2024 CFL Premier Division

CFL Premier Division

Season	2024
Dates	25 June – TBA
Matches played	156
Goals scored	448 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jesin TK (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Mohun Bagan 8–1 Railway 25 August 2024
Biggest away win	Army Red 0–6 Aryan 27 June 2024
Highest scoring	Mohun Bagan 8–1 Railway 25 August 2024
Longest winning run	East Bengal (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	East Bengal Diamond Harbour (12 matches)
Longest winless run	Police AC (11 matches)
Highest attendance	26,000 East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan SG (13 July 2024)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 8 September 2024.

The 2024 CFL Premier Division is the 126th overall season of the Calcutta Football League – highest state-level football 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 8 heading into the relegation round.

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 four teams from both groups will play the relegation round. The Indian Football Association also announced that each team must field four 'home-state' players in the playing eleven at all time.

Venues

• Amal Datta Krirangan, Dum Dum
• Bankimanjali Stadium, Naihati
• Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium, Barrackpore
• Bidhannagar Municipal Sports Complex
• East Bengal/Aryan Ground, Kolkata
• Eastern Ground, Chinsurah
• Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
• Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
• Mohammedan/Howrah Union Ground, Kolkata
• Mohun Bagan/Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata
• Netaji Sports Complex, Kamalgazi
• Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
• Uluberia Stadium, Howrah
• Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata

Teams

Group A			Group B
Team	Head coach	Captain	Team	Head coach	Captain
Army Red	Sudhir Mishra	Renzong Lepcha	Bhawanipore	Shahid Raman	Jiten Murmu
Aryan	Rajdeep Nandy	Sandip Patra	Calcutta Customs	Biswajit Bhattacharya	Suvam Sen
BSS	Souren Dutta	Subhankar Das	Calcutta Police Club	Bijoy Ghosh	Koushik Goala
Diamond Harbour FC	Kibu Vicuna	Raju Gaikwad	East Bengal	Bino George	Aditya Patra
Kalighat MS	Patham Thapa	Koushik Sarkar	Eastern Railway	Subhagato Roy	Antoni Soren
Kidderpore	Sayantan Das Roy	Prosenjit Chakroborty	George Telegraph	Goutam Ghosh	Sourish Lodh Chowdhury
Measurers Club	Rajib Dey	Chattu Mondal	Kalighat Sports Lovers Association	Jahar Das	Bishal Chhetri
Mohammedan Sporting	Hakim Ssengendo	Samad Ali Mallick	Mohun Bagan SG	Deggie Cardozo	Suhail Bhat
Pathachakra	Lalkamal Bhowmick	Subhajit Mandi	Peerless	Hemanta Dora	Donlad Diengdoh
Southern Samity	Dipankar Biswas	Rajesh Rajbhar	Police AC	Rajesh Rajbhar	Deep Dey
Suruchi Sangha	Ranjan Bhattacharya	Amit Tudu	Railway	Amit Tudu	Sudipta Banerjee
United	Steven Herbots	Tarak Hembram	Rainbow	Aditya Chatterjee	Sourav Dasgupta
Wari	Swapan Biswas	Kamran Farooque	Tollygunge Agragami	Arindam Deb	Avinabo Bag

First Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Diamond Harbour (Q)	12	10	2	0	32	7	+25	32	Qualified for the Super Six round
2	Suruchi Sangha (Q)	12	7	3	2	19	9	+10	24
3	Mohammedan SC (Q)	12	5	4	3	24	14	+10	19
4	Kidderpore	12	5	4	3	16	15	+1	19
5	United SC	12	5	3	4	15	10	+5	18
6	BSS	12	3	6	3	11	16	−5	15
7	Southern Samity	12	4	2	6	16	15	+1	14
8	Pathachakra	12	4	2	6	14	16	−2	14
9	Aryan	12	3	3	6	15	15	0	12
10	Measurers Club	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	12	Relegation round
11	Wari	12	3	3	6	15	29	−14	12
12	Kalighat MS	12	2	5	5	6	12	−6	11
13	Army Red	12	2	4	6	12	28	−16	10

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2024. 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
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal (Q)	12	11	1	0	35	4	+31	34	Qualified for the Super Six round
2	Bhawanipore (Q)	12	10	1	1	35	4	+31	31
3	Calcutta Customs (Q)	12	7	3	2	22	13	+9	24
4	Peerless	12	6	1	5	20	14	+6	19
5	Kalighat SLA	12	6	1	5	21	17	+4	19
6	Calcutta Police	12	5	3	4	13	12	+1	18
7	Mohun Bagan SG	12	4	4	4	28	15	+13	16
8	George Telegraph	12	5	0	7	12	20	−8	15
9	ASOS Rainbow	12	2	7	3	15	17	−2	13
10	Railway FC	12	3	1	8	11	29	−18	10	Relegation round
11	Eastern Railway	12	2	2	8	5	28	−23	8
12	Police AC	12	1	4	7	8	25	−17	7
13	Tollygunge Agragami	12	1	2	9	13	40	−27	5

Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 2024. 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
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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.

Qualified Teams

The six qualified teams for the Super Six phase from both the groups:

Group A	Group B
Diamond Harbour	East Bengal
Suruchi Sangha	Bhawanipore
Mohammedan	Calcutta Customs

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal	12	11	1	0	35	4	+31	34	Champions
2	Diamond Harbour	12	10	2	0	32	7	+25	32	Eligible for 2025–26 I-League 3
3	Bhawanipore	12	10	1	1	35	4	+31	31
4	Calcutta Customs	12	7	3	2	22	13	+9	24
5	Suruchi Sangha	12	7	3	2	19	9	+10	24
6	Mohammedan	12	5	4	3	24	14	+10	19

Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 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

Fixtures

Team 1 \ Team 2	EAB	DHB	BHA	CCM	SUS	MDS
East Bengal	—
Diamond Harbour		—
Bhawanipore			—
Calcutta Customs				—
Suruchi Sangha					—
Mohammedan						—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 2023. Source: The Away End
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Relegation Round

The bottom teams from both groups qualified for the Relegation round with the points from the group stage being carried over. The bottom 4 teams in the relegation round will be relegated to First Division.

Qualified Teams

The eight teams for the Relegation phase from both the groups are:

Group A	Group B
Measurers Club	Railway FC
Wari AC	Eastern Railway
Kalighat MS	Police AC
Army Red	Tollygunge Agragami

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Measurers Club	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	12
2	Wari AC	12	3	3	6	15	29	−14	12
3	Kalighat MS	12	2	5	5	6	12	−6	11
4	Army Red	12	2	4	6	12	28	−16	10
5	Railway FC	12	3	1	8	11	29	−18	10	Relegated to First Division
6	Eastern Railway	12	2	2	8	5	28	−23	8
7	Police AC	12	1	4	7	8	25	−17	7
8	Tollygunge Agragami	12	1	2	9	13	40	−27	5

Updated to match(es) played on 8 September 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

Fixtures

Team 1 \ Team 2	MEA	WAR	KMS	ARM	RLW	ERL	PAC	TAG
Measurers Club	—
Wari AC		—
Kalighat MS			—
Army Red				—
Railway FC					—
Eastern Railway						—
Police AC							—
Tollygunge Agragami								—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 2023. Source: The Away End
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 3 September 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jesin TK	East Bengal	10
2	Jiten Murmu	Bhawanipore	8
	Jobby Justin	Diamond Harbour FC	8
4	David Lalchhuanawma	Calcutta Customs	7
	Suhail Bhat	Mohun Bagan SG	7
6	Jaideep Singh	Suruchi Sangha	6
	Rajon Barman	Rainbow	6
	Robi Hansda	Calcutta Customs	6
	Sujal Munda	United	6
10	Israfil Dewan	Mohammedan Sporting	5
	Jojo Zaihmingthanga	Bhawanipore	5
	Ngairangbam Rakesh Singh	Kidderpore	5