2024–25 East Bengal FC season

The 2024–25 season is the 105th season of East Bengal Football Club and their fifth season in the Indian Super League, and the twenty-ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Indian football.

Background

East Bengal was active at the end of the previous season, roping in French attacking midfielder Madih Talal from Punjab. The club also roped in four Indian players – David Lalhlansanga, Provat Lakra, Debjit Majumder, and Mark Zothanpuia to bolster the ranks. The club also got Premier 1 club licensing for the 2024–25 season, announced by the AIFF. The club also extended the contract of Mohammad Rakip and signed Nishu Kumar on permanent basis. The club also roped in the Golden Boot winner of the 2023–24 Indian Super League – Dimitrios Diamantakos on a two year contract from Kerala Blasters. The club also announced that Cleiton Silva would continue as the captain of the side and Naorem Mahesh Singh would be the vice captain for the team.

Transfers

Incoming

Outgoing

Team

First-team squad

The below list contains the names and details of the first team squad for East Bengal.

As of 4 July 2024

New contracts

Current technical staff

Competitions

Overall record

AFC Champions League Two

East Bengal qualified for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two preliminary round after being champions of the 2024 Indian Super Cup. East Bengal is set to face Altyn Asyr of Turkmenistan in the preliminary round match on 14 August 2024 as the Salt Lake Stadium in a single-legged playoff match, with the winners progressing into the AFC Champions League Two group stages while the losers would progress to the 2024–25 AFC Challenge League group stage.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Durand Cup

East Bengal shall be participating in the 2024 Durand Cup.

Indian Super League

League table

Result summary

Calcutta Football League

East Bengal participated in the 2024 Calcutta Premier Division and was drawn into group B for the first phase of the tournament where twenty-six teams were divided into two groups of thirteen. East Bengal fielded mostly the reserve squad led by head coach Bino George for the Calcutta Football League like the previous two seasons. East Bengal started the campaign on 30 June against Tollygunge Agragami at the Barrackpore Stadium and won 7–1, equaling a 46-year-old record of scoring the most goals in the opening fixture of the Calcutta Football League since a 7–0 win over Police AC back in 1978. Jesin TK, Shyamal Besra, Aman C. K., Subrata Murmu, Ananthu N. S. and Sayan Banerjee scored the goals for East Bengal.

League table

Group B

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

As of 30 June 2024

Goal scorers

As of 30 June 2024

Assists

As of 30 June 2024

Clean sheets

As of 30 June 2024

Disciplinary record

As of 30 June 2024

See also

• 2024–25 in Indian football

Notes

References

External links

• Official website Archived 10 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine