Kingfisher East Bengal FC
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| Full name | Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Red-and-Gold Brigade Torch Hilsa |
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| Founded | 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | East Bengal Ground or Salt Lake Stadium (Capacity 120,000 - SLS; 24,000 - EBG) |
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| Chairman | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach |  Manoranjan Bhattacharya |
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| League | I-League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | NFL Premier Division 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club is an Indian football club based in Kolkata. The club was originally known as the East Bengal Club. In 1998, the name of the club was changed from the East Bengal Club to the Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club as United Breweries obtained a 50% stake in the club and renamed it to promote their Kingfisher beer.
East Bengal also has a multi-collaborative tie-in with Leicester City FC, UK for an exchange program with junior footballers, in respect to coaching techniques, sports science, and other developmental programs.
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[edit] Stadium
As its homeground, the club boasts of the enigmatic Yuba Bharati Krirangan, or the Salt Lake Stadium, Asia's biggest composite stadium. It is the biggest of its kind in Asia. The Salt Lake Stadium has seating arrangement for 120,000 people at a time. Its training ground is a smaller East Bengal tent near the maidan.
[edit] Rivals
Out of matches East Bengal have played with their arch rival Mohun Bagan, East Bengal have won 108 times and Mohun Bagan have won 77. The very first clash resulted in an 1-0 win for East Bengal with N. Chakravarty scoring the all-important goal. The biggest ever margin in this duel is another East Bengal win by a margin of 5-0 in the IFA shield in 1975.
[edit] Players
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[edit] Noted former players
- 1940s: Apparao (1941),Pagsley (1942), Byomkesh Bose (1948), P. Venkatesh (1948),Amed Khan (1949)
- 1950s: Masood Fakri (1952),T. Balaram (1957)
- 1960s: Aroon Ghosh (1960),Sukumar Samajpati (1961),Peter Thangaraj (1965), Syed Naeemuddin (1966), Md. Habib (1966), Shyam Thapa (1966),Sudhir Karmakar (1969), Subhash Bhowmick (1969)
- 1970s: Gautam Sarkar (1972),Bhaskar Ganguly (1976),Monoranjan Bhattacharya (1977)
- 1980s: Majid Baskar (1980),Krishanu Dey (1985),Bikash Panji (1985), Emeka Ezeugo (1986), Balai Mukherjee (1986),Cheema Okeri (1987)
- 1990s: Kuljit Singh (1994), Baichung Bhutia, Samuel Omolo (1997), Karlton Chapman (1996)
[edit] Performance record
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| No | Tournament | Records | Championship Years | Comments |
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| 1 | LG ASEAN Club Cup | Champions Once | 2003 | the only Indian club to have won this tournament till date |
| 2 | National Football League | Champions Thrice, Runners-Up Thrice | Champions: 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
Runners-Up: 1997-98, 1998-99, 2005-06 |
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| 3 | Federation Cup | Champions 5 times, Runners-Up 7 times | Champions: 1978, 1980, 1985, 1996, 2007(Sep)
Runners-Up: 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996(Jan), 1997, 1998 |
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| 4 | Super Cup | Champions Twice, Runners-Up Once | Champions: 1997, 2005-06
Runners-Up: 2003 |
Tournament Between National league and Federation Cup Champions |
| 5 | Calcutta Football League — Premier Division | Champions 31 times | Champions... 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 | |
| 6 | IFA Shield | Champions 27 times | Champions- 1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 | |
| 7 | Durand Cup | Champions 16 times | Champions-1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004 | |
| 8 | Rovers Cup | Champions 10 times | Champions-1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994 | |
| 9 | DCM Trophy | Champions 7 times | Champions-1950, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1983 | |
| 10 | All Airlines Gold Cup | Champions 7 times | Champions-1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 | |
| 11 | Bordoloi Trophy | Champions 5 times | Champions-1968, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1992 | |
| 12 | McDowell's Cup | Champions 3 times | Champions-1995, 1997, 2000 | |
| 13 | Sait Nagjee Trophy | Champions 2 times | Champions-1968, 1986 | |
| 14 | Hercules Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions-1920 | |
| 15 | Darjeeling Gold Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions-1976 | |
| 16 | Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions-1984 | |
| 17 | Stafford Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions-1986 | |
| 18 | Wai-Wai Cup, Nepal | Champions 1 time | Champions-1993 | |
| 19 | Coca Cola Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions-1996 | |
| 20 | Independence Day Cup | Champions 1 time | Champions-2002 | |
| 21 | San Miguel International Cup, Nepal | Champions 1 time | Champions-2004-05 |
[edit] Sponsors
Main Sponsor:Kingfisher(Parent Company United Breweries Group is 50% stake holder in the Club
C0-Sponsor: Playwin
C0-Sponsor: Peerless General Finance & Investment Co. Ltd
Outfit Sponsor:Reebok
Medical Support:MEDICARE SERVICES
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