List of Champions of the Calcutta Football League

List of Champions of the Calcutta Football League:

The Calcutta Football League is the oldest league in Asia and one of the oldest in the World. It was started by the British at the end of the last century!!! Interesting is the fact that since 1934 only one club besides the Maidan big three, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting, was able to win the league title, it was Eastern Railway in 1958. Even more interesting is that since 1982 the league title was either won by Mohun Bagan or East Bengal. The format of the league has changed a lot over the years. The current format was introduced last season. The 10-team league plays a first leg, in which all teams played against each other. Then in the second leg, the league is devided into a top and bottom half. The top 5 teams played for the title while the bottom 5 played against each other to avoid relegation.


                                                                 
Years  Winners                        - Runners-Up              :
1898   Gloucestershire Regiment       - Rangers Club
1899   Calcutta FC
1900   Royal Irish Rifles
1901   Royal Irish Rifles
1902   King´s Own Scottish Borderers
1903   93rd Highlanders
1904   King's Own Regiment
1905   King's Own Regiment
1906   Highlander Light Infantry
1907   Calcutta FC
1908   Gordon Light Infantry
1909   Gordon Light Infantry
1910   Dalhousie
1911   70th Company RGA
1912   Black Watch
1913   Black Watch
1914   91st Highlanders
1915   10th Middlesex Regiment
1916   Calcutta FC
1917   Lincolnshire Regiment
1918   Calcutta FC
1919   12th Special Service Battalion
1920   Calcutta FC
1921   Dalhousie
1922   Calcutta FC
1923   Calcutta FC
1924   Cameron Highlanders
1925   Calcutta FC
1926   North Staffordshire Regiment   - Calcutta FC              3-1
1927   North Staffordshire Regiment
1928   Dalhousie
1929   Dalhousie
1930   -----------
1931   Durham Light Rifles
1932   Durham Light Rifles
1933   Durham Light Rifles
1934   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1935   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1936   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1937   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1938   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1939   Mohun Bagan AC
1940   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1941   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1942   East Bengal Club
1943   Mohun Bagan AC
1944   Mohun Bagan AC
1945   East Bengal Club
1946   East Bengal Club
1947   -----------
1948   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1949   East Bengal Club
1950   East Bengal Club
1951   Mohun Bagan AC
1952   East Bengal Club
1953   -----------
1954   Mohun Bagan AC
1955   Mohun Bagan AC
1956   Mohun Bagan AC
1957   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1958   Eastern Railway SC
1959   Mohun Bagan AC
1960   Mohun Bagan AC
1961   East Bengal Club
1962   Mohun Bagan AC                 - East Bengal Club
1963   Mohun Bagan AC
1964   Mohun Bagan AC
1965   Mohun Bagan AC
1966   East Bengal Club
1967   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1968   -----------
1969   Mohun Bagan AC
1970   East Bengal Club
1971   East Bengal Club
1972   East Bengal Club
1973   East Bengal Club
1974   East Bengal Club
1975   East Bengal Club
1976   Mohun Bagan AC
1977   East Bengal Club
1978   Mohun Bagan AC
1979   Mohun Bagan AC
1980   -----------
1981   Mohammedan Sporting Club
1982   East Bengal Club
1983   Mohun Bagan AC
1984   Mohun Bagan AC
1985   East Bengal Club
1986   Mohun Bagan AC
1987   East Bengal Club
1988   East Bengal Club
1989   East Bengal Club
1990   Mohun Bagan AC                 - East Bengal Club
1991   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC
1992   Mohun Bagan AC                 - Mohammedan Sporting Club
1993   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC
1994   Mohun Bagan AC                 - East Bengal Club
1995   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC
1996   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC
1997   Mohun Bagan AC                 - East Bengal Club
1998   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC           1-0
1999   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC
2000   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC
2001   Mohun Bagan AC                 - East Bengal Club
2002   East Bengal Club               - Mohammedan Sporting Club 3-0
2003   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC           1-1,5-4 [pen]
2004   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC
2005   Mohun Bagan AC                 - East Bengal Club
2006   East Bengal Club               - Mohun Bagan AC
2007   Mohun Bagan AC                 - East Bengal Club
2007   Mohun Bagan AC                 - Mohammedan Sporting Club

Top League Title winners:

31 East Bengal Club

28 Mohun Bagan AC

11 Mohammedan Sporting Club

 8 Calcutta FC

 4 Dalhousie

 3 Durham Light Rifles

 2 Black Watch
 2 Gordon Light Infantry
 2 King's Own Regiment
 2 North Staffordshire Regiment
 2 Royal Irish Rifles

 1 10th Middlesex Regiment
 1 12th Special Service Battalion
 1 70th Company RGA
 1 91st Highlanders
 1 93rd Highlanders
 1 Cameron Highlander 
 1 Eastern Railway SC
 1 Gloucestershire Regiment
 1 Highlander Light Infantry
 1 King's Own Scottish Borderers
 1 Lincolnshire Regiment

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