2021–22 Calcutta Premier Division

The 2021 Calcutta Premier Division is the 123rd season of the Calcutta Premier Division, a top-tier state association football league of West Bengal. It will be held between mid-August 2021 and the first week of October 2021.[3][4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to cancel Calcutta League last season,[5] but this year it will be played.[6][7]

Calcutta Premier Division A
Season2021–22
Dates17 August 2021 – 18 November 2021
ChampionsMohammedan SC[1][2]
Matches played40
Goals scored120 (3 per match)
Biggest home winAryan 5–1 Kidderpore
Biggest away winBhawanipore FC 0–7 Mohammedan
Highest scoringTollygunge Agragami 2–6 Peerless

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.[6] 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.[7]
  • The IFA has also increased the number of overseas players a club could register from 4 to 6. But among the 6 foreigners, only 2 can be named in the starting eleven.[8][9]
  • The teams would be exempted from relegation this season if the lower divisions of CFL are cancelled due to the pandemic situation.[8][9]

Promoted clubs from 2019 to 2020 Calcutta Premier Division B:

Relegated clubs

Relegated clubs from 2019 to 2020 Calcutta Premier Division A:

Teams

Managers and captains
Team Head coach Captain Jersey sponsor
Aryan Rajdeep Nandy Techno India Group
ATK Mohun Bagan Antonio Habas SBOTOP
Bhawanipore Sankarlal Chakraborty Sangbad Pratidin
BSS Goutam Ghosh Priyant Kumar Singh Easha
Calcutta Customs
East Bengal Manolo Díaz Shree Cement
George Telegraph Ranjan Bhattacharjee
Kidderpore Sanjib Pal Ejiogu Emmanuel Riyan Enterprise
Mohammedan Andrey Chernyshov Nikola Stojanović BunkerHill Sports
Tollygunge Agragami Bimal Ghosh Modern Institute of Engineering & Technology
Peerless Subrata Bhattacharya Ansumana Kromah Peerless Group
Railway Ben Quansah Shefali Cotton Handloom
Southern Samity Biswajit Bhattacharya Arnab Das Sharma
United Steven Herbots Jagannath Oraon

Foreign players
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Aryan Aristide Vaillant Kareem Omolaja
ATK Mohun Bagan Hugo Boumous Roy Krishna Tiri Joni Kauko David Williams Carl McHugh
Bhawanipore Kamo Stephane Bayi Henry Kisekka
BSS Léonce Dodoz Seydou Kourouma
Calcutta Customs Gatch Arthure Diomande Varney Kallon
East Bengal Tomislav Mrcela Antonio Perošević Franjo Prce Darren Sidoel Daniel Chima Amir Dervišević
George Telegraph Echezona Anyichie
Kidderpore Ejiogu Chinedu Emmanuel Stephen Abeiku
Mohammedan Nikola Stojanović Stefan Ilić Marcus Joseph Shaher Shaheen
Peerless Ansumana Kromah Dixon Alusine Romaric Bettat
Railway Ben Quansah Rayden Gonzo Kelvin Kollie
Southern Samity Victor Kamhuka
Tollygunge Agragami Christopher Chizoba
United Dennis Matthew Tendai

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bhawanipore 6 4 2 0 14 7 +7 14 Qualified for Quarterfinals
2 BSS 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13
3 United 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13
4 Mohammedan 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 Relegated to Elimination round
5 Railway 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
6 Southern Samity 6 1 0 5 7 12 −5 3
7 East Bengal 6 0 0 6 0 18 −18 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2021. Source: The Away End

Fixtures and results
Home \ Away MMD BSS BFC RLY EAB USC SSY
Mohammedan — 0–1 — 2–0 — 2–2 —
BSS — — — 3–1 — 1–3 —
Bhawanipore 2–0 2–2 — 2–2 3–0 2–1 3–2
Railway — — — — — 0–1 —
East Bengal 0–3 0–3 — 0–3 — 0–3 0–3
United — — — — — — —
Southern Samity 0–3 1–3 — 1–2 — 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2021. Source: The Away End
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches
18 August 2021 (2021-08-18) 1 Southern Samity 0–3 Mohammedan Kalyani
14:45 IST Report Stojanović  16'
Faiaz  40'
Mallick  84'		 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Man of the Match: Nikola Stojanović (Mohammedan)
18 August 2021 (2021-08-18) 2 BSS 3–1 Railway Kolkata
14:45 IST Paswan
Dodoz
Sarkar 		Report Sagar Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Man of the Match: Rahul Paswan (BSS)
20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) 3 Bhawanipore 2–1 United Kolkata
14:45 IST Pritam Sarkar  30'
Mohanraj  90+4'		 Dilip Oraon  41' Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 0[4]
22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) 4 Southern Samity 1–2 Railway Naihati
14:45 IST Peter S Haokip  65' Achintya Ghosh  11'
Rayden Gonzo  45+2'		 Stadium: Naihati Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 5 Bhawanipore 2–2 BSS Kolkata
14:45 IST Henry Kisekka  ?'
Sandeep Patra  ?'		 Rahul Paswan  ?', ?' Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 6 Bhawanipore 3–0
Walkover		 East Bengal Kalyani
14:45 IST Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Note: Bhawanipore were awarded walkover win by 3 goals[10] since East Bengal didn't turn up for the match
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 7 Mohammedan 2–0 Railway Kalyani
14:45 IST Faiaz  45'
Mallick  63'		 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 8 East Bengal 0–3
Walkover		 United Kalyani
14:45 IST Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Note: United were awarded walkover win by 3 goals[11] since East Bengal didn't turn up for the match
5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 9 Bhawanipore 2–2 Railway Howrah
14:45 IST Kamo  ?'
Mohanraj  ?'		 Kevin Kollie  ?', ?' Stadium: Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 10 Southern Samity 1–3 BSS Kalyani
14:45 IST Md. Firoz  12' Rahul Paswan  19', 22', 27' (pen) Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 11 East Bengal 0–3
Walkover		 BSS Kalyani
14:45 IST Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Note: BSS were awarded walkover win by 3 goals[12] since East Bengal didn't turn up for the match
8 September 2021 (2021-09-08) 12 United 2–2 Mohammedan
14:45 IST Report Attendance: 0[4]
11 September 2021 (2021-09-11) 13 Southern Samity 0–1 United
14:45 IST Report Attendance: 0[4]
12 September 2021 (2021-09-12) 14 East Bengal 0–3
Walkover		 Mohammedan Kalyani
14:45 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Note: Mohammedan were awarded walkover win by 3 goals[13] since East Bengal didn't turn up for the match
15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) 15 BSS 1–3 United
14:45 IST Report Attendance: 0[4]
15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) 16 East Bengal 0–3
Walkover		 Railway Kalyani
14:45 IST Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Note: Mohammedan were awarded walkover win by 3 goals[14] since East Bengal didn't turn up for the match

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Peerless 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13 Qualified for Quarterfinals
2 Calcutta Customs 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13
3 George Telegraph 6 3 3 0 9 3 +6 12
4 Aryan 6 2 3 1 9 3 +6 9 Relegated to Elimination round
5 Tollygunge Agragami 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7
6 Kidderpore 6 1 1 4 6 16 −10 4
7 ATK Mohun Bagan 6 0 0 6 0 18 −18 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2021. Source: The Away End

Fixtures and results
Home \ Away PRL ARN TAG ATKMB CCU GTL KSC
Peerless — — — 1–0 — 4–1
Aryan 0–0 — 0–0 0–1 1–1 5–1
Tollygunge Agragami 2–6 — — 2–3 0–1 1–0
ATKMB —
Calcutta Customs — — — — — —
George Telegraph 2–0 — — 1–1 — 1–1
Kidderpore — — — 0–5 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2021. Source: The Away End
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches
17 August 2021 (2021-08-17) 1 Peerless 4–1 Kidderpore Kolkata
14:45 IST Moula  8'
Alam  21'
Kromah  38', 67' (pen)		 Report Ejiogu  2' Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 0[4]
Man of the Match: Aftab Alam (Peerless)
18 August 2021 (2021-08-18) 2 Aryan 0–0 Tollygunge Agragami Howrah
14:45 IST Report Stadium: Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Man of the Match: Rakesh Karmakar (Aryan)
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) 3 Aryan 0–1 Calcutta Customs Kolkata
14:45 IST Alocious M  ?' Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) 4 Tollygunge Agragami 0–1 George Telegraph Kolkata
14:45 IST Mahitosh Roy  ?' Stadium: Mohammedan Sporting Ground
Attendance: 0[4]
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 5 Aryan 0–0 Peerless Kolkata
14:45 IST Stadium: Mohun Bagan Ground
Attendance: 0[4]
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 6 Tollygunge Agragami 2–3 Calcutta Customs Kolkata
14:45 IST Chizoba  ?' (pen)
Gagandeep Singh  ?'		 Gatch Arthure Diomande  ?'
Alocious Muthayyan  ?'
Rabi Hansda  ?'		 Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 7 George Telegraph 1–1 Kidderpore Howrah
14:45 IST Rajib Ghorui  47' Sumit Ghosh  21' Stadium: Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 8 ATK Mohun Bagan 0–3
 George Telegraph Kalyani
14:45 IST Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Note: George Telegraph were awarded walkover win by 3 goals[15] since ATK Mohun Bagan didn't turn up for the match
4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 9 ATK Mohun Bagan 0–3
Walkover		 Kidderpore Kalyani
14:45 IST Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Attendance: 0[4]
Note: Kidderpore were awarded walkover win by 3 goals[16] since ATK Mohun Bagan didn't turn up for the match
 () 10 v Kolkata
14:45 IST

Elimination round

Qualifier 1
Team 1 Score Team 2
Mohammedan w/o ATK Mohun Bagan
Tollygunge Agragami 2(5)–2(4) Southern Samity
Mohammedan 3–1 Tollygunge Agragami FC
Qualifier 2
Team 1 Score Team 2
Aryan w/o East Bengal
Railway 5–0 Kidderpore SC
Aryan 0(2)–0(4) Railway

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 October 2021 – Kalyani
 
 
BSS Sporting Club1
 
8 October 2021 - Naihati Stadium
 
George Telegraph SC2
 
George Telegraph SC0
 
5 October 2021 – Naihati Stadium
 
Railway (a.e.t.)1
 
Peerless0
 
18 November 2021 - Salt Lake Stadium
 
Railway4
 
Railway0
 
2 October 2021 – Naihati Stadium
 
Mohammedan1
 
United SC3
 
12 October 2021 - Kalyani
 
Calcutta Customs2
 
United SC0
 
9 October 2021 – Kalyani
 
Mohammedan1
 
Bhawanipore FC0
 
 
Mohammedan7
 

Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Rahul Paswan BSS 6
2 Ansumana Kromah Peerless 2
Alocious M Calcutta Customs
Gatch Arthure Diomande Calcutta Customs
Sk. Faiaz Mohammedan
Azharuddin Mallick Mohammedan
Kelvin Kollie Railway
Pradeep Mohanraj Bhawanipore Club
3 Pankaj Moula Peerless 1
Nikola Stojanović Mohammedan
Md. Aftab Alam Peerless
Ejiogu Emmanuel Kidderpore
Pritam Sarkar Bhawanipore Club
Dilip Oraon United SC
Tirthankar Sarkar BSS
Léonce Dodoz BSS
Sukuram Railway
Mahitosh Roy George Telegraph SC
Rayden Gonzo Railway
Achinta Ghosh Railway
Peter Seiminthang Haokip Southern Samity
Christopher Chizoba Tollygunge Agragami
Gagandeep Singh Tollygunge Agragami
Mohammad Rabi Calcutta Customs
Rajib Ghorui Kidderpore
Sumit Ghosh George Telegraph SC
Sandip Patra Bhawanipore Club
Henry Kisekka Bhawanipore Club
Kamo Stephane Bayi Bhawanipore Club
Mohamed Firoz Southern Samity
Jaskaranpreet Singh Mohammedan
Marcus Joseph Mohammedan
Subrata Murmu United SC
Jagannath Oraon United SC
Mahitosh Roy George Telegraph SC
Suhin Sikdar Calcutta Customs
Most cleansheets
Rank Goalkeeper Club Cleansheets
1 Zothanmawia Mohammedan 2
1 Laltu Mondal Aryan 1
Bisu Jana Tollygunge Agragami
Suryash Jaiswal George Telegraph SC
Dibyendu Sarkar Calcutta Customs
Sanjay Bhatterjee Peerless
Subrata Satra Aryan
2 Priyant Singh BSS Sporting 0
Parveen Patel Railway
Arnab Das Sharma Southern Samity
Debapriya Das Kidderpore
Subham Roy Bhawanipore Club
Sangram Mukherjee United SC
Avijit Kar Railway
Subhankar Dutta Kidderpore
Sheikh Sadekuddin Southern Samity
Akash Mondal Bhawanipore Club
Raja Barman United SC

See also

References
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