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2011–12 East Bengal F.C. season

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Chairman
  
Dr Pranab Dasgupta

Ground
  
Salt Lake Stadium

Federation Cup
  
Runner-up

Manager
  
Trevor Morgan

I-League
  
2nd

AFC Cup
  
Group stage

The 2011–12 season is East Bengal Football Club's 5th season in the I-League, and also marks the club's 91st 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.

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Key Events

26 September 2011: East Bengal defeat Prayag United in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup semi-finals 2-1 to make the final. 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

First-Team Squad

Transfer period is on-going for new season: 2011-12.

As of 4 February 2012.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

  • Coach: Trevor Morgan
  • 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
  • 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.

    Sponsors

  • Main Sponsor: Kingfisher (Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the Club).
  • Co-sponsor: Tower Group
  • Co-sponsor: Saradha Group
  • 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.

    Results summary

    Last updated: 15 December 2011.
    Source: Soccerway

    Results by round

    Source: Soccrway date=November 2011
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
    Source: I-League
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
    1East Bengal, the winner of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup.
    2Dempo refused to enter the 2013 AFC Cup, so they were replaced by Churchill Brothers.
    3Pailan Arrows were not relegated in the season as they were a developmental team.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

    Group stage

    The group were drawn on 6 December 2011 in (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

    Notes
  • Note 2: Due to the political crisis in Yemen, the AFC requested Yemeni clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.
  • References

    2011–12 East Bengal F.C. season Wikipedia