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{{short description|Football league in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox football league
|name = Calcutta Football League
|image = Calcutta Football League logo.png
|pixels = 200
|organiser = [[Indian Football Association]]
|founded = {{start date and age|1893}}
|first =
|folded =
|country = India
|confed =
|divisions = 7
|teams = 14 ({{small|Premier Division A}}) approx. 160 ({{small|clubs and Units}})
|promotion = [[I-League 2nd Division]]
|relegation =
|levels = 1st (in West Bengal) 3rd (in [[Football in India|India]])
|domest_cup =
|league_cup =
|confed_cup =
|champions = [[Peerless SC]] (1st title)
|season = [[2019–20 Calcutta Premier Division|2019–20]]
|most_champs = [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]] (39 titles)
|most_caps =
|top_goalscorer =
|tv = R Plus News
|website = [http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_a_২০১৯-২০/premier_a_table.html Official website]
|current = [[2021–22 Calcutta Premier Division]]
}}

The '''Calcutta Football League''' ('''CFL''') is a men's professional state [[Association football|football]] league in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], organised by [[Indian Football Association]]. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is officially known as [[Sister Nivedita University|'''SNU''']] '''Calcutta Football League''',<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/ifa.wb/photos/576553363705147|access-date=2021-08-17|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> is the top football league in the state and [[List of oldest football competitions|the oldest football league]] in [[Asia]].

[[Indian Football Association|Indian Football Association (IFA)]] conducts the CFL with more than 160 mostly Kolkata based clubs and units. Started in 1898, this league is the oldest football league in Asia and regarded as one of the oldest football competitions in the world.<ref name="ifacfl3">{{cite web|title=Calcutta Football League|url=http://www.the-ifa.org/tournaments.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215001636/http://the-ifa.org/tournaments.php|archive-date=15 February 2009|access-date=8 September 2013|publisher=IFA}}</ref> CFL currently consists of a seven-tier pyramid system<ref name="ifacfl3"/> and there are more than 8,500 directly registered players of IFA participating in CFL every year, making it one of the biggest leagues in the country.

== History ==

=== Early years (1890s–1910s) ===
In 1898, [[Indian Football Association|IFA]] introduced a two-tiered football league in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] on the lines of [[English Football League]] in [[England]] and [[Wales]]. Until 1937, CFL was a major tournament with participation open to every team across the nation but after the establishment of [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]], CFL became a regional competition.

The [[British Indian Army]] [[garrison]] stationed at [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] played an instrumental role in shaping the Calcutta Football League by putting forth numerous teams alongside other [[Colonial India|European settlers]]. The Army teams won all but twelve of the titles until 1933. On eight of those twelve occasions the title was claimed by [[Calcutta FC|Calcutta]] and the rest by [[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]]. Native teams were barred from participating for the first 15 seasons, and only clubs designated for [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|civil servants]], [[Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|merchants]], [[Missionary|missionaries]] and other [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] nationalities made up the rest of the league, in a clearly designed exercise to exclude [[Indian people|Indians]] of any religion.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andrew Flint|date=2015-11-11|title=A Tale of One City: Kolkata|url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/11/11/a-tale-of-one-city-kolkata/|access-date=2021-03-16|website=These Football Times|language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 1914, IFA permitted only two native clubs- [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] and [[Aryan FC|Aryan]], in the Second Division of CFL. Mohun Bagan had a successful campaign and earned promotion to the Premier Division in their debut season, whereas Aryan was promoted to the top division two years later. From 1917 to 1920, the Second Division was won by two other native clubs, namely [[Kumortuli]] Club (in 1917, 1918 and 1919) and Town Club (in 1920), but their promotions were denied due to the allowance of only two native clubs to play in each tier.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/in-en/how-asias-oldest-football-league-made-its-mark|access-date=16 March 2021|title=How Asia's oldest football league made its mark|website=www.redbull.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2012-08-18|title=Kingfisher East Bengal FC{{!}}Legacy-History|url=http://eastbengalfootballclub.com/legacy.php|access-date=2021-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818124203/http://eastbengalfootballclub.com/legacy.php|archive-date=18 August 2012}}</ref>

=== Uprise of native dominance (1920s–1947) ===
1921 saw the rise of [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]] who began their CFL journey in the Second Division in place of [[Tajhat Palace|Tajhat]] Club who had withdrawn from the league. Three years later East Bengal finished the Second Division as the joint-winners with [[British Cameroon|Cameroons]] B and since Cameroons A was in the Premier Division, East Bengal got the opportunity for promotion. As two native clubs were already playing in the Premier Division, East Bengal's promotion was to be rejected as well. At this, the club called for [[Constitutional amendment|amendments]] and in the following General Meeting of IFA, the nine British teams conveyed their approval, while Mohun Bagan and Aryan opposed it. Eventually the rule regulating the promotion of native clubs was abolished on the consent of the majority.<ref name=":1" />

[[File:1940 league winning mohammedan sporting team.jpg|thumb|[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]], the first native [[Indian people|Indian]] team to win the league.]]

Even though the native clubs got more opportunities yet the British dominance continued till 1933. In 1934, [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]] won the title in their debut season and became the first native club to win CFL.<ref name=ifalist>{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/cfl-winners/|title=List of Calcutta Football League Champions|publisher=[[Indian Football Association|IFA]]|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> The club went on to win the league six out of seven times from 1935 to 1941, with 1939 being the only exception when they didn't participate and Mohun Bagan went away with their first league title that year.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

=== Post-independence era (1947–1970s) ===
In the post-independence years, many other state leagues were introduced and various clubs from other states rose in glory, but CFL was still considered to be one of the top leagues in the nation and provided innumerable young talents. The league matches were mostly played in [[Monsoon of South Asia|monsoon]] and matches involving the '''Big Three of Calcutta''' (Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan) regularly attracted more than 30,000 spectators.<ref name=":0" /> From 1934 to 1981, [[Eastern Railway FC|Eastern Railway]] was the only club outside of the Big Three to win the title in 1958.

The CFL had a long history of crowd trouble, and the burgeoning fanfare exacerbated it. The rapidly increasing off-the-field rivalry between the respective fans of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal saw one of the darkest days of [[Football in India|Indian football]] when 16 fans lost their lives because of a stampede and rioting during a [[Kolkata Derby]] in CFL on 16 August 1980 in [[Eden Gardens]]. Since then the day is celebrated every year as the [[Football Lovers' Day|Football Lover's Day]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" />

=== Years of obscurity (1980s–2000s) ===
In the 80s and 90s, the league caught many eyes with the rivalry between the two of Indian football's finest tacticians— [[P. K. Banerjee|P.K. Banerjee]] and [[Amal Dutta]], besides the decades old rivalry among the Big Three.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sengupta|first=Somnath|date=2011-07-04|title=Tactical Evolution of Indian Football (Part Three) : PK Banerjee -...|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/tactical-evolution-of-indian-football-part-three-pk-banerjee-amal-dutta-nayeemuddin/|access-date=2021-03-16|website=Thehardtackle.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Due to the rise in financial demands and steady modernisation of the sport, the league became dominated by the Big Three clubs as the smaller clubs struggled to keep up with their economy. The league saw the beginning of a major downfall with the introduction of [[National Football League (India)|NFL]] (now [[I-League]]). The importance of regional competitions decreased as all the top clubs in the state were racing for the national honours. From the later 20th century, Mohammedan eventually lost its stronghold and, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal became the only dominant teams in the league. In the new century, the IFA revamped the competition into a six-tier competition with the seventh tier, called the nursery league, reserved for sub-junior teams. The top tier, Premier Division, was also divided into two groups so as to include more teams.

=== Resurgence (2010s–present) ===
From 2010, East Bengal had went on to win a record eight consecutive titles until their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan break the streak in [[2018–19 Calcutta Premier Division|2018]]. In 2018 the league's popularity had a sudden upsurge and recorded more than 15,000 spectators even in matches involving small clubs. Most news reports in the local media reverberated the popular feeling— "''The passion of the 70s is back.''" Small clubs like [[Peerless SC|Peerless]] and [[George Telegraph S.C.|George Telegraph]] introduced some of the foreign talents that later went on to become big names in the country.<ref name=":0" />

In [[2019–20 Calcutta Premier Division|2019]], Peerless clinched the honour and became the second team outside the Big Three after Eastern Railway to win the league since 1934.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Amitabha Das|title=Peerless wins Calcutta Football League title as East Bengal presents a 'no-show'|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/calcutta-football-league-cfl-2019-title-winner-final-peerless-east-bengal-calcutta-customs-mohun-bagan-mohammedan-sporting-menendez/article29585184.ece|access-date=2021-03-16|website=Sportstar|language=en}}</ref>
Since the independence of India, the CFL was never cancelled until 2020 when after a lengthy delay due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] it was decided to cancel the then CFL season, with the next season due to start later in 2021.<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>

==Division structure==
With the season starting from 2015, the clubs/units were redistributed among the first six divisions and the last division was reserved only for youth teams.<ref name="ifacfl3"/>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tier
!Division
|-
! rowspan="3" |1
! Premier Division
|-
|Premier Division A
''↓relegate 2''
|-
|Premier Division B
''↑promote 2 ↓relegate 2''
|-
!2
!First Division
''↑promote 2 ↓relegate 2''
|-
!3
!Second Division
''↑promote 2 ↓relegate 2''
|-
!4
!Third Division
''↑promote 2 ↓relegate 2''
|-
!5
!Fourth Division
''↑promote 2 ↓relegate 2''
|-
!6
!Fifth Division Group A
''↑promote 2''
|-
!7
!Fifth Division Group B
(Age group: 13 to 16)
|}
Usually 12 teams participate in the '''Premier Division A''' and compete in a [[Round-robin tournament|single-leg round'robin tournament]]. The top two teams are promoted to the [[I-League 2nd Division]] where as the bottom two teams are relegated to Premier Division B. In the '''Premier Division B,''' usually 10 teams are involved and the tournament is divided into two phases. In the first phase, all the teams play in a [[Round-robin tournament|single-leg round-robin tournament]]. In the second phase, the teams are split into two groups (A and B) of top teams and bottom teams respectively. The teams in Group A compete for promotion to the Premier Division A, while those in Group B compete to avoid relegation to the First Division.

Apart from the Premier Division A, all the other divisions are competed by more than 20 teams, the format of the tournaments in the lower divisions aren't always the same. The top teams in respective divisions are promoted to the division higher to it and the bottom teams get relegated to the lower one.

The most successful clubs participating in the top-tier of the league includes [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]], [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] and [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]. However, since 1982, the league has been won by either East Bengal or Mohun Bagan until 2019 when [[Peerless SC|Peerless]] made history by winning their maiden league title and becoming the first team outside the '''Kolkata's Big Three''' to win the league after a gap of 61 years since [[Eastern Railway FC|Eastern Railway]] had won.<ref>{{cite web|title=ifawb.com|url=http://www.ifawb.com/fixture.php|website=www.ifawb.com}}</ref>

==Prize money in Premier Division==
As updated on 28 July 2019.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
| Champions || {{INRConvert|10|l|year=2021}}
|-
| 1st Runners-up || {{INRConvert|5|l|year=2021}}
|-
| 2nd Runner-up || {{INRConvert|25|k|year=2021}}
|-
| Matchday Subsidy || {{INRConvert|5|k|year=2021}}
|-
| Match winner || {{INRConvert|5|k|year=2021}}
|-
| Man of the Match || {{INRConvert|5|k|year=2021}}
|}

==Sponsorship==
===League Title Sponsor===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Period
! Sponsor
! Tournament Name
|-
| 1898–2004
| ''None''
| Calcutta Football League
|-
| 2005–2014
| [[Sahara India]]
| Sahara Calcutta Premier League
|-
| 2015–2020
|[[Officer's Choice|Officer's Choice Blue]]
| Officer's Choice|Officer's Choice Blue Calcutta Premier League
|-
|2021–''present''
|[[Sister Nivedita University]]
|SNU Calcutta Football League<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2021-08-16|title=No clarity on Kolkata derby as Asia’s oldest league starts on Tuesday|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/football/no-clarity-on-kolkata-derby-as-asia-s-oldest-league-starts-on-tuesday-101629123516047.html|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
|}

==Media coverage==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Period
! TV Channel
|-
| 1898–2004
| ''None''
|-
| 2005
|
[[Tara Newz]]
|-
| 2006
|
[[Kolkata TV]]
|-
| 2007
|
[[24 Ghanta|Zee 24 Ghanta]]
|-
| 2008
|
[[ABP Ananda]]
|-
| 2009–11
|
[[News Time]]
|-
| 2012
|
[[24 Ghanta|Zee 24 Ghanta]]
|-
| 2013–15
|
[[Jalsha Movies]]
|-
| 2016
|
[[News18 Bangla]]
|-
| 2017
|
[[Kolkata TV]]
|-
| 2018–2020
|
[[Sadhna News]]
|-
| 2021–present
|
R Plus News
|}

==List of Premier Division winners==

The list only contains the names of the teams that have won the highest division of the Calcutta Football League more than once.<ref name=ifalist />

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="740px"
|-
! width=200px| Club
! width=40px| Titles
! width=500px| Winning years
|-
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]|| align="center" | 39 || 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, [[2011 Calcutta Football League|2011]], [[2012–13 Calcutta Premier Division|2012]], [[2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division|2013]], [[2014–15 Calcutta Premier Division|2014]], [[2015–16 Calcutta Premier Division|2015]], [[2016–17 Calcutta Premier Division|2016]], [[2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division|2017]]
|-
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]|| align="center" | 30 || 1939, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, [[2018–19 Calcutta Premier Division|2018]]
|-
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]] || align=center| 11 || 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957, 1967, 1981
|-
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]] || align=center| 8 || 1899, 1907, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925
|-
|[[Dalhousie A.C.|Dalhousie]] || align=center| 4 || 1910, 1921, 1928, 1929
|-
|[[Durham Light Infantry]] || align=center| 3 || 1931, 1932, 1933
|-
|[[Black Watch]] || rowspan="5" align="center" | 2 || 1912, 1913
|-
|Gordon Light Infantry|| 1908, 1909
|-
|[[King's Regiment (Liverpool)|King's Regiment]] || 1904, 1905
|-
|[[North Staffordshire Regiment]] || 1926, 1927
|-
|[[Royal Irish Rifles]] || 1900, 1901
|-
|}

==Premier Division results by year==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="740px" text-align="left"
|-
! width=100px| Year
! width=350px| Winner
! width=400px| Note
|-
|[[2021–22 Calcutta Premier Division|2021]]
|
|
|-
|2020
|colspan=2|''Cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].''
|-
|[[2019–20 Calcutta Premier Division|2019]]
|[[Peerless SC|Peerless]]
|
|-
|[[2018–19 Calcutta Premier Division|2018]]
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|[[2017–18 Calcutta Premier Division|2017]]
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|[[2016–17 Calcutta Premier Division|2016]]
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|''[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]] had won every match in the tournament.''{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
|-
|[[2015–16 Calcutta Premier Division|2015]]
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|[[2014–15 Calcutta Premier Division|2014]]
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|[[2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division|2013]]
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|[[2012–13 Calcutta Premier Division|2012]]
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|[[2011 Calcutta Football League|2011]]
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|2010
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|2009
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|2008
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|2007
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|2006
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|2005
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|2004
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|2003
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|2002
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|2001
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|2000
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1999
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1998
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1997
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1996
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1995
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1994
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1993
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1992
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1991
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1990
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1989
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1988
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1987
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1986
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1985
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1984
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1983
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1982
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1981
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1980
|''None''
|''Called off due to stampede and riot in [[Eden Gardens]] on [[Football Lovers' Day|August 16]].''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-16|title=When a derby turned deadly in Eden Gardens in 1980|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/when-kolkata-derby-turned-deadly-mohun-bagan-east-bengal-tragedy-6556256/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1979
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1978
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1977
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|''[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]] had won every match in the tournament.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=www.KolkataFootball.Com|title=indian football news latest{{!}}kolkatafootball.com news{{!}}live news indian football tournaments{{!}}indian football live|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.kolkatafootball.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1976
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1975
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1974
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1973
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1972
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|''[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]] didn't concede a goal in the tournament.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=India - List of Calcutta/Kolkata League Champions|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiacalchamp.html|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.rsssf.com}}</ref>
|-
|1971
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1970
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1969
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1968
|''None''
|''[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] had won the league but due to an injunction from the [[Calcutta High Court]], the league was declared null and void.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian football: Instances when the Kolkata derby got abandoned {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-instances-when-the-kolkata-derby-got/1u7macomvii3q199rmaibjhwhc|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.goal.com}}</ref>
|-
|1967
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1966
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1965
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1964
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1963
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1962
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1961
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1960
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1959
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1958
|[[Eastern Railway FC|Eastern Railway]]
|
|-
|1957
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1956
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1955
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1954
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1953
|''None''
|''Abandoned midway due to riots in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].''<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=Fare Hike and Urban Protest|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/glimpses-past-web-exclusives/fare-hike-and-urban-protest.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|pages=7–8}}</ref>
|-
|1952
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1951
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1950
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1949
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1948
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1947
|''None''
|''Cancelled due to [[Indian independence movement]].''
|-
|1946
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1945
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1944
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1943
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1942
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1941
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1940
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1939
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1938
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1937
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1936
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1935
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|
|-
|1934
|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|''First native club to win the league.''<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Indian football: The tale of the unbeatable Mohammedan Sporting side of 1930s {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-the-tale-of-the-unbeatable-mohammedan/1loskn0qvp1qj1e9u5uuucokf4|access-date=2021-02-26|website=www.goal.com}}</ref>
|-
|1933
|[[Durham Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1932
|[[Durham Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1931
|[[Durham Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1930
|''None''
|''Cancelled due to nationwide [[Satyagraha|Satyagraha movement]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=History by Decade|url=https://themohunbaganac.com/history-by-decade/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|1929
|[[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]]
|
|-
|1928
|[[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]]
|
|-
|1927
|[[North Staffordshire Regiment F.C.|North Staffordshire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1926
|[[North Staffordshire Regiment F.C.|North Staffordshire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1925
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]]
|
|-
|1924
|[[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|Cameron Highlanders]]
|
|-
|1923
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]]
|
|-
|1922
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]]
|
|-
|1921
|[[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]]
|
|-
|1920
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]]
|
|-
|1919
|[[Special Service Battalion|12th Special Service Battalion]]
|
|-
|1918
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]]
|
|-
|1917
|[[Royal Lincolnshire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1916
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]]
|
|-
|1915
|[[Middlesex Regiment|10th Middlesex Regiment]]
|
|-
|1914
|[[91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot|91st Highlanders]]
|
|-
|1913
|[[Black Watch]]
|
|-
|1912
|[[Black Watch]]
|
|-
|1911
|[[Royal Garrison Artillery|70th Company RGA]]
|
|-
|1910
|[[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]]
|
|-
|1909
|Gordon Light Infantry
|
|-
|1908
|Gordon Light Infantry
|
|-
|1907
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]]
|
|-
|1906
|[[Highland Light Infantry|Highlander Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1905
|[[King's Regiment]]
|
|-
|1904
|[[King's Regiment]]
|
|-
|1903
|[[93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot|93rd Highlanders]]
|
|-
|1902
|[[King's Own Scottish Borderers F.C.|King's Own Scottish Borderers]]
|
|-
|1901
|[[Royal Ulster Rifles|Royal Irish Rifles]]
|
|-
|1900
|[[Royal Ulster Rifles|Royal Irish Rifles]]
|
|-
|1899
|[[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta]]
|
|-
|1898
|[[Gloucestershire Regiment]]
|
|-
! colspan="3" align="left"|'''Source: [https://ifawb.org/cfl-winners/ IFA (W.B.)]'''
|}

==See also==
*[[Kerala Premier League]]
*[[Mizoram Premier League]]
*[[Goa Professional League]]
*[[Bangalore Super Division]]
*[[DSA Senior Division]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.ifawb.org IFA (W.B.)]

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{{Football in India}}
{{Sports leagues of India}}
{{Kolkata topics}}

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