The 2026–27 season is the 107th season of East Bengal Football Club and their seventh season in the Indian Super League, and the thirty-first consecutive season in the top flight of Indian football. East Bengal are the defending champions of India, having won the 2025–26 Indian Super League and would represent India in the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two.
Background
East Bengal became champions of the 2025–26 Indian Super League, winning their fourth top tier national league title, ending a wait of twenty-two years. East Bengal thus qualified for the preliminary round of the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two, marking the seventeenth appearance for club in continental stage, a record amongst Indian clubs. Apart from the Indian Super League championship, East Bengal had also finished runner-up of the 2025 IFA Shield and 2025–26 AIFF Super Cup.
However, right after the end of the season, Spanish head coach Oscar Bruzon announced his departure from the club after his contract expired, along with his coaching staff. East Bengal roped in another Spaniard, the three times Indian Super League champion – Antonio Lopez Habas as the head coach of the team for the season.
Transfers
Incoming DateNameSigned fromFeeRef 1 June 2026 88 DF Mark Zothanpuia Jamshedpur Loan Return 6 July 2026 1 GK Phurba Lachenpa Mumbai City Free Transfer 7 July 2026 17 DF Boris Singh Thangjam Goa Free Transfer 8 July 2026 34 DF Sandip Mandi Inter Kashi Free Transfer 8 July 2026 19 MF Rohit Kumar Odisha Free Transfer 9 July 2026 11 MF Dani Ramírez Punjab Free Transfer 9 July 2026 12 MF Danish Farooq Kerala Blasters Free Transfer 9 July 2026 3 DF Hardik Bhatt Mumbai City Free Transfer 10 July 2026 19 FW Rohit Danu Inter Kashi Free Transfer 14 July 2026 24 DF Nacho Monsalve Hércules Free Transfer 17 July 2026 FW Effiong Nsungusi Punjab Free Transfer 27 July 2026 8 FW Chris Ikonomidis Macarthur Free Transfer 27 July 2026 18 DF Narender Gahlot Inter Kashi Free Transfer 30 July 2026 36 MF Mohammed Asif Khan Inter Kashi Free Transfer 24 August 2026 21 DF Diego Živulić Rudeš Free Transfer 30 August 2026 20 MF Raynier Fernandes Jamshedpur Free Transfer 1 September 2026 90 FW Aké Arnaud Loba Al-Shomooa SC Free Transfer 17 September 2026 99 FW Łukasz Zwoliński Sakaryaspor Free Transfer
Outgoing Exit DateNameSigned toFeeRef 1 June 2026 8 MF Miguel Figueira Mohun Bagan SG Released 1 June 2026 9 FW Youssef Ezzejjari Al Hamriyah Released 1 June 2026 17 MF Jerry Mawihmingthanga Sreenidi Deccan Released 1 June 2026 21 MF Saúl Crespo Released 1 June 2026 77 FW Anton Søjberg Bhayangkara Presisi Released 1 June 2026 84 MF Sayan Banerjee Mohun Bagan SG Released 1 June 2026 11 FW Nandhakumar Sekar Odisha Released 1 June 2026 24 GK Debjit Majumder Forca Kochi Released 1 June 2026 3 DF Provat Lakra Jamshedpur Released 1 June 2026 6 DF Kevin Sibille Bhayangkara Presisi Released 5 August 2026 88 MF Mark Zothanpuia Northeast United Released
Team
First-team squad The below list contains the names and details of the players registered for the first-team squad for East Bengal. This list does not include any reserve player who has never played in the first-team squad.
No.NameDate of Birth (Age)Goalkeepers1Phurba LachenpaGK Mumbai City FC 2026 2028 4 0 013Prabhsukhan Singh GillGK Kerala Blasters 2023 2028 91 0 033Karan MakkarGK Jamshedpur 2025 2027 0 0 095Gourab ShawGK Calcutta Port Trust 2023 2028 20 0 0Defenders3Hardik BhattRB Mumbai City 2026 2029 8 1 14Anwar AliCB Delhi FC 2024 2029 52 7 25Lalchungnunga CB Sreenidi Deccan 2022 2028 103 3 316Martand RainaCB Rajasthan United 2025 2028 7 0 017Boris SinghRB FC Goa 2026 2029 3 0 118Narender GahlotCB Inter Kashi 2026 2028 4 0 021Diego ŽivulićCB Rudeš 2026 2027 3 0 024Nacho MonsalveCB Hércules 2026 2027 2 0 027Jay GuptaLB FC Goa 2025 2029 25 2 134Sandip MandiLB Inter Kashi 2026 2028 9 0 1Midfielders6Rohit KumarCM Odisha 2026 2028 8 2 07Vishnu PVLW Muthoot 2023 2028 110 28 2311Dani RamírezAM Punjab 2026 2027 9 2 412Danish FarooqCM Kerala Blasters 2026 2028 0 0 015Naorem Mahesh Singh LW Kerala Blasters 2022 2027 115 16 1920Raynier FernandesCM East Bengal 2026 2027 2 0 023Souvik ChakrabartiCM Hyderabad 2022 2027 92 1 225Jeakson SinghDM Kerala Blasters 2024 2028 56 4 129Bipin SinghLW Mumbai City 2025 2027 35 9 936Mohammed Asif KhanAM Inter Kashi 2026 2028 5 0 074Mohammed RashidDM Persebaya Surabaya 2025 2027 33 6 5Forwards8Chris IkonomidisFW Macarthur 2026 2028 6 1 3Effiong NsungusiFW Punjab 2026 2027 0 0 010Edmund LalrindikaFW Inter Kashi 2025 2027 39 7 614David LalhlansangaFW Mohammedan Sporting 2024 2027 59 17 519Rohit DanuFW Inter Kashi 2026 2028 9 2 122Jesin TKFW Kerala United 2022 2028 57 31 1590Aké Arnaud LobaFW Al-Shomooa 2026 2027 1 1 099Łukasz ZwolińskiFW Sakaryaspor 2026 2027 1 1 0
New contracts No.Pos.DateNameRef. 13 GK 6 July 2026 Prabhsukhan Singh Gill 74 MF 7 July 2026 Mohammed Rashid 5 DF 8 July 2026 Lalchungnunga 59 FW 8 July 2026 Jesin TK
Current technical staff
PositionName Head of Football Thangboi Singto Head coach Antonio López Habas Assistant coach Carlos Fonseca Assistant coach Bino George Goalkeeping Coach Subhasish Roy Chowdhury Strength & Conditioning Coach Alejandro Sanchez-Buitrago Head of Physiotherapist Dr. Firoz ShaikhAssistant Physiotherapist Arghya Bose Assistant Physiotherapist Tejas Lasalkar Performance Analyst Aromal Vijayan Team Manager Pratim Kumar Saha Team Doctor Dr. Mustufa Poonawalla Masseur Rajesh Basak Masseur Robin Das Masseur Raju Bose
Competitions
Overall record
Durand Cup
East Bengal will participate in the 2026 Durand Cup and was grouped into Group A alongside Mohun Bagan Super Giant, South United and CISF Protectors and would play their group stage matches in Kolkata.
Group stage
Knockout stage
Matches
AFC Champions League Two
East Bengal qualified for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two preliminary round after becoming champions of the 2025–26 Indian Super League. East Bengal faced the runner-up of the 2025–26 Kuwaiti Premier League: Al-Arabi in the preliminary round match on 12 August 2026 as the Salt Lake Stadium in a single-legged playoff match and defeated the Kuwaiti side 4–1 in an historic win to secure their place in the AFC Champions League Two group stages. On 18 August, the draw for the group stage took place and East Bengal was drawn in Group D alongside – Al-Hussein of Jordan, Al-Shorta of Iraq and Al-Seeb of Oman.
On 16 September, East Bengal started their AFC Champions League Two group stage campaign against Jordanian champions Al-Hussein away at the Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan and drew 2–2 to earn the first point for any Indian club in the AFC Champions League Two tournament since its rebranding in 2024.
Matches
Group Stage
Matches
IFA Shield
East Bengal will participate in the 2026 IFA Shield and has been grouped alongside Punjab and Mohammedan in Group A. Later, Mohammedan withdrew, and Calcutta Customs was taken as a replacement. East Bengal qualified for the semi finals and would face NorthEast United on 5 October at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan.
Group stage
Matches
Indian Super League
East Bengal are the defending champions of the Indian Super League having won the top tier national league last season.
League Table
Calcutta Football League
Summary East Bengal participated in the 2026 CFL Premier Division and was drawn into group A for the first phase of the tournament where twenty-six teams were divided into two groups of thirteen. East Bengal fielded mostly the reserve squad led by head coach Bino George for the Calcutta Football League like the previous three seasons. East Bengal qualified for the Super Six round with two matches to spare after defeating Calcutta Customs. On 7 September, East Bengal team, consisting of the reserve team players, played against a superstar studded Mohun Bagan Super Giant team at the Barasat Stadium and drew 1–1, to finish as the toppers of the Group A.
Table Group A
Super Six
Matches
Statistics Appearances Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2026–27 seasonNameDurand CupIndian Super LeagueSuper CupIFA ShieldAFC Champions League TwoCalcutta LeagueTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsGoalkeepers 1 GK Phurba Lachenpa | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 | 0 || 0 |colspan=2| ! 4 !! 4 13 GK Prabhsukhan Singh Gill | 3 || 3 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| ! 5 !! 5 70 GK Raunak Ghosh |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 3 || 1 ! 3 !! 1 95 GK Gourab Shaw | 1 || 1 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 1 |colspan=2| | 13 || 13 ! 15 !! 15Defenders 3 RB Hardik Bhatt | 4 || 4 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 1 | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| ! 8 !! 7 4 CB Anwar Ali | 5 || 5 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| ! 7 !! 7 5 CB Lalchungnunga | 5 || 4 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| ! 7 !! 6 17 RB Boris Singh Thangjam | 1 || 1 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| ! 3 !! 3 18 CB Narender Gahlot | 1 || 1 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 | 1 || 0 |colspan=2| ! 4 !! 3 21 CB Diego Živulić |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 | 1 || 1 |colspan=2| ! 3 !! 3 24 CB Nacho Monsalve | 2 || 1 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| ! 2 !! 1 27 LB Jay Gupta | 5 || 4 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| ! 7 !! 6 34 LB Sandip Mandi | 6 || 5 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 1 | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| ! 9 !! 8 55 LB Suvo Biswas |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 4 || 2 ! 4 !! 2 63 CB Monotosh Chakladar |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 1 |colspan=2| | 9 || 9 ! 10 !! 10 68 CB Ankan Bhattacharya |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 7 || 6 ! 7 !! 6 69 CB Sonam Tsewang Lhokham |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 ! 2 !! 2 72 LB Bikram Pradhan |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 1 |colspan=2| | 7 || 7 ! 8 !! 8 77 RB Jay Baz |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 0 |colspan=2| | 14 || 14 ! 15 !! 14 78 RB Soumik Koley |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 4 || 0 ! 4 !! 0 81 RB Suman Dey |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 8 || 3 ! 8 !! 3 85 CB Chaku Mandi |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 9 || 9 ! 9 !! 9 90 CB Justin Joseph |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 6 || 6 ! 6 !! 6Midfielders 6 CM Rohit Kumar | 4 || 2 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 3 || 3 | 1 || 0 |colspan=2| ! 8 !! 5 7 LW P. V. Vishnu | 4 || 3 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 1 | 1 || 0 | 2 || 2 ! 9 !! 6 10 RW Edmund Lalrindika | 6 || 5 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| ! 8 !! 7 11 AM Dani Ramírez | 6 || 5 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 1 | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| ! 9 !! 8 19 LW Rohit Danu | 4 || 1 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 3 || 2 | 2 || 0 |colspan=2| ! 9 !! 3 20 CM Raynier Fernandes |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 1 | 1 || 0 |colspan=2| ! 2 !! 1 23 CM Souvik Chakrabarti | 0 || 0 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 1 | 0 || 0 |colspan=2| ! 1 !! 1 25 CM Jeakson Singh | 6 || 5 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 1 | 2 || 2 |colspan=2| ! 10 !! 8 29 LW Bipin Singh | 6 || 3 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 0 | 2 || 1 |colspan=2| ! 9 !! 4 36 RW Mohammed Asif Khan | 2 || 0 |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 2 || 1 | 1 || 1 |colspan=2| ! 5 !! 2 50 CM Uttam Hansda |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 11 || 8 ! 11 !! 8 53 CM Ananthu N. S. |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 1 || 0 |colspan=2| | 12 || 7 ! 13 !! 7 57 RW Arunlal M. |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| | 5 || 0 ! 5 !! 0 58 CM Sanjib Ghosh |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2| |colspan=2|