2019 CFL Premier Division

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.

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

Premier Division A

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

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

  • 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

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
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
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:
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

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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

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

Premier Division B

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

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:
(C) Champions
  • Matches into Championship & Relegation Round.

References

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