East Bengal's squad for the 2011/12 season

Kolkata giants East Bengal Club today announced their squad for the 2011/12 season. The team which be again coached by Trevor Morgan has retained most of their key players, while bringing in boys to strengthen their bench and some weak positions.



After just missing out on the I-League last season the red-and-gold will try to bring the title back to Kolkata, while also trying to defend their Federation Cup and Calcutta Premier Division titles.



The new squad was introduced at a function at the CCFC in Kolkata, in which the players walked a ramp along with models organised by their co-owners and sponsors the United Breweries Group.





EAST BENGAL CLUB

Goalkeepers

Sandip Nandy, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Indian Arrows), Abhra Mondal, Debjit Majumdar (United Sikkim FC), Jayanta Pal



Defenders

Thokchom Naoba Singh, Abhishek Das (Indian Arrows), Saikat Saha Roy, Nirmal Chetri, Uga Okpara, Gurwinder Singh, Raju Eknath Gaikwad (Indian Arrows), Sunil Kumar Thakur, Robert Lalthlamuana (Churchill Brothers SC), Soumik Dey, Ravinder Singh



Midfielders

Sunil Kumar (Pune FC), Sanju Pradhan, Reisangmi Vashum, Charan Rai (Churchill Brothers SC), Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Mehtab Hussain, Susanth Mathew, Subodh Kumar (Indian Arrows), Ongnam Milan Singh (Indian Arrows), Penn Ikechukwu Orji, Alvito D'Cunha, Khanthang Paite (Churchill Brothers SC), Beingaichho Beokhokhai



Forwards

Tolgay Ozbey, Baljit Singh Sahni, Branco Vincent Cardozo (United SC), Robin Singh, Budhiram Tudu, Biswarup Deb



Official

Trevor Morgan (Chief Coach), Ranjan Chaudhuri (Assistant Coach), Alvito D'Cunha (Assistant Coach), Atanu Bhattacharya (Goalkeeper Coach)





Players Released

Mehrajuddin Wadoo (Salgaocar SC), Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC), Rajib Ghosh (Indian Arrows), Sushil Kumar Singh (United Sikkim FC), Naseem Akhtar (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Aseem Koraliyadan Kutty (Central Excise, Chennai), Sukumal Santra, Lalchhuan Awma, Bikash Narzary, Alexandro da Silva Santos