2015–16 East Bengal F.C. season
| 2015–16 season | |||
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| Manager | Biswajit Bhattacharya | ||
| Stadium |
Salt Lake Stadium Barasat Stadium East Bengal Ground |
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| I-League | Pre-season | ||
| Calcutta Premier Division | Champions | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: All: Do Dong-hyun (12) |
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The 2015-16 season is the club's 95th season in existence. The club has already won the Calcutta Football League this season and became the runners of 2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup.
The club signed Do Dong-hyun, a South Korean attacking mid-fielder to support the stricking part. With the arrival of veteran defender Bello Razaq from Mohun Bagan, the team became stronger and the Red and Gold Brigade are hoping to seal the CFL championship and set another hexa record. With the help of recent performances, The Club clinched to the 74th spot in the recent AFC Club Ranking, the highest among all Indian football clubs.
The club started their Calcutta Football League campaign on 8 August by beating SVF Tollygunge Agragami FC by 1-0. In the next match, against Aryan F.C., the club managed a draw, the only draw of this CFL campaign. Then they went on winning all the matches against Bengal Nagpur Railway, Army XI, Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata), Police AC and Sports Authority of India.
Maintaining their winning streak of August, East Bengal started their September by beating Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. by 4-3. This fixture was their toughest in this campaign as at a time, the team was trailing by 0-2 and then they managed to win it.
The next fixture of the club was a prestigious Kolkata Derby against their arch rivals Mohun Bagan in which the team managed an easy 4-0 win with two stunning free kicks by Do Dong-hyun, the top scorer of the club, one of which came in just after 82 seconds from the kick off. This win sealed their league victory and their 118th win against their arch rivals. Moreover, it was clubs 6th consecutive CFL championship which is itself a record and they hold a similar 6 consecutive CFL League wins between the period 1970-75.
The last fixture was against Southern Samity on 10 September. East Bengal with their reserved squad managed to win it and became the unbeatable champions of this CFL. Do Dong-hyun became the top scorer of both the club and the CFL.
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