2019 CFL Premier Division explained

Competition:CFL Premier Division
Pixels:250
Season:2019–20
Winners:Peerless
(1st title)
Matches:129
Total Goals:309
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2021
Extra Information:Fixtures

The 2019 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 122nd season of the top state-level football league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The season kicked off on 26 July 2019. It had two sub-divisions: CFL Premier Division A and CFL Premier Division B.[1] [2] [3]

Peerless scripted history as they become the only club outside the Big ThreeMohun Bagan, East Bengal, & Mohammedan—to win the Championship in 61 years.[4] Eastern Railway did the same back in 1958.

Premier Division A

Competition:CFL Premier Division A
Season:2019–20
Dates:26 July – 3 October
Winners:Peerless SC
(1st title)
Relegated:Kalighat MS
NBP Rainbow
Matches:65
Total Goals:177
League Topscorer:Ansumana Kromah
(13 Goals)
Highest Scoring:Bhawanipore6–2 NBP Rainbow
Highest Attendance:65,000 (East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan)
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2021
Updated:26 February 2021
Extra Information:Fixtures
Champion:Peerless

Managers and foreign players

TeamManagerPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6
Aryan Raajdeep Nandy Gatch Arthure Diomande Ejiogu Emmanual Ademola Kuti Seydoumady Kourouma
Bhawanipore Sankarlal Chakraborty Kamo Stephane Bayi Léonce Dodoz Victor Kamhuka
BSS Goutam Ghosh Waheed Adekunle William Opoku Bright Middleton Mends Daniel Addo
Calcutta Customs Rajeev Dey Eze Stanley Ifeanyi Emmanuel Chigozie Philip Adjah Teteh John Ampong
East Bengal Alejandro Menéndez Marcos de la Espada Kassim Aidara Jaime Colado Martí Crespí Juan Mera Borja Gómez Pérez
George Telegraph Ranjan Bhattacharya Joel Sunday Justice Morgan Echezona Anyichie
Kalighat M.S. Anup Nag Lanssini Karamoko Ismail Aseel
Mohammedan Shaheed Ramon Arthur Kouassi Musa Mudde Kareem Omolaja John Chidi
Mohun Bagan Kibu Vicuña Salva Chamorro Fran Gonzalez Joseba Beitia Daneil Cyrus Julen Colinas
Peerless Jahar Das Ansumana Kromah Varney Kallon Edmond Peprah
Rainbow Saumik Dey Kazeem Bolaji Richard Agwu Somtochukwu Felix Chidi Odili
Southern Samity Mehtab Hossain Samuel Kane Mahmoud Amnah Ogba Kalu Nnanna

Venues

  1. Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
  2. Mohun Bagan Ground
  3. East Bengal Ground
  4. Mohammedan Ground
  5. Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
  1. Kalyani Stadium
  2. Gayeshpur Stadium
  1. Vidyasagar Krirangan

Standings

Top goal scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ansumana KromahPeerless13
2 Akhil VermaBhawanipore9
3 Jaime ColadoEast Bengal7

Premier Division B

Competition:CFL Premier Division B
Pixels:250
Season:2019
Winners:United SC
Promoted:United
Railway
Tollygunge Agragami
Kidderpore
Relegated:SAI (East Zone)
SAIL
Matches:64
Total Goals:132
Highest Scoring:Pathachakra 5–1 SAIL
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2022
Updated:27 February 2021
Extra Information:Fixtures

Standings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IFA CFL Premier-A 2019 to start from 26th July . KolkataFootball.com. 22 July 2019. 23 July 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190727180832/http://kolkatafootball.com:80/indian_football_news_2019/july.html . 27 July 2019 .
  2. Web site: Calcutta Football League: Mohun Bagan to face Peerless SC in campaign opener . The Hindu. 22 July 2019. 23 July 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190723182444/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/calcutta-football-league-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-peerless-fc/article28664470.ece . 23 July 2019 .
  3. Web site: Calcutta Football League 2019 to kick-off on July 26. Goal.com. 22 July 2019. 23 July 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190723141022/https://www.goal.com/en/news/calcutta-football-league-2019-mohun-bagan-east-bengal/nfazmy4ipk6i11z79i92v5e6k . 23 July 2019 .
  4. Web site: we have proved. Kromah }} the team from the front :Jahar Das,Peerless coach]. Kolkata Today. 17 March 2021.