East Bengal FC
Indian association football club based in Kolkata
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| May 14 2025 | India's Edmund Lalrindika transfers to East Bengal FC from Inter Kashi |
| March 12 2025 | Played the AFC Challenge League Quarter-Final second leg against Turkmenistan's Arkadag, losing 1-2 at Arkadag Stadium |
| March 8 2025 | Experienced a 4-0 loss to NorthEast United in the Indian Super League during the 2024-25 season. |
| 2024 | Saúl Crespo from Spain becomes listed as a potential captain for the 2024-25 season |
| 2024 | East Bengal FC participated in the AFC Challenge League for the 2024-25 season, reaching the quarter-finals. |
| 2024 | East Bengal FC qualified for the AFC Challenge League for the 2024-25 season, marking their first appearance in this competition. |
| 2024 | After the Kalinga Super Cup final, the Ultras unveiled a celebratory banner reading '12 years of wait, the champions are here', marking their passionate support for the team's victory. |
| 2024 | During post-match celebrations, the Ultras displayed another banner proclaiming 'Your City, Our Rules', demonstrating their strong local pride and team allegiance. |
| 2024 | East Bengal FC won the Kalinga Super Cup, breaking a 12-year title drought. The East Bengal Ultras supported the team with a massive pyro show outside the stadium gates and loud chants inside the stadium. |
| November 1 2024 | East Bengal won a crucial match against Lebanon champions Nejmeh 3-2, with Dimitrios Diamantakos scoring two goals and an own goal from Baba Abdulai Musah. This victory helped East Bengal finish top of the group and qualify for the tournament's quarter-finals. |
| October 29 2024 | East Bengal defeated Bashundhara Kings 4-0, with goals from Dimitrios Diamantakos, Souvik Chakrabarti, Nandhakumar Sekar, and Anwar Ali. |
| October 26 2024 | East Bengal India's drew with Bhutan's Paro 2–2. |
| October 26 2024 | East Bengal opened their AFC Challenge League campaign with a 2-2 draw against host Paro, with goals from Madih Talal and Dimitrios Diamantakos. |
| August 22 2024 | Group stage draw held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. East Bengal was placed in Group A with Paro (Bhutan), Bashundhara Kings (Bangladesh), and Nejmeh (Lebanon), with all matches to be played at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan. |
| August 14 2024 | East Bengal FC competed in the AFC Champions League Two preliminary round, facing Altyn Asyr of Turkmenistan in a single-legged playoff match at Salt Lake Stadium. The team lost 2-3, which resulted in their progression to the AFC Challenge League Group Stages instead of the AFC Champions League Two group stages. |
| 2023 | A luxurious VVIP lounge was built at the East Bengal Ground and named after Krishanu Dey. |
| 2023 | Cleiton Silva from Brazil becomes a captain of East Bengal FC. |
| 2023 | Mohammedan wins the I-League and is promoted to Indian Super League (ISL), reigniting potential derby match dynamics. |
| September 25 2023 | Vanlalpeka Guite becomes the youngest player to play for East Bengal in Indian Super League at 16 years and 334 days, playing against Jamshedpur. |
| January 2023 | Batery and BoroPlus became sponsors for the 2023-24 season. |
| 2022 | Iván González from Spain becomes a captain of East Bengal FC. |
| 2022 | East Bengal FC initiated an affiliate partnership with Sheikh Russel KC, a Bangladeshi football club, which continues to the present day. |
| 2022 | East Bengal the Real Power fan club created a massive tifo for the FIFA World Cup Qualifier match between India and Bangladesh, funded through crowdfunding with contributions from 274 donors. |
| July 22 2022 | AIFF lifted the transfer ban on East Bengal FC, allowing them to register new signings. |
| July 22 2022 | AIFF lifted the transfer ban, allowing East Bengal to register new signings for the season. |
| July 18 2022 | After two months of discussions, the club began recruitment process for the new season with investor approval. |
| May 25 2022 | East Bengal announced collaboration with Emami as their new principal investors and confirmed participation in the 2022-23 Indian Super League season. |
| April 12 2022 | Partnership with Shree Cement terminated after both parties failed to reach an agreement, with sporting rights returned to the club. |
| January 2022 | Trak-Only, 1XBat, Mantra Masala, Emami, and Alliance Broadband became sponsors for the 2022-23 season. |
| January 24 2022 | Suffered a 0-4 defeat against Hyderabad in the Indian Super League during the 2021-22 season. |
| 2021 | Reyaur becomes the kit manufacturer for East Bengal FC. |
| July 21 2021 | EBRP (East Bengal Rightful Protest), East Bengal Ultras, and other fan clubs organized a pre-planned protest against the club management for not finalizing the contract with Shree Cement investor. The protest group claimed that their founder Rabi Shankar Sen and some fans had received death threats related to the demonstration. Liverpool legend and team head coach Robbie Fowler publicly commented on Twitter, calling the situation 'Disgraceful'. |
| January 2021 | Reyaur became a sponsor for the 2021-22 season. |
| 2020 | Danny Fox from Scotland becomes a captain of East Bengal FC. |
| 2020 | Expanded the Football Fest to include an exhibition match featuring U-17 women's and visually impaired football teams. |
| December 20 2020 | Haobam Tomba Singh becomes the youngest player to start for East Bengal in Indian Super League at 17 years and 306 days, playing against Kerala Blasters. |
| October 2020 | In an AFC poll, East Bengal was voted as the most popular football club in India, receiving approximately 49% of the votes from supporters. |
| September 2020 | Shree Cement became the new investor, acquiring 76 percent shares and renaming the club to 'Sporting Club East Bengal'. The club successfully moved from I-League to Indian Super League. |
| August 1 2020 | East Bengal FC completed 100 years of existence. |
| July 2020 | Quess investor group pulled out from their two-year agreement with East Bengal FC. |
| January 2020 | TYKA, Shree Cement, TV9 Bangla, and TopTech became sponsors for the 2020-21 season. |
| January 2020 | During the 2019–20 I-League Kolkata Derby match, East Bengal Ultras unfurled a controversial tifo protesting the National Register of Citizens (NRC), displaying the Bengali text 'Rokto Diye Kena Maati, Kaagoj Diye Noy' (We bought the land with our blood, not with papers). The group claimed the action was apolitical and a response to racist and cyberbullying from rival fans. |
| 2019 | Kaizen Sports becomes the kit manufacturer. |
| 2019 | East Bengal FC used Kalyani Stadium as their home ground during the 2019–20 I-League season. |
| 2019 | The East Bengal Ultras expanded from a small group of around 10 people to thousands of supporters, with 100-150 core members, becoming a significant fan movement. |
| December 4 2019 | At a game against Real Kashmir in the 2019–20 I-League campaign at Kalyani Stadium, East Bengal Ultras presented the largest tifo in Indian football at that time, showcasing five major achievements in East Bengal's history in the form of a book. This tifo was featured in a December 2019 article by The18, a United States-based media outlet. |
| August 23 2019 | East Bengal centenary celebrations began by lighting 100 candles at the house of Suresh Chandra Chowdhury, one of the club's founders, and holding a commemorative procession. |
| August 4 2019 | EBRP and Bengal Heritage Foundation coordinated a global flag-hoisting event, placing East Bengal club flags in 100 cities worldwide. The flag-raising started in Dhaka and ended in Tokyo, with local supporters, former players, and coaches like Chima Okorie (England), Douglas Silva (Brazil), Suleh Musah (Ghana), and Phillip Ridder (Belgium) participating simultaneously at 12:00 local time. |
| August 1 2019 | East Bengal celebrated its 100th establishment year with a centenary celebration, including a special logo, torch rallies, and events attended by former players, coaches, and presidents. The club unveiled a centenary kit inspired by the 1925-26 season and won its first match against Army Red in the Durand Cup. |
| July 31 2019 | East Bengal Ultras organized 'Tunes of Colony', a groundbreaking chant-based musical show at the Sovabazar Natmandir temple to celebrate the club's centenary. This event was noted as the first-ever of its kind in Indian and South Asian football, and was well-received by East Bengal fans. |
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