The 2007–08 season was East Bengal's 1st season in the I-League and 88th season in existence.
| 2007–08 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||
| Head-Coach |  Subrata Bhattacharya (until 16 January 2008)  Monoranjan Bhattacharya (until 19 February 2008)  Aloke Mukherjee (from 20 February 2008) | ||
| Ground | Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground | ||
| I-League | 6th | ||
| Calcutta Football League | Runners-up | ||
| Federation Cup | Champions | ||
| Super Cup | Runners-up | ||
| IFA Shield | Group Stage | ||
| AFC Cup | Group Stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Edmilson (8) All: Edmilson (29) | ||
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Competitions
Overall
| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcutta Football League | 30 July 2007 | 18 November 2007 | Runners-up | 
| Federation Cup | 4 September 2007 | 15 September 2007 | Champions | 
| I-League | 25 November 2007 | 23 February 2008 | 6th | 
| Super Cup | 27 February 2008 | Runners-up | |
| IFA Shield | 1 March 2008 | 3 March 2008 | Group Stage | 
| AFC Cup | 11 March 2008 | 14 May 2008 | Group Stage | 
Overview
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Calcutta Football League | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 57.14 | 
| Federation Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 100.00 | 
| I-League | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 27.78 | 
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 | 
| IFA Shield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 | 
| AFC Cup | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 33.33 | 
| Total | 45 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 42.22 | 
Last updated: 1 June 2008
Source: Competitions
Calcutta Football League
East Bengal finished the 2007 Calcutta Premier Division as runner-up with 26 points from 14 matches behind champions Mohun Bagan.[1]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
| 30 July 2007 1 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Calcutta Port Trust | Kolkata | 
| Mehtab Hussain  8' Edmilson Marques Pardal  10' | Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Rathin Mukherjee | 
| 3 August 2007 2 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Eastern Railway | Kolkata | 
| Edmilson Marques Pardal  70' (pen) Dipendu Biswas  86' | Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Debashish Mishra | 
| 7 August 2007 3 | East Bengal | 6–2 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata | 
| Edmilson Marques Pardal  4', 42', 72' Ashim Biswas  46', 48' Alvito D'Cunha  55' | Report | Basudeb Mondal  2' K Shyju  19' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya | 
| 14 August 2007 4 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Peerless | Kolkata | 
| Abdul Samed Okocha  16' Alvito D'Cunha  50' Dipankar Roy  57' | Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Udayan Haldar | 
| 17 August 2007 5 | East Bengal | 3–4 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata | 
| Alvito D'Cunha  46', 60' Edmilson Marques Pardal  69' (pen) | Report | Lalawmpuia Pachuau  9' Jose Ramirez Barreto  34' (pen) Shanmugam Venkatesh  42', 47' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Sarkar | 
| 22 August 2007 6 | East Bengal | 1–0 | George Telegraph | Kolkata | 
| Ashim Biswas  7' | Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Dhanapati Roy | 
| 25 August 2007 7 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Chirag United | Kolkata | 
| Vimal Pariyar  14' | Report | Sashti Duley  13' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: K Shankar | 
| 1 October 2007 8 | Calcutta Port Trust | 0–5 | East Bengal | Kolkata | 
| Report | Dipankar Roy  3' Edmilson Marques Pardal  36', 39', 59' (pen), 80' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Biplab Poddar | 
| 3 October 2007 9 | Eastern Railway | 0–1 | East Bengal | Howrah | 
| Report | Jayanta Sen  27' | Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium Referee: Pradip Mukherjee | 
| 6 October 2007 10 | Mohammedan Sporting | 2–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata | 
| Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi  2' Kalia Kulothungan  80' | Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal  32' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rathin Mukherjee | 
| 27 October 2007 11 | Peerless | 0–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata | 
| Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal  57' Vimal Pariyar  74' | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Pradip Mukherjee | 
| 6 November 2007 12 | Mohun Bagan | 2–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata | 
| Jose Ramirez Barreto  49', 90+2' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S Suresh | 
| 15 November 2007 13 | George Telegraph | 3–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata | 
| Nuruddin Saleh Olawale  24', 33' Gour Naskar  29' | Report | Ashim Biswas  40' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Kashinath Sen | 
| 18 November 2007 14 | Chirag United | 2–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata | 
| Shankar Oraon  44' Theodore Sunday Wrobeh  61' | Report | Syed Rahim Nabi  16' Ashim Biswas  76' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dhanapati Roy | 
Federation Cup
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting and won 3–1 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan but Edmilson Marques Pardal scored twice to take the team to the last 8. In the Quarter-Final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and won 3–2 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT.[2] In the Semi-Final, East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Bhaichung Bhutia put Mohun Bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. José Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute wasn't enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3–2 to reach the final.[3][4] In the Final, East Bengal defeated Mahindra United 2–1 with another brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson as they lifted their 5th Federation Cup title.[5]
Bracket
| Pre-Quarter Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| JCT | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 9 September | ||||||||||||||
| Vasco | 1 | |||||||||||||
| JCT | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 September | ||||||||||||||
| East Bengal | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mohammedan Sporting | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 11 September | ||||||||||||||
| East Bengal | 3 | |||||||||||||
| East Bengal | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Air India | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 9 September | ||||||||||||||
| Viva Kerala | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Viva Kerala | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| ONGC | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| East Bengal | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mahindra United | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dempo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 10 September | ||||||||||||||
| Chirag United | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dempo | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 September | ||||||||||||||
| Churchill Brothers | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Salgaocar | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||||||
| Churchill Brothers | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Dempo | 1 (1) | |||||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Mahindra United | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Mahindra United | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 September | ||||||||||||||
| HAL | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mahindra United | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 5 September | ||||||||||||||
| Sporting Clube de Goa | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Army XI | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sporting Clube de Goa | 1 | |||||||||||||
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
| 4 September 2007 Pre-Quarter Final | Mohammedan Sporting | 1–3 | East Bengal | Ludhiana | 
| Kalia Kulothungan  45+3' | Report | Ashim Biswas  21' Edmilson Marques Pardal  51', 66' | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: S. Suresh | 
| 9 September 2007 Quarter-Final | JCT | 2–3 | East Bengal | Ludhiana | 
| Eduardo da Silva Escobar  51' Renedy Singh  90+5' | Report | Irungbam Surkumar Singh  14' Edmilson Marques Pardal  44', 72' | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: Benjamin D'Silva | 
| 11 September 2007 Semi-Final | East Bengal | 3–2 | Mohun Bagan | Ludhiana | 
| Irungbam Surkumar Singh  25' Dipendu Biswas  35' Ashim Biswas  47' | Report | Bhaichung Bhutia  12' Jose Ramirez Barreto  71' | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: K. Shankar | 
| 15 September 2007 Final | East Bengal | 2–1 | Mahindra United | Ludhiana | 
| Edmilson Marques Pardal  36' (pen), 45+1' | Report | Sunil Kumar  42' Manjit Singh  45+3' | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: K. Shankar | 
I League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Mohun Bagan | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 30 | 2009 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1] | 
| 5 | Mahindra United | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 28 | |
| 6 | East Bengal | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 19 | |
| 7 | Sporting Goa | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 19 | |
| 8 | Air India | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 17 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ↑ Mohun Bagan qualified for the 2009 AFC Cup as 2008 Indian Federation Cup winners.
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
| 25 November 2007 1 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Viva Kerala | Kolkata | 
| 17:30 IST | Edmilson Marques Pardal  73' Alvito D'Cunha  79' | Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal) | 
| 30 November 2007 2 | East Bengal | 1–3 | JCT | Kolkata | 
| 17:30 IST | Edmilson Marques Pardal  50' (pen) | Report | Eduardo da Silva Escobar  43', 67', 83' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Benjamin D'Silva Man of the Match: Eduardo da Silva Escobar (JCT) | 
| 3 December 2007 3 | East Bengal | 3–2 | Salgaocar | Kolkata | 
| 17:30 IST | Edmilson Marques Pardal  20', 66' (pen) Ashim Biswas  53' | Report | TV Biju Kumar  49' Shylo Malsawmtluanga  75' Remu Gomes  60' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Felix Chimaokwu (Salgaocar) | 
| 9 December 2007 4 | Dempo | 2–2 | East Bengal | Margao | 
| 15:30 IST | Valeriano Rebello  26' Beto  86' | Report | MacDonald Mukansi  25' Edmilson Marques Pardal  59' | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Ali Saleem Man of the Match: Subrata Paul (East Bengal) | 
| 13 December 2007 5 | Churchill Brothers | 3–2 | East Bengal | Margao | 
| 15:30 IST | Odafa Onyeka Okolie  32', 41' (pen), 44' | Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal  26' Mehtab Hossain  87' | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Ali Saleem Man of the Match: Odafa Onyeka Okolie (Churchill Brothers) | 
| 17 December 2007 6 | Air India | 1–0 | East Bengal | Mumbai | 
| 15:30 IST | Paresh Shivalkar  62' | Report | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: Benjamin D'Silva Man of the Match: Paresh Shivalkar (Air India) | 
| 23 December 2007 7 | Mahindra United | 2–1 | East Bengal | Mumbai | 
| 15:30 IST | Debabrata Roy  31' (o.g.) Mohammed Rafi  72' | Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal  50' | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: S Suresh Man of the Match: Sushanth Mathew (Mahindra United) | 
| 30 December 2007 8 | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata | 
| 16:00 IST | Baichung Bhutia  61' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: K Shankar Man of the Match: Douglas da Silva (Mohun Bagan) | 
| 5 January 2008 9 | Sporting Clube de Goa | 1–0 | East Bengal | Margao | 
| 15:30 IST | Lawrence Adjei  52' | Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Denzil Franco (Sporting Clube de Goa) | 
| 8 January 2008 10 | Salgaocar | 0–0 | East Bengal | Margao | 
| 16:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq Man of the Match: Fabio Dos Passos (Salgaocar) | 
| 14 January 2008 11 | JCT | 3–0 | East Bengal | Ludhiana | 
| 13:30 IST | Baljit Sahni  5' Baldeep Singh  8' Eduardo da Silva Escobar  38' | Report | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Baljit Sahni (JCT) | 
| 21 January 2008 12 | East Bengal | 0–2 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata | 
| 16:00 IST | Report | Bhaichung Bhutia  29', 62' Douglas da Silva  9'  48' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Bhaichung Bhutia (Mohun Bagan) | 
| 27 January 2008 13 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Dempo | Kolkata | 
| 18:00 IST | Mahesh Gawli  69' (o.g.) | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) | 
| 30 January 2008 14 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Air India | Kolkata | 
| 18:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: K Shankar Man of the Match: Arnab Das Sharma (Air India) | 
| 3 February 2008 15 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Mahindra United | Kolkata | 
| 18:00 IST | Syed Rahim Nabi  5' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) | 
| 10 February 2008 16 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata | 
| 18:00 IST | Jayanta Sen  29' | Report | Mboyo Iyomi  77' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan Man of the Match: Subrata Paul (East Bengal) | 
| 17 February 2008 17 | Viva Kerala | 1–3 | East Bengal | Kozhikode | 
| 15:30 IST | Syed Rahim Nabi  20' Alvito D'Cunha  57' Edmilson Marques Pardal  90' | Report | Ebin Rose  45+1' | Stadium: EMS Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) | 
| 23 February 2008 18 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata | 
| 15:30 IST | Syed Rahim Nabi  56' | Report | Joseph Pereira  21' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) | 
Super Cup
2007 Federation Cup Champion East Bengal faced 2007-08 I-League Champion Dempo in the 2008 Super Cup. Dempo won 1–0 courtesy of a solitary goal from Chidi Edeh.[6]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
| 27 February 2008 | Dempo | 1–0 | East Bengal | Gurgaon | 
| 14:30 IST | Chidi Edeh  71' | Report | Stadium: Tau Devi Lal Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair | 
IFA Shield
- Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Santos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 
|  Mahindra United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 
|  East Bengal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | 
East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Santos in Group B. East Bengal lost 2–0 against Mahindra United in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Santos as they were eliminated from the group stages.[7]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
| 1 March 2008 Group Stage | East Bengal | 0–2 | Mahindra United | Kolkata | 
| 15:00 IST | Report | Rafi  37' Yusif Yakubu  44' | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Mohammed Kamil | 
| 3 March 2008 Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–1 | Santos | Howrah | 
| 15:00 IST | Edmilson Marques Pardal  14' (pen) | Report | Gregory Michael  7' | Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium Referee: A. Arjunan | 
AFC Cup
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  Safa | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | 
|  Al-Wahdat | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 
|  East Bengal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | 
|  Al-Ahli San‘a’ | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | 
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
| 11 March 2008 | Safa   | 1–0 |  East Bengal | Sports City Stadium, Beirut | 
| 18:00 UTC+3 | Bernard Mbassi  17' | (Report) (Report) | Attendance: 700 Referee:  Mahmood Mohd Juma Al Ghatrifi | 
| 18 March 2008 | East Bengal   | 1–0 |  Al-Ahli San‘a’ | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata | 
| 15:00 UTC+5:30 | Edmilson Marques Pardal  31' | (Report) (Report) | Attendance: 6,000 Referee:  Minoru Tōjō | 
| 3 April 2008 | Al-Wahdat   | 0–2 |  East Bengal | Prince Mohammad Stadium, Zarqa | 
| 15:30 UTC+3 | (Report) (Report) | Alvito D'Cunha  58' Ikechukwu Gift Ibe  69' | Attendance: 4,000 Referee:  Rosdi Shaharul | 
| 16 April 2008 | East Bengal   | 2–4 |  Al-Wahdat | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata | 
| 15:00 UTC+5:30 | Syed Rahim Nabi  12' Edmilson Marques Pardal  28' | (Report) (Report) | Ra'fat Ali  6'  24' Hassan Abdel Fattah  31'  34' | Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Vo Minh Tri | 
| 30 April 2008 | East Bengal   | 0–0 |  Safa | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India | 
| 15:00 UTC+5:30 | (Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Valentin Kovalenko | 
| 14 May 2008 | Al-Ahli San‘a’   | 1 –0 |  East Bengal | Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, Sana'a | 
| 16:15 UTC+3 | Ali Al Nono  43' | (Report) | Attendance: 1,000 Referee:  Dilovarshokh Orzuev | 
Statistics
Appearances
- Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
| Appearances for East Bengal in 2007–08 season | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Super Cup | IFA Shield | AFC Cup | Total | |||||||
| Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 | GK |  | Subrata Paul | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 
| 21 | GK |  | Abhra Mondal | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 
| 31 | GK |  | Arup Debnath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 33 | GK |  | Gopal Das | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | DF |  | Syed Rahim Nabi | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 
| 5 | DF |  | Debabrata Roy | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 
| 26 | DF |  | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 
| 3 | DF |  | Majek Bolaji | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 
| 12 | DF |  | Anupam Sarkar | 9 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 
| 4 | DF |  | Julius Owino | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
| 29 | DF |  | Saumik Dey | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 
| 27 | DF |  | Surkumar Singh | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 
| 42 | DF |  | Madhab Das | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2 | DF |  | Muttah Suresh | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 22 | ||
| 35 | DF |  | Aiborlang Khongjee | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 39 | DF |  | Ratan Das | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | DF |  | Abdul Samad Okocha | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | DF |  | Gurpreet Singh | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
| 17 | DF |  | Surya Bikash Chakraborty | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 20 | DF |  | Napoleon Singh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF |  | Poibang Pohshna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | MF |  | Alvito D'Cunha | 10 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 37 | 
| 23 | MF |  | Mehtab Hossain | 7 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 
| 7 | MF |  | Jayanta Sen | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 32 | 
| 32 | MF |  | Snehasish Chakraborty | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 
| 6 | MF |  | Dipankar Roy | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12 | ||||||
| 37 | MF |  | MacDonald Mukansi | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||
| 14 | MF |  | Chandan Das | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||
| 11 | MF |  | Hardeep Singh Saini | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 40 | MF |  | Vanlal Rova | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | MF |  | Ikechukwu Ibe Gift | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
| 37 | MF |  | Marlanki Suiting | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 36 | MF |  | Sovon Chakraborty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 | MF |  | Amulya Mondal | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF |  | Mohammed Mukhtar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| MF |  | Vinu Jose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | FW |  | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 37 | 
| 10 | FW |  | Dipendu Biswas | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | ||
| 25 | FW |  | Ashim Biswas | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | ||||||
| 22 | FW |  | Vimal Pariyar | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | FW |  | Abeeku Gaiesi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Goal scorers
| Goals for East Bengal in 2007–08 season | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | I League | Fed Cup | Super Cup | IFA Shield | AFC Cup | Total | 
| 1 | 30 | FW |  | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 
| 2 | 25 | FW |  | Ashim Biswas | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | 9 | MF |  | Alvito D'Cunha | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 
| 4 | 19 | DF |  | Syed Rahim Nabi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 
| 5 | 6 | MF |  | Dipankar Roy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | FW |  | Dipendu Biswas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 | FW |  | Vimal Pariyar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 23 | MF |  | Mehtab Hossain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 27 | DF |  | Surkumar Singh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | 7 | MF |  | Jayanta Sen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 15 | MF |  | Ikechukwu Ibe Gift | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | DF |  | Abdul Samad Okocha | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 37 | MF |  | MacDonald Mukansi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 64 | ||||
References
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