title: 2018 Calcutta Premier Division
text: # 2018 Calcutta Premier Division
  
  The 2018 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 121st season of the Calcutta Premier Division, a state association football league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league is divided into two groups – Division A and Division B. The Championship title is awarded only to the Division A winner, while four teams from Division A are relegated to Division B at the end of the season and four teams from Division B are simultaneously promoted to Division A for the next season. The fixtures of Division A and Division B started on 3 August and 5 August 2018 respectively.
  
  ## Premier Division A
  
  ### Standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mohun Bagan (C) | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 29 | Champion |
  | 2 | Peerless SC | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 25 | |
  | 3 | East Bengal | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 23 | |
  | 4 | Mohammedan | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 19 | Qualified for I-League 2nd Division |
  | 5 | Rainbow | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 17 | Qualified for I-League 2nd Division |
  | 6 | George Telegraph | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 15 | |
  | 7 | Calcutta Customs | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | |
  | 8 | Aryan | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 14 | |
  | 9 | Pathachakra | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 13 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
  | 10 | Tollygunge Agragami | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 8 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
  | 11 | FCI | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 4 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
  | 12 | West Bengal Police | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 2 | Relegation to Premier Division B |
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ARN | CCU | EB | FCI | GT | MSC | MB | PAT | PRL | RAC | TA | WBP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aryan | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
  | Calcutta Customs | | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
  | East Bengal | | | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
  | FCI | | | | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
  | George Telegraph | | | | | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
  | Mohammedan | | | | | | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
  | Mohun Bagan | | | | | | | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
  | Pathachakra | | | | | | | | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
  | Peerless SC | | | | | | | | | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
  | Rainbow | | | | | | | | | | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
  | Tollygunge Agragami | | | | | | | | | | | — | 1–1 |
  | West Bengal Police | | | | | | | | | | | | — |
  
  **Managers and foreigners**
  
  | Club | Head Coach | Foreigner 1 | Foreigner 2 | Foreigner 3 | Foreigner 4 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aryan | Debashish Nandy | Seidu Mady | Bello Razaq | Gatch Arthure Diomande | Emmanuel Chigozie |
  | Calcutta Customs | Rajeev Dey | Samuel Kane | John Ampong | Eze Stanley Ifeanyi | — |
  | East Bengal | Bastob Roy | Mahmoud Amnah | Kassim Aidara | Jhonny Acosta | — |
  | FCI (Eastern Zone) | Sudeep Chakraborty | — | — | — | — |
  | George Telegraph | Ranjan Bhattacharya | Echezona Anyichie | Reo Nakamura | Justice Morgan | Stephen Harry |
  | Mohammedan | Sudeep Sarkar | Lancine Touré | Bazie Armand | Olariche Princewill Emeka | Philip Adjah |
  | Mohun Bagan | Sankarlal Chakraborty | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Eze Kingsley | Henry Kisekka | Yuta Kinowaki |
  | Pathachakra | Anjan Nath | Victor Kamhuka | Anto Pejic | Futa Nakamura | Bright Middleton Mends |
  | Peerless | Tapan Chakraborty | Ansumana Kromah | Anthony Wolfe | Chika Wali | — |
  | Rainbow | Tarit Ghosh | Joel Sunday | Penn Orji | Godwin Quashiga | Guy Eric Dano |
  | Tollygunge Agragami | Bimal Ghosh | Daniel Bedemi | Richard Agwu Somtochukwu | Lago Dagbo Bei | Kamo Stephane Bayi |
  | West Bengal Police | Sahadeb Bhowmick | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Stadiums
  
  | Stadium | Capacity |
  | - | - |
  | Mohun Bagan/CCFC Ground | 22,000 |
  | East Bengal/Aryan Ground | 23,500 |
  | Mohammedan/Howrah Union Ground | 15,000 |
  | Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan | 85,000 |
  | Barasat Stadium | 22,000 |
  | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
  | Gayespur Stadium | 12,000 |
  
  ### Attendance
  
  **Derby attendance**
  
  * Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal FC— 65,322
  * Mohun Bagan vs Mohammedan SC— 12,317
  * East Bengal Club vs Mohammedan SC— 12,557
  
  ### Statistics
  
  * Goal by Indians- 58 goals
  * Goal by Foreigners- 92 goals
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  
      As of 19 September 2018
  
  Source: kolkatafootball.com
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  **11 goals**
  
  * Ansumana Kromah (Peerless SC)
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  **10 goals**
  
  * Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan)
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  **6 goals**
  
  * Joel Sunday (Rainbow)
  * Henry Kisekka (Mohun Bagan)
  * Bright Middleton Mends (Pathachakra)
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  **5 goals**
  
  * John Ampong (Calcutta Customs)
  * Stephen Harry (George Telegraph)
  * Anthony Wolfe (Peerless SC)
  * Justice Morgan (George Telegraph)
  * Emmanuel Chinedu (Aryan)
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  **4 goals**
  
  * Kamo Stephane Bayi (Tollygunge Agragami)
  * Gatch Arthure Diomande (Aryan)
  * Philip Adjah (Mohammedan)
  * Jobby Justin (East Bengal)
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  **3 goals**
  
  * Emmanuel Chigozie (Aryan)
  * Eze Stanley Ifeanyi (Calcutta Customs)
  * Laldanmawia Ralte (East Bengal)
  * Princewell Emeka (Mohammedan)
  * Kassim Aidara (East Bengal)
  * Lago Dagbo Bei (Tollygunge Agragami)
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  **2 goals**
  
  * Poltu Das (Rainbow)
  * Anto Pejić (Pathachakra)
  * Azharuddin Mallick (Mohun Bagan)
  * Gopal Poddar (FCI)
  * Sk. Samim (West Bengal Police)
  * Narohari Srestha (Peerless SC)
  * Ashim Biswas (Tollygunge Agragami)
  * Victor Kamhuka (Pathachakra)
  * Bubai Das (Pathachakra)
  * Ujjal Howladar (Aryan)
  * Jhonny Acosta (East Bengal)
  * Brandon Vanlalremdika (East Bengal)
  * Tirthankar Sarkar (Mohun Bagan)
  * Pintu Mahata (Mohun Bagan)
  
  **Top scorers**
  
  **1 goal**
  
  * Prosenjit Chakroborty (Mohammedan)
  * Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal)
  * Abhishek Ambekar (Mohun Bagan)
  * Abhijit Sarkar (Rainbow)
  * Lakshmikant Mandi (Peerless SC)
  * Sumit Das (Mohammedan)
  * Nirmal Singh Bisht (Calcutta Customs)
  * Mahmoud Amnah (East Bengal)
  * William Lalnunfela (Mohun Bagan)
  * Penn Orji (Rainbow)
  * Guy Eric Dano (Rainbow)
  * Semboi Haokip (West Bengal Police)
  * Samad Ali Mallick (East Bengal)
  * Britto PM (Mohun Bagan)
  * Deep Halder (FCI)
  * Daniel Bedemi (Tollygunge Agragami)
  * Subho Kumar (George Telegraph)
  * Lalramchullova (East Bengal)
  * Amit Roy (Calcutta Customs)
  * Tonmoy Ghosh (Mohammedan)
  * Dipendu Dowary (Mohammedan)
  * Shilton D'Silva (Mohun Bagan)
  * Mehtab Singh (East Bengal)
  * Koushik Sarkar (East Bengal)
  * Ram Malik (Calcutta Customs)
  * Mrinmoy Samanta (FCI)
  * Khokon Das (Rainbow)
  * Govin Singh (Tollygunge Agragami)
  * Lalchhawnkima (Mohun Bagan)
  * Echezona Anyichie (George Telegraph)
  * Hira Mondal (Peerless SC)
  * Somananda Singh (Pathachakra)
  * Kunal Ghosh (Aryan)
  * Dipankar Podder (Pathachakra)
  * Sujoy Dutta (Rainbow)
  
  **Own goals**
  
  
      As of 19 September 2018
  
  Source: kolkatafootball.com
  
  * Sandeep Debnath (WBP)
  
  **Clean sheets**
  
  
      As of 19 September 2018
  
  Source: kolkatafootball.com
  
  **Clean sheets**
  
  **6 clean sheets**
  
  * Rakshit Dagar (East Bengal)
  * Laltu Mondol (George Telegraph)
  
  **Clean sheets**
  
  **4 clean sheets**
  
  * Priyant Singh (Mohammedan)
  * Sandeep Paul (Peerless)
  * Souvik Santra (Aryan)
  * Sankar Roy (Mohun Bagan)
  * Laltu Mondol (George Telegraph)
  
  **Clean sheets**
  
  **3 clean sheets**
  
  * Shilton Paul (Mohun Bagan)
  * Dibyendu Sarkar (Rainbow)
  
  **Clean sheets**
  
  **2 clean sheets**
  
  * Suvam Sen (Calcutta Customs)
  * Ubaid CK (East Bengal)
  
  **Clean sheets**
  
  **1 clean sheets**
  
  * Arindam Ghosh (Pathachakra)
  * Arup Debnath (Mohammedan)
  * Abhijit Das (Pathachakra)
  
  **Hat-tricks**
  
  | Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ansumana Kromah | Peerless | George Telegraph | 3–1 | 20 August 2018 |
  | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | West Bengal Police | 5–0 | 25 August 2018 |
  | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | FCI | 5–0 | 5 September 2018 |
  
  **Fastest goals**
  
  | Player | For | Against | Timing |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Stephen Harry | George Telegraph | Calcutta Customs | 1 minute 10 seconds |
  | Aser Pierrick Dipanda | Mohun Bagan | West Bengal Police | 1 minute 32 seconds |
  | Philip Adjah | Mohammedan | Tollygunge Agragami | 1 minute 35 Seconds |
  
  ## Previous Division B
  
  ### Standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kalighat M.S. | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 27 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
  | 2 | Southern Samity | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 25 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
  | 3 | Bhowanipore | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 23 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
  | 4 | BSS Sporting Club | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 21 | Promotion to Premier Division A |
  | 5 | SAI | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 16 | Championship Round |
  | 6 | Railways FC | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 9 | Championship Round |
  | 7 | Kidderpore SC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | Relegation Round |
  | 8 | United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 | Relegation Round |
  | 9 | Taltala Dipti Sangha | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 2 | Relegation to First Division |
  | 10 | Army XI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to First Division |
  
  * ↑ Army XI withdrew from the competition due to some uncited reasons.
  
  Notes: 1.^ After the completion of the single round robin, the teams will be divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 4. The top 6 teams will play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 4 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carries forward their points and other records from the previous 1st round matches into the championship or the relegation round. Overall 4 teams are promoted.
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | Army XI | BSS S.C. | BSC | KMS | KSC | RLY | SAI | SOU | TDS | USC |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Army XI | — | | | | | | | | | |
  | BSS S.C. | | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
  | Bhowanipore | | 1–1 | — | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | |
  | Kalighat MS | | 0–3 | | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | |
  | Kidderpore SC | | | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
  | Railways FC | | | 0–2 | 0–4 | | — | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
  | SAI Darjeeling | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | — | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
  | Southern Samity | | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | | 0–0 |
  | Taltala Dipti Sangha | | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | | | — | 1–2 |
  | United | | | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
  