The 2008–09 season was East Bengal's 2nd season in the I-League and 89th season in existence.
Competitions
Overall Competition First match Last match Final positionCalcutta Football League 14 July 2008 12 September 2008 3rdI-League 26 September 2008 16 April 2009 6thFederation Cup 11 December 2008 18 December 2008 Semi-finals
Overview
Calcutta Football League
East Bengal finished the 2008 Calcutta Premier Division in 3rd place with 25 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan and runners-up Mohammedan Sporting.
Fixtures & results
I League
League table
Fixtures & results
Federation Cup
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign as defending champions and was allotted into Group C alongside JCT, New Delhi Heroes and Sporting Club de Goa. East Bengal won all the group matches and reached the semi-finals where they lost to their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in the penalty shoot-out after the game ended 1–1 in regulation time.
Group C
Fixtures & results
Statistics
Appearances Players with no appearances are not included in the list. Appearances for East Bengal in 2008–09 season No.Pos.Nat.NameCFLI LeagueFed CupTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts Goalkeepers 24 GK Subrata Paul 4 4 13 13 1 1 18 18 1 GK Abhra Mondal 6 6 9 8 3 3 18 17 21 GK Avijit Ghosh 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 31 GK Arnab Das Sharma 4 4 4 4 Defenders 19 DF Syed Rahim Nabi 4 4 22 22 3 2 29 28 26 DF Mehrajuddin Wadoo 4 4 21 20 4 4 29 28 3 DF Nirmal Chettri 10 8 19 17 4 4 33 29 29 DF Saumik Dey 10 10 18 18 4 4 32 32 22 DF Suley Musah 9 8 14 14 3 3 26 25 27 DF Surkumar Singh 3 3 13 13 0 0 16 16 2 DF Muttah Suresh 6 6 9 8 0 0 15 14 5 DF Khelemba Singh 9 8 3 2 0 0 12 10 17 DF Jeevan Singh 4 3 1 0 5 3 20 DF Poibang Pohshna 4 4 2 1 6 5 16 DF Saheb Ali Mondal 1 0 1 0 33 DF Saikat Saha Roy 5 3 5 3 12 DF Anupam Sarkar 7 7 7 7 Midfielders 7 MF Jayanta Sen 10 9 20 14 4 4 34 27 14 MF Mehtab Hossain 9 9 17 13 4 4 30 26 22 MF Sanju Pradhan 7 7 17 6 4 3 28 16 8 MF Renedy Singh 2 2 16 15 2 2 20 19 9 MF Alvito D'Cunha 11 7 10 2 4 0 25 9 18 MF Ishmael Addo 10 8 10 8 28 MF Malsawmkima 13 9 9 4 2 1 24 14 6 MF Dipankar Roy 6 2 2 0 8 2 15 MF Dharamjit Singh 2 1 1 0 3 1 23 MF Mumtaz Akhtar 1 0 1 0 2 0 Forwards 12 FW Yusif Yakubu 21 21 4 4 25 25 11 FW Sunil Chhetri 5 5 17 17 4 4 26 26 25 FW Parveen Kumar 12 3 8 3 3 0 23 6 10 FW Ashim Biswas 13 13 5 1 18 14 30 FW Edmilson Marques Pardal 7 3 2 2 9 5 32 FW Goutam Kujur 5 3 3 0 8 3
Goal scorers Goals for East Bengal in 2008–09 seasonRankNameCFLI LeagueFed CupTotal 1 11 FW Sunil Chhetri 2 9 2 13 2 12 FW Yusif Yakubu 11 0 11 3 19 DF Syed Rahim Nabi 0 5 0 5 4 9 MF Alvito D'Cunha 3 0 1 4 25 FW Parveen Kumar 4 0 0 4 6 10 FW Ashim Biswas 3 0 3 22 MF Sanju Pradhan 0 1 2 3 8 3 DF Nirmal Chettri 1 1 0 2 18 MF Ishmael Addo 2 2 30 FW Edmilson Marques Pardal 2 0 2 11 5 DF Khelemba Singh 1 0 0 1 14 MF Mehtab Hossain 1 0 0 1 22 DF Suley Musah 1 0 0 1 26 DF Mehrajuddin Wadoo 1 0 0 1 27 DF Surkumar Singh 0 1 0 1 28 MF Malsawmkima 1 0 0 1 29 DF Saumik Dey 1 0 0 1 Own goals 0 1 0 1 Total 21 31 5 57
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