Kolkata Giants East Bengal FC and Mohun Bagan SG Clubbed in Group A of Calcutta Football League (CFL) Premier Division 2026. Apart from the two rivals, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, the other teams of Group A are Bidhannagar MSA, Bhawanipore, BSS, Calcutta Customs, East Bengal FC, George Telegraph, Kidderpore, Kalighat MS, Measurers Club, Pathachakra, Railway, United Kolkata.
Aryan, Calcutta Police, Coal India, Diamond Harbour FC, Kalighat SLA, Mohammedan SC, Peerless, Police AC, Rainbow, Shribhumi, Suruchi Sangha, United FC, Wari are placed in Group B.
Defending Champions East Bengal FC had won the CFL title a record 41 times – 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024-25, 2025
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