2024 CFL Premier Division

126th edition of CFL Premier Division

Football league season

CFL Premier DivisionSeason| 2024

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Dates| 25 June – TBA
Matches played| 124
Goals scored| 348 (2.81 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

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2025 →

All statistics correct as of 20 August 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

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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

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* 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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Group A  | Group B

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Team  | Head coach  | Captain  | Team  | Head coach  | Captain
Army Red |  Sudhir Mishra  |  Renzong Lepcha  | Bhawanipore |  Shahid Raman  |  Jiten Murmu
Aryan |  Rajdeep Nandy  |  Sandip Patra  | Calcutta Customs |  Biswajit Bhattacharya |  Suvam Sen
BSS |  Souren Dutta  |  Subhankar Das  | Calcutta Police Club  |  Bijoy Ghosh  |  Koushik Goala
Diamond Harbour FC |  Kibu Vicuna |  Raju Gaikwad | East Bengal |  Bino George |  Aditya Patra
Kalighat MS |  Patham Thapa  |  Koushik Sarkar | Eastern Railway |  Subhagato Roy  |  Antoni Soren
Kidderpore |  Sayantan Das Roy  |  Prosenjit Chakroborty  | George Telegraph |  Goutam Ghosh  |  Sourish Lodh Chowdhury
Measurers Club  |  Rajib Dey  |  Chattu Mondal  | Kalighat Sports Lovers Association  |  Jahar Das |  Bishal Chhetri
Mohammedan Sporting |  Hakim Ssengendo  |  Samad Ali Mallick | Mohun Bagan SG |  Deggie Cardozo  |  Suhail Bhat
Pathachakra |  Lalkamal Bhowmick |  Subhajit Mandi  | Peerless |  Hemanta Dora |  Donlad Diengdoh
Southern Samity |  Dipankar Biswas  |  Rajesh Rajbhar  | Police AC |  Rajesh Rajbhar  |  Deep Dey
Suruchi Sangha |  Ranjan Bhattacharya  |  Amit Tudu  | Railway  |  Amit Tudu  |  Sudipta Banerjee
United |  Steven Herbots  |  Tarak Hembram  | Rainbow |  Aditya Chatterjee  |  Sourav Dasgupta
Wari |  Swapan Biswas  |  Kamran Farooque | Tollygunge Agragami |  Arindam Deb  |  Avinabo Bag

## First stage

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### Group A

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

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1  | Diamond Harbour | 9  | 7  | 2  | 0  | 22  | 6  | +16  | 23  | Qualified for the Super Six round
2  | Suruchi Sangha | 9  | 6  | 2  | 1  | 14  | 6  | +8  | 20
3  | Mohammedan SC | 10  | 5  | 3  | 2  | 21  | 10  | +11  | 18
4  | United SC | 10  | 5  | 3  | 2  | 15  | 7  | +8  | 18  |
5  | Kidderpore | 9  | 3  | 4  | 2  | 10  | 11  | −1  | 13
6  | BSS | 9  | 2  | 6  | 1  | 10  | 10  | 0  | 12
7  | Southern Samity | 9  | 3  | 2  | 4  | 15  | 12  | +3  | 11
8  | Wari | 10  | 2  | 3  | 5  | 11  | 24  | −13  | 9
9  | Aryan | 9  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 13  | 13  | 0  | 8
10  | Pathachakra | 9  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 10  | 14  | −4  | 8  | Relegation round
11  | Measurers Club  | 9  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 11  | 20  | −9  | 8
12  | Army Red | 9  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 7  | 19  | −12  | 7
13  | Kalighat MS | 9  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 5  | 12  | −7  | 6

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2024. Source: The Away End
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 (Q) | 10  | 9  | 1  | 0  | 30  | 3  | +27  | 28  | Qualified for the Super Six round
2  | Bhawanipore (Q) | 10  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 25  | 4  | +21  | 25
3  | Calcutta Customs | 10  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 20  | 7  | +13  | 21
4  | Peerless | 10  | 5  | 1  | 4  | 16  | 12  | +4  | 16  |
5  | Calcutta Police  | 10  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 8  | 7  | +1  | 15
6  | George Telegraph | 10  | 5  | 0  | 5  | 11  | 14  | −3  | 15
7  | Mohun Bagan SG | 9  | 3  | 4  | 2  | 17  | 9  | +8  | 13
8  | Kalighat SLA  | 9  | 4  | 1  | 4  | 15  | 13  | +2  | 13
9  | Railway FC  | 10  | 3  | 1  | 6  | 10  | 17  | −7  | 10
10  | ASOS Rainbow | 10  | 1  | 6  | 3  | 12  | 16  | −4  | 9  | Relegation round
11  | Eastern Railway | 10  | 2  | 1  | 7  | 4  | 24  | −20  | 7
12  | Tollygunge Agragami | 11  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 11  | 35  | −24  | 5
13  | Police AC | 11  | 0  | 4  | 7  | 5  | 23  | −18  | 4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2024. Source: The Away End
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
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

## Super Six

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The top three teams from both groups qualified for the Super Six round with the points from the group stage being carried over.[4]

### Qualified Teams

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The six qualified teams for the Super Six phase from both the groups:

Group A | Group B

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TBD | East Bengal
TBD | Bhawanipore
TBD | TBD

### Standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | East Bengal | 10  | 9  | 1  | 0  | 30  | 3  | +27  | 28
2  | Bhawanipore | 10  | 8  | 1  | 1  | 25  | 4  | +21  | 25

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2024. Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots

## Season statistics

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### Top scorers

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As of 20 August 2024
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Jesin TK | East Bengal | 9
2  |  David Lalchhuanawma  | Calcutta Customs | 7
Jobby Justin | Diamond Harbour FC | 7
Suhail Bhat | Mohun Bagan SG | 7
5  |  Jiten Murmu  | Bhawanipore | 6
Rajon Barman  | Rainbow | 6
Robi Hansda  | Calcutta Customs | 6
Sujal Munda  | United | 6
9  |  Israfil Dewan  | Mohammedan Sporting | 5
10  |  Akshat Shaw  | Railway  | 4
Jaideep Singh  | Suruchi Sangha | 4
Rahul Paswan | Diamond Harbour FC | 4
Rakes Karmakar  | George Telegraph | 4
Salahudheen Adnan  | Mohun Bagan SG | 4
Sarkin Alam  | Railway  | 4
Sayan Banerjee | East Bengal | 4

## References

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1. ^ a b "EB and Bagan in same CFL group". The Times of India. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Calcutta Football League 2024 Points Table, Top Goalscorers, Result, Schedule". MyKhel. 18 August 2024.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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