Calcutta Football League
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| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1898 |
| No. of teams | 157 (Clubs and Units) |
| Country |
 India |
| Most recent champion(s) | East Bengal FC (Premier Division 2015-16) (36th Title) |
Calcutta Football League (CFL) is the football league system where several football clubs of the Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta) participate. It currently consists of seven-tier pyramid system.[1]
Indian Football Association (IFA) conducts the CFL with 157 mostly Kolkata based clubs and units. Started in 1898, this league is the oldest league in Asia and one of the oldest in the world.[1] There are about 8500 directly registered players of IFA who participate in CFL.
Division structure
With the season starting 2015, the clubs were redistributed in to these six divisions:[1]
- Premier Division
- Premier Division A
- First Division
- Second Division
- Third Division
- Fourth Division
- Fifth Division:
- Fifth Division Group A
- Fifth Division Group B (Age Group: 13+ to U-16)
Usually in each division, the 10-team league plays a single leg, in which all teams played against each other. Then in the second leg, the league is divided into a top and bottom half. The top 5 teams played for the title while the bottom 5 played against each other to avoid relegation to a lower division. The most successful clubs participating in the top-tier of the league includes East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting Club. However, since 1982, the league has been won by either East Bengal or Mohun Bagan. [2]
List of winners
The list only contains the names of the teams that have won the highest division of the league system.[3]
| Club | Winners | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|
| East Bengal | 37 | 1942,1945,1946,1949,1950, 1952,1961,1966,1970,1971, 1972,1973,1974,1975,1977, 1982,1985,1987,1988,1989, 1991,1993,1995,1996,1998,1999,2000,2002,2003,2004, 2006,2010,2011,2012,2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Mohun Bagan A.C. | 29 | 1939,1943,1944,1951,1954,1955,1956,1959,1960,1962,1963,1964,1965,1969,1976,1978,1979,1983,1984,1986,1990,1992,1994,1997,
2001,2005,2007,2008,2009 |
| Mohammedan S.C. | 11 | 1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1940,1941,1948,1957,1967,1981 |
| Calcutta Football Club | 8 | 1899,1907,1916,1918,1920,1922,1923,1925 |
| Dalhousie | 4 | 1910,1921,1928,1929 |
| Durham Light Infantry | 3 | 1931,1932,1933 |
| Black Watch | 2 | 1912,1913 |
| Gordon Light Infantry | 2 | 1908,1909 |
| King's Regiment | 2 | 1904,1905 |
| N Staffordshire Regiment | 2 | 1926,1927 |
| Royal Irish Rifles | 2 | 1900,1901 |
| Scottish Borderers | 1 | 1902 |
| Eastern Railway FC | 1 | 1958 |
Previous season
2014-15 CFL
References
- 1 2 3 "Calcutta Football League". IFA. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ http://www.ifawb.com/fixture.php
- ↑ "List of league winners". IFA. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "Calcutta Football Premier League 2015", Winner Team list, Points Table. Retrieved on 16 September 2015.
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