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The 2016 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 118th season of the CFL Premier Division, a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league is divided into two groups – Group A and Group B. The Championship title is awarded only to the Group A winner, while four teams from Group A are relegated to Group B at the end of the season and 4 teams from Group B are simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season. The fixtures of Group A kicked off on 27 July 2016, and of Group B on 16 July 2016.
This will also be the first time in history that a trophy will be awarded to the Group A champions, on the day of the last match of the league. The Indian Football Association also took a decision to award the Amal Dutta award to the coach adjudged "Best coach of the league". The association also announced that a monetary award amounting to Rs. 25 lakhs will be given to the champions of Group A.[1]
East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.
Premier Division A
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Standings
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1 East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by IFA to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal.[2]
Statistics
Top Scorers
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- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- Template:Flagicon Joël Sunday (TOL)
- Template:Flagicon V.P.Suhair (USC)
- 4 goals
- Template:Flagicon Do Dong-Hyun (KEB)
- Template:Flagicon Manvir Singh (MSC)
- Template:Flagicon Zikahi Leonce Dedoz (MSC)
- Template:Flagicon Ghanefo Kromah (PRL)
- Template:Flagicon Ashim Biswas (SOU)
- Template:Flagicon M.Basant Singh (SOU)
- 3 goals
- Template:Flagicon Sanjay Rana (ARM)
- Template:Flagicon Jagannath Sana (BHA)
- Template:Flagicon Tirthankar Sarkar (BHA)
- Template:Flagicon Jiten Murmu (KEB)
- Template:Flagicon Lalrindika Ralte (KEB)
- Template:Flagicon Bayi Kamo (GTL)
- Template:Flagicon Prabir Das (MOH)
- Template:Flagicon Eric Brown (USC)
- 2 goals
- Template:Flagicon Anthony Chettri (ARM)
- Template:Flagicon Abhijit Sarkar (ARN)
- Template:Flagicon Bolane Kazeem Amobi (ARN)
- Template:Flagicon Pritam Sarkar (BHA)
- Template:Flagicon Arnab Mondal (KEB)
- Template:Flagicon Azharuddin Mallick (MOH)
- Template:Flagicon Thangjam Singh (MOH)
- Template:Flagicon Anil Kisku (PRL)
- Template:Flagicon Arghya Chakraborty (PRL)
- Template:Flagicon Syed Rahim Nabi (PRL)
- Template:Flagicon Monotosh Chakladar (USC)
- Template:Flagicon Shankar Oraon (USC)
- 1 goal
- Template:Flagicon Arjun Tudu (ARM)
- Template:Flagicon E.Alwyn (ARM)
- Template:Flagicon P.Jain (ARM)
- Template:Flagicon Samu Hembram (ARM)
- Template:Flagicon Goutam Thakur (ARN)
- Template:Flagicon Obasi Moses Louis (ARN)
- Template:Flagicon Orok Essien (BHA)
- Template:Flagicon Bijendra Rai (BHA)
- Template:Flagicon Francis Xavier (BHA)
- Template:Flagicon Adelaja (KEB)
- Template:Flagicon Calum Angus (KEB)
- Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rafique (KEB)
- Template:Flagicon Rahul Bheke (KEB)
- Template:Flagicon Subha Kumar (GTL)
- Template:Flagicon Rajib Shaw (GTL)
- Template:Flagicon Atinder Mani (MSC)
- Template:Flagicon Dipendu Dowary (MSC)
- Template:Flagicon Nitesh Chhikara (MSC)
- Template:Flagicon Parminder Singh (MSC)
- Template:Flagicon Usman Ashik (MSC)
- Template:Flagicon Ajay Singh (MOH)
- Template:Flagicon Sukhwinder Singh (PRL)
- Template:Flagicon Sumit Ghosh (PRL)
- Template:Flagicon Krishna Das Sharma (SOU)
- Template:Flagicon Suman Hazra (SOU)
- Template:Flagicon Alfred Jaryan (TOL)
- Template:Flagicon Kareem Omolaja (TOL)
- Template:Flagicon Palsang Lama (TOL)
- Template:Flagicon Reisangmei Vashum (TOL)
- Template:Flagicon Surabuddin Mollick (TOL)
- Template:Flagicon Bello Razaq (USC)
- Template:Flagicon Budhiram Tudu (USC)
- Template:Flagicon Md.Rashid (USC)
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Darryl Duffy | Mohun Bagan | Template:Align | 5–1 | 6 August 2016 | [3] |
| Template:Align | Template:Align | George Telegraph | 5–1 | 25 August 2016 | [4][5] |
| Template:Flagicon Daniel Bedemi 4 | Mohun Bagan | Template:Align | 6–0 | 10 September 2016 | [6] |
4 The player scored 4 goals
Premier Division B
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Standings
Note: After the results of the 10th round, the teams were divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 5. The top 6 teams are to play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 5 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carried forward their points and other records from the previous 10 matches into the championship or the relegation round. Script error: No such module "Sports table".
Results
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References
- ↑ সেরা কোচ পাবেন অমল দত্ত ট্রফি. আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা(24 July 2016). Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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- ↑ Season's 1st Kolkata Derby on September 7(25 August 2016).
- ↑ CFL match – Short Takes(26 August 2016).
- ↑ Mohun Bagan put SIX past Army XI. goal.com(11 September 2016).
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