2016 CFL Premier Division

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.

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.

Results


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.

Top Scorers
Source: kolkatafootball.com
 * 6 goals


 * 🇳🇬 Daniel Bedemi (MOH)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Darryl Duffy (MOH)


 * 5 goals


 * 🇳🇬 Joël Sunday (TOL)
 * 🇮🇳 V.P.Suhair (USC)


 * 4 goals


 * 🇰🇷 Do Dong-Hyun (KEB)
 * 🇮🇳 Manvir Singh (MSC)
 * Zikahi Leonce Dedoz (MSC)
 * 🇱🇷 Ghanefo Kromah (PRL)
 * 🇮🇳 Ashim Biswas (SOU)
 * 🇮🇳 M.Basant Singh (SOU)


 * 3 goals


 * 🇮🇳 Sanjay Rana (ARM)
 * 🇮🇳 Jagannath Sana (BHA)
 * 🇮🇳 Tirthankar Sarkar (BHA)
 * 🇮🇳 Jiten Murmu (KEB)
 * 🇮🇳 Lalrindika Ralte (KEB)
 * Bayi Kamo (GTL)
 * 🇮🇳 Prabir Das (MOH)
 * 🇱🇷 Eric Brown (USC)


 * 2 goals


 * 🇮🇳 Anthony Chettri (ARM)
 * 🇮🇳 Abhijit Sarkar (ARN)
 * 🇳🇬 Bolane Kazeem Amobi (ARN)
 * 🇮🇳 Pritam Sarkar (BHA)
 * 🇮🇳 Arnab Mondal (KEB)
 * 🇮🇳 Azharuddin Mallick (MOH)
 * 🇮🇳 Thangjam Singh (MOH)
 * 🇮🇳 Anil Kisku (PRL)
 * 🇮🇳 Arghya Chakraborty (PRL)
 * 🇮🇳 Syed Rahim Nabi (PRL)
 * 🇮🇳 Monotosh Chakladar (USC)
 * 🇮🇳 Shankar Oraon (USC)


 * 1 goal


 * 🇮🇳 Arjun Tudu (ARM)
 * 🇮🇳 E.Alwyn (ARM)
 * 🇮🇳 P.Jain (ARM)
 * 🇮🇳 Samu Hembram (ARM)
 * 🇮🇳 Goutam Thakur (ARN)
 * 🇳🇬 Obasi Moses Louis (ARN)
 * 🇳🇬 Orok Essien (BHA)
 * 🇮🇳 Bijendra Rai (BHA)
 * 🇮🇳 Francis Xavier (BHA)
 * 🇳🇬 Adelaja (KEB)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Calum Angus (KEB)
 * 🇮🇳 Mohammed Rafique (KEB)
 * 🇮🇳 Rahul Bheke (KEB)
 * 🇮🇳 Subha Kumar (GTL)
 * 🇮🇳 Rajib Shaw (GTL)
 * 🇮🇳 Atinder Mani (MSC)
 * 🇮🇳 Dipendu Dowary (MSC)
 * 🇮🇳 Nitesh Chhikara (MSC)
 * 🇮🇳 Parminder Singh (MSC)
 * 🇮🇳 Usman Ashik (MSC)
 * 🇮🇳 Ajay Singh (MOH)
 * 🇮🇳 Sukhwinder Singh (PRL)
 * 🇮🇳 Sumit Ghosh (PRL)
 * 🇮🇳 Krishna Das Sharma (SOU)
 * 🇮🇳 Suman Hazra (SOU)
 * 🇱🇷 Alfred Jaryan (TOL)
 * 🇳🇬 Kareem Omolaja (TOL)
 * 🇮🇳 Palsang Lama (TOL)
 * 🇮🇳 Reisangmei Vashum (TOL)
 * 🇮🇳 Surabuddin Mollick (TOL)
 * 🇳🇬 Bello Razaq (USC)
 * 🇮🇳 Budhiram Tudu (USC)
 * 🇮🇳 Md.Rashid (USC)

Hat-tricks
4 The player scored 4 goals

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.''