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: James Moga agrees terms with East Bengal, Simon Colosimo set for Dempo move". Kick Off India. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
11. George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 6". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
12. "Abranches, Rowilson headed to Kolkata". Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
13. George, Joseph. "Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, June 3". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
14. "Indian Football Transfer Gossip: Penn Orji makes a last minute swoop to Mohammedan Sporting; Dempo eying Andrew Barisic". Kick Off India. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
15. "Mohammedan Sporting complete signing of Khanthang Paite". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.