2023 CFL Premier Division

The 2023 CFL Premier Division merged the top two tiers, Premier A and B, to form an expanded 26-team competition.{{cite web|author=TNN|date=31 May 2023|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cfl-premier-div-a-b-to-be-merged/articleshow/100636021.cms?from=mdr|location=Kolkata|title=CFL Premier Div 'A' & 'B' to be merged|work=The Times of India|access-date=8 June 2023|archive-date=31 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531031053/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cfl-premier-div-a-b-to-be-merged/articleshow/100636021.cms?from=mdr}} Two groups of thirteen teams were divided, with each team playing every other in the group once. The top three teams proceeded to the Super Six round, where they vied for the championship with the points from group stage being carried over.{{cite web|date=9 September 2023|url=https://www.indianfootballnews.in/2023/09/calcutta-football-league-super-six-teams-2023.html|title=Calcutta Football League 2023: Confirmed Super Six Phase Teams|work=Indian Football News|accessdate=17 September 2023}} Each group's bottom four teams enter the relegation round.{{cite web|first=Tania|last=Roy|date=2 June 2023|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/sports/football/rules-are-being-changed-in-calcutta-football-league-bhavanipur-club-has-started-training-to-become-champion-31685709922235.html|title=কলকাতা লিগে নিয়মে বদল,শুরুর আগেই বিদ্রোহী কিছু ক্লাব, ভবানীপুর নেমে পড়ল অনুশীলনে|trans-title=Change in rules in Calcutta league, before the start some clubs rebel, Bhavanipur came down to practice|language=bn|work=Hindustan Times Bangla|accessdate=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154508/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/sports/football/rules-are-being-changed-in-calcutta-football-league-bhavanipur-club-has-started-training-to-become-champion-31685709922235.html|url-status=live}}

As per the rules set by AIFF, this year, no foreign players will be participating in the league.{{cite web|first=Ankon|last=Ghosh|date=6 July 2023|url=https://www.news18.com/football/aiff-bars-overseas-players-from-playing-in-state-leagues-7557805.html|title=AIFF bars foreign players in State league}}

• Amal Datta Krirangan, Dum Dum
• Aryan Town Club Ground, Durgapur
• Bankimanjali Stadium, Naihati
• Bidhannagar Municipal Sports Complex
• Canning Stadium, Canning
• East Bengal-Aryan Ground, Kolkata
• Eastern Ground, Chinsurah
• Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
• Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
• Mohammedan Sporting Ground, Kolkata
• Mohun Bagan-Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata
• Netaji Sports Complex, Kamalgazi
• Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
• Rishi Aurobindo Maidan, Konnagar
• Royal Park Stadium, Barrackpore
• Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah
• Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
• Vidyasagar Krirangan, Barasat
• Vivekananda Stadium, Khardah

The 26 teams were divided into two groups based on a draw held on 5 June 2023.{{cite web|first=Sanghamitra|last=Chakraborty|date=5 June 2023|url=https://tv9bangla.com/sports/football/have-a-look-on-2023-calcutta-football-league-premier-division-group-stage-830841.html|title=Calcutta Football League: মোহনবাগান-মহমেডানের গ্রুপে অভিষেকের ক্লাব, ইস্টবেঙ্গলের গ্রুপে ভবানীপুর|trans-title=Calcutta Football League: Debutant club in Mohun Bagan-Mohammedan group, Bhavanipur in East Bengal group|language=bn|work=TV9 Bangla|accessdate=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154245/https://tv9bangla.com/sports/football/have-a-look-on-2023-calcutta-football-league-premier-division-group-stage-830841.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Koushik|last=Biswas|date=5 June 2023|url=https://eisamay.com/sports/football/news/mohun-bagan-is-in-comparatively-tough-group-in-calcutta-football-league/articleshow/100770942.cms|title=Calcutta Football League : বাজল কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগের ঘণ্টা, কঠিন গ্রুপে মোহনবাগান|trans-title=Calcutta Football League: Bell of Calcutta Football League rings, Mohun Bagan in tough group|language=bn|work=Ei Samay|accessdate=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154719/https://eisamay.com/sports/football/news/mohun-bagan-is-in-comparatively-tough-group-in-calcutta-football-league/articleshow/100770942.cms|url-status=live}}

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

|show_matches=no

|section= Group A

|source= [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]

|name_ARM=Army Red

|name_CFC=Calcutta FC

|name_DAC=Dalhousie AC

|name_DHB=Diamond Harbour FC

|name_FCI=FCI (East Zone)

|name_KMS=Kalighat MS

|name_MDS=Mohammedan SC

|name_MBG=Mohun Bagan SG

|name_PTC=Pathachakra

|name_PSC=Peerless SC

|name_SSA=Southern Samity

|name_TAG=Tollygunge Agragami FC

|name_USC=United SC

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

|update=17 September 2023

|win_ARM= 5 |draw_ARM= 6 |loss_ARM= 1 |gf_ARM= 18 |ga_ARM= 11

|win_CFC= 1 |draw_CFC= 4 |loss_CFC= 7 |gf_CFC= 8 |ga_CFC= 38

|win_DAC= 0 |draw_DAC= 4 |loss_DAC= 8 |gf_DAC= 8 |ga_DAC= 29

|win_MBG= 7 |draw_MBG= 3 |loss_MBG= 2 |gf_MBG= 30 |ga_MBG= 13

|win_FCI= 1 |draw_FCI= 3 |loss_FCI= 8 |gf_FCI= 8 |ga_FCI= 32

|win_KMS= 7 |draw_KMS= 3 |loss_KMS= 2 |gf_KMS= 21 |ga_KMS= 8

|win_MDS= 9 |draw_MDS= 2 |loss_MDS= 1 |gf_MDS= 33 |ga_MDS= 9

|win_DHB= 9 |draw_DHB= 2 |loss_DHB= 1 |gf_DHB= 26 |ga_DHB= 5

|win_PTC= 1 |draw_PTC= 4 |loss_PTC= 7 |gf_PTC= 13 |ga_PTC= 28

|win_PSC= 5 |draw_PSC= 5 |loss_PSC= 2 |gf_PSC= 22 |ga_PSC= 9

|win_SSA= 4 |draw_SSA= 3 |loss_SSA= 5 |gf_SSA= 14 |ga_SSA= 17

|win_TAG= 2 |draw_TAG= 2 |loss_TAG= 8 |gf_TAG= 9 |ga_TAG= 28

|win_USC= 6 |draw_USC= 1 |loss_USC= 5 |gf_USC= 25 |ga_USC= 8

|team5=ARM

|team4=KMS

|team12=FCI

|team11=CFC

|team13=DAC

|team6=PSC

|team3=MBG

|team2=DHB

|team10=PTC

|team7=USC

|team9=TAG

|team1=MDS

|team8=SSA

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SS |result2=SS |result3=SS |result10=RL |result11=RL |result12=RL |result13=RL |col_SS=green1 |text_SS=Qualified for the Super Six round |col_RL=red1 |text_RL=Relegation round

}}

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

|show_matches=no

|section= Group B

|source= [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]

|name_ARY=Aryan

|name_BHA=Bhawanipore

|name_BSS=BSS

|name_CCM=Calcutta Customs

|name_EAB=East Bengal

|name_ERL=Eastern Railway

|name_GTF=George Telegraph

|name_KDP=Kidderpore

|name_PAC=Police AC

|name_RLW=Railway FC

|name_ARB=ASOS Rainbow

|name_WAR=Wari

|name_WBP=West Bengal Police

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

|update=7 September 2023

|win_ARY= 8 |draw_ARY= 0 |loss_ARY= 4 |gf_ARY= 28 |ga_ARY= 12

|win_BHA= 8 |draw_BHA= 3 |loss_BHA= 1 |gf_BHA= 23 |ga_BHA= 8

|win_BSS= 2 |draw_BSS= 5 |loss_BSS= 5 |gf_BSS= 12 |ga_BSS= 14

|win_CCM= 6 |draw_CCM= 1 |loss_CCM= 5 |gf_CCM= 13 |ga_CCM= 13

|win_EAB= 9 |draw_EAB= 3 |loss_EAB= 0 |gf_EAB= 29 |ga_EAB= 6

|win_ERL= 3 |draw_ERL= 2 |loss_ERL= 7 |gf_ERL= 16 |ga_ERL= 26

|win_GTF= 3 |draw_GTF= 2 |loss_GTF= 7 |gf_GTF= 11 |ga_GTF= 19

|win_KDP= 8 |draw_KDP= 1 |loss_KDP= 3 |gf_KDP= 16 |ga_KDP= 11

|win_PAC= 3 |draw_PAC= 1 |loss_PAC= 8 |gf_PAC= 10 |ga_PAC= 22

|win_RLW= 3 |draw_RLW= 3 |loss_RLW= 6 |gf_RLW= 12 |ga_RLW= 21

|win_ARB= 5 |draw_ARB= 2 |loss_ARB= 5 |gf_ARB= 11 |ga_ARB= 10

|win_WAR= 5 |draw_WAR= 1 |loss_WAR= 6 |gf_WAR= 16 |ga_WAR= 23

|win_WBP= 2 |draw_WBP= 2 |loss_WBP= 8 |gf_WBP= 12 |ga_WBP= 24

|team10=GTF

|team2=BHA

|team7=WAR

|team3=KDP

|team5=CCM

|team1=EAB

|team8=RLW

|team13=WBP

|team4=ARY

|team6=ARB

|team11=ERL

|team9=BSS

|team12=PAC

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=SS |result2=SS |result3=SS |result10=RL |result11=RL |result12=RL |result13=RL |col_SS=green1 |text_SS=Qualified for the Super Six round |col_RL=red1 |text_RL=Relegation round

}}

The top three teams from both groups qualified for the Super Six round with the points from group stage being carried over.{{cite web|date=9 September 2023|url=https://www.indianfootballnews.in/2023/09/calcutta-football-league-super-six-teams-2023.html|title=Calcutta Football League 2023: Confirmed Super Six Phase Teams|work=Indian Football News|accessdate=17 September 2023}}

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

|section = Super Six

|update = 30 November 2023

|show_limit = 6

|source = [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]

|team1 = MDS

|team3 = DHB

|team2 = EAB

|team4 = BHA

|team5 = MBG

|team6 = KDP

|name_EAB = East Bengal

|name_MDS = Mohammedan

|name_BHA = Bhawanipore

|name_DHB = Diamond Harbour

|name_KDP = Kidderpore

|name_MBG = Mohun Bagan SG

|win_EAB= 13 |draw_EAB= 3 |loss_EAB= 1 |gf_EAB= 50 |ga_EAB= 10 |status_EAB =

|win_DHB= 10 |draw_DHB= 3 |loss_DHB= 3 |gf_DHB= 32 |ga_DHB= 12 |status_DHB = Q

|win_KDP= 8 |draw_KDP= 1 |loss_KDP= 6 |gf_KDP= 17 |ga_KDP= 29 |status_KDP =

|win_MDS= 14 |draw_MDS= 2 |loss_MDS= 1 |gf_MDS= 44 |ga_MDS= 11 |status_MDS = C

|win_BHA= 8 |draw_BHA= 4 |loss_BHA= 4 |gf_BHA= 26 |ga_BHA= 18 |status_BHA =

|win_MBG= 8 |draw_MBG= 3 |loss_MBG= 4 |gf_MBG= 33 |ga_MBG= 19 |status_MBG =

|adjust_points_MBG=-2

|hth_MBG=Mohun Bagan Super Giant was deducted 2 points for not fielding a team against East Bengal on 30 November 2023.{{cite web|date=28 December 2023|url=https://xtratimebangla.in/ifa-announces-mohammedan-sporting-as-cfl-2023-champions-as-east-bengal-gets-3-points-in-postponed-derby/|title=কলকাতা লিগের বাতিল ডার্বিতে জয়ী ঘোষিত ইস্টবেঙ্গল, পয়েন্ট কাটল মোহনবাগানের|trans-title=East Bengal, declared the winner of the canceled Kolkata League derby, Mohun Bagan deducted points|language=bn|work=Xtra Time Bangla|accessdate=28 December 2023}}

|status_text_X=Cannot finish top, but still eligible for 2024-25 I-League 3

|res_col_header = Q

|result1=C |result3=Q |result4=Q

|col_C = gold | text_C = Champions

|col_Q = green2 | text_Q = Eligible for 2024–25 I-League 3{{efn|If the top teams are already playing in national leagues, then the next highest ranked team(s) would be eligible for I-League 3.}}

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots

}}

{{notelist}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|source= [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]

|update= 12 November 2023

|matches_style=FBR

|team_header=Team 1 \ Team 2

|team1 = BHA

|team2 = DHB

|team3 = EAB

|team4 = KID

|team5 = MOH

|team6 = MBG

|name_EAB = East Bengal

|name_MOH = Mohammedan

|name_DHB = Diamond Harbour

|name_BHA = Bhawanipore

|name_MBG = Mohun Bagan SG

|name_KID = Kidderpore

|match_BHA_EAB= 0-3*

|match_BHA_KID= DNP

|match_BHA_MOH= 1-2

|match_BHA_DHB= 2-2

|match_BHA_MBG= 0-3*

|match_DHB_EAB= 1–4

|match_DHB_KID= 3–0

|match_DHB_MOH= 0-2

|match_DHB_MBG= DNP

|match_EAB_KID= 10–1

|match_EAB_MOH= 1–2

|match_EAB_MBG= 3-0*

|match_KID_MOH= 0-5

|match_KID_MBG= DNP

|match_MOH_MBG= 2-0

}}

• * = Walkover

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

|section = Relegation round

|update = 20 November

|show_limit = 6

|source = [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]

|team1 = PTC

|team2 = GET

|team3 = PAC

|team4 = EAR

|team5 = DAL

|team6 = FCI

|team7 = WBP

|team8 = CFC

|name_PTC = Pathachakra

|name_CFC = Calcutta FC

|name_WBP = WB Police

|name_PAC = Police A.C.

|name_GET = George Telegraph

|name_DAL = Dalhousie AC

|name_FCI = FCI

|name_EAR = Eastern Railway

|win_PTC = 6|draw_PTC = 5 |loss_PTC = 8|gf_PTC = 30|ga_PTC = 36|status_PTC =

|win_GET = 6|draw_GET = 4|loss_GET = 9|gf_GET = 32|ga_GET = 27|status_GET =

|win_PAC = 6|draw_PAC = 4|loss_PAC = 9|gf_PAC = 22|ga_PAC = 33|status_PAC =

|win_WBP = 3|draw_WBP = 3|loss_WBP = 13|gf_WBP = 18|ga_WBP = 39|status_WBP =

|win_DAL = 3|draw_DAL = 7|loss_DAL = 9|gf_DAL = 17|ga_DAL = 36|status_DAL =

|win_CFC = 1|draw_CFC = 8|loss_CFC = 10|gf_CFC = 16|ga_CFC = 50|status_CFC =

|win_EAR = 5|draw_EAR = 5|loss_EAR = 9|gf_EAR = 23|ga_EAR = 33|status_EAR =

|win_FCI = 3|draw_FCI = 4|loss_FCI = 12|gf_FCI = 16|ga_FCI = 52|status_FCI =

|res_col_header = Q

|result5 =R |result6 =R |result7 =R |result8 =R

|col_R = #fcc | text_R = Relegated to the First Division

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots

}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|source= [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]

|update= 12 November 2023

|matches_style=FBR

|team_header=Team 1 \ Team 2

|team1 = CFC

|team2 = DAL

|team3 = EAR

|team4 = FCI

|team5 = GET

|team6 = PTC

|team7 = PAC

|team8 = WBP

|name_PTC = Pathachakra

|name_CFC = Calcutta FC

|name_WBP = WB Police

|name_PAC = Police A.C.

|name_GET = George Telegraph

|name_DAL = Dalhousie AC

|name_FCI = FCI

|name_EAR = Eastern Railway

|match_CFC_EAR= 2-2

|match_CFC_GET= 2-2

|match_CFC_DAL= 1-2

|match_CFC_PAC= 1-1

|match_CFC_FCI= 0-1

|match_CFC_WBP= 0-0

|match_CFC_PTC= 2-4

|match_DAL_PAC= 2-2

|match_DAL_FCI= 1-0

|match_DAL_WBP= 1-0

|match_DAL_PTC= 0-0

|match_DAL_GET= 1-1

|match_DAL_EAR= 2-3

|match_EAR_WBP= 0-2

|match_EAR_PAC= 0-0

|match_EAR_GET= 0-1

|match_EAR_FCI= 0-0

|match_EAR_PTC= 2-0

|match_FCI_PTC= 2-4

|match_FCI_WBP= 3-2

|match_FCI_PAC= 1-3

|match_FCI_GET= 1-10

|match_GET_WBP= 5-0

|match_GET_PTC= 2-3

|match_GET_PAC= 0-1

|match_PTC_WBP= 1-0

|match_PTC_PAC= 5-0

|match_PAC_WBP= 5-2

}}

• * = Walkover

:{{updated|30th December 2023}}

Note: In the result, the score of the player's team is mentioned before.

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