The 2024–25 CFL Premier Division was the 126th overall season of the Calcutta Football League – highest state-level football division of West Bengal. The 2024-25 edition had 26 teams divided into two groups of 12 in the first phase, with top 6 qualifying for the championship round and bottom 6 heading into the relegation round.
Changes from last season Relegated to 2024 CFL First Division West Bengal Police FC Calcutta FC FCI Dalhousie AC
Promoted to 2024–25 CFL Premier Division Suruchi Sangha Kalighat Sports Lovers Association Measurers Club Calcutta Police Club
Format The 2024-25 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 a round robin format. After that, the 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 three teams from both groups will play the relegation round.
Rule changes From 2024 to 25 season IFA introduced Son of Soil (ভূমিপুত্র) rule, where each team must field at least 4 West Bengal born footballers in the playing XI at all time.
Venues 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
Group A Group B Team Head coach Captain Team Head coach CaptainArmy Red Sudhir Mishra Renzong LepchaBhawanipore Shahid Raman Jiten MurmuAryan Rajdeep Nandy Sandip PatraCalcutta Customs Biswajit Bhattacharya Amit ChakrabortyBSS Souren Dutta Subhankar DasCalcutta Police Club Bijoy Ghosh Koushik GoalaDiamond Harbour Kibu Vicuna Raju GaikwadEast Bengal Bino George Aditya PatraKalighat MS Patham Thapa Koushik SarkarEastern Railway Subhagato Roy Antoni SorenKidderpore Sayantan Das Roy Prosenjit ChakrobortyGeorge Telegraph Goutam Ghosh Sourish Lodh ChowdhuryMeasurers Club Rajib Dey Chattu MondalKalighat Sports Lovers Association Jahar Das Bishal ChhetriMohammedan Hakim Ssengendo Samad Ali MallickMohun Bagan SG Deggie Cardozo Suhail BhatPathachakra Lalkamal Bhowmick Subhajit MandiPeerless Hemanta Dora Donlad DiengdohSouthern Samity Dipankar Biswas Rajesh RajbharPolice AC Rajesh Rajbhar Deep DeySuruchi Sangha Ranjan Bhattacharya Amit TuduRailway Amit Tudu Sudipta BanerjeeUnited Steven Herbots Tarak HembramRainbow Aditya Chatterjee Sourav DasguptaWari Swapan Biswas Kamran FarooqueTollygunge Agragami Arindam Deb Avinabo Bag
First stage Group A
Group B
Super Six The top three teams from both groups qualified for the Super Six round with the points from the group stage being carried over.
Qualified teams The six qualified teams for the Super Six phase from both the groups:
Group A Group B Diamond Harbour East Bengal Suruchi Sangha Bhawanipore Mohammedan Calcutta Customs
Standings
Fixtures
Relegation round The bottom teams from both groups qualified for the Relegation round with the points from the group stage being carried over. The bottom 3 teams in the relegation round will be relegated to First Division.
Qualified teams The six teams for the Relegation phase from both the groups are:
Group A Group B Wari Eastern Railway Kalighat MS Police AC Army Red Tollygunge Agragami
Standings
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Fixtures
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Jesin TKEast Bengal132 Jiten MurmuBhawanipore8 Jobby JustinDiamond Harbour84 David LalchhuanawmaCalcutta Customs7 Suhail BhatMohun Bagan SG76 Jaideep SinghSuruchi Sangha6 Rajon BarmanRainbow6 Robi Hansda Calcutta Customs6 Sujal MundaUnited610 Israfil DewanMohammedan Sporting5 Jojo ZaihmingthangaBhawanipore5 Ngairangbam Rakesh SinghKidderpore5
See also 2024–25 I-League 3 2024–25 Indian State Leagues 2024–25 in Indian football
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