East Bengal F.C. Academy

East Bengal Academy are the under-18, under-15 and under-13 team of Indian professional football club East Bengal FC. The under-18 team of the club is generally referred to as the primary youth team as it is the last stage of progression for promotion of youth players into the first team.
The youth teams participate in the Elite league of various age groups. East Bengal F.C. Academy's journey has begun on 20th June 2016 with the motive to establish a strong footprint in Indian football history by producing quality professional players. The main objective of this project has been to supply professional quality players to East Bengal FC senior team & Indian national team.

History
East Bengal F.C. Academy was founded in the early part of the 21st century and had a major success when the club's Under-15 team qualified for the Manchester United Premier Cup after being India And South-East Asian regional Champion in 2007.. The Junior team faced the youth teams of Manchester United F.C., A.S. Roma and Shandong Luneng and FK Austria Wien in the final round held in Manchester, however they lost all the games. The East Bengal Academy started with new endeavours in 2016 as they brought in Ranjan Chowdhury as the head of the project with an aim to produce Indian talents and build up the supply line for the main team of East Bengal FC.

Under-18
The under-18 team participates in the Elite League. The team is coached by former TFA and Pune F.C. Academy coach Ranjan Chowdhury who is also the Project Head of East Bengal Football Academy.

Under-18 squad
The East Bengal F.C. Academy Under-18 squad for 2019-20 season:

Performance Record

Under-15
The under-15 team participates in the Elite Youth League. The team is coached by Chandan Kumar Ray.

Under-15 squad
The East Bengal F.C. Academy Under-15 squad for 2019-20 season

Performance Record

Under-13
The under-13 team participates in the Elite Youth League. The team is coached by former India International and East Bengal FC legend Tarun Dey.

Under-13 squad
The East Bengal F.C. Academy Under-13 squad for 2019-20 season

Performance Record

Noted graduates

Those who made it at the club

East Bengal's youth system has been successful over the last few years; many players who have come through it have gone on to feature in the first-team. The following players have gone on to play over ten competitive matches for the first team.

Players who have represented the National team are in Bold.

2000s
  Anupam Sarkar
  Kingshuk Debnath
  Priyant Singh
  Saikat Saha Roy
  Gouranga Biswas

2010s
  Budhiram Tudu
  Abhinas Ruidas
  Seiminlen Doungel
  Mehtab Singh
  Prakash Sarkar 
  Manoj Mohammed
  Bidyashagar Singh
  PC Rohlupuia

Honours
IFA Shield: 2018 

AIFF Youth Leagues (): 2011 , 2014, 2016-17 

Zee Bangla Football League 2019 ()
SRMB Cup (U-18)
All Bengal Knockout Tournament (U-19)

<p>

References

See Also
 East Bengal Junior Teams Fixtures and Results
 Official website
 Club Website

Category:East Bengal F.C.
Category:Association football academies in Asia
Category:Youth football in India
Category:Football academies in India