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East Bengal is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football. The club was formed when the vice-president of the Jorabagan Club, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, resigned. He did so when Jorabagan sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose. He was dropped from the squad for unknown reasons when they were about to face Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup Semi Final on 28 July 1920. He and Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen, and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal, in Jorabagan, Suresh Chandra's home on 1 August 1920. East Bengal started playing in the IFA 2nd division (now the Calcutta Football League) from 1921. In 1925, they qualified for the first division for the first time. Since then, they have won numerous Indian Football titles.

East Bengal joined the National Football League at its inception in 1996 and is the only club to play every season to date, even after its name changed to the I-League in 2007. East Bengal have won the National Football League thrice: 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04 and were runners up seven times, more than any Indian football club. Among other trophies, East Bengal have won the Calcutta Football League 39 times, IFA Shield 28 times, Federation Cup eight times and the Durand Cup 16 times.

On 27 September 2020, the inclusion of East Bengal FC into the 2020–21 Indian Super League was officially announced.

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National League seasons

The National Football League started in the year 1996 as the first football league in India to be organized on a national scale. East Bengal participated in the league from its inaugural season, and has been the only football team in India to have participated in all editions of the nation's premier league until 2020, when the Indian Super League was announced as the Premier football competition in India. The club has won the National League thrice (2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04) and has finished as runner-up on seven occasions. Along with the National League, the club has also won the Federation Cup, the premier cup tournament in India eight times. East Bengal moved from the I-League to the Indian Super League as the eleventh team in the 2020–21 season when ISL was given the highest level league status in the Indian football system. In their inaugural season in the ISL, East Bengal finished in ninth place. In the 2021–22, East Bengal finished at the bottom of the table in the eleventh position, winning just one out of the twenty matches in the league.

As of 21 December 2024

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League										Domestic Cup	Super Cup	Continental		Top goalscorer
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Playoffs			AFC	Pos	Name	Goals
1996–97	NFL	19	10	6	3	25	13	36	3rd	—	W	—	—	—	Raman Vijayan	9
1997–98	NFL	18	8	7	3	18	10	31	2nd		RU	W	Asian CWC	R2	Bhaichung Bhutia	8
1998–99	NFL	20	13	6	1	33	10	45	2nd		RU	—	Asian Cup	R1	Raman Vijayan	10
1999–00	NFL	22	8	8	6	25	21	32	7th		Not held	—	—	—	Willie Brown Ossius Luiz Ferreira Dipankar Roy	4
2000–01	NFL	22	13	7	2	30	9	46	1st		Not held	—	—	—	Omolaja Olalekan	8
2001–02	NFL	22	11	3	8	31	23	36	5th		R–16	—	—	—	Omolaja Olalekan	7
2002–03	NFL	22	15	4	3	44	22	49	1st		Not held	—	—	—	Mike Okoro	17
2003–04	NFL	22	15	4	3	37	13	49	1st		QF	RU	AFC Cup	QF	Cristiano Júnior	15
2004–05	NFL	22	13	4	5	34	16	43	3rd		QF	—	AFC Cup	Group	Bhaichung Bhutia	9
2005–06	NFL	17	9	4	4	25	16	31	2nd		QF	—	—	—	Bhaichung Bhutia	12
2006–07	NFL	18	7	5	6	29	29	26	5th		QF	W	—	—	Edmilson	13
2007–08	IL	18	5	4	9	17	23	19	6th		W	—	AFC Cup	Group	Edmilson	8
2008–09	IL	22	7	7	8	31	26	28	6th		SF	RU	—	—	Yusif Yakubu	11
2009–10	IL	26	7	10	9	27	31	31	9th		W	—	AFC Cup	Group	Yusif Yakubu	9
2010–11	IL	26	15	6	5	44	21	51	2nd		W	RU	AFC Cup	Group	Tolgay Özbey	17
2011–12	IL	26	15	6	5	46	22	51	2nd		RU	W	AFC Cup	Group	Tolgay Özbey	18
2012–13	IL	26	13	8	5	44	18	47	3rd		W	—	AFC Cup	SF	Chidi Edeh	18
2013–14	IL	24	12	7	5	39	23	43	2nd		Group		—	—	Chidi Edeh	9
2014–15	IL	20	8	5	7	30	28	29	4th		Group		AFC Cup	Group	Ranti Martins	17
2015–16	IL	16	7	4	5	22	18	25	3rd		QF		—	—	Ranti Martins	12
2016–17	IL	18	10	3	5	33	15	33	3rd		SF		—	—	Willis Plaza	9
2017–18	IL	18	8	7	3	32	19	33	4th		RU		—	—	Dudu Omagbemi	8
2018–19	IL	20	13	3	4	37	20	42	2nd		R-16		—	—	Jobby Justin Enrique Esqueda	9
2019–20	IL	16	6	5	5	22	18	20	2nd		Not held		—	—	Marcos Espada Jaime Santos	6
2020–21	ISL	20	3	8	9	22	33	17	9th	DNQ	Not held		—	—	Matti Steinmann	4
2021–22	ISL	20	1	8	11	18	36	11	11th	DNQ	Not held		—	—	Antonio Perošević	4
2022–23	ISL	20	6	1	13	22	38	19	9th	DNQ	Group		—	—	Cleiton Silva	12
2023–24	ISL	22	6	6	10	27	29	24	9th	DNQ	W		—	—	Cleiton Silva	8
2024–25	ISL	12	4	1	7	13	16	13	10th	TBD	TBD		AFC CL 2 AFCGL	PR QF	P. V. Vishnu Dimitrios Diamantakos	3

1. Federation Cup was the primary Domestic Cup until 2016-17. Continued as Super Cup from 2017-18.
2. Indian Super Cup (1997-2011) was the annual match contested between the champions of the previous I-League season and the holders of the Federation Cup, usually held at a neutral venue. Abolished in 2011.
3. Walkover given by East Bengal due to protest citing unfair treatment to I-League clubs along with six other clubs.
4. The 2019-20 I-League was cancelled after 16 Rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic. East Bengal FC was at the second place when the league was cancelled.

Calcutta Football League seasons

East Bengal Club was included in the Calcutta Football League second division in 1921 after the Tajhat Club was disbanded and had withdrawn its name following the 1920 season. The club gained promotion to the first division for the first time in 1925 after finishing joint champions with the Cameroon's B team. The club was relegated back into the second division only once, in 1928, and regained their promotion in 1931 into the first division; the team has been in the division ever since. The club won its first Calcutta Football league title in 1942 and has won it 39 times, the most ever in the tournament's history to date. The club also holds the record for winning the most consecutive titles—eight: (2010–2017).

As of 28 October 2024

East Bengal in Calcutta Football League

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	Pts	Pos	Top goalscorer	Goals
1920	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1921	2nd Div	24	11	12	1	34	3rd	Arabinda Ghosh	8
1922	2nd Div	22	13	3	6	29	4th	R Dutta Ramesh Chandra Sen	9
1923	2nd Div	24	8	5	11	21	10th	Mona Dutta	5
1924	2nd Div	24	16	5	3	37	1st ↑	Mona Dutta	11
1925	1st Div	16	8	3	5	19	4th	Mona Dutta	9
1926	1st Div	16	5	3	8	13	6th	Jatin Sarkar	5
1927	1st Div	18	4	6	8	14	6th	Jatin Sarkar Surjo Chakraborty	5
1928	1st Div	18	2	5	11	9	10th ↓	Mona Dutta	6
1929	2nd Div	22	11	7	4	29	2nd	Surjo Chakraborty	15
1930	2nd Div	8	8	0	0	16	Withdrew	Surjo Chakraborty	9
1931	2nd Div	22	17	3	2	37	1st ↑	Surjo Chakraborty	15
1932	1st Div	18	12	2	4	26	2nd	Surjo Chakraborty Majid	9
1933	1st Div	20	8	9	3	25	2nd	Majid	9
1934	1st Div	20	5	8	7	18	8th	Majid	6
1935	1st Div	22	11	7	4	29	2nd	Ramana	8
1936	1st Div	22	7	6	9	22	8th	Laxminarayan	9
1937	1st Div	22	12	4	6	28	2nd	Murgesh	16
1938	1st Div	22	8	9	5	25	4th	Murgesh	7
1939	1st Div	19	8	8	3	24	Withdrew	Laxminarayan	5
1940	1st Div	24	10	10	4	30	4th	A.C. Somana	9
1941	1st Div	26	18	4	4	40	2nd	A.C. Somana	24
1942	1st Div	24	20	3	1	43	1st	A.C. Somana	26
1943	1st Div	24	16	5	3	37	2nd	A.C. Somana	19
1944	1st Div	24	14	6	4	34	3rd	Sunil Ghosh	13
1945	1st Div	24	16	7	1	39	1st	Fred Pugsley	21
1946	1st Div	24	20	3	1	43	1st	Swamy Nayaar	36
1947	1st Div	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1948	1st Div	24	16	5	3	37	3rd	P. B. A. Saleh	10
1949	1st Div	26	22	1	3	45	1st	Abid	22
1950	1st Div	26	19	7	0	45	1st	K. P. Dhanraj	18
1951	1st Div	25	17	4	4	38	2nd	K. P. Dhanraj P. Venkatesh	11
1952	1st Div	26	17	6	3	40	1st	K. P. Dhanraj	10
1953	1st Div	17	13	3	1	29	Abandoned	Ahmed Khan Masood Fakhri	5
1954	1st Div	28	15	6	7	36	3rd	Ahmed Khan	9
1955	1st Div	26	15	5	6	35	3rd	S Roy	11
1956	1st Div	26	16	8	2	40	2nd	Moosa Ghazi	10
1957	1st Div	26	18	6	2	42	2nd	Moosa Ghazi	8
1958	1st Div	28	16	8	4	40	3rd	K. P. Dhanraj	7
1959	1st Div	28	21	4	3	46	2nd	Tulsidas Balaram	23
1960	1st Div	28	17	7	4	41	3rd	Narayan	8
1961	1st Div	28	22	3	3	47	1st	Tulsidas Balaram	23
1962	1st Div	28	14	12	2	40	2nd	Sunil Nandi	9
1963	1st Div	28	21	4	3	46	2nd	Ashim Moulik	19
1964	1st Div	28	19	8	1	46	2nd	Ashim Moulik	20
1965	1st Div	28	19	8	1	46	2nd	Ashim Moulik	13
1966	1st Div	28	25	2	1	52	1st	Parimal Dey	19
1967	1st Div	28	21	5	2	47	2nd	Parimal Dey	10
1968	1st Div	15	12	1	2	25	Abandoned	Sarmad Khan	8
1969	1st Div	20	14	6	0	34	2nd	Ashok Chatterjee	11
1970	1st Div	22	19	3	0	41	1st	Swapan Sengupta	14
1971	1st Div	19	18	1	0	37	1st	Shyam Thapa	14
1972	1st Div	19	18	1	0	37	1st	Md. Akbar	17
1973	1st Div	20	17	2	1	36	1st	Subhash Bhowmick	24
1974	1st Div	19	17	2	0	36	1st	Md. Akbar Surajit Sengupta	14
1975	1st Div	21	21	0	0	42	1st	Subhash Bhowmick	14
1976	1st Div	22	20	1	1	41	2nd	Shyam Thapa	12
1977	1st Div	22	22	0	0	44	1st	Ranjit Mukherjee	18
1978	1st Div	22	19	1	2	39	2nd	Ranjit Mukherjee	18
1979	1st Div	22	19	3	0	41	2nd	Shabbir Ali	23
1980	1st Div	12	9	3	0	21	Abandoned	Jamshid Nassiri Majid Bishkar Tapan Das	3
1981	1st Div	26	21	2	3	58	3rd	Jamshid Nassiri	18
1982	1st Div	26	23	3	0	49	1st	Arup Das	11
1983	1st Div	26	19	6	1	44	2nd	Mihir Bose	8
1984	1st Div	26	20	5	1	65	2nd	Debasish Roy	22
1985	1st Div	28	22	5	1	71	1st	Jamshid Nassiri	17
1986	1st Div	28	19	9	0	66	2nd	Emeka Ezeugo	14
1987	1st Div	28	25	3	0	78	1st	Chima Okorie	26
1988	1st Div	28	22	5	1	71	1st	Pradip Talukdar Bikash Panji	8
1989	1st Div	28	24	2	2	74	1st	Chima Okorie	27
1990	Super Div	18	13	3	2	42	2nd	Chima Okorie	9
1991	Super Div	18	14	4	0	46	1st	Kuljit Singh	10
1992	Super Div	18	9	6	3	28	3rd	Kuljit Singh	9
1993	Super Div	18	16	2	0	50	1st	Sanjay Majhi	12
1994	Super Div	18	14	4	0	46	2nd	Bhaichung Bhutia	14
1995	Super Div	18	13	3	2	42	1st	Nima Bhutia	8
1996	Super Div	18	12	6	0	42	1st	Tausif Jamal	6
1997	Super Div	18	14	3	1	45	2nd	Preto Garcia	5
1998	Super Div	15	13	1	1	40	1st	Dipendu Biswas	8
1999	Super Div	13	11	2	0	35	1st	Suley Musah	4
2000	Super Div	13	11	2	0	35	1st	Dipendu Biswas	4
2001	Super Div	13	8	4	1	28	2nd	Omolaja Olaleken	8
2002	Super Div	13	9	3	1	30	1st	Mike Okoro	12
2003	Super Div	16	13	2	1	41	1st	Mike Okoro	10
2004	Super Div	18	11	6	1	39	1st	Douglas Da Silva	9
2005	Premier Div	14	11	1	2	34	2nd	Syed Rahim Nabi	8
2006	Premier Div	14	10	2	2	32	1st	Alvito D'Cunha	4
2007	Premier Div	14	8	2	4	26	2nd	Edmilson	12
2008	Premier Div	14	7	4	3	25	3rd	Parveen Kumar	4
2009	Premier Div	15	8	6	1	30	3rd	Budhiram Tudu	10
2010	Premier Div	16	14	1	1	43	1st	Penn Orji	9
2011	Premier Div	10	8	0	2	24	1st	Tolgay Ozbey	9
2012	Premier Div	17	16	1	0	49	1st	Baljit Sahni	14
2013	Premier Div	10	8	1	1	25	1st	Chidi Edeh	7
2014	Premier Div	10	8	1	1	25	1st	Dudu Omagbemi	8
2015	Premier Div	10	9	1	0	28	1st	Do Dong-hyun	12
2016	Premier Div	10	10	0	0	30	1st	Do Dong-hyun	4
2017	Premier Div	9	7	2	0	23	1st	Willis Plaza V.P. Suhair	5
2018	Premier Div	11	7	2	2	23	3rd	Jobby Justin	4
2019	Premier Div	11	6	2	3	20	3rd	Jaime Colado	7
2020	Premier Div	—	—	—	—	—	Not Held	—	—
2021	Premier Div	—	—	—	—	—	DNP	—	—
2022	Premier Div — Super Six	4	0	3	1	3	4th	Jesin TK Vivek Singh	1
2023	Premier Div	17	13	3	1	42	2nd	P. V. Vishnu Jesin TK Abhishek Kunjam	6
2024	Premier Div	15	13	2	0	41	1st	Jesin TK	13

1. Joint Champions with Cameroons B, however, since Cameroons A were already in 1st Div, East Bengal was promoted instead.
2. The Indian teams forfeited due to the Satyagraha movement, as a symbol of solidarity to the Indian independence movement.
3. Both East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting had a falling-out with IFA and they boycotted the league midway.
4. Not held due to communal riots of 1947.
5. League abandoned midway due to riots in Kolkata.
6. Mohun Bagan won the play-off match 2–0.
7. A team earned three points for a win from this year
8. Top Division renamed as Super Div
9. East Bengal were deducted five points for using an over-age player in three matches.
10. Mohun Bagan won the title on fewer goals conceded.
11. East Bengal won the play-off 1–0 against Mohun Bagan.
12. East Bengal won the play-off 1–0 against Mohammedan Sporting.
13. East Bengal won the play-off 5–4 in penalties after the match ended 1–1 against Mohun Bagan.
14. East Bengal Champions on goal difference.
15. The game between East Bengal and Calcutta Customs was rescheduled because of unplayable weather and ground conditions. However on the later date, East Bengal did not turn up and Customs were awarded a 3–0 win.
16. The 2020-21 Calcutta Football League was not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
17. East Bengal informed the IFA of the unavailability of their team and decided not to participate in the tournament. The IFA decided to hand Byes to all the opponents in the respective fixtures that were announced.

IFA Shield

The IFA Shield is the second oldest football tournament in India after the Durand Cup, and the fourth oldest football competition in the world. East Bengal featured in the IFA Shield for the first time in 1921 and crashed out in the second round against Dalhousie in the fourth replayed-match after three drawn matches. They won their maiden IFA Shield title in 1943, defeating Police AC 3–0 in the final. Since then, the club has won it 28 times (also once in 2018 when the tournament was played as a U-19 event), the most ever in the tournament's history.

As of 25 November 2021

1. East Bengal was scratched for fielding two Pakistani players: Niaz and Fakhri.
2. ^ Joint Winners.
3. Trophy abandoned after the final.
4. Final remained incomplete.
5. Abandoned due to court injunction
6. Abandoned due to rain during the replay. MB refused to play again & were scratched.
7. Abandoned midway as Md.Sporting refused to continue.
8. Abandoned after 35 minutes after a brawl on the pitch, Palmeiras were scratched.
9. Held as a U-19 tournament.

Durand Cup

The Durand Cup is the oldest tournament in Asia. Before 1926, Indian clubs were not allowed to participate in the tournament. East Bengal participated in the tournament for the first time in 1926 and reached the third round, before losing to the eventual champions the Durham Light Infantry. The Indian clubs were again not allowed to participate until after Independence when the tournament was restarted in 1950. East Bengal won their first Durand title in 1951, defeating Rajasthan Club 2–1 in the final. The Red and Gold brigade have won the tournament 16 times, a shared record with arch-rivals Mohun Bagan for the most titles in the tournament's history.

As of 21 August 2024

1. Indian Teams were not allowed to participate
2. Tournament not held due to World War II and Partition of India.
3. ^ Joint Champions with Mohun Bagan
4. Tournament not held due to Sino-Indian War.
5. Not held

Rovers Cup

The Rovers Cup was the third most prestigious football tournament in India, alongside the Durand Cup and the IFA Shield, forming the coveted Triple Crown of Indian football. East Bengal first participated in the tournament in 1941, reaching the Quarter-Finals in their inaugural appearance before losing to the Wales Regiment. The Red and Gold brigade first lifted the Rovers Cup in 1949 and have won it 10 times when the tournament was abolished in 2001.

As of 24 August 2021

1. Joint Champions with Andhra Police
2. Joint Champions with Mohun Bagan
3. Joint Champions with Mohammedan Sporting

Federation Cup/Super Cup

The Federation Cup, begun in 1977, was India's primary domestic cup competition until it was scrapped in 2017 and the Super Cup was launched in its place. East Bengal first participated in the tournament in 1978 and became joint champions with Mohun Bagan in their inaugural appearance. East Bengal is the second most successful club in this tournament, having won it eight times.

As of 28 January 2024

1. ^ Joint Champions with Mohun Bagan
2. Walkover given by East Bengal due to protest citing unfair treatment of I-League clubs along with six other clubs.

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