2021 CFL Premier Division
| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 August 2021 – TBA |
← 2019–20 2022–23 → | |
The 2021 Calcutta Premier Division will be the 123rd season of the Calcutta Premier Division, a top-tier state association football league of West Bengal. It will be held between mid-August 2021 and the first week of October 2021.[1][2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to cancel the Calcutta League last season,[3] but this year the league will be played behind closed doors in Kolkata.[4][5]
Changes from last season
Rules and Regulation
- Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal, the tournament format is shortened by adopting a league-cum-knockout format.[4] The 14 participating teams would be divided into two groups and each team would play against all the other teams in their respective groups once. The top three teams from each group would earn a direct quarter final berth. The remaining four teams from each group would play against each other once for the last two quarter final spots. The eight qualified teams would then play knockout matches to reach the final of Premier Division A.[5]
- The IFA has also increased the number of overseas players a club could register from 4 to 6. But among the 6 foreigners, only 2 can be named in the starting eleven.[6][7]
- The teams would be exempted from relegation this season if the lower divisions of CFL are cancelled due to the pandemic situation.[6][7]
Number of clubs
Promoted clubs
Promoted clubs from 2019–20 Calcutta Premier Division B:
- United SC
- Railway FC
- Tollygunge Agragami FC
- Kidderpore SC
Relegated clubs
Relagated clubs from 2019–20 Calcutta Premier Division A:
Teams
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Jersey sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aryan |  Rajdeep Nandy
|
Techno India Group | |
| ATK Mohun Bagan |  Antonio Habas
|
SBOTOP | |
| Bhawanipore | Sangbad Pratidin | ||
| BSS Sporting | Goutam Ghosh
|
Rakshak Subidha | |
| Calcutta Customs | |||
| East Bengal |  Robbie Fowler
|
Shree Cement | |
| George Telegraph | Ranjan Bhattacharjee
|
||
| Kidderpore | |||
| Mohammedan |  Andrey Chernyshov
|
BunkerHill Sports | |
| Railway | |||
| Tollygunge Agragami | Modern Institute of Engineering & Technology | ||
| Peerless | Bastob Roy
|
Peerless Group | |
| Southern Samity | Biswajit Bhattacharya
|
Ashim Biswas[8] | |
| United |
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhawanipore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified for Quarterfinals |
| 2 | BSS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | East Bengal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Railway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to Elimination round |
| 5 | Mohammedan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Southern Samity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2021. Source: [citation needed]
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified for Quarterfinals |
| 2 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Calcutta Customs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | George Telegraph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to Elimination round |
| 5 | Kidderpore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Peerless | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Tollygunge Agragami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2021. Source: [citation needed]
Elimination round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified for Quarterfinals |
| 2 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | [to be determined] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2021. Source: [citation needed]
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
References
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- ^ "CFL: ১৮ অগস্ট থেকে শুরু হচ্ছে কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগ" [Kolkata League to start from 18th August]. Anandabazar (in Bengali). 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "No Calcutta Football League This Season, Decide Premier Division Clubs". Indian Football Association (West Bengal). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b Sagnik (1 July 2021). "No East Bengal in Calcutta Football League? IFA to consider shorter format". The Bridge. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Calcutta Football League pullout may relegate SC East Bengal, says Indian Football Association-Sports News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ a b "আগস্টের তৃতীয় সপ্তাহেই শুরু কলকাতা লিগ, নিয়মে একাধিক বদল". sangbadpratidin. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Southern Samity FC [@Southern_SFC] (20 July 2021). "𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 '𝗮𝗿𝗺-𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱'! 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐅𝐋 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤💛 https://t.co/7lqAtmy5N1" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021 – via Twitter.