The 2007–08 season was East Bengal's 1st season in the I-League and 88th season in existence.
Competitions Overall Competition First match Last match Final position Calcutta Football League 30 July 2007 18 November 2007 Runners-up Federation Cup 4 September 2007 15 September 2007 ChampionsI-League 25 November 2007 23 February 2008 6thSuper Cup 27 February 2008 Runners-upIFA Shield 1 March 2008 3 March 2008 Group StageAFC Cup 11 March 2008 14 May 2008 Group Stage
Overview
Calcutta Football League
East Bengal finished the 2007 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 26 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan.
Fixtures & results
Federation Cup
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting and won 3–1 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan but Edmilson Marques Pardal scored twice to take the team to the last 8. In the Quarter-Final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and won 3–2 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT. In the Semi-Final, East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Bhaichung Bhutia put Mohun Bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. José Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute wasn't enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3–2 to reach the final. In the Final, East Bengal defeated Mahindra United 2–1 with another brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson as they lifted their 5th Federation Cup title.
Bracket
Fixtures & results
I League
League table
Fixtures & results
Super Cup
2007 Federation Cup Champion East Bengal faced 2007-08 I-League Champion Dempo in the 2008 Super Cup. Dempo won 1–0 courtesy of a solitary goal from Chidi Edeh.
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IFA Shield
Group B
East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Santos in Group B. East Bengal lost 2–0 against Mahindra United in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Santos as they were eliminated from the group stages.
Fixtures & results
AFC Cup
Group stage
Fixtures & results
Statistics Appearances Players with no appearances are not included in the list. Appearances for East Bengal in 2007–08 season No.Pos.Nat.NameCFLI LeagueFed CupSuper CupIFA ShieldAFC CupTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts Goalkeepers 24 GK Subrata Paul 3 3 16 16 4 4 1 1 1 1 6 6 31 31 21 GK Abhra Mondal 6 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 9 31 GK Arup Debnath 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33 GK Gopal Das 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 Defenders 19 DF Syed Rahim Nabi 3 3 18 18 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 6 34 34 5 DF Debabrata Roy 3 3 15 14 2 2 1 1 2 2 5 5 28 27 26 DF Mehrajuddin Wadoo 3 3 14 12 4 4 1 1 2 1 6 6 30 27 3 DF Majek Bolaji 5 5 13 13 4 4 0 0 1 1 6 6 29 29 12 DF Anupam Sarkar 9 4 10 8 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 23 16 4 DF Julius Owino 10 10 1 1 11 11 29 DF Saumik Dey 10 9 9 8 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 20 27 DF Surkumar Singh 1 1 9 9 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 6 23 23 42 DF Madhab Das 5 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 2 DF Muttah Suresh 9 9 3 3 4 4 2 1 5 5 23 22 35 DF Aiborlang Khongjee 5 5 2 1 0 0 7 6 39 DF Ratan Das 2 1 2 0 4 1 17 DF Abdul Samad Okocha 4 4 3 0 7 4 4 DF Gurpreet Singh 8 6 0 0 8 6 17 DF Surya Bikash Chakraborty 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 5 20 DF Napoleon Singh 1 1 1 1 DF Poibang Pohshna 0 0 1 1 1 1 Midfielders 9 MF Alvito D'Cunha 10 8 17 16 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 6 40 37 23 MF Mehtab Hossain 7 7 17 15 0 0 1 1 2 1 6 6 33 30 7 MF Jayanta Sen 12 12 12 12 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 33 32 32 MF Snehasish Chakraborty 4 2 11 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 24 6 6 MF Dipankar Roy 13 10 9 2 2 0 24 12 37 MF MacDonald Mukansi 1 1 9 6 10 7 14 MF Chandan Das 5 4 4 1 9 5 11 MF Hardeep Singh Saini 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 2 40 MF Vanlal Rova 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 9 3 15 MF Ikechukwu Ibe Gift 1 1 6 5 7 6 37 MF Marlanki Suiting 6 3 6 3 36 MF Sovon Chakraborty 1 0 1 0 34 MF Amulya Mondal 2 1 2 1 MF Mohammed Mukhtar 1 0 1 0 MF Vinu Jose 0 0 1 0 1 0 Forwards 30 FW Edmilson Marques Pardal 12 12 14 14 3 3 1 1 2 2 5 5 37 37 10 FW Dipendu Biswas 11 2 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 24 4 25 FW Ashim Biswas 13 13 5 4 4 4 22 21 22 FW Vimal Pariyar 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 8 FW Abeeku Gaiesi 2 2 2 2
Goal scorers Goals for East Bengal in 2007–08 seasonRankNameCFLI LeagueFed CupSuper CupIFA ShieldAFC CupTotal 1 30 FW Edmilson Marques Pardal 12 8 6 0 1 2 29 2 25 FW Ashim Biswas 5 1 2 0 0 8 3 9 MF Alvito D'Cunha 4 2 0 0 0 1 7 4 19 DF Syed Rahim Nabi 1 3 0 0 0 1 5 5 6 MF Dipankar Roy 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 FW Dipendu Biswas 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 22 FW Vimal Pariyar 2 0 0 0 0 2 23 MF Mehtab Hossain 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 27 DF Surkumar Singh 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 7 MF Jayanta Sen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 MF Ikechukwu Ibe Gift 0 1 1 17 DF Abdul Samad Okocha 1 0 1 37 MF MacDonald Mukansi 0 1 1 Own goals 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 30 17 11 0 1 5 64
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