The 2011–12 season is East Bengal Football Club's 5th season in the I-League, and also marks the club's 92nd season. East Bengal will seek to win their first league trophy for 7 seasons, competing in the I-League, the Federation Cup and the AFC Cup.
Key events On 26 September 2011 East Bengal defeat Prayag United in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals 2–1 to make the final. On 18 October 2011, East Bengal defeat Salgaocar by 9-8 (penalty - sudden death) in 2011 Indian Super Cup final to win the first trophy of the season.they also won IFA Shield and Calcutta Premiere League
Players
First-Team Squad Transfer period is on-going for new season: 2011–12.
Coach: Trevor MorganNews Asst coach: Ranjan Choudhury Goalkeeper coach: Atanu Bhattacharya Physical trainer: Kaji Juyef Islam Team doctor: Dr. S R Dasgupta Physiotherapist: Rajesh Basak Team manager: Swapan Ball, Gopal Ghosh
Transfers
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Out:
Stadiums Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. have been using both the Salt Lake Stadium and the East Bengal Ground sense 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.
Kit Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the club). Co-sponsor: Tower Group Co-sponsor: Saradha Group Co-sponsor: Rose-Valley
Competitions
Overall Competition First match Last match Final positionFederation Cup17 September 201129 September 2011Runners-upBTV Becamex IDC Cup7 October 201111 October 2011Group StageSuper Cup18 October 2011ChampionsI-League22 October 20115 May 2012Runners-upCalcutta Football League12 November 201114 May 2012ChampionsIFA Shield3 March 201216 March 2012ChampionsAFC Cup6 March 20129 May 2012Group Stage
Overview
Federation Cup
Group C
Fixtures & results
BECAMEX IDC Cup
Fixtures & results
Super Cup
Last year's Federation Cup Champion East Bengal beat last year's I-League Champion Salgaocar in the Super Cup on sudden death.
Fixtures & results
I League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Fixtures & results
Calcutta Football League
Fixtures & results
IFA Shield
Fixtures & results
AFC Cup
Group stage The group were drawn on 6 December 2011 in (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Fixtures & results
Notes Note 2: Due to the political crisis in Yemen, the AFC requested Yemeni clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.
Statistics
Appearances Players with no appearances are not included in the list. Appearances for East Bengal in 2011–12 seasonNo.NameCFLI LeagueFed CupBTV CupSuper CupIFA ShieldAFC CupTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsGoalkeepers30GKGurpreet Singh Sandhu1616113344242424GKSandip Nandy66101055001122242426GKAbhra Mondal333321GKDebjit Majumder333331GKJayanta Pal11000011Defenders4DFUga Okpara542424553311445547463DFNirmal Chhetri33171722331144303025DFRobert Lalthalmuana4414132133112043302516DFGurwinder Singh66141300003355282729DFSoumik Dey861313440000334332298DFNaoba Singh1111105433001121192DFRaju Gaikwad225433000022121133DFSaikat Saha Roy6644113321161519DFRavinder Singh643010110011526DFSunil Thakur5511665DFSunil Kumar3333DFAbhishek Das110011Midfielders18MFPenn Orji7323225433114455484215MFSanju Pradhan642215522110426546297MFHarmanjot Khabra54212055112233373512MFReisengmei Vashum32201944331100312914MFMehtab Hossain631614441142312411MFKhantang Paite321374033114331311717MFSushant Matthews2210832114411211834MFSubodh Kumar5464100032331813MFCharan Rai440010549MFAlvito D'Cunha00200020MFSourav Roy1010Forwards20FWTolgay Ozbey8725245311104454494323FWRobin Singh751513332211446538336FWBaljit Singh Saini431573200003052301428FWEdmilson Marques Pardal1036416710FWAlan Gow1163432211141038FWSemilen Doungel1010421111161435FWBudhiram Tudu4242
Goal scorers Goals for East Bengal in 2011–12 seasonRankNameCFLI LeagueFed CupBTV CupSuper CupIFA ShieldAFC CupTotal120FWTolgay Ozbey9180002029223FWRobin Singh252003012318MFPenn Orji17000008438FWSemilen Doungel60006510FWAlan Gow023005615MFSanju Pradhan0310000428FWEdmilson Marques Pardal22429DFSoumik Dey3100000494DFUga Okpara03000003103DFNirmal Chhetri110000026FWBaljit Singh Saini0200000211MFKhantang Paite0011000212MFReisengmei Vashum010100021416DFGurwinder Singh00001119DFRavinder Singh1000000125DFRobert Lalthalmuana0100000126DFSunil Thakur1000134MFSubodh Kumar1000135FWBudhiram Tudu11Own Goals00000001Total26467206289
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