Calcutta Football League
The Calcutta Football League is a men's professional football league in West Bengal, India. For sponsorship reasons, the league is officially known as the Officer's Choice Blue Calcutta Premier League. One of the top football leagues in the state. League system where several football clubs of the Indian city of Kolkata participate. It currently consists of a seven-tier pyramid system.
Indian Football Association conducts the CFL with 157 mostly Kolkata based clubs and units. Started in 1898, this league is the oldest football league in Asia and regarded as one of the oldest football competitions in the world. There are about 8,500 directly registered players of IFA who participate in CFL.
Division structure
With the season starting 2015, the clubs were redistributed in to these six divisions:- Premier Division
- #Premier Division A
- #Premier Division B
- First Division
- Second Division
- Third Division
- Fourth Division
- Fifth Division:
- #Fifth Division Group A
- #Fifth Division Group B
Prize Money
As updated on 28 July 2019.| Purse | |
| Champions | 10 Lakh |
| 1st Runners-up | 5 Lakh |
| 2nd Runner-up | 25 Thousand |
| Matchday Subsidy | 5 Thousand |
| Match winner | 5 Thousand |
| Man of the Match | 5 Thousand |
Sponsorship
League Title Sponsor
| Period | Sponsor | Industry | Tournament Name |
| 1898–2004 | No Sponsor | Calcutta Football League | |
| 2005–2014 | Sahara | Conglomerate | Sahara Calcutta Premier League |
| 2015–Present | Officer's Choice Blue | Beverage | Officer's Choice Blue Calcutta Premier League |
Other sponsors
- Shyam Steel - Referee jersey sponsor
- Khadim's - Prize money sponsor
- Cosco - Ball Sponsor
- Vicky transform - Kits Sponsor
Media Coverage
List of winners
The list only contains the names of the teams that have won the highest division of the league system.| Club | Titles | Winning years |
| East Bengal F.C. | 39 | 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Mohun Bagan AC | 30 | 1939, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018 |
| Mohammedan | 11 | 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957, 1967, 1981 |
| Calcutta F.C. | 8 | 1899, 1907, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925 |
| Dalhousie AC | 4 | 1910, 1921, 1928, 1929 |
| Durham Light Infantry | 3 | 1931, 1932, 1933 |
| Black Watch | 2 | 1912, 1913 |
| Gordon Light Infantry FC | 2 | 1908, 1909 |
| King's Regiment | 2 | 1904, 1905 |
| N Staffordshire Regiment | 2 | 1926, 1927 |
| Royal Irish Rifles | 2 | 1900, 1901 |
| Peerless FC | 1 | 2019 |
| Scottish Borderers | 1 | 1902 |
| Eastern Railway F.C | 1 | 1958 |
| 10th Middlesex Regiment | 1 | 1915 |
| 12th Special Service Battalion | 1 | 1919 |
| 70th Company RGA | 1 | 1911 |
| 91st Highlanders | 1 | 1914 |
| 93rd Highlanders | 1 | 1903 |
| Cameron Highlanders | 1 | 1924 |
| Gloucestershire Regiment | 1 | 1898 |
| Highlander Light Infantry | 1 | 1906 |
| Lincolnshire Regiment | 1 | 1917 |