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{{infobox football club
| clubname    = East Bengal
| current     = 2011–12 East Bengal F.C. season
| image       = Salt Lake Stadium - Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata.jpg
| caption     = Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, which East Bengal uses for most matches
| fullname    = Kingfisher  Bengal Football Club
| founded     = 1920
| ground      = [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
| capacity    = 120,000
| owner       = [[UB Group]]
| chairman    = Dr Pranab Dasgupta
| manager     = [[Trevor Morgan (footballer)|Trevor Morgan]]
| league      = [[I-League]]
| season      = [[I-League 2010-11|2010–11]]
| position    = [[I-League]], 2nd
| website     = http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/index.asp?CookieTest=true
}}

'''Sporting Club East Bengal are an [[India]]n professional [[association football|football]] club based at [[Kolkata]].<ref name="soccerway">Soccerway.com, [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/east-bengal-club-fc/  East Bengal FC]; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>

East Bengal is one of the teams which compete in the [[I-League]].

==History==
East Bengal Football Club was established in 1920.<ref name="soccerway"/>

In 1998, the name of the club was changed from East Bengal Football Club to Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club.<ref>AsianFootballFeast.com, [http://www.asianfootballfeast.com/east-bengal/  East Bengal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630100815/http://www.asianfootballfeast.com/east-bengal/ |date=2012-06-30 }}; retrieved 2012-7-10.</ref>

In July 2003, East Bengal won the [[ASEAN Club Championship]]  at [[Jakarta]].<ref>Rediff.com, [http://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/jul/26foot2.htm  "East Bengal lift ASEAN Cup,"] July 26, 2003; retrieved 2012-7-10.</ref>

==Players==
===First-team squad===
{{updated|24th July 2013}}<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Senior Team
| url = http://eastbengalfootballclub.com/team.php
| publisher = East Bengal F.C.
| accessdate = 10 August 2012
| archive-date = 19 August 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120819200929/http://eastbengalfootballclub.com/team.php
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=[[Abhijit Mondal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Raju Gaikwad]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Arnab Mondal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=NGA|pos=DF|name=[[Uga Samuel Okpara|Uga Okpara]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Sunil Thakur]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Baljit Sahni]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Harmanjot Khabra]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Naoba Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Alvito D'Cunha]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=[[Chidi Edeh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=South Sudan|pos=FW|name=[[James Moga]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Reisangmei Vashum]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=[[Abhra Mondal]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Mehtab Hossain]]|other=[[captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Sanju Pradhan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Gurwinder Singh]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=[[Ryuji Sueoka]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Abhishek Das]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Nilendra Dewan}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Seminlen Doungel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Lalrindika Ralte]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Safar Sardar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Joaquim Abranches]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=[[Cavin Lobo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Robert Lalthalma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=[[Saumik Dey]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=[[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=Jayanta Pal}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=[[Priyant Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Saikat Saha Roy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Subodh Kumar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Ishfaq Ahmed]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=[[Dipankar Roy]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Notable past players===
* [[Byomkesh Bose]], 1948–1958<ref>East Bengal the Real Power (EBRP), [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=16&contentID=550  Byomkesh Bose]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>
* [[Baichung Bhutia]], 1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2003-2006, 2009-2011<ref>NationalFootballTeams.com, [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=3154  "Baichung Bhutia"]; retrieved 2012-7-19.</ref>
* [[Paritosh Chakravarty]], 1942–1949<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=13&contentID=550  Paritosh Chakravarty]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>
* [[Surja Chakravarty]], 1925–1927, 1929-1934<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=3&contentID=550 Surja Chakravarty]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>
* [[Mona Dutta]], 1922–1925<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=1&contentID=550  Mona Dutta]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>
* [[Sunil Ghosh]], 1938, 1940-1948<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=10&contentID=550  Sunil Ghosh]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>
* [[Ahmed Khan]], 1949–1959<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=20&contentID=550  Ahmed Khan]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>
* [[Majid]], 1931-1937<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=6&contentID=550  Majid]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>
* [[Lakshmi Narayan]], 1935–1940<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=7&contentID=550  Lakshmi Narayan]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>
* [[J. Sarkar]], 1925–1927, 1929-1932<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=2&contentID=550  J. Sarkar]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref> 
* [[Dulal Thakurta]], 1927-1929, 1931-1937, 1939-1941<ref>EBRP, [http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend-details.php?legendID=5&contentID=550  Dulal Thakurta]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; retrieved 2012-7-9.</ref>

==Related pages ==
* [[Sports in India]]
* [[List of Indian football teams]]

==References==
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==Other websites==
{{commons category|East Bengal FC}}
* [http://eastbengalfootballclub.com Official East Bengal Club Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814194542/http://eastbengalfootballclub.com/ |date=2014-08-14 }}
* [http://eastbengaltherealpower.com East Bengal Football Club Fans Website]

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