2006–07 East Bengal FC season explained

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

Club:	East Bengal
Season:	2006–07
Manager:	Carlos Pereira
Mgrtitle:	Head-Coach
Chairman:	Dr Pranab Dasgupta
Chrtitle:	President
Stdtitle:	Ground
Stadium:	Salt Lake Stadium East Bengal Ground
League:	National Football League
League Result:	5th
League2:	Calcutta Football League
League2 Result:	Champions
Cup1:	Federation Cup
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-Finals
Cup2:	IFA Shield
Cup2 Result:	Group Stage
Cup4:	Durand Cup
Cup4 Result:	Group Stage
League Topscorer:	Edmilson (13)
Season Topscorer:	Edmilson (13)
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Prevseason:	2005–06
Nextseason:	2007-08

Competitions

Overall

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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Calcutta Football League

See main article: Calcutta Football League.

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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Durand Cup

See main article: Durand Cup.

Group B

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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IFA Shield

See main article: IFA Shield.

Group A

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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Federation Cup

See main article: Federation Cup (India).

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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National Football League

See main article: 2006–07 National Football League (India).

Fixtures & results

Super Soccer Series 2007 (Friendly)

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

Statistics

Appearances

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			7	7	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	14	14
24	GK		Rajat Ghosh Dastidar	7	7	8	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	17	17
1	GK		Naseem Akhtar	0	0	5	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	9	8
Defenders
17	DF		Surya Bikash Chakraborty	1	1	2	2							3	3
4	DF			5	4	12	12							17	16
27	DF		Gurpreet Singh	11	10	4	4	1	0	3	3	2	1	21	18
29	DF			11	11	10	10	2	2	3	3	2	2	28	28
19	DF			9	8	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	20	19
5	DF			6	4	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	15	12
20	DF		Vincent Pires	13	11	6	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	21	19
12	DF			4	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	9	7
	DF			3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	1
2	DF			6	6	13	13	0	0	3	3	1	1	23	23
3	DF		Luis Octavio da Silva	11	11									11	11
3	DF		Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira			14	14	2	2			1	1	17	17
26	DF		Gurjinder Singh									1	1	1	1
34	DF		Amulya Mondal							1	1	1	0	2	1
Midfielders
7	MF			7	7	14	14	2	2	3	2	2	2	28	27
6	MF			13	10	9	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	26	16
9	MF			4	3	14	12	1	1	2	2	2	2	23	20
15	MF			7	1	8	5	0	0	2	2	1	1	18	9
14	MF		Chandan Das	12	11	9	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	24	18
32	MF		Gouranga Dutta	6	1			0	0	0	0	2	1	8	2
30	MF			9	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10
8	MF		Sasthi Duley	5	3	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	13	10
	MF		Mohammed Mukhtar	3	1									3	1
11	MF		Hardeep Singh Saini	1	0	4	4			1	1	0	0	6	5
28	MF					17	12	2	2			2	1	21	15
32	MF					12	7	2	2	2	0			16	9
40	MF		Daniel Carlos Jorge							3	3	2	2	5	5
26	MF		Sovan Chakraborty			1	0							1	0
Forwards
23	FW			5	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	10	4
25	FW			9	8	11	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	23	13
22	FW			11	10	4	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	19	11
10	FW		Marcio Fernandes Tomaz	6	6									6	6
10	FW		Thiago S Ferreira da Costa							2	2	2	2	4	4
10	FW					17	17							17	17
30	FW					12	12							12	12

Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2006–07 season
Rank				Name	CFL	NFL	Fed Cup	Durand Cup	IFA Shield	Total
1	30	FW				13				13
2	9	MF			4	1	1	1	1	8
	25	FW			3	5	0	0	0	8
4	10	FW				7				7
5	19	DF			2	0	1	0	0	3
6	14	MF		Chandan Das	2	0	0	0	0	2
	20	DF		Vincent Pires	2	0	0	0	0	2
	29	DF			1	1	0	0	0	2
9	3	DF		Luis Octavio da Silva	1					1
	6	MF			1	0	0	0	0	1
	10	FW		Marcio Fernandes Tomaz	1					1
	15	MF			0	1	0	0	0	1
	22	FW			1	0	0	0	0	1
	32	MF				1	0	0		1
		DF			1	0	0	0	0	1
Own goals					1	0	0	0	0	1
Total					20	29	2	1	1	53

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arunava . Chaudhuri . 31 Jan 2008 . IFA- "Sahara" Calcutta Premier League 2006 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 14 Aug 2021 . 1 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210501161347/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-reg06.html#calc . live .
2. Web site: 8 Nov 2006. My biggest achievement, says Alvito D'Cunha - PREMIER DIVISION - We have proved we are the best, says Pereira. The Telegraph India. 14 Aug 2021. 14 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210814093032/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/my-biggest-achievement-says-alvito-d-cunha-premier-division-we-have-proved-we-are-the-best-says-pereira/cid/1058277. live.
3. Web site: Arunava . Chaudhuri . 29 Nov 2007 . 119th "Osian's" Durand Cup 2006 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 14 Aug 2021 . 9 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090609201305/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india07.html#durand . live .
4. Web site: Arunava . Chaudhuri . 29 Nov 2007 . 112th IFA Shield 2006 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 14 Aug 2021 . 9 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090609201305/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india07.html#ifashield . live .
5. Web site: 20 Dec 2006. Dempo, East Bengal enter Fed Cup Quarters. Outlook India. 14 Aug 2021. 14 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210814083021/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/dempo-east-bengal-enter-fed-cup-quarters/438781. live.
6. Web site: 23 Dec 2006. Dempo down E Bengal to enter Federation Cup semis. Rediff News. 14 Aug 2021. 14 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210814083022/http://im.rediff.com/sports/2006/dec/23fedcup.htm. live.
7. Web site: 22 Mar 2006. Sao Paulo beat East Bengal. NDTV Sports. 14 Aug 2021. 14 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210814112138/https://sports.ndtv.com/football/sao-paulo-beat-east-bengal-1620240. live.
8. Web site: 27 Jan 2007. Sao Paulo FC, Brazil beat East Bengal by 3-0. East Bengal Club. 4 Sep 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20090115172558/http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/search/index.asp?news_id=313. 15 Jan 2009. dead.