2013–14 East Bengal F.C. season

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

East Bengal
2013-14 season
ChairmanVijay Mallya
ManagerArmando Colaco
I-League2nd
Federation CupGroup Stage
AFC CupSemi-Finals
Top goalscorerLeague: TBA
All: James Moga (4)

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. 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

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

I-League
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
11 December 2013 14 Salgaocar 0 - 0 East Bengal Mapusa, Goa
15:30 IST Report Stadium: Duler Stadium
Referee: Vishnu Chauhan
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
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
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
Main article: 2013 AFC Cup

Quarter Finals
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)
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
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)
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
Main article: 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup Group Stage
Group B
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Sporting Goa 320176+16
East Bengal 311143+14
Bengaluru FC 31116604
Rangdajied United 302124–22
15 January 2014 East Bengal 1–1 Rangdajied United MDS Complex, Manjeri
Moga  56' Report Seng-Yong  20'
18 January 2014 Sporting Goa 2–1 East Bengal MDS Complex, Manjeri
Fernandes  18'
D'Mello  85'		 Report Sueoka  58'
21 January 2014 East Bengal 2–0 Bengaluru FC MDS Complex, Manjeri
Edeh  62', 75' Report

IFA Shield
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'
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
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

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