2013–14 East Bengal FC season

The 2013–14 season was East Bengal's 94th season since its formation in 1920.

East Bengal

2013-14 season
President	Dr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-Coach	Marcos Falopa (until 14 November 2013) Armando Colaco (from 14 November 2013)
Ground	Salt Lake Stadium Kalyani Stadium East Bengal Ground
I-League	Runner-up
Calcutta Football League	Champions
Federation Cup	Group Stage
AFC Cup	Semi-finals
IFA Shield	Fourth
Top goalscorer	League: Chidi Edeh (9) All: Chidi Edeh (20)
Home colours Away colours
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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]

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  JPN Ryuji Sueoka (from Dempo)[8] — GK  IND Abhra Mondal (from Pune)[9] — FW  SSD James Moga (Free Agent)[10] — FW  IND Joaquim Abranches (Free Agent)[11]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  IND Robin Singh (Released)[12] — MF  NGA Penn Orji (to Mohammedan)[13] — FW  AUS Andrew Barisić (Released)[13] — MF  IND Khanthang Paite (Released)[14]

First-team squad

As of 2 September 2013^[15]

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

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

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

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position
Calcutta Football League	12 September 2013	11 January 2014	Champions
I-League	9 October 2013	28 April 2014	Runners-up
Federation Cup	15 January 2014	21 January 2014	Group Stage
IFA Shield	29 January 2014	13 February 2014	Fourth
AFC Cup[A]	17 September 2013	22 October 2013	Semi-finals

1. The continuation of the 2013 AFC Cup from the Quarter-final stage happened in the 2013-14 season.

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Calcutta Football League	11	9	1	1	28	5	+23	081.82
I-League	24	12	7	5	39	23	+16	050.00
Federation Cup	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	033.33
IFA Shield	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	040.00
AFC Cup	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	025.00
Total	47	25	12	10	81	44	+37	053.19

Last updated: 31 May 2014
Source: Competitions

Calcutta Football League

Main article: 2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division

Table

2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Police A.C.

12 September 2013 1	East Bengal	4–0	Police A.C.	Kolkata
16:00 IST	Chidi Edeh 10' Joaquim Abranches 27', 49' Lalrindika Ralte 33'	report[usurped]		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Prabeer Dhar

East Bengal v Peerless

13 November 2013 2	East Bengal	2–1	Peerless	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Harmanjot Khabra 35' James Moga 47'	report	Christopher Chizoba 63'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Ajit Dutta

East Bengal v Aryan

16 November 2013 3	East Bengal	2–1	Aryan	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Cavin Lobo 25' Chidi Edeh 41'	report	Stanley 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

East Bengal v George Telegraph

19 November 2013 4	East Bengal	4–1	George Telegraph	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Cavin Lobo 22' Chidi Edeh 42', 62', 72'	report	Bibekananda 90+2'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Bapi Dey

East Bengal v Bhawanipore

19 December 2013 5	East Bengal	5–0	Bhawanipore	Kolkata
14:00 IST	James Moga 25', 44', 47' Reisangmei Vashum 45+1' Ryuji Sueoka 75'	report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Ranjit Bakshi

East Bengal v Army XI

29 December 2013 6	East Bengal	3–0	Army XI	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Ryuji Sueoka 31' Seiminlen Doungel 37' Reisangmei Vashum 81'	report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Burman

East Bengal v Railway FC

31 December 2013 7	East Bengal	4–1	Railway FC	Kolkata
14:00 IST	Lalrindika Ralte 27' (pen.) Harmanjot Khabra 45+1' Seiminlen Doungel 62', 65'	report	Raju Gaikwad 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Kanika Burman

East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting

2 January 2014 8	East Bengal	0–0	Mohammedan Sporting	Kolkata
16:30 IST		report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Prabir Dhar

East Bengal v United

5 January 2014 9	East Bengal	2–0	United	Kolkata
16:30 IST	James Moga 12' Chidi Edeh 81' Harmanjot Khabra  42'  90+2'	report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Biplab Poddar

East Bengal v Kalighat MS

8 January 2014 10	East Bengal	2–0	Kalighat MS	Kolkata
14:00 IST	James Moga 23' Chidi Edeh 76'	report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Ujjal Haldar

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

11 January 2014 11	East Bengal	0–1	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
16:30 IST		report	Katsumi Yusa 83'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

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I-League

Main article: 2013–14 I-League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bengaluru (C)	24	14	5	5	42	28	+14	47	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2	East Bengal	24	12	7	5	39	23	+16	43	Qualification for 2015 AFC Cup group stage
3	Salgaocar	24	11	6	7	36	25	+11	39
4	Dempo	24	9	8	7	31	25	+6	35
5	Sporting Goa	24	9	7	8	34	34	0	34

Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored; 5) taking lots^[16]
(C) Champions

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Shillong Lajong v East Bengal

9 October 2013 1	Shillong Lajong	0–4	East Bengal	Shillong
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 2	East Bengal	1–3	Dempo	Kalyani
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 3	East Bengal	2–0	Bengaluru FC	Kolkata
14:30 IST	Mehtab  21' Robin 49' (o.g.) 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 4	East Bengal	2–3	Salgaocar	Kolkata
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 5	Sporting Clube de Goa	1–1	East Bengal	Mapusa
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 6	Mohun Bagan	0–1	East Bengal	Kolkata
17:00 IST		Report	Ryuji  44' Dika 73' 74'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

East Bengal v United SC

28 November 2013 7	East Bengal	1–1	United SC	Kolkata
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 8	Mumbai FC	3–2	East Bengal	Mumbai
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 9	Rangdajied United	1–2	East Bengal	Shillong
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 10	Salgaocar	0–0	East Bengal	Mapusa
15:30 IST		Report		Stadium: Duler Stadium Referee: Vishnu Chauhan

Bengaluru FC v East Bengal

15 December 2013 11	Bengaluru FC	0–2	East Bengal	Bangaluru
15:00 IST	Darren  76'	Report	James 17' Raju  42' Cavin  59' Chidi 81'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Referee: Anthony Simoees

East Bengal v Churchill Brothers

18 February 2014 12	East Bengal	0–0	Churchill Brothers	Kolkata
15:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

Dempo v East Bengal

23 February 2014 13	Dempo	1–0	East Bengal	Vasco da Gama
15:00 IST	Ozbey 70'	Report		Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Vishnu Chauhan

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan

1 March 2014 14	East Bengal	1–1	Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
17:00 IST	James 39'	Report	Sabeeth 67'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Santosh Kumar

East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting

11 March 2014 15	East Bengal	2–1	Mohammedan Sporting	Kolkata
17:00 IST	James 18' Chidi 84'	Report	Hasegawa 34'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: C.R. Srikrishna

East Bengal v Shillong Lajong

14 March 2014 16	East Bengal	0–0	Shillong Lajong	Kolkata
17:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rahul Dsa

East Bengal v Rangdajied United

23 March 2014 17	East Bengal	3–1	Rangdajied United	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Chidi 16' (pen.) Vashum 45+1' Lenn 55'	Report	Ranti Martins 30'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Armughan Rowan

East Bengal v Mumbai

26 March 2014 18	East Bengal	2–2	Mumbai	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Ryuji 66', 68'	Report	Yakubu 61' Mehta 87'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Anthony Simoees

East Bengal v Sporting Club de Goa

30 March 2014 19	East Bengal	2–1	Sporting Club de Goa	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Sahni 45+2' Dika 65'	Report	D'Mello 90'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

Mohammedan Sporting v East Bengal

5 April 2014 20	Mohammedan Sporting	1–3	East Bengal	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Joshimar 41'	Report	Ryuji 11' Abranches 40' Chidi 62'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Pratap Singh

East Bengal v Pune

12 April 2014 21	East Bengal	3–1	Pune	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Chidi 18' Dika 43', 70'	Report	Pavlović 58'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Khamba Singh

Churchill Brothers v East Bengal

16 April 2014 22	Churchill Brothers	1–0	East Bengal	Margao
17:00 IST	Raju 23'	Report		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: C.R. Srikrishna

Pune v East Bengal

19 April 2014 23	Pune	1–2	East Bengal	Pune
19:00 IST	D'Souza 39'	Report	Chidi 72' Lenn 75'	Stadium: Balewadi Stadium Referee: Armughan Rowan

United v East Bengal

28 April 2014 24	United	0–3	East Bengal	Kolkata
17:30 IST		Report	Das 64' Chidi 84' Lenn 90'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora

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Federation Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup Group Stage

Group B

Team v t e	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Rangdajied United

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

Sporting Goa v East Bengal

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

East Bengal v Bengaluru FC

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

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IFA Shield

Main article: 2014 IFA Shield

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Bengal	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
United	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
Sun Moon University	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Geylang International	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Busan Kyotong

29 January 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	1–1	Busan Kyotong	Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30	James Moga 78'	Report[usurped]	Gim Dae Han 6'	Stadium: Barasat Stadium

East Bengal v Geylang International

1 February 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	2–0	Geylang International	Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30	Seminlen Doungel 72' Chidi Edeh 90'	Report[usurped]		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal v United SC

4 February 2014 Group stage	East Bengal	2–0	United SC	Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30	Lalrindika Ralte 49' James Moga 69'	Report	Ranti Martins  47'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal v Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi

11 February 2014 Semi-final	East Bengal	0–3	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi	Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30		Report	Emeka Darlington 22' Sony Norde 37' Wedson Anselme 66'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

East Bengal v United

13 February 2014 Third-Place Play-off	East Bengal	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4-5 p)	United	Kolkata
15:15 UTC+5:30	Chidi Edeh 22' (pen.)	Report	Baldeep Singh 73'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
	Penalties
	Edeh Lobo Tluanga Kumar N. Singh Khabra		Martins Razaq D. Singh Biswas Sarkar Chakraborty

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AFC Cup

Main article: 2013 AFC Cup

Knock-out Stage

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Al-Qadsia	4
	Fanja	0
					Al-Qadsia (a)	0	2	2
					Al-Shorta	0	2	2
	Erbil	3
	Al-Shorta (a.e.t.)	4
											Al-Qadsia	2	1	3
											Al-Faisaly	1	0	1
	Kelantan	0
	Kitchee	2
					Kitchee	1	1	2
					Al-Faisaly	2	2	4
	Al-Faisaly	3
	Al-Riffa	1
																	Al-Qadsia	0
																	Al-Kuwait	2
	New Radiant (a.e.t.)	2
	Selangor	0
					New Radiant	2	0	2
					Al-Kuwait	7	5	12
	Al-Kuwait (p)	1 (4)
	Dohuk	1 (1)
											Al-Kuwait	4	3	7
											East Bengal	2	0	2
	East Bengal	5
	Yangon United	1
					East Bengal	1	1	2
					Semen Padang	0	1	1
	Semen Padang	2
	SHB Đà Nẵng	1

Fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Semen Padang

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

Semen Padang v East Bengal

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

Al-Kuwait v East Bengal

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

East Bengal v Al-Kuwait

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

Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

Appearances for East Bengal in 2013–14 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL		I League		Fed Cup		IFA Shield		AFC Cup		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Abhijit Mondal	2	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	15
30	GK		Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	9	9	8	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	26	26
26	GK		Abhra Mondal	2	0	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	8	6
Defenders
3	DF		Arnab Mondal	5	5	20	18	2	2	3	3	4	4	34	32
2	DF		Raju Gaikwad	4	4	17	14	3	3	5	5	0	0	29	26
8	DF		Naoba Singh	9	9	15	11	1	1	1	1	3	3	29	25
19	DF		Robert Lalthlamuana	6	6	14	14	1	1	4	4	3	2	28	27
16	DF		Gurwinder Singh	8	8	13	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	23	17
5	DF		Abhishek Das	1	1	10	9			5	4	1	1	17	15
29	DF		Soumik Dey	8	7	10	10	2	2	2	2	4	4	26	25
4	DF		Uga Okpara	2	2	9	9	3	3			4	4	18	18
23	DF		Safar Sardar			1	0							1	0
Midfielders
24	MF		Cavin Lobo	10	9	23	20	2	2	3	1	3	2	41	34
20	MF		Lalrindika Ralte	6	6	22	20	3	3	4	3	4	3	39	35
7	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	9	9	21	19	2	2	2	0	1	1	35	31
11	MF		Ryuji Sueoka	10	9	18	17	3	3	4	4	2	1	37	34
28	MF		Shylo Malsawmtluanga	9	3	17	12	1	1	4	4	1	0	32	20
17	MF		Joaquim Abranches	4	4	15	9	1	1	2	2	4	3	26	19
14	MF		Mehtab Hossain	1	1	8	8			2	1	4	4	15	14
18	MF		Subodh Kumar	6	5	7	4	0	0	5	4			18	13
12	MF		Reisangmei Vashum	6	6	3	3			0	0	1	1	10	10
9	MF		Alvito D'Cunha	4	1	0	0			3	1	1	0	8	2
33	MF		Dipankar Roy	2	0									2	0
Forwards
10	FW		Chidi Edeh	8	4	22	22	3	3	5	5	4	4	42	38
21	FW		Semilen Doungel	8	2	17	2	0	0	4	1			29	5
15	FW		James Moga	9	7	14	11	3	3	4	4	4	3	34	28
6	FW		Baljit Singh Sahni	5	2	9	0					3	0	17	2

Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2013–14 season
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL	I League	Fed Cup	IFA Shield	AFC Cup	Total
1	10	FW		Chidi Edeh	7	9	2	2	0	20
2	15	FW		James Moga	6	7	1	2	1	17
3	11	MF		Ryuji Sueoka	2	4	1	0	1	8
	20	MF		Lalrindika Ralte	2	4	0	1	1	8
	21	FW		Semilen Doungel	3	4	0	1		8
6	24	MF		Cavin Lobo	2	2	0	0	0	4
7	12	MF		Reisangmei Vashum	2	1		0	0	3
	17	MF		Joaquim Abranches	2	1	0	0	0	3
9	6	FW		Baljit Singh Sahni	0	2	0	0	0	2
	7	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	2	0	0	0	0	2
11	4	DF		Uga Okpara	0	0	0		1	1
	5	DF		Abhishek Das	0	1		0	0	1
	16	DF		Gurwinder Singh	0	1	0		0	1
	28	MF		Shylo Malsawmtluanga	0	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals					0	2	0	0	0	2
Total					28	39	4	6	4	81