2022 CFL Premier Division

CFL Premier Division
Season2022
ChampionsMohammedan[1] (Division A) (13th title)
Kalighat MS
(Division B)
Matches played121
Goals scored300 (2.48 per match)
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 124th overall season of the two highest state-level football divisions of West Bengal.[2] The division consists of two tiers within it: Premier Division A and Premier Division B.

Premier Division A

CFL Premier Division A
Season2022
Dates2 August – 1 November
ChampionsMohammedan
(13th title)
RelegatedTollygunge Agragami
Southern Samity
Matches played65
Goals scored176 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorerNaro Hari Shrestha
(9 goals)
Biggest winUnited 5–1 Peerless
Bhawanipore 6-2 George Telegraph
Highest scoringUnited 5–3 Tollygunge Agragami
Bhawanipore 6-2 George Telegraph
Longest winning runUnited
Kidderpore
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runKidderpore
(9 games)
Longest winless runTollygunge Agragami
(10 games)
Longest losing runTollygunge Agragami
(4 games)
← 2021
2023 →

The first stage of the Premier Division A has been held from 2 August till September.[3][4]Mohammedan are the defending champions of Premier Division A.

Change in format

The round-robin format had been reinstated after a short season of round-robin cum knock-out format last year due to COVID-19 pandemic, but the league has been divided into two stages so as to accommodate the Kolkata's Big Three–ATK Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan–according to national and continental games schedule.[5] The first stage is played by eleven teams, out of which the top three in the points table would qualify for the Super Six, wherein the three teams would be joined by the Big Three and the top team in the table at the end of the stage would be declared as the CFL Premier Division A champion.

Available venues

Teams

Team Head coach
Aryan India Rajdeep Nandy
Bhawanipore India Sankarlal Chakraborty
BSS India Hemanta Dora
Calcutta Customs India Biswajit Bhattacharya
East Bengal India Bino George
George Telegraph India Ranjan Bhattacharjee
Kidderpore India Sanjib Pal
Mohammedan Russia Andrey Chernyshov
Tollygunge Agragami India Bimal Ghosh
Peerless India Soren Dutta[6]
Railway India Archisman Biswas
Southern Samity India Saheed Ramon
United Belgium Steven Herbots

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Aryan Cameroon Marouane Kemgang Cameroon Aristide Vaillant Cameroon Rayden Ewane
Bhawanipore Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Nigeria Echezona Anyichie
BSS Ghana Kwesi Sesey Ghana Michael Sefah
Calcutta Customs Cameroon Zacharie Mbenda Ghana Edmond Peprah Ghana Richmond Olushola Awaitey
East Bengal
George Telegraph Argentina Matías Verón Mali Abdoulaye Kanouté Liberia Varney Kallon
Kidderpore Ivory Coast Adama Coulibaly Sierra Leone Dixon Alusine
Mohammedan Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph Nigeria Abiola Dauda Cameroon Ousmane N'Diaye Tajikistan Nuriddin Davronov
Peerless Nigeria Henry Ezeh Ghana Ben Quansah
Railway Ghana Shadrach Lantei-Mills Liberia Eddie Wulue
Southern Samity Brazil Douglas Santana Uganda Habib Kavuma Uganda Hamdan Nsubuga
Tollygunge Agragami Liberia Ansumana Kromah Nigeria Christopher Chizoba
United Zimbabwe Davis Kamanga Senegal Selia Toure Senegal Samuel Toure

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bhawanipore (Q) 10 7 2 1 18 7 +11 23 Qualification for Super Six
2 Aryan (Q) 10 5 3 2 15 11 +4 18
3 Kidderpore (Q) 10 5 3 2 12 8 +4 18
4 Railway 10 5 3 2 14 11 +3 18
5 United 10 5 2 3 18 11 +7 17
6 Calcutta Customs 10 4 4 2 19 15 +4 16
7 BSS 10 4 3 3 14 9 +5 15
8 George Telegraph 10 2 2 6 12 18 −6 8
9 Peerless 10 1 4 5 11 20 −9 7
10 Tollygunge Agragami (R) 10 0 3 7 10 24 −14 3 Relegation to Premier Division B
11 Southern Samity[a] (R) 10 2 1 7 8 17 −9 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2022. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head to head points; 5) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Southern Samity were deducted 6 points[7] and also handed two losses which includes their forfeited match against United.

Results

Team 1 \ Team 2 ARY BHA BSS CCU GTE KID PEE RAI SSA TAG UNI
Aryan — 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1
Bhawanipore — 2–1 2–1 6–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
BSS — 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 0–0
Calcutta Customs — 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 3–1 3–1 3–1
George Telegraph — 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1
Kidderpore — 3–2 0–0 3–0[a] 1–0 1–1
Peerless — 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–5
Railway — 1–1 2–2 1–0
Southern Samity — 3–0 0–3[b]
Tollygunge Agragami — 3–5
United —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2022. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.
  1. ^ As per the rules of IFA, Kidderpore was awarded 3 points as their opponents Southern Samity were punished with one match ban for forfeiting their previous match.
  2. ^ United was awarded 3 points as Southern Samity forfeited the match owing to harsh decisions made by the officials against them. The scoreline was 1-1 at the time of forfeit.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Round12345678910
Aryan4766665562
Bhawanipore6523211111
BSS3332333357
Calcutta Customs2255444776
George Telegraph1010711799998
Kidderpore791181087423
Peerless1111910878889
Railway8444556634
Southern Samity9810791111111111
Tollygunge Agragami5689111010101010
United1111122245
Qualification for Super Six
Relegation to Premier Division B
Source: [citation needed]

Results by games

Match12345678910
AryanDLWDWLWWDW
BhawaniporeWWWLWWWWDD
BSSWWWLWDDLDL
Calcutta CustomsWWLDDDWLDW
George TelegraphLLDLWLDLLW
KidderporeLLDDWWWWWD
PeerlessLDLWDDLLLD
RailwayLWWDLWDWWD
Southern SamityLLLWLLLDWL
Tollygunge AgragamiDLLLLDLLLD
UnitedWWWWWLLDLD
Source: Flashscore
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Super Six

ATK Mohun Bagan withdrew from the league, for the second time in a row, two days prior to their first game on 26 September against Bhawanipore.[8] They sent a letter to IFA, citing their lack of a reserve squad. IFA decided to continue Super Six with only five teams instead of promoting the fourth-placed team in the first stage.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan (C) 4 3 1 0 10 1 +9 10 Champions
2 Bhawanipore 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Eligible for I-League 2[a]
3 Aryan 4 1 2 1 4 6 −2 5
4 East Bengal 4 0 3 1 2 4 −2 3
5 Kidderpore 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
6 ATK Mohun Bagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
  1. ^ If the top teams are already playing in national leagues, then the next highest ranked team(s) would be eligible for I-League 2.

Results

Team 1 \ Team 2 ARY BHA EAB KID MOH
Aryan — 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3
Bhawanipore — 2–0 4–1 0–3
East Bengal — 0–0 1–1
Kidderpore — 0–3
Mohammedan —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2022. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Round12345
Aryan54433
Bhawanipore45222
East Bengal22344
Kidderpore33555
Mohammedan11111
Champions
Source: [citation needed]

Results by games

Source: Flashscore
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 30 September 2022
Rank Player Club Goals
1 India Naro Hari Shrestha Calcutta Customs 9
2 Cameroon Aristide Vaillant Aryan 7
3 India Jiten Murmu Bhawanipore 6
Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Bhawanipore
4 Liberia Ansumana Kromah Tollygunge Agragami 5
Ghana Chabala Railway
India Robi Hansda Calcutta Customs
Uganda Juma Balinya Peerless
India Nikhil Kadam Bhawanipore
5 Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza Bhawanipore 4
Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph Mohammedan
Zimbabwe Davis Kamanga United
Ghana Kwesi Sesey BSS
India Sougata Hansda George Telegraph

Hat-tricks

Note: In the result, the score of the player's team is mentioned before.

Player For Against Result Date
Zimbabwe Davis Kamanga United Peerless 5–1 2 August 2022
India Subrata Murmu United Tollygunge Agragami 5–3 8 August 2022
Liberia Ansumana Kromah Tollygunge Agragami United 3–5 8 August 2022
India Jiten Murmu Bhawanipore George Telegraph 6–2 23 August 2022
India Nikhil Kadam Bhawanipore Kidderpore 4–1 20 October 2022

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean

sheets

1 India Priyant Singh Kidderpore 3

Premier Division B

CFL Premier Division B
Season2022
Dates2 August – 29 September[9]
ChampionsKalighat MS
PromotedKalighat MS
Asos Rainbow
RelegatedWari
West Bengal Police
Matches played56
Goals scored124 (2.21 per match)
Biggest winPathachakra 5–0 West Bengal Police
← 2019
2023 →

This year the league followed the double round-robin format after a gap of two years due to COVID-19 pandemic. Kalighat MS and Asos Rainbow were relegated from the Premier Division A last time it was held, while Wari and Police AC were promoted from the CFL 1st Division.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kalighat MS (P) 14 11 1 2 26 11 +15 34 Promotion to Premier Division A
2 Asos Rainbow (P) 14 9 3 2 27 9 +18 30
3 Police AC 14 5 4 5 16 15 +1 19
4 Eastern Railway 14 3 7 4 12 13 −1 16
5 FCI (East Zone) 14 4 4 6 11 13 −2 16
6 Pathachakra 14 4 4 6 14 17 −3 16
7 Wari (R) 14 4 4 6 7 13 −6 16 Relegation to First Division
8 West Bengal Police FC (R) 14 1 3 10 11 33 −22 6
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2022. Source: Kolkata Football
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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