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{{short description|122nd season of Calcutta Premier Division}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = CFL Premier Division
| logo = 
| image =
| pixels = 250
| alt =
| caption =
| season = 2019–20
| winners = [[Peerless SC|Peerless]] (1st title)
| promoted =
| relegated =
| matches = 129
| matches footnote =
| total goals = 309
| total goals footnote =
| best player =
| league topscorer =
| best goalkeeper =
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest winless =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = [[2018 CFL Premier Division|2018]]
| nextseason = [[2021 CFL Premier Division|2021]]
| updated =
| extra information = [http://www.kolkatafootball.com/live_update/index.html Fixtures]
}}
The '''2019 [[Calcutta Football League]] Premier Division''' was the 122nd season of the top [[Indian State Leagues|state-level]] [[association football|football]] league within the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The season kicked off on 26 July 2019. It had two sub-divisions: CFL Premier Division A and CFL Premier Division B.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/indian_football_news_2019/july.html#cfl_a |title=IFA CFL Premier-A 2019 to start from 26th July |work=KolkataFootball.com|date=22 July 2019|access-date=23 July 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727180832/http://kolkatafootball.com:80/indian_football_news_2019/july.html |archive-date=27 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/calcutta-football-league-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-peerless-fc/article28664470.ece |title=Calcutta Football League: Mohun Bagan to face Peerless SC in campaign opener |website=The Hindu|date=22 July 2019|access-date=23 July 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723182444/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/calcutta-football-league-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-peerless-fc/article28664470.ece |archive-date=23 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/calcutta-football-league-2019-mohun-bagan-east-bengal/nfazmy4ipk6i11z79i92v5e6k |title=Calcutta Football League 2019 to kick-off on July 26|work= Goal.com|date=22 July 2019|access-date=23 July 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723141022/https://www.goal.com/en/news/calcutta-football-league-2019-mohun-bagan-east-bengal/nfazmy4ipk6i11z79i92v5e6k |archive-date=23 July 2019 }}</ref>

[[Peerless SC|Peerless]] scripted history as they become the only club outside the '''Big Three'''—[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]], [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]], & [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]—to win the Championship in 61 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kolkatatoday.com/sports/we-have-proved-kromah-leaded-the-team-from-the-front-jahar-das-peerless-coach/|website=Kolkata Today|title=we have proved. Kromah {{as written|le|aded [sic]}} the team from the front :Jahar Das ,Peerless coach|access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> Eastern Railway did the same back in 1958.

== Premier Division A ==
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = CFL Premier Division A
| logo = 
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| season = 2019–20
| dates = 26 July – 3 October
| winners = [[Peerless SC]] (1st title)
| promoted =
| relegated = [[Kalighat MS]] [[Rainbow A.C.|NBP Rainbow]]
| matches = 65
| matches footnote =
| total goals = 177
| total goals footnote =
| best player =
| league topscorer = [[Ansumana Kromah]] (13 Goals)
| best goalkeeper =
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring = [[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore]]
6–2 [[Rainbow A.C.|NBP Rainbow]]
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest winless =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance = 65,000 ([[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] vs [[Mohun Bagan]])
| lowest attendance =
| attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = [[2018 CFL Premier Division#Premier Division A|2018]]
| nextseason = [[2021 CFL Premier Division A|2021]]
| updated = 26 February 2021
| extra information = [http://www.indiafooty.com/calcutta-premier-division-a-2019-20/ Fixtures]
}}

===Managers and foreign players===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Manager
! Player 1
! Player 2
! Player 3
! Player 4
! Player 5
! Player 6
|-
! Aryan
|{{flagicon|India}} Raajdeep Nandy
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Gatch Arthure Diomande
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Ejiogu Emmanual
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Ademola Kuti
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Seydoumady Kourouma
|
|
|-
! Bhawanipore
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sankarlal Chakraborty]]
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Kamo Stephane Bayi]]
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Léonce Dodoz]]
|{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Victor Kamhuka]]
|
|
|
|-
! BSS
| {{flagicon|IND}} Goutam Ghosh
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Waheed Adekunle
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[William Opoku]]
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Bright Middleton Mends]]
| {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Daniel Addo (footballer, born 1989)|Daniel Addo]]
|
|
|-
! Calcutta Customs
|{{flagicon|India}} Rajeev Dey
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Eze Stanley Ifeanyi
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Emmanuel Chigozie]]
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Philip Adjah Teteh
|{{flagicon|Ghana}} John Ampong
|
|
|-
! East Bengal
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Alejandro Menéndez]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Marcos Jiménez de la Espada Martín|Marcos de la Espada]]
| {{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Kassim Aidara]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jaime Santos Colado|Jaime Colado]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Martí Crespí]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Mera (footballer)|Juan Mera]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Borja Gómez Pérez]]
|-
! George Telegraph
|{{flagicon|India}} Ranjan Bhattacharya
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Joel Sunday]]
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Justice Morgan (footballer)|Justice Morgan]]
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Echezona Anyichie]]
|
|
|
|-
! Kalighat M.S.
|{{flagicon|India}} Anup Nag
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Alexander Kouame]]
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Lanssini Karamoko
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|2013}} Ismail Aseel
|
|
|
|-
! Mohammedan
| {{flagicon|NGA}} Shaheed Ramon
| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Arthur Kouassi]]
| {{flagicon|Uganda}} [[Musa Mudde]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Kareem Omolaja]]
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} John Chidi
|
|
|-
! Mohun Bagan
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Kibu Vicuña]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}}[[Francisco Morante Martínez|Fran Morante]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Salva Chamorro]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Javier González Muñoz|Fran Gonzalez]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Joseba Beitia]]
| {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Daneil Cyrus]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Julen Colinas]]
|-
! Peerless
|{{flagicon|India}} [[Jahar Das]]
| {{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Ansumana Kromah]]
| {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Anthony Wolfe]]
| {{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Varney Kallon]]
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Edmond Peprah
|
|
|-
! Rainbow
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Saumik Dey]]
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Kazeem Bolaji
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Richard Agwu Somtochukwu
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Felix Chidi Odili]]
|
|
|
|-
! Southern Samity
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mehtab Hossain]]
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Samuel Kane
| {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Mahmoud Amnah]]
| {{flagicon|NGA}} [[Ogba Kalu Nnanna]]
|
|
|
|}

===Venues===

* '''Kolkata'''

# [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]]
# [[Mohun Bagan Ground]]
# [[East Bengal Ground]]
# [[Mohammedan Sporting Ground|Mohammedan Ground]]
# [[Rabindra Sarobar Stadium]]

* '''Kalyani'''

# [[Kalyani Stadium]]
# Gayeshpur Stadium

* '''Barasat'''

# [[Barasat Stadium|Vidyasagar Krirangan]]

===Standings===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section = Premier Division A
|update = complete
|source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiafooty.com/calcutta-premier-division-a-2019-20/|title=Indiafooty}}</ref>

|team1 = PRL |team2 = MB |team3 = EB |team4 = MM |team5 = BFC |team6 = BSS |team7 = GTL |team8 = CCU |team9 = SS |team10 = ARN |team11 = KMS |team12 = RAC
|result1 = C |result4 = Q |result5 = Q |result11 = R |result12 = R

|win_ARN = 2 |draw_ARN = 3 |loss_ARN = 6 |gf_ARN = 13 |ga_ARN = 22 |status_ARN = 
|win_CCU = 3 |draw_CCU = 5 |loss_CCU = 3 |gf_CCU = 16 |ga_CCU = 14 |status_CCU = 
|win_KMS = 2 |draw_KMS = 2 |loss_KMS = 7 |gf_KMS = 13 |ga_KMS = 24 |status_KMS = 
|win_GTL = 5 |draw_GTL = 1 |loss_GTL = 5 |gf_GTL = 12 |ga_GTL = 14 |status_GTL = 
|win_EB = 6 |draw_EB = 2 |loss_EB = 3 |gf_EB = 17 |ga_EB = 13 |status_EB = 
|win_MB = 6 |draw_MB = 2 |loss_MB = 3 |gf_MB = 20 |ga_MB = 10 |status_MB = 
|win_MM = 5 |draw_MM = 4 |loss_MM = 2 |gf_MM = 16 |ga_MM = 13 |status_MM = 
|win_SS = 2 |draw_SS = 6 |loss_SS = 3 |gf_SS = 11 |ga_SS = 13 |status_SS = 
|win_PRL = 7 |draw_PRL = 2 |loss_PRL = 2 |gf_PRL = 24 |ga_PRL = 11 |status_PRL = 
|win_RAC = 1 |draw_RAC = 3 |loss_RAC = 7 |gf_RAC = 5 |ga_RAC = 18 |status_RAC = 
|win_BFC = 5 |draw_BFC = 2 |loss_BFC = 4 |gf_BFC = 20 |ga_BFC = 14 |status_BFC = 
|win_BSS = 5 |draw_BSS = 2 |loss_BSS = 4 |gf_BSS = 13 |ga_BSS = 14 |status_BSS = 


|hth_EB=The game between East Bengal and Calcutta Customs was rescheduled due to unplayable weather & ground conditions, however on the later date East Bengal did not turn up & thus Customs were awarded a 3-0 win.|hth_CCU=EB


|name_ARN = [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]]
|name_CCU = [[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|name_KMS = [[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC|Kalighat M.S.]]
|name_GTL = [[George Telegraph S.C.|George Telegraph]]
|name_EB = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|name_MB = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|name_MM = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|name_BFC = [[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore]]
|name_PRL = [[Peerless SC|Peerless]]
|name_RAC = [[Rainbow AC|Rainbow]]
|name_SS = [[Southern Samity]]
|name_BSS = [[BSS Sporting Club]]

|res_col_header = QR
|col_C = green1 |text_C = [[Champion]]s
|col_Q = #FFFDCB | text_Q = Qualified for [[2020 I-League Qualifiers|I-League Qualifiers]]
|col_R = red1 |text_R = Relegation to Premier Division B

|show_limit=5
}}</onlyinclude>

===Results===

{{#invoke:Sports results|main
|update=complete
|matches_style=FBR
|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiafooty.com/calcutta-premier-division-a-2019-20/|title=Calcutta Premier Division A 2019/20|access-date=2019-09-12|website=indiafooty.com}}</ref>
|team1=ARN |team2=BFC |team3=BSS |team4=CCU |team5=EB |team6=GTL |team7=KMS |team8=MM |team9=MB |team10=PRL |team11=RAC|team12=SOU


|name_ARN=[[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]]
|name_BFC=[[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore]]
|name_BSS=[[BSS Sporting Club|BSS]]
|name_CCU=[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|name_EB=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|name_GTL=[[George Telegraph S.C.|George Telegraph]]
|name_KMS=[[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC|Kalighat MS]]
|name_MM=[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|name_MB=[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|name_PRL=[[Peerless Group|Peerless]]
|name_RAC=[[Rainbow AC|Rainbow]]
|name_SOU=[[Southern Samity]]



|match_ARN_BFC=1-4
|match_ARN_BSS=1–2
|match_ARN_CCU=0–2
|match_ARN_EB=0–3
|match_ARN_GTL=1–2
|match_ARN_KMS=2–2
|match_ARN_MM=1–1
|match_ARN_MB=2–1
|match_ARN_PRL=4–3
|match_ARN_RAC=0–1
|match_ARN_SOU=1–1

|match_BFC_BSS=0–1
|match_BFC_CCU=1–1
|match_BFC_EB=2–2
|match_BFC_GTL=0–2
|match_BFC_KMS=2–1
|match_BFC_MM=3–0
|match_BFC_MB=0–2
|match_BFC_PRL=0–2
|match_BFC_RAC=6–2
|match_BFC_SOU=2–0

|match_BSS_CCU=2–1
|match_BSS_EB=1–2
|match_BSS_GTL=2–0
|match_BSS_KMS=3-2
|match_BSS_MM=0–1
|match_BSS_MB=1–2
|match_BSS_PRL=0–4
|match_BSS_RAC=0–0
|match_BSS_SOU=1–1

|match_CCU_EB=w/o
|match_CCU_GTL=3–2
|match_CCU_KMS=1–2
|match_CCU_MM=1–1
|match_CCU_MB=1–1
|match_CCU_PRL=2–2
|match_CCU_RAC=1–1
|match_CCU_SOU=0–2

|match_EB_GTL=0–1
|match_EB_KMS=4–2
|match_EB_MM=3–2
|match_EB_MB=0–0
|match_EB_PRL=0–1
|match_EB_RAC=1–0
|match_EB_SOU=2–1

|match_GTL_KMS=1–0
|match_GTL_MM=1–2
|match_GTL_MB=0–4
|match_GTL_PRL=0–2
|match_GTL_RAC=3–0
|match_GTL_SOU=0–0

|match_KMS_MM=1–3
|match_KMS_MB=0–3
|match_KMS_PRL=1–4
|match_KMS_RAC=2–1
|match_KMS_SOU=0–0

|match_MM_MB=3–2
|match_MM_PRL=2–0
|match_MM_RAC=0–0
|match_MM_SOU=1–1

|match_MB_PRL=0–3
|match_MB_RAC=1–0
|match_MB_SOU=4–0

|match_PRL_RAC=1–0
|match_PRL_SOU=2–2

|match_RAC_SOU=0–3

}}

===Top goal scorers===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank
! Player
! Club
! Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|LBR}} [[Ansumana Kromah]]
|align="left"|Peerless
|13
|-
|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Akhil Verma]]
|align="left"|Bhawanipore
|9
|-
|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jaime Santos Colado|Jaime Colado]]
|align="left"|East Bengal
|7
|-
|}

==Premier Division B==
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = CFL Premier Division B
| logo = 
| image =
| pixels = 250
| alt =
| caption =
| season = 2019
| winners = [[United SC]]
| promoted = [[United SC|United]] Railway [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]] Kidderpore
| relegated = SAI (East Zone) SAIL
| matches = 64
| matches footnote =
| total goals = 132
| total goals footnote =
| best player =
| league topscorer =
| best goalkeeper =
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring = Pathachakra 5–1 [[Steel Authority of India|SAIL]]
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest winless =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = [[2018 CFL Premier Division#Premier Division B|2018]]
| nextseason = [[2022 CFL Premier Division#Premier Division B|2022]]
| updated = 27 February 2021
| extra information = [http://www.indiafooty.com/calcutta-premier-division-a-2019-20/ Fixtures]
}}

===Standings===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section = Premier Division B
|update = complete
|source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_2019-20/premier_table_2019.html|title=Calcutta Football League Premier Division B — Championship Round|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football News|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405051523/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_2019-20/premier_table_2019.html|archive-date=5 April 2023|access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref>


|team1 = USC |team2 = RFC |team3 = TA |team4 = KSC |team5 = ER |team6 = WBP |team7 = FCI |team8 = PFC |team9 = SAI |team10 = SAIL
|result1 = P |result2 = P |result3= P |result4= P |result5= C |result6= C |result7= RR |result8= RR |result9 = R |result10 = R


|win_USC = 8 |draw_USC = 4 |loss_USC = 2 |gf_USC = 22 |ga_USC = 11 |status_USC = C 
|win_RFC = 6 |draw_RFC = 4 |loss_RFC = 4 |gf_RFC = 15 |ga_RFC = 14 |status_RFC = 
|win_ER = 5 |draw_ER = 3 |loss_ER = 5 |gf_ER = 17 |ga_ER = 14 |status_ER = 
|win_TA = 5 |draw_TA = 6 |loss_TA = 3 |gf_TA = 15 |ga_TA = 12 |status_TA = 
|win_WBP = 5 |draw_WBP = 2 |loss_WBP = 6 |gf_WBP = 14 |ga_WBP = 16 |status_WBP = 
|win_KSC = 6 |draw_KSC = 3 |loss_KSC = 5 |gf_KSC = 12 |ga_KSC = 12 |status_KSC = 
|win_SAI = 2 |draw_SAI = 3 |loss_SAI = 6 |gf_SAI = 6 |ga_SAI = 9 |status_SAI = 
|win_PFC = 5 |draw_PFC = 0 |loss_PFC = 7 |gf_PFC = 17 |ga_PFC = 16 |status_PFC = 
|win_FCI = 5 |draw_FCI = 3 |loss_FCI = 4 |gf_FCI = 8 |ga_FCI = 7 |status_FCI = 
|win_SAIL = 2 |draw_SAIL = 2 |loss_SAIL = 7 |gf_SAIL = 6 |ga_SAIL = 20 |status_SAIL = 


|name_USC = [[United S.C.|United]]
|name_RFC = [[Indian Railways|Railways]]
|name_ER = [[Eastern Railway F.C.|Eastern Railway]]
|name_TA = [[Tollygunge Agragami F.C.|Tollygunge Agragami]]
|name_WBP = [[West Bengal Police]]
|name_KSC = [[Kidderpore SC|Kidderpore]]
|name_SAI = [[Sports Authority of India|SAI (East Zone)]]
|name_PFC = Pathachakra
|name_FCI = [[Food Corporation of India|FCI (East Zone)]]
|name_SAIL = [[Steel Authority of India|SAIL]]

|res_col_header = QR
|col_C = |text_C = Championship Round
|col_P = #cfc | text_P = Promotion to [[2021 CFL Premier Division|Premier Division A]]
|col_R = red1 | text_R = Relegation to First Division
|col_RR = |text_RR = Relegation Round

|show_limit=5
}}</onlyinclude>
*Matches into Championship & Relegation Round.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Calcutta Football League}}
{{2019–20 in Indian football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 CFL Premier Division}}
[[Category:CFL Premier Division seasons]]
[[Category:2019–20 in Indian football leagues]]
[[Category:2019–20 in Indian football]]

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