List of East Bengal FC seasons explained

East Bengal is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football.^[1] The club was formed when the vice-president of the Jorabagan Club, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, resigned. He did so when Jorabagan sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose. He was dropped from the squad for unknown reasons when they were about to face Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup Semi Final on 28 July 1920. He and Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen, and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal, in Jorabagan, Suresh Chandra's home on 1 August 1920.^[2] East Bengal started playing in the IFA 2nd division (now the Calcutta Football League) from 1921. In 1925, they qualified for the first division for the first time. Since then, they have won numerous Indian Football titles.^[2]

East Bengal joined the National Football League at its inception in 1996^[3] and is the only club to play every season to date, even after its name changed to the I-League in 2007. East Bengal have won the National Football League thrice: 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04 and were runners up seven times, more than any Indian football club. Among other trophies, East Bengal have won the Calcutta Football League 39 times, IFA Shield 28 times, Federation Cup eight times and the Durand Cup 16 times.^[4]

On 27 September 2020, the inclusion of East Bengal FC into the 2020–21 Indian Super League was officially announced.^[1]

Key

The symbols and colours used below: P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts. = Points Pos. = Final position NFL = National Football League IL = I-League ISL = Indian Super League F = Final Group = Group stage R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-finals DNQ = Did not qualify Em-dash (—) = East Bengal did not participate R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 SF = Semi-finals 1st or W = Winners 2nd or RU = Runners-up 3rd or 2nd RU = Third place = Promoted = Relegated * = Top scorer in division

National League seasons

The National Football League started in the year 1996 as the first football league in India to be organized on a national scale. East Bengal participated in the league from its inaugural season, and has been the only football team in India to have participated in all editions of the nation's premier league until 2020, when the Indian Super League was announced as the Premier football competition in India. The club has won the National League thrice (2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04) and has finished as runner-up on seven occasions.^[5] Along with the National League, the club has also won the Federation Cup, the premier cup tournament in India eight times.^[6] East Bengal moved from the I-League to the Indian Super League as the eleventh team in the 2020–21 season when ISL was given the highest level league status in the Indian football system.^[1] In their inaugural season in the ISL, East Bengal finished in ninth place.^[7] In the 2021 - 22, East Bengal finished at the bottom of the table in the eleventh position, winning just one out of the twenty matches in the league.^[8]

Season	League										Domestic Cup	Super Cup	Continental		Top goalscorer
	Division		W	D	L					Playoffs			AFC		Name	Goals
1996–97	NFL	19	10	6	3	25	13	36	3rd		W				Raman Vijayan	9
1997–98	NFL	18	8	7	3	18	10	31	2nd		RU	W	Asian CWC	R2	Bhaichung Bhutia	8
1998–99	NFL	20	13	6	1	33	10	45	2nd		RU		Asian Cup	R1	Raman Vijayan	10
1999–00	NFL	22	8	8	6	25	21	32	7th		Not held				Willie Brown Ossius Luiz Ferreira Dipankar Roy	4
2000–01	NFL	22	13	7	2	30	9	46	1st		Not held				Omolaja Olalekan	8
2001–02	NFL	22	11	3	8	31	23	36	5th		R–16				Omolaja Olalekan	7
2002–03	NFL	22	15	4	3	44	22	49	1st		Not held				Mike Okoro	17
2003–04	NFL	22	15	4	3	37	13	49	1st		QF	RU	AFC Cup	QF		15
2004–05	NFL	22	13	4	5	34	16	43	3rd		QF		AFC Cup	Group	Bhaichung Bhutia	9
2005–06	NFL	17	9	4	4	25	16	31	2nd		QF				Bhaichung Bhutia	12
2006–07	NFL	18	7	5	6	29	29	26	5th		QF	W			Edmilson	13
2007–08	IL	18	5	4	9	17	23	19	6th		W		AFC Cup	Group	Edmilson	8
2008–09	IL	22	7	7	8	31	26	28	6th		SF	RU				11
2009–10	IL	26	7	10	9	27	31	31	9th		W		AFC Cup	Group		9
2010–11	IL	26	15	6	5	44	21	51	2nd		W	RU	AFC Cup	Group		17
2011–12	IL	26	15	6	5	46	22	51	2nd		RU	W	AFC Cup	Group	Tolgay Özbey	18
2012–13	IL	26	13	8	5	44	18	47	3rd		W		AFC Cup	SF	Chidi Edeh	18
2013–14	IL	24	12	7	5	39	23	43	2nd		Group				Chidi Edeh	9
2014–15	IL	20	8	5	7	30	28	29	4th		Group		AFC Cup	Group		17
2015–16	IL	16	7	4	5	22	18	25	3rd		QF					12
2016–17	IL	18	10	3	5	33	15	33	3rd		SF				Willis Plaza	9
2017–18	IL	18	8	7	3	32	19	33	4th		RU				Dudu Omagbemi	8
2018–19	IL	20	13	3	4	37	20	42	2nd		R-16				Jobby Justin Enrique Esqueda	9
2019–20	IL	16	6	5	5	22	18	20	2nd		Not held				Marcos Espada Jaime Santos	6
2020–21	ISL	20	3	8	9	22	33	17	9th	DNQ	Not held				Matti Steinmann	4
2021–22	ISL	20	1	8	11	18	36	11	11th	DNQ	Not held				Antonio Perošević	4
2022–23	ISL	20	6	1	13	22	38	19	9th	DNQ	Group				Cleiton Silva	12
2023–24	ISL	22	6	6	10	27	29	24	9th	DNQ	W				Cleiton Silva	8
2024–25	ISL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD	TBD	TBD			PR
													Group

Calcutta Football League seasons

East Bengal Club was included in the Calcutta Football League second division in 1921 after the Tajhat Club was disbanded and had withdrawn its name following the 1920 season.^[9] The club gained promotion to the first division for the first time in 1925 after finishing joint champions with the Cameroon's B team.^[9] The club was relegated back into the second division only once, in 1928, and regained their promotion in 1931 into the first division; the team has been in the division ever since.^[9] The club won its first Calcutta Football league title in 1942 and has won it 39 times, the most ever in the tournament's history to date.^[10] The club also holds the record for winning the most consecutive titles—eight: (2010–2017).^{[11] [12]}

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Season	Division	P	W	D	L	Pts	Pos	Top goalscorer	Goals
1920	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1921	2nd Div	24	11	12	1	34	3rd	Arabinda Ghosh	8
1922	2nd Div	22	13	3	6	29	4th	R Dutta Ramesh Chandra Sen	9
1923	2nd Div	24	8	5	11	21	10th	Mona Dutta	5
1924	2nd Div	24	16	5	3	37	1st	Mona Dutta	11
1925	1st Div	16	8	3	5	19	4th	Mona Dutta	9
1926	1st Div	16	5	3	8	13	6th	Jatin Sarkar	5
1927	1st Div	18	4	6	8	14	6th	Jatin Sarkar Surjo Chakraborty	5
1928	1st Div	18	2	5	11	9	10th	Mona Dutta	6
1929	2nd Div	22	11	7	4	29	2nd	Surjo Chakraborty	15
1930	2nd Div	8	8	0	0	16	Withdrew	Surjo Chakraborty	9
1931	2nd Div	22	17	3	2	37	1st	Surjo Chakraborty	15
1932	1st Div	18	12	2	4	26	2nd	Surjo Chakraborty Majid	9
1933	1st Div	20	8	9	3	25	2nd	Majid	9
1934	1st Div	20	5	8	7	18	8th	Majid	6
1935	1st Div	22	11	7	4	29	2nd	Ramana	8
1936	1st Div	22	7	6	9	22	8th	Laxminarayan	9
1937	1st Div	22	12	4	6	28	2nd	Murgesh	16
1938	1st Div	22	8	9	5	25	4th	Murgesh	7
1939	1st Div	19	8	8	3	24	Withdrew	Laxminarayan	5
1940	1st Div	24	10	10	4	30	4th	A.C. Somana	9
1941	1st Div	26	18	4	4	40	2nd	A.C. Somana	24
1942	1st Div	24	20	3	1	43	1st	A.C. Somana	26
1943	1st Div	24	16	5	3	37	2nd	A.C. Somana	19
1944	1st Div	24	14	6	4	34	3rd	Sunil Ghosh	13
1945	1st Div	24	16	7	1	39	1st		21
1946	1st Div	24	20	3	1	43	1st	Swamy Nayaar	36
1947	1st Div	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1948	1st Div	24	16	5	3	37	3rd		10
1949	1st Div	26	22	1	3	45	1st	Abid	22
1950	1st Div	26	19	7	0	45	1st		18
1951	1st Div	25	17	4	4	38	2nd		11
1952	1st Div	26	17	6	3	40	1st		10
1953	1st Div	17	13	3	1	29	Abandoned		5
1954	1st Div	28	15	6	7	36	3rd		9
1955	1st Div	26	15	5	6	35	3rd	S Roy	11
1956	1st Div	26	16	8	2	40	2nd		10
1957	1st Div	26	18	6	2	42	2nd		8
1958	1st Div	28	16	8	4	40	3rd		7
1959	1st Div	28	21	4	3	46	2nd		23
1960	1st Div	28	17	7	4	41	3rd	Narayan	8
1961	1st Div	28	22	3	3	47	1st		23
1962	1st Div	28	14	12	2	40	2nd	Sunil Nandi	9
1963	1st Div	28	21	4	3	46	2nd	Ashim Moulik	19
1964	1st Div	28	19	8	1	46	2nd	Ashim Moulik	20
1965	1st Div	28	19	8	1	46	2nd	Ashim Moulik	13
1966	1st Div	28	25	2	1	52	1st	Parimal Dey	19
1967	1st Div	28	21	5	2	47	2nd	Parimal Dey	10
1968	1st Div	15	12	1	2	25	Abandoned	Sarmad Khan	8
1969	1st Div	20	14	6	0	34	2nd		11
1970	1st Div	22	19	3	0	41	1st	Swapan Sengupta	14
1971	1st Div	19	18	1	0	37	1st		14
1972	1st Div	19	18	1	0	37	1st	Md. Akbar	17
1973	1st Div	20	17	2	1	36	1st		24
1974	1st Div	19	17	2	0	36	1st	Md. Akbar Surajit Sengupta	14
1975	1st Div	21	21	0	0	42	1st		14
1976	1st Div	22	20	1	1	41	2nd		12
1977	1st Div	22	22	0	0	44	1st	Ranjit Mukherjee	18
1978	1st Div	22	19	1	2	39	2nd	Ranjit Mukherjee	18
1979	1st Div	22	19	3	0	41	2nd		23
1980	1st Div	12	9	3	0	21	Abandoned	Jamshid Nassiri Majid Bishkar Tapan Das	3
1981	1st Div	26	21	2	3	58	3rd		18
1982	1st Div	26	23	3	0	49	1st	Arup Das	11
1983	1st Div	26	19	6	1	44	2nd	Mihir Bose	8
1984	1st Div	26	20	5	1	65	2nd	Debasish Roy	22
1985	1st Div	28	22	5	1	71	1st		17
1986	1st Div	28	19	9	0	66	2nd		14
1987	1st Div	28	25	3	0	78	1st		26
1988	1st Div	28	22	5	1	71	1st		8
1989	1st Div	28	24	2	2	74	1st		27
1990	Super Div	18	13	3	2	42	2nd		9
1991	Super Div	18	14	4	0	46	1st	Kuljit Singh	10
1992	Super Div	18	9	6	3	28	3rd	Kuljit Singh	9
1993	Super Div	18	16	2	0	50	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"	Sanjay Majhi	12
1994	Super Div	18	14	4	0	46	2nd		14
1995	Super Div	18	13	3	2	42	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"	Nima Bhutia	8
1996	Super Div	18	12	6	0	42	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"	Tausif Jamal	6
1997	Super Div	18	14	3	1	45	2nd	Preto Garcia	5
1998	Super Div	15	13	1	1	40	1st		8
1999	Super Div	13	11	2	0	35	1st		4
2000	Super Div	13	11	2	0	35	1st		4
2001	Super Div	13	8	4	1	28	2nd	Omolaja Olaleken	8
2002	Super Div	13	9	3	1	30	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"		12
2003	Super Div	16	13	2	1	41	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"		10
2004	Super Div	18	11	6	1	39	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"		9
2005	Premier Div	14	11	1	2	34	2nd		8
2006	Premier Div	14	10	2	2	32	1st		4
2007	Premier Div	14	8	2	4	26	2nd		12
2008	Premier Div	14	7	4	3	25	3rd	Parveen Kumar	4
2009	Premier Div	15	8	6	1	30	3rd	Budhiram Tudu	10
2010	Premier Div	16	14	1	1	43	1st		9
2011	Premier Div	10	8	0	2	24	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"		9
2012	Premier Div	17	16	1	0	49	1st		14
2013	Premier Div	10	8	1	1	25	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"		7
2014	Premier Div	10	8	1	1	25	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"		8
2015	Premier Div	10	9	1	0	28	1st	bgcolor=#FFE4B5 align="left"		12
2016	Premier Div	10	10	0	0	30	1st		4
2017	Premier Div	9	7	2	0	23	1st		5
2018	Premier Div	11	7	2	2	23	3rd		4
	Premier Div	11	6	2	3	20	3rd		7
2020	Premier Div	—	—	—	—	—	Not Held	—	—
	Premier Div	—	—	—	—	—	DNP	—	—
	Premier Div — Super Six	4	0	3	1	3	4th	Jesin TK Vivek Singh	1
	Premier Div	17	13	3	1	42	2nd	P. V. Vishnu Jesin TK Abhishek Kunjam	6
	Premier Div	10	9	1	0	28	1st		9

IFA Shield

The IFA Shield is the second oldest football tournament in India after the Durand Cup, and the fourth oldest football competition in the world. East Bengal featured in the IFA Shield for the first time in 1921 and crashed out in the second round against Dalhousie in the fourth replayed-match after three drawn matches.^[13] They won their maiden IFA Shield title in 1943, defeating Police AC 3 - 0 in the final. Since then, the club has won it 28 times (also once in 2018 when the tournament was played as a U-19 event), the most ever in the tournament's history.^{[14] [15]}

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Season	Final position	Opponent team	Score
1920	—	—	—
1921	2nd Round		1–1; 1–1; 1–1; 1–2
1922	3rd Round	Jamalpur XI	0–2
1923	1st Round		0–1
1924	2nd Round		0–1
1925	3rd Round	Heavy Battery	0–0; 1–1; 1–3
1926	1st Round	Royal West Kent	1–1; 0–1
1927	2nd Round		0–1
1928	1st Round	Royal Scot Fusiliers	1–2
1929	2nd Round	Sherwood Foresters	0–0; 2–4
1930	Withdrew	—	—
1931	1st Round	Police	0–0; 0–2
1932	1st Round	K.R.R.	0–3
1933	2nd Round	Shropshire	1–6
1934	1st Round	K.R.R.	0–2
1935	1st Round	E.I.R. (Jamshedpur)	1–2
1936	3rd Round	East Yorks	0–1
1937	3rd Round	Customs	0–2
1938	3rd Round	Howrah Union	0–1
1939	Withdrew	—	—
1940	2nd Round	Delhi XI	0–1
1941	Semi-Finals		0–1
1942	bgcolor=silver	RU		0–1
1943	bgcolor=gold	W	Police	3–0
1944	bgcolor=silver	RU	B&A Railway	0–2
1945	bgcolor=gold	W		1–0
1946	Not Held	—	—
1947	bgcolor=silver	RU		0–1
1948	Semi-Finals		0–1
1949	bgcolor=gold	W		2–0
1950	bgcolor=gold	W	Services XI	3–0
1951	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0; 2–0
1952	Quarter-Finals	Bangalore Blues	0–1
1953	bgcolor=silver	RU	Indian Culture League	0–0; 0–0; 1–1
1954	Withdrew	—	—
1955	Semi-Finals	Rajasthan	0–1
1956	Semi-Finals		0–1
1957	Semi-Finals		1–1; 0–1
1958	bgcolor=gold	W		1–1; 1–0
1959	Abandoned	—	—
1960	Quarter-Finals	Indian Navy	0–3
1961	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0; 0–0
1962	Semi-Finals	Hyderabad XI	0–1
1963	Quarter-Finals		1–2
1964	Abandoned		1–1;
1965	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0; 1–0
1966	bgcolor=gold	W		1–0
1967	Abandoned		0–0;
1968	Abandoned	—
1969	bgcolor=silver	RU		1–3
1970	bgcolor=gold	W
1971	Semi-Finals		0–1
1972	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0; w/o
1973	bgcolor=gold	W		3–1
1974	bgcolor=gold	W		1–0
1975	bgcolor=gold	W		5–0
1976	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0
1977	bgcolor=silver	RU		0–1
1978	Semi-Finals		0–1
1979	bgcolor=silver	RU		0–1
1980	Not Held	—	—
1981	bgcolor=gold	W		2–2
1982	Semi-Finals		0–1
1983	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0
1984	bgcolor=gold	W		1–0
1985	Semi-Finals		1–1; 2–4 (p)
1986	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0; 4–2 (p)
1987	Semi-Finals	Punjab Police	0–0; 2–4 (p)
1988	Abandoned	—	—
1989	—	—	—
1990	bgcolor=gold	W		1–0
1991	bgcolor=gold	W	Army XI	3–1
1992	Abandoned	—	—
1993	Semi-Finals		0–0; 2–4 (p)
1994	bgcolor=gold	W		2–1
1995	bgcolor=gold	W		1–1; 3–1 (p)
1996	QF Group Stage	—	—
1997	bgcolor=gold	W		3–2
1998	bgcolor=silver	RU		1–2
1999	Semi-Finals		0–0; 4–5 (p)
2000	bgcolor=gold	W		1–1; 4–1 (p)
2001	bgcolor=gold	W		0–1
2002	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0; 5–4 (p)
2003	bgcolor=silver	RU		0–0; 3–5 (p)
2004	Semi-Finals		1–1; 6–7 (p)
2005	Semi-Finals		1–2
2006	QF Group Stage	—	—
2007	QF Group Stage	—	—
2008	Not Held	—	—
2009	QF Group Stage	—	—
2010	QF Group Stage	—	—
2011	bgcolor=gold	W		0–0; 4–2 (p)
2012	bgcolor=silver	RU		0–1
2013	Fourth		1–1; 4–5 (p)
2014–19	—	—	—
2020	DNP	—	—
2021	DNP	—	—

Durand Cup

The Durand Cup is the oldest tournament in Asia. Before 1926, Indian clubs were not allowed to participate in the tournament. East Bengal participated in the tournament for the first time in 1926 and reached the third round, before losing to the eventual champions the Durham Light Infantry. The Indian clubs were again not allowed to participate until after Independence when the tournament was restarted in 1950. East Bengal won their first Durand title in 1951, defeating Rajasthan Club 2–1 in the final. The Red and Gold brigade have won the tournament 16 times, a shared record with arch-rivals Mohun Bagan for the most titles in the tournament's history.^[16]

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Season	Final position	Opponent team	Score
1921–25
1926	Third Round	Durham Light Infantry	1–4
1927–40
1940–49
1950	Semi-Finals	Hyderabad Police	0–1
1951	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Rajasthan Club	2–1
1952	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Hyderabad Police	1–0
1953	Quarter-Finals	N.D.A	2–0
1954	Semi-Finals	HAL	1–4
1955	Third Round	Madras Regimental Centre	0–2
1956	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Hyderabad Police	2–0
1957	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Hyderabad Police	1–2
1958	Semi-Finals	Madras Regimental Centre	1–2
1959	Semi-Finals	Mohammedan Sporting	1–5
1960	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mohun Bagan	1–1; 0–0
1961	Semi-Finals	Andhra Police	1–1; 0–3
1962
1963	Semi-Finals	Andhra Police	1–2
1964	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Mohun Bagan	0–2
1965	Quarter-Finals	Delhi Garrison	0–1
1966	Quarter-Finals	E.M.E Centre	0–1
1967	bgcolor=gold	Champions	B.N.R	1–0
1968	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	B.S.F.	0–1
1969	Semi-Finals	Punjab Police	0–1
1970	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mohun Bagan	2–0
1971	Not held
1972	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mohun Bagan	0–0; 1–0
1973	Semi-Finals	R.A.C.	1–2
1974	Semi-Finals	Mohun Bagan	0–1
1975	QF Group Stage
1976	Semi-Finals	JCT	0–0; tiebreaker
1977	QF Group Stage
1978	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mohun Bagan	3–0
1979–81	DNP
1982	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mohun Bagan	0–0
1983	DNP
1984	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Mohun Bagan	0–1
1985	DNP
1986	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Mohun Bagan	0–1
1987	Semi-Finals	Mohun Bagan	0–3
1988	bgcolor=silver	Runners–up	B.S.F	2–3
1989	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mohun Bagan	0–0; 3–1
1990	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mahindra & Mahindra	3–2
1991	bgcolor=gold	Champions	B.S.F.	1–1; 5–3
1992	QF Group Stage
1993	bgcolor=gold	Champions	P.S.E.B.	1–0
1994	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Mohun Bagan	0–1
1995	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Tata Football Academy	0–0; 4–3
1996–97
1998	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Mahindra & Mahindra	1–2
1999	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Salgaocar	0–0; 2–3
2000	Semi-Finals	Mahindra & Mahindra	1–1; 5–6
2001	Semi-Finals	Churchill Brothers	1–2
2002	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Army XI	3–0
2003	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Salgaocar	1–1; 3–4
2004	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mohun Bagan	2–1
2005	QF Group Stage
2006	QF Group Stage
2007–08
2009	QF Group Stage
2010	Semi-Finals	Chirag United	0–1
2011–18
2019	Semi-Finals	Gokulam Kerala	1–1; 2–3
2020
2021	DNP
2022	Group Stage
2023	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Mohun Bagan SG	0–1
2024	Quarter-Finals	Shillong Lajong	1–2

Rovers Cup

The Rovers Cup was the third most prestigious football tournament in India, alongside the Durand Cup and the IFA Shield, forming the coveted Triple Crown of Indian football. East Bengal first participated in the tournament in 1941, reaching the Quarter-Finals in their inaugural appearance before losing to the Wales Regiment. The Red and Gold brigade first lifted the Rovers Cup in 1949 and have won it 10 times when the tournament was abolished in 2001.^[18]

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Season	Final position	Opponent team	Score
1921–40
1941	Quarter-Finals	Wales Regiment	1–3
1942–44
1945	Second Round	Albert David	0–2
1946–48
1949	bgcolor=gold	Champions	E.I. Railways	3–0
1950
1951	Quarter-Finals	Wimco	0–1
1952–56
1957	Third Round	Caltex	1–3
1958	Quarter-Finals	Rajasthan Club	0–1
1959	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up		0–0; 0–3
1960	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Andhra Police	0–0; 0–1
1961	Third Round	CPL Hyderabad	1–6
1962	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Andhra Police	1–1; 1–1
1963	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up	Andhra Police	0–1
1964	Semi-Finals	BNR	0–1
1965
1966	Quarter-Finals	515 Army Base WS	0–1
1967	bgcolor=gold	Champions		0–0; 2–0
1968	Quarter-Finals	Leaders Club	2–3
1969	bgcolor=gold	Champions		3–0
1970	Semi-Finals		0–0; 1–2
1971	Semi-Finals		na
1972	bgcolor=gold	Champions		0–0; 0–0
1973	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Tata Sports	3–2
1974
1975	bgcolor=gold	Champions	Mafatlal	1–0
1976
1977	Semi-Finals		0–2
1978–79
1980	bgcolor=gold	Champions		1–1
1981
1982	Quarter-Finals		na
1983	Semi-Finals		na
1984–85
1986	Semi-Finals		na
1987	Semi-Finals		0–1
1988	bgcolor=silver	Runners-up		0–1
1989
1990	bgcolor=gold	Champions		1–0
1991	QF Group Stage
1992–93
1994	bgcolor=gold	Champions		2–1
1995–96
1997	Semi-Finals		na
1998–99
2000	Semi-Finals		0–1

Federation Cup/Super Cup

The Federation Cup, begun in 1977, was India's primary domestic cup competition until it was scrapped in 2017 and the Super Cup was launched in its place. East Bengal first participated in the tournament in 1978 and became joint champions with Mohun Bagan in their inaugural appearance. East Bengal is the second most successful club in this tournament, having won it eight times.^{[19] [20]}

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Season	Final position	Opponent team	Score
1977	—	—	—
1978	Champions		0–0; 0–0
1979	—	—	—
1980	Champions		1–1
1981	Semi-Finals		0–2 (agg.)
1982	Group League	—	—
1983	Semi-Finals		0–1 (agg.)
1984	Runners-up		0–1
1985	Champions		1–0
1986	Runners-up		0–0; 4–5 (p)
1987	Group League	—	—
1988	Group League	—	—
1989	Group League	—	—
1990	Semi-Finals		2–3
1991	Group League	—	—
1992	Runners-up		0–2
1993	Semi-Finals		0–0; 2–4 (p)
1994	Group League	—	—
1995	Runners-up		1–1; 6–7 (p)
1995	Runners-up		1–1; 3–5 (p)
1996	Champions		2–1
1997	Runners-up		1–2
1998	Runners-up		1–2
1999	Not Held	—	—
2000	Not Held	—	—
2001	Second Round		0–1
2002	Not Held	—	—
2003	Quarter-Finals		0–1
2004	Quarter-Finals		0–1
2005	Quarter-Finals		0–0; 9–10 (p)
2006	Quarter-Finals		0–1
2007	Champions		2–1
2008	Semi-Finals		1–1; 3–5 (p)
2009-10	Champions		0–0; 3–0 (p)
2010	Champions		1–0
2011	Runners-up		1–3
2012	Champions		3–2
2013-14	Group League	—	—
2014-15	Group League	—	—
2015-16	Quarter-Finals		3–4 (agg.)
2016-17	Semi-Finals		0–2
2018	Runners-up		1–4
2019	Quarter-Finals		w/o
2020 - 21	Not Held	—	—
2021 - 22	Not Held	—	—
2023	Group stage	—	—
2024	Champions		3—2

Notes and References

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3. Web site: India 1996/97. RSSSF. 2 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20090611104712/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india97.html#nfl1. 11 June 2009. live.
4. Web site: East Bengal Club - Trophy Room. eastbengalclub.co.in. 29 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20181114010717/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/trophyroom.html. 14 November 2018. dead.
5. Web site: Atsushi . Fujioka . Arunava . Chaudhuri . 30 Mar 2021 . India - List of National Champions . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 23 Aug 2021 . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026112338/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiachamp.html . live .
6. Web site: Atsushi . Fujioka . Arunava . Chaudhuri . 28 Jan 2021 . India - List of Federation Cup Winners . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 23 Aug 2021 . 17 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140217082516/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiacuphist.html . live .
7. Web site: Karel . Stokkermans . 30 Jun 2021 . ISL 2020/21 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 23 Aug 2021 . 13 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210113035045/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india2021.html#circus . live .
8. Web site: Karel . Stokkermans . 15 Jul 2022 . ISL 2021/22 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 25 Sep 2022 . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220925153743/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india2022.html#circreg . live .
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10. Web site: East Bengal - Performance in Calcutta Football League. East Bengal Club. 22 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20181127153348/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/cfl-stat.html. 27 November 2018. dead.
11. Web site: Calcutta Football League: East Bengal wins eighth consecutive title. Sportstar -The Hindu. 3 December 2020. 30 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030090152/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/east-bengal-holds-mohun-bagan-to-win-calcutta-football-league-eight-times-in-a-row/article19747202.ece. live.
12. Web site: 27 November 2018. East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club. 24 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20181127153348/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/cfl-stat.html. 27 November 2018.
13. Web site: East Bengal Performance in IFA Shield. East Bengal Club. 24 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20181127153434/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/ifashield-stat.html. 27 November 2018. dead.
14. Web site: Arunava . Chaudhuri . 28 January 2021 . India - List of IFA Shield Finals . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 23 August 2021 . 31 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121031142319/http://rsssf.com/tablesi/india-ifahist.html . live .
15. Web site: 27 November 2018. East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club. 24 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20181127153434/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/ifashield-stat.html. 27 November 2018.
16. Web site: East Bengal - Performance in Durand Cup. https://web.archive.org/web/20190523175326/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/durandcup-stat.html. East Bengal Club. 18 November 2020. 23 May 2019.
17. Web site: East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club. https://web.archive.org/web/20190523175326/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/durandcup-stat.html. dead. 2019-05-23. 24 August 2021.
18. Web site: East Bengal - Performance in Rovers Cup. https://web.archive.org/web/20190523175432/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/roverscup-stat.html. East Bengal Club. 18 November 2020. 23 May 2019. bot: unknown.
19. Web site: East Bengal - Performance in Federation Cup. https://web.archive.org/web/20190523175331/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/federationcup-stat.html. East Bengal Club. 25 August 2021. 23 May 2019. bot: unknown.
20. Web site: India - List of Federation Cup Winners. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 25 August 2021. 17 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140217082516/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiacuphist.html. live.