East Bengal Club Football Formation

Lineup (5-3-2)

Manilal Ghatak · Taj Mohammad · Byomkesh Bose · Kaiser (c) · K. Mitra · Sunil Ghosh · P. Venkatesh · Saleh · Ahmed Khan · Appa Rao · Dhanraj

East Bengal's "Legendary XI" (1949)

This is East Bengal's legendary line-up that won IFA Shield and went on to become the best club in Asia. Using the traditional 2-3-5 pyramid formation (not the 5-3-2 as wrongly indicated), this team thrived on its attacking power and creativity.

Reserves Include :- Paritosh Chakravarty, S.Mukherjee, Abid, R.Mazumdar, D.Chanda, G.Sen, K.Sen, S.Lahiri and S.Chatterjee.