The 2018

Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by the Indian Football Association (WB) as part of the state leagues. It is the oldest football league in Asia. The CFL ...

Premier Division was the 121st season of the CFL Premier Division, a state association football league within the Indian state of

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. 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.

Premier Division A

Standings

Results

Managers and foreigners

Stadiums

Attendance

Derby attendance

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, ...

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— 65,322 *

vs Mohammedan SC— 12,317 *

East Bengal Club East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (), is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's association football, football team that competes in the Indian ...

vs Mohammedan SC— 12,557

Statistics

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

Top scorers

Source
kolkatafootball.com
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Ansumana Kromah Ghanefo Ansumana Agogo Kromah (born 24 December 1993), known simply as Ansumana Kromah, is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Kromah made his professional debut in India, playing for Peerless SC in Calcutta Footb ...

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Peerless SC Peerless Sports Club (formerly known as Peerless FC), or simply Peerless, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1993, the club is owned by Peerless Group and currently competes in the Calcutta Premi ...

) ;10 goals * Aser Pierrick Dipanda (

) ;6 goals *

Joel Sunday Joel Yinka Sunday Ayeni (born 31 December 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who last played as a forward for I-League outfit TRAU FC. Career Aizawl FC On 16 February 2016, Sunday was signed by the newly promoted I-League team Aizawl ...

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) *

Henry Kisekka Henry Kisekka (born 31 August 1989) is an Ugandan professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Regarded as an important asset to Dong Nai's attacking line in 2012, he recorded 11 goals, helping his team achieve promotion. Not m ...

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) * Bright Middleton Mends (Pathachakra) ;5 goals * John Ampong (Calcutta Customs) * Stephen Harry ( George Telegraph) *

Anthony Wolfe Anthony Wolfe CM (born 23 December 1983) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who plays as a forward. He played for the Trinidad and Tobago national team on 35 occasions. As a member of the squad that competed at the 2006 FIFA Wo ...

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) * Justice Morgan ( George Telegraph) * Emmanuel Chinedu (

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) ;4 goals *

Kamo Stephane Bayi Kamo Stephane Bayi (born 17 August 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League club Real Kashmir. Career Bayi was born in the Ivory Coast, but started his career in Nigeria with Akwa Starlets. In 2016, he mo ...

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Tollygunge Agragami Tollygunge Agragami Football Club is an Indian professional multi-sports club known for its Association football, football section. It is based in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1943 as "Russa Agragami Samity", the club competes i ...

) * Gatch Arthure Diomande (

) * Philip Adjah (

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) *

Jobby Justin Jobby Justin (born 10 November 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Diamond Harbour in the I-League 2. Career Justin grew up playing football on the beaches of Vettucaud but did not take the game seriously un ...

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East Bengal East Bengal (; ''Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo'') was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh. It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 195 ...

) ;3 goals * Emmanuel Chigozie (

) * Eze Stanley Ifeanyi (Calcutta Customs) *

Laldanmawia Ralte Laldanmawia Ralte (born 19 December 1992), popularly known as Danmawia, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger. Club career Born in Mizoram, Laldanmawia Ralte "The Sialhawk Express" began his career in the Mizoram Premier ...

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) * Princewell Emeka (

) * Kassim Aidara (

) * Lago Dagbo Bei (

) ;2 goals * Poltu Das (

) * Anto Pejić (Pathachakra) *

Azharuddin Mallick Azharuddin Mallick (born 11 July 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League club Delhi. Career United Sports Club Azharuddin made his debut for United S.C. as a young striker. He played for their under 19 te ...

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) * Gopal Poddar ( FCI) * Sk. Samim (

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) * Narohari Srestha (

) *

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) *

Victor Kamhuka Victor Kamhuka (born 2 April 1990) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a defender. Club career Dynamos Harare On 1 July 2013, Victor Kamkuka was signed by Dynamos Harare Zimbabwe, a first-division club in Zimbabwe as a defe ...

(Pathachakra) * Bubai Das (Pathachakra) * Ujjal Howladar (

) *

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(

) * Brandon Vanlalremdika (

) *

Tirthankar Sarkar Tirthankar Sarkar (born 1 July 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Diamond Harbour FC in the Calcutta Football League. Career Early career Tirthankar is the product of Mohun Bagan SAIL Football Academy, D ...

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) * Pintu Mahata (

) ;1 goal * Prosenjit Chakroborty (

) *

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(

) * Abhishek Ambekar (

) * Abhijit Sarkar (

) * Lakshmikant Mandi (

) * Sumit Das (

) * Nirmal Singh Bisht (Calcutta Customs) *

Mahmoud Amnah Mahmoud Amnah (; born 3 January 1983 in Aleppo) is a Syrian footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has earned 80 caps for the Syria national team between 2002 and 2011, scoring 20 goals. He last played for Calcutta Football League side South ...

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) * William Lalnunfela (

) * Penn Orji (

) * Guy Eric Dano (

) * Semboi Haokip (

) * Samad Ali Mallick (

) * Britto PM (

) * Deep Halder ( FCI) * Daniel Bedemi (

) * Subho Kumar ( George Telegraph) * Lalramchullova (

) * Amit Roy (Calcutta Customs) * Tonmoy Ghosh (

) * Dipendu Dowary (

) * Shilton D'Silva (

) * Mehtab Singh (

) * Koushik Sarkar (

) * Ram Malik (Calcutta Customs) * Mrinmoy Samanta ( FCI) * Khokon Das (

) * Govin Singh (

) * Lalchhawnkima (

) * Echezona Anyichie ( George Telegraph) * Hira Mondal (

) * Somananda Singh (Pathachakra) *

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) * Dipankar Podder (Pathachakra) * Sujoy Dutta (

)

Own goals

Source
kolkatafootball.com
/small> * Sandeep Debnath ( WBP)

Assists

Clean sheets

Source
kolkatafootball.com
/small> ;6 clean sheets * Rakshit Dagar (

) * Laltu Mondol ( George Telegraph) ;4 clean sheets * Priyant Singh (

) * Sandeep Paul ( Peerless) * Souvik Santra (

) * Sankar Roy (

) * Laltu Mondol ( George Telegraph) ;3 clean sheets * Shilton Paul (

) * Dibyendu Sarkar (

) ;2 clean sheets * Suvam Sen (Calcutta Customs) * Ubaid CK (

) ;1 clean sheets * Arindam Ghosh (Pathachakra) * Arup Debnath (

) * Abhijit Das (Pathachakra)

Hat-tricks

Fastest goals

Previous Division B

Standings

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

References

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