With Subrata Bhattacharya putting in his papers after the club's poor show in the ongoing I-league, East Bengal on Wednesday named Monoranjan Bhattacharya as their new soccer coach.
With a lacklustre workmanship on display, East Bengal on Friday escaped with a 1-1 draw against Mahindra United in a Round VII enocounter of the ONGC I-League at Yuba Bharati Krirangan at Salt Lake in Kolkata.
After three losses on the trot, laggards SCEB finally opened their account
The win saw Manolo Marquez's team become the first side to defend the Super Cup title and win it for a record-extending third time.
Salgaocar consolidated their position atop the I-League table with a thrilling 3-2 victory over East Bengal in a Round 8 match in Kalyani on Friday.
Minnows Air-India humbled East Bengal 2-0 in a third round match of the I-League football tournament in Mumbai on Sunday. Left-wing back Surojit Roy (48th minute) and central midfielder Michael Tayo (79th minute) delivered the knock-out blows that silenced the listless three-times National Football League champions.
A 2-0 victory virtually ensured Bagan the Kolkata Premier League football tournament.
The under-15 East Bengal squad got a special mention for their grit by the English football legend.
Carlos Roberto Da Pereira asserted that he will strive to make the club national champions.
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has expressed the state government's desire for the Tata Group to return to Singur, viewing it as an economic necessity and a signal that West Bengal is open for business. The move aims to reverse the negative perception created when the Nano project was forced out of the state.
East Bengal began their I-League campaign in style, thrashing Shillong Lajong FC 4-0 in a one-sided match in Shillong on Wednesday. In Goa, Dempo fought back from a goal down to hold Salgaocar 1-1.
East Bengal paid a heavy price for inept defending and went down 2-4 to Jordan's Al Wihdat in an action-packed AFC Cup Group B outing in Kolkata on Wednesday. Riding high after two successive wins, the red and gold brigade's quarter-final hopes hit a speed breaker as the Jordanians avenged their April 2 loss in Amman.
'The next five years are crucial because Assam, West Bengal and Bihar are either governed by or politically aligned with the BJP.' 'This gives us a strong platform to take decisive steps to secure our borders.'
Foreign recruit Tolgay Ozbey struck a goal in the dying minutes to help East Bengal snatch a 3-3 draw against South China in their return leg AFC Cup match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday.
They beat Mohun Bagan and JCT Football Academy respectively in the semi-finals of the Nike Manchester United Premier Cup under-15 football tournament.
Brazilian Edmilson Marques scored twice to help East Bengal beat Mahindra United 2-1 in the final.
Dempo beat East Bengal through Tolgay Ozbey's 75th minute goal in the 18th round encounter of the I-League, played at the Nehru Stadium, Margao on Sunday.
Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal 1-0 in a closely-fought match of the IFA Premier Division\nFootball League in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Title-holders East Bengal continued their awesome run decimating Tollygunge Agragami 5-0 in a one-sided NFL contest in Kolkata.
Mohun Bagan Super Giant has withdrawn its players from the Indian football team's Unity Cup squad, citing concerns over injury compensation outside the FIFA international window, impacting India's preparations for the tournament.
Mohun Bagan Super Giant has withdrawn its players from the Indian national team camp for the Unity Cup in London, citing concerns over injuries and lack of compensation from the AIFF outside the FIFA international window.
Saumik Dey's goal gave East Bengal a 1-0 victory over Mohun Bagan and took them to the top of the league.
East Bengal beat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 in their opening match of the National Football League.
Strikes from Syed Rahim Nabi and skipper Alvito D'Cunha in the first half settled the issue in favour of the Kolkata giants.
The NDA government has gradually nuanced its position on the issue of demographic challenge.
East Bengal will open their campaign with a home match against Muktijoddha of Bangladesh on March 9.
The victory at home turf Salt Lake stadium took East Bengal to the second place in the league table.
East Bengal beat Salgaocar Sports Club 1-0 to register their fifth consecutive victory in the ninth National Football League.
The Kolkata giants take on the Bangladesh side in the AFC Cup Group A league match on Wednesday.
'When I signed, I only knew that East Bengal are a big club with great history. I have no idea about ISL or any other tournament. I came here because East Bengal are a big club'.
Federation Cup champions East Bengal played out a goal-less draw against Xuan Thanh FC of Vietnam in an away match of AFC Cup at Ho Chi Minh city on Wednesday.
The India Meteorological Department forecasts the southwest monsoon to arrive in Kerala in the next two to three days, slightly delayed from the typical June 1 start. The department also predicts below-normal rainfall for the season due to emerging El Nino conditions.
Dempo were held by Air India 1-1, but exited from the Durand Cup after the toss of the coin.
The Indian champions beat Indonesia's Petrokimia Putra after a sudden-death penalty shoot-out.
Syed Nahim Nabi's goal gave East Bengal a 1-0 win over JCT in the second semi-final of the Durand Cup football tournament.
Salgaocar FC picked up their first home win of the season today as they breezed past East Bengal by a margin of 3-1 at the Tilak Maidan. The result came as a shocking performance as the Greens had been struggling for a while to get the required results, but an inspiring performance against the Red and Golds gave them much needed three points. There were a plethora of changes in Salgaocar FC lineup from their loss to Mohun Bagan. Calvin Mbarga, Semboi Haokip started in the forward line with Darryl Duffy while Saran Singh started in the back. The game got off the best possible start for Salgaocar FC, as Haokip put the Goan side ahead in the third minute. Darryl Duffy's cross from the right was received by the striker who took one touch and blasted it past Luis Barreto into the back of the net. However, there was an immediate blow to Salgaocar in the 10th minute as the Hero I-League's leading goal scorer, Darryl Duffy, picked up a groin injury, and had to be substituted by Jackichand Singh.
Runners-up for the last two years, East Bengal ended their I-League campaign on a miserable note, going down to Shillong Lajong FC by a solitary goal at the Kalyani Stadium on Sunday.
The Kolkata giants will leave on July 28 to participate in Leicester City's 120th anniversary celebrations.
East Bengal prevailed over Tollyhunge Aggragami 1-0 to consolidate their position atop the National Football League.
