Organising Body: Indian Football Association
Founded: 1898
Divisions: 7
(Premier Division A & B followed by
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Division)
Current Champions: Mohammedan SC (12th title) (2021)
Previous Champions: Peerless SC (1st title) (2019)
Most Championships: East Bengal (39 titles)
CFL Premier Division A Table
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For this season, the format is a league + knockout tournament. 14 teams will be divided into two groups and top three from each group will earn a direct quarter final berth. The remaining eight will then play with each other and the top two will complete the last-eight teams. The eight teams will enter the quarterfinals in the knockout stage.
| pos | team | p | w | d | l | pts | gf | ga | gd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUP 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Bhawanipore FC (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | United Sports Club (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | BSS Sporting Club (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | Mohammedan SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Railway FC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 |
| 6 | Southern Samity | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | -8 |
| 7 | SC East Bengal (DNP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GROUP 2 | |||||||||
| 1 | Peerless SC (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Calcutta Customs (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | George Telegraph SC (Q) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Aryan Club | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Tollygunge Agragami | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 |
| 6 | Kidderpore SC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | -13 |
| 7 | ATK Mohun Bagan (DNP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CFL Premier Division A Fixtures & Results
CFL Premier Division A 2021-22
UPDATE, August 1, 2021
Fixtures are out! The tournament kicks off on August 17 with defending champions Peerless SC taking on Kidderpore SC.
Around 30 matches are expected to be telecast live on R Plus News channel. They will also stream the matches on https://rplus.in/
Facebook stream on https://www.facebook.com/Aajkaal
The teams are exempt from relegation this season.
UPDATE, July 12, 2021
The groups for CFL Premier Division A 2021-22 have been announced.
Promoted Clubs: United Sports Club, Railway FC, Tollygunge Agragami, Kidderpore SC.
Relegated Clubs: New Barrackpore Rainbow AC, Kalighat Milan Sangha.
UPDATE, July 2, 2021
The Calcutta Premier Division A will tentatively start towards the end of August 2021 (August 24).
FORMAT
“This year we have decided to change the format. It will be a league-cum-knockout tournament. Fourteen teams will be divided into two groups and top three from each will earn a direct quarter final berth. The remaining eight will then play with each other and the top two would complete the last-eight teams. We will try to complete the tournament by the first week of October. This year clubs would be able to register three foreigners and only two would be allowed in the first eleven.”
-IFA secretary Joydeep Mukherjee.
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Calcutta Football League 2020-21
UPDATE, February 25, 2021
All Premier Division clubs and the IFA have decided that the Calcutta Football League 2020-21 will be not held.
The next season is expected to resume in June 2021.
No Calcutta Football League this season, decide Premier Division clubs
UPDATE, November 5, 2020
Indian Football Association, West Bengal, is planning to hold IFA Shield in December 2020 instead of the Calcutta Football League (CFL) 2020.
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