East Bengal Ultras | |
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Nickname | Bangal Brigade |
Abbreviation | EBU |
Established | 2013 |
Type | Supporters' group, Ultras group |
Club | East Bengal |
Location | Kolkata, West Bengal |
Stadium | East Bengal Ground Salt Lake Stadium Kalyani Stadium Barasat Stadium Kanchenjunga Stadium |
Stand | Usually C2 Left (ISL 2023-24 home games except Kolkata Derby) |
Colours | Red and Gold |
Website | ebultras |
The East Bengal Ultras (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈi:st ˌbenˈɡɔːl ˈʌltrəz]) is the vocal supporters' group of an Indian football club, East Bengal, which competes in the ISL—the top tier football league in India. The group is also often referred to as the Bangal Brigade since much of its fanbase originates from the eastern region of Bengal. Founded in 2013, it was the first Ultras group in Indian football and has been credited with revolutionising the Indian football fan movement. East Bengal Ultras was the first supporters' group in India to organise an on-field pyrotechnics show and the first in South Asia to organise a live chant show, which was named Tunes of Colony, in 2019. The group has around 25 chants and slogans.
East Bengal Ultras is known for making some of the largest unique tifos in Indian football. In the 2019–20 I-League season, it set a record for the biggest tifo—10,000 sq ft (930 m2)—in Indian football history at that time, breaking the previous record of 7,200 sq ft (670 m2) which the group had also set.