List of East Bengal FC captains
East Bengal FC is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which competes in the top tier of Indian football. The club was formed in August 1920 when the Jorabagan Club's vice-president, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, resigned. He did so after the club sent out their starting eleven with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose, who was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons when they were about to face Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup semi-final on 28 July 1920. He, along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal on 1 August 1920. East Bengal started playing in the Calcutta Football League, 2nd division, in 1921. In 1925, they qualified for the first division for the first time and since then they have won many Indian football titles.[1] East Bengal joined the National Football League (NFL) at its inception in 1996[2][3] and is the only club to have played every season to date, including those after the rebranded I-League succeeded the NFL in 2007. East Bengal won the National Football League in 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04 and were runners up seven times, the most by any Indian football club. Among other trophies, East Bengal has won the Calcutta Football League 39 times, the IFA Shield 28 times, the Federation Cup eight times and the Durand Cup 16 times.[3] There have been ninety-six different captains officially announced by the club. This chronological list comprises the East Bengal captains since their foundation in 1920. Every captain's entry includes the season in which the player was officially declared as the captain of the team by the club and his nationality.[4]
List of East Bengal captains
The list of captains for East Bengal:[5][6][7]
East Bengal Football Club Captains
| ||
| Season | Nationality | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1920–21 | India India | Ramesh Chandra "Nosa" Sen |
| 1921–22 | ||
| 1922–23 | ||
| 1923–24 | India India | Manindra Dutta Ray |
| 1924–25 | India India | Hemanga Basu |
| 1925–26 | India India | Mona Dutta |
| 1926–27 | India India | Noni Gosai |
| 1927–28 | India India | Surjo Chakraborty |
| 1928–29 | India India | Moni Das |
| 1929–30 | India India | Mona Moulik |
| 1930–31 | ||
| 1931–32 | ||
| 1932–33 | India India | Moni Talukdar |
| 1933–34 | ||
| 1934–35 | India India | Kamal Ganguly |
| 1935–36 | India India | Dulal Guha Thakurta |
| 1936–37 | ||
| 1937–38 | India India | P Majumdar |
| 1938–39 | India India | Promodh Dasgupta |
| 1939–40 | ||
| 1940–41 | ||
| 1941–42 | India India | Ajit Nandi |
| 1942–43 | India India | A.C. Somana |
| 1943–44 | India India | Rakhal Majumdar |
| 1944–45 | India India | Sunil Ghosh |
| 1945–46 | India India | Poritosh Chakraborty |
| 1946–47 | India India | M. Appa Rao |
| 1947–48 | India India | Nogen Ray |
| 1948–49 | India India | D. Chandra |
| 1949–50 | India India | Syed M. Kaiser |
| 1950–51 | India India | P. B. A. Saleh |
| 1951–52 | India India | Byomkesh Bose |
| 1952–53 | India India | Pansanttom Venkatesh |
| 1953–54 | India India | K. P. Dhanraj |
| 1954–55 | India India | Ahmed Khan |
| 1955–56 | India India | G. R. Gokul |
| 1956–57 | India India | Dr. S Dasgupta |
| 1957–58 | India India | Dr. Prakashananda Kumar |
| 1958–59 | India India | Sudhir Kumar Karmakar |
| 1959–60 | India India | Bir Bahadur Gurung |
| 1960–61 | India India | Ram Bahadur |
| 1961–62 | India India | Tulsidas Balaram |
| 1962–63 | India India | Chitto Chanda |
| 1963–64 | India India | Balu |
| 1964–65 | India India | Abani Basu |
| 1965–66 | India India | Sukumar Samajpati |
| 1966–67 | India India | Chandan Bannerjee |
| 1967–68 | India India | Prasanta Sinha |
| 1968–69 | India India | Parimal Dey |
| 1969–70 | India India | Peter Thangaraj |
| 1970–71 | India India | Shanto Mitra |
| 1971–72 | India India | Sunil Bhattacharya |
| 1972–73 | India India | Sudhir Karmakar |
| 1973–74 | India India | Swapan Sengupta |
| 1974–75 | India India | Samaresh Choudhury |
| 1975–76 | India India | Ashoklal Bannerjee |
| 1976–77 | India India | Gautam Sarkar |
| 1977–78 | India India | Shyamal Ghosh |
| 1978–79 | India India | Surajit Sengupta |
| 1979–80 | India India | Prasanta Banerjee |
| 1980–81 | India India | Satyajit Mitra |
| 1981–82 | India India | Monoranjan Bhattacharya |
| 1982–83 | India India | Victor Amolraj |
| 1983–84 | India India | Mihir Basu |
| 1984–85 | India India | Bhaskar Ganguly |
| 1985–86 | India India | Balai Mukherjee |
| 1986–87 | India India | Tarun Dey |
| 1987–88 | India India | Aloke Saha |
| 1988–89 | India India | Bikash Panji |
| 1989–90 | India India | Krishanu Dey |
| 1990–91 | Nigeria Nigeria | Chima Okorie |
| 1991–92 | India India | Bikash Panji |
| 1992–93 | India India | Kuljit Singh |
| 1993–94 | India India | Ilyas Pasha |
| 1994–95 | India India | Swarup Das |
| 1995–96 | India India | Tushar Rakshit |
| 1996–97 | India India | Sumit Mukherjee |
| 1997–98 | India India | Dulal Biswas |
| 1998–99 | India India | Amitava Chanda |
| 1999–00 | India India | Carlton Chapman |
| 2000–01 | India India | Bijen Singh |
| 2001–02 | India India | Falguni Dutta |
| 2002–03 | India India | Anit Ghosh |
| 2003–04 | Ghana Ghana | Suley Musah |
| 2004–05 | India India | Sangram Mukherjee |
| 2005–06 | India India | Dipankar Roy |
| India India | Bhaichung Bhutia | |
| 2006–07 | India India | Alvito D'Cunha |
| 2007–08 | India India | Chandan Das |
| 2008–09 | India India | Muttah Suresh |
| 2009–10 | India India | Syed Rahim Nabi |
| 2010–11 | India India | Saumik Dey |
| 2011–12 | India India | Abhra Mondal |
| 2012–13 | India India | Sanju Pradhan |
| 2013–14 | India India | Mehtab Hossain |
| 2014–15 | India India | Harmanjot Khabra |
| 2015–16 | India India | Gurwinder Singh |
| 2016–17 | India India | Robert Lalthlamuana |
| India India | Lalrindika Ralte | |
| 2017–18 | India India | Arnab Mondal |
| 2018–19 | India India | Lalrindika Ralte |
| 2019–20 | India India | |
| 2020–21 | Scotland Scotland | Danny Fox[8] |
| 2021–22 | India India | Arindam Bhattacharya[9] |
| 2022–23 | Spain Spain | Iván González[10] |
| India India | Kamaljit Singh[10] | |
| India India | Souvik Chakrabarti[10] | |
| India India | Sumeet Passi[10] | |
| Brazil Brazil | Cleiton Silva[10] | |
| 2023–24 | Cleiton Silva[11] | |
| 2024–25 | ||
References
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- ↑ "India 1996/97". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club". eastbengalclub.co.in. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ "Team Archives | Official Website of Quess East Bengal FC". eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ↑ "Kolkatafootball.com :East Bengal League History: Indian Football Capital's News". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ↑ "East Bengal FC » Historical squads". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ↑ "East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club". eastbengalclub.co.in. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ↑ SC East Bengal [@sc_eastbengal] (26 November 2020). ""This is a big responsibility and I am ready for it. The Gaffer has shown his trust in me and I will not let him down."" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 November 2020 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Media, SC East Bengal (13 November 2021). "Arindam to Lead SC East Bengal This Season, Mrcela Named Vice-Captain". SC East Bengal. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 East Bengal FC [@eastbengal_fc] (6 October 2022). "𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦, 𝗢𝗛 𝗠𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦! Cleiton Silva, Souvik Chakrabarti, Sumeet Passi, Kamaljit Singh and Ivan Gonzalez are #AmagoCaptains for #HeroISL 2022-23!" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 October 2022 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Sarkar, Sattyik (27 June 2024). "East Bengal announce Cleiton Silva, Naorem Mahesh as club captain and vice-captain for upcoming season". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
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