2018 Calcutta Premier Division

The 2018 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 121st season of the Calcutta 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 August and 5 August 2018 respectively.

The Kolkata Derby of the 2018 CFL season on September 2.

Calcutta Premier Division
Season2018–19
ChampionsMohun Bagan
(30th title)[1]
Matches played117
Goals scored275 (2.35 per match)
← 2017
2019 →
Fixtures

Premier Division A
Calcutta Premier Division A
Season2018
ChampionsMohun Bagan
RelegatedFCI
WBP
Tollygunge Agragami
Pathachakra
Matches played66
Goals scored165 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer
Liberia Ansumana Kromah (Peerless SC) (11 goals)
Biggest home winMohun Bagan 5–0 WBP
Mohun Bagan 5–0 FCI
Highest scoringAryan 3–3 Pathachakra
Longest winning runEast Bengal
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runMohun Bagan
(11 matches)
Longest winless runWBP
(9 matches)
Longest losing runTollygunge Agragami
(4 matches)
Highest attendance65,322 (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
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2018. Source: [2]
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away ARN CCU EB FCI GT MSC MB PAT PRL RAC TA WBP
Aryan — 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–0
Calcutta Customs — 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–0
East Bengal — 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0
FCI — 1–1 0–1 0–5 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–5 1–1
George Telegraph — 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–3 2–1 1–0
Mohammedan — 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1
Mohun Bagan — 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 5–0
Pathachakra — 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0
Peerless SC — 3–1 3–0 3–0
Rainbow — 2–1 2–1
Tollygunge Agragami — 1–1
West Bengal Police —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 September 2018. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
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

Derby attendance

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
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Own goals
As of 19 September 2018

Source: kolkatafootball.com

  • India Sandeep Debnath (WBP)

Clean sheets
As of 19 September 2018

Source: kolkatafootball.com

6 clean sheets
4 clean sheets
3 clean sheets
2 clean sheets
1 clean sheets

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
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
PlayerForAgainstTiming
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
Calcutta Premier Division B
Season2018–19
Matches played51
Goals scored110 (2.16 per match)
Highest scoringKalighat MS 4–0 v RLY
Longest unbeaten runBhowanipore
BSS
(5 matches)
Longest winless runTaltala
(5 matches)
← 2017
2019 →
All statistics correct as of 9 September 2018.

Standings

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
Source: [4]
Notes:
  1. 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
Home \ Away Army XI BSS S.C. BSC KMS KSC RLY SAI SOU TDS USC
Army XI —
BSS S.C. — 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Bhowanipore 1–1 — 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Kalighat MS 0–3 — 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–3
Kidderpore SC 0–2 0–2 — 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1
Railways FC 0–2 0–4 — 0–0 0–0 1–0
SAI Darjeeling 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 1–1
Southern Samity 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 — 0–0
Taltala Dipti Sangha 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 — 1–2
United 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2018. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Mohun Bagan Trophy room". themohunbaganac.com. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. "Calcutta premier division 2018". Soccerway.
  3. 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. "Calcutta Football League 2018-19". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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