2019 Calcutta Premier Division

122nd season of Calcutta Premier Division

Football league season

Calcutta Premier DivisionSeason| 2019–20

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Champions| Peerless
(1st title)
Matches played| 129
Goals scored| 309 (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. It started from 26 July 2019. It had two sub-divisions: CFL Premier Division A and CFL Premier Division B.[1][2][3]

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[edit]

Football league season

Calcutta Premier Division ASeason| 2019–20

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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[edit]

Team  | Manager  | Player 1  | Player 2  | Player 3  | Player 4  | Player 5  | Player 6

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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[edit]

* 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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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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. ^ 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[edit]

Home \ Away  | ARN | BFC | BSS | CCU | EB | GTL | KMS | MM | MB | PRL | RAC | SOU

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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[edit]

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Ansumana Kromah | Peerless  | 13
2  |  Akhil Verma | Bhawanipore  | 9
3  |  Jaime Colado | East Bengal  | 7

## Premier Division B[edit]

Football league season

Calcutta Premier Division BSeason| 2019

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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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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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[edit]

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.

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* Santosh Trophy (State)
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