2022 CFL Premier Division

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.

CFL Premier Division

Season	2022
Champions	Mohammedan[1] (Division A) (13th title) Kalighat MS (Division B)
Matches played	121
Goals scored	300 (2.48 per match)
← 2021 2023 →

Premier Division A

CFL Premier Division A

Season	2022
Dates	2 August – 1 November
Champions	Mohammedan (13th title)
Relegated	Tollygunge Agragami Southern Samity
Matches played	65
Goals scored	176 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Naro Hari Shrestha (9 goals)
Biggest win	United 5–1 Peerless Bhawanipore 6-2 George Telegraph
Highest scoring	United 5–3 Tollygunge Agragami Bhawanipore 6-2 George Telegraph
Longest winning run	United Kidderpore (5 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Kidderpore (9 games)
Longest winless run	Tollygunge Agragami (10 games)
Longest losing run	Tollygunge 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

• Amal Datta Krirangan, Dum Dum
• Bankimanjali Stadium, Naihati
• Canning Stadium, Canning
• East Bengal-Aryan Ground, Kolkata
• Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
• Kakinara Narayanpur Ground, Bhatpara
• Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
• Netaji Sports Complex, Rajpur Sonarpur
• Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
• Royal Park Stadium, Barrackpore
• Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah
• Vivekananda Stadium, Khardah

Teams

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

Foreign players

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Aryan	4	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	2
Bhawanipore	6	5	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
BSS	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	5	7
Calcutta Customs	2	2	5	5	4	4	4	7	7	6
George Telegraph	10	10	7	11	7	9	9	9	9	8
Kidderpore	7	9	11	8	10	8	7	4	2	3
Peerless	11	11	9	10	8	7	8	8	8	9
Railway	8	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	3	4
Southern Samity	9	8	10	7	9	11	11	11	11	11
Tollygunge Agragami	5	6	8	9	11	10	10	10	10	10
United	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	5

	Qualification for Super Six
	Relegation to Premier Division B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by games

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Aryan	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W
Bhawanipore	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D
BSS	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L
Calcutta Customs	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W
George Telegraph	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W
Kidderpore	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Peerless	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	D
Railway	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D
Southern Samity	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L
Tollygunge Agragami	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D
United	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	D

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.

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Aryan	5	4	4	3	3
Bhawanipore	4	5	2	2	2
East Bengal	2	2	3	4	4
Kidderpore	3	3	5	5	5
Mohammedan	1	1	1	1	1

	Champions

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by games

Match	1	2	3	4
Aryan	L	D	W	D
Bhawanipore	L	W	W	D
East Bengal	D	D	L	D
Kidderpore	D	L	L	L
Mohammedan	W	W	W	D

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 30 September 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Naro Hari Shrestha	Calcutta Customs	9
2	Aristide Vaillant	Aryan	7
3	Jiten Murmu	Bhawanipore	6
	Gnohere Krizo	Bhawanipore
4	Ansumana Kromah	Tollygunge Agragami	5
	Chabala	Railway
	Robi Hansda	Calcutta Customs
	Juma Balinya	Peerless
	Nikhil Kadam	Bhawanipore
5	Willis Plaza	Bhawanipore	4
	Marcus Joseph	Mohammedan
	Davis Kamanga	United
	Kwesi Sesey	BSS
	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
Davis Kamanga	United	Peerless	5–1	2 August 2022
Subrata Murmu	United	Tollygunge Agragami	5–3	8 August 2022
Ansumana Kromah	Tollygunge Agragami	United	3–5	8 August 2022
Jiten Murmu	Bhawanipore	George Telegraph	6–2	23 August 2022
Nikhil Kadam	Bhawanipore	Kidderpore	4–1	20 October 2022

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Priyant Singh	Kidderpore	3

Premier Division B

CFL Premier Division B

Season	2022
Dates	2 August – 29 September[9]
Champions	Kalighat MS
Promoted	Kalighat MS Asos Rainbow
Relegated	Wari West Bengal Police
Matches played	56
Goals scored	124 (2.21 per match)
Biggest win	Pathachakra 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