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FD Senior Division
Season	2021–22
Dates	9 October 2021 – 7 January 2022 (including Premier League)
Champions	Delhi FC; (1st title)
	← 2021 2022–23 →

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]

Format

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

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

Group A

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

Delhi FC
Garhwal FC
Delhi United FC
Hindustan FC
Shastri FC
Rangers SC
Sudeva Delhi FC
Garhwal Diamond FC

Foreign players

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

Group stage

Source: The Away End

Group A

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

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

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

^ ^a ^b Depending on licensing criteria

References

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