2024–25 CFL Premier Division

The 2024–25 CFL Premier Division was the 126th overall season of the Calcutta Football League – highest state-level football division of West Bengal. The 2024-25 edition had 26 teams divided into two groups of 12 in the first phase, with top 6 qualifying for the championship round and bottom 6 heading into the relegation round.^[2]

CFL Premier Division

Season	2024
Dates	25 June 2024 – 18 February 2025
Champions	East Bengal[1] (40th title)
Relegated	Eastern Railway Tollygunge Agragami
Matches played	186
Goals scored	539 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jesin TK (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Mohun Bagan SG 8–1 Railway 25 August 2024
Biggest away win	Army Red 0–6 Aryan 27 June 2024
Highest scoring	Mohun Bagan SG 8–1 Railway 25 August 2024
Longest winning run	East Bengal (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	East Bengal (17 matches)
Longest winless run	Police AC (11 matches)
Highest attendance	26,000 East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan SG (13 July 2024)
← 2023 2025 →

Format

The 2024-25 CFL Premier Division, like the 2023 CFL Premier Division, will have twenty-six teams divided into two groups in the first phase, where each team will play twelve matches in a round robin format. After that, the top three teams from the two groups shall proceed to the championship round, where each team shall play five more matches to determine the champion. The bottom three teams from both groups will play the relegation round.

Rule changes

From 2024 to 25 season IFA introduced Son of Soil (ভূমিপুত্র) rule, where each team must field at least 4 West Bengal born footballers in the playing XI at all time.^[3][2][4]

Venues

• Amal Datta Krirangan, Dum Dum
• Bankimanjali Stadium, Naihati
• Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium, Barrackpore
• Bidhannagar Municipal Sports Complex
• East Bengal/Aryan Ground, Kolkata
• Eastern Ground, Chinsurah
• Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
• Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
• Mohammedan/Howrah Union Ground, Kolkata
• Mohun Bagan/Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata
• Netaji Sports Complex, Kamalgazi
• Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
• Uluberia Stadium, Howrah
• Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata

Teams

Diamond Harbour

United

BSS

East Bengal

Eastern Railway

Locations of CFL teams

Group A			Group B
Team	Head coach	Captain	Team	Head coach	Captain
Army Red	Sudhir Mishra	Renzong Lepcha	Bhawanipore	Shahid Raman	Jiten Murmu
Aryan	Rajdeep Nandy	Sandip Patra	Calcutta Customs	Biswajit Bhattacharya	Amit Chakraborty
BSS	Souren Dutta	Subhankar Das	Calcutta Police Club	Bijoy Ghosh	Koushik Goala
Diamond Harbour FC	Kibu Vicuna	Raju Gaikwad	East Bengal	Bino George	Aditya Patra
Kalighat MS	Patham Thapa	Koushik Sarkar	Eastern Railway	Subhagato Roy	Antoni Soren
Kidderpore	Sayantan Das Roy	Prosenjit Chakroborty	George Telegraph	Goutam Ghosh	Sourish Lodh Chowdhury
Measurers Club	Rajib Dey	Chattu Mondal	Kalighat Sports Lovers Association	Jahar Das	Bishal Chhetri
Mohammedan Sporting	Hakim Ssengendo	Samad Ali Mallick	Mohun Bagan SG	Deggie Cardozo	Suhail Bhat
Pathachakra	Lalkamal Bhowmick	Subhajit Mandi	Peerless	Hemanta Dora	Donlad Diengdoh
Southern Samity	Dipankar Biswas	Rajesh Rajbhar	Police AC	Rajesh Rajbhar	Deep Dey
Suruchi Sangha	Ranjan Bhattacharya	Amit Tudu	Railway	Amit Tudu	Sudipta Banerjee
United	Steven Herbots	Tarak Hembram	Rainbow	Aditya Chatterjee	Sourav Dasgupta
Wari	Swapan Biswas	Kamran Farooque	Tollygunge Agragami	Arindam Deb	Avinabo Bag

First stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Diamond Harbour	12	10	2	0	32	7	+25	32	Qualified for the Super Six round
2	Suruchi Sangha	12	7	3	2	19	9	+10	24
3	Mohammedan SC	12	5	4	3	24	14	+10	19
4	Kidderpore	12	5	4	3	16	15	+1	19
5	United SC	12	5	3	4	15	10	+5	18
6	BSS	12	3	6	3	11	16	−5	15
7	Southern Samity	12	4	2	6	16	15	+1	14
8	Pathachakra	12	4	2	6	14	16	−2	14
9	Aryan	12	3	3	6	15	15	0	12
10	Measurers Club	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	12
11	Wari	12	3	3	6	15	29	−14	12	Relegation round
12	Kalighat MS	12	2	5	5	6	12	−6	11
13	Army Red	12	2	4	6	12	28	−16	10

Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal	12	11	1	0	35	4	+31	34	Qualified for the Super Six round
2	Bhawanipore	12	10	1	1	35	4	+31	31
3	Calcutta Customs	12	7	3	2	22	13	+9	24
4	Peerless	12	6	1	5	20	14	+6	19
5	Kalighat SLA	12	6	1	5	21	17	+4	19
6	Calcutta Police	12	5	3	4	13	12	+1	18
7	Mohun Bagan SG	12	4	4	4	28	15	+13	16
8	George Telegraph	12	5	0	7	12	20	−8	15
9	ASOS Rainbow	12	2	7	3	15	17	−2	13
10	Railway FC	12	3	1	8	11	29	−18	10
11	Eastern Railway	12	2	2	8	5	28	−23	8	Relegation round
12	Police AC	12	1	4	7	8	25	−17	7
13	Tollygunge Agragami	12	1	2	9	13	40	−27	5

Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Super Six

The top three teams from both groups qualified for the Super Six round with the points from the group stage being carried over.^[5][6]

Qualified teams

The six qualified teams for the Super Six phase from both the groups:

Group A	Group B
Diamond Harbour	East Bengal
Suruchi Sangha	Bhawanipore
Mohammedan	Calcutta Customs

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal (C)	17	15	2	0	52	7	+45	47	Champions
2	Diamond Harbour	17	12	3	2	39	14	+25	39
3	Bhawanipore (Q)	17	11	3	3	38	13	+25	36	Eligible for I-League 3[a]
4	Calcutta Customs (Q)	17	8	5	4	32	25	+7	29
5	Suruchi Sangha	17	8	4	5	23	22	+1	28
6	Mohammedan	17	7	5	5	33	20	+13	26

Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

1. If the top teams are already playing in national leagues, then the next highest ranked team(s) would be eligible for I-League 3.

Fixtures

Team 1 \ Team 2	EAB	DHB	BHA	CCM	SUS	MDS
East Bengal	—	3–0[a]	3–0[b]	4–1	5–0	2–2
Diamond Harbour	—	—	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–3[c]
Bhawanipore	—	—	—	2–2	4–1	0–2
Calcutta Customs	—	—	—	—	1–1	2–1
Suruchi Sangha	—	—	—	—	—	2–1
Mohammedan	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: The Away End
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Mohammedan v Bhawanipore

12 September 2024 Super 6	Mohammedan	2–0	Bhawanipore	Barrackpore
15:00 IST	Lalngaihsaka 73' Israfil 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium

East Bengal v Calcutta Customs

12 September 2024 Super 6	East Bengal	4–1	Calcutta Customs	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Shyamal 45' Vishnu 45+2', 51' Adil 73'	Report	Robi 25'	Stadium: East Bengal Ground

Suruchi Sangha v Diamond Harbour

14 September 2024 Super 6	Suruchi Sangha	0–2	Diamond Harbour	Naihati
15:00 IST		Report	R. Paswan 19', 23'	Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium

Mohammedan v Calcutta Customs

15 September 2024 Super 6	Mohammedan	1-2	Calcutta Customs	Naihati
15:00 IST	Suraj 71'	Report	Robi 30' Ujjal 45'	Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium Referee: Dipak Singha

East Bengal v Suruchi Sangha

17 September 2024 Super 6	East Bengal	5–0	Suruchi Sangha	Kolkata
15:00 IST	Aman 9', 41' Vishnu 17' Jesin 26' Roshal 73'	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground

Bhawanipore v Diamond Harbour

18 September 2024 Super 6	Bhawanipore	1–1	Diamond Harbour	Barrackpore
15:00 IST	Naro Hari 68' (pen.)	Report	Jiten 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium

Mohammedan v East Bengal

20 September 2024 Super 6	Mohammedan	2–2	East Bengal	Naihati
15:00 IST	Bamiya 21' Robinson 51'	Report	Jesin TK 40', 77'	Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Dipu Roy

Suruchi Sangha v Bhawanipore

21 September 2024 Super 6	Suruchi Sangha	1–4	Bhawanipore	Barrackpore
15:00 IST	Jaideep 88'	Report	Jojo 29', 34' Junain 48' Sougata 71'	Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium

Diamond Harbour v Calcutta Customs

22 September 2024 Super 6	Diamond Harbour	4–0	Calcutta Customs	Naihati
15:00 IST	Rahul 45+3' Jobby 90+1' Girik 90+3' Naro Hari 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium

Suruchi Sangha v Mohammedan

24 September 2024 Super 6	Suruchi Sangha	2–1	Mohammedan	Barrackpore
15:00 IST	Abusufian 75' Sanjoy 85'	Report	Lalngaihsaka 39'	Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium

Calcutta Customs v Bhawanipore

26 September 2024 Super 6	Calcutta Customs	2–2	Bhawanipore	Barrackpore
15:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium

Suruchi Sangha v Calcutta Customs

30 September 2024 Super 6	Suruchi Sangha	1–1	Calcutta Customs	Uluberia
15:00 IST	Jaideep 20'	Report	Samrat 35'	Stadium: Uluberia Ground

East Bengal v Bhawanipore

– Super 6	East Bengal	3–0[b]	Bhawanipore	Kolkata
15:00 IST				Stadium: East Bengal Ground

East Bengal v Diamond Harbour

13 February 2025 Super 6	East Bengal	3–0[a]	Diamond Harbour	Kolkata
14:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan

Diamond Harbour v Mohammedan

18 February 2025 Super 6	Diamond Harbour	0–3[c]	Mohammedan	Naihati
14:00 IST				Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium

Relegation round

The bottom teams from both groups qualified for the Relegation round with the points from the group stage being carried over.^[7] The bottom 3 teams in the relegation round will be relegated to First Division.

Qualified teams

The six teams for the Relegation phase from both the groups are:

Group A	Group B
Wari AC	Eastern Railway
Kalighat MS	Police AC
Army Red	Tollygunge Agragami

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Army Red	17	6	5	6	20	29	−9	23
2	Kalighat MS	17	4	7	6	15	16	−1	19
3	Wari AC	17	5	3	9	25	38	−13	18
4	Police AC	17	4	5	8	15	27	−12	17
5	Eastern Railway (R)	17	4	2	11	13	39	−26	14	Relegated to First Division
6	Tollygunge Agragami (R)	17	1	2	14	13	54	−41	5

Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots
(R) Relegated

Fixtures

Team 1 \ Team 2	WAR	KMS	ARM	ERL	PAC	TAG
Wari AC	—	1–4	0–1	5–1	1–3	3–0[d]
Kalighat MS	—	—	0–0	2–3	0–0	3–0[d]
Army Red	—	—	—	3–1	1–0	3–0[d]
Eastern Railway	—	—	—	—	0–1	3–0[d]
Police AC	—	—	—	—	—	3–0[d]
Tollygunge Agragami	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: The Away End
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of September 3rd, 2024

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jesin TK	East Bengal	13
2	Jiten Murmu	Bhawanipore	8
	Jobby Justin	Diamond Harbour FC	8
4	David Lalchhuanawma	Calcutta Customs	7
	Suhail Bhat	Mohun Bagan SG	7
6	Jaideep Singh	Suruchi Sangha	6
	Rajon Barman	Rainbow	6
	Robi Hansda	Calcutta Customs	6
	Sujal Munda	United	6
10	Israfil Dewan	Mohammedan Sporting	5
	Jojo Zaihmingthanga	Bhawanipore	5
	Ngairangbam Rakesh Singh	Kidderpore	5

See also

• 2024–25 I-League 3
• 2024–25 Indian State Leagues
• 2024–25 in Indian football

Notes

1. Walkover
2. Walkover since Bhawanipore FC confirmed that they shall not field team.
3. Walkover
4. Walkover since Tollygunge Agragami FC withdrew their team from Relegation Round.