2018 CFL Premier Division
Season | 2018–19 |
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Champions | Mohun Bagan (30th title)[1] |
Matches played | 117 |
Goals scored | 275 (2.35 per match) |
← 2017 2019 →
Fixtures |
The 2018 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 121st season of the CFL Premier Division, a state association football league within the Indian state of West Bengal. 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
Season | 2018 |
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Champions | Mohun Bagan |
Relegated | FCI WBP Tollygunge Agragami Pathachakra |
Matches played | 66 |
Goals scored | 165 (2.5 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Liberia Ansumana Kromah (Peerless SC) (11 goals) |
Biggest home win | Mohun Bagan 5–0 WBP Mohun Bagan 5–0 FCI |
Highest scoring | Aryan 3–3 Pathachakra |
Longest winning run | East Bengal (5 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Mohun Bagan (11 matches) |
Longest winless run | WBP (9 matches) |
Longest losing run | Tollygunge Agragami (4 matches) |
Highest attendance | 65,322 (Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal FC) |
← 2017 2019 →
All statistics correct as of 18 September 2018. |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mohun Bagan (C) | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 29 | Champion |
2 | Peerless SC | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 25 | |
3 | East Bengal | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 23 | |
4 | Mohammedan | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 19 | Qualified for I-League 2nd Division |
5 | Rainbow | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 17 | |
6 | George Telegraph | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 15 | |
7 | Calcutta Customs | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | |
8 | Aryan | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 14 | |
9 | Pathachakra | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 13 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
10 | Tollygunge Agragami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 8 | |
11 | FCI | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 4 | |
12 | West Bengal Police | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 2 |
Results
Managers and foreigners
Club | Head Coach | Foreigner 1 | Foreigner 2 | Foreigner 3 | Foreigner 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aryan | India Debashish Nandy | Ivory Coast Seidu Mady | Nigeria Bello Razaq | Ivory Coast Gatch Arthure Diomande | Nigeria Emmanuel Chigozie |
Calcutta Customs | India Rajeev Dey | Nigeria Samuel Kane | Ghana John Ampong | Nigeria Eze Stanley Ifeanyi | — |
East Bengal | India Bastob Roy | Syria Mahmoud Amnah | Senegal Kassim Aidara | Costa Rica Jhonny Acosta | — |
FCI (Eastern Zone) | India Sudeep Chakraborty | — | — | — | — |
George Telegraph | India Ranjan Bhattacharya | Nigeria Echezona Anyichie | Japan Reo Nakamura | Nigeria Justice Morgan | Nigeria Stephen Harry |
Mohammedan | India Sudeep Sarkar | Ivory Coast Lancine Touré | Ivory Coast Bazie Armand | Nigeria Olariche Princewill Emeka | Ghana Philip Adjah |
Mohun Bagan | India Sankarlal Chakraborty | Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Nigeria Eze Kingsley | Uganda Henry Kisekka | Japan Yuta Kinowaki |
Pathachakra | India Anjan Nath | Zimbabwe Victor Kamhuka | Croatia Anto Pejic | Japan Futa Nakamura | Ghana Bright Middleton Mends |
Peerless | India Tapan Chakraborty | Liberia Ansumana Kromah | Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Wolfe | Nigeria Chika Wali | — |
Rainbow | India Tarit Ghosh | Nigeria Joel Sunday | Nigeria Penn Orji | Ghana Godwin Quashiga | Ivory Coast Guy Eric Dano |
Tollygunge Agragami | India Bimal Ghosh | Nigeria Daniel Bedemi | Nigeria Richard Agwu Somtochukwu | Ivory Coast Lago Dagbo Bei | Ivory Coast Kamo Stephane Bayi |
West Bengal Police | India Sahadeb Bhowmick | — | — | — | — |
Stadiums
Stadium | Capacity |
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Mohun Bagan/CCFC Ground | 22,000 |
East Bengal/Aryan Ground | 23,500 |
Mohammedan/Howrah Union Ground | 15,000 |
Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan | 85,000 |
Barasat Stadium | 22,000 |
Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
Gayespur Stadium | 12,000 |
Attendance
Derby attendance
- Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal FC— 65,322
- Mohun Bagan vs Mohammedan SC— 12,317
- East Bengal Club vs Mohammedan SC— 12,557
Statistics
- Goal by Indians- 58 goals
- Goal by Foreigners- 92 goals
Top scorers
- As of 19 September 2018
Source: kolkatafootball.com
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 6 goals
- Nigeria Joel Sunday (Rainbow)
- Uganda Henry Kisekka (Mohun Bagan)
- Ghana Bright Middleton Mends (Pathachakra)
- 5 goals
- Ghana John Ampong (Calcutta Customs)
- Nigeria Stephen Harry (George Telegraph)
- Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Wolfe (Peerless SC)
- Nigeria Justice Morgan (George Telegraph)
- Nigeria Emmanuel Chinedu (Aryan)
- 4 goals
- Ivory Coast Kamo Stephane Bayi (Tollygunge Agragami)
- Ivory Coast Gatch Arthure Diomande (Aryan)
- Ghana Philip Adjah (Mohammedan)
- India Jobby Justin (East Bengal)
- 3 goals
- Nigeria Emmanuel Chigozie (Aryan)
- Nigeria Eze Stanley Ifeanyi (Calcutta Customs)
- India Laldanmawia Ralte (East Bengal)
- Nigeria Princewell Emeka (Mohammedan)
- Senegal Kassim Aidara (East Bengal)
- Ivory Coast Lago Dagbo Bei (Tollygunge Agragami)
- 2 goals
- India Poltu Das (Rainbow)
- Croatia Anto Pejić (Pathachakra)
- India Azharuddin Mallick (Mohun Bagan)
- India Gopal Poddar (FCI)
- India Sk. Samim (West Bengal Police)
- India Narohari Srestha (Peerless SC)
- India Ashim Biswas (Tollygunge Agragami)
- Zimbabwe Victor Kamhuka (Pathachakra)
- India Bubai Das (Pathachakra)
- India Ujjal Howladar (Aryan)
- Costa Rica Jhonny Acosta (East Bengal)
- India Brandon Vanlalremdika (East Bengal)
- India Tirthankar Sarkar (Mohun Bagan)
- India Pintu Mahata (Mohun Bagan)
- 1 goal
- India Prosenjit Chakroborty (Mohammedan)
- India Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal)
- India Abhishek Ambekar (Mohun Bagan)
- India Abhijit Sarkar (Rainbow)
- India Lakshmikant Mandi (Peerless SC)
- India Sumit Das (Mohammedan)
- India Nirmal Singh Bisht (Calcutta Customs)
- Syria Mahmoud Amnah (East Bengal)
- India William Lalnunfela (Mohun Bagan)
- Nigeria Penn Orji (Rainbow)
- Ivory Coast Guy Eric Dano (Rainbow)
- India Semboi Haokip (West Bengal Police)
- India Samad Ali Mallick (East Bengal)
- India Britto PM (Mohun Bagan)
- India Deep Halder (FCI)
- Nigeria Daniel Bedemi (Tollygunge Agragami)
- India Subho Kumar (George Telegraph)
- India Lalramchullova (East Bengal)
- India Amit Roy (Calcutta Customs)
- India Tonmoy Ghosh (Mohammedan)
- India Dipendu Dowary (Mohammedan)
- India Shilton D'Silva (Mohun Bagan)
- India Mehtab Singh (East Bengal)
- India Koushik Sarkar (East Bengal)
- India Ram Malik (Calcutta Customs)
- India Mrinmoy Samanta (FCI)
- India Khokon Das (Rainbow)
- India Govin Singh (Tollygunge Agragami)
- India Lalchhawnkima (Mohun Bagan)
- Nigeria Echezona Anyichie (George Telegraph)
- India Hira Mondal (Peerless SC)
- India Somananda Singh (Pathachakra)
- India Kunal Ghosh (Aryan)
- India Dipankar Podder (Pathachakra)
- India Sujoy Dutta (Rainbow)
Own goals
- As of 19 September 2018
Source: kolkatafootball.com
Assists
Clean sheets
- As of 19 September 2018
Source: kolkatafootball.com
- 6 clean sheets
- India Rakshit Dagar (East Bengal)
- India Laltu Mondol (George Telegraph)
- 4 clean sheets
- India Priyant Singh (Mohammedan)
- India Sandeep Paul (Peerless)
- India Souvik Santra (Aryan)
- India Sankar Roy (Mohun Bagan)
- India Laltu Mondol (George Telegraph)
- 3 clean sheets
- India Shilton Paul (Mohun Bagan)
- India Dibyendu Sarkar (Rainbow)
- 2 clean sheets
- India Suvam Sen (Calcutta Customs)
- India Ubaid CK (East Bengal)
- 1 clean sheets
- India Arindam Ghosh (Pathachakra)
- India Arup Debnath (Mohammedan)
- India Abhijit Das (Pathachakra)
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberia Ansumana Kromah | George Telegraph | 3–1 | 20 August 2018 | [3] | |
Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda | West Bengal Police | 5–0 | 25 August 2018 | [3] | |
Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda | FCI | 5–0 | 5 September 2018 | [3] |
Fastest goals
Player | For | Against | Timing |
---|---|---|---|
Nigeria Stephen Harry | Calcutta Customs | 1 minute 10 seconds | |
Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda | West Bengal Police | 1 minute 32 seconds | |
Ghana Philip Adjah | Tollygunge Agragami | 1 minute 35 Seconds |
Previous Division B
Season | 2018–19 |
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Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 110 (2.16 per match) |
Highest scoring | Kalighat MS 4–0 v RLY |
Longest unbeaten run | Bhowanipore BSS (5 matches) |
Longest winless run | Taltala (5 matches) |
← 2017 2019 →
All statistics correct as of 9 September 2018. |
Standings[1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kalighat M.S. | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 27 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
2 | Southern Samity | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 25 | |
3 | Bhowanipore | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 23 | |
4 | BSS Sporting Club | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 21 | |
5 | SAI | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 | Championship Round |
6 | Railways FC | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 9 | |
7 | Kidderpore SC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | Relegation Round |
8 | United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 | |
9 | Taltala Dipti Sangha | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 2 | Relegation to First Division |
10 | Army XI[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- ↑ Army XI withdrew from the competition due to some uncited reasons.
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
- ↑ "Mohun Bagan Trophy room". themohunbaganac.com. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Calcutta premier division 2018". Soccerway.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ad Place. "ifa_cfl_premier_a_2018-19 live score|ifa_cfl_premier_a_2018-19 - results|Indian live football". kolkatafootball.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Calcutta Football League 2018-19". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.