# 2017 CFL Premier Division

The 2017 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 119th season of the CFL Premier Division, a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league is divided into two groups – Group A and Group B. The Championship title is awarded only to the Group A winner, while four teams from Group A are relegated to Group B at the end of the season and four teams from Group B are simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season. The fixtures of Group A kicked off on 12 August 2017, and of Group B on 7 August 2017.

## Premier Division A
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | East Bengal (C) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 23 | Champion |
| 2 | Mohun Bagan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 23 | |
| 3 | Mohammedan | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 17 | |
| 4 | Peerless SC$_1$ | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 15 | |
| 5 | Tollygunge Agragami$_1$ | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 13 | |
| 6 | Calcutta Customs | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 12 | |
| 7 | NBP Rainbow AC$_1$ | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Pathachakra | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 10 | |
| 9 | Southern Samity (R) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 1 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
| 10 | Railway$_1$ (R) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 3 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
Note: $_1$=These teams got walkover against Southern Samity and they got 3 point each.

### Results

| Home \ Away | CCU | KEB | MOH | MSC | PAT | PRL | RAI | RAC | SOU | TOL |
| Calcutta Customs | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1-0 | 0–0 | 3-0 | 0–0 |
| East Bengal | | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5-0 |
| Mohun Bagan | | | — | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Mohammedan | | | | — | 2–4 | 5-2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Pathachakra | | | | | — | 1–5 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 5–0 |
| Peerless SC | | | | | | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | ABD | 0–1 |
| Railway | | | | | | | — | | ABD | 0–1 |
| NBP Rainbow AC | | | | | | | | — | ABD | 1–2 |
| Southern Samity | | | | | | | | | — | ABD |
| Tollygunge Agragami | | | | | | | | | | — |
Home team won; Match drawn; Away team won;  Match ABD

### Statistics
#### Top scorers

    As of 16 September 2017
Source: kolkatafootball.com

##### 12 goals

* Aser Pierrick Dipanda(MSC)

##### 7 goals

* Kamo Stephane Bayi (MOH)

##### 6 goals

* Ansumana Kromah (MOH)

##### 5 goals

* Suhair V P(KEB)
* Willis Plaza (KEB)

##### 4 goals

* Sheikh Faiaz (Mohammedan)
* Jiten Murmu(Mohammedan)
* Azharuddin Mallick (MOH)
* Mahmoud Amnah (KEB)
* Laldanmawia Ralte (KEB)
* Joel Sunday (PAT)
* Eric Brown (PAT)

##### 3 goals

* Anthony Wolfe (TOL)
* Leonce Dodoz Zikahi (PRL)

##### 2 goals

* Babun Das (PAT)
* Shiltan Dsilva (MOH)
* Carlyle Mitchell (KEB)
* Bazie Armand (RFC)
* Anil Kisku (PRL)
* Sukhwinder Sing (PRL)
* Rajon Burman (CCU)
* Nikhil Kadam (MOH)

##### 1 goal

* Syed Rahim Nabi (PRL)
* Monotosh Chakladar (PAT)
* Atinder Mani (MSC)
* Dipendu Dowary (MSC)
* Chattu Mondal (RFC)
* Bijoy Mandi (SOU)
* Gabriel Fernandes (KEB)
* Nadong Bhutia (PAT)
* Lalrindika Ralte (KEB)
* Samad Ali Mallick (KEB)
* Francis (PRL)
* Jobby Justin (KEB)
* Sumit Das (RFC)
* Dhiman Sinha (CCU)
* Brandon Vanlalremdika (KEB)
* Manandeep Singh (MSC)
* Prohlad Roy (MSC)
* Arijit Singh (CCU)
* Yao Kiosi Bernerd (RAC)
* Satyam Sharma (MSC)
* Nabin Hela (TOL)
* Josef Olanrien (CCU)
* Victor Kamhuka (PAT)

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohammedan | Peerless SC | 5–2 | 21 August 2017 |
| Aser Pierrick Dipanda $^4$ | Mohammedan | Railway FC | 6–0 | 13 September 2017 |
| Suhair V P | East Bengal | Rainbow AC | 5–1 | 17 August 2017 |
| Kamo Stephane Bayi $^4$ | Mohun Bagan | Pathachakra FC | 5–2 | 19 August 2017 |
| Surabuddin Mollick | East Bengal | Peerless SC | 5–1 | |
| Willis Plaza | East Bengal | Tollygunge Agragami | 5–0 | 19 September 2017 |
$^4$ The player scored 4 goals

## Premier Division B
### Standings

Notes: After the results of the 10th round, the teams will be divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 5. The top 6 teams are to play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 5 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carried forward their points and other records from the previous 10 matches into the championship or the relegation round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | George Telegraph | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 26 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 2 | Food Corporation of India | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 26 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 3 | West Bengal Police FC | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 23 | Championship Round |
| 4 | Aryan | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 21 | Championship Round |
| 5 | United | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | Championship Round |
| 6 | Kidderpore SC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 17 | Championship Round |
| 7 | Bhowanipore FC | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 20 | Relegation Round |
| 8 | Kalighat M.S. | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 13 | Relegation Round |
| 9 | SAI | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 9 | Relegation Round |
| 10 | Police AC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | Relegation to First Division |
| 11 | Bengal Nagpur Railway | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 7 | Relegation to First Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARN | BNR | BSC | FCI | GTL | KMS | KSC | PAC | SAI | USC | WBP |
| Aryan | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ABD | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Bengal Nagpur Railway | | — | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Bhowanipore | | | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1-0 | 1–2 |
| Food Corporation of India | | | | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0-1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| George Telegraph | | | | | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Kalighat M.S. | | | | | | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Kidderpore SC | | | | | | | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Police A.C. | | | | | | | | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| SAI Darjeeling | | | | | | | | | — | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| United | | | | | | | | | | — | 1–1 |
| West Bengal Police | | | | | | | | | | | — |
Home team won; Match drawn; Away team won;  Match ABD

#### Top scorers

    As of 13 September 2017
Source: kolkatafootball.com

##### 9 goals

* MD. Amirul (FCI)

##### 4 goals

* Subhankar Das (GTL)

##### 3 goals

* Subhankar Sardar (KSC)

##### 2 goals

* Saikat Sarkar (KSC)
* Rajib Swaw (GTL)
* Sibra Narjary (USC)
* Saika Shamim (WBP)
* Suva Kumar (GTL)

##### 1 goal

* Kishore Mollick (WBP)
* Krishanu Banerjee (BNR)
* Abinash Nayek (BNR)
* Rabi Das (BNR)
* Safikul Ali Gayen (BNR)
* Dhananjoy Yadav (ARN)
* Rakesh Karmakar (FCI)
* Amit Kundu (GTL)
* Subrata Biswas (GTL)
* mujafar (KSC)

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Md. Amirul | FCI | BNR | 4–1 | 21 August 2017 |