The 2018 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 121st season of the CFL Premier Division, a state association football league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league is divided into two groups – Division A and Division B. The Championship title is awarded only to the Division A winner, while four teams from Division A are relegated to Division B at the end of the season and four teams from Division B are simultaneously promoted to Division A for the next season. The fixtures of Division A and Division B started on 3 and 5 August 2018, respectively.

CFL Premier Division
Season2018–19
ChampionsMohun Bagan
(30th title)[1]
Matches played117
Goals scored275 (2.35 per match)
2017
2019
Fixtures
The Kolkata Derby of the 2018 CFL season on September 2.

Premier Division A

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CFL Premier Division A
Season2018
ChampionsMohun Bagan
RelegatedFCI
WBP
Tollygunge Agragami
Pathachakra
Matches played66
Goals scored165 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer
  Ansumana Kromah (Peerless SC) (11 goals)
Biggest home winMohun Bagan 5–0 WBP
Mohun Bagan 5–0 FCI
Highest scoringAryan 3–3 Pathachakra
Longest winning runEast Bengal
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runMohun Bagan
(11 matches)
Longest winless runWBP
(9 matches)
Longest losing runTollygunge Agragami
(4 matches)
Highest attendance65,322 (Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal FC)
2017
2019
All statistics correct as of 18 September 2018.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mohun Bagan (C) 11 9 2 0 27 6 +21 29 Champion
2 Peerless SC 11 8 1 2 20 8 +12 25
3 East Bengal 11 7 2 2 19 7 +12 23
4 Mohammedan 11 6 1 4 12 8 +4 19 Qualified for I-League 2nd Division
5 Rainbow 11 5 2 4 15 13 +2 17
6 George Telegraph 11 4 3 4 12 13 −1 15
7 Calcutta Customs 11 3 5 3 13 12 +1 14
8 Aryan 11 4 2 5 11 14 −3 14
9 Pathachakra 11 3 4 4 15 17 −2 13 Relegation to Premier Division B
10 Tollygunge Agragami 11 2 2 7 12 21 −9 8
11 FCI 11 0 4 7 5 20 −15 4
12 West Bengal Police 11 0 2 9 4 26 −22 2
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2018. Source: [2]
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away ARN CCU EB FCI GT MSC MB PAT PRL RAC TA WBP
Aryan 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–0
Calcutta Customs 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–0
East Bengal 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0
FCI 1–1 0–1 0–5 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–5 1–1
George Telegraph 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–3 2–1 1–0
Mohammedan 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1
Mohun Bagan 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 5–0
Pathachakra 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0
Peerless SC 3–1 3–0 3–0
Rainbow 2–1 2–1
Tollygunge Agragami 1–1
West Bengal Police
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2018. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managers and foreigners

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Club Head Coach Foreigner 1 Foreigner 2 Foreigner 3 Foreigner 4
Aryan   Debashish Nandy   Seidu Mady   Bello Razaq   Gatch Arthure Diomande   Emmanuel Chigozie
Calcutta Customs   Rajeev Dey   Samuel Kane   John Ampong   Eze Stanley Ifeanyi
East Bengal   Bastob Roy   Mahmoud Amnah   Kassim Aidara   Jhonny Acosta
FCI (Eastern Zone)   Sudeep Chakraborty
George Telegraph   Ranjan Bhattacharya   Echezona Anyichie   Reo Nakamura   Justice Morgan   Stephen Harry
Mohammedan   Sudeep Sarkar   Lancine Touré   Bazie Armand   Olariche Princewill Emeka   Philip Adjah
Mohun Bagan   Sankarlal Chakraborty   Aser Pierrick Dipanda   Eze Kingsley   Henry Kisekka   Yuta Kinowaki
Pathachakra   Anjan Nath   Victor Kamhuka   Anto Pejic   Futa Nakamura   Bright Middleton Mends
Peerless   Tapan Chakraborty   Ansumana Kromah   Anthony Wolfe   Chika Wali
Rainbow   Tarit Ghosh   Joel Sunday   Penn Orji   Godwin Quashiga   Guy Eric Dano
Tollygunge Agragami   Bimal Ghosh   Daniel Bedemi   Richard Agwu Somtochukwu   Lago Dagbo Bei   Kamo Stephane Bayi
West Bengal Police   Sahadeb Bhowmick

Stadiums

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Stadium Capacity
Mohun Bagan/CCFC Ground 22,000
East Bengal/Aryan Ground 23,500
Mohammedan/Howrah Union Ground 15,000
Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan 85,000
Barasat Stadium 22,000
Kalyani Stadium 20,000
Gayespur Stadium 12,000

Attendance

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Derby attendance

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Statistics

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  • Goal by Indians- 58 goals
  • Goal by Foreigners- 92 goals

Top scorers

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As of 19 September 2018

Source: kolkatafootball.com

11 goals
10 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Own goals

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As of 19 September 2018

Source: kolkatafootball.com

Assists

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Clean sheets

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As of 19 September 2018

Source: kolkatafootball.com

6 clean sheets
4 clean sheets
3 clean sheets
2 clean sheets
1 clean sheets

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Ansumana Kromah George Telegraph 3–1 20 August 2018 [3]
  Aser Pierrick Dipanda West Bengal Police 5–0 25 August 2018 [3]
  Aser Pierrick Dipanda FCI 5–0 5 September 2018 [3]

Fastest goals

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Player For Against Timing
  Stephen Harry Calcutta Customs 1 minute 10 seconds
  Aser Pierrick Dipanda West Bengal Police 1 minute 32 seconds
  Philip Adjah Tollygunge Agragami 1 minute 35 Seconds

Previous Division B

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CFL Premier Division B
Season2018–19
Matches played51
Goals scored110 (2.16 per match)
Highest scoringKalighat MS 4–0 v RLY
Longest unbeaten runBhowanipore
BSS
(5 matches)
Longest winless runTaltala
(5 matches)
2017
2019
All statistics correct as of 9 September 2018.

Standings[1]

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kalighat M.S. 13 8 3 2 28 10 +18 27 Promotion to Premier Division A
2 Southern Samity 13 7 4 2 19 10 +9 25
3 Bhowanipore 13 6 5 2 13 7 +6 23
4 BSS Sporting Club 13 6 3 4 17 14 +3 21
5 SAI 13 4 4 5 11 11 0 16 Championship Round
6 Railways FC 13 2 3 8 3 22 −19 9
7 Kidderpore SC 8 2 2 4 9 11 −2 8 Relegation Round
8 United 8 2 2 4 5 7 −2 8
9 Taltala Dipti Sangha 8 0 2 6 5 18 −13 2 Relegation to First Division
10 Army XI[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [4]
Notes:
  1. ^ Army XI withdrew from the competition due to some uncited reasons.

Notes: 1.^ After the completion of the single round robin, the teams will be divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 4. The top 6 teams will play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 4 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carries forward their points and other records from the previous 1st round matches into the championship or the relegation round. Overall 4 teams are promoted.

Results

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Home \ Away Army XI BSS S.C. BSC KMS KSC RLY SAI SOU TDS USC
Army XI
BSS S.C. 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Bhowanipore 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Kalighat MS 0–3 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–3
Kidderpore SC 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1
Railways FC 0–2 0–4 0–0 0–0 1–0
SAI Darjeeling 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Southern Samity 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
Taltala Dipti Sangha 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–2
United 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2018. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Mohun Bagan Trophy room". themohunbaganac.com. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Calcutta premier division 2018". Soccerway.
  3. ^ a b c Ad Place. "ifa_cfl_premier_a_2018-19 live score|ifa_cfl_premier_a_2018-19 - results|Indian live football". kolkatafootball.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Calcutta Football League 2018-19". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.