2023–24 East Bengal FC season

East Bengal

2023–24 season
Owner	Emami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd.
Head coach	Carles Cuadrat
Stadium	Salt Lake Stadium East Bengal Ground
Indian Super League	9th
Calcutta League	Runners-up
Durand Cup	Runners-up
Super Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Cleiton Silva (8 goals) All: Cleiton Silva (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	59,845 vs Mohun Bagan SG (10 March 2024, ISL)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs Goa (21 October 2023, ISL)
Average home league attendance	16,285
Biggest win	10–1 Kidderpore (26 September 2023, CFL)
Biggest defeat	1–4 Punjab (10 April 2024, ISL)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 10 April 2024.

The 2023–24 season is the 104th season of East Bengal Football Club and their fourth season in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The Indian football season started in July and ended in April. During the season, East Bengal became runners-up in the Durand Cup and runners-up in the Calcutta Football League, had a ninth-place finish in the Indian Super League and became champions of the Super Cup, thus ensuring a place in the 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 qualifiers.

Before the start of the season, East Bengal appointed Carles Cuadrat as the new head coach and finished with the highest ever points the club amassed in the Indian Super League in the four seasons.

Background

See also: 2022–23 East Bengal FC season

After the end of the 2022–23 season, the club parted ways with the head coach Stephen Constantine after poor results, and appointed former Indian Super League winner Carles Cuadrat as the new head coach for the team on a two-year contract. The club also roped in the services of Odisha winger Nandhakumar Sekar and Chennaiyin midfielder Edwin Sydney Vanspaul for the season. The club also roped in three Spaniards – Javier Siverio and Borja Herrera from Hyderabad, and Saúl Crespo from Odisha for the season. On 3 June, East Bengal announced the departure of eleven players, whose contract period ended and were not renewed, which included the five foreign players from last season apart from Cleiton Silva and Indian players – Jerry Lalrinzuala, Semboi Haokip, Suvam Sen, Himanshu Jangra, Amarjit Singh Kiyam and Naveen Kumar. East Bengal also roped in club legend Harmanjot Singh Khabra who had spent seven years with the club previously from 2009–2016 and also left back Mandar Rao Dessai for the season.

On 10 June, the club announced the signing of Nandhakumar Sekar on a three-year deal on a free transfer from Odisha. On 12 June, East Bengal announced the signing of Spanish midfielder Borja Herrera on a one-year contract in a free transfer. On 14 June, the club announced the signing of defender Nishu Kumar from Kerala Blasters on a one-year loan deal. On 17 June, the club announced the signing of Spanish duo Javier Siverio and Saúl Crespo on a one-year contract. On 19 June, the club announced the signings of three players – Edwin Sydney Vanspaul, Harmanjot Singh Khabra and Mandar Rao Dessai.

Transfers

Incoming

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Signed from	Fee	Ref
10 June 2023	11	FW	Nandhakumar Sekar	Odisha	Free Transfer
12 June 2023	26	MF	Borja Herrera	Hyderabad	Free Transfer
17 June 2023	99	FW	Javier Siverio	Hyderabad	Free Transfer
17 June 2023	21	MF	Saúl Crespo	Odisha	Free Transfer
19 June 2023	8	MF	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	Chennaiyin	Free Transfer
19 June 2023	7	DF	Harmanjot Khabra	Kerala Blasters	Free Transfer
19 June 2023	17	DF	Mandar Rao Dessai	Mumbai City	Free Transfer
12 July 2023	13	GK	Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	Kerala Blasters	Undisclosed
12 July 2023	33	DF	Gursimrat Singh Gill	Mumbai City	Free Transfer
21 July 2023	30	MF	Vanlalpeka Guite	Aizawl	Free Transfer
21 July 2023	35	MF	Gurnaj Singh Grewal	Chandigarh Football Academy	Free Transfer
5 August 2023	44	DF	Jordan Elsey	Perth Glory	Free Transfer
5 August 2023	4	DF	José Antonio Pardo Lucas	Eldense	Free Transfer
1 September 2023	84	MF	Sayan Banerjee	Kalighat Milan Sangha	Free Transfer
2 September 2023	50	GK	Julfikar Gazi	Bengal Football Academy	Free Transfer
28 September 2023	19	DF	Hijazi Maher	Al-Hussein	Free Transfer
31 January 2024	9	MF	Víctor Vázquez	Toronto FC	Free Transfer
1 February 2024	91	FW	Felicio Brown	Qingdao Hainiu	Free Transfer
15 February 2024	28	DF	Aleksandar Pantić	Doxa Katokopias	Free Transfer

Loan in

Start date	End date	No.	Pos.	Name	Loaned from	Ref
14 June 2023	End of season	22	DF	Nishu Kumar	Kerala Blasters
31 August 2023	End of season	6	MF	Ajay Chhetri	Bengaluru

Outgoing

Exit Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Signed to	Fee	Ref
1 June 2023	6	FW	Sumit Passi	Inter Kashi	Free Transfer
1 June 2023	8	MF	Amarjit Singh Kiyam	Goa	End of Loan
1 June 2023	14	MF	Alex Lima		Released
1 June 2023	17	DF	Jerry Lalrinzuala	Odisha	Free Transfer
1 June 2023	18	MF	Himanshu Jangra	Delhi	End of Loan
1 June 2023	24	MF	Jordan O'Doherty		Released
1 June 2023	25	GK	Suvam Sen		Released
1 June 2023	26	FW	Semboi Haokip	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer
1 June 2023	32	GK	Naveen Kumar	Goa	End of Loan
1 June 2023	40	DF	Charalambos Kyriakou	Doxa Katokopias	Free Transfer
1 June 2023	77	FW	Jake Jervis	Kuopion Palloseura	Free Transfer
26 July 2023	12	MF	Wahengbam Angousana	Mohammedan Sporting	Free Transfer
26 July 2023	13	GK	Pawan Kumar	Delhi	Free Transfer
1 September 2023	4	DF	Iván González	Chitwan	Free Transfer
1 September 2023	33	DF	Pritam Kumar Singh	TRAU	Free Transfer

Loan out

Start date	End date	No.	Pos.	Name	Loaned to	Ref
25 August 2023	End of season	16	DF	Sarthak Golui	Chennaiyin
8 January 2024	End of season	15	MF	Mobashir Rahman	Chennaiyin
30 January 2024	End of season	26	MF	Borja Herrera	Goa
31 January 2024	End of season	99	FW	Javier Siverio	Jamshedpur

Team

First-team squad

The below list contains the names and details of the first team squad for East Bengal.

As of till the end of 2023–24 season.

No.	Name	Nat.	Pos.	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Signed In	Contact Ends	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Kamaljit Singh		GK	(1995-12-28) 28 December 1995	Odisha	2022	2025	26	0
13	Prabhsukhan Singh Gill		GK	(2001-01-02) 2 January 2001	Kerala Blasters	2023	2026	32	0
27	Aditya Patra		GK	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000	East Bengal Reserves	2022	2024	9	0
50	Julfikar Gazi		GK	(2006-05-06) 6 May 2006	Bengal FA	2023	2026	0	0
75	Ranit Sarkar		GK	(2004-11-09) 9 November 2004	RFYC	2023	2026	1	0
Defenders
5	Lalchungnunga		CB	(2000-12-25) 25 December 2000	Sreenidi Deccan	2022	2026	50	0
7	Harmanjot Singh Khabra		RB	(1988-03-18) 18 March 1988	Kerala Blasters	2023	2024	246	13
12	Mohammad Rakip		RB	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000	Mumbai City	2022	2024	48	0
17	Mandar Rao Dessai		LB	(1992-03-18) 18 March 1992	Mumbai City	2023	2024	24	0
19	Hijazi Maher		CB	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997	Al-Hussein	2023	2024	22	2
22	Nishu Kumar		LB	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997	Kerala Blasters	2023	2024	30	1
25	Athul Unnikrishnan		CB	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000	Kerala United	2022	2025	16	0
28	Aleksandar Pantić		CB	(1992-04-11) 11 April 1992	Doxa Katokopias	2024	2024	8	0
33	Gursimrat Singh Gill		CB	(1997-11-02) 2 November 1997	Mumbai City	2023	2026	11	0
37	Tuhin Das		LB	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000	East Bengal Reserves	2022	2024	23	2
40	Tingku Kangujam		RB	(2001-01-23) 23 January 2001	NEROCA	2023	2024	0	0
Midfielders
6	Ajay Chhetri		CM	(1999-07-07) 7 July 1999	Bengaluru	2023	2024	21	1
8	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul		CM	(1992-09-24) 24 September 1992	Chennaiyin	2023	2025	13	0
9	Víctor Vázquez		AM	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987	Toronto FC	2024	2024	10	0
21	Saúl Crespo		DM	(1996-07-23) 23 July 1996	Odisha	2023	2024	25	7
23	Souvik Chakrabarti		CM	(1991-07-12) 12 July 1991	Hyderabad	2022	2025	42	0
29	Naorem Mahesh Singh		LW	(1999-03-01) 1 March 1999	Kerala Blasters	2022	2027	70	12
30	Vanlalpeka Guite		AM	(2006-10-26) 26 October 2006	Aizawl	2023	2026	8	1
35	Gunraj Singh Grewal		DM	(2007-01-09) 9 January 2007	Chandigarh FA	2023	2026	9	0
57	Mahitosh Roy		CM	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998	East Bengal Reserves	2022	2024	12	5
61	Tanmay Das		CM	(2001-05-02) 2 May 2001	East Bengal Reserves	2022	2024	13	1
62	Aman C. K.		RW	(2003-03-19) 19 March 2003	East Bengal Reserves	2022	2026	15	5
66	Shyamal Besra		CM	(2004-09-25) 25 September 2004	East Bengal Reserves	2022	2024	7	1
Forwards
10	Cleiton Silva (captain)		FW	(1987-02-03) 3 February 1987	Bengaluru	2022	2024	55	27
11	Nandhakumar Sekar		FW	(1995-12-20) 20 December 1995	Odisha	2023	2026	31	10
20	V. P. Suhair		FW	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992	NorthEast United	2022	2025	45	10
59	Jesin TK		FW	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000	East Bengal Reserves	2022	2024	17	7
70	Abhishek Kunjam		FW	(2003-08-17) 17 August 2003	RKM Football Academy	2023	2025	13	6
82	P. V. Vishnu		FW	(2001-12-24) 24 December 2001	Muthoot FA	2023	2026	31	7
84	Sayan Banerjee		FW	(2003-01-14) 14 January 2003	Kalighat MS	2023	2026	10	1
91	Felicio Brown Forbes		FW	(1991-08-28) 28 August 1991	Qingdao Hainiu	2024	2024	11	1

New contracts

No.	Pos.	Date	Name	Ref.
29	MF	23 September 2023	Naorem Mahesh Singh

Other player under contract

No.	Pos.	Name	Ref.
4	DF	José Antonio Pardo Lucas
44	DF	Jordan Elsey

Current technical staff

East Bengal appointed former Indian Super League winner Carles Cuadrat as the new head coach for the club on a two-year contract. The club also extended the contract with assistant coach Bino George till 2026, as he would also remain as the head coach of the reserves and developmental squad. The club also appointed former Indian Super League winner Dimas Delgado as the assistant coach on a two-year contract. The club also roped in three more Spaniards into the backroom – Goalkeeper coach Javier Pinillos, Physiotherapist Senen Alvarez and Sports Scientist Albert Martinez Bernat.

Position	Name
Head coach	Carles Cuadrat
Assistant coach	Dimas Delgado
	Bino George
Goalkeeping Coach	Javier Pinillos
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Albert Martinez Bernat
Physiotherapist	Senen Alvarez
Physical Rehabilitator	Gabriel Effio
Assistant Physiotherapist	Tejas Lasalkar
Performance Analyst	Aromal Vijayan
Team Manager	Pratim Kumar Saha
Team Doctor	Dr. Mustufa Poonawalla
Masseur	Rajesh Basak
Masseur	Robin Das

Preseason and friendlies

East Bengal started their preseason under Bino George and later under Carles Cuadrat in July. East Bengal played their first preseason friendly against Indian Navy on 30 July and won 2–1 with Lalchungnunga and Mandar Rao Dessai scoring for East Bengal in the match ahead of the Durand Cup. On 13 September, East Bengal faced Hyderabad in a preseason friendly game ahead of the Indian Super League and lost 0–1 at the East Bengal Ground.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

East Bengal v Indian Navy

30 July 2023 Friendly	East Bengal	2–1	Indian Navy	Rajarhat
19:00 IST	Lalchungnunga 12' Dessai 53'	Report	Mahata 60'	Stadium: AIFF National Centre of Excellence Attendance: 0

East Bengal v Hyderabad

13 September 2023 Friendly	East Bengal	0–1	Hyderabad	Kolkata
17:00 IST		Report	Moya 20'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 0

East Bengal v Inter Kashi

18 September 2023 Friendly	East Bengal	2–2	Inter Kashi	Kolkata
17:00 IST	Crespo Silva		? Asif	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 0

East Bengal v Neroca

16 October 2023 Friendly	East Bengal	2–3	Neroca	Kolkata
12:00 IST	Vanlalpeka Guite ?' P. V. Vishnu ?'		Haidar Awada ?', ?' Meitei ?'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 0

East Bengal v Diamond Harbour

26 October 2023 Friendly	East Bengal	0–0	Diamond Harbour	Kolkata
12:00 IST				Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 0

East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting

30 October 2023 Friendly	East Bengal	4–0	Mohammedan Sporting	Kolkata
19:00 IST	Siverio Pardo Suhair Kumar			Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 0

East Bengal v TRAU

16 November 2023 Friendly	East Bengal	2–1	TRAU	Kolkata
09:00 IST	Silva Rahman		?	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Durand Cup	12 August 2023	3 September 2023	Group stage	Runner-up	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	050.00
Indian Super League	25 September 2023	10 April 2024	Matchday 1	9th	22	6	6	10	27	29	−2	027.27
Super Cup	9 January 2024	28 January 2024	Group stage	Winners	5	5	0	0	13	6	+7	100.00
Calcutta Football League	13 July 2023	30 November 2023	Round Robin	Runner-up	17	13	3	1	50	10	+40	076.47
Total					50	27	11	12	98	51	+47	054.00

Last updated: 10 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

Durand Cup

Main article: 2023 Durand Cup

East Bengal participated in the 2023 Durand Cup and was grouped into Group A along with Mohun Bagan SG, Punjab, and Bangladesh Army and would play their group stage matches in Kolkata. On 6 August, East Bengal began their campaign against Bangladesh Army at the Salt Lake Stadium and managed a 2–2 draw. East Bengal took a 2–0 lead at halftime with Saúl Crespo and Javier Siverio scoring for the team but Nishu Kumar received a red card in the second half as Bangladesh Army scored two late goals to make it 2–2 and the points were shared. On 12 August, East Bengal faced their arch—rivals Mohun Bagan SG in the Kolkata Derby fixture at the Salt Lake Stadium and managed a 1–0 win courtesy of a solitary goal from Nandhakumar Sekar in the second half. On 16 August, East Bengal defeated Punjab 1–0 at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan to secure the top spot in the group and qualify for the quarterfinals. Javier Siverio scored the only goal of the match. On 25 August, East Bengal faced Gokulam Kerala at the Salt Lake Stadium in the quarterfinals and won 2–1. Jordan Elsey scored for East Bengal in the very first minute but Gokulam Kerala equalized in the second half courtesy of a goal from Aminou Bouba. However, East Bengal found the winner in the seventy-eighth minute when Nishu Kumar's cross deflected off Aminou Bouba into the net as East Bengal managed to hold onto the 2–1 lead to progress into the semifinals. On 29 August, East Bengal faced NorthEast United in the semifinals at the Salt Lake Stadium, where after the match ended 2–2, East Bengal managed to progress into the finals after winning the penalty shootout 5–3. East Bengal went 2–0 behind with goals from Míchel Zabaco and Konsam Phalguni Singh however, they rallied from behind with goals from Naorem Mahesh Singh and Nandhakumar Sekar to equalize the match to take it to the penalty shootout. East Bengal scored all five of their penalty kicks but Parthib Sundar Gogoi missed the penalty for NorthEast United as East Bengal won the shootout and progressed into the final for the first time since 2004. On 3 September, East Bengal faced Mohun Bagan SG in the final at the Salt Lake Stadium and suffered a 0–1 defeat to finish runners-up of the tournament. Dimitri Petratos scored the only goal in the final for Mohun Bagan SG. Nandhakumar Sekar was adjudged as the player of the tournament.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EAB	MBG	BAN	PUN
1	East Bengal (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Qualify for the knockout stage		—	—	2–2	1–0
2	Mohun Bagan SG (H)	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6			0–1	—	5–0	2–0
3	Bangladesh Army	3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2			—	—	—	—
4	Punjab	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1			—	—	0–0	—

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 August – IGAS
	Indian Army	0
					29 August – VYBK
	NorthEast United	1
					NorthEast United	2(3)
	25 August – VYBK
					East Bengal	2(5)
	East Bengal	2
									3 September – VYBK
	Gokulam Kerala	1
									East Bengal	0
	26 August – IGAS
									Mohun Bagan SG	1
	Goa	4
					31 August – VYBK
	Chennaiyin	1
					Goa	1
	27 August – VYBK
					Mohun Bagan SG	2
	Mumbai City	1
	Mohun Bagan SG	3

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

East Bengal v Bangladesh Army

6 August 2023 Group stage	East Bengal	2–2	Bangladesh Army	Kolkata
16:45 IST	Siverio  6' 45+4' Crespo 33' (pen) Kumar  67'	Report	Emtiyaz Raihan  40' Hasan Murad  64' Emon 88' Meraj Pradhan 90+7'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 9,820 Referee: Ijamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Harmanjot Khabra (East Bengal)

Mohun Bagan SG v East Bengal

12 August 2023 Group stage	Mohun Bagan SG	0–1	East Bengal	Kolkata
16:45 IST		Report	Khabra  45+1' Chakrabarti  51' Sekar 60' Gill  90+2'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 55,857 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Nandhakumar Sekar (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Punjab

16 August 2023 Group stage	East Bengal	1–0	Punjab	Kolkata
18:00 IST	Siverio 22' Lalchungnunga  48' Mahesh  58'	Report	Nikhil Prabhu N.  21' Mera  23' Melroy Melwin Assisi  50'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rahul Gupta Man of the Match: Nandhakumar Sekar (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Gokulam Kerala

25 August 2023 Quarter—final	East Bengal	2–1	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
18:00 IST	Elsey 1' Chakrabarti  26' Herrera  27' Bouba 78' (o.g.)	Report	Bhat  23' Bouba 57'  71'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 8,131 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Jordan Elsey (East Bengal)

NorthEast United v East Bengal

29 August 2023 Semi—final	NorthEast United	2–2 (3–5 p)	East Bengal	Kolkata
18:00 IST	Philippoteaux  10' Zabaco 22'  29'  90+6' Dinesh  50' Phalguni 57' Parthib  89'	Report	Crespo  10' Siverio  72' Mahesh 77' Chakrabarti  90+2' Nandhakumar Sekar 90+7'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 21,567 Referee: Aditya Purakayasta Man of the Match: Nandhakumar Sekar (East Bengal)
	Penalties
	Melo Nigam Parthib Pragyan		Silva Crespo Herrera Mahesh Sekar

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan SG

3 September 2023 Final	East Bengal	0–1	Mohun Bagan SG	Kolkata
16:00 IST	Herrera  45+2' Crespo  45+2' Khabra  59' Suhair  81'	Report	Boumous  45+2' Thapa  45+3'  62' Petratos 71' Kaith  90+7'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 59,797 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Vishal Kaith (Mohun Bagan SG)

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Indian Super League

Main article: 2023–24 Indian Super League

Summary

East Bengal began their Indian Super League campaign at home against Jamshedpur on 25 September at the Salt Lake Stadium with a goalless draw to share the points. On 30 September, East Bengal faced Hyderabad in their second match at the Salt lake Stadium and secured their first victory of the campaign. Hitesh Sharma put Hyderabad ahead but Cleiton Silva scored twice including a stoppage-time freekick winner to complete the comeback as East Bengal secured the victory.

On 4 October, East Bengal faced Bengaluru away at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium and suffered a 2–1 defeat. Naorem Mahesh Singh had put East Bengal ahead but Sunil Chhetri and Javi Hernández scored for Bengaluru as East Bengal suffered their first defeat of the campaign. On 21 October, East Bengal faced Goa at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar due to administrative issues, and suffered a 2–1 defeat. Naorem Mahesh Singh had put East Bengal ahead however, Goa rallied from behind with two goals within a minute from Sandesh Jhingan and Víctor Rodríguez as East Bengal suffered consecutive defeats. On 4 November, East Bengal faced Kerala Blasters at the Salt Lake Stadium and suffered a 2&1 defeat. On 25 November, East Bengal faced Chennaiyin away at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and drew 1–1, to end their three-match defeat streak.

On 4 December, East Bengal faced NorthEast United and recorded a 5–0 win. Borja Herrera opened the scoring for East Bengal and Cleiton Silva and Nandhakumar Sekar scored a brace each as East Bengal recorded their biggest-ever win since their inception in the Indian Super League. On 9th December, East Bengal faced Punjab and settled for a 0–0 draw. Next, on 16 December, East Bengal faced Mumbai City away at the Mumbai Football Arena and again settled for a 0–0 draw. On 22 December, East Bengal faced Odisha at home and once again settled for a 0–0 draw, the third consecutive goalless draw before ending the first leg of the league before the break for the Asian Cup.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	NorthEast United	22	6	8	8	28	32	−4	26
8	Punjab	22	6	6	10	28	35	−7	24
9	East Bengal	22	6	6	10	27	29	−2	24	ACL 2 preliminary stage
10	Bengaluru	22	5	7	10	20	34	−14	22
11	Jamshedpur	22	5	6	11	27	32	−5	21

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking
Notes:

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	6	6	10	27	29	−2	24	4	3	4	13	10	+3	2	3	6	14	19	−5

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L
Position	5	4	5	8	10	9	7	6	7	7	7	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	7	6	8

Updated to match(es) played on 10 April 2024. Source: indiansuperleague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 September 2023, with the season starting on 21 September.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

East Bengal v Jamshedpur

25 September 2023 Round 1	East Bengal	0–0	Jamshedpur	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Chakrabarti  30' Crespo  90+6'	Report	Halder  26' Naorem  41' Nikhil Barla  80' Benny  90+6'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 11,143 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Elsinho (Jamshedpur)

East Bengal v Hyderabad

30 September 2023 Round 2	East Bengal	2–1	Hyderabad	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Silva 10', 90+3' P. Gill  86' Siverio  90+7'	Report	Sharma 8' Tavora  54' Mohammed  73' Victor  86' Aaren D'Silva  86'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 11,577 Referee: Ashwin Kumar Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (East Bengal)

Bengaluru v East Bengal

4 October 2023 Round 3	Bengaluru	2–1	East Bengal	Bengaluru
20:00 IST	Chhetri 21' (pen) Damjanović  70' Hernández 72' F Lalremtluanga  90' Rohit Kumar  90+7'	Report	Mahesh 15'  45+2' Herrera  30' Kumar  38'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 5,913 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Ryan Williams (Bengaluru)

East Bengal v Goa

21 October 2023 Round 4	East Bengal	1–2	Goa	Bhubaneshwar
17:30 IST	Mahesh  25' 41' Pardo  34'	Report	McHugh  37' Jhingan 74' Rodríguez 75' Borges  90+2'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Víctor Rodríguez (Goa)
Note: The home match was shifted to Bhubaneshwar due to administrative issues.

East Bengal v Kerala Blasters

4 November 2023 Round 6	East Bengal	1–2	Kerala Blasters	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Pardo  17' Khabra  22' Siverio  74' Silva 85', 90+8' (pen)	Report	Bhat  11' Kotal  24' Sakai 32' Ruivah  48' Dimitrios Diamantakos 88'  84'  89'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 16,575 Referee: M. Ashwin Man of the Match: Sachin Suresh (Kerala Blasters)

Chennaiyin v East Bengal

25 November 2023 Round 7	Chennaiyin	1–1	East Bengal	Chennai
17:30 IST	Edwards  57'  90+6' Meitei 86'	Report	Adhikari 29' (o.g.) Pardo  90+1'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 6,329 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Rafael Crivellaro (Chennaiyin)

East Bengal v NorthEast United

4 December 2023 Round 8	East Bengal	5–0	NorthEast United	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Herrera 14' Silva 24', 66'  45+1' Mahesh  44' Sekar 62', 81' Rakip  90+3'	Report	Singh  70' Macarton Louis Nickson  77' Tlang  90+3' Albiach 90+5'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 6,973 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Nandhakumar Sekar (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Punjab

9 December 2023 Round 9	East Bengal	0–0	Punjab	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Herrera  38' Chakrabarti  67' Pardo  90+4'	Report	Nitesh Darjee  37' Nikhil Prabhu N.  41' Meitei  HT'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 14,977 Referee: Venkatesh R. Man of the Match: Suresh Meitei (Punjab)

Mumbai City v East Bengal

16 December 2023 Round 10	Mumbai City	0–0	East Bengal	Mumbai
20:00 IST	Tiri  12' Rane  29' van Nieff  43'	Report	Silva  11' Chakrabarti  17' Maher  54' Gill  76'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 3,488 Referee: M. Ashwin Man of the Match: Hijazi Maher (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Odisha

22 December 2023 Round 11	East Bengal	0–0	Odisha	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Maher  41' Herrera  68' Chakrabarti  87' Lalchungnunga  90' Siverio  90'	Report	Lalrinzuala  28' Khawlhring  71'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 12,226 Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Souvik Chakrabarti (East Bengal)

Mohun Bagan SG v East Bengal

3 February 2024 Round 5	Mohun Bagan SG	2–2	East Bengal	Kolkata
20:00 IST	Sadiku 17'  56' Nassiri  20' Bose  33' Tangri  54' Martins  59' Petratos 87'	Report	Chhetri 3'  48' Silva 55' (pen)  84' Banerjee  63' Lalchungnunga  63' Sekar  87'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 57,983 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Dimitri Petratos (Mohun Bagan SG)

NorthEast United v East Bengal

10 February 2024 Round 12	NorthEast United	3–2	East Bengal	Guwahati
17:00 IST	Juric 5', 66' Albiach 15' Dinesh  30' Regragui  87'	Report	Silva  24' Sekar 53' Lalchungnunga  63' Forbes 82'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,597 Referee: M. Ashwin Man of the Match: Tomi Juric (NorthEast United)

East Bengal v Mumbai City

13 February 2024 Round 13	East Bengal	0–1	Mumbai City	Kolkata
19:30 IST	Maher  62' Lalchungnunga  71' Mahesh  81'	Report	Guarrotxena 24' Mishra  39' Noguera  89'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 11,172 Referee: Venkatesh R. Man of the Match: Iker Guarrotxena (Mumbai City)

Hyderabad v East Bengal

17 February 2024 Round 14	Hyderabad	0–1	East Bengal	Hyderabad
19:30 IST	Saji  53'  90+2' Victor  69'  90+6'	Report	Silva 11' Forbes  50' Chhetri  80' Chakrabarti  90+3'	Stadium: G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 1,348 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (East Bengal)

Jamshedpur v East Bengal

22 February 2024 Round 15	Jamshedpur	2–1	East Bengal	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST	Doungel  66' Tachikawa 81' Manzorro 90+5'	Report	Sekar 45' Chhetri  56' Mahesh  82' Rakip  90+5'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 15,611 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Jérémy Manzorro (Jamshedpur)

East Bengal v Chennaiyin

26 February 2024 Round 16	East Bengal	1–0	Chennaiyin	Kolkata
19:30 IST	Sekar 65' Vázquez  70' Chakrabarti  81' Vishnu  90+3' Maher  90+6'	Report	Edwards  33' Mukherjee  73'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 13,153 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Nandhakumar Sekar (East Bengal)

Odisha v East Bengal

29 February 2024 Round 17	Odisha	2–1	East Bengal	Bhubaneshwar
19:30 IST	Mauricio 40' (pen)  55' Rebello 61' Jahouh  70' Thoiba  90+5'	Report	Vishnu 1' Suhair  28' Silva  36' Rakip  39' Gill  42' Chhetri  44' Forbes  72'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 7,348 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Princeton Rebello (Odisha)

Goa v East Bengal

6 March 2024 Round 18	Goa	1–0	East Bengal	Margao
19:30 IST	Yasir  35' Sadaoui 42'	Report	Vázquez  45+2' Rakip  73'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 5,856 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Noah Sadaoui (Goa)

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan SG

10 March 2024 Round 19	East Bengal	1–3	Mohun Bagan SG	Kolkata
20:30 IST	Silva 14' Chhetri  15' Pantić  24' Mahesh  52' Crespo 53' Singh  59' Banerjee  60' Vishnu  90+4'	Report	Vishal Kaith  13' Cummings 27' Colaco 37' Petratos 45+3' (pen)  60' Sadiku  90+1'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 59,845 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Dimitrios Petratos (Mohun Bagan SG)

Kerala Blasters v East Bengal

3 April 2024 Round 20	Kerala Blasters	2–4	East Bengal	Kochi
19:30 IST	Ruivah  12' Naocha  20'  74' Černych 23' Jeakson  29'  44' Maher 84' (o.g.)	Report	Crespo 45+4' (pen), 71' Mahesh 82', 87'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 23,418 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Saúl Crespo (East Bengal)
Note: The third goal for East Bengal has been awarded to Naorem Mahesh Singh by the league.

East Bengal v Bengaluru

7 April 2024 Round 21	East Bengal	2–1	Bengaluru	Kolkata
19:30 IST	Crespo 19' (pen)  90+8' Kumar  57' Aman  66' Silva 73' Gill  89' Chakrabarti  90+7'	Report	Poojary  15' F Lalremtluanga  18' Chhetri 60' (pen) Monirul Molla  90+3'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 19,989 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Prabhsukhan Singh Gill (East Bengal)

Punjab v East Bengal

10 April 2024 Round 22	Punjab	4–1	East Bengal	New Delhi
19:30 IST	Jordán 19', 62' Talal 43' Nikhil Prabhu N.  54' Majcen 70'	Report	Banerjee 25' Rakip  38' Crespo  48'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Madih Talal (Punjab)
Note: Closed door match due to security concerns.

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Super Cup

Main article: 2024 Indian Super Cup

East Bengal along with the other ten Indian Super League teams and four I-League teams shall participate in the Super Cup, which will be in Odisha in January 2024. East Bengal has been grouped in Group A, alongside Indian Super League sides – Mohun Bagan SG, Hyderabad and an I-League side Sreenidhi Deccan. On 9th January, East Bengal faced Hyderabad in the opening fixture of the campaign and managed a 3–2 victory with Cleiton Silva scoring a brace and Saúl Crespo scoring the third. On 14 January, East Bengal faced Sreenidhi Deccan and won 2–1 with goals from Hijazi Maher and Javier Siverio. On 19th January, East Bengal faced their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan Super Giants in the Kolkata Derby fixture in a virtual quarter-final tie that would decide the group champions and who would progress into the semi-finals and East Bengal won 3–1 with captain Cleiton Silva scoring a brace while Nandhakumar Sekar scoring the other, as East Bengal won all three matches in the group to qualify for the semi-final. On 24 January, East Bengal faced Group B winners Jamshedpur in the semi-finals and won 2–0 with goals from Hijazi Maher and Javier Siverio as they entered the final for the second time, after 2018. On 28 January, East Bengal faced the defending champions Odisha in the final at their home ground Kalinga Stadium. Odisha took the lead in the first half as Diego Mauricio scored however, East Bengal came back with goals from Nandhakumar Sekar and Saúl Crespo to lead 2–1 however, East Bengal conceded a penalty in the last second of the match and Ahmed Jahouh scored the equalizer from the spot to take the game into extra time. However, captain Cleiton Silva scored the winner in the 110th minute as East Bengal secured a 3–2 victory to become the champions and lift a major trophy after twelve years.

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EAB	MBG	SRD	HYD
1	East Bengal	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	2–1	3–2
2	Mohun Bagan SG	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6			—	—	2–1	2–1
3	Sreenidi Deccan	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3			—	—	—	4–1
4	Hyderabad	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0			—	—	—	—

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Knockout Stage

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	East Bengal	2
	B1	Jamshedpur	0
						SFW1	East Bengal (a.e.t.)	3
						SFW2	Odisha	2
	C1	Mumbai City	0
	D1	Odisha	1

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

East Bengal v Hyderabad

9 January 2024 Group stage	East Bengal	3–2	Hyderabad	Bhubaneshwar
14:00 IST	Silva 33', 54'  78' Crespo 80' Herrera  88'	Report	Ramhlunchhunga 45' Mohammed  72' Tamang 79' (pen)	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Attendance: 300 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Sreenidhi Deccan

14 January 2024 Group stage	East Bengal	2–1	Sreenidhi Deccan	Bhubaneshwar
19:30 IST	Maher 12' Siverio 31' Chhetri  57' Vishnu  90+5'	Report	Alves 90+1' (pen)	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Hijazi Maher (East Bengal)

Mohun Bagan SG v East Bengal

19 January 2024 Group stage	Mohun Bagan SG	1–3	East Bengal	Bhubaneshwar
19:30 IST	Yuste 19' Martins  32' Raj Basfore  45' Petratos 45+5' Rai  64' Hamill  64'	Report	Silva 24', 80' Crespo  38' Herrera  45+3' Siverio  45+3' Maher  45+3' Sekar 63' Gill  79'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 6,457 Referee: R. Venkatesh Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Jamshedpur

24 January 2024 Semi—final	East Bengal	2–0	Jamshedpur	Bhubaneshwar
19:30 IST	Maher 19' Siverio 47' Silva 83'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 1,080 Referee: Rahu Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Hijazi Maher (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Odisha

28 January 2024 Final	East Bengal	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Odisha	Bhubaneshwar
19:30 IST	Sekar 51' Crespo 62' (pen) Rakip  64' Lalchungnunga  78' Chakrabarti  87'  97' Gill  90+7' Sayan Banerjee  108' Silva 111'  112'	Report	Krishna  31' Mauricio 39' Fall  61'  68' Jahouh  69' 90+9' (pen) Ranawade  108'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 10,121 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Saúl Crespo (East Bengal)

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Calcutta Football League

Main article: 2023 Calcutta Premier Division

See also: East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy

Summary

East Bengal participated in the 2023 Calcutta Premier Division and was drawn into group B for the first phase of the tournament where twenty-six teams were divided into two groups of thirteen teams each. East Bengal would be mainly fielding their Reserve squad for the tournament with coach Bino George taking charge of the team. In the opening match on 13 July, East Bengal faced ASOS Raibow at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan and were held onto a goalless draw to start their campaign. On 17 July, East Bengal faced West Bengal Police and achieved their first win of the season as they won 4–2 at the Bankimanjali Stadium in Naihati. Bunando Singh, Sarthak Golui, Dip Saha and Abhishek Kunjam scored for East Bengal. On 20 July, East Bengal faced Kidderpore and won 2–0. Tuhin Das and Shyamal Besra scored for East Bengal as they latched up consecutive wins. On 24 July, East Bengal faced BSS at Naihati and were held to a 1–1 draw. East Bengal went down to 10 men after Tuhin Das was given a straight red card in the first half, however, it was East Bengal who took the lead in the ninetieth minute through a direct freekick strike from Dip Saha. BSS scored the equalizer in the seventh minute of injury time as East Bengal had a settle for a draw. On 27 July East Bengal faced Eastern Railway at the East Bengal Ground and won 5–1. Aman C. K. scored a brace while Avishek Kunjam, Vanlalpeka Guite, and Razibul Mistry scored one each as East Bengal registered their third win of the campaign. On 31 July, East Bengal faced Wari at the East Bengal Ground and won 5–0. Avishek Kunjam scored a brace while Dip Saha, Tanmay Das and Aman C. K. scored one each as East Bengal registered their fourth win of the campaign. On 3 August, East Bengal faced Bhawanipore and drew 1–1, with Dip Saha scoring for East Bengal. On 9 August, East Bengal defeated Railway FC 2–0 with goals from Aman C. K. and Nishu Kumar to earn their fifth win of the campaign. On 14 August, East Bengal defeated Police AC 2–1 with goals from Avishek Kunjam and P. V. Vishnu to grab their sixth win of the campaign. On 19 August, East Bengal defeated Aryan 2–0 with goals from Jesin TK and Aman C. K. as they grabbed their seventh win of the campaign. On 22 August, East Bengal defeated Calcutta Customs 1–0 with a goal from Mahitosh Roy as they grabbed their eighth victory of the campaign and secured a place in the Super–six of the Calcutta League. on 7 September, East Bengal faced George Telegraph in the last match of the first phase and won 4–0 to finish top of the group with 30 points and entered into the Super–six round. Jesin TK scored a hattrick and P. V. Vishnu scored the other goal for East Bengal.

On 20 September, East Bengal faced Mohammedan Sporting in the first match of the Super–six round and suffered a 2–1 defeat. David Lalhlansanga scored a brace for Mohammedan while Nandhakumar Sekar reduced the margin for East Bengal. On 26 September, East Bengal faced Kidderpore and recorded their fifth biggest win ever after winning 10–1 at the East Bengal Ground. P. V. Vishnu scored four, Mahitosh Ray scored thrice, V. P. Suhair scored a brace while Jesin TK scored the other for East Bengal. On 30 October, East Bengal faced Diamond Harbour and won 4–1. Jesin TK, Mahitosh Ray, Tuhin Das and Abhishek Kunjam scored for East Bengal while Rahul Paswan scored for Diamond Harbour. On 18 November, Bhawanipore informed that they can not field a team hence a walkover win was awarded to East Bengal and on 30 November, East Bengal were to face Mohun Bagan SG at the Bankimanjali Stadium however, Mohun Bagan SG did not field a team and East Bengal was awarded a walkover win, as they finished runners-up in the league.

League table

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal	12	9	3	0	29	6	+23	30	Qualified for the Super Six round
2	Bhawanipore	12	8	3	1	23	8	+15	27
3	Kidderpore	12	8	1	3	16	11	+5	25
4	Aryan	12	8	0	4	28	12	+16	24
5	Calcutta Customs	12	6	1	5	13	13	0	19

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2023. Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Super Six

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan (C)	17	14	2	1	44	11	+33	44	Champions
2	East Bengal	17	13	3	1	50	10	+40	42
3	Diamond Harbour (Q)	16	10	3	3	32	12	+20	33	Eligible for 2024–25 I-League 3
4	Bhawanipore	16	8	4	4	26	18	+8	28
5	Mohun Bagan SG	15	8	3	4	33	19	+14	25
6	Kidderpore	15	8	1	6	17	29	−12	25

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2023. Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

East Bengal v ASOS Rainbow

13 July 2023 1	East Bengal	0–0	ASOS Rainbow	Kolkata
15:30 IST	Sanjib Ghosh  27' Naseeb Rahman  78' Golui  83'	Report	Moula  84' S. Sherpa  90+5'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Shubhankar Khamri Man of the Match: Sourav Dasgupta (ASOS Rainbow)

East Bengal v West Bengal Police

17 July 2023 2	East Bengal	4–2	West Bengal Police	Naihati
15:30 IST	Bunando Singh Khangembam 17' Golui 25'  47' Dip Saha 66' (pen) Avishek Kunjam 74'	Report	Dipankar Das  24' Subrata Biswas 32' Rajib Dutta 48' Anupam Dutta  90+6'	Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Suvajit Pramanik Man of the Match: Avishek Kunjam (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Kidderpore

20 July 2023 3	East Bengal	2–0	Kidderpore	Naihati
15:00 IST	Das 32'  82' Shyamal Besra 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tarun Kumar Biswas Man of the Match: Souvik Chakrabarti (East Bengal)

East Bengal v BSS

24 July 2023 4	East Bengal	1–1	BSS	Naihati
15:00 IST	Das  16' Sanjib Ghosh  65' Dip Saha 90'	Report	Subhankar Das  43' Naba Kumar Das  54'  88' Sourav Sen 90+7'	Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Sourav Sen (BSS)

Eastern Railway v East Bengal

27 July 2023 5	Eastern Railway	1–5	East Bengal	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Dibyendu Chanda 52'	Report	Avishek Kunjam 21' Lijo K  25' Vanlalpeka Guite 31' Aman C. K. 36', 78' Razibul Mistry 88'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Tanmay Dhar Man of the Match: Aman C. K. (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Wari

31 July 2023 6	East Bengal	5–0	Wari	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Dip Saha 53' Tanmay Das 70' Avishek Kunjam 90+1', 90+5' Aman C. K. 90+4'	Report	Lallawmsanga 26' Swarup Sarkar  34' Afdal Varikkodan  56'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Pranay Saha Man of the Match: Gunraj Singh Grewal (East Bengal)

Bhawanipore v East Bengal

3 August 2023 7	Bhawanipore	1–1	East Bengal	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Singh  13' 30'	Report	Dip Saha 54' Muhammed Roshal  77' Adil Amal  87'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rabin Biswas Man of the Match: Dip Saha (East Bengal)

Railway v East Bengal

9 August 2023 8	Railway	0–2	East Bengal	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Kamalesh Paik  31' Prosanta Das  59'	Report	Aman C. K. 20'  43' Tanmay Das  51' Kumar 64'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tanumoy Sarkar Man of the Match: Aman C. K. (East Bengal)

Police AC v East Bengal

14 August 2023 9	Police AC	1–2	East Bengal	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Jagmeet Singh 48' Suvankar Das  64' Asik Khan  83' Biswajit Dasgupta  85'	Report	Avishek Kunjam 15' Malsawmtluanga Hrahsel  18' P. V. Vishnu 88'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bimalendu Mondal Man of the Match: P. V. Vishnu (East Bengal)

Aryan v East Bengal

19 August 2023 10	Aryan	0–2	East Bengal	Naihati
15:00 IST	Akash Mondal  24' Avijit Pradhan  47' Rakes Karmakar  90+7'	Report	Jesin 45+2' Aman C. K. 45+4'	Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Simanta Kahar Man of the Match: Jesin TK (East Bengal)

Calcutta Customs v East Bengal

22 August 2023 11	Calcutta Customs	0–1	East Bengal	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Biswajit Hembrom  36'  71'	Report	Guite Vanlalpeka  66' Aman C. K.  74' Mahitosh Roy 87'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Avisekh Saha Man of the Match: Mahitosh Roy (East Bengal)

East Bengal v George Telegraph

7 September 2023 12	East Bengal	4–0	George Telegraph	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Jesin 47', 49', 82' (pen) P. V. Vishnu 51' Das  79'	Report	Rajen Orao  34'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dipak Singha Man of the Match: Jesin TK (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Mohammedan Sporting

20 September 2023 Super–Six	East Bengal	1–2	Mohammedan Sporting	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Sekar 60' (pen) Suhair  66'	Report	Lalhlansanga 5', 38' Irshad  59' Sagolsem Bikash Singh  86' Ralte  88'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nripen Halder Man of the Match: David Lalhlansanga (Mohammedan SC)

East Bengal v Kidderpore

26 September 2023 Super–Six	East Bengal	10–1	Kidderpore	Kolkata
15:00 IST	P. V. Vishnu 6', 10', 37', 51' Mahitosh Roy 40', 45', 45+3' Jesin 54' Suhair 57', 82'	Report	Sekh Mustafa Ali  5' Pradip Pal 43' Sumit Das  45+2' Supriya Mahanti  86'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rohan Das Gupta Man of the Match: P. V. Vishnu (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Diamond Harbour

30 October 2023 Super–Six	East Bengal	4–1	Diamond Harbour	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Jesin 36' Dip Saha  55' Mahitosh Roy 60' Das 78' Avishek Kunjam 90'	Report	Paswan 45+2'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tanumoy Sarkar Man of the Match: Jesin TK (East Bengal)

East Bengal v Bhawanipore

18 November 2023 Super–Six	East Bengal	3–0	Bhawanipore	Kolkata
15:00 IST				Stadium: East Bengal Ground
Note: Bhawanipore did not field a team hence, East Bengal was awarded a walkover.

East Bengal v Mohun Bagan SG

30 November 2023 Super–Six	East Bengal	3–0	Mohun Bagan SG	Naihati
14:00 IST				Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
Note: Mohun Bagan SG did not field a team hence, East Bengal was awarded a walkover.

Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

As of till the end of 2023–24 season.

Appearances for East Bengal in 2023–24 season
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup		Indian Super League		Super Cup		Calcutta League		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
Goalkeepers
13	GK		Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	6	6	21	21	5	5	0	0	32	32
27	GK		Aditya Patra	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9
31	GK		Kamaljit Singh	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2
51	GK		Muhammed Nishad P P	—						5	4	5	4
75	GK		Ranit Sarkar	—		0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Defenders
4	CB		José Antonio Pardo	4	1	11	9	5	5	—		20	15
5	CB		Lalchungnunga	6	6	17	14	1	0	0	0	24	20
7	RB		Harmanjot Singh Khabra	6	6	12	9	—		0	0	18	15
12	CB		Mohammad Rakip	4	1	19	11	5	5	8	8	36	25
16	CB		Sarthak Golui	—						5	5	5	5
17	LB		Mandar Rao Dessai	5	4	17	13	2	1	0	0	24	18
19	CB		Hijazi Maher	—		17	16	5	5	—		22	21
22	RB		Nishu Kumar	5	4	20	17	4	4	1	1	30	26
25	CB		Athul Unnikrishnan	0	0	0	0	—		10	10	10	10
28	CB		Aleksandar Pantić	—		8	5	—				8	5
33	CB		Gursimrat Singh Gill	2	1	2	1	1	1	6	5	11	8
37	LB		Tuhin Das	0	0	0	0	—		10	9	10	9
44	CB		Jordan Elsey	6	5	—						6	5
52	LB		Niranjan Mondal	—						10	6	10	6
53	RB		Arpan Polley	—						2	0	2	0
54	LB		Adil Amal	—						4	3	4	3
55	CB		Subhendu Mandi	—						8	8	8	8
65	CB		Rahul Naskar	—						2	1	2	1
74	RB		Bunando Singh Khangembam	—						4	2	4	2
80	CB		Malsawmtluanga Hrahsel	—						1	1	1	1
Midfielders
6	CM		Ajay Chhetri	—		9	6	5	1	2	1	16	8
8	CM		Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	4	0	4	1	1	0	4	4	13	5
9	CM		Víctor Vázquez	—		10	7	—				10	7
15	CM		Mobashir Rahman	2	0	1	0	—		4	3	7	3
21	CM		Saúl Crespo	6	6	14	14	5	4	—		25	24
23	CM		Souvik Chakrabarti	4	3	19	15	5	4	5	3	33	25
26	CM		Borja Herrera	6	4	9	7	4	4	—		19	15
29	CM		Naorem Mahesh Singh	6	6	21	20	1	0	0	0	28	26
30	AM		Vanlalpeka Guite	2	1	1	0	0	0	5	4	8	5
35	CM		Gunraj Singh Grewal	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	9	6
56	LW		Lijo Kurusappan	—						7	4	7	4
57	AM		Mahitosh Roy	—		1	0	—		8	4	9	4
58	RW		Sanjib Ghosh	—						10	7	10	7
60	CM		Dip Saha	—						10	9	10	9
61	CM		Tanmay Das	—		0	0	0	0	12	9	12	9
62	LW		Aman C. K.	—		4	0	1	0	10	8	15	8
63	RW		Muhammed Roshal PP	—						5	3	5	3
64	CM		Naseeb Rahman	—						3	2	3	2
66	RW		Sourav Biswas	—						2	0	2	0
67	CM		Shyamal Besra	—		1	0	—		6	1	7	1
68	AM		Kush Chhetry	—						7	6	6	6
73	LW		Razibul Mistry	—						2	0	2	0
78	RW		Muhammed K. Ashique	—						1	0	1	0
81	RW		Suman Dey	—						3	0	3	0
84	LW		Sayan Banerjee	—		7	4	3	0	—		10	4
Forwards
10	FW		Cleiton Silva	4	0	21	20	5	5	—		30	25
11	FW		Nandhakumar Sekar	6	6	19	14	5	5	1	1	31	26
20	FW		V. P. Suhair	5	0	8	2	2	0	2	1	17	3
59	FW		Jesin TK	0	0	2	0	1	0	10	6	13	6
70	FW		Abhishek Kunjam	—		0	0	—		13	10	13	10
76	FW		Muhammad Niyas M A	—						4	2	4	2
82	FW		P. V. Vishnu	—		19	8	5	2	7	4	31	18
91	FW		Felicio Brown Forbes	—		11	4	—				11	4
99	FW		Javier Siverio	6	6	10	3	5	4	—		21	13

Goal scorers

As of till the end of 2023–24 season.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup	Indian Super League	Super Cup	Calcutta League	Total
1	10	FW		Cleiton Silva	0	8	5	—	13
2	11	FW		Nandhakumar Sekar	2	5	2	1	10
3	21	CM		Saúl Crespo	1	4	2	—	7
	82	FW		P. V. Vishnu	—	1	0	6	7
5	59	FW		Jesin TK	0	0	0	6	6
	70	FW		Abhishek Kunjam	—	0	—	6	6
7	29	LW		Naorem Mahesh Singh	1	4	—	0	5
	57	AM		Mahitosh Roy	—	0	—	5	5
	62	LW		Aman C. K.	—	0	0	5	5
10	60	CM		Dip Saha	—			4	4
	99	FW		Javier Siverio	2	0	2	—	4
12	19	CB		Hijazi Maher	—	0	2	—	2
	20	FW		V. P. Suhair	0	0	—	2	2
	37	LB		Tuhin Das	0	0	—	2	2
15	6	CM		Ajay Chhetri	—	1	0	0	1
	16	CB		Sarthak Golui	—			1	1
	22	LB		Nishu Kumar	0	0	0	1	1
	26	CM		Borja Herrera	0	1	0	—	1
	30	AM		Vanlalpeka Guite	0	0	0	1	1
	44	CB		Jordan Elsey	1	—			1
	61	CM		Tanmay Das	—	0	0	1	1
	66	CM		Shyamal Besra	—	0	—	1	1
	73	LW		Razibul Mistry	—			1	1
	74	RB		Bunando Singh Khangembam	—			1	1
	84	LW		Sayan Banerjee	—	1	0	—	1
	91	FW		Felicio Brown Forbes	—	1	—		1
Own Goals					1	1	—	0	3
Total					8	27	13	44	92

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Jesin TK	George Telegraph	4–0	7 September 2023	CFL 2023
P. V. Vishnu	Kidderpore	10–1	26 September 2023	CFL 2023
Mahitosh Roy	Kidderpore	10–1	26 September 2023	CFL 2023

Assists

As of till the end of 2023–24 season.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup	Indian Super League	Super Cup	Calcutta League	Total
1	82	FW		P. V. Vishnu	—	2	0	4	6
2	10	FW		Cleiton Silva	1	3	1	—	5
	22	RB		Nishu Kumar	0	3	2	0	5
4	11	FW		Nandhakumar Sekar	0	3	0	0	3
	22	RB		Nishu Kumar	0	1	2	0	3
	26	CM		Borja Herrera	2	0	1	—	3
	29	LW		Naorem Mahesh Singh	0	2	1	—	3
	57	CM		Mahitosh Roy	—			3	3
	59	FW		Jesin TK	0	—	0	3	3
9	21	DM		Saúl Crespo	1	0	1	—	2
	30	AM		Vanlalpeka Guite	0	0	0	2	2
	58	LW		Sanjib Ghosh	—			2	2
	61	CM		Tanmay Das	—		0	2	2
	62	RW		Aman C. K.	—	1	0	1	2
	68	AM		Kush Chhetry	—			2	2
14	7	RB		Harmanjot Singh Khabra	1	0	—		1
	9	AM		Víctor Vázquez	—	1	—		1
	12	RB		Mohammad Rakip	0	0	1	0	1
	15	CM		Mobashir Rahman	0	0	—	1	1
	17	LB		Mandar Rao Dessai	0	1	0	0	1
	20	FW		V. P. Suhair	0	0	0	1	1
	23	CM		Souvik Chakrabarti	0	0	1	0	1
	28	CB		Aleksandar Pantić	—	1	—		1
	35	CM		Gunraj Singh Grewal	0	0	0	1	1
	52	LB		Niranjan Mondal	—			1	1
	70	FW		Avishek Kunjam	—	0	—	1	1
	99	FW		Javier Siverio	1	0	0	—	1
Total					6	18	8	24	56

Clean sheets

As of till the end of 2023–24 season.

No.	Nat.	Player	Durand Cup	Indian Super League	Super Cup	Calcutta League	Total
13		Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	2	7	1	0	10
27		Aditya Patra	0	0	0	5	5
31		Kamaljit Singh	0	0	0	0	0
51		Muhammed Nishad P P	—			2	2
75		Ranit Sarkar	—			0	0

Disciplinary record

As of till the end of 2023–24 season.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Durand Cup				Indian Super League				Super Cup				Calcutta League
4	CB		José Antonio Pardo	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
5	CB		Lalchungnunga	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	CM		Ajay Chhetri	—				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	RB		Harmanjot Singh Khabra	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—				0	0	0	0
9	CM		Víctor Vázquez	—				2	0	0	0	—				—
10	FW		Cleiton Silva	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	—
11	FW		Nandhakumar Sekar	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	RB		Mohammad Rakip	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK		Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	CB		Sarthak Golui	—				—				—				2	0	0	0
19	CB		Hijazi Maher	—				4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—
20	FW		V. P. Suhair	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—				1	0	0	0
21	DM		Saúl Crespo	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—
22	RB		Nishu Kumar	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	CM		Souvik Chakrabarti	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	CM		Borja Herrera	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	—
28	CB		Aleksandar Pantić	—				1	0	0	0	—				—
29	LW		Naorem Mahesh Singh	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	—				0	0	0	0
30	AM		Vanlalpeka Guite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK		Kamaljit Singh	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	LB		Tuhin Das	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—				2	0	0	1
54	CB		Adil Amal	—				—				—				1	0	0	0
56	LW		Lijo Kurusappan	—				—				—				1	0	0	0
58	RW		Sanjib Ghosh	—				—				—				2	0	0	0
60	CM		Dip Saha	—				—				—				1	0	0	0
61	CM		Tanmay Das	—				—				0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
62	RW		Aman C. K.	—				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
63	RW		Muhammed Roshal PP	—				—				—				1	0	0	0
64	CM		Naseeb Rahman	—				—				—				1	0	0	0
80	CB		Malsawmtluanga Hrahsel	—				—				—				1	0	0	0
82	FW		P. V. Vishnu	—				2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	LW		Sayan Banerjee	—				2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—
91	FW		Felicio Brown Forbes	—				2	0	0	0	—				—
99	FW		Javier Siverio	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—

See also

• 2023–24 in Indian football

External links

• Official website Archived 10 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine