The 2022 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 124th overall season of the two highest state-level football divisions of West Bengal. The division consists of two tiers within it: Premier Division A and Premier Division B.
Premier Division A
The first stage of the Premier Division A has been held from 2 August till September.Mohammedan are the defending champions of Premier Division A.
Change in format The round-robin format had been reinstated after a short season of round-robin cum knock-out format last year due to COVID-19 pandemic, but the league has been divided into two stages so as to accommodate the Kolkata's Big Three–ATK Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan–according to national and continental games schedule. The first stage is played by eleven teams, out of which the top three in the points table would qualify for the Super Six, wherein the three teams would be joined by the Big Three and the top team in the table at the end of the stage would be declared as the CFL Premier Division A champion.
Available venues Amal Datta Krirangan, Dum Dum Bankimanjali Stadium, Naihati Canning Stadium, Canning East Bengal-Aryan Ground, Kolkata Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani Kakinara Narayanpur Ground, Bhatpara Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata Netaji Sports Complex, Rajpur Sonarpur Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata Royal Park Stadium, Barrackpore Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah Vivekananda Stadium, Khardah
Teams Team Head coachAryan Rajdeep NandyBhawanipore Sankarlal ChakrabortyBSS Hemanta DoraCalcutta Customs Biswajit BhattacharyaEast Bengal Bino GeorgeGeorge Telegraph Ranjan BhattacharjeeKidderpore Sanjib PalMohammedan Andrey ChernyshovTollygunge Agragami Bimal GhoshPeerless Soren DuttaRailway Archisman BiswasSouthern Samity Saheed RamonUnited Steven Herbots
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4Aryan Marouane Kemgang Aristide Vaillant Rayden EwaneBhawanipore Willis Plaza Gnohere Krizo Echezona AnyichieBSS Kwesi Sesey Michael SefahCalcutta Customs Zacharie Mbenda Edmond Peprah Richmond Olushola AwaiteyEast Bengal George Telegraph Matías Verón Abdoulaye Kanouté Varney KallonKidderpore Adama Coulibaly Dixon AlusineMohammedan Marcus Joseph Abiola Dauda Ousmane N'Diaye Nuriddin DavronovPeerless Henry Ezeh Ben Quansah Railway Shadrach Lantei-Mills Eddie Wulue Southern Samity Douglas Santana Habib Kavuma Hamdan NsubugaTollygunge Agragami Ansumana Kromah Christopher Chizoba United Davis Kamanga Selia Toure Samuel Toure
First stage
Standings
Results
Positions by round
Results by games
Super Six ATK Mohun Bagan withdrew from the league, for the second time in a row, two days prior to their first game on 26 September against Bhawanipore. They sent a letter to IFA, citing their lack of a reserve squad. IFA decided to continue Super Six with only five teams instead of promoting the fourth-placed team in the first stage.
Standings
Results
Positions by round
Results by games
Season statistics Top scorers As of 30 September 2022 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Naro Hari ShresthaCalcutta Customs92 Aristide VaillantAryan73 Jiten MurmuBhawanipore6 Gnohere KrizoBhawanipore4 Ansumana KromahTollygunge Agragami5 ChabalaRailway Robi Hansda Calcutta Customs Juma BalinyaPeerless Nikhil KadamBhawanipore5 Willis PlazaBhawanipore4 Marcus JosephMohammedan Davis KamangaUnited Kwesi SeseyBSS Sougata HansdaGeorge Telegraph
Hat-tricks Note: In the result, the score of the player's team is mentioned before. PlayerForAgainst ResultDate Davis KamangaUnitedPeerless5–1 Subrata MurmuUnitedTollygunge Agragami5–3 Ansumana KromahTollygunge AgragamiUnited 3–5 Jiten MurmuBhawaniporeGeorge Telegraph 6–2 Nikhil KadamBhawaniporeKidderpore4–1
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Priyant SinghKidderpore3
Premier Division B
This year the league followed the double round-robin format after a gap of two years due to COVID-19 pandemic. Kalighat MS and Asos Rainbow were relegated from the Premier Division A last time it was held, while Wari and Police AC were promoted from the CFL 1st Division.
Standings
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