East Bengal Club Season Awards

Last updated March 18, 2024

The East Bengal Club Season Awards are the official East Bengal awards presented on 1 August to various recipients in the Foundation Day celebrations of the club. The Inaugural award was handed out in 2011 which had three categories the highlight 'Bharat Gourav Award', the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' and the 'Player of the Season Award'.

Awards ceremony

East Bengal Club was founded on 1 August 1920 and every year on this day, the club celebrates its Foundation Day. Since 2011, the awards ceremony was launched by the club to commemorate and honour different sporting personalities as per the categories. The highest honour "Bharat Gaurav" award is handed out each year to honour outstanding sports personalities who have made the country proud in different fields of sports. Along with the "Bharat Gaurav" award, the club also presents two lifetime achievement awards namely "Dr Ramesh Chandra (Nosa) Sen Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award" and "Byomkesh Bose Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award" in respect of two former legends of the club, to honour former players and sportspersons who have represented the club. Along with these, the club also awards the "Player of the Season" to the best player of the previous season. The club also awards two awards dedicated to sports journalists namely the "Ajoy Bose Memorial Journalism Award" and "Pushpen Sarkar Memorial Photo-Journalism Award". The club also hands over the "Pankaj Gupta Memorial and Pratul Gupta Memorial Referee Award" to various referees from Kolkata maidan.

Winners

Bharat Gaurav Award

East Bengal Club had constituted the ‘Bharat Gaurav Award' in 2011, as the highest decoration by the club to honour the outstanding sports personalities who had made India proud in different fields of sports. Three times Olympic Champion and Indian Hockey legend Leslie Claudius was the first recipient of the award in 2011.^[1] The club has awarded the likes of Ahmed Khan, Arun Ghosh, Bachendri Pal, Milkha Singh, Dhanraj Pillay, Gurbux Singh, Kapil Dev since then. The award was not presented in two years 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.^[2] In 2022 the awards were once again presented, with former India women's national cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami and tennis star Leander Paes jointly awarded the honour by the club.^[3]

Year	Recipient	Sport Field	Ref
2011	Leslie Claudius	Field hockey	^[4]
2012	Ahmed Khan	Football	^[5]^[6]
2013	Arun Ghosh	Football	^[7]
2014	Bachendri Pal	Mountaineering	^[8]
2015	Mohammed Habib	Football	^[9]
2016	Milkha Singh	Sprint	^{[ citation needed ]}
2017	Dhanraj Pillay	Field hockey	^[10]
2018	Gurbux Singh	Field hockey	^[11]
2019	Kapil Dev	Cricket	^[12]
2020	not awarded		^{[upper-alpha 1]}
2021	not awarded		^{[upper-alpha 2]}
2022	Jhulan Goswami	Cricket	^[3]
2022	Leander Paes	Tennis	^[3]

Player of the Season Award

East Bengal had constituted the 'Player of the Season Award' in 2011 to honour the best football player of the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. Mehtab Hossain was the first recipient in 2011.^[4]

However, the first Player of the Season title was awarded at the end of the 2007–08 season, given by the then official marketing partner - Ideas Unlimited, with goalkeeper Subrata Paul being the winner.^[14]

Year	Nationality	Recipient	Position	Ref
2008	India	Subrata Paul	Goalkeeper	^[15]
2011	India	Mehtab Hossain	Midfielder	^[4]
2012	Nigeria	Penn Orji	Midfielder	^[5]
2013	India	Saumik Dey	Defender	^[7]
2014	India	Arnab Mondal	Defender	^[8]
2015	India	Robert Lalthlamuana	Defender	^[9]
2016	South Korea	Do Dong-hyun	Forward	^{[ citation needed ]}
2017	India	Gurwinder Singh	Defender	^[10]
2018	Syria	Mahmoud Amnah	Midfielder	^[11]
2019	India	Laldanmawia Ralte	Midfielder	^[12]
2020	not awarded			^{[upper-alpha 1]}
2021	not awarded			^{[upper-alpha 2]}

Lifetime Achievement Award

East Bengal had constituted the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in 2011 to honour a legendary sports personality of the club. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. India and East Bengal Legend Sudhir Karmakar and Sukumar Samajpati were the first recipients of this award in 2011.^[4]

Year	Nationality	Recipient	Position	Ref
2011	India	Sudhir Karmakar	Defender	^[4]
2011	India	Sukumar Samajpati	Defender	^[4]
2012	India	Prasanta Sinha	Midfielder	^[5]
2012	India	Santo Mitra	Defender	^[5]
2013	India	Samaresh Chowdhury	Midfielder	^[7]
2013	India	Abani Bose	Goalkeeper	^[7]
2014	India	Amal Dutta	Defender	^[8]
2014	India	Parimal Dey	Forward	^[8]
2015	India	Chandan Banerjee	Defender	^[9]
2016	India	Shyamal Ghosh	Defender	^{[ citation needed ]}
2016	India	Shyam Thapa	Forward	^{[ citation needed ]}
2017	India	Subhash Bhowmick	Forward	^[10]
2018	India	Sunil Bhattacharya	Defender	^[11]
2018	India	Surajit Sengupta	Forward	^[11]
2019	India	Monoranjan Bhattacharya	Defender	^[12]
2019	India	Bhaskar Ganguly	Goalkeeper	^[12]
2020	not awarded			^{[upper-alpha 1]}
2021	not awarded			^{[upper-alpha 2]}

Academy Player of the Year Award

East Bengal had constituted the 'Academy Player of the Year Award' in 2018 to honour the best football player of the East Bengal F.C. Academy for the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. Manoj Mohammed and PC Rohlupuia were the first recipients of this award in 2018.^[11]

Year	Nationality	Recipient	Position	Ref
2018	India	Manoj Mohammed	Defender	^[11]
2018	India	PC Rohlupuia	Midfielder	^[11]
2019	not awarded
2020	not awarded			^{[upper-alpha 1]}
2021	not awarded			^{[upper-alpha 2]}

Special Awards

On the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the club in 2019, a set of special awards were awarded to sports personalities associated with the East Bengal club.^[12]

Award Name	Nationality	Recipient	Ref
Coach of Coaches award	India	P. K. Banerjee	^[12]
Best Foreign Player award	Iran	Majid Bishkar	^[16]^[17]

Notes

1 2 3 4 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the East Bengal Foundation day awards were put on hold.^[2]
1 2 3 4 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the East Bengal Foundation day awards were put on hold for the second consecutive year.^[13]

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[COVID20-13] 1 2 3 4 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the East Bengal Foundation day awards were put on hold.^[2]

[COVID21-15] 1 2 3 4 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the East Bengal Foundation day awards were put on hold for the second consecutive year.^[13]

[1] "East Bengal Club - Bharat Gourav Award". East Bengal Club. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[eb2020-2] 1 2 Chakraborty, Sabyasachi (1 August 2020). "East Bengal FC celebrates 101st Foundation Day!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

[awards2022-3] 1 2 3 Das Sharma, Amitabha (1 August 2022). "Leander, Jhulan get East Bengal's highest honour". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[EB2011-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "East Bengal and Mohun Bagan practice starts while East Bengal Day celebrated". KolkataFootball.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[EB2012-5] 1 2 3 4 "East Bengal Foundation Day: Celebrating 93 years of consistent achievement". Goal. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[6] Saikat (23 July 2012). "East Bengal to celebrate Foundation Day on 1st August". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[EB2013-7] 1 2 3 4 "Arun Ghosh to be conferred East Bengal's Bharat Gaurav award". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[EB2014-8] 1 2 3 4 "Bachendri Pal conferred Bharat Gaurav by East Bengal Club". Jagranjosh. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[EB2015-9] 1 2 3 "Indian Legend Mohamamed Habib awarded 'Bharat Gaurav' by East Bengal". Sportkeeda. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[EB2017-10] 1 2 3 "Dhanraj Pillay conferred with Bharat Gaurav by East Bengal Football Club". Jagranjosh. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[EB2018-11] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "East Bengal seek a 'new identity' on foundation day". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[EB2019-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "East Bengal to confer Kapil Dev with Bharat Gaurav award". Outlook. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[eb2021-14] "East Bengal Club Will Celebrate Foundation Day With Only Flag Hosting". East Bengal the Real Power. 29 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

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