2024 CFL Premier Division
Season | 2024 |
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Dates | 25 June – TBA |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 187 (2.92 per match) |
Biggest home win | East Bengal 7–1 Tollygunge Agragami 30 June 2024 East Bengal 6–0 Police AC 19 July 2024 Diamond Harbour 7–1 Measurers Club 19 July 2024 |
Biggest away win | Army Red 0–6 Aryan 27 June 2024 |
Highest scoring | East Bengal 7–1 Tollygunge Agragami 30 June 2024 Diamond Harbour 7–1 Measurers Club 19 July 2024 |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 19 July 2024. |
The 2024 CFL Premier Division is the 126th overall season of the Calcutta Football League – highest state-level football division of West Bengal. The 2024 edition will have 26 teams divided into two groups of 12 in the first phase, with top 6 qualifying for the championship round and bottom 8 heading into the relegation round.[1]
Format
[edit]The 2024 CFL Premier Division, like the 2023 CFL Premier Division, will have twenty-six teams divided into two groups in the first phase, where each team will play twelve matches in round robin format. After that, top three teams from the two groups shall proceed to the championship round, where each team shall play five more matches to determine the champion. The bottom four teams from both groups will play the relegation round. The Indian Football Association also announced that each team must field four 'home-state' players in the playing eleven at all time.[2][1][3]
Venues
[edit]- Amal Datta Krirangan, Dum Dum
- Bankimanjali Stadium, Naihati
- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium, Barrackpore
- Bidhannagar Municipal Sports Complex
- East Bengal/Aryan Ground, Kolkata
- Eastern Ground, Chinsurah
- Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
- Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
- Mohammedan/Howrah Union Ground, Kolkata
- Mohun Bagan/Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata
- Netaji Sports Complex, Kamalgazi
- Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
- Uluberia Stadium, Howrah
- Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Teams
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Team | Head coach | Captain | Team | Head coach | Captain |
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Bhawanipore | ![]() |
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Aryan | ![]() |
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Calcutta Customs | ![]() |
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BSS | ![]() |
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Calcutta Police Club | ![]() |
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Diamond Harbour FC | ![]() |
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East Bengal | ![]() |
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Kalighat MS | ![]() |
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Kidderpore | ![]() |
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George Telegraph | ![]() |
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Measurers Club | ![]() |
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Kalighat Sports Lovers Association | ![]() |
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Mohammedan Sporting | ![]() |
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Mohun Bagan SG | ![]() |
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Pathachakra | ![]() |
Peerless | ![]() |
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Southern Samity | ![]() |
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Police AC | ![]() |
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Suruchi Sangha | ![]() |
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Railway | ![]() |
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United | ![]() |
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Rainbow | ![]() |
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Wari | ![]() |
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Tollygunge Agragami | ![]() |
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First stage
[edit]Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Diamond Harbour FC | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 13 | Qualified for the Super Six round |
2 | Suruchi Sangha | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | |
3 | United SC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 | |
4 | Kidderpore | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | |
5 | Mohammedan SC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 | |
6 | Aryan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | |
7 | Kalighat MS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
8 | BSS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
9 | Measurers Club | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 6 | |
10 | Army Red | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 | Relegation round |
11 | Wari | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 5 | |
12 | Southern Samity | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 | |
13 | Pathachakra | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | East Bengal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 16 | Qualified for the Super Six round |
2 | Bhawanipore | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 13 | |
3 | Calcutta Police Club | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 | |
4 | Calcutta Customs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 10 | |
5 | Railway FC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
6 | Kalighat Sports Lovers Association | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
7 | Peerless SC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
8 | ASOS Rainbow | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | |
9 | George Telegraph | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | |
10 | Mohun Bagan SG | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Relegation round |
11 | Eastern Railway | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 4 | |
12 | Tollygunge Agragami | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 3 | |
13 | Police AC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 23 July 2024
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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East Bengal | 6 |
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Bhawanipore | 6 | |
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Diamond Harbour FC | 6 | |
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United | 5 |
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Railway | 4 |
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Mohammedan Sporting | 4 | |
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Calcutta Customs | 4 | |
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East Bengal | 4 | |
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Mohun Bagan SG | 4 | |
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Peerless | 3 |
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Tollygunge Agragami | 3 | |
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Aryan | 3 | |
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Calcutta Customs | 3 | |
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Mohammedan Sporting | 3 | |
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Suruchi Sangha | 3 | |
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Wari | 3 | |
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Diamond Harbour FC | 3 | |
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Rainbow | 3 | |
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Tollygunge Agragami | 3 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "EB and Bagan in same CFL group". The Times of India. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "কলকাতা লিগে চারজন ভূমিপুত্র খেলানো বাধ্যতামূলক, নিয়ম আনল IFA" [Four Homegrown Players Mandatory in Calcutta League, Rule imposed by IFA]. Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). 4 April 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "CFL 2024: All You Need to Know About Calcutta Football League's New Season - Groups, Format, Venue, Schedule". MyKhel. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.