2007–08_East_Bengal_F.C._season
2007–08 East Bengal FC season
2007–08 season of East Bengal F.C.
The 2007–08 season was East Bengal's 1st season in the I-League and 88th season in existence.
Quick Facts season, President ...
| 2007–08 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||
| Head-Coach |  Subrata Bhattacharya(until 16 January 2008) Monoranjan Bhattacharya(until 19 February 2008) Aloke Mukherjee(from 20 February 2008) | ||
| Ground | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground | ||
| I-League | 6th | ||
| Calcutta Football League | Runners-up | ||
| Federation Cup | Champions | ||
| Super Cup | Runners-up | ||
| IFA Shield | Group Stage | ||
| AFC Cup | Group Stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Edmilson (8) All: Edmilson (29) | ||
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Overall
More information Competition, First match ...
| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcutta Football League | 30 July 2007 | 18 November 2007 | Runners-up |
| Federation Cup | 4 September 2007 | 15 September 2007 | Champions |
| I-League | 25 November 2007 | 23 February 2008 | 6th |
| Super Cup | 27 February 2008 | Runners-up | |
| IFA Shield | 1 March 2008 | 3 March 2008 | Group Stage |
| AFC Cup | 11 March 2008 | 14 May 2008 | Group Stage |
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Overview
More information Competition, Record ...
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Calcutta Football League | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 057.14 |
| Federation Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 100.00 |
| I-League | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 027.78 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| IFA Shield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| AFC Cup | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | 45 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 042.22 |
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Last updated: 1 June 2008
Source: Competitions
Calcutta Football League
Main article: Calcutta Football League
East Bengal finished the 2007 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 26 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan.[1]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
East Bengal v Calcutta Port Trust
| 30 July 2007 1 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Calcutta Port Trust | Kolkata |
Mehtab Hussain  8'Edmilson Marques Pardal 10' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Rathin Mukherjee |
East Bengal v Eastern Railway
| 3 August 2007 2 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Eastern Railway | Kolkata |
| Edmilson Marques Pardal 70' (pen) Dipendu Biswas 86' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Debashish Mishra |
East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting
| 7 August 2007 3 | East Bengal | 6–2 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
| Edmilson Marques Pardal 4', 42', 72' Ashim Biswas 46', 48'Alvito D'Cunha 55' |
Report | Basudeb Mondal 2' K Shyju 19' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya |
East Bengal v Peerless
| 14 August 2007 4 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Peerless | Kolkata |
| Abdul Samed Okocha 16' Alvito D'Cunha 50'Dipankar Roy 57' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Udayan Haldar |
East Bengal v Mohun Bagan
| 17 August 2007 5 | East Bengal | 3–4 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| Alvito D'Cunha 46', 60' Edmilson Marques Pardal 69' (pen) |
Report | Lalawmpuia Pachuau 9' Jose Ramirez Barreto 34' (pen)Shanmugam Venkatesh 42', 47' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Sarkar |
East Bengal v George Telegraph
| 22 August 2007 6 | East Bengal | 1–0 | George Telegraph | Kolkata |
| Ashim Biswas 7' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Dhanapati Roy |
East Bengal v Chirag United
| 25 August 2007 7 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Chirag United | Kolkata |
| Vimal Pariyar 14' |
Report | Sashti Duley 13' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: K Shankar |
Calcutta Port Trust v East Bengal
| 1 October 2007 8 | Calcutta Port Trust | 0–5 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Report | Dipankar Roy 3' Edmilson Marques Pardal 36', 39', 59' (pen), 80' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Biplab Poddar |
Eastern Railway v East Bengal
| 3 October 2007 9 | Eastern Railway | 0–1 | East Bengal | Howrah |
| Report | Jayanta Sen 27' |
Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium Referee: Pradip Mukherjee |
Mohammedan Sporting v East Bengal
| 6 October 2007 10 | Mohammedan Sporting | 2–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi 2' Kalia Kulothungan 80' |
Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 32' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee |
Peerless v East Bengal
| 27 October 2007 11 | Peerless | 0–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 57' Vimal Pariyar 74' |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Pradip Mukherjee |
Mohun Bagan v East Bengal
| 6 November 2007 12 | Mohun Bagan | 2–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Jose Ramirez Barreto 49', 90+2' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S Suresh |
George Telegraph v East Bengal
| 15 November 2007 13 | George Telegraph | 3–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Nuruddin Saleh Olawale 24', 33' Gour Naskar 29' |
Report | Ashim Biswas 40' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Kashinath Sen |
Chirag United v East Bengal
| 18 November 2007 14 | Chirag United | 2–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| Shankar Oraon 44' Theodore Sunday Wrobeh 61' |
Report | Syed Rahim Nabi 16' Ashim Biswas 76' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dhanapati Roy |
Federation Cup
Main article: 2007 Indian Federation Cup Final
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting and won 3–1 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan but Edmilson Marques Pardal scored twice to take the team to the last 8. In the Quarter-Final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and won 3–2 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT.[2] In the Semi-Final, East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Bhaichung Bhutia put Mohun Bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. José Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute wasn't enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3–2 to reach the final.[3][4] In the Final, East Bengal defeated Mahindra United 2–1 with another brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson as they lifted their 5th Federation Cup title.[5]
Bracket
| Pre-Quarter Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| JCT | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 9 September | ||||||||||||||
| Vasco | 1 | |||||||||||||
| JCT | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| East Bengal | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mohammedan Sporting | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 11 September | ||||||||||||||
| East Bengal | 3 | |||||||||||||
| East Bengal | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Air India | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 9 September | ||||||||||||||
| Viva Kerala | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Viva Kerala | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| ONGC | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| East Bengal | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mahindra United | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dempo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 10 September | ||||||||||||||
| Chirag United | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dempo | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 September | ||||||||||||||
| Churchill Brothers | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Salgaocar | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||||||
| Churchill Brothers | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Dempo | 1 (1) | |||||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mahindra United | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Mahindra United | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 September | ||||||||||||||
| HAL | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mahindra United | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Sporting Clube de Goa | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Army XI | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sporting Clube de Goa | 1 | |||||||||||||
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
Mohammedan Sporting v East Bengal
| 4 September 2007 Pre-Quarter Final | Mohammedan Sporting | 1–3 | East Bengal | Ludhiana |
| Kalia Kulothungan 45+3' |
Report | Ashim Biswas 21' Edmilson Marques Pardal 51', 66' |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: S. Suresh |
JCT v East Bengal
| 9 September 2007 Quarter-Final | JCT | 2–3 | East Bengal | Ludhiana |
| Eduardo da Silva Escobar 51' Renedy Singh 90+5' |
Report | Irungbam Surkumar Singh 14' Edmilson Marques Pardal 44', 72' |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: Benjamin D'Silva |
East Bengal v Mohun Bagan
| 11 September 2007 Semi-Final | East Bengal | 3–2 | Mohun Bagan | Ludhiana |
| Irungbam Surkumar Singh 25' Dipendu Biswas 35'Ashim Biswas 47' |
Report | Bhaichung Bhutia 12' Jose Ramirez Barreto 71' |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: K. Shankar |
East Bengal v Mahindra United
| 15 September 2007 Final | East Bengal | 2–1 | Mahindra United | Ludhiana |
| Edmilson Marques Pardal 36' (pen), 45+1' |
Report | Sunil Kumar  42'Manjit Singh 45+3' |
Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: K. Shankar |
I League
Main article: 2007–08 I-League
League table
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Mohun Bagan | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 30 | 2009 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
| 5 | Mahindra United | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 28 | |
| 6 | East Bengal | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 19 | |
| 7 | Sporting Goa | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 19 | |
| 8 | Air India | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 17 |
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Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
East Bengal v Viva Kerala
| 25 November 2007 1 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Viva Kerala | Kolkata |
| 17:30 IST | Edmilson Marques Pardal 73' Alvito D'Cunha 79' |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal) |
East Bengal v JCT
| 30 November 2007 2 | East Bengal | 1–3 | JCT | Kolkata |
| 17:30 IST | Edmilson Marques Pardal 50' (pen) |
Report | Eduardo da Silva Escobar 43', 67', 83' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Benjamin D'Silva Man of the Match: Eduardo da Silva Escobar (JCT) |
East Bengal v Salgaocar
| 3 December 2007 3 | East Bengal | 3–2 | Salgaocar | Kolkata |
| 17:30 IST | Edmilson Marques Pardal 20', 66' (pen) Ashim Biswas 53' |
Report | TV Biju Kumar 49' Shylo Malsawmtluanga 75'Remu Gomes 60' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Felix Chimaokwu (Salgaocar) |
Dempo v East Bengal
| 9 December 2007 4 | Dempo | 2–2 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 15:30 IST | Valeriano Rebello 26' Beto 86' |
Report | MacDonald Mukansi 25' Edmilson Marques Pardal 59' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Ali Saleem Man of the Match: Subrata Paul (East Bengal) |
Churchill Brothers v East Bengal
| 13 December 2007 5 | Churchill Brothers | 3–2 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 15:30 IST | Odafa Onyeka Okolie 32', 41' (pen), 44' |
Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 26' Mehtab Hossain 87' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Ali Saleem Man of the Match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers) |
Air India v East Bengal
| 17 December 2007 6 | Air India | 1–0 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
| 15:30 IST | Paresh Shivalkar 62' |
Report | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: Benjamin D'Silva Man of the Match: Paresh Shivalkar (Air India) |
Mahindra United v East Bengal
| 23 December 2007 7 | Mahindra United | 2–1 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
| 15:30 IST | Debabrata Roy 31' (o.g.) Mohammed Rafi 72' |
Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 50' |
Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: S Suresh Man of the Match: Sushanth Mathew (Mahindra United) |
Mohun Bagan v East Bengal
| 30 December 2007 8 | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
| 16:00 IST | Baichung Bhutia 61' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: K Shankar Man of the Match: Douglas da Silva (Mohun Bagan) |
Sporting Clube de Goa v East Bengal
| 5 January 2008 9 | Sporting Clube de Goa | 1–0 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 15:30 IST | Lawrence Adjei 52' |
Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Denzil Franco (Sporting Clube de Goa) |
Salgaocar v East Bengal
| 8 January 2008 10 | Salgaocar | 0–0 | East Bengal | Margao |
| 16:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq Man of the Match: Fabio Dos Passos (Salgaocar) |
JCT v East Bengal
| 14 January 2008 11 | JCT | 3–0 | East Bengal | Ludhiana |
| 13:30 IST | Baljit Sahni 5' Baldeep Singh 8'Eduardo da Silva Escobar 38' |
Report | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Baljit Sahni (JCT) |
East Bengal v Mohun Bagan
| 21 January 2008 12 | East Bengal | 0–2 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
| 16:00 IST | Report | Bhaichung Bhutia 29', 62' Douglas da Silva  9'  48' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (Mohun Bagan) |
East Bengal v Dempo
| 27 January 2008 13 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Dempo | Kolkata |
| 18:00 IST | Mahesh Gawli 69' (o.g.) |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) |
East Bengal v Air India
| 30 January 2008 14 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Air India | Kolkata |
| 18:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: K Shankar Man of the Match: Arnab Das Sharma (Air India) |
East Bengal v Mahindra United
| 3 February 2008 15 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Mahindra United | Kolkata |
| 18:00 IST | Syed Rahim Nabi 5' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
East Bengal v Churchill Brothers
| 10 February 2008 16 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata |
| 18:00 IST | Jayanta Sen 29' |
Report | Mboyo Iyomi 77' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Subrata Paul (East Bengal) |
Viva Kerala v East Bengal
| 17 February 2008 17 | Viva Kerala | 1–3 | East Bengal | Kozhikode |
| 15:30 IST | Syed Rahim Nabi 20' Alvito D'Cunha 57'Edmilson Marques Pardal 90' |
Report | Ebin Rose 45+1' |
Stadium: EMS Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
East Bengal v Sporting Club de Goa
| 23 February 2008 18 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata |
| 15:30 IST | Syed Rahim Nabi 56' |
Report | Joseph Pereira 21' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
Super Cup
Main article: Indian Super Cup (1997-2011)
2007 Federation Cup Champion East Bengal faced 2007-08 I-League Champion Dempo in the 2008 Super Cup. Dempo won 1–0 courtesy of a solitary goal from Chidi Edeh.[6]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
Dempo v East Bengal
| 27 February 2008 | Dempo | 1–0 | East Bengal | Gurgaon |
| 14:30 IST | Chidi Edeh 71' |
Report | Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair |
IFA Shield
Main article: IFA Shield
- Group B
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Santos |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Mahindra United |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| East Bengal |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
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Source: 113th IFA Shield 2008
East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Santos in Group B. East Bengal lost 2–0 against Mahindra United in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Santos as they were eliminated from the group stages.[7]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
East Bengal v Mahindra United
| 1 March 2008 Group Stage | East Bengal | 0–2 | Mahindra United | Kolkata |
| 15:00 IST | Report | Rafi 37' Yusif Yakubu 44' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Mohammed Kamil |
East Bengal v Santos
| 3 March 2008 Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–1 | Santos | Howrah |
| 15:00 IST | Edmilson Marques Pardal 14' (pen) |
Report | Gregory Michael 7' |
Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan |
AFC Cup
Main article: 2008 AFC Cup
Group stage
More information Pld, W ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Safa |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 |
 Al-Wahdat |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| East Bengal |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 |
 Al-Ahli San‘a’ |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
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Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
Safa 
v 
East Bengal
v East Bengal
| 11 March 2008 | Safa | 1–0 | East Bengal | Sports City Stadium, Beirut |
| 18:00 UTC+3 | Bernard Mbassi 17' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link] |
Attendance: 700 Referee:  Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi |
East Bengal v 
Al-Ahli San‘a’
v Al-Ahli San‘a’
| 18 March 2008 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Al-Ahli San‘a’ | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
| 15:00 UTC+5:30 | Edmilson Marques Pardal 31' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link] |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee:  Minoru Tōjō |
Al-Wahdat 
v East Bengal
v East Bengal
| 3 April 2008 | Al-Wahdat | 0–2 | East Bengal | Prince Mohammad Stadium, Zarqa |
| 15:30 UTC+3 | (Report) (Report)[permanent dead link] |
Alvito D'Cunha 58' Ikechukwu Gift Ibe 69' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee:  Rosdi Shaharul |
East Bengal v Al-Wahdat
v Al-Wahdat
| 16 April 2008 | East Bengal | 2–4 | Al-Wahdat | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
| 15:00 UTC+5:30 | Syed Rahim Nabi 12' Edmilson Marques Pardal 28' |
(Report) (Report)[permanent dead link] |
Ra'fat Ali 6' 24' Hassan Abdel Fattah 31' 34' |
Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Vo Minh Tri |
East Bengal v Safa
v Safa
| 30 April 2008 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Safa | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India |
| 15:00 UTC+5:30 | (Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Valentin Kovalenko |
Al-Ahli San‘a’ v East Bengal
v East Bengal
| 14 May 2008 | Al-Ahli San‘a’ | 1 –0 | East Bengal | Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, Sana'a |
| 16:15 UTC+3 | Ali Al Nono 43' |
(Report) | Attendance: 1,000 Referee:  Dilovarshokh Orzuev |
Appearances
- Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
More information Appearances for East Bengal in 2007–08 season, No. ...
| Appearances for East Bengal in 2007–08 season | |||||||||||||||||
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| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Super Cup | IFA Shield | AFC Cup | Total | |||||||
| Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 | GK | | Subrata Paul | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 31 |
| 21 | GK | | Abhra Mondal | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 31 | GK | | Arup Debnath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 33 | GK | | Gopal Das | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | DF | | Syed Rahim Nabi | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 34 |
| 5 | DF | | Debabrata Roy | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 |
| 26 | DF | | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 |
| 3 | DF |  | Majek Bolaji | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 29 |
| 12 | DF | | Anupam Sarkar | 9 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 16 |
| 4 | DF |  | Julius Owino | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
| 29 | DF | | Saumik Dey | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20 |
| 27 | DF | | Surkumar Singh | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 |
| 42 | DF | | Madhab Das | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2 | DF | | Muttah Suresh | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 22 | ||
| 35 | DF | | Aiborlang Khongjee | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 39 | DF | | Ratan Das | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | DF |  | Abdul Samad Okocha | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | DF | | Gurpreet Singh | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
| 17 | DF | | Surya Bikash Chakraborty | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 20 | DF | | Napoleon Singh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | Poibang Pohshna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | MF | | Alvito D'Cunha | 10 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 37 |
| 23 | MF | | Mehtab Hossain | 7 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 30 |
| 7 | MF | | Jayanta Sen | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 32 |
| 32 | MF | | Snehasish Chakraborty | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | | Dipankar Roy | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12 | ||||||
| 37 | MF | | MacDonald Mukansi | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||
| 14 | MF | | Chandan Das | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||
| 11 | MF | | Hardeep Singh Saini | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 40 | MF | | Vanlal Rova | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | MF | | Ikechukwu Ibe Gift | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
| 37 | MF | | Marlanki Suiting | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 36 | MF | | Sovon Chakraborty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 | MF | | Amulya Mondal | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | Mohammed Mukhtar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| MF | | Vinu Jose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | FW |  | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 37 |
| 10 | FW | | Dipendu Biswas | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | ||
| 25 | FW | | Ashim Biswas | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | ||||||
| 22 | FW | | Vimal Pariyar | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | FW | | Abeeku Gaiesi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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Goal scorers
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| Goals for East Bengal in 2007–08 season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Super Cup | IFA Shield | AFC Cup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | FW | | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| 2 | 25 | FW | | Ashim Biswas | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | 9 | MF | | Alvito D'Cunha | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | | Syed Rahim Nabi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Dipankar Roy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | FW | | Dipendu Biswas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 | FW | | Vimal Pariyar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 23 | MF | | Mehtab Hossain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 27 | DF | | Surkumar Singh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | Jayanta Sen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | | Ikechukwu Ibe Gift | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | DF | | Abdul Samad Okocha | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 37 | MF | | MacDonald Mukansi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 64 | ||||
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