2005 06 East Bengal FC season

The 2005–06 season was East Bengal's 10th season in the National Football League and 86th season in existence. Template:Infobox football club season

Competitions

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position
Calcutta Football League	31 July 2005	30 September 2005	Runners-Up
Federation Cup	19 October 2005	23 October 2005	Quarter-Finals
IFA Shield	24 November 2005	1 December 2005	Semi-Finals
Durand Cup	11 December 2005	13 December 2005	Group Stage
National Football League	10 January 2006	15 May 2006	Runners-Up
Super Cup	27 May 2006		Champions

Overview

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Calcutta Football League

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East Bengal finished the 2005 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 34 points from 14 matches, 6 points behind champions Mohun Bagan.^[1]

Fixtures & results

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Federation Cup

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East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Air India and won 3–1 with goals from Sydney Nkalanga, Dipankar Roy and Mike Okoro. Syed Rahim Nabi scored an own-goal in the dying minutes to give consolation to Air India.^[2] In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost to Churchill Brothers in the sudden-death after the game ended 0–0 after 120 minutes.^[3]

Fixtures & results

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IFA Shield

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Group A

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East Bengal was grouped alongside the other two Kolkata Giants Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting in Group A. East Bengal lost 2–3 against Mohammedan Sporting in the opening game.^[4] However, in the second game, against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, East Bengal registered a 4–1 win with goals from Chandan Das, Mike Okoro and a brace from Alvito D'Cunha.^[5] In the semi-finals, East Bengal faced EverReady and surprisingly lost 2–1 with Chibueze Francis Maduako scoring a brace for EverReady after Kalia Kulothungan put East Bengal ahead in the 3rd minute.^[6]^[7]

Fixtures & results

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Durand Cup

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Group D

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East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT and HAL in Group D. East Bengal won 2–0 against HAL in the opening fixture withgoals from RC Prakash and Jatin Singh Bisht.^[8] However, they lost 1–2 against JCT as they were eliminated from the group stages.^[9]^[10]

Since Mahindra United won both the 2005-06 National Football League and the 2005 Federation Cup, National League runner-up East Bengal faced them in the 2006 Indian Super Cup and won 2–1 with goals from Ndem Guy Herve and Alvito D'Cunha.^[11]

Fixtures & results

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Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

Appearances for East Bengal in 2005–06 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	CFL		NFL		Fed Cup		IFA Shield		Durand Cup		Super Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Template:Flagicon	Naseem Akhtar	4	4	8	8			2	2	2	2			16	16
21	GK	Template:Flagicon	Abhra Mondal	4	4	2	2			1	1					7	7
24	GK	Template:Flagicon	Rajat Ghosh Dastidar	7	6	7	7	2	2					1	1	17	16
Defenders
2	DF	Template:Flagicon	Muttah Suresh	5	4	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	18	15
5	DF	Template:Flagicon	Habibur Rehman Mondal	4	4	3	2					2	2			9	8
12	DF	Template:Flagicon	Arun Malhotra	7	7			1	1	1	1					9	9
12	DF	Template:Flagicon	Anupam Sarkar			15	15									15	15
16	DF	Template:Flagicon	Covan Lawrence	11	10	11	11	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	30	28
17	DF	Template:Flagicon	Surya Bikash Chakraborty	4	4	1	1									5	5
22	DF	Template:Flagicon	Debabrata Roy	5	5	10	3	2	2	1	1			1	1	19	12
26	DF	Template:Flagicon	Ngassa Guy Martial			12	12							1	1	13	13
27	DF	Template:Flagicon	Gurpreet Singh	4	4					3	2					7	6
29	DF	Template:Flagicon	Saumik Dey	11	11	11	11	1	1	2	2	2	2			27	27
	DF	Template:Flagicon	Debkumar Sashmal	7	5											7	5
	DF	Template:Flagicon	Debjit Ghosh	7	6					2	1					9	7
Midfielders
6	MF	Template:Flagicon	Dipankar Roy	7	7	9	0	2	1	1	1			1	0	20	9
7	MF	Template:Flagicon	Jayanta Sen	6	3	15	15							1	1	22	19
8	MF	Template:Flagicon	Sasthi Duley	8	8	10	5			3	3			1	1	22	17
9	MF	Template:Flagicon	Alvito D'Cunha	7	6	12	7	1	1	2	2			1	1	23	17
11	MF	Template:Flagicon	Kalia Kulothungan	8	4	10	8			3	1			1	0	22	13
14	MF	Template:Flagicon	Chandan Das	7	2					2	2	1	1			10	5
18	MF	Template:Flagicon	Tushar Rakshit	3	0											3	0
19	MF	Template:Flagicon	Syed Rahim Nabi	12	11	15	14	2	2					1	1	30	28
20	MF	Template:Flagicon	Ndem Guy Herve			13	13							1	1	14	14
27	MF	Template:Flagicon	Amandeep Singh	1	1	1	1									2	2
28	MF	Template:Flagicon	Shylo Malsawmtluanga	10	7	17	17	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	1	33	27
30	MF	Template:Flagicon	Bernard Pires	5	5	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	2			13	10
32	MF	Template:Flagicon	Gouranga Dutta	3	1	11	7							1	1	15	9
	MF	Template:Flagicon	Jatin Singh Bisht	11	8			2	2			1	1			14	11
	MF	Template:Flagicon	Sandip Das	5	5											5	5
	MF	Template:Flagicon	Liswa Nduti					2	1	1	0	2	2			5	3
Forwards
10	FW	Template:Flagicon	Mike Okoro	2	1	9	6	2	2	3	3	2	2			18	14
12	FW	Template:Flagicon	I.M. Vijayan	5	3			2	0							7	3
15	FW	Template:Flagicon	Bhaichung Bhutia			16	16									16	16
25	FW	Template:Flagicon	R.C. Prakash	8	6	2	2			1	0	2	1			13	9
	FW	Template:Flagicon	Sydney Nkalanga					2	2	3	3	2	2			7	7

Goal scorers

Goals for East Bengal in 2005–06 season
Rank	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Tooltip	Name	CFL	NFL	Fed Cup	IFA Shield	Durand Cup	Super Cup	Total
1	15	FW	Template:Flagicon	Bhaichung Bhutia		12					12
2	19	MF	Template:Flagicon	Syed Rahim Nabi	8	3	0	0	0	0	11
3	9	MF	Template:Flagicon	Alvito D'Cunha	2	0	0	2	0	1	5
3	10	FW	Template:Flagicon	Mike Okoro	1	1	1	1	1	0	5
5	28	MF	Template:Flagicon	Shylo Malsawmtluanga	2	1	0	1	0	0	4
6	6	MF	Template:Flagicon	Dipankar Roy	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
	12	FW	Template:Flagicon	I.M. Vijayan	3		0	0	0		3
	20	MF	Template:Flagicon	Ndem Guy Herve		2				1	3
9	11	MF	Template:Flagicon	Kalia Kulothungan	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
	14	MF	Template:Flagicon	Chandan Das	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
	22	DF	Template:Flagicon	Debabrata Roy	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
	25	FW	Template:Flagicon	R.C. Prakash	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
	32	MF	Template:Flagicon	Gouranga Dutta	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
14	7	MF	Template:Flagicon	Jayanta Sen	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	8	MF	Template:Flagicon	Sasthi Duley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	12	DF	Template:Flagicon	Arun Malhotra	1		0	0	0	0	1
	29	DF	Template:Flagicon	Saumik Dey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	30	MF	Template:Flagicon	Bernard Pires	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
		FW	Template:Flagicon	Sydney Nkalanga			1	0	0		1
		MF	Template:Flagicon	Jatin Singh Bisht	0		0	0	1	0	1
Own goals					1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Total					25	25	3	7	3	2	65

Notes

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References

↑ Calcutta Super Division League (IFA), Chaudhuri, Arunava(31 Jan 2008).
↑ East Bengal too good for Air India(19 Oct 2005).
↑ Churchill hand East Bengal sudden death(23 Oct 2005).
↑ Md. Sporting shock East Bengal 3-2 - IFA SHIELD - Patrick sets up win for black-and white brigade(25 Nov 2005).
↑ Bagan made to pay for goalkeeper's errors - IFA shield - Alvito sets up 4-1 rout for East Bengal(28 Nov 2005).
↑ Francis brace takes Ever-Ready to final - IFA SHIELD East Bengal crash out(2 Dec 2005).
↑ 111th IFA Shield 2005, Chaudhuri, Arunava(9 Jan 2007).
↑ East Bengal overcome HASC 2-0 in opener - Durand Cup - Army XI pip Dempo to semis after draw of lots(12 Dec 2005).
↑ East Bengal shown Durand exit door by JCT(13 Dec 2005).
↑ 118th Durand Cup 2005, Chaudhuri, Arunava(9 Jan 2007).
↑ East Bengal lift Super Cup(28 May 2006).

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[1] Calcutta Super Division League (IFA), Chaudhuri, Arunava(31 Jan 2008).

[2] East Bengal too good for Air India(19 Oct 2005).

[3] Churchill hand East Bengal sudden death(23 Oct 2005).

[4] Md. Sporting shock East Bengal 3-2 - IFA SHIELD - Patrick sets up win for black-and white brigade(25 Nov 2005).

[5] Bagan made to pay for goalkeeper's errors - IFA shield - Alvito sets up 4-1 rout for East Bengal(28 Nov 2005).

[6] Francis brace takes Ever-Ready to final - IFA SHIELD East Bengal crash out(2 Dec 2005).

[7] 111th IFA Shield 2005, Chaudhuri, Arunava(9 Jan 2007).

[8] East Bengal overcome HASC 2-0 in opener - Durand Cup - Army XI pip Dempo to semis after draw of lots(12 Dec 2005).

[9] East Bengal shown Durand exit door by JCT(13 Dec 2005).

[10] 118th Durand Cup 2005, Chaudhuri, Arunava(9 Jan 2007).

[11] East Bengal lift Super Cup(28 May 2006).

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2005 06 East Bengal FC season

Competitions

Overall

Overview

Calcutta Football League

Fixtures & results

Federation Cup

Fixtures & results

IFA Shield

Fixtures & results

Durand Cup

Fixtures & results

National Football League

League table

Fixtures & results

Super Cup

Fixtures & results

Statistics

Appearances

Goal scorers

Notes

References