The 2012–13 season was East Bengal F.C.'s 93rd season since their formation in 1920 and their sixteenth season ever in the I-League which is India's top football league. At the end of the season the club had won the Federation Cup, finished 3rd in the 2012–13 I-League, and made it to the quarter-finals of the 2013 AFC Cup.
Transfers
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Squad
First-team squad
Out on loan
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Competitions
Overall Competition First match Last match Final positionCalcutta Football League17 August 201223 May 2013ChampionsFederation Cup21 September 201230 September 2012ChampionsI-League7 October 201212 May 20133rdIFA Shield3 March 201320 March 2013Runners-upAFC Cup27 February 201315 May 2013Quarter-Finals
Overview
Calcutta Football League
Table Group A
Championship Stage
Fixtures & results
First stage
Championship Stage
Federation Cup
Group C
Summary East Bengal entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group C along with Sporting Clube de Goa, ONGC, and Kalighat MS and their matches were played in Siliguri. East Bengal experienced mixed fortunes at the start of the tournament as they drew their opening match 1–1 against Sporting Goa with new Nigerian signing Chidi Edeh scoring his first goal for the club in the 10th minute from the penalty spot. The club then won their first game of the season in their second match of the tournament on 23 September 2012 against ONGC F.C. in which East Bengal came back from 0–1 down to 2–1 winners after Edeh and other new signing, India international, Manandeep Singh scored two goals to gift Bengal the victory. East Bengal then confirmed promotion out of the group stage of the Federation Cup to the Semi-Finals after a remarkable come from behind victory in their last game at the group stage to Kalighat MS in which East Bengal came back from 2–0 to tie the score up at 2–2 through two goals from Manandeep Singh in the 26th and 30th minute but then East Bengal had to come from behind again after Kalighat took the lead again to go up 3–2 with Edeh scoring two goals to win the game for East Bengal 4–3 and send them to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals East Bengal took on Churchill Brothers and after finishing regulation time tied at 0–0 the match went into 30-minute extra-time where East Bengal would eventually take the lead from former Churchill Brothers youngster Lalrindika Ralte in the 111th minute of play which then allowed East Bengal to win the match 1–0 and send them to the final. Then in the final East Bengal found themselves down 1–0 after 51 minutes after their opponents, Dempo, scored through former India captain Climax Lawrence but East Bengal managed to equalize through newly signed defender Arnab Mondal in the 60th minute which would then send both clubs to 30-minute extra-time at 1–1 and that is where East Bengal start to show good form by scoring twice through Manandeep Singh in the 100th minute and Chidi Edeh in the 109th minute to give East Bengal a 3–1 lead which would then be cut down to a 3–2 after another former India international, Mahesh Gawli scored in the 111th minute but that was still enough for East Bengal to win the Federation Cup for the 2nd time in 3 years and their eighth overall.
Fixtures & results
I-League
Table
Fixtures & results
IFA Shield
Group A
Fixtures & results
AFC Cup
Due to East Bengal's 2012 Indian Federation Cup victory the club automatically qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup which is the 2nd tier Asian competition ran by the Asian Football Confederation. On 6 December 2012 the AFC made their official 2013 AFC Cup group-stage draw and East Bengal was placed in Group H along with reigning 2012 S.League champions Tampines Rovers of Singapore, Malaysia Super League third place team Selangor FA, and V-League third place team Saigon Xuan Thanh.
Table Group H
Fixtures & results
Statistics
Appearances Players with no appearances are not included in the list. Appearances for East Bengal in 2012–13 seasonNo.NameCFL I LeagueFed CupIFA ShieldAFC CupTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsGoalkeepers1GKAbhijit Mondal331414441133252530GKGurpreet Singh Sandhu10101412114444333131GKJayanta Pal220000000022Defenders3DFArnab Mondal44212122002129284DFUga Okpara88212043556644428DFNaoba Singh762120554242413529DFSoumik Dey87201955336642402DFRaju Gaikwad6698220033201919DFRobert Lalthlamuana7797102221211716DFGurwinder Singh8786435554302533DFSaikat Saha Roy77775DFSunil Kumar545436DFSafar Sardar111125DFAbhishek Das200020Midfielders18MFPenn Orji992624555477524914MFMehtab Hossain222322442266373635MFIshfaq Ahmed662218552132383221MFLalrindika Ralte119211240447747327MFHarmanjot Khabra551615435455353215MFSanju Pradhan95146425465382224MFCavin Lobo141094001121261612MFReisangmei Vashum1184100001016934MFSubodh Kumar664421330015149MFAlvito D'Cunha80300011017MFSushanth Matthews4242Forwards10FWChidi Edeh652625555476494526FWManandeep Singh632014533031372123FWRobin Singh87136002120251427FWAndrew Barisic6473527725166FWBaljit Singh Sahni12965324340291938FWSemilen Doungel53005327FWBranco Vincent Cardozo1010
Goal scorers Goals for East Bengal in 2012–13 seasonRankNameCFLI LeagueFed CupIFA ShieldAFC CupTotal110FWChidi Edeh6185363826FWBaljit Singh Sahni14000014318MFPenn Orji5400413421MFLalrindika Ralte3510312527FWAndrew Barisic512311626FWManandeep Singh2341010723FWRobin Singh5300887MFHarmanjot Khabra230005915MFSanju Pradhan2200041024MFCavin Lobo2100031114MFMehtab Hossain010012122DFRaju Gaikwad1000013DFArnab Mondal00100112MFReisangmei Vashum10000134MFSubodh Kumar10000135MFIshfaq Ahmed01000138FWSemilen Doungel1001Own goals100012Total514211618128 References