2002–03 East Bengal F.C. season

The 2002–03 season is East Bengal Football Club's 7th season in the National Football League, and also marks the club's 89th season. Coached by Subhash Bhowmick, East Bengal won all five trophies from the five tournaments they participated in, including their second National league title, competing in the 2002–03 NFL. They also won the 2002 Calcutta Football League, 2002 Durand Cup and 2002 IFA Shield and the 2002 Independence Day Cup. This was the third instance in the history of East Bengal club that the club had won 5 trophies in a season, the other two back in 1972 and 1973 during P.K. Banerjee's reign.[6]

East Bengal
2002–03 season
ChairmanDr Pranab Dasgupta
ManagerSubhash Bhowmick
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
National Football LeagueChampions[1]
Calcutta Premier DivisionChampions[2]
Durand CupChampions[3]
IFA ShieldChampions[4]
Independence Day CupChampions[5]

First-team squad

East Bengal FC squad for the 2002–03 season.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  IND Sangram Mukherjee
— GK  IND Sandip Nandy
— GK  IND Satish Kumar
— GK  IND Arpan Dey.
— DF  IND Suley Musah
— DF  IND Surya Bikash Chakravarty
— DF  IND Amjad Ali Khan
— DF  IND Subhasis Roy Chaudhury
— DF  IND Deepak Mondal
— DF  IND M Suresh
— DF  IND Arun Malhotra
— DF  IND Raju Singh.
— DF  IND Anit Ghosh
— MF  IND Douglas De Silva
— MF  IND Malsawmtluanga
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  IND S. Venkatesh
— MF  IND Chandan Das
— MF  IND Sashti Duley
— MF  IND Dipankar Roy
— MF  IND Tushar Rakshit
— MF  IND Sankarlal Chakraborty
— MF  IND Soumitra Chakravarty
— MF  IND Swarup Chatterjee.
— MF  IND Alvito D'Cunha
— FW  IND Mike Okoro
— FW  IND Gilmar Da Silva
— FW  IND Trijit Das
— FW  IND Kalia Kulothungan
— FW  IND Kaustav Ghosh

Stadiums

Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984. As of today the Salt Lake Stadium is used for East Bengal's I-League, AFC Cup, and Federation Cup games. The East Bengal Ground is used for the Calcutta Football League matches.

Competetions

Overall
Competition First match Last match Final Position
Calcutta Football League 3 August 2002 11 November 2002 Champions
National Football League 17 November 2002 28 April 2002 Champions
Durand Cup 4 January 2003 10 January 2003 Champions
IFA Shield 13 January 2003 22 January 2003 Champions
Independence Day Cup 27 September 2002 5 October 2002 Champions

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Calcutta Football League
3 August 2002 1 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro  30', 80' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
6 August 2002 2 East Bengal 2–2 SAIL Kolkata
Mike Okoro  18'
Kalia Kulothungan  59'		 Dulal Patra  76'
Lawrence Enyilord  78'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
9 August 2002 3 East Bengal 2–0 Bharati Sangha Kolkata
Mike Okoro
Dipankar Roy 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 August 2002 4 East Bengal 5–1 Eastern Railway FC Kolkata
Mike Okoro  6', 70', 71'
Alvito D'Cunha  21'
Surya Bikash Chakraborty  57'		 Somnath Pramanick Stadium: East Bengal Ground
17 August 2002 5 East Bengal 3–0 FCI FC Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha  20', 38'
Mike Okoro  71'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
20 August 2002 6 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Dipankar Roy
Shylo Malsawmtluanga  71'		 Basudeb Mondal Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
24 August 2002 7 East Bengal 5–0 Everready Association Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty  43', 58'
Chandan Das  46'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga  65'
Soumitra Chakraborty 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
27 August 2002 8 East Bengal 4–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha  49'
Mike Okoro  51'
Subhashish Roy Chowdhury  74'
Subhash Chakraborty  82'		 Mehtab Hossain  75' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
3 September 2002 9 East Bengal 2–0 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Shylo Malsawmtluanga  12', 16' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
7 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 2–2 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Subhash Chakraborty
Chandan Das 		Sujoy Dutta
Ashim Biswas 		Stadium: East Bengal Ground
12 September 2002 Championship Group Mohammedan Sporting 3–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Reazul Mustafa
Syed Rahim Nabi  ?', ?'		 Mike Okoro
Alvito D'Cunha
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Basudeb Mondal  41' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 September 2002 Championship Group East Bengal 3–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Mike Okoro  24', 78'
Alvito D'Cunha  83'		 Stadium: East Bengal Ground
11 November 2002 Championship Final East Bengal 3–0 (a.e.t.) Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Douglas De Silva  2'
Sasthi Duley  45'
Shylo Malsawmtluanga 		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Independence Day Cup

East Bengal club went to Nagaon, Assam to participate in the 54th Independence Day Cup tournament after the end of the Championship Group round matches of the Calcutta League. The club won the tournament defeating Oil India Ltd FC of Assam by 2–0 with goals from Alvito D'Cunha and Chandan Das.[5]

27 September 2002 Group Stage East Bengal 0–1 Oil India Ltd FC Nagaon, Assam
Tridip Khound  85' Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
29 September 2002 Group Stage East Bengal 4–0 Gauhati Town Club Nagaon, Assam
Dipankar Roy  5'
Alvito D'Cunha  19'
Anit Ghosh  61'
Chandan Das  70'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
2 October 2002 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Nagaland Police Nagaon, Assam
Mike Okoro  39'
Kalia Kulothungan  62'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium
5 October 2002 Final East Bengal 2–0 Oil India Ltd FC Nagaon, Assam
Alvito D'Cunha  42'
Chandan Das  82'		 Stadium: Nurul Amin Stadium

Durand Cup

East Bengal club participated in the 115th Durand Cup held in Delhi being grouped in Group B along with MEG, Bangalore and Air India. The team won their third tournament of the season after defeating Army XI in the final by 3–0 margin.[3]

4 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 4–0 Air India Delhi
Mike Okoro  33', 60'
Sashti Duley  38'
Osberne D'Souza  42' (og)		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
4 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 0–1 MEG, Bangalore Delhi
Ajith Kumar  59' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
8 January 2003 Semi Final Salgaocar 0–1 East Bengal Delhi
Mike Okoro  79' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
10 January 2003 Final East Bengal 3–0 Army XI Delhi
Mike Okoro  67'
Kalia Kulothungan  72'
Douglas De Silva  77'		 Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

IFA Shield

Just days after winning the Durand Cup, the club participated in the IFA Shield held in Kolkata and was grouped alongside Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers and Tollygunge Agragami in Group A. The team reached the final defeating Vasco in the Semi-Final and lifted their 4th trophy of the season by defeating Churchill Brothers in the final via a penalty shootout, with Sashti Duley scoring the winning penalty in the sudden-death.[8]

13 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 2–1 Indian Bank Kolkata
Tushar Rakshit  58'
Amjad Ali Khan  87'		 Joseph  33' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
15 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 0–1 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Aqueel Ansari  83' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
17 January 2003 Group Stage East Bengal 2–1 Tollygunge Agragami Kolkata
Trijit Das  31'
Suley Musah  70'		 Manas Das  61' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
19 January 2003 Semi Final East Bengal 2–0 Vasco Kolkata
Suley Musah  18'
Jiten Rai  83'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
22 January 2003 Final East Bengal 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Bharat Mani
Penalties

Sponsors

References
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