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2021–22 FD Senior Division

The 2021–22 FD Senior Division[1] was the top-tier football season of Delhi Football League. The season started on October 9, 2021, and commenced on January 7, 2022. Previously, a short format tournament was held for the I-League Qualifiers.[2]

FD Senior Division
Season2021–22
Dates9 October 2021 – 7 January 2022 (including Premier League)
ChampionsDelhi FC
(1st title)
← 2021

Format edit

18 teams are divided in two groups, comprising 10 teams in group A and 8 teams in group B.[3] Group stage matches will be played in robin round basis. Five teams from each group will qualify for the inaugural Delhi Premier League.

Premier League will be played in round robin format. 10 teams will play each other once and league leader will be adjudged the winner. Bottom teams could be relegated to lower division.[2]

Teams edit

18 teams took part in the 2021 regular edition of the league:[3][4]

Group A edit

  • Indian Air Force FC
  • Royal Rangers FC
  • Youngmen SC
  • City FC
  • Tarun Sangha FC
  • Uttarakhand FC
  • National United SC
  • Ahbab FC
  • Jaguar FC
  • Friends United FC

Group B edit

Foreign players edit

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Delhi FC   Sérgio Barboza   Arthur Kouassi   Aser Pierrick Dipanda
City FC   Adeyemi Wahab Lasisi   Major Bangaly Coulibaly
Rangers SC   Bema Coulibaly
Garhwal FC   Oumar Cisse   Hamidou Dieye
Hindustan FC   Cheick Hamza Bamba
Tarun Sangha FC   Stanley Ifeanyi Eze   Lassine Karamoko

Standings edit

Group stage edit

Source: The Away End

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Royal Rangers FC 9 7 1 1 22 5 +17 22 Advanced to Premier League
2 Indian Air Force FC 9 7 1 1 19 8 +11 22
3 Friends United FC 9 6 1 2 16 10 +6 19
4 Uttarakhand FC 9 5 2 2 19 8 +11 17
5 Tarun Sangha FC 9 5 0 4 15 16 -1 15
6 Youngmen SC 9 4 1 4 10 11 -1 13
7 City FC 9 3 0 6 12 23 -11 9
8 Ahbab FC 9 1 3 5 9 18 -9 6
9 National United SC 9 1 1 7 9 17 -8 4
10 Jaguar FC 9 1 0 8 7 22 -15 3

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Delhi FC 7 6 0 1 42 5 +37 18 Advanced to Premier League
2 Garhwal FC 7 5 2 0 23 4 +19 17
3 Hindustan FC 7 4 1 2 18 10 +8 13
4 Rangers SC 7 4 0 3 19 13 +6 12
5 Sudeva Delhi FC 7 4 0 3 10 7 +3 12
6 Delhi United FC 7 2 0 5 8 30 -22 6
7 Garhwal Diamond FC 7 0 2 5 4 22 -18 2
8 Shastri FC 7 0 1 6 3 36 -33 1

Premier League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Delhi 9 7 1 1 20 6 +14 22 Champions and possible qualification for 2022–23 I-League 2[a]
2 Hindustan 9 6 1 2 20 14 +6 19 Possible qualification for 2022–23 I-League 2[a]
3 Friends United FC 9 5 1 3 15 10 +5 16
4 Royal Rangers FC 9 5 1 3 16 11 +5 16
5 Garhwal 9 4 2 3 23 13 +10 14
6 Indian Air Force FC 9 2 1 6 7 18 −11 7
7 Sudeva Delhi 9 2 4 3 9 6 +3 10
8 Rangers SC 9 3 1 5 15 15 0 10
9 Uttarakhand FC 9 2 0 7 9 24 −15 6
10 Tarun Sangha 9 2 2 5 7 24 −17 8
Source: The Away End
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
  1. ^ a b Depending on licensing criteria

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Senior Division | Football Delhi". Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Football Delhi Senior Division Football League from Saturday -". kheltoday.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Groups". Twitter. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Delhi (DSA) Senior Division League". The Away End. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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