# 2016 CFL Premier Division

The 2016 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 118th 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 4 teams from Group B are simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season. The fixtures of Group A kicked off on 27 July 2016, and of Group B on 16 July 2016.
This will also be the first time in history that a trophy will be awarded to the Group A champions, on the day of the last match of the league. The Indian Football Association also took a decision to award the Amal Dutta award to the coach adjudged "Best coach of the league". The association also announced that a monetary award amounting to Rs. 25 lakhs will be given to the champions of Group A.
East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.

## Premier Division A
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | East Bengal (C) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 30 | Champion |
| 2 | Mohammedan | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 20 | |
| 3 | Mohun Bagan | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 19 | |
| 4 | Southern Samity | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 15 | |
| 5 | Peerless SC | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 14 | |
| 6 | Army XI | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 14 | |
| 7 | Tollygunge Agragami | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 13 | |
| 8 | United (R) | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 11 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
| 9 | Aryan (R) | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 9 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
| 10 | Bhawanipore (R) | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 6 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
| 11 | George Telegraph (R) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 1 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
* 1 2 East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by IFA to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARM | ARN | BHA | KEB | GTL | MSC | MOH | PRL | SOU | TOL | USC |
| Army XI | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Aryan | — | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Bhawanipore | — | — | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| East Bengal | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0$^1$ | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| George Telegraph | — | — | — | — | — | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| Mohammedan | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Mohun Bagan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Peerless SC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Southern Samity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Tollygunge Agragami | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–1 |
| United | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Home team won; Match drawn; Away team won;
$^1$ East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by IFA to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal.

### Statistics
#### Top Scorers

    As of 28 September 2016
Source: kolkatafootball.com

##### 6 goals

* Daniel Bedemi (MOH)
* Darryl Duffy (MOH)

##### 5 goals

* Joël Sunday (TOL)
* V.P.Suhair (USC)

##### 4 goals

* Do Dong-Hyun (KEB)
* Manvir Singh (MSC)
* Zikahi Leonce Dedoz (MSC)
* Ghanefo Kromah (PRL)
* Ashim Biswas (SOU)
* M.Basant Singh (SOU)

##### 3 goals

* Sanjay Rana (ARM)
* Jagannath Sana (BHA)
* Tirthankar Sarkar (BHA)
* Jiten Murmu (KEB)
* Lalrindika Ralte (KEB)
* Bayi Kamo (GTL)
* Prabir Das (MOH)
* Eric Brown (USC)

##### 2 goals

* Anthony Chettri (ARM)
* Abhijit Sarkar (ARN)
* Bolane Kazeem Amobi (ARN)
* Pritam Sarkar (BHA)
* Arnab Mondal (KEB)
* Azharuddin Mallick (MOH)
* Thangjam Singh (MOH)
* Anil Kisku (PRL)
* Arghya Chakraborty (PRL)
* Syed Rahim Nabi (PRL)
* Monotosh Chakladar (USC)
* Shankar Oraon (USC)

##### 1 goal

* Arjun Tudu (ARM)
* E.Alwyn (ARM)
* P.Jain (ARM)
* Samu Hembram (ARM)
* Goutam Thakur (ARN)
* Obasi Moses Louis (ARN)
* Orok Essien (BHA)
* Bijendra Rai (BHA)
* Francis Xavier (BHA)
* Adelaja (KEB)
* Calum Angus (KEB)
* Mohammed Rafique (KEB)
* Rahul Bheke (KEB)
* Subha Kumar (GTL)
* Rajib Shaw (GTL)
* Atinder Mani (MSC)
* Dipendu Dowary (MSC)
* Nitesh Chhikara (MSC)
* Parminder Singh (MSC)
* Usman Ashik (MSC)
* Ajay Singh (MOH)
* Sukhwinder Singh (PRL)
* Sumit Ghosh (PRL)
* Krishna Das Sharma (SOU)
* Suman Hazra (SOU)
* Alfred Jaryan (TOL)
* Kareem Omolaja (TOL)
* Palsang Lama (TOL)
* Reisangmei Vashum (TOL)
* Surabuddin Mollick (TOL)
* Bello Razaq (USC)
* Budhiram Tudu (USC)
* Md.Rashid (USC)

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Darryl Duffy | Mohun Bagan | Aryan | 5–1 | 6 August 2016 |
| V.P. Suhair | United | George Telegraph | 5–1 | 25 August 2016 |
| Daniel Bedemi $^4$ | Mohun Bagan | Army XI | 6–0 | 10 September 2016 |
$^4$ The player scored 4 goals

## Premier Division B
### Standings

Note: After the results of the 10th round, the teams were 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 | Pathachakra (P) | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 26 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 2 | Rainbow (P) | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 25 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 3 | Railway F.C. (P) | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 24 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 4 | Calcutta Customs (P) | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 24 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
| 5 | SAI Darjeeling | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 22 | Championship Round |
| 6 | Bengal Nagpur Railway | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 16 | Championship Round |
| 7 | Kalighat M.S. | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 23 | Relegation Round |
| 8 | Food Corporation of India | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 18 | Relegation Round |
| 9 | Police A.C. | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 15 | Relegation Round |
| 10 | Eastern Rail (R) | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 10 | Relegation to First Division |
| 11 | Dalhousie (R) | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 6 | Relegation to First Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BNR | CCU | DAC | ERY | FCI | KMS | PAT | PAC | RFC | RAI | SAI |
| Bengal Nagpur Railway | — | 0–4 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Calcutta Customs | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Dalhousie | — | — | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–4 | — | — | — |
| Eastern Rail | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Food Corporation of India | — | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | — | — | — |
| Kalighat M.S. | — | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | — |
| Pathachakra | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Police A.C. | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Railway F.C. | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | — | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Rainbow | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| SAI Darjeeling | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |
Home team won; Match drawn; Away team won;