2019 CFL Premier Division

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CFL Premier Division
Season2019–20
ChampionsPeerless
(1st title)
Matches played129
Goals scored309 (2.4 per match)
2018
2021
Fixtures

The 2019 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 122nd season of the top state-level football league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The season kicked off on 26 July 2019. It had two sub-divisions: CFL Premier Division A and CFL Premier Division B.[1][2][3]

Peerless scripted history as they become the only club outside the Big ThreeMohun Bagan, East Bengal, & Mohammedan—to win the Championship in 61 years.[4] Eastern Railway did the same back in 1958.

Premier Division A[edit]

CFL Premier Division A
Season2019–20
Dates26 July – 3 October
ChampionsPeerless SC
(1st title)
RelegatedKalighat MS
NBP Rainbow
Matches played65
Goals scored177 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerAnsumana Kromah
(13 Goals)
Highest scoringBhawanipore 6–2 NBP Rainbow
Highest attendance65,000 (East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan)
2018
2021
All statistics correct as of 26 February 2021.
Fixtures

Managers and foreign players[edit]

Team Manager Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Aryan India Raajdeep Nandy Ivory Coast Gatch Arthure Diomande Nigeria Ejiogu Emmanual Nigeria Ademola Kuti Ivory Coast Seydoumady Kourouma
Bhawanipore India Sankarlal Chakraborty Ivory Coast Kamo Stephane Bayi Ivory Coast Léonce Dodoz Zimbabwe Victor Kamhuka
BSS India Goutam Ghosh Nigeria Waheed Adekunle Ghana William Opoku Ghana Bright Middleton Mends Ghana Daniel Addo
Calcutta Customs India Rajeev Dey Nigeria Eze Stanley Ifeanyi Nigeria Emmanuel Chigozie Ghana Philip Adjah Teteh Ghana John Ampong
East Bengal Spain Alejandro Menéndez Spain Marcos de la Espada Senegal Kassim Aidara Spain Jaime Colado Spain Martí Crespí Spain Juan Mera Spain Borja Gómez Pérez
George Telegraph India Ranjan Bhattacharya Nigeria Joel Sunday Nigeria Justice Morgan Nigeria Echezona Anyichie
Kalighat M.S. India Anup Nag Ivory Coast Alexander Kouame Ivory Coast Lanssini Karamoko Afghanistan Ismail Aseel
Mohammedan Nigeria Shaheed Ramon Ivory Coast Arthur Kouassi Uganda Musa Mudde Nigeria Kareem Omolaja Nigeria John Chidi
Mohun Bagan Spain Kibu Vicuña SpainFran Morante Spain Salva Chamorro Spain Fran Gonzalez Spain Joseba Beitia Trinidad and Tobago Daneil Cyrus Spain Julen Colinas
Peerless India Jahar Das Liberia Ansumana Kromah Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Wolfe Liberia Varney Kallon Ghana Edmond Peprah
Rainbow India Saumik Dey Nigeria Kazeem Bolaji Nigeria Richard Agwu Somtochukwu Nigeria Felix Chidi Odili
Southern Samity India Mehtab Hossain Ghana Samuel Kane Syria Mahmoud Amnah Nigeria Ogba Kalu Nnanna

Venues[edit]

  • Kolkata
  1. Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
  2. Mohun Bagan Ground
  3. East Bengal Ground
  4. Mohammedan Ground
  5. Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
  • Kalyani
  1. Kalyani Stadium
  2. Gayeshpur Stadium
  • Barasat
  1. Vidyasagar Krirangan

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Peerless 11 7 2 2 24 11 +13 23 Champions
2 Mohun Bagan 11 6 2 3 20 10 +10 20
3 East Bengal 11 6 2 3 17 13 +4 20[a]
4 Mohammedan 11 5 4 2 16 13 +3 19 Qualified for I-League Qualifiers
5 Bhawanipore 11 5 2 4 20 14 +6 17
6 BSS Sporting Club 11 5 2 4 13 14 −1 17
7 George Telegraph 11 5 1 5 12 14 −2 16
8 Calcutta Customs 11 3 5 3 16 14 +2 14[a]
9 Southern Samity 11 2 6 3 11 13 −2 12
10 Aryan 11 2 3 6 13 22 −9 9
11 Kalighat M.S. 11 2 2 7 13 24 −11 8 Relegation to Premier Division B
12 Rainbow 11 1 3 7 5 18 −13 6
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2019. Source: [5]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The game between East Bengal and Calcutta Customs was rescheduled due to unplayable weather & ground conditions, however on the later date East Bengal did not turn up & thus Customs were awarded a 3-0 win.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ARN BFC BSS CCU EB GTL KMS MM MB PRL RAC SOU
Aryan 1–4 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–3 0–1 1–1
Bhawanipore 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 6–2 2–0
BSS 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–4 0–0 1–1
Calcutta Customs w/o 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2
East Bengal 0–1 4–2 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1
George Telegraph 1–0 1–2 0–4 0–2 3–0 0–0
Kalighat MS 1–3 0–3 1–4 2–1 0–0
Mohammedan 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1
Mohun Bagan 0–3 1–0 4–0
Peerless 1–0 2–2
Rainbow 0–3
Southern Samity
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2019. Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Liberia Ansumana Kromah Peerless 13
2 India Akhil Verma Bhawanipore 9
3 Spain Jaime Colado East Bengal 7

Premier Division B[edit]

CFL Premier Division B
Season2019
ChampionsUnited SC
PromotedUnited
Railway
Tollygunge Agragami
Kidderpore
RelegatedSAI (East Zone)
SAIL
Matches played64
Goals scored132 (2.06 per match)
Highest scoringPathachakra 5–1 SAIL
2018
2022
All statistics correct as of 27 February 2021.
Fixtures

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 United (C) 14 8 4 2 22 11 +11 28 Promotion to Premier Division A
2 Railways 14 6 4 4 15 14 +1 22
3 Tollygunge Agragami 14 5 6 3 15 12 +3 21
4 Kidderpore 14 6 3 5 12 12 0 21
5 Eastern Railway 13 5 3 5 17 14 +3 18 Championship Round
6 West Bengal Police 13 5 2 6 14 16 −2 17
7 FCI (East Zone) 12 5 3 4 8 7 +1 18 Relegation Round
8 Pathachakra 12 5 0 7 17 16 +1 15
9 SAI (East Zone) 11 2 3 6 6 9 −3 9 Relegation to First Division
10 SAIL 11 2 2 7 6 20 −14 8
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2019. Source: [7]
(C) Champions
  • Matches into Championship & Relegation Round.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IFA CFL Premier-A 2019 to start from 26th July". KolkataFootball.com. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Calcutta Football League: Mohun Bagan to face Peerless SC in campaign opener". The Hindu. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Calcutta Football League 2019 to kick-off on July 26". Goal.com. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. ^ "we have proved. Kromah leaded [sic] the team from the front :Jahar Das ,Peerless coach". Kolkata Today. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Indiafooty".
  6. ^ "Calcutta Premier Division A 2019/20". indiafooty.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Calcutta Football League Premier Division B — Championship Round". kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata: Kolkata Football News. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.