2012 13 Calcutta Premier Division

The 2012–13 Calcutta Premier Division season is the 114th season of the Calcutta Premier Division, a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league kicked off on 16 August 2012.

Overview

Format

On 11 June 2012 it was announced that the Indian Football Association would change the format of the Calcutta Premier Division for 2012–13.^[1] For starters they decided to increase the number of teams from 17 to 19.^[1] Second they decided to divide those teams into two groups, Group A with 10 teams and Group B with 9 teams.^[1] Also the federation decided to split the big four clubs of Kolkata (East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Prayag United, and Mohammedan) into the two groups.^[1] The IFA also decided that each team plays each other twice before five teams from Group A and four teams from Group B move on to the Final Round while the remaining 10 teams fight in a relegation league and the bottom team relegated.^[1] The points from the first round would not be carried to the Final Round.^[1] The IFA also decided the disband the rule which forced clubs to field one under 19 player due to the formation of the Calcutta Premier U19 League.^[1]

Teams

Club	2011–12 position
Army XI	Promoted
Bhawanipore	16th
BN Railways	10th
Calcutta Port Trust	12th
East Bengal	Champions
Eastern Railway	Promoted
George Telegraph	5th
Kalighat Club	14th
Kalighat MS	13th
Mohammedan	4th
Mohun Bagan	2nd
Peerless	6th
Police AC	9th
Prayag United	3rd
Railway	15th
Southern Samity	11th
Techno Aryan	8th
Tollygunge Agragami	7th
West Bengal Police	17th

First stage

Group A

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Group B

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Championship stage

Table

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Fixtures and Results

Championship Round Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Odafe Onyeka Okolie	Mohun Bagan	12
2	Template:Flagicon Baljit Sahni	East Bengal	6
3	Template:Flagicon Andrew Barisić	East Bengal	5
3	Template:Flagicon Ashim Biswas	Mohammedan	5
4	Template:Flagicon Christopher Chizoba	Kalighat MS	4
4	Template:Flagicon Ranti Martins	Prayag United	4

Relegation round

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References

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