2016 CFL Premier Division

CFL Premier Division
Season2016–17
ChampionsEast Bengal
(38th title)
Matches played135
Goals scored289 (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

CFL Premier Division A
Season2016–17
RelegatedUnited
Aryan
Bhawanipore
George Telegraph
Matches played55
Goals scored135 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerNigeria Daniel Bedemi (MOH)
Scotland Darryl Duffy (MOH)
(6 goals)
Highest scoringEast Bengal vs United
4–3
(16 August 2016)
(7 goals)
Longest winning runEast Bengal
(10 matches)
Longest unbeaten runEast Bengal
(10 matches)
Longest winless runGeorge Telegraph
(10 matches)
Longest losing runGeorge 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
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
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2016. Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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
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 — — — — — — — — — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2016. Source: Soccerway

  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
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Scotland Darryl Duffy Mohun Bagan 5–1 6 August 2016 [3]
India V.P. Suhair
 George Telegraph 5–1 25 August 2016 [4][5]
Nigeria Daniel Bedemi 4 Mohun Bagan
Army XI
 6–0 10 September 2016 [6]

4 The player scored 4 goals

Premier Division B

CFL Premier Division B
Season2016–17
PromotedPathachakra
Rainbow
Railway F.C.
Calcutta Customs
RelegatedDalhousie
Matches played80
Goals scored154 (1.93 per match)
Highest scoringPathachakra vs Rainbow
3–3
(22 September 2016)
(6 goals)
Longest winning runBengal Nagpur Railway
Pathachakra
Police A.C.
(3 matches)
Longest unbeaten runRainbow
(15 matches)
Longest winless runPolice A.C.
(11 matches)
Longest losing runDalhousie
(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
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
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2016. Source: Thif-live
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BNR CCU DAC ERY FCI KMS PAT PAC RFC RAI SAI
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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2016. Source: Thif-live

  Home team won;   Match drawn;   Away team won;

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