2021–22 FD Senior Division

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

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

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Delhi FC Brazil Sérgio Barboza Ivory Coast Arthur Kouassi Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda
City FC Nigeria Adeyemi Wahab Lasisi Ivory Coast Major Bangaly Coulibaly
Rangers SC Ivory Coast Bema Coulibaly
Garhwal FC Ivory Coast Oumar Cisse Senegal Hamidou Dieye
Hindustan FC Ivory Coast Cheick Hamza Bamba
Tarun Sangha FC Nigeria Stanley Ifeanyi Eze Ivory Coast 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
  1. ^ a b Depending on licensing criteria

See also

References

  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.