2024 CFL Premier Division explained

Competition:CFL Premier Division
Season:2024
Dates:25 June – 30 September 2024
Winners:East Bengal (40th title)
Relegated:Police AC
Eastern Railway
Tollygunge Agragami
Updated:30 September 2024
Matches:183
Total Goals:531
League Topscorer:Jesin TK (13 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Mohun Bagan SG 8 - 1 Railway
25 August 2024
Biggest Away Win:Army Red 0 - 6 Aryan
27 June 2024
Highest Scoring:Mohun Bagan SG 8 - 1 Railway
25 August 2024
Longest Wins:East Bengal
(10 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:East Bengal
(15 matches)
Longest Winless:Police AC
(11 matches)
Highest Attendance:26,000
East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan SG (13 July 2024)
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 CFL Premier Division is the 126th overall season of the Calcutta Football League  - highest state-level football division of West Bengal. The 2024 edition will have 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.[1]

Format

The 2024 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 round robin format. After that, 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 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.[2] [1] [3]

Venues

Teams

Group AGroup B
TeamHead coachCaptainTeamHead coachCaptain
Army Red Sudhir Mishra Renzong LepchaBhawanipore Shahid Raman Jiten Murmu
Aryan Rajdeep Nandy Sandip PatraCalcutta Customs Suvam Sen
BSS Souren Dutta Subhankar DasCalcutta Police Club Bijoy Ghosh Koushik Goala
Diamond Harbour FC Kibu Vicuna Raju GaikwadEast Bengal Bino George Aditya Patra
Kalighat MS Patham Thapa Koushik SarkarEastern Railway Subhagato Roy Antoni Soren
Kidderpore Sayantan Das Roy Prosenjit ChakrobortyGeorge Telegraph Goutam Ghosh Sourish Lodh Chowdhury
Measurers Club Rajib Dey Chattu MondalKalighat Sports Lovers Association Jahar Das Bishal Chhetri
Mohammedan Sporting Hakim Ssengendo Samad Ali MallickMohun Bagan SG Deggie Cardozo Suhail Bhat
Pathachakra Lalkamal Bhowmick Subhajit MandiPeerless Hemanta Dora Donlad Diengdoh
Southern Samity Dipankar Biswas Rajesh RajbharPolice AC Rajesh Rajbhar Deep Dey
Suruchi Sangha Ranjan Bhattacharya Amit TuduRailway Amit Tudu Sudipta Banerjee
United Steven Herbots Tarak HembramRainbow Aditya Chatterjee Sourav Dasgupta
Wari 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.[4]

Qualified Teams

The six qualified teams for the Super Six phase from both the groups:

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.[5] 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 AC
Kalighat MSPolice AC
Army RedTollygunge Agragami

Standings

Fixtures

Season Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Jesin TKEast Bengal13
2 Jiten MurmuBhawanipore8
Jobby JustinDiamond Harbour FC8
4 David LalchhuanawmaCalcutta Customs7
Suhail BhatMohun Bagan SG7
6 Jaideep SinghSuruchi Sangha6
Rajon BarmanRainbow6
Robi HansdaCalcutta Customs6
Sujal MundaUnited6
10 Israfil DewanMohammedan Sporting5
Jojo ZaihmingthangaBhawanipore5
Ngairangbam Rakesh SinghKidderpore5

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14 June 2024. EB and Bagan in same CFL group. The Times of India. 14 June 2024.
  2. Web site: 4 April 2024. কলকাতা লিগে চারজন ভূমিপুত্র খেলানো বাধ্যতামূলক, নিয়ম আনল IFA. Four Homegrown Players Mandatory in Calcutta League, Rule imposed by IFA. bn. Sangbad Pratidin. 13 June 2024.
  3. Web site: 15 June 2024. CFL 2024: All You Need to Know About Calcutta Football League's New Season - Groups, Format, Venue, Schedule. MyKhel. 15 June 2024.
  4. Web site: August 18, 2024 . Calcutta Football League 2024 Points Table, Top Goalscorers, Result, Schedule . MyKhel.
  5. Web site: August 18, 2024 . Calcutta Football League 2024 Points Table, Top Goalscorers, Result, Schedule . MyKhel.