2012–13 Calcutta Premier Division

Calcutta Premier Division
Season 2012–13

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 disban the rule which forced clubs to field one u19 player due to the formation of the Calcutta Premier U19 League.[1]

Teams

Club 2011–12 position
Army XIPromoted
Bhawanipore16th
BN Railways10th
Calcutta Port Trust12th
East BengalChampions
Eastern RailwayPromoted
George Telegraph5th
Kalighat Club14th
Kalighat MS13th
Mohammedan4th
Mohun Bagan2nd
Peerless6th
Police AC9th
Prayag United3rd
Railway15th
Southern Samity11th
Techno Aryan8th
Tollygunge Agragami7th
West Bengal Police17th

First Stage

Group A

Updated 26 December 2012

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Round
East Bengal 9810220+2225 Final Round
Prayag United 9612157+816 Final Round
Kalighat MS 9423139+414 Final Round
Eastern Railway 94231118-714 Final Round
Techno Aryan 9333127+512 Final Round
George Telegraph 9333814-612
Army XI 93061114-39
BN Railways 9234913-49
Railway 9216619-137
Peerless 9126612-65

Group B

Updated 26 December 2012

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final Round
Mohun Bagan 8503173+1415 Final Round
Bhawanipore 8431156+915 Final Round
Mohammedan 8431123+915 Final Round
Southern Samity 842299014 Final Round
Tollygunge Agragami 8323312-911
Kalighat Club 83141013-310
Calcutta Port Trust 823354+19
Police AC 823359-49
West Bengal Police 8017118-171

Championship Stage

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 East Bengal 8 8 0 0 32 5+27 24 Champions
2 Mohun Bagan 8 6 1 1 25 8+17 19
3 United SC 8 4 2 2 11 6+5 14
4 Bhawanipore 8 4 1 3 9 7+2 13
5 Kalighat MS 8 4 0 4 7 114 12
6 Mohammedan 8 3 1 4 14 13+1 10
7 Southern Samity 8 3 0 5 6 1711 9
8 Techno Aryan 8 0 2 6 4 2016 2
9 Eastern Railway 8 0 1 7 6 2317 1

Updated to games played on 23 May 2013.
Source: CFL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Fixtures and Results

Championship Round Top scorers

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

Relegation Round

Updated 4 February 2013

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
Army XI 9450134+919
Peerless 9531113+818
Calcutta Port Trust 943298+115
George Telegraph 93331210+212
BN Railways 925266011
Railway 925244011
Police AC 924356-110
West Bengal Police 916278-19
Kalighat Club 9135515-106
Tollygunge Agragami 9126311-85

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Calcutta Premier Division: New format & more teams". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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