2006–07 East Bengal FC season
The 2006–07 season was East Bengal's 11th season in the National Football League and 87th season in existence.
2006–07 season | |||
---|---|---|---|
President | Dr Pranab Dasgupta | ||
Head-Coach | Carlos Pereira | ||
Ground | Salt Lake Stadium East Bengal Ground | ||
National Football League | 5th | ||
Calcutta Football League | Champions | ||
Federation Cup | Quarter-Finals | ||
IFA Shield | Group Stage | ||
Durand Cup | Group Stage | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Edmilson (13) All: Edmilson (13) | ||
| |||
Competitions
Overall
Competition | First match | Last match | Final position |
---|---|---|---|
Calcutta Football League | 2 August 2006 | 7 November 2006 | Champions |
Durand Cup | 20 November 2006 | 24 November 2006 | Group Stage |
IFA Shield | 7 December 2006 | 11 December 2006 | Group Stage |
Federation Cup | 20 December 2006 | 23 December 2006 | Quarter-Finals |
National Football League | 7 January 2007 | 19 May 2007 | 5th |
Overview
Competition | Record | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Calcutta Football League | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 71.43 |
Durand Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0.00 |
IFA Shield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
Federation Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00 |
National Football League | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 29 | +0 | 38.89 |
Total | 39 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 46.15 |
Last updated: 1 June 2007
Source: Competitions
Calcutta Football League
East Bengal finished the 2006 Calcutta Premier Division as the champions with 32 points from 14 matches.[1] Captain Alvito D'Cunha scored the solitary goal in the final game against Eastern Railway to win back the Calcutta League title after losing out the previous year to arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.[2]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
2 August 2006 1 | East Bengal | 2–0 | George Telegraph | Kolkata |
Alvito D'Cunha 70' Ashim Biswas 76' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Udayan Haldar Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) |
6 August 2006 2 | East Bengal | 3–0 | Railway FC | Kolkata |
Chandan Das 67' Vincent Pires 77' Yumnam Raju 90+1' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: Dipankar Roy (East Bengal) |
18 August 2006 3 | East Bengal | 1–0 | United | Kolkata |
Vincent Pires 64' | Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Sunando Bose Man of the Match: Dipankar Roy (East Bengal) |
21 August 2006 4 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Calcutta Port Trust | Kolkata |
Luis Octavio da Silva 68' Dipankar Roy 55' |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Rathin Mukherjee Man of the Match: Sasthi Duley (East Bengal) |
26 August 2006 5 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
Report | Bhaichung Bhutia 40' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Sarkar Man of the Match: Sangram Mukherjee (Mohun Bagan) |
1 September 2006 6 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Eastern Railway | Kolkata |
Report | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Dhanapati Roy Man of the Match: Tapan Kumar Karmakar (Eastern Railway) |
14 September 2006 7 | East Bengal | 4–2 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
Ashim Biswas 1' Marcio Fernandes Tomaz 19' Syed Rahim Nabi 32' Chandan Das 45+1' |
Report | Subhashish Roy Chowdhury 5' Kalia Kulothungan 13' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Subrata Sarkar Man of the Match: Snehasish Chakraborty (East Bengal) |
19 September 2006 8 | Railway FC | 0–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Ashim Biswas 58' | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Subrata Das Man of the Match: Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal) |
23 September 2006 9 | United | 0–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Syed Rahim Nabi 54' Wajid Ali 68' (o.g.) |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: not handed out |
26 September 2006 10 | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Ndem Guy Herve 49' Bhaichung Bhutia 88' |
Report | Muttah Suresh 50' 90+1' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Debashish Mishra Man of the Match: Ndem Guy Herve (Mohun Bagan) |
28 October 2006 11 | George Telegraph | 0–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Alvito D'Cunha 2' | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Subrata Das Man of the Match: Alvito D'Cunha (East Bengal) |
1 November 2006 12 | Calcutta Port Trust | 1–3 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Sujit Dey 62' | Report | Alvito D'Cunha 4' Saumik Dey 27' Fredy Mascarenhas 49' |
Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Barun Saha Man of the Match: Saumik Dey (East Bengal) |
4 November 2006 13 | Mohammedan Sporting | 0–0 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharya Man of the Match: Habibur Rehman Mondal (Mohammedan Sporting) |
7 November 2006 14 | Eastern Railway | 0–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Sanjit Dutta Bhowmick 60' 73' | Report | Alvito D'Cunha 70' 73' | Stadium: East Bengal Ground Referee: Kashinath Sen Man of the Match: Muttah Suresh (East Bengal) |
Durand Cup
- Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JCT | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
Dempo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
Army XI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
East Bengal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT, Dempo and Army XI in Group B. East Bengal drew 0–0 against Dempo in the opening fixture but 0–4 against JCT and 1–2 against Army XI as they were eliminated from the group stages.[3]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
20 November 2006 Group Stage | East Bengal | 0–0 | Dempo | Delhi |
Dipankar Roy 46' | Report | Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium |
22 November 2006 Group Stage | East Bengal | 0–4 | JCT | Delhi |
Report | Parveen Kumar 22' Sunday Ambrose 63' Adebayo Tokunbo 81' Muttah Suresh 83' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium |
24 November 2006 Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–2 | Army XI | Delhi |
Alvito D'Cunha 53' | Report | Vijay Thapa 47', 67' | Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Referee: Mohammed Kamil |
IFA Shield
- Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sporting Club de Goa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
Mahindra United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
East Bengal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Sporting Club de Goa in Group A. East Bengal lost 1–0 against Sporting Club de Goa in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Mahindra United as they were eliminated from the group stages.[4]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
7 December 2006 Group Stage | East Bengal | 0–1 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata |
Report | Dudu Omagbemi 57' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Mohammed Kamal |
11 December 2006 Group Stage | East Bengal | 1–1 | Mahindra United | Kolkata |
Alvito D'Cunha 57' | Report | Yusif Yakubu 25' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Benjamin D'Silva |
Federation Cup
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against State Bank of Travancore and won 2–0 with goals from Syed Rahim Nabi and Alvito D'Cunha.[5] In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost 0–1 against Dempo courtesy of a solitary strike from Ranti Martins in the 86th minute as they were eliminated from the competition.[6]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
20 December 2006 Pre-Quarter Final | East Bengal | 2–0 | SBT | Kolkata |
Syed Rahim Nabi 22' Alvito D'Cunha 39' |
Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: M.K. Roy |
23 December 2006 Quarter-Final | East Bengal | 0–1 | Dempo | Kolkata |
Report | Ranti Martins 86' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S. Suresh |
National Football League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Mahindra United | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 30 |
4 | Churchill Brothers | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 29 |
5 | East Bengal | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 26 |
6 | Sporting Goa | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 25 |
7 | Air India | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 21 |
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
7 January 2007 1 | Air India | 1–0 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
Samson Singh 71' | Report | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Benoy Kuruvilla (Air India) |
11 January 2007 2 | HAL | 1–3 | East Bengal | Bengaluru |
Sampath Kuttymani 49' | Report | Ashim Biswas 5' Bibiano Fernandes 20' Arata Izumi 80' |
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Referee: K. Shankar Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal) |
18 January 2007 3 | Mohammedan Sporting | 1–2 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Habibur Rehman Mondal 52' | Report | Ashim Biswas 33' Boniface Ambani 58' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: K. Shankar Man of the Match: Shylo Malsawmtluanga (East Bengal) |
21 January 2007 4 | East Bengal | 2–2 | Churchill Brothers | Kolkata |
Boniface Ambani 41', 65' | Report | Khanthang Paite 3' D Raju 83' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: K Shankar Man of the Match: D Raju (Churchill Brothers) |
19 February 2007 5 | JCT | 1–2 | East Bengal | Ludhiana |
Baldeep Singh 90+2' | Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 14', 31' | Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Referee: P.K. Bose Man of the Match: Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal) |
24 February 2007 6 | East Bengal | 0–0 | Dempo | Kolkata |
Report | Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: S. Suresh Man of the Match: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar (East Bengal) |
27 January 2007 7 | East Bengal | 1–0 | Mohun Bagan | Kolkata |
Saumik Dey 15' | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Jayanta Sen (East Bengal) |
16 March 2007 8 | Mahindra United | 2–2 | East Bengal | Mumbai |
Abhishek Yadav 70' Andrews Pomeyie Mensah 89' |
Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 31', 58' | Stadium: Cooperage Ground Referee: Dinesh Nair Man of the Match: Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal) |
21 March 2007 9 | East Bengal | 0–2 | Sporting Club de Goa | Kolkata |
Report | Ernest Jeremiah Chukwuma 20', 50' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq Man of the Match: Dudu Omagbemi (Sporting Club de Goa) |
24 March 2007 10 | East Bengal | 1–1 | Air India | Kolkata |
Edmilson Marques Pardal 90+3' | Report | Samson Singh 73' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: K. Shankar Man of the Match: Samson Singh (Air India) |
4 April 2007 11 | East Bengal | 3–2 | HAL | Kolkata |
Edmilson Marques Pardal 8', 80' Boniface Ambani 19' |
Report | Sampath Kuttymani 27' Xavier Vijay Kumar 81' |
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Deepak Kumar Dey Man of the Match: Xavier Vijay Kumar (HAL) |
7 April 2007 12 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kolkata |
Edmilson Marques Pardal 4', 82' | Report | Jatin Singh 8' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: P. Bhaskar Man of the Match: Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal) |
11 April 2007 13 | Churchill Brothers | 3–2 | East Bengal | Margao |
Vanlal Rova 26' Odafa Onyeka Okolie 54', 86' |
Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 40' Alvito D'Cunha 85' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Man of the Match: Mashangva Zenith (Churchill Brothers) |
15 April 2007 14 | Mohun Bagan | 2–1 | East Bengal | Kolkata |
Jose Ramirez Barreto 45+2' Douglas da Silva 71' |
Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 30' (pen) | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq Man of the Match: Jose Ramirez Barreto (Mohun Bagan) |
22 April 2007 15 | Dempo | 5–3 | East Bengal | Margao |
Beto 2', 73' Ranti Martins 19', 86' John Dias 84' Creson Antao 90+3' |
Report | Edmilson Marques Pardal 32', 46' 90+3' Ashim Biswas 44' |
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Shaji Kurian Man of the Match: Beto (Dempo) |
25 April 2007 16 | Sporting Club de Goa | 1–1 | East Bengal | Margao |
Ernest Jeremiah Chukwuma 6' | Report | Ashim Biswas 80' | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haw Man of the Match: Ashim Biswas (East Bengal) |
15 May 2007 17 | East Bengal | 2–1 | Mahindra United | Kolkata |
Boniface Ambani 45', 52' | Report | Andrews Pomeyie Mensah 28' | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: S. Suresh Man of the Match: Boniface Ambani (East Bengal) |
19 May 2007 18 | East Bengal | 2–3 | JCT | Kolkata |
Boniface Ambani 10' Ashim Biswas 52' |
Report | Chidi Edeh 5', 33' Sunil Chhetri 30' |
Stadium: Barasat Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq Man of the Match: Chidi Edeh (JCT) |
Super Soccer Series 2007 (Friendly)
Brazilian giants São Paulo football club toured India for a series of friendly matches in January 2007. East Bengal played them on 27 January 2007 at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri and lost 0–3 with goals from Carlinhos, Paulo Matos and Jean Raphael Moreira.[7][8]
Fixtures & results
Win Draw Loss
27 January 2006 Friendly | East Bengal | 0–3 | São Paulo | Siliguri |
Report | Carlinhos 35' Paulo Matos 59' Jean Raphael Moreira 90+3' |
Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium Referee: Rizwan Ul-Haq |
Statistics
Appearances
- Only for competitive fixtures.
- Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Appearances for East Bengal in 2006–07 season | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | NFL | Fed Cup | Durand Cup | IFA Shield | Total | ||||||||
Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | Apps | Starts | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||
21 | GK | Abhra Mondal | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | |||
24 | GK | Rajat Ghosh Dastidar | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | |||
1 | GK | Naseem Akhtar | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||||
17 | DF | Surya Bikash Chakraborty | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
4 | DF | Covan Lawrence | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 16 | |||||||||
27 | DF | Gurpreet Singh | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 18 | |||
29 | DF | Saumik Dey | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 28 | |||
19 | DF | Syed Rahim Nabi | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 | |||
5 | DF | Debabrata Roy | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | |||
20 | DF | Vincent Pires | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | |||
12 | DF | Anupam Sarkar | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
DF | Yumnam Raju | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
2 | DF | Muttah Suresh | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23 | |||
3 | DF | Luis Octavio da Silva | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
3 | DF | Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | |||||||
26 | DF | Gurjinder Singh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
34 | DF | Amulya Mondal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||
7 | MF | Jayanta Sen | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 27 | |||
6 | MF | Dipankar Roy | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 16 | |||
9 | MF | Alvito D'Cunha | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 20 | |||
15 | MF | Bibiano Fernandes | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | |||
14 | MF | Chandan Das | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | |||
32 | MF | Gouranga Dutta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||
30 | MF | Snehasish Chakraborty | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | |||
8 | MF | Sasthi Duley | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
MF | Mohammed Mukhtar | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
11 | MF | Hardeep Singh Saini | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |||||
28 | MF | Shylo Malsawmtluanga | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 15 | |||||||
32 | MF | Arata Izumi | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | |||||||
40 | MF | Daniel Carlos Jorge | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
26 | MF | Sovan Chakraborty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||||
23 | FW | Vimal Pariyar | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
25 | FW | Ashim Biswas | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 13 | |||
22 | FW | Fredy Mascarenhas | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | |||
10 | FW | Marcio Fernandes Tomaz | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
10 | FW | Thiago S Ferreira da Costa | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
10 | FW | Boniface Ambani | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
30 | FW | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Goal scorers
Goals for East Bengal in 2006–07 season | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | CFL | NFL | Fed Cup | Durand Cup | IFA Shield | Total |
1 | 30 | FW | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 13 | 13 | |||||
2 | 9 | MF | Alvito D'Cunha | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
25 | FW | Ashim Biswas | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
4 | 10 | FW | Boniface Ambani | 7 | 7 | |||||
5 | 19 | DF | Syed Rahim Nabi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
6 | 14 | MF | Chandan Das | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
20 | DF | Vincent Pires | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
29 | DF | Saumik Dey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
9 | 3 | DF | Luis Octavio da Silva | 1 | 1 | |||||
6 | MF | Dipankar Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
10 | FW | Marcio Fernandes Tomaz | 1 | 1 | ||||||
15 | MF | Bibiano Fernandes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
22 | FW | Fredy Mascarenhas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
32 | MF | Arata Izumi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
DF | Yumnam Raju | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 20 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
References
- Chaudhuri, Arunava (31 January 2008). "IFA- "Sahara" Calcutta Premier League 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "My biggest achievement, says Alvito D'Cunha - PREMIER DIVISION - We have proved we are the best, says Pereira". The Telegraph India. 8 November 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- Chaudhuri, Arunava (29 November 2007). "119th "Osian's" Durand Cup 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- Chaudhuri, Arunava (29 November 2007). "112th IFA Shield 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "Dempo, East Bengal enter Fed Cup Quarters". Outlook India. 20 December 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "Dempo down E Bengal to enter Federation Cup semis". Rediff News. 23 December 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "Sao Paulo beat East Bengal". NDTV Sports. 22 March 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- "Sao Paulo FC, Brazil beat East Bengal by 3-0". East Bengal Club. 27 January 2007. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2021.