# 2018 CFL Premier Division

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.

## Premier Division A
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan (C) | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 29 | Champion |
| 2 | Peerless SC | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 25 | |
| 3 | East Bengal | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 23 | |
| 4 | Mohammedan | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 19 | Qualified for I-League 2nd Division |
| 5 | Rainbow | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 17 | Qualified for I-League 2nd Division |
| 6 | George Telegraph | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 15 | |
| 7 | Calcutta Customs | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | |
| 8 | Aryan | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 14 | |
| 9 | Pathachakra | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 13 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
| 10 | Tollygunge Agragami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 8 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
| 11 | FCI | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 4 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
| 12 | West Bengal Police | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 2 | Relegation to Premier Division B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARN | CCU | EB | FCI | GT | MSC | MB | PAT | PRL | RAC | TA | WBP |
| Aryan | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Calcutta Customs | | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| East Bengal | | | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| FCI | | | | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| George Telegraph | | | | | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Mohammedan | | | | | | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Mohun Bagan | | | | | | | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Pathachakra | | | | | | | | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Peerless SC | | | | | | | | | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Rainbow | | | | | | | | | | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Tollygunge Agragami | | | | | | | | | | | — | 1–1 |
| West Bengal Police | | | | | | | | | | | | — |

#### Managers and foreigners

| Club | Head Coach | Foreigner 1 | Foreigner 2 | Foreigner 3 | Foreigner 4 |
| Aryan | Debashish Nandy | Seidu Mady | Bello Razaq | Gatch Arthure Diomande | Emmanuel Chigozie |
| Calcutta Customs | Rajeev Dey | Samuel Kane | John Ampong | Eze Stanley Ifeanyi | — |
| East Bengal | Bastob Roy | Mahmoud Amnah | Kassim Aidara | Jhonny Acosta | — |
| FCI (Eastern Zone) | Sudeep Chakraborty | — | — | — | — |
| George Telegraph | Ranjan Bhattacharya | Echezona Anyichie | Reo Nakamura | Justice Morgan | Stephen Harry |
| Mohammedan | Sudeep Sarkar | Lancine Touré | Bazie Armand | Olariche Princewill Emeka | Philip Adjah |
| Mohun Bagan | Sankarlal Chakraborty | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Eze Kingsley | Henry Kisekka | Yuta Kinowaki |
| Pathachakra | Anjan Nath | Victor Kamhuka | Anto Pejic | Futa Nakamura | Bright Middleton Mends |
| Peerless | Tapan Chakraborty | Ansumana Kromah | Anthony Wolfe | Chika Wali | — |
| Rainbow | Tarit Ghosh | Joel Sunday | Penn Orji | Godwin Quashiga | Guy Eric Dano |
| Tollygunge Agragami | Bimal Ghosh | Daniel Bedemi | Richard Agwu Somtochukwu | Lago Dagbo Bei | Kamo Stephane Bayi |
| West Bengal Police | Sahadeb Bhowmick | — | — | — | — |

### Stadiums

| 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

* Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal FC— 65,322
* Mohun Bagan vs Mohammedan SC— 12,317
* East Bengal Club vs Mohammedan SC— 12,557

### Statistics

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

#### Top scorers

    As of 19 September 2018
Source: kolkatafootball.com

##### 11 goals

* Ansumana Kromah (Peerless SC)

##### 10 goals

* Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan)

##### 6 goals

* Joel Sunday (Rainbow)
* Henry Kisekka (Mohun Bagan)
* Bright Middleton Mends (Pathachakra)

##### 5 goals

* John Ampong (Calcutta Customs)
* Stephen Harry (George Telegraph)
* Anthony Wolfe (Peerless SC)
* Justice Morgan (George Telegraph)
* Emmanuel Chinedu (Aryan)

##### 4 goals

* Kamo Stephane Bayi (Tollygunge Agragami)
* Gatch Arthure Diomande (Aryan)
* Philip Adjah (Mohammedan)
* Jobby Justin (East Bengal)

##### 3 goals

* Emmanuel Chigozie (Aryan)
* Eze Stanley Ifeanyi (Calcutta Customs)
* Laldanmawia Ralte (East Bengal)
* Princewell Emeka (Mohammedan)
* Kassim Aidara (East Bengal)
* Lago Dagbo Bei (Tollygunge Agragami)

##### 2 goals

* Poltu Das (Rainbow)
* Anto Pejić (Pathachakra)
* Azharuddin Mallick (Mohun Bagan)
* Gopal Poddar (FCI)
* Sk. Samim (West Bengal Police)
* Narohari Srestha (Peerless SC)
* Ashim Biswas (Tollygunge Agragami)
* Victor Kamhuka (Pathachakra)
* Bubai Das (Pathachakra)
* Ujjal Howladar (Aryan)
* Jhonny Acosta (East Bengal)
* Brandon Vanlalremdika (East Bengal)
* Tirthankar Sarkar (Mohun Bagan)
* Pintu Mahata (Mohun Bagan)

##### 1 goal

* Prosenjit Chakroborty (Mohammedan)
* Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal)
* Abhishek Ambekar (Mohun Bagan)
* Abhijit Sarkar (Rainbow)
* Lakshmikant Mandi (Peerless SC)
* Sumit Das (Mohammedan)
* Nirmal Singh Bisht (Calcutta Customs)
* Mahmoud Amnah (East Bengal)
* William Lalnunfela (Mohun Bagan)
* Penn Orji (Rainbow)
* Guy Eric Dano (Rainbow)
* Semboi Haokip (West Bengal Police)
* Samad Ali Mallick (East Bengal)
* Britto PM (Mohun Bagan)
* Deep Halder (FCI)
* Daniel Bedemi (Tollygunge Agragami)
* Subho Kumar (George Telegraph)
* Lalramchullova (East Bengal)
* Amit Roy (Calcutta Customs)
* Tonmoy Ghosh (Mohammedan)
* Dipendu Dowary (Mohammedan)
* Shilton D'Silva (Mohun Bagan)
* Mehtab Singh (East Bengal)
* Koushik Sarkar (East Bengal)
* Ram Malik (Calcutta Customs)
* Mrinmoy Samanta (FCI)
* Khokon Das (Rainbow)
* Govin Singh (Tollygunge Agragami)
* Lalchhawnkima (Mohun Bagan)
* Echezona Anyichie (George Telegraph)
* Hira Mondal (Peerless SC)
* Somananda Singh (Pathachakra)
* Kunal Ghosh (Aryan)
* Dipankar Podder (Pathachakra)
* Sujoy Dutta (Rainbow)

#### Own goals

    As of 19 September 2018
Source: kolkatafootball.com
* Sandeep Debnath (WBP)

#### Clean sheets

    As of 19 September 2018
Source: kolkatafootball.com

##### 6 clean sheets

* Rakshit Dagar (East Bengal)
* Laltu Mondol (George Telegraph)

##### 4 clean sheets

* Priyant Singh (Mohammedan)
* Sandeep Paul (Peerless)
* Souvik Santra (Aryan)
* Sankar Roy (Mohun Bagan)
* Laltu Mondol (George Telegraph)

##### 3 clean sheets

* Shilton Paul (Mohun Bagan)
* Dibyendu Sarkar (Rainbow)

##### 2 clean sheets

* Suvam Sen (Calcutta Customs)
* Ubaid CK (East Bengal)

##### 1 clean sheets

* Arindam Ghosh (Pathachakra)
* Arup Debnath (Mohammedan)
* Abhijit Das (Pathachakra)

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Ansumana Kromah | Peerless | George Telegraph | 3–1 | 20 August 2018 |
| Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | West Bengal Police | 5–0 | 25 August 2018 |
| Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | FCI | 5–0 | 5 September 2018 |

#### Fastest goals

| Player | For | Against | Timing |
| Stephen Harry | George Telegraph | Calcutta Customs | 1 minute 10 seconds |
| Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | West Bengal Police | 1 minute 32 seconds |
| Philip Adjah | Mohammedan | Tollygunge Agragami | 1 minute 35 Seconds |

## Previous Division B
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kalighat M.S. | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 27 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 2 | Southern Samity | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 25 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 3 | Bhowanipore | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 23 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 4 | BSS Sporting Club | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 21 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 5 | SAI | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 | Championship Round |
| 6 | Railways FC | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 9 | Championship Round |
| 7 | Kidderpore SC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | Relegation Round |
| 8 | United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 | Relegation Round |
| 9 | Taltala Dipti Sangha | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 2 | Relegation to First Division |
| 10 | Army XI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Army XI withdrew from the competition due to some uncited reasons.
Notes: 1.^ 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

| Home \ Away | Army XI | BSS S.C. | BSC | KMS | KSC | RLY | SAI | SOU | TDS | USC |
| Army XI | — | | | | | | | | | |
| BSS S.C. | | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Bhowanipore | | 1–1 | — | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | |
| Kalighat MS | | 0–3 | | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | |
| Kidderpore SC | | | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Railways FC | | | 0–2 | 0–4 | | — | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| SAI Darjeeling | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | — | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Southern Samity | | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | | 0–0 |
| Taltala Dipti Sangha | | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | | | — | 1–2 |
| United | | | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |