2015–16 Calcutta Premier Division

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Calcutta Premier Division
Season2015–16
Matches played165
Goals scored372 (2.25 per match)

The 2015–16 Calcutta Premier Division season was the 117th season of the Calcutta Premier Division, a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league was divided into two divisions - Group A and Group B. The Championship title was awarded only to the Group A winner, while four teams from Group A were relegated to Group B at the end of the season and 4 teams from Group B were simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season. The fixtures of Group A were kicked off on 4 August 2015, while the fixtures for Group B were kicked off on 22 August 2015.[1][2]

East Bengal won the title for a record 37th time and also created a record by clinching the title for the 6th consecutive time.

Group A[edit]

Calcutta Premier Division – Group A
Season2015–16
ChampionsEast Bengal
(37th title)
RelegatedPolice A.C.
SAI Darjeeling
Kalighat M.S.
Bengal Nagpur Railway
Matches played55
Goals scored150 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerSouth Korea Do Dong-hyun (KEB)
(12 goals)
Highest scoringBengal Nagpur Railway vs Mohammedan
0–7
(29 August 2015)
East Bengal vs Kalighat M.S.
4–3
(2 September 2015)
Mohun Bagan vs Southern Samity
5–2
(16 August 2015)
(7 goals)
Longest winning runEast Bengal
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runEast Bengal
(10 matches)
Longest winless runBengal Nagpur Railway
(10 matches)
Longest losing runBengal Nagpur Railway
SAI Darjeeling
(10 matches)

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 East Bengal (C) 10 9 1 0 29 9 +20 28 Champion
2 Army XI 10 6 1 3 18 9 +9 19
3 Mohun Bagan[lower-alpha 1] 10 4 3 3 16 9 +7 15
4 Southern Samity 10 4 3 3 18 15 +3 15
5 Mohammedan 10 3 5 2 14 6 +8 14
6 Aryan 10 3 5 2 8 8 0 14
7 Tollygunge Agragami[lower-alpha 1] 10 3 4 3 10 7 +3 13
8 Police A.C. (R) 10 4 1 5 17 23 −6 13 Relegation to Group B
9 SAI Darjeeling (R) 10 3 2 5 8 16 −8 11
10 Kalighat M.S. (R) 10 2 1 7 10 20 −10 7
11 Bengal Nagpur Railway (R) 10 0 2 8 2 28 −26 2
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mohun Bagan were deducted 3 points in the match with Tollygunge Agragami and Tollygunge Agragami were awarded with 3 points as Mohun Bagan played without the mandatory u-23 player on the field for few minutes in injury time. The result of the match was reversed by IFA to 0–0 and all the goals scored in the match by both the teams were declared void, but the cards shown were recorded. The match was counted as a loss for Mohun Bagan in the final league standings.


Results[edit]

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  Home team won;   Match drawn;   Away team won;

1 Mohun Bagan were deducted 3 points in the match with Tollygunge Agragami and Tollygunge Agragami were awarded with 3 points as Mohun Bagan played without the mandatory u-23 player on the field for few minutes in injury time. The result of the match was reversed by IFA to 0–0 and all the goals scored in the match by both the teams were declared void, but the cards shown were recorded. The match was counted as a loss for Mohun Bagan in the final league standings.

Statistics[edit]

Top Scorers[edit]

As of 16 September 2015

Source:kolkatafootball.com

12 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Group B[edit]

Calcutta Premier Division – Group B
Season2015–16
PromotedGeorge Telegraph
Peerless
United
Bhawanipore
RelegatedCalcutta Port Trust
Kalighat Club
Matches played110
Goals scored212 (1.93 per match)

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 George Telegraph (P) 20 11 7 2 27 10 +17 40 Promotion to Group A
2 Peerless (P) 20 10 6 4 23 14 +9 36
3 United (P) 20 10 5 5 21 16 +5 35
4 Bhawanipore (P) 20 8 8 4 22 15 +7 32
5 Pathachakra 20 7 9 4 18 16 +2 30
6 Food Corporation of India 20 7 7 6 18 20 −2 28
7 Eastern Rail 20 7 6 7 24 20 +4 27
8 Railway F.C. 20 7 5 8 26 25 +1 26
9 Dalhousie 20 5 8 7 18 33 −15 23
10 Calcutta Port Trust (R) 20 6 3 11 13 28 −15 21 Relegation to First Division
11 Kalighat Club[lower-alpha 1] (R) 20 0 0 20 2 15 −13 0
Source: Thif-Live.com
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Kalighat Club withdrew their team after round 7. As a result United, Pathachakra and Food Corporation of India were awarded 6 points by default wins in both the legs. The other 7 teams were given 3 points by a default win in the second leg.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Kolkata local league gets a title sponsor". business-standard.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Premier League Group B results". kolkatafootball.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "IFA CFL 2015 Premier Division - Group B". Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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