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2025 CFL Premier Division

The 2025 CFL Premier Division was the 127th overall season of the Calcutta Football League – highest state-level football division of West 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.

Changes from last season
: Relegated to 2025 CFL 1st DivisionEastern Railway FCTollygunge Agragami FC ---- : Promoted to 2025 CFL Premier DivisionSribhumi FC • United Kolkata SC ==Format==
Format
The 2025 CFL Premier Division, like the 2024–25 CFL Premier Division, will have twenty-six teams divided into two groups in the first phase, where each team will play twelve matches in single 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 by Indian Football Association. ==Venues==
Venues
• Amal Datta Krirangan, Dum DumBankimanjali Stadium, Naihati • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium, Barrackpore • Bidhannagar Municipal Sports Complex, Bidhannagar • Chakdaha Stadium, ChakdahaEast Bengal/Aryan Ground, Kolkata • Eastern Ground, ChinsurahKalyani Stadium, KalyaniKishore Bharati Krirangan, KolkataMohammedan/Howrah Union Ground, KolkataMohun Bagan/Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata • Netaji Sports Complex, KamalgaziRabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata • Uluberia Stadium, HowrahVivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata ==Teams==
Group stage
Group A Group B == Super Six ==
Super Six
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 and institutional teams are ineligible for 2026–27 I-League 3 season. Qualified teams The six qualified teams for the Super Six phase from both the groups: Standings & Fixtures == Relegation Round ==
Relegation Round
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 to First Division. Qualified teams The six teams for the Relegation phase from both the groups are: Standings & Fixtures ==See also==
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