Bibek Bhowmik Explained

Bibek Bhowmik is a former Indian footballer who is currently the manager for ONGC in the I-League.^[2]

Coaching career

After ONGC F.C. won promotion to the I-League after finishing in 2nd place in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division final round Bhowmik took the helm at ONGC for the 2012-13 I-League. His first game as manager of ONGC was on 21 September 2012 during the 2012 Indian Federation Cup against Kalighat MS in which ONGC won 5–1.^[3] Bhowmik's ONGC however could not reach the semi-finals as they lost to East Bengal F.C. and ended with a victory over Sporting Goa.^[4] He then managed his first I-League match on 8 October 2012 against Pune F.C. in which ONGC lost 3–2.^[5]

Statistics accurate as of 5 October 2012

Web site: Ayush. Shrivastava. ONGC FC 5-1 Kalighat MS - Bhowmick's side hand the Kolkatan qualifiers a thrashing. Goal.com. 21 September 2012. 22 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120924072108/https://www.goal.com/en-india/match/93301/ongc-fc-vs-kalighat-milan-sangha/report. 24 September 2012. dead.
Web site: Choudhuri . Arunava . Interview with Bibek Bhowmik (ONGC Football Team Manager) . Arunfoot . 13 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130702180833/http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2012/04/interview-with-bibek-bhowmik-ongc.html . 2 July 2013 . dmy .
Web site: Srivastava. Ayush. ONGC FC 5-1 Kalighat MS - Bhowmick's side hand the Kolkatan qualifiers a thrashing. Goal.com. 13 October 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120930061745/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/93301/ongc-fc-vs-kalighat-milan-sangha/report. 30 September 2012. dmy-all.
Web site: Vaz . John . Sporting Clube de Goa 1-2 ONGC FC: Flaming Oranje fall short as the Mumbai side end on a high . Goal.com . 13 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120930050305/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/91307/ongc-fc-vs-sporting-clube-de-goa/report . 30 September 2012 . dmy .
Web site: Pune FC down ONGC in best-ever I-League opener. Pune Football Club. 13 October 2012.