2016 CFL Premier Division
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | East Bengal (38th title) |
Matches played | 135 |
Goals scored | 289 (2.14 per match) |
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 5 October 2016. |
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.[1]
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
Season | 2016–17 |
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Relegated | United Aryan Bhawanipore George Telegraph |
Matches played | 55 |
Goals scored | 135 (2.45 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() ![]() (6 goals) |
Highest scoring | East Bengal vs United 4–3 (16 August 2016) (7 goals) |
Longest winning run | East Bengal (10 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | East Bengal (10 matches) |
Longest winless run | George Telegraph (10 matches) |
Longest losing run | George Telegraph (9 matches) |
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 28 September 2016. |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | East Bengal[a] (C) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 30 | Champion |
2 | Mohammedan | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 20 | |
3 | Mohun Bagan[a] | 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 | |
10 | Bhawanipore (R) | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 6 | |
11 | George Telegraph (R) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 1 |
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b 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.[2]
Results
Home \ Away | ARM | ARN | BHA | KEB | GTL | MSC | MOH | PRL | SOU | TOL | USC |
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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 | 3–01 | 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.[2]
Statistics
Top Scorers
- As of 28 September 2016
Source: kolkatafootball.com
- 6 goals
- 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 | Ref |
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![]() | Mohun Bagan | 5–1 | 6 August 2016 | [3] | |
![]() | George Telegraph | 5–1 | 25 August 2016 | [4][5] | |
![]() | Mohun Bagan | Army XI | 6–0 | 10 September 2016 | [6] |
4 The player scored 4 goals
Premier Division B
Season | 2016–17 |
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Promoted | Pathachakra Rainbow Railway F.C. Calcutta Customs |
Relegated | Dalhousie |
Matches played | 80 |
Goals scored | 154 (1.93 per match) |
Highest scoring | Pathachakra vs Rainbow 3–3 (22 September 2016) (6 goals) |
Longest winning run | Bengal Nagpur Railway Pathachakra Police A.C. (3 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Rainbow (15 matches) |
Longest winless run | Police A.C. (11 matches) |
Longest losing run | Dalhousie (6 matches) |
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 5 October 2016. |
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 |
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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 | |
3 | Railway F.C. (P) | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 24 | |
4 | Calcutta Customs (P) | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 24 | |
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 | |
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 | |
9 | Police A.C. | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 15 | |
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 |
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away | BNR | CCU | DAC | ERY | FCI | KMS | PAT | PAC | RFC | RAI | SAI |
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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;
References
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