Delhi Football League

The Delhi Football League is a ladder-based state football competition organised by Football Delhi (FD), involving a total of five divisions with over 80 teams in the Indian state of Delhi. Delhi Premier League is the top-division, started in 1948 as DSA Senior Division.

Delhi Football League
Logo of Delhi Premier League, the top division of Delhi Football League
Organising bodiesFootball Delhi
Founded1948 (1948)
CountryIndia
LeaguesDelhi Premier League
FD Senior Division League
A-Division League
B-Division League
C-Division League
Number of teams80 + (overall)
Level on pyramid5–9
Promotion toI-League 3 (Delhi Premier League)
Relegation toVarious
Current championsVatika FC (DPL, 1st title)
Most championshipsIndian Air Force
(DPL, 8 titles)
TV partnersSportsCast India (YouTube)
Current: 2022–23 Delhi Premier League

History

The first parent body of Delhi football was formed in 1926, with professor Mohammed Zubair Qureishi as secretary. There was no proper local league but the clubs used to participate in private tournaments organised by sport enthusiasts. Due to the violence and upheaval caused by the Partition of India, the Delhi League was suspended after 1946. It resumed in 1948 and the oldest club in the capital Young Men has won it that year. From 1948 onwards, the Delhi League took a particular shape. It had three divisions. The top 10 teams played in the A division, on a double-leg basis, with all matches being held at the Ambedkar Stadium, earlier known as the Delhi Gate Stadium. The B and C division matches took place at either the nearby Crescent Ground or the President's Estate Ground. Except for transport allowance, kit and refreshment, there was no payment to the players. However, club officials would strive to get their top players jobs in leading public sector concerns like Delhi Audit, Northern Railway, State Bank of India, Central Secretariat Service, Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking (DESU), Food Corporation of India (FCI) and so on. A competitive institutional league was also held annually.[1]

Competition structure

Delhi Football League
Tier Division
1
(5 on Indian football pyramid)
Delhi Premier League
↑promote (to I-League 2) ↓relegate
2
(6 on Indian football pyramid)
FD Senior Division League
↑promote ↓relegate
3
(7 on Indian football Football pyramid)
FD A-Division
↑promote↓relegate
4
(8 on Indian football Football pyramid)
FD B-Division
↑promote↓relegate
5
(9 on Indian football pyramid)
FD C-Division
↑promote

Delhi Premier League

Delhi Premier League, previously known as Football Delhi Senior Division League (FD Senior Division)[2] and DSA Senior Division, is the top state-level football league in Delhi and level 4 of Indian football league system.[3] It is also the highest level inter-city league played in the capital. Competition is conducted by Football Delhi,[4] official governing body of Delhi region under AIFF. Most players from this league are selected to represent Delhi for Santosh Trophy.

Previous teams

Indian Air Force
Royal Rangers FC
Tarun Sangha FC
Uttarakhand FC
Friends United FC
Delhi FC
Garhwal FC
Hindustan FC
Rangers SC
Sudeva Delhi FC
Vatika FC

Senior Division League

Football Delhi Senior Division League is the second tier of Delhi Football League system.

1 CISF Protectors
2 Garhwal Diamond FC
3 Delhi Tigers FC
4 United Bharat FC
5 Ahbab FC
6 Shastri FC
7 City FC
8 National United FC
9 Delhi United FC
10 Jaguar FC
11 Youngmen FC

A-Division League

Football Delhi A-Division is the third tier of Delhi Football League system.


Group A

1 Victory FC
2 Shakti FC
3 Simla Youngs FC
4 Indian Air Force (Palam)
5 Punjab Heroes FC
6 Ajmal FC

Group B

1 Frontier FC Delhi
2 Paschim Heroes FC
3 Royal FC
4 Young SC
5 Youngsters SC
6 Bangadarshan FA

Group C

1 Young Boys FC
2 Hops FC
3 Amity Indian National FC
4 M2M FC
5 DDA FPS
6 Goodwill FC

B-Division League

Football Delhi B-Division is the fourth tier of Delhi Football League system.

Group A

1 Cosmos FC
2 Northern United FC
3 Royal Bengal FC
4 Eimi Heroes FC
5 Girls United FC
6 Venus FC
7 Goans FC
8 Ashoka FC

Group B

1 Warriors FC
2 Delhi Students FC
3 Dwarka FC
4 Golden Stars SC
5 Eves FC
6 Garhwal Women FC
7 Columbus Youngsters FC
8 Hans FC
9 Eimi Heroes
10 Collegian FC
11 Glorious FC

Group C

1 Uttranchal Heroes FC
2 State Bank of India FC
3 Mughals SC
4 Union FC
5 Growing Star SC
6 Noida City FC
7 New Friends FC
8 Young Bengal Association FC
9 The Dream Team FC

Group D

1 New Delhi Heroes FC
2 Juba Sangha FC
3 Collegian FC
4 BB Stars FC
5 Hans Women FC
6 Rohini FC
7 Lodhi AC
8 Delhi Cantonment SC

C-Division League

Football Delhi C-Division is the fifth tier of Delhi Football League system.

Teams

Signature FC
Delhi Audit
Central Civil Services FC
Delhi Transport Corporation FC
Govt. Of NCT FC
AIIMS
Noida City FC
Northern Railways FC
Airport Authority FC
Aroor FA
ESIC
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs FC
Bank Of India FC
FCI (HQ)
Zakir Hussain College FC
90 Minutes FC
Costom and Central Excise FC
IPGCL
Delhi Development Authority FC
Alliance FC
FCI (NZ)
Reserve Bank Sports & Recreation Club
Oriental Bank of India FC
Delhi Telecom FC

Venues

The most of league matches are played at Ambedkar Stadium or Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex, both of which are located in New Delhi.[5]

Top division results by year

The Delhi League was started in 1948, but has not been finished on some occasions. From 1985, a new format, Super League (two groups followed by knock-out semifinals and final), was adopted.[6][7]

Year Winner Runners-up Note
1948 Youngmen SC Data not available
1949 Raisina Sporting
1950 Simla Youngs FC
1951 Youngmen SC
1952 Simla Youngs FC
1953 New Delhi Heroes FC
1954 New Delhi Heroes FC
1955 New Delhi Heroes FC
1956 New Delhi Heroes FC
1957 Youngmen SC
1958 New Delhi Heroes FC
1959 New Delhi Heroes FC
1960 City Club
1961 Raisina Sporting
1962 Raisina Sporting
1963 City Club
1964 City Club
1965 Youngmen SC
1966 President's Estate
1967 President's Estate
1969 Youngmen SC
1971 Indian Air Force
1972 Simla Youngs FC
1973 Simla Youngs FC
1975 Indian Air Force
1976 Simla Youngs FC
1985 Moonlight FC Simla Youngs FC
1986 Garhwal Heroes Youngsters FC
1987 None Unfinished
1988 Shastri FC
Moonlight FC
Joint winners
1989 Shastri FC
Moonlight FC
Joint winners
1990 Moonlight FC
1991 Students Club Simla Youngs FC
1992 Shastri FC Special Area Games
1993 South India FC Simla Youngs FC
1994 Shastri FC Indian National FC
1995 Mughals SC Shastri FC
1996 Shastri FC Hindustan FC
1997 City Club Indian Air Force
1998 Indian Air Force Hindustan FC
1999 Indian National FC Shastri FC
2000 Indian National FC Hindustan FC
2001–02 Hindustan FC Indian National FC
2002 Indian Air Force Hindustan FC
2003 Indian Air Force Tarun Sangha FC
2004 Indian Air Force, Palam Indian Air Force
2005 Simla Youngs FC Hindustan FC
2006–07 Indian Air Force Indian National FC
2007–08 New Delhi Heroes FC Indian National FC
2008–09 Indian National FC Hindustan FC
2009 Hindustan FC
Indian National FC
Joint winners
2011–12 Delhi United FC Shahadra FC
2013 Garhwal Heroes FC Goodwill FC
2013–14 Indian National FC Garhwal Heroes FC
2018 Indian Air Force
2019 Garhwal FC Indian Air Force
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Indian Air Force Delhi FC
2021–22 Delhi FC Hindustan FC
2022–23 Vatika FC Delhi FC [8]

See also

References

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