East Bengal FC league record by opponent explained

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East Bengal Football Club is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which competes in the top tier of Indian football, for the 2022–23 season. The club was formed when the vice-president of Jorabagan, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, resigned when Jorabagan sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose who was dropped from the squad for reasons not disclosed when they were about to face Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup Semi-Final on 28 July 1920. He along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen, and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal, in the Jorabagan home of Suresh Chandra on 1 August 1920; 99 years ago.^[1] East Bengal started playing in the Calcutta Football League 2nd division from 1921 and in 1925 they qualified for the first division for the first time and since then they have won numerous titles in Indian Football.^[1]

East Bengal joined the National Football League since its inception in 1996 and is the only club to play all seasons till date, even after its name change to I-League in 2007. East Bengal have won the National Football League thrice: 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04 and became runners up 7 times, the most number of times by any Indian football club. Among other trophies, East Bengal has won the Calcutta Football League 39 times, the IFA Shield 28 times, the Federation Cup 8 times and the Durand Cup 16 times.

The team that East Bengal have met the most in I-League (formerly National Football League) competition is Mohun Bagan, their arch-rivals, against whom they have contested 45 league matches having won 17 of these; Mohun Bagan are the side against whom East Bengal has won the most in league competition. Churchill Brothers have recorded the most league victories over East Bengal, with 16 wins in 42 matches.

In 2020–21 season, East Bengal moved into the Indian Super League, the officially declared new top tier league of Indian football, after a successful bid process.^[2] They finished ninth in their debut season, having won three of the twenty league matches. The team finished eleventh, at the bottom in the 2021–22 season, winning just one game in the entire campaign. In the 2022–23 season, East Bengal finished ninth again, having won six of the twenty league matches.

All-time league record

Indian Super League

League record by ISL season

+East Bengal league record in ISL
Season	Played	Won	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	Position	Play-offs	Ref
	20	3	8	9	22	33	−11	17	9th		^[3]
	20	1	8	11	18	36	−18	11	11th	Did not qualify	^[4]
	20	6	1	13	22	38	−16	19	9th	Did not qualify	^[5]
	22	6	6	10	27	29	−2	24	9th	Did not qualify	^[6]
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD	TBD
TOTAL	82	16	23	43	89	136	−47	71

League record by opponents

East Bengal league record by opponents: ISL

scope=col; width=15%; rowspan=2	Club	Home	Away	Total	Win%	First	Last	width=1%; class="unsortable" rowspan=2 scope=col	Notes	width=1%; class="unsortable" rowspan=2 scope=col	Ref
scope=col	P	scope=col	W	scope=col	D	scope=col	L	scope=col	F	scope=col	A	scope=col	P	scope=col	W	scope=col	D	scope=col	L	scope=col	F	scope=col	A	scope=col	P	scope=col	W	scope=col	D	scope=col	L	scope=col	F	scope=col	A
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	2	0	2	4	5	4	2	1	1	4	3	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	1	2	1	5	5	4	0	3	1	1	3	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	0	1	3	6	9	4	1	1	2	5	7	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	1	1	2	3	8	4	1	1	2	4	6	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	0	3	1	2	3	4	2	0	2	6	5	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	1	2	1	4	4	4	1	1	2	6	7	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	0	0	4	1	10	4	0	1	3	4	10	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	0	1	3	0	5	4	1	1	2	1	4	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	1	2	1	10	6	4	1	0	3	5	8	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		4	1	1	2	6	7	4	0	0	4	11	17	2020–21	2023–24
scope=row style=background:#FFDDFF		1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2023–24	2023–24

Overall record in ISL

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National Football League/I-League

League record by NFL/I-League season

+East Bengal league record in NFL/I-League
Season	Played	Won	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	Position	Ref
	5	3	2	0	6	2	+4	11	Qualify for Championship stage	^[7]
	14	7	4	3	19	11	+8	25	3rd
	18	8	7	3	18	10	+8	31	2nd	^[8]
	10	8	2	0	19	2	+17	26	Qualify for Second Stage	^[9]
	10	5	4	1	14	8	+6	19	2nd
	22	8	8	6	25	21	+4	32	7th	^[10]
	22	13	7	2	30	9	+21	46	Champions	^[11]
	22	11	3	8	31	23	+8	36	5th	^[12]
	22	15	4	3	44	22	+22	49	Champions	^[13]
	22	15	4	3	37	13	+24	49	Champions	^[14]
	22	13	4	5	34	16	+18	43	3rd	^[15]
	17	9	4	4	25	16	+9	31	2nd	^[16]
	18	7	5	6	29	29	0	26	5th	^[17]
	18	5	4	9	17	23	−6	19	6th	^[18]
	22	7	7	8	31	26	+5	28	6th	^[19]
	26	7	10	9	27	31	−4	31	9th	^[20]
	26	15	6	5	44	21	+23	51	2nd	^[21]
	26	15	6	5	46	22	+24	51	2nd	^[22]
	26	13	8	5	44	18	+26	47	3rd	^[23]
	24	12	7	5	39	23	+16	43	2nd	^[24]
	20	8	5	7	30	28	+2	29	4th	^[25]
	16	7	4	5	22	18	+4	25	3rd	^[26]
	18	10	3	5	33	15	+18	33	3rd	^[27]
	18	8	7	3	32	19	+13	31	4th	^[28]
	20	13	3	4	37	20	+17	42	2nd	^[29]
	16	6	5	5	23	18	+4	20	2nd	^[30]
TOTAL	500	248	133	119	756	464	+292	877

League record by opponents

Statistics correct till end of 2019–20 I-League.

East Bengal league record by opponent

scope=col width=23% rowspan=2	Club	Home	Away	Total	Win%	First	Last	Notes	Refs
scope=col	P	scope=col	W	scope=col	D	scope=col	L	scope=col	P	scope=col	W	scope=col	D	scope=col	L	scope=col	P	scope=col	W	scope=col	D	scope=col	L	F	A
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		11	6	4	1	11	5	3	3	1996–97	2012–13
scope=row	Aizawl	5	1	3	1	4	1	1	2	2015–16	2019–20
scope=row	Bengaluru	4	3	0	1	4	2	0	2	2013–14	2016–17
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2014–15	2014–15
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB	Border Security Forces	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1999–00	1999–00
scope=row	Chennai City	3	2	0	1	4	2	0	2	2016–17	2019–20
scope=row		21	9	6	6	21	5	6	10	1996–97	2019–20
scope=row	Dempo	16	9	5	2	16	3	7	6	1996–97	2014–15
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2015–16	2016–17
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		6	3	3	0	6	4	1	1	1997–98	2001–02
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2004–05	2005–06
scope=row	Gokulam Kerala	3	2	0	1	3	1	1	1	2017–18	2019–20
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		5	5	0	0	5	3	1	1	2001–02	2011–12
scope=row		6	5	0	1	6	4	2	0	2010–11	2019–20
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB	Indian Bank	6	4	2	0	5	3	2	0	1996–97	2003–04
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB	ITI	6	5	0	1	5	2	2	1	1996–97	2002–03
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		15	9	4	2	16	6	5	5	1996–97	2010–11
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		14	9	4	1	14	4	3	7	1996–97	2009–10
scope=row		4	1	2	1	4	3	1	0	2016–17	2019–20
scope=row		6	5	1	0	5	4	1	0	1996–97	2013–14
scope=row	Mohun Bagan	22	11	7	4	23	6	6	11	1997–98	2019–20
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		9	4	3	2	9	2	3	4	2008–09	2016–17
scope=row	NEROCA	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	2017–18	2019–20
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB	ONGC	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2010–11	2012–13
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB	Pune	6	4	0	2	6	3	2	1	2009–10	2014–15
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB	Punjab Police	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2001–02	2001–02
scope=row	Rangdajied United	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2013–14	2013–14
scope=row		2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	2018–19	2019–20
scope=row	Royal Wahingdoh	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2014–15	2014–15
scope=row	Salgaocar	20	13	6	1	19	2	5	12	1996–97	2015–16
scope=row	State Bank of Travancore	3	3	0	0	3	2	1	0	1999–00	2004–05
scope=row	Shillong Lajong	9	6	2	1	9	3	2	4	2009–10	2018–19
scope=row	Sporting CG	12	5	5	2	12	5	5	2	2003–04	2015–16
scope=row	Tollygunge Agragami	6	4	0	2	6	5	1	0	1999–00	2004–05
scope=row	TRAU	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2019–20	2019–20
scope=row	United	6	3	1	2	6	1	4	1	2008–09	2013–14
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2012–13	2012–13
scope=row	Vasco	6	4	0	2	6	3	3	0	2000–01	2008–09
scope=row style=background:#87CEEB		4	3	1	0	4	4	0	0	2007–08	2011–12

Overall record

Statistics correct till end of 2019–20 I-League.

East Bengal overall league record in NFL/I-League

Competition	Home				Away				Total
	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%	Notes
(Tier-One)	114	77	25	12	110	45	33	32
(Tier-One)	137	72	38	27	139	54	37	48
Total	251	149	63	39	249	99	70	80

See also

• Indian Super League
• I-League
• National Football League

References

Notes and References

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