Calcutta Football League

Calcutta Football League
কলিকাতা ফুটবল লীগ
Sport Football
Founded 1898 (1898)
No. of teams 157 (Clubs and Units)
Country  India
Most recent
champion(s)		 East Bengal FC (2016-17)
Most titles East Bengal FC (38 titles)

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 regarded as one of the Oldest football competitions in the world.[1] There are about 8,500 directly registered players of IFA who participate in CFL.

Current season

2016–17 Calcutta Premier Division is the current season.

Division structure

With the season starting 2015, the clubs were redistributed in to these six divisions:[1]

  1. Premier Division
    1. Premier Division A
    2. Premier Division B
  2. First Division
  3. Second Division
  4. Third Division
  5. Fourth Division
  6. Fifth Division:
    1. Fifth Division Group A
    2. 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 Titles Winning years
East Bengal 38 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, 2016
Mohun Bagan 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 11 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957, 1967, 1981
Calcutta F.C. 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 FC 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 Rail 1 1958

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Calcutta Football League". IFA. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.ifawb.com/fixture.php
  3. ↑ "List of Calcutta Football League Champions". IFA. Retrieved 8 September 2013.


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