East Bengal FC Reserves and Academy

Reserve team and youth system of East Bengal FC

Football club

East Bengal Reserves and Academy

Full name| East Bengal Football Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)| Red and Gold Brigade
Bangal Brigade
Torch Bearers
Short name| EBFC
Ground| East Bengal Ground
Capacity| 23,500
Owner| Emami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd.

* East Bengal Pvt. Ltd. (25%)
* Emami Group (75%)[1]

President| Dr. Pronab Dasgupta
Head coach| Bino George (Reserves)
League| Calcutta Premier Division
RF Development League
AIFF Elite League
(Academy)
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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Active departments of East Bengal

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Football
(Men's)|  Football
(Women's)|  Football
(Reserves
& Academy)
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Cricket
(Men's)|  Cricket
(Women's)|  Hockey
(Men's)
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Tennis|  Athletics|  eSports

East Bengal Football Club Reserves and Academy is the reserve team and youth system of the Indian Super League side East Bengal FC. Reserves generally consist of younger players, but at times senior players also play, if recuperating from injury or not getting first team game time. Apart from the I-League 2 (formerly), the reserve side usually plays in the Calcutta Football League.

## History[edit]

East Bengal FC Reserves and Academy are the under-21, under-17, under-15 and under-13 teams of East Bengal. The under-21 team is often the last stage before the promotion into the first team.[2] The youth teams participate in the Elite league of various age groups. The East Bengal Academy was re-instated on 20 June 2016 with the motive to establish a strong footprint in Indian football by producing quality professional players. The main objective of this project has been to supply professional quality players to the East Bengal senior team & Indian national team.[2]

The East Bengal Academy was founded in the early part of the 21st century and had a major success initially as the U-19 East Bengal team won the first two U-19 National Football leagues held in 2001-02 and 2002-03[3] and then the club's Under-15 team qualified for the Manchester United Premier Cup after being champions of India defeating Mahindra United 1-0 in the final,[4] and becoming South-East Asian regional runners up in 2007.[5] The Junior team faced the youth teams of Manchester United, A.S. Roma and Shandong Luneng and FK Austria Wien in the final round held in Manchester, however, they lost all the games in the group stages.[6] In the 17-20th place play-off semi-finals, the team defeated Bukit Jalil of Malaysia by 3-1, but lost to Central United of New Zealand in the 17th place play-offs by 5-3 via tiebreakers, after the game ended goalless. The U-15 team finished 18th[7] among the 20 teams who had reached the world final stage and is to date the best finish by any Indian club in the Nike Premier Cup.[8] The East Bengal U-19 team was the primary youth team before the Elite League started in 2010. Players like Israil Gurung, Saikat Saha Roy etc. were part of the East Bengal youth setup in the mid 2000s. In 2006, former East Bengal legend and National League winning coach Monoranjan Bhattacharya was appointed as the head coach of the East Bengal U-19 team.[9]

The East Bengal Academy started with new endeavours in 2016 as they brought in Ranjan Chowdhury as head of the project with an aim to produce Indian talents and build up the supply line for the main team of East Bengal.[10] The team finished runners-up in the 2016–17 I-League U18, losing 2-1 to AIFF Elite Academy in the final. The team also reached the semi-final in 2017–18.[11] The team was disbanded after the 2019–20 Indian Elite League was called off due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. In 2022, after the new investors  Emami Group joined the club, the youth teams have been revived

## Reserve team[edit]

East Bengal officially did not have a reserve team prior to 2020. However, the club formed a reserve team composed of academy players and few senior team members to participate in minor tournaments like Bordoloi Trophy, Darjeeling Gold Cup etc. In 2018, the East Bengal Reserves team, coached by Ranjan Chowdhury, won the Darjeeling Gold Cup defeating another Kolkata giant Mohammedan Sporting in the final.[12]

The reserve team was formed in 2020 and intended to play in the I-League 2, along with the Calcutta Football League from the 2020–21 season.[13] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the team was scrapped and after new investors Emami group tied up with the club, the reserve team was once again launched in 2022. Former Kerala football team coach Bino George was appointed as the head coach of the reserve team.[14][15] The club also recruited former captain Sangram Mukherjee as the goalkeeper coach for the team.[16] The club also bolstered the squad by making some top signings from the Santosh Trophy teams, including five players from Kerala, the champions of the 2021-22 edition.[17][18] The reserve participated in the 2022 Calcutta Premier Division and finished fourth in the Super Six.[19] The reserve team also participated in the 2022–23 I-League 2 along with the reserve teams of other Indian Super League sides - Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC , FC Goa, Hyderabad FC and Mumbai City FC. The club also roped in AFC A license holder Archisman Biswas as the assistant coach for the reserve side.[20] In the first season, East Bengal reserves side finished third in the group behind United and Shillong Lajong.[21]

### Reserve squad[edit]

As of 6 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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99  | GK |  IND | Aditya Patra
50  | GK |  IND | Suryash Jaiswal
65  | GK |  IND | Muhammed Nishad P.
-- | GK |  IND | Ranit Sarkar
-- | GK |  IND | Bacchu Das
61  | DF |  IND | Athul Uninkrishnan
58  | DF |  IND | Niranjan Mondal
53  | DF |  IND | Arpan Polley
60  | DF |  IND | Adil Amal
-- | DF |  IND | Ramesh Limbu Chemjang
-- | DF |  IND | Pranav Mandavi
-- | DF |  IND | Rahul Naskar
-- | DF |  IND | Bunando Singh Khangembam
52  | MF |  IND | Sanjib Ghosh
55  | MF |  IND | Dip Saha
-- | MF |  IND | Sagar Khamaru
56  | MF |  IND | Tanmay Das
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- | MF |  IND | Sujit Singh
38  | MF |  IND | Mahitosh Roy
-- | MF |  IND | Naseeb Rahman
-- | MF |  IND | Shyamal Besra
-- | MF |  IND | Avishek Kunjam
-- | MF |  IND | Danger Brahma
-- | MF |  IND | Razibul Mistry
-- | MF |  IND | Koustav Dutta
54  | FW |  IND | Vishnu TM
-- | FW |  IND | Aftab Alam
97  | FW |  IND | Subham Bhowmick
64  | FW |  IND | Jesin TK
62  | FW |  IND | Lijo L.
82  | FW |  IND | Vishnu PV
-- | FW |  IND | Sayan Banerjee

### Coaching staff[edit]

Role  | Name

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Head coach  |  Bino George
Assistant coach  |  Archisman Biswas
Goalkeeper coach  |  Sangram Mukherjee
Physiotherapist  |  MD Shakil
Head of Performance & Video Analyst  |  Aromal Vijayan
Team manager  |  Pratim K. Saha

## Under-21[edit]

East Bengal participate in the Reliance Foundation Development League from the 2023.[22][23][24] Reserve team head coach Bino George has been in charge of the developmental league squad.[25] East Bengal fielded a squad composed of players from its senior team, reserves, youth teams and its academy in Rajganj. On 14 March, in the first RFDL game, East Bengal defeated United SC to start their campaign.[26] On 21 April 2023, East Bengal defeated arch-rivals Mohun Bagan U-21 2-0 to become the East zone champions and qualify for the national group stage.[27][28] On 28 April, East Bengal defeated Ramthar Veng 3-1 in the first match of the National Group Stage.[29]

### Squad[edit]

As of 13 March 2023[30]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  IND | Bacchu Das
4  | DF |  IND | Sudipta Mondal
5  | DF |  IND | Haru Roy
7  | FW |  IND | Rakesh Mali
10  | FW |  IND | Miraj Mullick
13  | GK |  IND | Nur Alam Gazi
15  | MF |  IND | Shyamal Besra
18  | FW |  IND | Himanshu Jangra
21  | MF |  IND | Kush Chhetry
22  | DF |  IND | Souvik Mondal
23  | MF |  IND | Pritam Sardar
24  | DF |  IND | Rahul Naskar
25  | MF |  IND | Moni Sankar Adhikari
26  | MF |  IND | Mocha Irom
27  | FW |  IND | Alauddin
28  | DF |  IND | Avik Ghosh
29  | DF |  IND | Satender Paswan
37  | DF |  IND | Tuhin Das
40  | MF |  IND | Bikash Oraon
41  | MF |  IND | Rupam Roy
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42  | MF |  IND | Bapi Barman
44  | DF |  IND | Mithun Roy
45  | FW |  IND | Sourav Biswas
46  | MF |  IND | Aman CK
47  | MF |  IND | Muhammed Roshal PP
48  | MF |  IND | Naseeb Rahman
49  | FW |  IND | Mohammed Rasik CP
52  | MF |  IND | Sanjib Ghosh
53  | DF |  IND | Arpan Polley
54  | MF |  IND | Vishnu TM
55  | MF |  IND | Dip Saha
56  | MF |  IND | Tanmay Das
60  | DF |  IND | Adil Amal
61  | DF |  IND | Athul Unnikrishnan
62  | MF |  IND | Lijo K
64  | FW |  IND | Jesin TK
65  | GK |  IND | Muhammed Nishad P
81  | MF |  IND | Mohammed Afjal
88  | MF |  IND | Mohammed Yasin
99  | GK |  IND | Aditya Patra

### Performance record[edit]

As of till the end of 2022-23 season
Performance of East Bengal Academy in Reliance Foundation Development League

Year  | Tournament  | Final Position  | Ref
2023 | Reliance Foundation Development League | 2nd in National Group Stage | [31]

## Under-17[edit]

The under-17 team participates in the U17 Youth Cup. The team is coached by former East Bengal captain Tarun Dey.[32]

The National Football League U-19 was launched in 2001 and the East Bengal U-19 team won the inaugural edition defeating India sub-juniors 3-2 in the final.[33] The U-19 team defended the title the following year as they defeated JCT Football Academy 1-0 in the final.[34] The team also finished runners-up in the 2003–04 edition as they lost to their rivals Mohun Bagan U-19 3-1 in the penalty shoot-out after the final ended 0-0 in regulation time.[3] After the tournament was restarted as the I-League U19 in 2008 and later renamed to Elite League, the East Bengal team became runners-up four times, failing to win to the title. In 2022, the tournament was redesigned as a U-17 category, after not being held for two seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]

### Squad[edit]

The East Bengal Under-17 squad for 2023-24 season[36]

As of 10 December 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  IND | Aniket Kar
2  | DF |  IND | MD Yusuf
4  | DF |  IND | Prajjal Saha
5  | DF |  IND | Haru Roy
7  | MF |  IND | Ajay Sahani
8  | MF |  IND | Mohammed Yasin
9  | FW |  IND | Raj Jyoti Majhi
10  | FW |  IND | Debojit Roy
11  | MF |  IND | Sumit Durlov
12  | DF |  IND | Ashish Roy
13  | MF |  IND | Pradip Mishra
14  | MF |  IND | Md Afjal
15  | MF |  IND | Sujoy Pal
16  | MF |  IND | Mainak Saha
17  | MF |  IND | Roktim Jana
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18  | MF |  IND | Dipu Sardar
19  | MF |  IND | Nababrata Baul Das
20  | DF |  IND | Naorem Ibungo Singh
21  | MF |  IND | Salman Dewan
22  | MF |  IND | Debobrato Roy Choudhary
23  | MF |  IND | Ranit Mondal
24  | DF |  IND | Sk Riyajul Islam
25  | MF |  IND | Alfred Lalrinpuia
26  | DF |  IND | Kartik Hansda
27  | GK |  IND | Deep Barman
28  | MF |  IND | Gopal Das
35  | MF |  IND | Gunraj Singh Grewal
55  | GK |  IND | Sutirtha Das
99  | GK |  IND | Koushik Chhatui

### Coaching Staff[edit]

As of 18 December 2023

Role  | Name

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Head coach  |  Barun Sengupta
Assistant coach  |  Hirak Saha
Physiotherapist  |  Ankan Roy Chowdhury
Team manager  |  Aritra Dutta
Assistant team manager  |  Arun Kumar Jaiswal

### Performance record[edit]

As of 16 December 2023
Performance of East Bengal Academy in Youth Leagues

Year  | Tournament  | Final Position  | Ref
2001 | National Football League U-19 | Champions | [3][33]
2002–03 | National Football League U-19 | Champions | [3][37][34]
2003–04 | National Football League U-19 | Not Held | [3]
2004–05 | National Football League U-19 | Runners-up | [3]
2005–07 | National Football League U-19 | Not Held | [3]
2008 | I-League U19 | Quarter-Finals | [38]
2009 | I-League U19 | Not Held |
2010 | I-League U19 | Runners-up | [39]
2011 | I-League U19 | Runners-up | [40]
2012 | I-League U-20 | Group Stages | [41]
2013 | I-League U-20 | Final Round | [42]
2014 | I-League U19 | Runners-up | [43]
2014–15 | I-League U19 | Group Stages | [44]
2015–16 | I-League U-18 | Final Round | [45]
2016–17 | I-League U-18 | Runners-up | [46]
2017–18 | Youth League U-18 | Semi-Finals | [11]
2018–19 | Elite League U-18 | Quarter-Finals | [47]
2019–20 | Elite League U-18 | Abandoned [a] | [48]
2020–22 | Elite League U-18 | Not Held | [35]
2022–23 | U17 Youth Cup | Group Stages | [49]
2023–24 | U-17 Youth League | Group Stages | [50]

1. ^ League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[48]

## Under-15[edit]

The under-15 team participates in the Elite Youth League. The team is coached by Chandan Kumar Ray.[51]

### Squad[edit]

The East Bengal Academy Under-15 squad for 2019–20 season

As of 26 July 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  |  |  IND | Firaz Molla
2  |  |  IND | Avigit Hansda
3  |  |  IND | Susobhan Naskar
4  |  |  IND | Shafik Sk.
5  |  |  IND | Sagar Porel
6  |  |  IND | Shib Sundar Tudu
7  |  |  IND | Akhay Dey
8  |  |  IND | Chiranjit Ghosh
9  |  |  IND | Kinkar Golui
10  |  |  IND | Rupam Biswas
11  |  |  IND | Jit Halder
12  |  |  IND | Soumyadip Jyoti
13  |  |  IND | Sagnik Ray
14  |  |  IND | Toufik Islam
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15  |  |  IND | Argha Manna
16  |  |  IND | Rohit Singh
17  |  |  IND | Tohit Laskar
18  |  |  IND | Baburam Mandi
19  |  |  IND | Ajibur Rahaman Molla
20  |  |  IND | Tritam Lodh
21  |  |  IND | Rajkumar Kisku
22  |  |  IND | Silton Bhattacharjee
23  |  |  IND | Ayan Das
24  |  |  IND | Mohammad Taha Tanvir
25  |  |  IND | Barun Sarma
26  |  |  IND | Sattwick Mandal
27  |  |  IND | Preetam Roy
28  |  |  IND | Kaioum Ali

### Performance record[edit]

Performance of East Bengal Academy in U-15 Youth Leagues

Year  | Tournament  | Final Position
2005-06 | U-15 Nike Premier Cup | Runners[52]
2006-07 | U-15 Nike Premier Cup | Champions[4]
2015-16 | U-15 Nike Premier Cup | Zonal Round
2016-17 | U-15 Nike Premier Cup | Zonal Round
2017-18 | U-15 Nike Premier Cup | National Finals[53]
2018-19 | U-15 Hero Junior League | National Playoffs[54]
2019-20  | U-15 Hero Junior League  | Disqualified (League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

#### Matches at the 2007 Nike Premier Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Manchester United U15 v East Bengal U15 1 August 2007 Group stage|  Manchester United U15 | 5–0[55]|  East Bengal U15 | Manchester

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09:30 BST | Nicholas Jackson  11'
David Mellor  17', 28', 38'
Rory Gorman  20' | Report |  | Stadium: Carrington

Shandong Luneng U15 v East Bengal U15 1 August 2007 Group stage|  Shandong Luneng U15 | 3–0[56]|  East Bengal U15 | Manchester

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14:30 BST | ??  | Report |  | Stadium: Carrington

FK Austria Wien U15 v East Bengal U15 2 August 2007 Group stage|  FK Austria Wien U15 | 2–0[57]|  East Bengal U15 | Manchester

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09:30 BST | David  11'
Christoph  15' | Report |  | Stadium: Carrington

AS Roma U15 v East Bengal U15 2 August 2007 Group stage|  AS Roma U15 | 2–0[58]|  East Bengal U15 | Manchester

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15:30 BST | Mattia Montini 2', 42' | Report |  | Stadium: Carrington

East Bengal U15 v Bukit Jalil U15 3 August 2007 17-20th Semi Final|  East Bengal U15 | 3–1[59]|  Bukit Jalil U15 | Manchester

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09:30 BST | Suprovan Dhar  4'
Ajoy Ray  7', 20' | Report | Fouzan  30' | Stadium: Carrington

East Bengal U15 v Central United U15 3 August 2007 17-20th Final|  East Bengal U15 | 0–0[7]
(3–5 p)|  Central United U15 | Manchester

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11:30 BST |  | Report |  | Stadium: Carrington
| Penalties|

* Rakesh Roy
* Supravan Dhar
* Joydeb Chakraborty
* Pintu Dutta

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## Under-13[edit]

The under-13 team participates in the Elite Youth League. The team is coached by former India International and East Bengal FC legend Tarun Dey.[60]

### Squad[edit]

The SC East Bengal Academy Under-13 squad for 2019-20 season

As of 26 July 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  |  |  IND | Apu Palian
2  |  |  IND | Ankur Adhikary
3  |  |  IND | Jishan Molla
4  |  |  IND | Rajibul Halder
5  |  |  IND | Toufik Alam
6  |  |  IND | Avijit Paul
7  |  |  IND | Gazanfar Moin
8  |  |  IND | Saranya Samaddar
9  |  |  IND | Abir Ali
10  |  |  IND | Avijit Sarkar
11  |  |  IND | Rohan Das
12  |  |  IND | Tuhin Sardar
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13  |  |  IND | Debashis Bera
14  |  |  IND | Mohammed Soyab Khan
15  |  |  IND | Souptik Chakraborty
16  |  |  IND | Soumojit Das
17  |  |  IND | Julfikar Gazi
18  |  |  IND | Sunandan Majhi
19  |  |  IND | Suranya Samaddar
20  |  |  IND | Md Azhar
21  |  |  IND | Sayan Roy
22  |  |  IND | Hasibul Mondal
23  |  |  IND | Raj Maity
24  |  |  IND | Krishnapada Biswas

### Performance record[edit]

Performance of SC East Bengal Academy in U-13 Youth Leagues

Year  | Tournament  | Final Position
2017-18 | U-13 Hero Sub Junior League | Zonal Round
2018-19 | U-13 Hero Sub Junior League | Zonal Round[61]
2019-20  | U-13 Hero Sub Junior League  | League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic

## Noted graduates[edit]

### Those who made it at the club[edit]

East Bengal's youth system has been successful over the last few years; many players who have come through it have gone on to feature in the first-team. The following players have risen up the ranks from the under age teams and gone on to play over ten competitive matches for the first team.

Players who have represented the National team are in Bold.

2000s

* Anupam Sarkar
* Kingshuk Debnath
* Priyant Singh
* Saikat Saha Roy
* Gouranga Biswas
* Budhiram Tudu
* Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

2010s

* Abhinas Ruidas
* Seiminlen Doungel
* Jiten Murmu
* Mehtab Singh
* Prakash Sarkar
* Manoj Mohammed
* Bidyashagar Singh
* PC Rohlupuia

2020s

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu playing for East Bengal senior team

* Ankit Mukherjee
* Hira Mondal
* Dip Saha

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### Those who made it elsewhere[edit]

East Bengal FC academy graduates who didn't make it at the club but made it somewhere else and even went on to play for the national team:

Players who have represented the National team are in Bold.

2000s

* Arup Debnath
* Israil Gurung

2010s

* Milan Singh
* Pankaj Moula
* Ankit Mukherjee
* Rafique Ali Sardar

2020s

* Telem Suranjit Singh
* Salam Johnson Singh
* Bikash Singh Sagolshem
* Saurav Mandal

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## Honours[edit]

### Reserves[edit]

* Darjeeling Gold Cup (1): 2018[12]
* Madhyamgram MLA Cup (1): 2023[62]
* Kulodakanta Memorial Shield (1): 2023[63]

### Academy U18[edit]

* IFA Shield[A] (1): 2018[64][65]

* National Football League U-19 (2): 2001, 2002–03[66]

* AIFF Youth Leagues (Runners up) (4): 2010,[39] 2011,[67] 2014,[43] 2016-17[68]

* Zee Bangla Football League (U-19) (1): 2019(Joint Winners)[69]

* SRMB Cup (U-18) (1): 2019[70]

* All Bengal Knockout Tournament (U-19) (1): 2019[citation needed]

### Academy U-15[edit]

* Manchester United Premier Cup India: 2007[4][71]

### Others[edit]

* Gothia Cup (U16) runners-up: 1996[72]

1. ^ Under-19 Tournament from 2015-2018

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