| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Group stage: 25 June – 6 September 2025 Super Six: 11–22 September 2025 Relegation round: 10–15 September 2025 |
| Champions | East Bengal (41st title) |
| Relegated | Southern Samity Army Red |
| Matches | 174 |
| Goals | 471 (2.71 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bidyashagar Singh (9 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Suruchi Sangha 6–0 Measurers (7 July 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Measurers 1–7East Bengal (27 June 2025) Behala SS 0–6 East Bengal (29 July 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Measurers 1–7 East Bengal (27 June 2025) Southern Samity 2–6Kidderpore (21 August 2025) |
| Longest winning run | United SC United Kolkata (5 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Peerless (10 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Southern Samity (12 matches) |
←2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 22 September 2025. | |
The2025 CFL Premier Division is the 127th overall season of theCalcutta Football League – higheststate-levelfootball division ofWest Bengal. The 2025-26 edition has 26 teams divided into two groups of 13 in the first phase, with top 6 qualifying for the championship round and bottom 6 heading into the relegation round.
The tournament began with match betweenBSS Sporting Club andKalighat Milan Sangha inBankimanjali Stadium,Naihati on 25 June 2025 after few prolific hours of opening ceremony.

This year's Calcutta Premier Division is having a trophy for the champions named after legendary footballerPradip Kumar Banerjee.
The 2025 CFL Premier Division, like the2024–25 CFL Premier Division, will have twenty-six teams divided into two groups in the first phase, where each team will play twelve matches insingle round robin format. After that, top three teams from the two groups shall proceed to the championship round, where each team shall play five more matches to determine the champion. The bottom three teams from both groups will play the relegation round.
Draw for the group division was done on 28th May 2025 at Calcutta Rowing Club Auditorium byIndian Football Association.[1]
| Group A | Group B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Team | Head coach | Captain |
| Army Red | Bhawanipore | ||||
| Calcutta Customs | Aryan | ||||
| BSS | Calcutta Police Club | ||||
| East Bengal | Diamond Harbour | ||||
| Kalighat MS | United Kolkata SC | ||||
| George Telegraph | Sribhumi | ||||
| Measurers Club | Wari | ||||
| Mohun Bagan SG | Mohammedan Sporting | ||||
| Pathachakra | Peerless | ||||
| Police AC | Southern Samity | ||||
| Railway | United SC | ||||
| Suruchi Sangha | Rainbow | ||||
| Kalighat Sports Lovers Association | Kidderpore | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EAB | SUS | CCU | PAC | PTC | MBG | BSS | KSL | GGT | MEA | KMS | RLY | ARM[a] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Bengal | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 10 | +23 | 26 | Super Six round | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Suruchi Sangha | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 25 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 3 | Calcutta Customs | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 25 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Police AC | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 24 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Pathachakra | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 19 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Mohun Bagan SG | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 18[b] | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| 7 | BSS | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 17 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| 8 | Kalighat SLA | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 16 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||
| 9 | George Telegraph | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 14 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | ||||||||
| 10 | Measurers Club | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 13 | 1–7 | 3–0[c] | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Kalighat MS | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 12 | Relegation round | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 12 | Railway FC | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 9 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 13 | Army Red[a] | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 36 | −36 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UTD | DIH | UKS | BHA | PRL | RNB | SRB | KID | WAR | ARY | MDS | CPC | SOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United SC | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 27 | Super Six round | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |||||||
| 2 | Diamond Harbour | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 25 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||||||
| 3 | United Kolkata SC | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 24 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Bhawanipore | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 22 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Peerless | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 21 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Rainbow | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 20 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||
| 7 | Sribhumi | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 18 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |||||||||
| 8 | Kidderpore | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 16 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | |||||||
| 9 | Wari | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 13 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Aryan | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 12 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Mohammedan | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 11 | Relegation round | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Calcutta Police Club | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Southern Samity | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 0[a] | 0–2 | 0–3[b] | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
The top three teams from both groups qualified for the Super Six round with the points from the group stage being not carried over. Each team will be playing three matches against the qualified teams from the other group. Team getting highest points will be adjudged as champions.
Indian Super League,I-League 2,I-League 3 andinstitutional teams are ineligible for2026–27 I-League 3 season.
The six qualified teams for the Super Six phase from both the groups:
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| East Bengal | United SC |
| Suruchi Sangha | Diamond Harbour |
| Calcutta Customs | United Kolkata SC |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EAB(EAB) | UTD(UTD) | SUS | DIH(DIH) | UKS | CCU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Bengal(ISL)(C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Champions | 3–1 | 3–0 | |||||
| 2 | United SC(IL2) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | ||||||
| 3 | Suruchi Sangha(Q) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Eligible forI-League 3[a] | 0–4 | ||||||
| 4 | Diamond Harbour(IL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0–2 | |||||||
| 5 | United Kolkata(Q) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | Eligible forI-League 3[a] | 0–3 | ||||||
| 6 | Calcutta Customs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–5 |
The bottom teams from both groups qualified for the Relegation round with the points from the group stage being carried over. The bottom 2 teams in the relegation round will be relegated toFirst Division.
The six teams for the Relegation phase from both the groups are:
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| Kalighat MS | Mohammedan |
| Railway FC | Calcutta Police Club |
| Army Red | Southern Samity |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MDS | KMS | RLY | CPC | SOU[a] | AR[b] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammedan | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 17 | ABN | 6–1 | ABN | 3–0 | ||||
| 2 | Kalighat MS | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 15 | ABN | ABN | 3–0 | |||||
| 3 | Railway FC | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 26 | −21 | 7 | 0–0 | ABN | ||||||
| 4 | Calcutta Police Club | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 5 | ABN | |||||||
| 5 | Southern Samity[a](R) | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 34 | −24 | 0[c] | Relegated toFirst Division | |||||||
| 6 | Army Red[b](R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |