2019 CFL Premier Division

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

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]

Contents

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

CFL Premier Division A
Season2019–20
Dates26 July – 3 October
Champions Peerless SC
(1st title)
Relegated Kalighat MS
NBP Rainbow
Matches played65
Goals scored177 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer Ansumana Kromah
(13 Goals)
Highest scoring Bhawanipore 6–2 NBP Rainbow
Highest attendance65,000 (East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan)
2018
2021
All statistics correct as of 26 February 2021.

Managers and foreign players

TeamManagerPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6
Aryan Flag of India.svg Raajdeep Nandy Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Gatch Arthure Diomande Flag of Nigeria.svg Ejiogu Emmanual Flag of Nigeria.svg Ademola Kuti Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Seydoumady Kourouma
Bhawanipore Flag of India.svg Sankarlal Chakraborty Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kamo Stephane Bayi Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Léonce Dodoz Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Victor Kamhuka
BSS Flag of India.svg Goutam Ghosh Flag of Nigeria.svg Waheed Adekunle Flag of Ghana.svg William Opoku Flag of Ghana.svg Bright Middleton Mends Flag of Ghana.svg Daniel Addo
Calcutta Customs Flag of India.svg Rajeev Dey Flag of Nigeria.svg Eze Stanley Ifeanyi Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Chigozie Flag of Ghana.svg Philip Adjah Teteh Flag of Ghana.svg John Ampong
East Bengal Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Menéndez Flag of Spain.svg Marcos de la Espada Flag of Senegal.svg Kassim Aidara Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Colado Flag of Spain.svg Martí Crespí Flag of Spain.svg Juan Mera Flag of Spain.svg Borja Gómez Pérez
George Telegraph Flag of India.svg Ranjan Bhattacharya Flag of Nigeria.svg Joel Sunday Flag of Nigeria.svg Justice Morgan Flag of Nigeria.svg Echezona Anyichie
Kalighat M.S. Flag of India.svg Anup Nag Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Alexander Kouame Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Lanssini Karamoko Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Ismail Aseel
Mohammedan Flag of Nigeria.svg Shaheed Ramon Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Arthur Kouassi Flag of Uganda.svg Musa Mudde Flag of Nigeria.svg Kareem Omolaja Flag of Nigeria.svg John Chidi
Mohun Bagan Flag of Spain.svg Kibu Vicuña Flag of Spain.svg Fran Morante Flag of Spain.svg Salva Chamorro Flag of Spain.svg Fran Gonzalez Flag of Spain.svg Joseba Beitia Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Daneil Cyrus Flag of Spain.svg Julen Colinas
Peerless Flag of India.svg Jahar Das Flag of Liberia.svg Ansumana Kromah Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Anthony Wolfe Flag of Liberia.svg Varney Kallon Flag of Ghana.svg Edmond Peprah
Rainbow Flag of India.svg Saumik Dey Flag of Nigeria.svg Kazeem Bolaji Flag of Nigeria.svg Richard Agwu Somtochukwu Flag of Nigeria.svg Felix Chidi Odili
Southern Samity Flag of India.svg Mehtab Hossain Flag of Ghana.svg Samuel Kane Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Mahmoud Amnah Flag of Nigeria.svg Ogba Kalu Nnanna

Venues

  1. Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
  2. Mohun Bagan Ground
  3. East Bengal Ground
  4. Mohammedan Ground
  5. Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
  1. Kalyani Stadium
  2. Gayeshpur Stadium
  1. Vidyasagar Krirangan

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Peerless 117222411+1323 Champions
2 Mohun Bagan 116232010+1020
3 East Bengal 116231713+420 [a]
4 Mohammedan 115421613+319Qualified for I-League Qualifiers
5 Bhawanipore 115242014+617
6 BSS Sporting Club 115241314117
7 George Telegraph 115151214216
8 Calcutta Customs 113531614+214 [a]
9 Southern Samity 112631113212
10 Aryan 11236132299
11 Kalighat M.S. 112271324118Relegation to Premier Division B
12 Rainbow 11137518136
Source: [5]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 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 1–41–20–20–31–22–21–12–14–30–11–1
Bhawanipore 0–11–12–20–22–13–00–20–26–22–0
BSS 2–11–22–03–20–11–20–40–01–1
Calcutta Customs w/o3–21–21–11–12–21–10–2
East Bengal 0–14–23–20–00–11–02–1
George Telegraph 1–01–20–40–23–00–0
Kalighat MS 1–30–31–42–10–0
Mohammedan 3–22–00–01–1
Mohun Bagan 0–31–04–0
Peerless 1–02–2
Rainbow 0–3
Southern Samity
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Liberia.svg Ansumana Kromah Peerless13
2 Flag of India.svg Akhil Verma Bhawanipore9
3 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Colado East Bengal7

Premier Division B

CFL Premier Division B
Season2019
Champions United SC
Promoted United
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.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 United (C)148422211+1128Promotion to Premier Division A
2 Railways 146441514+122
3 Tollygunge Agragami 145631512+321
4 Kidderpore 146351212021
5 Eastern Railway 135351714+318Championship Round
6 West Bengal Police 135261416217
7 FCI (East Zone) 1253487+118Relegation Round
8Pathachakra125071716+115
9 SAI (East Zone) 112366939Relegation to First Division
10 SAIL 11227620148
Source: [7]
(C) Champions

References

  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.