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{{Football club infobox |
clubname = East Bengal |
nickname = ''The Red-and-Gold Brigade''<br/>''Torch''<br/>''Hilsa''<br>|
image = [[Image:Kf east bengal logo.png|150px]] |
fullname = Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club |
founded = 1920 |
ground = [[East Bengal Ground]] or [[Salt Lake Stadium]]|
capacity = 120,000 - [[Salt Lake Stadium|SLS]]; 24,000 - [[East Bengal Ground|EBG]] |
chairman = Dr Pranab Dasgupta|
mgrtitle = Head Coach |
manager = {{flagicon|India}} [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya]] |
league = [[I-League]] |
season = 2007-08 |
position = 6th|
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'''Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club''' is an [[India]]n [[association football|football]] club based in [[Kolkata]]. The club was originally known as the '''East Bengal Club'''. In 1998, the name of the club was changed from the East Bengal Club to the Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club as [[United Breweries Group|United Breweries]] obtained a 50% stake in the club and renamed it to promote their [[Kingfisher (beer)|Kingfisher beer]].

East Bengal also has a multi-collaborative tie-in with [[Leicester City FC]], UK for an exchange program with junior footballers, in respect to coaching techniques, sports science, and other developmental programs.East Bengal club was regarded as "The Best Club of India" by F.A(The Football Association)of England in 1951.
East Bengal was the first Indian club to win IFA Shield for three consecutive years(1949-'51).

East Bengal has a record of winning Kolkata League for six years in a row(1970-1975).It is the first club in India to win back to back National Football League titles(2003 & 2004).The club has a record of winning 23 trophies from Indian capital New Delhi.(Durand Cup:16 times and DCM Trophy:7 times).

In 1970,East Bengal created a history by defeating Pas Club(Iran) 1-0 in IFA Shield final. It was the first victory of an Indian club over foreign team since the independence. East Bengal has a glorious past record against the foreign clubs. It is the only club in India to participate in Asian Club Championship/AFC Cup 10 times.

In 2003 July,East Bengal created sensation not only in India but in the whole continent also when they won LG Asean Cup from Jakarta beating BEC Tero Sasana in the finals.

==Stadium==
As its homeground, the club boasts of the enigmatic Yuba Bharati Krirangan, or the [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Asia]]'s biggest composite stadium. It is the biggest of its kind in Asia. The Salt Lake Stadium has seating arrangement for 120,000 people at a time. Its training ground is a smaller East Bengal tent near the maidan.
==Rivals==
Out of matches East Bengal have played with their arch rival [[Mohun Bagan]], East Bengal have won 108 times and Mohun Bagan have won 80. The very first clash resulted in an 1-0 win for East Bengal with Nepal Chakraborty scoring the all-important goal.<ref>[http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history.htm 1st encounter with Mohun Bagan]</ref> The biggest ever margin in this duel is another East Bengal win by a margin of 5-0 in the IFA shield in 1975. [[Baichung Bhutia]] has the unique distinction of scoring the only hatrick in the Derby Clashes when he registered the same in East Bengal's 4-1 triumph in 1997 Federation Cup Semi Final.East Bengal has won 108 derby matches against their arch-rival.And Mohun Bagan has tasted victory against the Red & Gold brigade for 80 times.<ref>[http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/ebmb.asp East Bengal Football Club - East Bengal Vs. Mohun Bagan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Players==
''As of [[4 August]] [[2008]]'' <ref>[http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/currentSquad.asp Current squad]</ref>{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=24|pos=GK|nat=India|name=[[Subrata Pal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=India|name=[[Abhra Mondal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|pos=GK|nat=India|name=[[Arnab Das Sarma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=India|name=[[Avijit Ghosh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Irungbam Surkumar Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Poibang Poshna]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=Ghana|name=[[Suley Musah]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33 |pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Saikat Saha Roy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2 |pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Muttath Suresh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Anupam Sarkar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Saheb Ali Mondal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Nirmal Chetri]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Khelemba Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Syed Rahim Nabi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Saumik Dey]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=DF|nat=India|name=[[Jiban Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Mehtab Hossain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Mumtaj Alam]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Dipankar Roy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Sanju Pradhan]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Steven Dias]]***}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Mehrajuddin Wadoo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Jayanta Sen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Goutam Khujur]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[N P Pradeep]]***}}
{{Fs player|no=9|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Alvito D'Cunha]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Dharamjit Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Renedy Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=India|name=[[Kima Malsamma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=FW|nat=Brazil|name=[[Edmilson Marques Pardal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=India|name=[[Sunil Chetri]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=India|name=[[Ashim Biswas]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|pos=FW|nat=India|name=[[Parveen Kumar]]}}
{{Fs end}}
<small>'''*** Subject to clearance from [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]] Player Status Committee'''</small>

*'''Coach''': [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya]]
*'''Goalkeeper Coach''': Debashis Mukherjee
*'''Physical Trainer''': Neuzy Jean-Marie
*'''Team Doctor''': Dr. S R Dasgupta
*'''Physiotherapist''': Rajesh Basak
*'''Team Manager''': Swapan Ball

===Noted former players===
*1920s: Mona Dutta, Nepal Chakraborty, Surja Chakraborty, Haran Saha, Dulal Guha Thakurta
*1930s: [[Mohammed Salim (footballer)|Mohammed Salim]], Murgesh, Somana, Lakshminarayan, Majid
*1940s: Apparao, Pagsley, Byomkesh Bose, P. Venkatesh, Sunil Ghosh, S.Nayyar, Paritosh Chakraborty, PBA Saleh
*1950s: Masood Fakri, T. Balaram, Taj Mohammed, K.P.Dhanraj, Ahmed Khan, Minilal Ghatak, S.Roy-Paltu, Kittu, Gokul, Sanat Sett, Moosa, Hassan, Ram Bahadur
*1960s: Aroon Ghosh, Sukumar Samajpati, Peter Thangaraj, Prasanta Sinha, Chandan Bannerjee, Ashim Moulik, [[Syed Naeemuddin]], Parimal Dey, Md. Habib, Santo Mitra, Shyam Thapa, Sudhir Karmakar, [[Subhash Bhowmick]]
*1970s: Samaresh Chowdhury, Shyamal Ghosh, Ashokelal Banerjee, Gautam Sarkar, Surajit Sengupta, Bhaskar Ganguly, [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya]], Prasanta Banerjee, Harjinder Singh
*1980s: Majid Baskar, Jamshed Nassiri, [[Sudip Chatterjee]], Alok Mukherjee, Tarun Dey, [[Krishanu Dey]], Bikash Panji, [[Emeka Ezeugo]], Balai Mukherjee, [[Cheema Okeri]], Swarup Das
*1990s: [[John Devine (footballer)|John Devine]], [[Baichung Bhutia]], Tushar Rakshit, Kuljit Singh, Samuel Omollo, Carlton Chapman
*2000s: Dipak Mondal, Suley Musah, Surkumar Singh, [[Alvito D'Cunha]], [[Muttah Suresh]], [[Subrata Pal]], Mike Okoro, Douglas Da Silva
<ref>[http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers.asp Famous Players who played for East Bengal]</ref>

== Performance record ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!width=20%|Tournament
!width=20%|Records
!width=30%|Championship Years
!width=20%|Comments
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|1
|'''[[ASEAN Club Championship 2003|LG ASEAN Club Cup]]'''
|''Champions Once''
| ''Champions'': 2003
| Only Indian club (as an invitee) to have won this tournament till date
|-
|-
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|2
|'''[[National Football League (India)|National Football League]]
|''Champions Thrice,
Runners-Up Thrice''
| ''Champions'': 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
''Runners-Up'': 1997-98, 1998-99, 2005-06
| Maximum number of times till date
|-
|3
|'''[[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]]'''
|''Champions '''5''' times, Runners-Up 7 times''
| ''Champions'': 1978, 1980, 1985, 1996, 2007
''Runners-Up'': 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995-98
|
|-
|4
|'''[[Super Cup]]'''
|''Champions Twice,
Runners-Up Twice''
| ''Champions'': 1997, 2005-06
''Runners-Up'': 2003 , 2008
| Tournament Between National league and Federation Cup Champions. Maximum number of times till date
|-
|5
|'''[[Calcutta Football League]] — Premier Division'''
|''Champions 31 times''
| ''Champions'': 1942, 1945-46, 1949-50, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970-75, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987-89, 1991, 1993, 1995-96, 1998-2000, 2002-04, 2006
| Maximum number of times till date
|-
|6
|'''[[IFA Shield]]'''
|''Champions 27 times''
|''Champions'': 1943, 1945, 1949-51, 1958, 1961, 1965-66, 1970, 1972-76, 1981, 1983-84, 1986, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1997, 2000-02
| Maximum number of times till date
|-
|7
|'''[[Durand Cup]]'''
|''Champions 16 times''
|''Champions'':1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1989-91, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004
| Maximum number of times till date
|-
|8
|'''[[Rovers Cup]]'''
|''Champions 10 times''
|''Champions'':1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972-73, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994
|
|-
|9
|'''[[DCM Trophy]]'''
|''Champions 7 times''
|''Champions'':1950, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1973-74, 1983
| Maximum number of times till date
|-
|10
|'''[[All Airlines Gold Cup]]'''
|''Champions 7 times''
|''Champions'':1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
| Maximum number of times till date
|-
|11
|'''[[Bordoloi Trophy]]'''
|''Champions 5 times''
|''Champions'':1968, 1972-73, 1978, 1992
|
|-
|12
|'''[[McDowell's Cup]]'''
|''Champions 3 times''
|''Champions'':1995, 1997, 2000
| Maximum number of times till date
|-
|13
|'''[[Sait Nagjee Trophy]]'''
|''Champions 2 times''
|''Champions'':1968, 1986
|
|-
|14
|'''[[Hercules Cup]]'''
|''Champions 1 time''
|''Champions'':1920
|
|-
|15
|'''[[Darjeeling Gold Cup]]'''
|''Champions 1 time''
|''Champions'':1976
|
|-
|16
|'''[[Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup]]'''
|''Champions 1 time''
|''Champions'':1984
|
|-
|17
|'''[[Stafford Cup]]'''
|''Champions 1 time''
|''Champions'':1986
|
|-
|18
|'''[[Wai-Wai Cup]]''', Nepal
|''Champions 1 time''
|''Champions'':1993
|
|-
|19
|'''[[Coca Cola Cup]]'''
|''Champions 1 time''
|''Champions'':1996
|
|-
|20
|'''[[Independence Day Cup]]'''
|''Champions 1 time''
|''Champions'':2002
|
|-
|21
|'''[[San Miguel International Cup]]''', [[Nepal]]
|''Champions 1 time''
|''Champions'':2004-05
|
|-
|-
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|}

==Performance in AFC Competitions==
* '''[[Asian Club Championship]]''': 2 appearances
::[[Asian Club Championship 1986|1986]]: Group Stage
::[[Asian Club Championship 1999|1999]]: First Round
*'''[[AFC Cup]]''': 3 appearances
::[[AFC Cup 2004|2004]]: Quarter-Finals
::[[AFC Cup 2005|2005]]: Group Stage
::[[AFC Cup 2008|2008]]: Group Stage, 3rd In Group

* '''[[Asian Cup Winners Cup]]''': 5 appearances
::1991/92: Second Round
::1993/94: Second Round
::1994/95: First Round
::1995/96: Second Round
::1997/98: Second Round

==Sponsors==

Main Sponsor: [[Kingfisher]] (Parent Company [[United Breweries Group]] is 50% stake holder in the Club).

Co-sponsor: [[Playwin]]

Co-sponsor: [[Peerless General Finance & Investment Co. Ltd]]

Outfit Sponsor: [[Reebok]]

Medical Support: [[MEDICARE SERVICES]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://eastbengalfootballclub.com Official East Bengal Club Website]

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