Calcutta Premier Division A
Season2022
Dates2 August – September 2022
Matches played42
Goals scored120 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerNaro Hari Shrestha
(8 goals)
Biggest winUnited 5–1 Peerless
Bhawanipore 6-2 George Telegraph
Highest scoringUnited 5–3 Tollygunge Agragami
Bhawanipore 6-2 George Telegraph
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Calcutta Football League Premier Division A is the 124th season of the top state-level football league of West Bengal. The first stage of the league will be held from 2nd August till the end of the month and the Super Six is supposed to be held in September.[1][2] Mohammedan are the defending champions.

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.[3] 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 Calcutta Premier Division A champion.

Venues

Teams

Team Head coach
Aryan India Rajdeep Nandy
ATK Mohun Bagan Spain Juan Ferrando
Bhawanipore India Sankarlal Chakraborty
BSS India Hemanta Dora
Calcutta Customs India Biswajit Bhattacharya
East Bengal India Bino George
George Telegraph India Ranjan Bhattacharjee
Kidderpore India Sanjib Pal
Mohammedan Russia Andrey Chernyshov
Tollygunge Agragami India Bimal Ghosh
Peerless India Soren Dutta[4]
Railway India Archisman Biswas
Southern Samity India Saeed Ramon
United Belgium Steven Herbots

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Aryan Cameroon Marouane Kemgang Cameroon Aristide Vaillant Cameroon Rayden Ewane
ATK Mohun Bagan
Bhawanipore Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Nigeria Echezona Anyichie
BSS Ghana Kwesi Sesey Ghana Michael Sefah
Calcutta Customs Cameroon Zacharie Mbenda Ghana Edmond Peprah Ghana Richmond Olushola Awaitey
East Bengal
George Telegraph Argentina Matías Verón Mali Abdoulaye Kanouté Liberia Varney Kallon
Kidderpore Mali Adama Coulibaly Sierra Leone Dixon Alusine
Mohammedan Trinidad and Tobago Marcus Joseph Nigeria Abiola Dauda Cameroon Ousmane N'Diaye Tajikistan Nuriddin Davronov
Peerless Nigeria Henry Ezeh Ghana Ben Quansah
Railway Ghana Shadrach Lantei-Mills Liberia Eddie Wulue
Southern Samity Brazil Douglas Santana Uganda Habib Kavuma Uganda Hamdan Nsubuga
Tollygunge Agragami Liberia Ansumana Kromah Nigeria Christopher Chizoba
United Zimbabwe Davis Kamanga Senegal Selia Toure Senegal Samuel Toure

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bhawanipore 8 7 0 1 17 6 +11 21 Qualification for Super Six
2 BSS 8 4 2 2 13 7 +6 14
3 Aryan 8 4 2 2 14 11 +3 14
4 Railway 8 4 2 2 10 9 +1 14
5 United 7 4 1 2 13 7 +6 13
6 Calcutta Customs 8 3 3 2 15 13 +2 12
7 Kidderpore 7 3 2 2 6 6 0 11
8 Peerless 8 1 3 4 10 17 −7 6
9 George Telegraph 8 1 2 5 9 16 −7 5
10 Southern Samity 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 Relegation to Premier Division B
11 Tollygunge Agragami 8 0 2 6 8 19 −11 2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2022. Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Results

All matches were played at neutral venues. The "home" and "away" are designated to identify Team 1 and Team 2 respectively.

Home \ Away ARY BHA BSS CCU GTE KID PEE RAI SSA TAG UNI
Aryan — — — 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 — 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
BSS — — 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 ABD
George Telegraph — — 1–1 3–0 — 1–1 0–1
Kidderpore — 3–2 0–0 — 1–0 —
Peerless — — 0–1 2–0 1–5
Railway — 1–1 — 1–0
Southern Samity — — ABD
Tollygunge Agragami — 3–5
United —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2022. Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Round12345678910
Aryan4766665
Bhawanipore6523211
BSS3332322
Calcutta Customs2255444
George Telegraph1010711799
Kidderpore791181087
Peerless1111910878
Railway8444556
Southern Samity9810791010
Tollygunge Agragami5689111111
United1111133
Qualification for Super Six
Relegation to Premier Division B
Source:[citation needed]

Results by games

Match12345678910
AryanDLWDWLWW
BhawaniporeWWWLWWWW
BSSWWWLWDDL
Calcutta CustomsWWLDDDWL
George TelegraphLLDLWLDL
KidderporeLLDDWWW
PeerlessLDLWDDLL
RailwayLWWDLWDW
Southern SamityLLLWLD
Tollygunge AgragamiDLLLLDLL
UnitedWWWWLLD
Source:[citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Super Six

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ATK Mohun Bagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champions
2 East Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Mohammedan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eligible for I-League 2nd Division[a]
5 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2022. Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
  1. ^ If the top teams are already playing in national leagues, then the next highest ranked team(s) would be eligible for I-League 2nd Division.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 September 2022
Rank Player Club Goals
1 India Naro Hari Shrestha Calcutta Customs 8
2 Liberia Ansumana Kromah Tollygunge Agragami 5
India Jiten Murmu Bhawanipore
4 Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza Bhawanipore 4
Ivory Coast Gnohere Krizo Bhawanipore
Zimbabwe Davis Kamanga United
Ghana Kwesi Sesey BSS
Uganda Juma Balinya Peerless
Cameroon Aristide Vaillant Aryan
9 India Subrata Murmu United 3
India Tarak Hembram United
India Md Sumit BSS
India Amarendu Sarkar BSS
India Robi Hansda Calcutta Customs
India Sougata Hansda George Telegraph
India Amarnath Baskey Aryan

Hat-tricks

Note: In the result, the score of the player's team is mentioned before.

Player For Against Result Date
Liberia Ansumana Kromah Tollygunge Agragami United 3–5 8 August 2022
India Jiten Murmu Bhawanipore George Telegraph 6–2 23 August 2022

Clean Sheets

Rank Player Club Clean

sheets

1 India Priyant Singh Kidderpore 3

Premier Division B

Calcutta Premier Division B
Season2022
Dates2 August – September 2022
Matches played32
Goals scored69 (2.16 per match)
Biggest winPathachakra 5-0 West Bengal Police
← 2019
2023 →

This year the league will take in 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 season, while Wari and Police AC were promoted from the 1st Division.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kalighat MS 8 6 1 1 13 5 +8 19 Promotion to Premier Division A
2 Asos Rainbow 8 5 2 1 13 5 +8 17
3 Police AC 8 4 2 2 12 7 +5 14
4 Pathachakra 8 3 1 4 10 10 0 10
5 Wari 8 2 3 3 3 6 −3 9
6 Eastern Railway 8 1 4 3 6 9 −3 7
7 FCI (East Zone) 8 1 3 4 6 10 −4 6 Relegation to First Division
8 West Bengal Police 8 1 2 5 6 17 −11 5
Updated to match(es) played on 2 September 2022. Source: [5]

References

  1. ^ Ghosh, Sabyasachi (1 July 2021). "আগস্টের মাঝে শুরু হবে কলকাতা লিগ, আইএফএর বৈঠকে গরহাজির এসসি ইস্টবেঙ্গল" [Kolkata League to start mid-August, SC East Bengal absentee in meeting]. XtraTime Bangla (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Indian Football Association plans Premier Group A from August". The Telegraph. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ Bangla, TV9 (19 July 2022). "Calcutta Football League: তিন প্রধানকে রেখেই লিগ, আইএফএ-কে চিঠি মোহনবাগানের". TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 July 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ 24x7, Sports Desk (17 July 2022). "Peerless: জয়ের সরণীতে রয়েছে জামশিদ নাসিরির পিয়ারলেস". kolkata24x7.in (in Bengali). Kolkata, West Bengal: কলকাতা 24×7. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ KolkataFootball
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