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Calcutta Football League
কলকাতা ফুটবল লীগ
Calcutta Football League logo.png
Organising body Indian Football Association
Founded 1898; 121 years ago (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]




  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.
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Sponsorship



League Title Sponsor



























Period
Sponsor
Industry
Tournament Name
1898–2004

No Sponsor

Calcutta Football League
2005–2014

India Sahara

Conglomerate

Sahara Calcutta Premier League
2015–Present

India Officer's Choice Blue

Beverage

Officer's Choice Blue Calcutta Premier League


Other sponsors




  • India Shyam Steel - Referee jersey sponsor


  • India Khadim's - Prize money sponsor



Media Coverage



















































Period
TV Channel
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
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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  2. ^ "ifawb.com". www.ifawb.com.


  3. ^ "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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