The 2006–07 season was East Bengal's 11th season in the National Football League and 87th season in existence.
Competitions
Overall Competition First match Last match Final position Calcutta Football League 2 August 2006 7 November 2006 ChampionsDurand Cup 20 November 2006 24 November 2006 Group StageIFA Shield 7 December 2006 11 December 2006 Group Stage Federation Cup 20 December 2006 23 December 2006 Quarter-FinalsNational Football League 7 January 2007 19 May 2007 5th
Overview
Calcutta Football League
East Bengal finished the 2006 Calcutta Premier Division as the champions with 32 points from 14 matches. Captain Alvito D'Cunha scored the solitary goal in the final game against Eastern Railway to win back the Calcutta League title after losing out the previous year to arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.
Fixtures & results
Durand Cup
Group B
East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT, Dempo and Army XI in Group B. East Bengal drew 0–0 against Dempo in the opening fixture but 0–4 against JCT and 1–2 against Army XI as they were eliminated from the group stages.
Fixtures & results
IFA Shield
Group A
East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Sporting Club de Goa in Group A. East Bengal lost 1–0 against Sporting Club de Goa in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Mahindra United as they were eliminated from the group stages.
Fixtures & results
Federation Cup
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against State Bank of Travancore and won 2–0 with goals from Syed Rahim Nabi and Alvito D'Cunha. In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost 0–1 against Dempo courtesy of a solitary strike from Ranti Martins in the 86th minute as they were eliminated from the competition.
Fixtures & results
National Football League
League table
Fixtures & results
Super Soccer Series 2007 (Friendly)
Brazilian giants São Paulo football club toured India for a series of friendly matches in January 2007. East Bengal played them on 27 January 2007 at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri and lost 0–3 with goals from Carlinhos, Paulo Matos and Jean Raphael Moreira.
Fixtures & results
Statistics Appearances Only for competitive fixtures. Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2006–07 season No.Pos.Nat.NameCFLNFLFed CupDurand CupIFA ShieldTotalAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStartsAppsStarts Goalkeepers 21 GK Abhra Mondal 7 7 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 14 24 GK Rajat Ghosh Dastidar 7 7 8 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 17 17 1 GK Naseem Akhtar 0 0 5 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 9 8 Defenders 17 DF Surya Bikash Chakraborty 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 DF Covan Lawrence 5 4 12 12 17 16 27 DF Gurpreet Singh 11 10 4 4 1 0 3 3 2 1 21 18 29 DF Saumik Dey 11 11 10 10 2 2 3 3 2 2 28 28 19 DF Syed Rahim Nabi 9 8 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 20 19 5 DF Debabrata Roy 6 4 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 12 20 DF Vincent Pires 13 11 6 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 21 19 12 DF Anupam Sarkar 4 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 9 7 DF Yumnam Raju 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 DF Muttah Suresh 6 6 13 13 0 0 3 3 1 1 23 23 3 DF Luis Octavio da Silva 11 11 11 11 3 DF Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira 14 14 2 2 1 1 17 17 26 DF Gurjinder Singh 1 1 1 1 34 DF Amulya Mondal 1 1 1 0 2 1 Midfielders 7 MF Jayanta Sen 7 7 14 14 2 2 3 2 2 2 28 27 6 MF Dipankar Roy 13 10 9 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 26 16 9 MF Alvito D'Cunha 4 3 14 12 1 1 2 2 2 2 23 20 15 MF Bibiano Fernandes 7 1 8 5 0 0 2 2 1 1 18 9 14 MF Chandan Das 12 11 9 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 24 18 32 MF Gouranga Dutta 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 30 MF Snehasish Chakraborty 9 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 8 MF Sasthi Duley 5 3 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 13 10 MF Mohammed Mukhtar 3 1 3 1 11 MF Hardeep Singh Saini 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 6 5 28 MF Shylo Malsawmtluanga 17 12 2 2 2 1 21 15 32 MF Arata Izumi 12 7 2 2 2 0 16 9 40 MF Daniel Carlos Jorge 3 3 2 2 5 5 26 MF Sovan Chakraborty 1 0 1 0 Forwards 23 FW Vimal Pariyar 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 10 4 25 FW Ashim Biswas 9 8 11 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 13 22 FW Fredy Mascarenhas 11 10 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 19 11 10 FW Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 6 6 6 6 10 FW Thiago S Ferreira da Costa 2 2 2 2 4 4 10 FW Boniface Ambani 17 17 17 17 30 FW Edmilson Marques Pardal 12 12 12 12
Goal scorers Goals for East Bengal in 2006–07 seasonRankNameCFLNFLFed CupDurand CupIFA ShieldTotal 1 30 FW Edmilson Marques Pardal 13 13 2 9 MF Alvito D'Cunha 4 1 1 1 1 8 25 FW Ashim Biswas 3 5 0 0 0 8 4 10 FW Boniface Ambani 7 7 5 19 DF Syed Rahim Nabi 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 14 MF Chandan Das 2 0 0 0 0 2 20 DF Vincent Pires 2 0 0 0 0 2 29 DF Saumik Dey 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 3 DF Luis Octavio da Silva 1 1 6 MF Dipankar Roy 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 FW Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 1 1 15 MF Bibiano Fernandes 0 1 0 0 0 1 22 FW Fredy Mascarenhas 1 0 0 0 0 1 32 MF Arata Izumi 1 0 0 1 DF Yumnam Raju 1 0 0 0 0 1 Own goals 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 20 29 2 1 1 53
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