East Bengal draw 2-2 away to Al-Hussein in AFC Champions League Two; review of club’s all-time AFC scorers
East Bengal and Jordanian club Al-Hussein played out a 2-2 draw in an AFC Champions League Two away tie on September 17, 2026, as East Bengal returned to continental competition. The match finished level after Al-Hussein recovered from a two-goal deficit to earn a point.
East Bengal took a 2-0 lead in the first half through new signing Dani Ramirez and centre-back Anwar Ali, who scored in the 40th minute. Al-Hussein reduced the deficit in the 61st minute and completed their comeback with an 87th-minute goal from Jordanian international Ahmed Assaf, leaving the game tied at full time. The result left East Bengal to settle for one point from the away fixture in the AFC Champions League Two.
Chapman is credited with five goals for East Bengal in AFC competitions; he was a former Indian National Team captain and scored a hat-trick in the first round of the 1993-94 Asian Cup Winners’ Cup against Iraqi side Al-Zawar’a in a 6-2 win. Chapman added a brace in the 1994-95 Asian Cup Winners’ Cup first round against Blue Lagoon of the Maldives.
Biswajit scored five goals for East Bengal in AFC competition, all coming in the 1985-86 Asian Club Championship qualifiers where East Bengal topped their group. Those five goals were recorded across five matches, with Biswajit scoring in a 2-0 victory over PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) and contributing to a 7-0 win that included four goals from East Bengal against New Road Team.
Tolgay Özbey netted five goals in the 2011 AFC Cup: two in a 4-4 draw with Chonburi (in the 8th and 22nd minutes), one in a 4-1 loss to Persipura Jayapura, and two more in a 3-3 draw with South China. Chidi Edeh scored six goals in East Bengal’s run to the 2013 AFC Cup semi-finals, with strikes in both fixtures against Tampines Rovers, a goal in the 4-1 win over Xuan Thanh Saigon Cement, and a hat-trick in the Round of 16 against Yangon United as East Bengal advanced to the quarter-finals.
Cristiano Sebastião de Lima Júnio (Cristiano Jr.) scored six goals in the 2004 AFC Cup group stage, including a brace in a 3-2 win over Geylang United and a brace in a 4-2 victory against Negeri Sembilan, plus goals in a 3-0 win over Island FC and in the reverse fixture with Negeri Sembilan. Debashish Roy is recorded with eight AFC competition goals, all in the 1985-86 Asian Club Championship and its qualifiers: he scored versus Abahani in a 1-0 win, added a goal in a 2-0 victory over PIA, scored twice in a 7-0 win over New Road Team, produced a hat-trick in a 9-0 win against Club Valencia, and netted East Bengal’s only goal in a 2-1 loss to Al-Ahly.
Bhaichung Bhutia, East Bengal’s all-time top scorer and the club’s leading scorer in AFC competitions, scored six goals in East Bengal’s 6-0 win over the Philippine Army in the 2003 ASEAN Club Championship, becoming the first Indian to score a double Hat-Trick in any AFC competition. He added goals in each of the three remaining knockout matches to finish as the tournament’s top scorer, scored in the 2004 AFC Cup 4-2 win over Negeri Sembilan, and registered his final AFC competition goal in a 3-2 defeat to Nebitçi Football Team in the 2005 AFC Cup.
East Bengal are scheduled to face Al-Shorta on 13th October, 2026, and the club’s head coach is Antonio Lopez Habas.