The 2024 CFL Premier Division is the 126th overall season of the Calcutta Football League – highest state-levelfootball division of West Bengal. The 2024 edition will have 26 teams divided into two groups of 12 in the first phase, with top 6 qualifying for the championship round and bottom 6 heading into the relegation round.[1]
Format
The 2024 CFL Premier Division, like the 2023 CFL Premier Division, will have twenty-six teams divided into two groups in the first phase, where each team will play twelve matches in round robin format. After that, top three teams from the two groups shall proceed to the championship round, where each team shall play five more matches to determine the champion. The bottom three teams from both groups will play the relegation round.
Rule changes
From 2024 season IFA introduced Son of Soil (ভূমিপুত্র) rule, where each team must field at least 4 West Bengal born footballers in the playing XI at all time.[2][1][3]
Source: The Away End Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Source: The Away End Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Super Six
The top three teams from both groups qualified for the Super Six round with the points from the group stage being carried over.[4]
Qualified teams
The six qualified teams for the Super Six phase from both the groups:
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2024. Source: The Away End 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 (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
^If the top teams are already playing in national leagues, then the next highest ranked team(s) would be eligible for I-League 3.
The bottom teams from both groups qualified for the Relegation round with the points from the group stage being carried over.[5] The bottom 3 teams in the relegation round will be relegated to First Division.
Qualified teams
The six teams for the Relegation phase from both the groups are:
Source: The Away End 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 (R) Relegated
