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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