# 2019 CFL Premier Division

The 2019 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 122nd season of the top state-level football league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The season kicked off on 26 July 2019. It had two sub-divisions: CFL Premier Division A and CFL Premier Division B.
Peerless scripted history as they become the only club outside the Big Three—Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, & Mohammedan—to win the Championship in 61 years. Eastern Railway did the same back in 1958.

## Premier Division A
### Managers and foreign players

| Team | Manager | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 |
| Aryan | Raajdeep Nandy | Gatch Arthure Diomande | Ejiogu Emmanual | Ademola Kuti | Seydoumady Kourouma | | |
| Bhawanipore | Sankarlal Chakraborty | Kamo Stephane Bayi | Léonce Dodoz | Victor Kamhuka | | | |
| BSS | Goutam Ghosh | Waheed Adekunle | William Opoku | Bright Middleton Mends | Daniel Addo | | |
| Calcutta Customs | Rajeev Dey | Eze Stanley Ifeanyi | Emmanuel Chigozie | Philip Adjah Teteh | John Ampong | | |
| East Bengal | Alejandro Menéndez | Marcos de la Espada | Kassim Aidara | Jaime Colado | Martí Crespí | Juan Mera | Borja Gómez Pérez |
| George Telegraph | Ranjan Bhattacharya | Joel Sunday | Justice Morgan | Echezona Anyichie | | | |
| Kalighat M.S. | Anup Nag | Alexander Kouame | Lanssini Karamoko | Ismail Aseel | | | |
| Mohammedan | Shaheed Ramon | Arthur Kouassi | Musa Mudde | Kareem Omolaja | John Chidi | | |
| Mohun Bagan | Kibu Vicuña | Fran Morante | Salva Chamorro | Fran Gonzalez | Joseba Beitia | Daneil Cyrus | Julen Colinas |
| Peerless | Jahar Das | Ansumana Kromah | Anthony Wolfe | Varney Kallon | Edmond Peprah | | |
| Rainbow | Saumik Dey | Kazeem Bolaji | Richard Agwu Somtochukwu | Felix Chidi Odili | | | |
| Southern Samity | Mehtab Hossain | Samuel Kane | Mahmoud Amnah | Ogba Kalu Nnanna | | | |

### Venues

* Kolkata
* Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
* Mohun Bagan Ground
* East Bengal Ground
* Mohammedan Ground
* Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
* Kalyani
* Kalyani Stadium
* Gayeshpur Stadium
* Barasat
* Vidyasagar Krirangan

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Peerless | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 23 | Champions |
| 2 | Mohun Bagan | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 20 | |
| 3 | East Bengal | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 20 | |
| 4 | Mohammedan | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 19 | Qualified for I-League Qualifiers |
| 5 | Bhawanipore | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 17 | Qualified for I-League Qualifiers |
| 6 | BSS Sporting Club | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | George Telegraph | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 16 | |
| 8 | Calcutta Customs | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 14 | |
| 9 | Southern Samity | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 12 | |
| 10 | Aryan | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 9 | |
| 11 | Kalighat M.S. | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 8 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
| 12 | Rainbow | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 6 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
* 1 2 The game between East Bengal and Calcutta Customs was rescheduled due to unplayable weather & ground conditions, however on the later date East Bengal did not turn up & thus Customs were awarded a 3-0 win.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARN | BFC | BSS | CCU | EB | GTL | KMS | MM | MB | PRL | RAC | SOU |
| Aryan | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Bhawanipore | | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 |
| BSS | | | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Calcutta Customs | | | | — | w/o | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| East Bengal | | | | | — | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| George Telegraph | | | | | | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Kalighat MS | | | | | | | — | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Mohammedan | | | | | | | | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Mohun Bagan | | | | | | | | | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Peerless | | | | | | | | | | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Rainbow | | | | | | | | | | | — | 0–3 |
| Southern Samity | | | | | | | | | | | | — |

### Top goal scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ansumana Kromah | Peerless | 13 |
| 2 | Akhil Verma | Bhawanipore | 9 |
| 3 | Jaime Colado | East Bengal | 7 |

## Premier Division B
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | United (C) | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 28 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 2 | Railways | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 22 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 3 | Tollygunge Agragami | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 21 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 4 | Kidderpore | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 21 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 5 | Eastern Railway | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 18 | Championship Round |
| 6 | West Bengal Police | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 17 | Championship Round |
| 7 | FCI (East Zone) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 18 | Relegation Round |
| 8 | Pathachakra | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 15 | Relegation Round |
| 9 | SAI (East Zone) | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 9 | Relegation to First Division |
| 10 | SAIL | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 8 | Relegation to First Division |
* Matches into Championship & Relegation Round.