2019 CFL Premier Division

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]

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

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

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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

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

Venues

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  • 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

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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

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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

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

Premier Division B

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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

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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

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  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.