Back ইষ্ট বেংগল ফুটবল ক্লাব Assamese دوغو بنقال فوتبال کولوبو AZB East Bengal FC German Ιστ Μπενγκάλ ΦΚ Greek East Bengal Football Club Spanish باشگاه فوتبال بنگال شرقی Persian East Bengal FC Finnish East Bengal FC French ईस्ट बंगाल एफ.सी. Hindi East Bengal FC ID
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| Full name | East Bengal Football Club[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Red and Gold
Brigade Bangal Brigade Torch Bearers | |||
| Short name | EBFC | |||
| Founded | 1 August 1920 | |||
| Stadium | Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (commonly known as Salt Lake Stadium) East Bengal Ground | |||
| Capacity | 85,000 (limited to 68,000 by FIFA from 2017)[2] 23,500 | |||
| Owner | Emami East Bengal FC Pvt Ltd.:[3][4]
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| President | Murali Lal Lohia | |||
| Head coach | Carles Cuadrat | |||
| League | Indian Super League | |||
| 2023–24 | Indian Super League, 9th of 12 Playoffs: DNQ | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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| Active departments of East Bengal | ||||||||||||||||||
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East Bengal Football Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈi:st ˌbenˈɡɔːl]), is an Indian professional Football Club based in Kolkata , West Bengal that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of the Indian football league system.[5] It is one of the most successful football clubs in the country. It is the men's football division of East Bengal Club. The club has other departments for women's football, men's and women's cricket, field hockey, athletics and eSports.
Founded in August 1920, the club became affiliated with the Indian Football Association in 1922 and initially played in the Calcutta Football League Second Division before earning promotion to the First Division in 1924. East Bengal won its first First Division league title in 1942 and has since won it a record 39 times with generous help from different quarters.[6] The club was a founding member of the National Football League, the first nation-wide football league in India in 1996, which it has won three times since.[7] They have also won eight Federation Cups, three Super Cups, a record 29 IFA Shield, the Kuladakanta Shield and MLA Cup[note 1] titles, and 16 Durand Cup titles, making the club one of the most decorated in Indian football. On 28 January 2024, they defeated the defending champions Odisha 3–2 in the Kalinga Super Cup final to win their first title in 12 years. As the winners, East Bengal qualified for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage.
East Bengal is one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world. The club is mainly supported by the immigrant population from the eastern region of Bengal in British India, who were forced to leave their homes (modern-day Bangladesh) amid violent riots during the partition of 1947.[8] For those people, East Bengal became a source of identity and hope. The huge influx of dispossessed into the state led to a socio-economic crisis.[9] This led to rivalries among the immigrant and native population of West Bengal, popularly named as Bangal in every sphere of life, from jobs to schools and even on football pitches. As a result, East Bengal has a long-standing rivalry with its cross-town competitors Mohun Bagan , which is mainly supported by the native population, popularly known as Ghoti, against whom it competes in the Kolkata derby, Asia's biggest football rivalry.[10] East Bengal also shares a local rivalry with another Kolkata club, Mohammedan SC. The club dons the iconic red and golden yellow colors.
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- ^ "FOOTBALL IN BENGAL". www.ifawb.com. The Indian Football Association (West Bengal). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Mukhopadhyay, Shoubhik (10 September 2015). "East Bengal & Calcutta Football League: A Sublime Romantic Saga - Hero I-League". i-league.org. I-League. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Fujioka, Atsushi; Chaudhuri, Arunava. "India - List of National Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (1 February 2006). Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation. New Delhi: Penguin India. ISBN 9780670058747. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Wadwha, Arjun (19 May 2008). "History of Football in India". thesportscampus.com. TheSportsCampus. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Adnan Bhat. "The Kolkata derby: Asia's fiercest footballing rivalry". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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