The 2016 Calcutta Football League Premier Division was the 118th season of the Calcutta Premier Division, a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league is divided into two groups – Group A and Group B. The Championship title is awarded only to the Group A winner, while four teams from Group A are relegated to Group B at the end of the season and 4 teams from Group B are simultaneously promoted to Group A for the next season. The fixtures of Group A kicked off on 27 July 2016, while the fixtures for Group B had kicked off on 16 July 2016. This will also be the first time in history that a trophy will be awarded to the Group A champions, on the day of the last match of the league. The Indian Football Association also took a decision to award the Amal Dutta award to the coach adjudged "Best coach of the league". The association also announced that a monetary award amounting to Rs. 25 lakhs will be given to the champions of Group A. East Bengal were crowned champions for a record 38th time in history and for the 7th consecutive season. This is also the 3rd time that they have won the league without dropping a single point.

Premier Division A

Standings

Results

; ; ; ¹ East Bengal were awarded 3 points in the match against Mohun Bagan as Mohun Bagan refused to field a team for the match citing inadequate time for practice. The result of the match was declared by

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to be 3–0 in favour of East Bengal.

Statistics

Top Scorers

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Hat-tricks

⁴ The player scored 4 goals

Premier Division B

Standings

Note: ''After the results of the 10th round, the teams were divided into two groups of top 6 and bottom 5. The top 6 teams are to play against each other in a single-leg format, called the championship round, while the bottom 5 teams play against each other in the same single-leg format called the relegation round. Each team carried forward their points and other records from the previous 10 matches into the championship or the relegation round.''

Results

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References

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