In 1942, the club triumphed for the first time at the prestigious Calcutta league. In spite of the absence of several key players, East Bengal put up one of their best performances ever and won 20 out of their 24 matches. Captain, Somanna, top scored with 26 goals. No player had till then scored more goals in a single edition of the league, which made Somanna’s achievement even more noteworthy.
Team – N. Mitra, A. Mukherjee, P. Dasgupta, P. Chakraborty, R. Majumdar, N. Roy, Amin, Giyasuddin, K. Sen F. Sinha, S. Chatterjee, Somanna (Captain), S. Ghosh, R. Dey, S. Datta, T. Bose, A. Bose, S. Chatterjee, S. Chakraborty, K. Rao, Pagsali, Dulal and nazar Mohammad.
