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{{short description|123rd season of Calcutta Premier Division}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = CFL Premier Division A
| season = 2021
| dates = 17 August – 18 November
| winners = [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]<br />(12th title)
| promoted =
| relegated =
| matches = 41
| total goals = 123
| best player = Anurag Dhawa
| league topscorer = Santosh Baro
| best goalkeeper = Kuldeep Singh
| highest scoring = [[Tollygunge Agragami]] 2–6 [[Peerless SC|Peerless]]
| prevseason = [[2019 CFL Premier Division|2019]]
| nextseason = [[2022 CFL Premier Division|2022]]
}}

The '''2021 [[Calcutta Football League]] Premier Division A''' was the 123rd season of the top [[Indian State Leagues|state-level]] [[association football|football]] league of [[West Bengal]]. It was held between mid-August and November 2021.<ref name="cfl21">{{cite web|first=Sabyasachi|last=Ghosh|date=1 July 2021|url=https://xtratimebangla.in/calcutta-football-league-set-to-start-in-mid-august-as-sc-east-bengal-not-there-in-ifa-meeting/|title=আগস্টের মাঝে শুরু হবে কলকাতা লিগ, আইএফএর বৈঠকে গরহাজির এসসি ইস্টবেঙ্গল|trans-title=Kolkata League to start mid-August, SC East Bengal absentee in meeting|language=bn|work=XtraTime Bangla|accessdate=2 Jul 2021|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701212222/https://xtratimebangla.in/calcutta-football-league-set-to-start-in-mid-august-as-sc-east-bengal-not-there-in-ifa-meeting/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="attd">{{cite web|date=1 July 2021|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/sports/cfl-to-start-from-18th-august-dgtl/cid/1290258|title=CFL: ১৮ অগস্ট থেকে শুরু হচ্ছে কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগ|trans-title=Kolkata League to start from 18th August|language=bn|work=Anandabazar|accessdate=2 July 2021|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701212143/https://www.anandabazar.com/sports/cfl-to-start-from-18th-august-dgtl/cid/1290258|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]], it was decided to cancel Calcutta League last season,<ref>{{Cite web|title=No Calcutta Football League This Season, Decide Premier Division Clubs|url=https://ifawb.org/no-calcutta-football-league-this-season-decides-ifa/|access-date=2021-03-23|website=Indian Football Association (West Bengal)|date=25 February 2021|language=en}}</ref> but it was played this year.<ref name=cfl21b>{{cite web|author=Sagnik|date=1 July 2021|url=https://thebridge.in/exclusive/no-east-bengal-calcutta-football-league-ifa-shorter-format-22596|title=No East Bengal in Calcutta Football League? IFA to consider shorter format|work=The Bridge|accessdate=2 July 2021|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701212230/https://thebridge.in/exclusive/no-east-bengal-calcutta-football-league-ifa-shorter-format-22596|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=cfl21c>{{cite web|date=2021-07-02|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/indian-football-association-plans-premier-group-a-from-august/cid/1820906|title=Indian Football Association plans Premier Group A from August|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=2021-07-02|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702062928/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/indian-football-association-plans-premier-group-a-from-august/cid/1820906|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Changes from last season ==
=== Rules and regulations ===
*Owing to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal]], the tournament format is shortened by adopting a league-cum-knockout format.<ref name=cfl21b/> 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.<ref name=cfl21c/> From similar reasons [[ATK Mohun Bagan FC|ATK Mohun Bagan]] and [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] have not participated.

*The IFA had also increased the number of overseas players a club could register from 4 to 6, but only 2 could be named in the starting eleven.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-13|title=Calcutta Football League pullout may relegate SC East Bengal, says Indian Football Association|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/calcutta-football-league-pullout-may-relegate-sc-east-bengal-says-indian-football-association-9800751.html|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=আগস্টের তৃতীয় সপ্তাহেই শুরু কলকাতা লিগ, নিয়মে একাধিক বদল|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/sports/football/kolkata-league-to-start-from-august-18/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=sangbadpratidin|language=en-US|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702063156/https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/sports/football/kolkata-league-to-start-from-august-18/|url-status=live}}</ref>

*The teams were exempted from relegation this season as the lower divisions of CFL were cancelled due to the pandemic.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

=== Promoted clubs ===
* [[United SC|United]]
* Railway
* [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]
* [[Kidderpore SC|Kidderpore]]

=== Relegated clubs ===
* [[Rainbow AC|NBP Rainbow]]
* [[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC|Kalighat Milan Sangha]]

== Teams ==
=== Managers and captains ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left; font-size:85%"
|-
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Head coach
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[Aryan FC|Aryan]]
|{{Flagicon|IND}} Rajdeep Nandy
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[Bhawanipore FC|Bhawanipore]]
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Sankarlal Chakraborty]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[BSS Sporting Club|BSS]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Goutam Ghosh
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[George Telegraph S.C.|George Telegraph]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Ranjan Bhattacharjee
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[Kidderpore SC|Kidderpore]]
|{{flagicon|India}} Sanjib Pal
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Chernyshov]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Bimal Ghosh]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[Peerless SC|Peerless]]
|{{Flagicon|IND}} Subrata Bhattacharya
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |Railway
| {{Flagicon|IND}} Souren Dutta
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[Southern Samity]]
|{{Flagicon|IND}} [[Biswajit Bhattacharya]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |[[United SC|United]]
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Steven Herbots
|}

=== Foreign players ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left; font-size:85%" "
|-
!Team
!Player 1
!Player 2
!Player 3
!Player 4
|-
! Aryan
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Aristide Vaillant
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Kareem Omolaja]]
|
|
|-
! Bhawanipore
| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Kamo Stephane Bayi]]
| {{flagicon|Uganda}} [[Henry Kisekka]]
|
|
|-
! BSS
| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Léonce Dodoz]]
| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Seydou Kourouma
|
|
|-
! Calcutta Customs
| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Gatch Arthure Diomande
| {{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Varney Kallon]]
|
|
|-
! George Telegraph
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Echezona Anyichie]]
|
|
|
|-
! Kidderpore
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Ejiogu Chinedu Emmanuel
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Stephen Abeiku
|
|
|-
! Mohammedan
| {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Nikola Stojanović (footballer, born 1995)|Nikola Stojanović]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Stefan Ilić]]
| {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Marcus Joseph]]
| {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Shaher Shaheen]]
|-
! Peerless
| {{flagicon|Liberia}} [[Ansumana Kromah]]
| {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Dixon Alusine
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Romaric Bettat
|
|-
! Railway
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ben Quansah
| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Rayden Gonzo
| {{flagicon|Liberia}} Kelvin Kollie
|
|-
! Southern Samity
| {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} [[Victor Kamhuka]]
|
|
|
|-
! Tollygunge Agragami
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Christopher Chizoba]]
|
|
|
|-
! United
| {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Dennis
| {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Matthew Tendai
|
|
|-
|}

== Group stage ==
=== Group A ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section = Premier Division A - Group A
|update = 3 September 2021
|source = [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]

|team2 = BS |team4 = MM |team1 = BF |team3 = US |team7 = EB |team6 = SS |team5 = RL
|result1=Q|result2=Q|result3=Q|result4=R|result5=R|result6=R
|result7=R

|win_US = 4 |draw_US = 1 |loss_US = 1 |gf_US = 11 |ga_US = 5 |status_US = 
|win_EB = 0 |draw_EB = 0 |loss_EB = 6 |gf_EB = 0 |ga_EB = 18 |status_EB =

|win_MM = 3 |draw_MM = 1 |loss_MM = 2 |gf_MM = 10 |ga_MM = 5 |status_MM = 
|win_SS = 1 |draw_SS = 0 |loss_SS = 5 |gf_SS = 7 |ga_SS = 12 |status_SS = 
|win_BF = 4 |draw_BF = 2 |loss_BF = 0 |gf_BF = 14 |ga_BF = 7 |status_BF = 
|win_BS = 4 |draw_BS = 1 |loss_BS = 1 |gf_BS = 13 |ga_BS = 7 |status_BS = 
|win_RL = 2 |draw_RL = 1 |loss_RL = 3 |gf_RL = 8 |ga_RL = 9 |status_RL = 


|name_US = [[United SC|United]]
|name_EB = [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|name_MM = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|name_BF = [[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore]]
|name_RL = Railway
|name_SS = [[Southern Samity]]
|name_BS = [[BSS Sporting Club|BSS]]

|res_col_header = QR
|col_Q = green1 |text_Q = Qualified for Quarterfinals
|col_R = yellow1 |text_R = Relegated to Elimination round

|show_limit=5
}}</onlyinclude>
''Note:'' East Bengal withdrew from the league hence the oppositions were awarded walkover of 3 goals.

====Fixtures and results====

{{#invoke:sports results|main
|source = [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]
|update = 5 September 2021
|matches_style = FBR


|team1 = MMD
|team2 = BSS
|team7 = SSY
|team4 = RLY
|team3 = BFC
|team5 = EAB
|team6 = USC


|name_USC = [[United SC|United]]
|name_EAB = [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|name_MMD = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|name_BFC = [[Bhawanipore F.C.|Bhawanipore]]
|name_RLY = Railway
|name_SSY = [[Southern Samity]]
|name_BSS = [[BSS Sporting Club|BSS]]


|match_BFC_BSS = 2-2
|match_BFC_EAB = 3-0
|match_BFC_MMD = 2-0
|match_BFC_RLY = 2-2
|match_BFC_SSY = 3-2
|match_BFC_USC = 2-1


|match_BSS_BFC = —
|match_BSS_EAB = —
|match_BSS_MMD = —
|match_BSS_RLY = 3-1
|match_BSS_SSY = —
|match_BSS_USC = 1-3


|match_EAB_BFC = —
|match_EAB_BSS = 0-3
|match_EAB_MMD = 0-3
|match_EAB_RLY = 0-3
|match_EAB_SSY = 0-3
|match_EAB_USC = 0-3

|match_MMD_BFC = —
|match_MMD_BSS = 0-1
|match_MMD_EAB = —
|match_MMD_RLY = 2-0
|match_MMD_SSY = —
|match_MMD_USC = 2-2

|match_RLY_BFC = —
|match_RLY_BSS = —
|match_RLY_EAB = —
|match_RLY_MMD = —
|match_RLY_SSY = —
|match_RLY_USC = 0-1


|match_SSY_BFC = —
|match_SSY_BSS = 1-3
|match_SSY_EAB = —
|match_SSY_MMD = 0-3
|match_SSY_RLY = 1-2
|match_SSY_USC = 0-1


|match_USC_BFC = —
|match_USC_BSS = —
|match_USC_EAB = —
|match_USC_MMD = —
|match_USC_RLY = —
|match_USC_SSY = —
}}

=== Group B ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section = Premier Division A - Group B
|update = 26 August 2021
|source = [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]

|team4 = AR |team2 =CC |team5 = TA |team7 = AM |team6 =KS |team1 = PR |team3 = GT
|result1=Q|result2=Q|result3=Q|result4=R|result5=R|result6=R
|result7=R

|win_AR = 2 |draw_AR = 3 |loss_AR = 1 |gf_AR = 9 |ga_AR = 3 |status_AR = 
|win_CC = 4 |draw_CC = 1 |loss_CC = 1 |gf_CC = 13 |ga_CC = 4 |status_CC = 
|win_GT = 3 |draw_GT = 3 |loss_GT = 0 |gf_GT = 9 |ga_GT = 3 |status_GT = 
|win_AM = 0 |draw_AM = 0 |loss_AM = 6 |gf_AM = 0 |ga_AM = 18 |status_AM = 
|win_PR = 4 |draw_PR = 1 |loss_PR = 1 |gf_PR = 14 |ga_PR = 5 |status_PR = 
|win_KS = 1 |draw_KS = 1 |loss_KS = 4 |gf_KS = 6 |ga_KS = 16 |status_KS = 
|win_TA = 2 |draw_TA = 1 |loss_TA = 3 |gf_TA = 8 |ga_TA = 10 |status_TA = 


|name_AR = [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]]
|name_CC = [[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|name_GT = [[George Telegraph S.C.|George Telegraph]]
|name_AM = [[ATK Mohun Bagan]]
|name_PR = [[Peerless SC|Peerless]]
|name_KS = [[Kidderpore SC|Kidderpore]]
|name_TA = [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]

|res_col_header = QR
|col_Q = green1 |text_Q = Qualified for Quarterfinals
|col_R = yellow1 |text_R = Relegated to Elimination round

|show_limit=5
}}</onlyinclude>
''Note:'' ATK Mohun Bagan withdrew from the league hence the oppositions were awarded walkover of 3 goals.

====Fixtures and results====

{{#invoke:sports results|main
|source = [https://theawayend.co/calcutta-premier-division/ The Away End]
|update = 26 August 2021
|matches_style = FBR


|team2 = ARN
|team4 = AMB
|team5 = CCU
|team6 = GTL
|team7 = KSC
|team1 = PRL
|team3 = TAG


|name_ARN = [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]]
|name_CCU = [[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]
|name_GTL = [[George Telegraph S.C.|George Telegraph]]
|name_AMB = [[ATK Mohun Bagan FC|ATK Mohun Bagan]]
|name_PRL = [[Peerless SC|Peerless]]
|name_KSC = [[Kidderpore SC|Kidderpore]]
|name_TAG = [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]


|match_ARN_AMB = 3-0
|match_ARN_CCU = 0-1
|match_ARN_GTL = 1-1
|match_ARN_KSC = 5-1
|match_ARN_PRL = 0-0
|match_ARN_TAG = 0-0


|match_AMB_ARN = —
|match_AMB_CCU = 0-3
|match_AMB_GTL = 0-3
|match_AMB_KSC = 0-3
|match_AMB_PRL = 0-3
|match_AMB_TAG = —


|match_CCU_ARN = —
|match_CCU_AMB = —
|match_CCU_GTL = —
|match_CCU_KSC = —
|match_CCU_PRL = —
|match_CCU_TAG = —


|match_GTL_ARN = —
|match_GTL_AMB = —
|match_GTL_CCU = 1-1
|match_GTL_KSC = 1-1
|match_GTL_PRL = 2-0
|match_GTL_TAG = —


|match_KSC_ARN = —
|match_KSC_AMB = —
|match_KSC_CCU = 0-5
|match_KSC_GTL = —
|match_KSC_PRL = —
|match_KSC_TAG = —


|match_PRL_ARN = —
|match_PRL_AMB = —
|match_PRL_CCU = 1-0
|match_PRL_GTL = —
|match_PRL_KSC = 4-1
|match_PRL_TAG = —


|match_TAG_ARN = —
|match_TAG_AMB = 3-0
|match_TAG_CCU = 2-3
|match_TAG_GTL = 0-1
|match_TAG_KSC = 1-0
|match_TAG_PRL = 2-6
}}

== Elimination round ==
<section begin=QF />
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=no
|RD1=[[#Play-off 1|Play-off round 1]]
|RD2=[[#Play-off 2|Play-off round 2]]


||[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]|[[walkover|w/o]]|[[ATK Mohun Bagan]]|
||[[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]|2; 5{{pso}}|[[Southern Samity]]|2; 4{{pso}}

||[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]|3|[[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]|1
}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=no
|RD1=[[#Play-off 1|Play-off round 1]]
|RD2=[[#Play-off 2|Play-off round 2]]


||[[Aryan FC|Aryan]]|[[walkover|w/o]]|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]|
||Railway|5|[[Kidderpore SC|Kidderpore]]|0

||[[Aryan FC|Aryan]]|0; 2{{pso}}|Railway|0; 4{{pso}}
}}
<section end=QF />

== Knockout stage ==
<onlyinclude>
<section begin=Bracket />{{#invoke:RoundN|N8
|style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=no
|RD1=[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|RD2=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD3=[[#Final|Final]]


|1 October 2021 – [[Kalyani Stadium|Kalyani]]|[[BSS Sporting Club|BSS]]|1|[[George Telegraph SC|George Telegraph]]|2
|5 October 2021 – Naihati Stadium|[[Peerless SC|Peerless]]|0|Railway|4
|2 October 2021 – Naihati Stadium|[[United SC|United]]|3|[[Calcutta Customs Club|Calcutta Customs]]|2
|9 October 2021 – [[Kalyani Stadium|Kalyani]]|[[Bhawanipore FC|Bhawanipore]]|0|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]|7

|8 October 2021 - Naihati Stadium|[[George Telegraph SC|George Telegraph]]|0|Railway {{aet}}|1
|12 October 2021 - [[Kalyani Stadium|Kalyani]]|[[United SC|United]]|0|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]|1

|18 November 2021 - [[Salt Lake Stadium]]|Railway|0|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]|1
}}<section end=Bracket /></onlyinclude>

==See also==
* [[2021–22 season in state football leagues of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Calcutta Football League}}
{{2021–22 in Indian football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2021-22 CFL Premier Division}}
[[Category:CFL Premier Division seasons]]
[[Category:2021–22 in Indian football leagues]]
[[Category:2021–22 in Indian football]]

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