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2006–07 East Bengal FC season

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The 2006–07 season was East Bengal's 11th season in the National Football League and 87th season in existence.

East Bengal
2006–07 season
PresidentDr Pranab Dasgupta
Head-CoachBrazil Carlos Pereira
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
East Bengal Ground
National Football League5th
Calcutta Football LeagueChampions
Federation CupQuarter-Finals
IFA ShieldGroup Stage
Durand CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Edmilson (13)
All: Edmilson (13)

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Final position
Calcutta Football League 2 August 2006 7 November 2006 Champions
Durand Cup 20 November 2006 24 November 2006 Group Stage
IFA Shield 7 December 2006 11 December 2006 Group Stage
Federation Cup 20 December 2006 23 December 2006 Quarter-Finals
National Football League 7 January 2007 19 May 2007 5th

Overview

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Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Calcutta Football League 14 10 2 2 20 5 +15 071.43
Durand Cup 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 000.00
IFA Shield 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Federation Cup 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 050.00
National Football League 18 7 5 6 29 29 +0 038.89
Total 39 18 9 12 53 43 +10 046.15

Last updated: 1 June 2007
Source: Competitions



Calcutta Football League

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East Bengal finished the 2006 Calcutta Premier Division as the champions with 32 points from 14 matches.[1] Captain Alvito D'Cunha scored the solitary goal in the final game against Eastern Railway to win back the Calcutta League title after losing out the previous year to arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.[2]

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

2 August 2006 1 East Bengal 2–0 George Telegraph Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha 70'
Ashim Biswas 76'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Udayan Haldar
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)
6 August 2006 2 East Bengal 3–0 Railway FC Kolkata
Chandan Das 67'
Vincent Pires 77'
Yumnam Raju 90+1'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Man of the Match: Dipankar Roy (East Bengal)
18 August 2006 3 East Bengal 1–0 United Kolkata
Vincent Pires 64' Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Sunando Bose
Man of the Match: Dipankar Roy (East Bengal)
21 August 2006 4 East Bengal 2–0 Calcutta Port Trust Kolkata
Luis Octavio da Silva 68'
Dipankar Roy 55'
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Rathin Mukherjee
Man of the Match: Sasthi Duley (East Bengal)
26 August 2006 5 East Bengal 0–1 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Report Bhaichung Bhutia 40' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Subrata Sarkar
Man of the Match: Sangram Mukherjee (Mohun Bagan)
1 September 2006 6 East Bengal 0–0 Eastern Railway Kolkata
Report Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Dhanapati Roy
Man of the Match: Tapan Kumar Karmakar (Eastern Railway)
14 September 2006 7 East Bengal 4–2 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Ashim Biswas 1'
Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 19'
Syed Rahim Nabi 32'
Chandan Das 45+1'
Report Subhashish Roy Chowdhury 5'
Kalia Kulothungan 13'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Subrata Sarkar
Man of the Match: Snehasish Chakraborty (East Bengal)
19 September 2006 8 Railway FC 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Ashim Biswas 58' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Subrata Das
Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal)
23 September 2006 9 United 0–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Syed Rahim Nabi 54'
Wajid Ali 68' (o.g.)
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Man of the Match: not handed out
26 September 2006 10 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Ndem Guy Herve 49'
Bhaichung Bhutia Red card 88'
Report Muttah Suresh Yellow card 50' Red card 90+1' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Debashish Mishra
Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (Mohun Bagan)
28 October 2006 11 George Telegraph 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Alvito D'Cunha 2' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Subrata Das
Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal)
1 November 2006 12 Calcutta Port Trust 1–3 East Bengal Kolkata
Sujit Dey 62' Report Alvito D'Cunha 4' Yellow card Yellow-red card
Saumik Dey 27'
Fredy Mascarenhas 49'
Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Barun Saha
Man of the Match: Saumik Dey (East Bengal)
4 November 2006 13 Mohammedan Sporting 0–0 East Bengal Kolkata
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya
Man of the Match: Habibur Rehman Mondal (Mohammedan Sporting)
7 November 2006 14 Eastern Railway 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Sanjit Dutta Bhowmick Yellow card 60' Red card 73' Report Alvito D'Cunha 70' Red card 73' Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Referee: Kashinath Sen
Man of the Match: Muttah Suresh (East Bengal)



Durand Cup

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Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
India JCT 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
India Dempo 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
India Army XI 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
India East Bengal 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1

East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT, Dempo and Army XI in Group B. East Bengal drew 0–0 against Dempo in the opening fixture but 0–4 against JCT and 1–2 against Army XI as they were eliminated from the group stages.[3]

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

20 November 2006 Group Stage East Bengal 0–0 Dempo Delhi
Dipankar Roy Red card 46' Report Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
22 November 2006 Group Stage East Bengal 0–4 JCT Delhi
Report Parveen Kumar 22'
Sunday Ambrose 63'
Adebayo Tokunbo 81'
Muttah Suresh 83' (o.g.)
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
24 November 2006 Group Stage East Bengal 1–2 Army XI Delhi
Alvito D'Cunha 53' Report Vijay Thapa 47', 67' Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Kamil



IFA Shield

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Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
India Sporting Club de Goa 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
India Mahindra United 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
India East Bengal 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1

East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Sporting Club de Goa in Group A. East Bengal lost 1–0 against Sporting Club de Goa in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Mahindra United as they were eliminated from the group stages.[4]

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

7 December 2006 Group Stage East Bengal 0–1 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
Report Dudu Omagbemi 57' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Kamal
11 December 2006 Group Stage East Bengal 1–1 Mahindra United Kolkata
Alvito D'Cunha 57' Report Yusif Yakubu 25' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Benjamin D'Silva



Federation Cup

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East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against State Bank of Travancore and won 2–0 with goals from Syed Rahim Nabi and Alvito D'Cunha.[5] In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost 0–1 against Dempo courtesy of a solitary strike from Ranti Martins in the 86th minute as they were eliminated from the competition.[6]

Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

20 December 2006 Pre-Quarter Final East Bengal 2–0 SBT Kolkata
Syed Rahim Nabi 22'
Alvito D'Cunha 39'
Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: M.K. Roy
23 December 2006 Quarter-Final East Bengal 0–1 Dempo Kolkata
Report Ranti Martins 86' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S. Suresh



National Football League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Mahindra United 18 8 6 4 29 14 +15 30
4 Churchill Brothers 18 7 8 3 30 23 +7 29
5 East Bengal 18 7 5 6 29 29 0 26
6 Sporting Clube de Goa 18 6 7 5 23 19 +4 25
7 Air India 18 4 9 5 20 23 −3 21
Source: rsssf.com


Fixtures & results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2007 1 Air India 1–0 East Bengal Mumbai
Samson Singh 71' Report Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Benoy Kuruvilla (Air India)
11 January 2007 2 HAL 1–3 East Bengal Bengaluru
Sampath Kuttymani 49' Report Ashim Biswas 5'
Bibiano Fernandes 20'
Arata Izumi 80'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
Referee: K. Shankar
Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal)
18 January 2007 3 Mohammedan Sporting 1–2 East Bengal Kolkata
Habibur Rehman Mondal 52' Report Ashim Biswas 33'
Boniface Ambani 58'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: K. Shankar
Man of the Match: Shylo Malsawmtluanga (East Bengal)
21 January 2007 4 East Bengal 2–2 Churchill Brothers Kolkata
Boniface Ambani 41', 65' Report Khanthang Paite 3'
D Raju 83'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: K Shankar
Man of the Match: D Raju (Churchill Brothers)
19 February 2007 5 JCT 1–2 East Bengal Ludhiana
Baldeep Singh 90+2' Report Edmilson Marques Pardal 14', 31' Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
Referee: P.K. Bose
Man of the Match: Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal)
24 February 2007 6 East Bengal 0–0 Dempo Kolkata
Report Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: S. Suresh
Man of the Match: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar (East Bengal)
27 January 2007 7 East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan Kolkata
Saumik Dey 15' Report Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal)
16 March 2007 8 Mahindra United 2–2 East Bengal Mumbai
Abhishek Yadav 70'
Andrews Pomeyie Mensah 89'
Report Edmilson Marques Pardal 31', 58' Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Referee: Dinesh Nair
Man of the Match: Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal)
21 March 2007 9 East Bengal 0–2 Sporting Club de Goa Kolkata
Report Ernest Jeremiah Chukwuma 20', 50' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq
Man of the Match: Dudu Omagbemi (Sporting Club de Goa)
24 March 2007 10 East Bengal 1–1 Air India Kolkata
Edmilson Marques Pardal 90+3' Report Samson Singh 73' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: K. Shankar
Man of the Match: Samson Singh (Air India)
4 April 2007 11 East Bengal 3–2 HAL Kolkata
Edmilson Marques Pardal 8', 80'
Boniface Ambani 19'
Report Sampath Kuttymani 27'
Xavier Vijay Kumar 81'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Deepak Kumar Dey
Man of the Match: Xavier Vijay Kumar (HAL)
7 April 2007 12 East Bengal 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting Kolkata
Edmilson Marques Pardal 4', 82' Report Jatin Singh 8' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: P. Bhaskar
Man of the Match: Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal)
11 April 2007 13 Churchill Brothers 3–2 East Bengal Margao
Vanlal Rova 26'
Odafa Onyeka Okolie 54', 86'
Report Edmilson Marques Pardal 40'
Alvito D'Cunha 85'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Man of the Match: Mashangva Zenith (Churchill Brothers)
15 April 2007 14 Mohun Bagan 2–1 East Bengal Kolkata
Jose Ramirez Barreto 45+2'
Douglas da Silva 71'
Report Edmilson Marques Pardal 30' (pen) Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq
Man of the Match: Jose Ramirez Barreto (Mohun Bagan)
22 April 2007 15 Dempo 5–3 East Bengal Margao
Beto 2', 73'
Ranti Martins 19', 86'
John Dias 84'
Creson Antao Red card 90+3'
Report Edmilson Marques Pardal 32', 46' Red card 90+3'
Ashim Biswas 44'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Shaji Kurian
Man of the Match: Beto (Dempo)
25 April 2007 16 Sporting Club de Goa 1–1 East Bengal Margao
Ernest Jeremiah Chukwuma 6' Report Ashim Biswas 80' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haw
Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal)
15 May 2007 17 East Bengal 2–1 Mahindra United Kolkata
Boniface Ambani 45', 52' Report Andrews Pomeyie Mensah 28' Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: S. Suresh
Man of the Match: Boniface Ambani (East Bengal)
19 May 2007 18 East Bengal 2–3 JCT Kolkata
Boniface Ambani 10'
Ashim Biswas 52'
Report Chidi Edeh 5', 33'
Sunil Chhetri 30'
Stadium: Barasat Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq
Man of the Match: Chidi Edeh (JCT)


Super Soccer Series 2007 (Friendly)

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Brazilian giants São Paulo football club toured India for a series of friendly matches in January 2007. East Bengal played them on 27 January 2007 at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri and lost 0–3 with goals from Carlinhos, Paulo Matos and Jean Raphael Moreira.[7][8]

Fixtures & results

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27 January 2006 Friendly East Bengal 0–3 São Paulo Siliguri
Report Carlinhos 35'
Paulo Matos 59'
Jean Raphael Moreira 90+3'
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq

Statistics

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Appearances

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Only for competitive fixtures.
Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2006–07 season
No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL NFL Fed Cup Durand Cup IFA Shield Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
Goalkeepers
21 GK India Abhra Mondal 7 7 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 14
24 GK India Rajat Ghosh Dastidar 7 7 8 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 17 17
1 GK India Naseem Akhtar 0 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 9 8
Defenders
17 DF India Surya Bikash Chakraborty 1 1 2 2 3 3
4 DF India Covan Lawrence 5 4 12 12 17 16
27 DF India Gurpreet Singh 11 10 4 4 1 0 3 3 2 1 21 18
29 DF India Saumik Dey 11 11 10 10 2 2 3 3 2 2 28 28
19 DF India Syed Rahim Nabi 9 8 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 20 19
5 DF India Debabrata Roy 6 4 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 12
20 DF India Vincent Pires 13 11 6 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 21 19
12 DF India Anupam Sarkar 4 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 9 7
DF India Yumnam Raju 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1
2 DF India Muttah Suresh 6 6 13 13 0 0 3 3 1 1 23 23
3 DF Brazil Luis Octavio da Silva 11 11 11 11
3 DF Brazil Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira 14 14 2 2 1 1 17 17
26 DF India Gurjinder Singh 1 1 1 1
34 DF India Amulya Mondal 1 1 1 0 2 1
Midfielders
7 MF India Jayanta Sen 7 7 14 14 2 2 3 2 2 2 28 27
6 MF India Dipankar Roy 13 10 9 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 26 16
9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 4 3 14 12 1 1 2 2 2 2 23 20
15 MF India Bibiano Fernandes 7 1 8 5 0 0 2 2 1 1 18 9
14 MF India Chandan Das 12 11 9 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 24 18
32 MF India Gouranga Dutta 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2
30 MF India Snehasish Chakraborty 9 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10
8 MF India Sasthi Duley 5 3 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 13 10
MF India Mohammed Mukhtar 3 1 3 1
11 MF India Hardeep Singh Saini 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 6 5
28 MF India Shylo Malsawmtluanga 17 12 2 2 2 1 21 15
32 MF Japan Arata Izumi 12 7 2 2 2 0 16 9
40 MF Brazil Daniel Carlos Jorge 3 3 2 2 5 5
26 MF India Sovan Chakraborty 1 0 1 0
Forwards
23 FW India Vimal Pariyar 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 10 4
25 FW India Ashim Biswas 9 8 11 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 13
22 FW India Fredy Mascarenhas 11 10 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 19 11
10 FW Brazil Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 6 6 6 6
10 FW Brazil Thiago S Ferreira da Costa 2 2 2 2 4 4
10 FW Kenya Boniface Ambani 17 17 17 17
30 FW Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal 12 12 12 12

Goal scorers

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Goals for East Bengal in 2006–07 season
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name CFL NFL Fed Cup Durand Cup IFA Shield Total
1 30 FW Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal 13 13
2 9 MF India Alvito D'Cunha 4 1 1 1 1 8
25 FW India Ashim Biswas 3 5 0 0 0 8
4 10 FW Kenya Boniface Ambani 7 7
5 19 DF India Syed Rahim Nabi 2 0 1 0 0 3
6 14 MF India Chandan Das 2 0 0 0 0 2
20 DF India Vincent Pires 2 0 0 0 0 2
29 DF India Saumik Dey 1 1 0 0 0 2
9 3 DF Brazil Luis Octavio da Silva 1 1
6 MF India Dipankar Roy 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 FW Brazil Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 1 1
15 MF India Bibiano Fernandes 0 1 0 0 0 1
22 FW India Fredy Mascarenhas 1 0 0 0 0 1
32 MF Japan Arata Izumi 1 0 0 1
DF India Yumnam Raju 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 20 29 2 1 1 53

References

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  4. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (29 November 2007). "112th IFA Shield 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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  8. ^ "Sao Paulo FC, Brazil beat East Bengal by 3-0". East Bengal Club. 27 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2021.