East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy

East Bengal FC Reserves

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.
President	Dr. Pronab Dasgupta
Head coach	Bino George (Reserves)
League	Calcutta Premier Division I-League 2
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

East Bengal FC Reserves and Academy (also known as Emami East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy due to sponsorship ties) is the overall name for the structure besides the senior team of 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.

East Bengal 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. ^[1] 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. ^[1]

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 ^[2] 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, ^[3] and becoming South–East Asian regional runners up in 2007. ^[4] 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. ^[5] 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 ^[6] 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. ^[7] 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. ^[8]

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. ^[9] 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. ^[10] 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

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. ^[11]

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. ^[12] 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. ^{[13] [14]} The club also recruited former captain Sangram Mukherjee as the goalkeeper coach for the team. ^[15] 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. ^{[16] [17]} The reserve participated in the 2022 Calcutta Premier Division and finished fourth in the Super Six. ^[18] 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. ^[19] In the first season, East Bengal reserves side finished third in the group behind United and Shillong Lajong. ^[20]

Reserve squad

As of 24 September 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 99 GK   IND Aditya Patra 50 GK   IND Suryash Jaiswal 65 GK   IND Muhammed Nishad P. — GK   IND Ranit Sarkar — GK   IND Bacchu Das 16 DF   IND Sarthak Golui — DF   IND Pritam Singh 51 DF   IND Subhendu Mandi 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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   IND Sagar Khamaru 56 MF   IND Tanmay Das — 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 54 FW   IND Vishnu TM — FW   IND Aftab Alam 97 FW   IND Subham Bhowmick 64 FW   IND Jesin TK 62 FW   IND Lijo L. — FW   IND Vishnu PV

Coaching staff

Role	Name
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

East Bengal participate in the Reliance Foundation Development League from the 2023. ^{[21] [22] [23]} Reserve team head coach Bino George has been in charge of the developmental league squad. ^[24] 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. ^[25] On 21 April 2023, East Bengal defeated arch-rivals ATK Mohun Bagan 2–0 to become the East zone champions and qualify for the national group stage. ^{[26] [27]} On 28 April, East Bengal defeated Ramthar Veng 3–1 in the first match of the National Group Stage. ^[28]

Squad

As of 13 March 2023 ^[29]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 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

No. Pos. Nation Player 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

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	[30]

Under-17

The under-17 team participates in the U17 Youth Cup. The team is coached by former East Bengal captain Tarun Dey. ^[31]

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. ^[32] The U-19 team defended the title the following year as they defeated JCT Football Academy 1–0 in the final. ^[33] 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. ^[2] 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. ^[34]

Squad

The East Bengal Under-17 squad for 2022-23 season ^[31]

As of 19 December 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IND Arijit Das 2 DF   IND Mohammed Yusuf 3 DF   IND Lakshman Hembram 4 DF   IND Sudipta Mondal 5 DF   IND Haru Roy 6 DF   IND Prajjal Saha 7 MF   IND Rakesh Mali 8 MF   IND Mohammed Yasin 9 MF   IND Gopal Das 10 FW   IND Miraj Mullick 11 FW   IND Debojit Roy

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF   IND Ashish Roy 13 GK   IND Nur Alaz Gazi 17 FW   IND Roktim Jana 18 MF   IND Mohammed Afjal 19 MF   IND Tuhin Das 20 FW   IND Biki Santra 21 GK   IND Rangan Bhattacharya 22 MF   IND Ranit Das 24 FW   IND Ajay Sahani 25 DF   IND Irfan Sekh 26 FW   IND Mocha Irom

Coaching Staff

As of 19 December 2022

Role	Name
Head Coach	Tarun Dey

Performance record

As of 6 January 2022

Performance of East Bengal Academy in Youth Leagues
Year	Tournament	Final Position	Ref
2001	National Football League U-19	Champions	[2] [32]
2002–03	National Football League U-19	Champions	[2] [35] [33]
2003–04	National Football League U-19	Not Held	[2]
2004–05	National Football League U-19	Runners-up	[2]
2005–07	National Football League U-19	Not Held	[2]
2008	I-League U19	Quarter-Finals	[36]
2009	I-League U19	Not Held
2010	I-League U19	Runners-up	[37]
2011	I-League U19	Runners-up	[38]
2012	I-League U-20	Group Stages	[39]
2013	I-League U-20	Final Round	[40]
2014	I-League U19	Runners-up	[41]
2014–15	I-League U19	Group Stages	[42]
2015–16	I-League U-18	Final Round	[43]
2016–17	I-League U-18	Runners-up	[44]
2017–18	Youth League U-18	Semi-Finals	[10]
2018–19	Elite League U-18	Quarter-Finals	[45]
2019–20	Elite League U-18	Abandoned [lower-alpha 1]	[46]
2020–22	Elite League U-18	Not Held	[34]
2022–23	U17 Youth Cup	Group Stages	[47]

1. League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[46]

Under-15

The under-15 team participates in the Elite Youth League. The team is coached by Chandan Kumar Ray. ^[48]

Squad

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 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

No. Pos. Nation Player 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

Performance of East Bengal Academy in U-15 Youth Leagues
Year	Tournament	Final Position
2005-06	U-15 Nike Premier Cup	Runners [49]
2006-07	U-15 Nike Premier Cup	Champions [3]
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 [50]
2018-19	U-15 Hero Junior League	National Playoffs [51]
2019-20	U-15 Hero Junior League	Disqualified (League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

Matches at the 2007 Nike Premier Cup

  Win  Draw  Loss

Manchester United U15 v East Bengal U15

1 August 2007Group stage	Manchester United U15	5–0 [52]	East Bengal U15	Manchester
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 2007Group stage	Shandong Luneng U15	3–0 [53]	East Bengal U15	Manchester
14:30 BST	??	Report		Stadium: Carrington

FK Austria Wien U15 v East Bengal U15

2 August 2007Group stage	FK Austria Wien U15	2–0 [54]	East Bengal U15	Manchester
09:30 BST	David 11' Christoph 15'	Report		Stadium: Carrington

AS Roma U15 v East Bengal U15

2 August 2007Group stage	AS Roma U15	2–0 [55]	East Bengal U15	Manchester
15:30 BST	Mattia Montini 2', 42'	Report		Stadium: Carrington

East Bengal U15 v Bukit Jalil U15

3 August 200717-20th Semi Final	East Bengal U15	3–1 [56]	Bukit Jalil U15	Manchester
09:30 BST	Suprovan Dhar 4' Ajoy Ray 7', 20'	Report	Fouzan 30'	Stadium: Carrington

East Bengal U15 v Central United U15

3 August 200717-20th Final	East Bengal U15	0–0 [6] (3–5 p)	Central United U15	Manchester
11:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Carrington
	Penalties
	Rakesh Roy Supravan Dhar Joydeb Chakraborty Pintu Dutta

Under-13

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. ^[57]

Squad

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 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

No. Pos. Nation Player 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

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 [58]
2019-20	U-13 Hero Sub Junior League	League called-off due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Noted graduates

Those who made it at the club

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 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

Those who made it elsewhere

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

Honours

Reserves

• Darjeeling Gold Cup (1): 2018 ^[11]
• Madhyamgram MLA Cup (1): 2023 ^[59]

Academy U18

• IFA Shield ^{[upper-alpha 1]} (1): 2018 ^{[60] [61]}

• National Football League U-19 (2): 2001, 2002–03 ^[62]

• AIFF Youth Leagues (Runners up) (4): 2010, ^[37] 2011, ^[63] 2014, ^[41] 2016-17 ^[64]

• Zee Bangla Football League (U-19) (1): 2019(Joint Winners) ^[65]

• SRMB Cup (U-18) (1): 2019 ^[66]

• All Bengal Knockout Tournament (U-19) (1): 2019^{[ citation needed ]}

Academy U-15

• Manchester United Premier Cup India: 2007 ^{[3] [67]}

Others

• Gothia Cup (U16) runners-up: 1996 ^[68]

1. Under-19 Tournament from 2015–2018

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