Calcutta Football League
Organising body | Indian Football Association |
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Founded | 1898 (1898) |
Country | India |
Divisions | 7 |
Number of teams | 157 (Clubs and Units) |
Domestic cup(s) | IFA Shield All Airlines Gold Cup |
League cup(s) | IFA Trades Cup |
Current champions | Mohun Bagan (30th title) (2018) |
Most championships | East Bengal (39 titles) |
TV partners | Sadhna News |
2018 |
The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a men's professional football league in Bengal. For sponsorship reasons, the league is officially known as the Officer's Choice Blue Calcutta Premier League. One of the top football leagues in the state. 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 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.
Contents
1 Division structure
2 Sponsorship
2.1 League Title Sponsor
2.2 Other sponsors
3 Media Coverage
4 List of winners
5 References
6 External links
Division structure
With the season starting 2015, the clubs were redistributed in to these six divisions:[1]
Premier Division
- Premier Division A
- Premier Division B
- 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.
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Sponsorship
League Title Sponsor
Period | Sponsor | Industry | Tournament Name |
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1898–2004 | No Sponsor | Calcutta Football League | |
2005–2014 | Sahara | Conglomerate | Sahara Calcutta Premier League |
2015–Present | Officer's Choice Blue | Beverage | Officer's Choice Blue Calcutta Premier League |
Other sponsors
Shyam Steel - Referee jersey sponsor
Khadim's - Prize money sponsor
Media Coverage
Period | TV Channel |
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1898–2004 | No Telecast |
2005 | Tara Newz |
2006 | Kolkata TV |
2007 | 24 Ghanta |
2008 | Star Ananda |
2009-11 | News Time |
2012 | 24 Ghanta |
2013-15 | Jalsha Movies |
2016 | ETV News Bangla |
2017 | Kolkata TV |
2018–present | Sadhna News |
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 |
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East Bengal | 39 | 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, 2017 |
Mohun Bagan | 30 | 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, 2018 |
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 A.C | 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 Railway F.C | 1 | 1958 |
10th Middlesex Regiment | 1 | 1915 |
12th Special Service Battalion | 1 | 1919 |
70th Company RGA | 1 | 1911 |
91st Highlanders | 1 | 1914 |
93rd Highlanders | 1 | 1903 |
Cameron Highlanders | 1 | 1924 |
Gloucestershire Regiment | 1 | 1898 |
Highlander Light Infantry | 1 | 1906 |
Lincolnshire Regiment | 1 | 1917 |
References
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^ "List of Calcutta Football League Champions". IFA. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
External links
- CFL 2015-16 Results
- CFL at the Indian Football Association's official site
- CFL Fixtures
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