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
Standings
Results
Managers and foreigners Club Head coach Foreigner 1 Foreigner 2 Foreigner 3 Foreigner 4 Aryan Debashish Nandy Seidu Mady Bello Razaq Gatch Arthure Diomande Emmanuel Chigozie Calcutta Customs Rajeev Dey Samuel Kane John Ampong Eze Stanley Ifeanyi — East Bengal Bastob Roy Mahmoud Amnah Kassim Aidara Jhonny Acosta— FCI (Eastern Zone) Sudeep Chakraborty — — — — George Telegraph Ranjan Bhattacharya Echezona Anyichie Reo Nakamura Justice Morgan Stephen HarryMohammedan Sudeep Sarkar Lancine Touré Bazie Armand Olariche Princewill Emeka Philip AdjahMohun Bagan Sankarlal Chakraborty Aser Pierrick Dipanda Eze Kingsley Henry Kisekka Yuta Kinowaki Pathachakra Anjan Nath Victor Kamhuka Anto Pejic Futa Nakamura Bright Middleton Mends Peerless Tapan Chakraborty Ansumana Kromah Anthony Wolfe Chika Wali — Rainbow Tarit Ghosh Joel Sunday Penn Orji Godwin Quashiga Guy Eric Dano Tollygunge Agragami Bimal Ghosh Daniel Bedemi Richard Agwu Somtochukwu Lago Dagbo Bei Kamo Stephane Bayi West Bengal Police Sahadeb Bhowmick————
Stadiums Stadium Capacity 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
Source: kolkatafootball.com
11 goals Ansumana Kromah (Peerless SC) 10 goals Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan) 6 goals Joel Sunday (Rainbow) Henry Kisekka (Mohun Bagan) Bright Middleton Mends (Pathachakra) 5 goals John Ampong (Calcutta Customs) Stephen Harry (George Telegraph) Anthony Wolfe (Peerless SC) Justice Morgan (George Telegraph) Emmanuel Chinedu (Aryan) 4 goals Kamo Stephane Bayi (Tollygunge Agragami) Gatch Arthure Diomande (Aryan) Philip Adjah (Mohammedan) Jobby Justin (East Bengal) 3 goals
Emmanuel Chigozie (Aryan) Eze Stanley Ifeanyi (Calcutta Customs) Laldanmawia Ralte (East Bengal) Princewell Emeka (Mohammedan) Kassim Aidara (East Bengal) Lago Dagbo Bei (Tollygunge Agragami)
2 goals
Poltu Das (Rainbow) Anto Pejić (Pathachakra) Azharuddin Mallick (Mohun Bagan) Gopal Poddar (FCI) Sk. Samim (West Bengal Police) Narohari Srestha (Peerless SC) Ashim Biswas (Tollygunge Agragami) Victor Kamhuka (Pathachakra) Bubai Das (Pathachakra) Ujjal Howladar (Aryan) Jhonny Acosta (East Bengal) Brandon Vanlalremdika (East Bengal) Tirthankar Sarkar (Mohun Bagan) Pintu Mahata (Mohun Bagan)
1 goal
Prosenjit Chakroborty (Mohammedan) Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal) Abhishek Ambekar (Mohun Bagan) Abhijit Sarkar (Rainbow) Lakshmikant Mandi (Peerless SC) Sumit Das (Mohammedan) Nirmal Singh Bisht (Calcutta Customs) Mahmoud Amnah (East Bengal) William Lalnunfela (Mohun Bagan) Penn Orji (Rainbow) Guy Eric Dano (Rainbow) Semboi Haokip (West Bengal Police) Samad Ali Mallick (East Bengal) Britto PM (Mohun Bagan) Deep Halder (FCI) Daniel Bedemi (Tollygunge Agragami) Subho Kumar (George Telegraph) Lalramchullova (East Bengal) Amit Roy (Calcutta Customs) Tonmoy Ghosh (Mohammedan) Dipendu Dowary (Mohammedan) Shilton D'Silva (Mohun Bagan) Mehtab Singh (East Bengal) Koushik Sarkar (East Bengal) Ram Malik (Calcutta Customs) Mrinmoy Samanta (FCI) Khokon Das (Rainbow) Govin Singh (Tollygunge Agragami) Lalchhawnkima (Mohun Bagan) Echezona Anyichie (George Telegraph) Hira Mondal (Peerless SC) Somananda Singh (Pathachakra) Kunal Ghosh (Aryan) Dipankar Podder (Pathachakra) Sujoy Dutta (Rainbow)
Own goals
Source: kolkatafootball.com
Sandeep Debnath (WBP)
Assists
Clean sheets
Source: kolkatafootball.com
6 clean sheets Rakshit Dagar (East Bengal) Laltu Mondol (George Telegraph) 4 clean sheets Priyant Singh (Mohammedan) Sandeep Paul (Peerless) Souvik Santra (Aryan) Sankar Roy (Mohun Bagan) Laltu Mondol (George Telegraph) 3 clean sheets Shilton Paul (Mohun Bagan) Dibyendu Sarkar (Rainbow) 2 clean sheets
Suvam Sen (Calcutta Customs) Ubaid CK (East Bengal)
1 clean sheets
Arindam Ghosh (Pathachakra) Arup Debnath (Mohammedan) Abhijit Das (Pathachakra)
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Ansumana KromahGeorge Telegraph 3–120 August 2018 Aser Pierrick DipandaWest Bengal Police 5–025 August 2018 Aser Pierrick DipandaFCI5–05 September 2018
Fastest goals
Player For Against Timing Stephen Harry Calcutta Customs 1 minute 10 seconds Aser Pierrick DipandaWest Bengal Police 1 minute 32 seconds Philip Adjah Tollygunge Agragami 1 minute 35 Seconds
Previous Division B
Standings
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