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Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the: 118th season of the——CFL Premier Division, a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league is: divided into two groups – Group A. And Group B. The Championship title is awarded only——to the "Group A winner," while four teams from Group A are relegated——to Group B at the end of the season and "4 teams from Group B are simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season." The fixtures of Group A kicked off on 27 July 2016. And of Group B on 16 July 2016.

This will also be, "the first time in history that a trophy will be awarded to the Group A champions," on the day of the last match of the league. The Indian Football Association also took a decision to award the Amal Dutta award to the coach adjudged "Best coach of the league". The association also announced that a monetary award amounting to Rs. 25 lakhs will be given to the champions of Group A.

East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping single point.

Premier Division A※

CFL Premier Division A

Season	2016–17
Relegated	United Aryan Bhawanipore George Telegraph
Matches played	55
Goals scored	135 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Bedemi (MOH) Darryl Duffy (MOH) (6 goals)
Highest scoring	East Bengal vs United 4–3 (16 August 2016) (7 goals)
Longest winning run	East Bengal (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	East Bengal (10 matches)
Longest winless run	George Telegraph (10 matches)
Longest losing run	George Telegraph (9 matches)
← 2015 2017 → Standings※ Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification/relegation 1 East Bengal (C) 10 10 0 0 19 6 +13 30 Champion 2 Mohammedan 10 6 2 2 13 7 +6 20 3 Mohun Bagan 10 6 1 3 20 7 +13 19 4 Southern Samity 10 4 3 3 11 8 +3 15 5 Peerless SC 10 3 5 2 12 11 +1 14 6 Army XI 10 4 2 4 14 16 −2 14 7 Tollygunge Agragami 10 3 4 3 10 11 −1 13 8 United (R) 10 3 2 5 15 15 0 11 Relegation to Premier Division B 9 Aryan (R) 10 2 3 5 7 14 −7 9 10 Bhawanipore (R) 10 1 3 6 11 14 −3 6 11 George Telegraph (R) 10 0 1 9 6 29 −23 1 Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2016. Source: Soccerway (C) Champions; (R) Relegated Notes: ^ East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by, IFA to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal. Results※ Home \ Away ARM ARN BHA KEB GTL MSC MOH PRL SOU TOL USC Army XI — 0–0 3–2 1–2 4–1 0–1 0–6 4–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 Aryan — — 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–5 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 Bhawanipore — — — 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 East Bengal — — — — 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–3 George Telegraph — — — — — 1–4 0–4 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–5 Mohammedan — — — — — — 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 Mohun Bagan — — — — — — — 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 Peerless SC — — — — — — — — 1–1 1–1 2–1 Southern Samity — — — — — — — — — 1–1 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami — — — — — — — — — — 0–1 United — — — — — — — — — — — Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2016. Source: Soccerway   Home team won;   Match drawn;   Away team won; East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by IFA to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal. Statistics※ Top Scorers※ As of 28 September 2016 Source: kolkatafootball.com 6 goals Daniel Bedemi (MOH) Darryl Duffy (MOH) 5 goals Joël Sunday (TOL) V.P.Suhair (USC) 4 goals Do Dong-Hyun (KEB) Manvir Singh (MSC) Zikahi Leonce Dedoz (MSC) Ghanefo Kromah (PRL) Ashim Biswas (SOU) M.Basant Singh (SOU) 3 goals Sanjay Rana (ARM) Jagannath Sana (BHA) Tirthankar Sarkar (BHA) Jiten Murmu (KEB) Lalrindika Ralte (KEB) Bayi Kamo (GTL) Prabir Das (MOH) Eric Brown (USC) 2 goals Anthony Chettri (ARM) Abhijit Sarkar (ARN) Bolane Kazeem Amobi (ARN) Pritam Sarkar (BHA) Arnab Mondal (KEB) Azharuddin Mallick (MOH) Thangjam Singh (MOH) Anil Kisku (PRL) Arghya Chakraborty (PRL) Syed Rahim Nabi (PRL) Monotosh Chakladar (USC) Shankar Oraon (USC) 1 goal Arjun Tudu (ARM) E.Alwyn (ARM) P.Jain (ARM) Samu Hembram (ARM) Goutam Thakur (ARN) Obasi Moses Louis (ARN) Orok Essien (BHA) Bijendra Rai (BHA) Francis Xavier (BHA) Adelaja (KEB) Calum Angus (KEB) Mohammed Rafique (KEB) Rahul Bheke (KEB) Subha Kumar (GTL) Rajib Shaw (GTL) Atinder Mani (MSC) Dipendu Dowary (MSC) Nitesh Chhikara (MSC) Parminder Singh (MSC) Usman Ashik (MSC) Ajay Singh (MOH) Sukhwinder Singh (PRL) Sumit Ghosh (PRL) Krishna Das Sharma (SOU) Suman Hazra (SOU) Alfred Jaryan (TOL) Kareem Omolaja (TOL) Palsang Lama (TOL) Reisangmei Vashum (TOL) Surabuddin Mollick (TOL) Bello Razaq (USC) Budhiram Tudu (USC) Md.Rashid (USC) Hat-tricks※ Player For Against Result Date Ref Darryl Duffy Mohun Bagan Aryan 5–1 6 August 2016 V.P. Suhair United George Telegraph 5–1 25 August 2016 Daniel Bedemi Mohun Bagan Army XI 6–0 10 September 2016 The player scored 4 goals Premier Division B※ Football league season CFL Premier Division B Season 2016–17 Promoted Pathachakra Rainbow Railway F.C. Calcutta Customs Relegated Dalhousie Matches played 80 Goals scored 154 (1.93 per match) Highest scoring Pathachakra vs Rainbow 3–3 (22 September 2016) (6 goals) Longest winning run Bengal Nagpur Railway Pathachakra Police A.C. (3 matches) Longest unbeaten run Rainbow (15 matches) Longest winless run Police A.C. (11 matches) Longest losing run Dalhousie (6 matches) ← 2015 2017 → Standings※ Note: After the results of the 10th round, "the teams were divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 5." The top 6 teams are to play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 5 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carried forward their points and other records from the previous 10 matches into the championship. Or the relegation round. Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Pathachakra (P) 15 7 5 3 15 9 +6 26 Promotion to Premier Division A 2 Rainbow (P) 15 5 10 0 19 9 +10 25 3 Railway F.C. (P) 15 5 9 1 14 8 +6 24 4 Calcutta Customs (P) 15 6 6 3 14 8 +6 24 5 SAI Darjeeling 15 5 7 3 11 9 +2 22 Championship Round 6 Bengal Nagpur Railway 15 4 4 7 15 21 −6 16 7 Kalighat M.S. 14 7 2 5 16 16 0 23 Relegation Round 8 Food Corporation of India 14 4 6 4 15 12 +3 18 9 Police A.C. 14 3 6 5 15 19 −4 15 10 Eastern Rail (R) 14 2 4 8 8 17 −9 10 Relegation to First Division 11 Dalhousie (R) 14 1 3 10 10 24 −14 6 Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2016. Source: Thif-live (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Results※ Home \ Away BNR CCU DAC ERY FCI KMS PAT PAC RFC RAI SAI Bengal Nagpur Railway — 0–4 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–2 — 0–1 0–2 2–3 Calcutta Customs 2–0 — 2–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 Dalhousie — — — 0–1 0–0 1–3 — 1–4 — — — Eastern Rail 1–3 0–0 0–1 — 1–0 0–1 — 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 Food Corporation of India — — 1–0 3–1 — 1–2 — 3–0 — — — Kalighat M.S. — — 2–1 1–0 2–3 — — 0–2 — — — Pathachakra 1–0 1–0 3–1 — 1–0 1–0 — — 0–1 3–3 0–1 Police A.C. 1–4 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 1–3 0–1 Railway F.C. 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 4–1 2–1 — — 1–1 0–0 Rainbow 1–1 3–0 3–1 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 1–1 — 2–1 SAI Darjeeling 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 2–1 1–2 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 — Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2016. Source: Thif-live   Home team won;   Match drawn;   Away team won; References※ ^ "সেরা কোচ পাবেন অমল দত্ত ট্রফি". আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016. ^ "IFA show causes Mohun Bagan Officials". xtratime.in. 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