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East Bengal Club - Squad for the 2013/14 season

Kolkata giants East Bengal Club under new coach Marcos Falopa have once more worked in the transfer period with the strategy to fill in positions of players who left the club and strengthen the bench for the assignments in the season ahead.The big aim in the 2013/14 season under new Brazilian Marcos Falopa is to bring back the I-League title to Kolkata and try to progress even further than the quarterfinals in the AFC Cup.The red-and-gold management has looked to improve the team in midfield and attacking bringing in Dempo duo Ryuji Sueoka and Joaquim Abranches besides James Moga from Pune FC, experienced Shylo Malswam Tulunga from United SC and young Nilendra Dewan from Southern Samity.

To increase the competition amongst the goalkeepers, Abhra Mondal has been brought back from Pune FC as he will fight for the number one spot with Abhijit Mondal and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.

EAST BENGAL CLUB

Goalkeepers
1-Abhijit Mondal, 26-Abhra Mondal (Pune FC), 27-Jayanta Pal, 30-Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Defenders
2-Raju Eknath Gaekwad, 3-Arnab Mondal, 4-Uga Okpara, 5-Abhishek Das, 8-Thokchom Naoba Singh, 16-Gurwinder Singh, 19-Robert Lalthlamuana, 23-Safar Sardar, 29-Soumik Dey

Midfielders
7-Harmanjot Singh Khabra, 9-Alvito Ronaldo Correia D’Cunha, 11-Ryuji Sueoka (Dempo SC), 12-Reisangmi Vashum, 14-Mehtab Hossain, 17-Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC), 20-Lalrindika Ralte, 24-Cavin Peter Lobo, 28-Shylo Malswam Tulunga (United SC), 33-Dipankar Roy (new), 34-Subodh Kumar

Forwards
6-Baljit Singh Sahni, 10-Chidi Edeh, 15-James Joseph Saeed Moga (Pune FC), 21-Seiminlen Doungel, 35-Nilendra Dewan (Southern Samity)

Official
Marcos Falopa (Chief Coach), Ranjan Choudhury (Assistant Coach), Americo Falopa (Goalkeeping Coach-cum-physical trainer)

Players Released
Penn Ikechukwu Orji, Khanthang Paite, Charan Rai (all Mohammedan Sporting Club), Robin Singh (Bengaluru FC), Andrew Barisic (Melbourne Knights, AUSTRALIA); Sanju Pradhan, Susanth Mathew, Ishfaq Ahmed (all IMG-Reliance); Jagpreet Singh, Manandeep Singh; Saikat Saha Roy (Bhowanipore Club, on loan)

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