The 2017 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 119th season of the CFL Premier Division, a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league is divided into two groups – Group A and Group B. The Championship title is awarded only to the Group A winner, while four teams from Group A are relegated to Group B at the end of the season and four teams from Group B are simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season. The fixtures of Group A kicked off on 12 August 2017, and of Group B on 7 August 2017.

CFL Premier Division
Season2017–18
ChampionsEast Bengal
(39th title)
Matches played41
Goals scored127 (3.1 per match)
2016
2018
All statistics correct as of 25 September 2017.

Premier Division A

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CFL Premier Division A
Season2017–18
ChampionsEast Bengal (8 times)
RelegatedRailway FC
Southern Samity
Matches played41
Goals scored127 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer  Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohammedan)(12 goals)
Highest scoringMohammedan vs Peerless SC
5–2
(24 August 2017)
(7 goals)
Longest winning runEast Bengal
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runEast Bengal
Mohun Bagan
(9 matches)
Longest winless runPathachakra F.C.
(5 matches)
Longest losing runRailway FC
(8 matches)
2016
2018
All statistics correct as of 25 September 2017.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 East Bengal (C) 9 7 2 0 26 5 +21 23 Champion
2 Mohun Bagan 9 7 2 0 20 5 +15 23
3 Mohammedan 9 5 2 2 28 14 +14 17
4 Peerless SC1 9 5 0 4 7 10 −3 15
5 Tollygunge Agragami1 9 4 1 4 5 13 −8 13
6 Calcutta Customs 9 3 3 3 6 7 −1 12
7 NBP Rainbow AC1 9 3 2 4 9 13 −4 11
8 Pathachakra 9 3 1 5 16 12 +4 10
9 Southern Samity (R) 4 0 1 3 0 9 −9 1 Relegation to Premier Division B
10 Railway1 (R) 9 1 0 8 0 21 −21 3
Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2017. Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Note: 1=These teams got walkover against Southern Samity and they got 3 point each.

Results

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Home \ Away CCU KEB MOH MSC PAT PRL RAI RAC SOU TOL
Calcutta Customs 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1-0 0–0 3-0 0–0
East Bengal 2–2 2–2 2–1 5–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 5-0
Mohun Bagan 2–1 5–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0
Mohammedan 2–4 5-2 6–0 2–1 3–0 3–0
Pathachakra 1–5 3–0 0–1 5–0
Peerless SC 3–1 2–1 ABD 0–1
Railway ABD 0–1
NBP Rainbow AC ABD 1–2
Southern Samity ABD
Tollygunge Agragami
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2017. Source: Soccerway

  Home team won;   Match drawn;   Away team won;   Match ABD

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 16 September 2017

Source: kolkatafootball.com

12 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Aser Pierrick Dipanda Mohammedan 5–2 21 August 2017
  Aser Pierrick Dipanda 4 Mohammedan
Railway FC
6–0 13 September 2017 [1]
5–1 17 August 2017 [2][3]
  Kamo Stephane Bayi 4
Pathachakra FC
5–2 19 August 2017 [4]
  Surabuddin Mollick 5–1
  Willis Plaza 5–0 19 September 2017

4 The player scored 4 goals

Premier Division B

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CFL Premier Division B
Season2017–18
Matches played53
Goals scored95 (1.79 per match)
Highest scoringWest Bengal Police vs BNR
3–2
(22 August 2017)
BNR vs FCI
1–4
(31 August 2017)
(5 goals)
Longest winning runKidderpore SC
(3 matches)
Longest unbeaten runFCI
George Telegraph
(7 matches)
Longest winless runPolice AC
(7 matches)
Longest losing runSAI
Kidderpore SC
(3 matches)
2016
2018
All statistics correct as of 24 September 2017.

Standings

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Notes: After the results of the 10th round, the teams will be divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 5. The top 6 teams are to play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 5 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carried forward their points and other records from the previous 10 matches into the championship or the relegation round.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 George Telegraph 14 6 8 0 16 7 +9 26 Promotion to Premier Division A
2 Food Corporation of India 14 7 5 2 19 9 +10 26
3 West Bengal Police FC 14 6 5 3 16 15 +1 23 Championship Round
4 Aryan 14 5 6 3 15 12 +3 21
5 United 14 2 10 2 11 9 +2 16
6 Kidderpore SC 14 3 8 3 11 10 +1 17
7 Bhowanipore FC 14 5 5 4 15 9 +6 20 Relegation Round
8 Kalighat M.S. 10 3 4 3 7 8 −1 13
9 SAI 10 2 3 5 5 8 −3 9
10 Police AC 10 1 5 4 8 11 −3 8 Relegation to First Division
11 Bengal Nagpur Railway 10 2 1 7 8 20 −12 7
Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2017. Source: Thif-live

Results

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Home \ Away ARN BNR BSC FCI GTL KMS KSC PAC SAI USC WBP
Aryan 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 ABD 0–2 0–0
Bengal Nagpur Railway 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–3
Bhowanipore 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1-0 1–2
Food Corporation of India 0–0 2–1 0-1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
George Telegraph 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Kalighat M.S. 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Kidderpore SC 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Police A.C. 1–1 1–1 2–2
SAI Darjeeling 0–2 1–0
United 1–1
West Bengal Police
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2017. Source: Thif-live

  Home team won;   Match drawn;   Away team won;   Match ABD

Top scorers

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As of 13 September 2017

Source: kolkatafootball.com

9 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  •   Subhankar Sardar (KSC)
2 goals
1 goal

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Md. Amirul FCI BNR 4–1 21 August 2017

References

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  1. ^ "Kamo Stephane Bayi makes a memorable debut for Bagan". Sportstar. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Season's 1st Kolkata Derby on September 7". The Times of India. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "CFL match – Short Takes". The Telegraph. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Mohun Bagan put five past Pathachakra". anandabazar patrika. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.