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

Season	2019–20
Champions	Peerless (1st title)
Matches played	129
Goals scored	309 (2.4 per match)
← 2018 2021 → Fixtures

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.^[4] Eastern Railway did the same back in 1958.

Premier Division A

CFL Premier Division A

Season	2019–20
Dates	26 July – 3 October
Champions	Peerless SC (1st title)
Relegated	Kalighat MS NBP Rainbow
Matches played	65
Goals scored	177 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ansumana Kromah (13 Goals)
Highest scoring	Bhawanipore 6–2 NBP Rainbow
Highest attendance	65,000 (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^[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. 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: ^[6]
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

Season	2019
Champions	United SC
Promoted	United Railway Tollygunge Agragami Kidderpore
Relegated	SAI (East Zone) SAIL
Matches played	64
Goals scored	132 (2.06 per match)
Highest scoring	Pathachakra 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: ^[7]
(C) Champions

• Matches into Championship & Relegation Round.

References

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3. "Calcutta Football League 2019 to kick-off on July 26". Goal.com. 22 July 2019. from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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