1984 Calcutta Football League

The 1984 Calcutta Premier Division season was a state league within the Indian state of West Bengal. The league consisted of 27 teams and they played against each other once; making a team's total matches to 26. The league was concluded on September 18, 1984 and Mohun Bagan AC won their 19th title after winning 24 of their 26 matches.[1]

Calcutta Premier Division
Season1984
ChampionsMohun Bagan AC
(19th title)
Matches played351
Goals scored497 (1.42 per match)
Top goalscorerDebashish Roy
22 goals
All statistics correct as of 7 March 2022.

Mohun Bagan defeated second placed East Bengal by a solitary goal scored by Babu Mani in the Kolkata Derby,[2] while Mohun Bagan's only defeat was against the bottom placed team Wari AC.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mohun Bagan 26 24 1 1 52 2 +50 73
2 East Bengal 26 20 5 1 61 4 +57 65
3 Mohammedan 26 18 8 0 41 8 +33 62
4 Tollygunge Agragami 26 13 7 6 24 13 +11 46
5 Aryan 26 11 11 4 28 13 +15 44
6 Kidderpore 26 10 12 4 18 7 +11 42
7 Port Trust 26 8 12 6 12 16 −4 36
8 Eastern Railway 26 9 8 9 15 15 0 35
9 Railway FC 26 8 11 7 13 14 −1 35
10 Taltolla Institute 26 8 11 7 17 21 −4 35
11 Aikya Sammilani 26 9 7 10 16 18 −2 34
12 Salkia Friends 26 8 9 9 14 22 −8 33
13 Rajasthan 26 7 11 8 18 19 −1 32
14 B N Railway 26 6 13 7 13 13 0 31
15 Behala Youth 26 7 10 9 16 19 −3 31
16 Bata SC 26 7 10 9 15 18 −3 31
17 Barisha Sporting 26 6 12 8 12 20 −8 30
18 George Telegraph 26 7 9 10 14 24 −10 30
19 Taltala Ekata 26 5 13 8 15 21 −6 28
20 Howrah Union 26 6 9 11 11 26 −15 27
21 Kalighat 26 4 13 9 16 16 0 25
22 Sonali Sibir 26 5 10 11 16 32 −16 25
23 Bhratri Sangha 26 5 8 13 9 28 −19 23
24 Sporting Union 26 4 8 14 10 26 −16 20
25 Customs 26 2 12 12 8 24 −16 18
26 Kumartuli 26 3 9 14 9 35 −26 18
27 Wari AC 26 1 11 14 4 23 −19 14
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2022. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Statistics
  • Total matches played - 351;
221 were decided and 130 were drawn.
Railway FC was awarded a walk over against Bhratri Sangha.
  • Total goals scored - 497; only eight of them were self goals.
  • Biggest victory - East Bengal beat Kumartuli; 7 - 0
  • Most goals in a match - 7
East Bengal beat Kumartuli; 7 - 0
Kalighat beat Howrah Union; 6 - 1
Behala Youth beat Sonali Sibir; 5 - 2
  • Top scorer in a match - 4
Debashish Roy (East Bengal) vs Kumartuli
  • Fastest goals - 1st minute
Pranab Basu (Rajasthan) vs Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)
Shabbir Ali (Mohammedan SC) vs Mohun Bagan
  • Hat-tricks
Debashish Roy (East Bengal) vs Bata SC
Debashish Roy (East Bengal) vs Taltolla Institute
Sisir Ghosh (Aryan FC) vs Bhratri Sangha
Sisir Ghosh (Aryan FC) vs Sonali Sibir
Babu Mani (Mohun Bagan) vs George Telegraph
Jamshid Nassiri (Mohammedan SC) vs Taltolla Institute
  • Fastest Hat-tricks
Sisir Ghosh (Aryan FC) vs Sonali Sibir
Scored within a span of 15 minutes. ( 50th, 60th and 65th )
  • Top scorer
Debashish Roy (East Bengal) - 22 goals
  • Other leading scorers
Biswajit Bhattacharya (East Bengal) - 16 goals
Arup Das (Mohun Bagan) - 10 goals
Sisir Ghosh (Aryan FC) - 10 goals
Kamal Ghosh (Tollygunge Agragami) - 9 goals
Babu Mani (Mohun Bagan) - 8 goals [2]
Jamshid Nassiri (Mohammedan SC) - 8 goals
Subir Sircar (Mohammedan SC) - 8 goals
Pradip Saha (Kalighat) - 8 goals

References
  1. "After winning the Calcutta League in 1984". Twitter Mohun Bagan E-Library. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  2. "1984 Calcutta Football League". Twitter Mohun Bagan E-Library. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. Sarkar, Ashim Kumar (6 October 1984). "How they fared in Calcutta league". The Sportstar: 1.
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