2018 CFL Premier Division

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = CFL Premier Division

| logo =

| image =

| pixels = 250

| alt =

| caption =

| season = 2018–19

| winners = Mohun Bagan
(30th title){{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan Trophy room|url=https://themohunbaganac.com/trophy-room-2/|website=themohunbaganac.com|publisher=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club|access-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126082005/https://themohunbaganac.com/trophy-room-2/|archive-date=26 January 2022}}

| promoted =

| relegated =

| matches = 117

| matches footnote =

| total goals = 275

| total goals footnote =

| best player =

| league topscorer =

| best goalkeeper =

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2017

| nextseason = 2019

| updated =

| extra information = [http://www.kolkatafootball.com/live_update/index.html Fixtures]

}}

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.

File:East Bengal Club supporters at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal.jpg of the 2018 CFL season on September 2.]]

Premier Division A

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = CFL Premier Division A

| logo =

| image =

| pixels =

| alt =

| caption =

| season = 2018

| winners = Mohun Bagan

| promoted =

| relegated = FCI
WBP
Tollygunge Agragami
Pathachakra

| matches = 66

| matches footnote =

| total goals = 165

| total goals footnote =

| best player =

| league topscorer =
{{flagicon|Liberia}} Ansumana Kromah (Peerless SC)

(11 goals)

| best goalkeeper =

| biggest home win = Mohun Bagan 5–0 WBP
Mohun Bagan 5–0 FCI

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring = Aryan 3–3 Pathachakra

| longest wins = East Bengal
(5 matches)

| longest unbeaten = Mohun Bagan
(11 matches)

| longest winless = WBP
(9 matches)

| longest losses = Tollygunge Agragami
(4 matches)

| highest attendance = 65,322 (Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal FC)

| lowest attendance =

| attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2017

| nextseason = 2019

| updated = 18 September 2018

| extra information =

}}

=Standings=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style = WDL

|section = Group A

|update =26 September 2018

|source = {{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/india/calcutta-premier-division/2018/regular-season/r46078/|title=Calcutta premier division 2018|publisher=Soccerway}}

|team1 = MB |team2 = PRL |team3 = EB |team4 = MM |team5 = RAC |team6 = GTL |team7 = CCU |team8 = ARN |team9 = PAT |team10 = TOL |team11 = FCI |team12 = WBP

|result1 = C |result4 = Q |result5= Q |result9 = R |result10 = R |result11 = R |result12 = R

|win_ARN = 4 |draw_ARN = 2 |loss_ARN = 5 |gf_ARN = 11 |ga_ARN = 14 |status_ARN =

|win_CCU = 3 |draw_CCU = 5 |loss_CCU = 3 |gf_CCU = 13 |ga_CCU = 12 |status_CCU =

|win_FCI = 0 |draw_FCI = 4 |loss_FCI = 7 |gf_FCI = 5|ga_FCI = 20|status_FCI =

|win_GTL = 4 |draw_GTL = 3 |loss_GTL = 4 |gf_GTL = 12 |ga_GTL = 13 |status_GTL =

|win_EB = 7 |draw_EB = 2 |loss_EB= 2 |gf_EB = 19 |ga_EB = 7 |status_EB =

|win_MB= 9 |draw_MB = 2 |loss_MB = 0 |gf_MB= 27 |ga_MB= 6 |status_MB = C

|win_MM = 6 |draw_MM = 1 |loss_MM = 4 |gf_MM = 12 |ga_MM = 8 |status_MM =

|win_PAT = 3 |draw_PAT = 4 |loss_PAT = 4 |gf_PAT = 15 |ga_PAT = 17 |status_PAT =

|win_PRL =8 |draw_PRL =1 |loss_PRL =2 |gf_PRL =20 |ga_PRL = 8 |status_PRL =

|win_RAC = 5 |draw_RAC = 2 |loss_RAC = 4 |gf_RAC = 15 |ga_RAC = 13 |status_RAC =

|win_TOL = 2 |draw_TOL = 2 |loss_TOL = 7 |gf_TOL = 12 |ga_TOL = 21 |status_TOL =

|win_WBP = 0 |draw_WBP = 2 |loss_WBP = 9 |gf_WBP = 4 |ga_WBP = 26 |status_WBP =

|name_ARN = Aryan

|name_CCU = Calcutta Customs

|name_FCI = FCI

|name_GTL = George Telegraph

|name_EB = East Bengal

|name_MB = Mohun Bagan

|name_MM = Mohammedan

|name_PAT = Pathachakra

|name_PRL = Peerless SC

|name_RAC = Rainbow

|name_TOL = Tollygunge Agragami

|name_WBP = West Bengal Police

|res_col_header = QR

|col_C = green1 |text_C = Champion

|col_Q = green1 | text_Q = Qualified for I-League 2nd Division

|col_R = red1 |text_R = Relegation to Premier Division B

|show_limit=5

}}

=Results=

{{#invoke:Sports results|main

|update=25 September 2018

|source=

|matches_style=FBR

|team1=ARN |team2=CCU |team3=EB |team4=FCI |team5=GT |team6=MSC |team7=MB |team8=PAT |team9=PRL |team10=RAC |team11=TA|team12=WBP

|name_ARN=Aryan

|name_CCU=Calcutta Customs

|name_FCI=FCI

|name_EB=East Bengal

|name_GT=George Telegraph

|name_MSC=Mohammedan

|name_MB=Mohun Bagan

|name_PAT=Pathachakra

|name_PRL=Peerless SC

|name_RAC=Rainbow

|name_TA=Tollygunge Agragami

|name_WBP=West Bengal Police

|match_ARN_CCU=1–1

|match_ARN_MSC=1–0

|match_ARN_TA=1–0

|match_ARN_EB=0–3

|match_ARN_GT=0–3

|match_ARN_MB=0–2

|match_ARN_RAC=0–1

|match_ARN_FCI=1–0

|match_ARN_WBP=4–0

|match_ARN_PAT=3–3

|match_ARN_PRL=0–1

|match_CCU_MSC=0-1

|match_CCU_PAT=3–1

|match_CCU_PRL=3-1

|match_CCU_EB=0–0

|match_CCU_RAC=2-2

|match_CCU_FCI=1–1

|match_CCU_TA=2–2

|match_CCU_MB=0–2

|match_CCU_GT=0–1

|match_CCU_WBP=1–0

|match_EB_FCI=1–0

|match_EB_GT=2–1

|match_EB_MB=2–2

|match_EB_MSC=1–2

|match_EB_PAT=3–0

|match_EB_PRL=1–2

|match_EB_RAC=1-0

|match_EB_TA=3–0

|match_EB_WBP=2–0

|match_FCI_PRL=0–2

|match_FCI_MSC=0–1

|match_FCI_WBP=1–1

|match_FCI_RAC=0–1

|match_FCI_TA=1–5

|match_FCI_PAT=1–1

|match_FCI_MB=0–5

|match_FCI_GT=1–1

|match_GT_RAC=0–3

|match_GT_MB=0–1

|match_GT_MSC=0–0

|match_GT_PRL=1–3

|match_GT_TA=2-1

|match_GT_PAT=2–2

|match_GT_WBP=1–0

|match_MB_WBP=5-0

|match_MB_PAT=1–0

|match_MB_PRL=1–1

|match_MB_RAC=3–2

|match_MB_TA=3–0

|match_MSC_PAT=3–0

|match_MSC_PRL=0–1

|match_MSC_MB=1–2

|match_MSC_RAC=1–0

|match_MSC_TA=1–2

|match_MSC_WBP=2–1

|match_PAT_PRL=1-0

|match_PAT_TA=2–0

|match_PAT_RAC=1–1

|match_PAT_WBP=4–0

|match_PRL_WBP=3–0

|match_PRL_TA=3-0

|match_PRL_RAC=3-1

|match_RAC_WBP=2–1

|match_RAC_TA=2–1

|match_TA_WBP=1–1

}}

==Managers and foreigners==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
Club

! Head Coach

! Foreigner 1

! Foreigner 2

! Foreigner 3

! Foreigner 4

Aryan

| {{flagicon|IND}} Debashish Nandy

| {{flagicon|CIV}} Seidu Mady

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Bello Razaq

| {{flagicon|CIV}} Gatch Arthure Diomande

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Emmanuel Chigozie

Calcutta Customs

| {{flagicon|IND}} Rajeev Dey

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Samuel Kane

| {{flagicon|GHA}} John Ampong

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Eze Stanley Ifeanyi

| —

East Bengal

|{{flagicon|IND}} Bastob Roy

|{{flagicon|SYR}} Mahmoud Amnah

|{{flagicon|SEN}} Kassim Aidara

|{{flagicon|CRC}} Jhonny Acosta

|—

FCI (Eastern Zone)

|{{flagicon|IND}} Sudeep Chakraborty

| —

| —

| —

| —

George Telegraph

|{{flagicon|IND}} Ranjan Bhattacharya

|{{flagicon|NGR}} Echezona Anyichie

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Reo Nakamura

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Justice Morgan

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Stephen Harry

Mohammedan

|{{flagicon|IND}} Sudeep Sarkar

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Lancine Touré

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Bazie Armand

|{{flagicon|NGR}} Olariche Princewill Emeka

|{{flagicon|GHA}} Philip Adjah

Mohun Bagan

|{{flagicon|IND}} Sankarlal Chakraborty

|{{flagicon|CMR}} Aser Pierrick Dipanda

|{{flagicon|NGR}} Eze Kingsley

|{{flagicon|UGA}} Henry Kisekka

| {{flagicon|Japan}} Yuta Kinowaki

Pathachakra

| {{flagicon|IND}} Anjan Nath

| {{flagicon|ZIM}} Victor Kamhuka

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Anto Pejic

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Futa Nakamura

| {{flagicon|GHA}} Bright Middleton Mends

Peerless

| {{flagicon|IND}} Tapan Chakraborty

|{{flagicon|Liberia}} Ansumana Kromah

|{{flagicon|Trinidad}} Anthony Wolfe

|{{flagicon|NGR}} Chika Wali

| —

Rainbow

|{{flagicon|IND}} Tarit Ghosh

|{{flagicon|NGA}} Joel Sunday

|{{flagicon|NGR}} Penn Orji

|{{flagicon|GHA}} Godwin Quashiga

|{{flagicon|CIV}} Guy Eric Dano

Tollygunge Agragami

| {{flagicon|IND}} Bimal Ghosh

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Daniel Bedemi

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Richard Agwu Somtochukwu

| {{flagicon|CIV}} Lago Dagbo Bei

| {{flagicon|CIV}} Kamo Stephane Bayi

West Bengal Police

|{{flagicon|IND}} Sahadeb Bhowmick

|—

|—

|—

|—

=Stadiums=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
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==

=Statistics=

  • Goal by Indians- 58 goals
  • Goal by Foreigners- 92 goals

==Top scorers==

{{updated|19 September 2018}}

Source: [http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_league_a_2016/result.html kolkatafootball.com]

;11 goals

;10 goals

;6 goals

;5 goals

;4 goals

;3 goals

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;2 goals

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{{div col end}}

;1 goal

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{{div col end}}

==Own goals==

{{updated|19 September 2018}}

Source: [http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_league_a_2016/result.html kolkatafootball.com]

  • {{flagicon|IND}} Sandeep Debnath (WBP)

==Assists==

==Clean sheets==

{{updated|19 September 2018}}

Source: [http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_league_a_2016/result.html kolkatafootball.com]

;6 clean sheets

;4 clean sheets

;3 clean sheets

;2 clean sheets

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{{div col end}}

;1 clean sheets

{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}

{{div col end}}

==Hat-tricks==

class="wikitable sortable"
PlayerForAgainststyle="text-align:center"| ResultDateRef
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Liberia}} Ansumana Kromah

|{{align|left|Peerless}}

| style="text-align:center;"|George Telegraph

|3–1

|20 August 2018

|{{cite web|author=Ad Place |url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_a_2018-19/other.html#per_gt |title=ifa_cfl_premier_a_2018-19 live score|ifa_cfl_premier_a_2018-19 - results|Indian live football |publisher=kolkatafootball.com |date= |accessdate=2023-03-07}}

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{flagicon|CMR}} Aser Pierrick Dipanda

|{{align|left|Mohun Bagan}}

| style="text-align:center;"|West Bengal Police

|5–0

|25 August 2018

|

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{flagicon|CMR}} Aser Pierrick Dipanda

|{{align|left|Mohun Bagan}}

| style="text-align:center;"|FCI

|5–0

|5 September 2018

|

==Fastest goals==

class="wikitable sortable"
PlayerForAgainststyle="text-align:center"| Timing
style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{flagicon|NGA}} Stephen Harry

|{{align|left|George Telegraph}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Calcutta Customs

| 1 minute 10 seconds

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{flagicon|CMR}} Aser Pierrick Dipanda

|{{align|left|Mohun Bagan}}

| style="text-align:center;"|West Bengal Police

| 1 minute 32 seconds

style="text-align:center;"

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Philip Adjah

|{{align|left| Mohammedan}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Tollygunge Agragami

| 1 minute 35 Seconds

Previous Division B

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = CFL Premier Division B

| logo =

| image =

| pixels =

| alt =

| caption =

| season = 2018–19

| winners =

| promoted =

| relegated =

| matches = 51

| matches footnote =

| total goals = 110

| total goals footnote =

| average goals =

| best player =

| league topscorer =

| best goalkeeper =

| highest scoring = Kalighat MS 4–0 v RLY

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten = Bhowanipore
BSS
(5 matches)

| longest winless = Taltala
(5 matches)

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2017

| nextseason = 2019

| updated = 9 September 2018

| extra information =

}}

=Standings{{ref|a}}=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style = WDL

|section = Group B

|update = complete

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_2018-19/result.html#aug_9|title=Calcutta Football League 2018-19|website=kolkatafootball.com|access-date=29 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118232121/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_2018-19/result.html|archive-date=18 November 2021}}

|team1 = KMS |team2 = SOU |team3 = BSC |team4 = BSS S.C |team5 = SAI |team6 = RLY |team7 = KSC |team8 = USC |team9 = TDS |team10 = AXI

|result1 = P |result2 = P |result3 = P |result4 = P |result5 = CR |result6 = CR |result7 = RR |result8 = RR |result9 = R |result10 = R

|note_AXI=Army XI withdrew from the competition due to some uncited reasons.

|win_BSC =6 |draw_BSC =5 |loss_BSC =2 |gf_BSC =13 |ga_BSC =7 |status_BSC =1

|win_BSS S.C =6 |draw_BSS S.C =3 |loss_BSS S.C =4 |gf_BSS S.C =17 |ga_BSS S.C =14 |status_BSS S.C =1

|win_KMS =8 |draw_KMS = 3|loss_KMS =2 |gf_KMS =28 |ga_KMS =10 |status_KMS =

|win_KSC =2 |draw_KSC = 2|loss_KSC =4 |gf_KSC =9 |ga_KSC =11 |status_KSC =

|win_AXI= |draw_AXI = |loss_AXI = |gf_AXI = |ga_AXI = |status_AXI =

|win_RLY =2 |draw_RLY = 3|loss_RLY = 8|gf_RLY =3 |ga_RLY =22 |status_RLY =

|win_SAI =4 |draw_SAI = 4|loss_SAI =5 |gf_SAI =11 |ga_SAI =11 |status_SAI =

|win_SOU =7 |draw_SOU =4 |loss_SOU =2 |gf_SOU =19 |ga_SOU =10 |status_SOU =

|win_USC = 2|draw_USC =2 |loss_USC =4 |gf_USC =5 |ga_USC =7 |status_USC =

|win_TDS = |draw_TDS =2 |loss_TDS =6 |gf_TDS = 5|ga_TDS =18 |status_TDS =

|name_BSS S.C = BSS Sporting Club

|name_BSC = Bhowanipore

|name_KMS = Kalighat M.S.

|name_KSC = Kidderpore SC

|name_SOU = Southern Samity

|name_RLY = Railways FC

|name_SAI = SAI

|name_USC = United

|name_AXI = Army XI

|name_TDS = Taltala Dipti Sangha

|res_col_header = QR

|col_P = green1 |text_P = Promotion to Premier Division A

|col_R = red1 |text_R = Relegation to First Division

|col_CR = green3 |text_CR = Championship Round

|col_RR = red3 |text_RR = Relegation Round

}}

Notes: 1.{{note|a}}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=

{{#invoke:Sports results|main

|update=9 September 2018

|source=

|matches_style=FBR

|team1=AXI |team2=BSS S.C. |team3=BSC |team4=KMS |team5=KSC |team6=RLY |team7=SAI |team8=SOU |team9=TDS |team10=USC

|name_RLY=Railways FC

|name_BSC=Bhowanipore

|name_BSS=BSS SC

|name_SOU=Southern Samity

|name_KMS=Kalighat MS

|name_KSC=Kidderpore SC

|name_SAI=SAI Darjeeling

|name_TDS=Taltala Dipti Sangha

|name_USC=United

|name_AXI=Army XI

|short_BNR=BNR

|short_BSC=BSC

|short_KMS=KMS

|short_SOU=SOU

|short_RLY=RLY

|short_AXI=Army XI

|short_SAI=SAI

|match_BSC_KSC=2-0

|match_BSC_TDS=0–0

|match_BSC_SAI=1-0

|match_BSC_USC=

|match_BSC_BSS S.C.=1–1

|match_BSC_RLY=2–0

|match_BSS S.C._SAI=1–0

|match_BSS S.C._TDS=1–0

|match_BSS S.C._BSC=1–1

|match_BSS S.C._SOU=0–0

|match_BSS S.C._KMS=3–0

|match_KMS_KSC=2–0

|match_KMS_PAC=

|match_KMS_SAI=0–0

|match_KMS_USC=

|match_KMS_RLY=4–0

|match_KMS_SOU=1-3

|match_KMS_BSS S.C.=0-3

|match_KSC_KMS=0–2

|match_KSC_SAI=0–0

|match_KSC_USC=0–1

|match_KSC_SOU=1–2

|match_KSC_BSC=0-2

|match_KSC_TDS=3–1

|match_SAI_BSS S.C.=0–1

|match_SAI_SOU=1–0

|match_SAI_KSC=0–0

|match_SAI_KMS=0–0

|match_SAI_USC=1-1

|match_SAI_BSC=0–1

|match_SOU_RLY=0–0

|match_SOU_KSC=2–1

|match_SOU_SAI=0–1

|match_SOU_BSS S.C.=0–0

|match_SOU_KMS=3–1

|match_SOU_USC=0–0

|match_RLY_KMS=0–4

|match_RLY_SOU=0–0

|match_RLY_USC=1–0

|match_RLY_BSC=0–2

|match_RLY_TDS=0–0

|match_TDS_BSC=0–0

|match_TDS_USC=1–2

|match_TDS_BSS S.C.=0–1

|match_TDS_RLY=0–0

|match_TDS_KSC=1–3

|match_USC_TDS=2–1

|match_USC_RLY=0–1

|match_USC_KSC=1–0

|match_USC_SAI=1-1

|match_USC_SOU=0-0

}}

References

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{{Calcutta Football League}}

{{2018–19 in Indian football}}

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