2017 CFL Premier Division

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

Season	2017–18
Champions	East Bengal (39th title)
Matches played	41
Goals scored	127 (3.1 per match)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 25 September 2017.

Premier Division A

CFL Premier Division A

Season	2017–18
Champions	East Bengal (8 times)
Relegated	Railway FC Southern Samity
Matches played	41
Goals scored	127 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohammedan)(12 goals)
Highest scoring	Mohammedan vs Peerless SC 5–2 (24 August 2017) (7 goals)
Longest winning run	East Bengal (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	East Bengal Mohun Bagan (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Pathachakra F.C. (5 matches)
Longest losing run	Railway FC (8 matches)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 25 September 2017.

Standings

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

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

Top scorers

As of 16 September 2017

Source: kolkatafootball.com

12 goals

• Aser Pierrick Dipanda(MSC)

7 goals

• Kamo Stephane Bayi (MOH)

6 goals

• Ansumana Kromah (MOH)

5 goals

• Suhair V P(KEB)
• Willis Plaza (KEB)

4 goals

• Sheikh Faiaz (Mohammedan)
• Jiten Murmu(Mohammedan)
• Azharuddin Mallick (MOH)
• Mahmoud Amnah (KEB)
• Laldanmawia Ralte (KEB)
• Joel Sunday (PAT)
• Eric Brown (PAT)

3 goals

• Anthony Wolfe (TOL)
• Leonce Dodoz Zikahi (PRL)

2 goals

• Babun Das (PAT)
• Shiltan Dsilva (MOH)
• Carlyle Mitchell (KEB)
• Bazie Armand (RFC)
• Anil Kisku (PRL)
• Sukhwinder Sing (PRL)
• Rajon Burman (CCU)
• Nikhil Kadam (MOH)

1 goal

• Syed Rahim Nabi (PRL)
• Monotosh Chakladar (PAT)
• Atinder Mani (MSC)
• Dipendu Dowary (MSC)
• Chattu Mondal (RFC)
• Bijoy Mandi (SOU)
• Gabriel Fernandes (KEB)
• Nadong Bhutia (PAT)
• Lalrindika Ralte (KEB)
• Samad Ali Mallick (KEB)
• Francis (PRL)
• Jobby Justin (KEB)
• Sumit Das (RFC)
• Dhiman Sinha (CCU)
• Brandon Vanlalremdika (KEB)
• Manandeep Singh (MSC)
• Prohlad Roy (MSC)
• Arijit Singh (CCU)
• Yao Kiosi Bernerd (RAC)
• Satyam Sharma (MSC)
• Nabin Hela (TOL)
• Josef Olanrien (CCU)
• Victor Kamhuka (PAT)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Aser Pierrick Dipanda	Mohammedan	Peerless SC	5–2	21 August 2017
Aser Pierrick Dipanda 4	Mohammedan	Railway FC	6–0	13 September 2017
Suhair V P	East Bengal	Rainbow AC	5–1	17 August 2017
Kamo Stephane Bayi 4	Mohun Bagan	Pathachakra FC	5–2	19 August 2017
Surabuddin Mollick	East Bengal	Peerless SC	5–1
Willis Plaza	East Bengal	Tollygunge Agragami	5–0	19 September 2017

⁴ The player scored 4 goals

Premier Division B

CFL Premier Division B

Season	2017–18
Matches played	53
Goals scored	95 (1.79 per match)
Highest scoring	West Bengal Police vs BNR 3–2 (22 August 2017) BNR vs FCI 1–4 (31 August 2017) (5 goals)
Longest winning run	Kidderpore SC (3 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	FCI George Telegraph (7 matches)
Longest winless run	Police AC (7 matches)
Longest losing run	SAI Kidderpore SC (3 matches)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 24 September 2017.

Standings

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

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

As of 13 September 2017

Source: kolkatafootball.com

9 goals

• MD. Amirul (FCI)

4 goals

• Subhankar Das (GTL)

3 goals

• Subhankar Sardar (KSC)

2 goals

• Saikat Sarkar (KSC)
• Rajib Swaw (GTL)
• Sibra Narjary (USC)
• Saika Shamim (WBP)
• Suva Kumar (GTL)

1 goal

• Kishore Mollick (WBP)
• Krishanu Banerjee (BNR)
• Abinash Nayek (BNR)
• Rabi Das (BNR)
• Safikul Ali Gayen (BNR)
• Dhananjoy Yadav (ARN)
• Rakesh Karmakar (FCI)
• Amit Kundu (GTL)
• Subrata Biswas (GTL)
• mujafar (KSC)

Hat-tricks

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