2008–09 East Bengal FC season

The 2008–09 season was East Bengal's 2nd season in the I-League and 89th season in existence.

East Bengal

2008–09 season
President	Dr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-Coach	Monoranjan Bhattacharya (until 15 September 2008) Stanley Rozario (until 24 December 2008) Subhash Bhowmick (from 24 December 2008)
Ground	Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground
I-League	6th
Calcutta Football League	3rd
Federation Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Yusif Yakubu (11) All: Sunil Chhetri (13)
Home colours Away colours
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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

Last updated: 1 June 2009
Source: Competitions

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Calcutta Football League

Main article: Calcutta Football League

East Bengal finished the 2008 Calcutta Premier Division in 3rd place with 25 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan and runners-up Mohammedan Sporting.^[1][2]

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Calcutta Port Trust

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)

East Bengal v George Telegraph

17 July 2008 2	East Bengal	1–1	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)

East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting

20 July 2008 3	East Bengal	1–3	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)

East Bengal v Railway FC

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)

East Bengal v Chirag United

29 July 2008 5	East Bengal	1–0	Chirag United	Kolkata
	Ashim Biswas 49'	Report		Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Dilip Ghosh Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Peerless

1 August 2008 6	East Bengal	3–1	Peerless	Kolkata
	Ashim Biswas 22' Parveen Kumar 28', 67'	Report	Uzozle Emmanuel Junior 45+3'	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Debashish Mishra Man of the Match: Parveen Kumar (East Bengal)

Mohun Bagan v East Bengal

5 August 2008 7	Mohun Bagan	2–1	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)

Calcuta Port Trust v East Bengal

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)

George Telegraph v East Bengal

14 August 2008 9	George Telegraph	1–2	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)

Mohammedan Sporting v East Bengal

25 August 2008 10	Mohammedan Sporting	0–2	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)

Railway FC v East Bengal

30 August 2008 11	Railway FC	0–3	East Bengal	Kolkata
		Report	Mehrajuddin Wadoo 78' Edmilson Marques Pardal 82' Sunil Chhetri 85'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Debashish Mukherjee Man of the Match: Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal)

Chirag United v East Bengal

5 September 2008 12	Chirag United	1–0	East Bengal	Kolkata
	Lalmalswama Hmar 8'	Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee Man of the Match: Lalmalswama Hmar (Chirag United)

Peerless v East Bengal

8 September 2008 13	Peerless	1–3	East Bengal	Kolkata
	Uzozle Emmanuel Junior 77' (pen.)	Report	Sunil Chhetri 2' Parveen Kumar 53' Alvito D'Cunha 60'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Tushar Kanti Guha Man of the Match: Surkumar Singh (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

12 September 2008 14	East Bengal	1–1	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)

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I League

Main article: 2008–09 I-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

East Bengal v Chirag United

26 September 2008 1	East Bengal	3–1	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)

East Bengal v Mumbai

30 September 2008 2	East Bengal	0–1	Mumbai	Kolkata
18:30 IST		Report	Felix Aboagye 23'	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Selwyn Fernandes (Mumbai)

Air India v East Bengal

12 October 2008 3	Air India	2–0	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)

East Bengal v Vasco

18 October 2008 4	East Bengal	2–0	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)

Mohun Bagan v East Bengal

25 October 2008 5	Mohun Bagan	1–1	East Bengal	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Bhaichung Bhutia 2'	Report	Syed Rahim Nabi 39' Surkumar Singh  49'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pradeep Kumar Man of the Match: Ishfaq Ahmed (Mohun Bagan)

Mohammedan Sporting v East Bengal

2 November 2008 6	Mohammedan Sporting	0–0	East Bengal	Kolkata
17:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Tharangachan Tungshang (Mohammedan Sporting)

East Bengal v Mahindra United

7 November 2008 7	East Bengal	1–1	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)

East Bengal v Sporting Club de Goa

15 November 2008 8	East Bengal	3–1	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)

JCT v East Bengal

22 November 2008 9	JCT	1–0	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)

Dempo v East Bengal

26 November 2008 10	Dempo	1–0	East Bengal	Margao
16:00 IST	Climax Lawrence 79'	Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: P. Bhaskar Man of the Match: Climax Lawrence (Dempo)

East Bengal v Churchill Brothers

1 December 2008 11	East Bengal	1–2	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)

Chirag United v East Bengal

24 January 2009 12	Chirag United	0–0	East Bengal	Kolkata
14:45 IST		Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Somnath Khara (Chirag United)

Mumbai v East Bengal

24 January 2009 13	Mumbai	2–1	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)

East Bengal v Air India

7 February 2008 14	East Bengal	3–1	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)

Vasco v East Bengal

14 February 2008 15	Vasco	1–4	East Bengal	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)

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

22 February 2008 16	East Bengal	3–0	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)

East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting

28 February 2008 17	East Bengal	2–2	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)

Mahindra United v East Bengal

6 March 2008 18	Mahindra United	2–1	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)

Sporting Club de Goa v East Bengal

15 March 2008 19	Sporting Club de Goa	1–1	East Bengal	Margao
16:15 IST	Joseph Pereira 64'	Report	Ishmael Addo 42'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Man of the Match: Joseph Pereira (Sporting Club de Goa)

Churchill Brothers v East Bengal

22 March 2008 20	Churchill Brothers	3–1	East Bengal	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)

East Bengal v JCT

3 April 2008 21	East Bengal	2–1	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)

East Bengal v Dempo

16 April 2008 22	East Bengal	2–2	Dempo	Kolkata
15:45 IST	Yusif Yakubu 12' Ishmael Addo 60'	Report	Creson Antao 21' Beto 22'	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Yusif Yakubu (East Bengal)

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Federation Cup

Main article: 2008 Indian Federation Cup

East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign as defending champions and was allotted into Group C alongside JCT, New Delhi Heroes and Sporting Club de Goa. East Bengal won all the group matches and reached the semi-finals where they lost to their arch-rivals 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
New Delhi Heroes	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
Sporting Club de Goa	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

Source: 30th Federation Cup 2008

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v New Delhi Heroes

11 December 2008 QF Group Stage	East Bengal	2–0	New Delhi Heroes	Kolkata
17:45 IST	Sunil Chhetri 46' Alvito D'Cunha 83'	Report	Santosh Singh  72'  90+2'	Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Shaji Kurian

East Bengal v JCT

13 December 2008 QF Group Stage	East Bengal	1–0	JCT	Kolkata
17:45 IST	Sunil Chhetri 47'	Report		Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: T. Pradip Kumar

East Bengal v Sporting Club de Goa

15 December 2008 QF Group Stage	East Bengal	1–0	Sporting Club de Goa	Kolkata
17:45 IST	Sanju Pradhan 79'	Report		Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

18 December 2008 Semi-final	East Bengal	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
18:30 IST	Sanju Pradhan 61'	Report	Jose Ramirez Barreto 65'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan
	Penalties
	Parveen Kumar Hossain Sen Chhetri		Barreto Pereira Bhowmick Pachuau JL Singh

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		Subrata Paul	4	4	13	13	1	1	18	18
1	GK		Abhra Mondal	6	6	9	8	3	3	18	17
21	GK		Avijit Ghosh	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
31	GK		Arnab Das Sharma	4	4					4	4
Defenders
19	DF		Syed Rahim Nabi	4	4	22	22	3	2	29	28
26	DF		Mehrajuddin Wadoo	4	4	21	20	4	4	29	28
3	DF		Nirmal Chettri	10	8	19	17	4	4	33	29
29	DF		Saumik Dey	10	10	18	18	4	4	32	32
22	DF		Suley Musah	9	8	14	14	3	3	26	25
27	DF		Surkumar Singh	3	3	13	13	0	0	16	16
2	DF		Muttah Suresh	6	6	9	8	0	0	15	14
5	DF		Khelemba Singh	9	8	3	2	0	0	12	10
17	DF		Jeevan Singh	4	3	1	0			5	3
20	DF		Poibang Pohshna	4	4			2	1	6	5
16	DF		Saheb Ali Mondal	1	0					1	0
33	DF		Saikat Saha Roy	5	3					5	3
12	DF		Anupam Sarkar	7	7					7	7
Midfielders
7	MF		Jayanta Sen	10	9	20	14	4	4	34	27
14	MF		Mehtab Hossain	9	9	17	13	4	4	30	26
22	MF		Sanju Pradhan	7	7	17	6	4	3	28	16
8	MF		Renedy Singh	2	2	16	15	2	2	20	19
9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	11	7	10	2	4	0	25	9
18	MF		Ishmael Addo			10	8			10	8
28	MF		Malsawmkima	13	9	9	4	2	1	24	14
6	MF		Dipankar Roy	6	2	2	0			8	2
15	MF		Dharamjit Singh	2	1	1	0			3	1
23	MF		Mumtaz Akhtar	1	0			1	0	2	0
Forwards
12	FW		Yusif Yakubu			21	21	4	4	25	25
11	FW		Sunil Chhetri	5	5	17	17	4	4	26	26
25	FW		Parveen Kumar	12	3	8	3	3	0	23	6
10	FW		Ashim Biswas	13	13	5	1			18	14
30	FW		Edmilson Marques Pardal	7	3	2	2			9	5
32	FW		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		Sunil Chhetri	2	9	2	13
2	12	FW		Yusif Yakubu		11	0	11
3	19	DF		Syed Rahim Nabi	0	5	0	5
4	9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	3	0	1	4
	25	FW		Parveen Kumar	4	0	0	4
6	10	FW		Ashim Biswas	3	0		3
	22	MF		Sanju Pradhan	0	1	2	3
8	3	DF		Nirmal Chettri	1	1	0	2
	18	MF		Ishmael Addo		2		2
	30	FW		Edmilson Marques Pardal	2	0		2
11	5	DF		Khelemba Singh	1	0	0	1
	14	MF		Mehtab Hossain	1	0	0	1
	22	DF		Suley Musah	1	0	0	1
	26	DF		Mehrajuddin Wadoo	1	0	0	1
	27	DF		Surkumar Singh	0	1	0	1
	28	MF		Malsawmkima	1	0	0	1
	29	DF		Saumik Dey	1	0	0	1
Own goals					0	1	0	1
Total					21	31	5	57