2021–22 FD Senior Division
{{Short description|Top tier football league in the state of Delhi.}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}}
{{infobox football league season
| competition = FD Senior Division
| season = 2021–22
| dates = 9 October 2021 – 7 January 2022 (including Premier League)
| winners = Delhi FC
(1st title)
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| prevseason = 2021
| nextseason = 2022–23
}}
The 2021–22 FD Senior Division{{Cite web|title=Senior Division {{!}} Football Delhi|url=https://www.footballdelhi.com/competitions/senior-division/|access-date=2021-12-11|language=en-US|archive-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108015816/https://www.footballdelhi.com/competitions/senior-division/|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Football Delhi Senior Division Football League from Saturday -|url=http://kheltoday.com/uncategorized/football-delhi-senior-division-football-league-from-saturday/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=kheltoday.com|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009233923/http://kheltoday.com/uncategorized/football-delhi-senior-division-football-league-from-saturday/|url-status=live}}
Format
18 teams are divided in two groups, comprising 10 teams in group A and 8 teams in group B. 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.
Teams
18 teams took part in the 2021 regular edition of the league:{{Cite web|title=Groups|url=https://twitter.com/footballdelhi/status/1445400230774587408|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-10|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005144849/https://twitter.com/FootballDelhi/status/1445400230774587408 |archive-date=5 October 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Delhi (DSA) Senior Division League|url=https://theawayend.co/delhi-dsa-senior-division-league/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=The Away End|language=en-GB|archive-date=2 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102053854/https://theawayend.co/delhi-dsa-senior-division-league/|url-status=live}}
=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
| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size:100%" |
| style="text-align:center;"|Club
!style="text-align:center;"| Player 1 !style="text-align:center;"| Player 2 !style="text-align:center;"| Player 3 |
|---|
| Delhi FC
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Sérgio Barboza |{{Flagicon|CIV}} Arthur Kouassi |{{flagicon|CMR}} Aser Pierrick Dipanda |
| City FC
|{{Flagicon|NGR}} Adeyemi Wahab Lasisi |{{Flagicon|CIV}} Major Bangaly Coulibaly | |
| Rangers SC
|{{flagicon|CIV}} Bema Coulibaly | | |
| Garhwal FC
|{{flagicon|CIV}} Oumar Cisse |{{flagicon|SEN}} Hamidou Dieye | |
| Hindustan FC
|{{flagicon|CIV}} Cheick Hamza Bamba | | |
| Tarun Sangha FC
|{{Flagicon|NGR}} Stanley Ifeanyi Eze |{{flagicon|CIV}} Lassine Karamoko | |
Standings
=Group stage=
Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20220702172535/https://theawayend.co/delhi-dsa-senior-division-league/ The Away End]
==Group A==
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| Pos
! width="175" |Team | width="20" |Pld | width="20"|W | width="20"|D | width="20"|L | width="20"|GF | width="20"|GA | width="20"|GD | width="20"|Pts | width="20"| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|1 | align="left" |Royal Rangers FC |9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 22 | rowspan="5" |Advanced to Premier League | |
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|2 | align="left" |Indian Air Force FC |9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 22 | ||
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|3 | align="left" |Friends United FC |9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 19 | ||
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|4 | align="left" |Uttarakhand FC |9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 17 | ||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|5 | align="left" |Tarun Sangha FC |9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16| | ||||
| 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| 6
| align="left" |Youngmen SC |9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11| | ||||
| 1 | 13 | ||||||||
| 7
| align="left" |City FC |9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 23| | ||||
| 11 | 9 | ||||||||
| 8
| align="left" |Ahbab FC |9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18| | ||||
| 9 | 6 | ||||||||
| 9
| align="left" |National United SC |9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17| | ||||
| 8 | 4 | ||||||||
| 10
| align="left" |Jaguar FC |9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22| | ||||
| 15 | 3 |
==Group B==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||||
| Pos
! width="175" |Team | width="20"|Pld | width="20"|W | width="20"|D | width="20"|L | width="20"|GF | width="20"|GA | width="20"|GD | width="20"|Pts | width="20"| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|1 | align="left" |Delhi FC |7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5 | +37 | 18
|rowspan="5" |Advanced to Premier League | ||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|2 | align="left" |Garhwal FC |7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 17 | ||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|3 | align="left" |Hindustan FC |7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 13 | ||
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|4 | align="left" |Rangers SC |7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 12 | ||
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|5 | align="left" |Sudeva Delhi FC |7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | ||
| 6
| align="left" |Delhi United FC |7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 30| | ||||
| 22 | 6
| | ||||||||
| 7
| align="left" |Garhwal Diamond FC |7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22| | ||||
| 18 | 2
| | ||||||||
| 8
| align="left" |Shastri FC |7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 36| | ||||
| 33 | 1
| |
=Premier League=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220702172535/https://theawayend.co/delhi-dsa-senior-division-league/ The Away End]
|update=complete
|team1=DFC
|team3=FRU
|team5=GFC
|team6=IAF
|team2=HFC
|team8=RSC
|team4=ROR
|team7=SUD
|team10=TSG
|team9=UFC
|result1=C |result2=Q
|win_DFC=7 |draw_DFC=1 |loss_DFC=1 |gf_DFC=20 |ga_DFC=6
|win_FRU=5 |draw_FRU=1 |loss_FRU=3 |gf_FRU=15 |ga_FRU=10
|win_GFC=4 |draw_GFC=2 |loss_GFC=3 |gf_GFC=23 |ga_GFC=13
|win_IAF=2 |draw_IAF=1 |loss_IAF=6 |gf_IAF=7 |ga_IAF=18
|win_HFC=6 |draw_HFC=1 |loss_HFC=2 |gf_HFC=20 |ga_HFC=14
|win_RSC=3 |draw_RSC=1 |loss_RSC=5 |gf_RSC=15 |ga_RSC=15
|win_ROR=5 |draw_ROR=1 |loss_ROR=3 |gf_ROR=16 |ga_ROR=11
|win_SUD=2 |draw_SUD=4 |loss_SUD=3 |gf_SUD=9 |ga_SUD=6
|win_TSG=2 |draw_TSG=2 |loss_TSG=5 |gf_TSG=7 |ga_TSG=24
|win_UFC=2 |draw_UFC=0 |loss_UFC=7 |gf_UFC=9 |ga_UFC=24
|name_IAF=Indian Air Force FC
|name_DFC=Delhi
|name_UFC=Uttarakhand FC
|name_TSG=Tarun Sangha
|name_RSC=Rangers SC
|name_ROR=Royal Rangers FC
|name_FRU=Friends United FC
|name_GFC=Garhwal
|name_SUD=Sudeva Delhi
|name_HFC=Hindustan
|show_limit=5
|class_rules=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
|res_col_header=Q
|col_C=green1 |text_C=Champions and possible qualification for 2022–23 I-League 2{{efn|name=license|Depending on licensing criteria}}
|col_Q=yellow1 |text_Q= Possible qualification for 2022–23 I-League 2{{efn|name=license}}
}}
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See also
References
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{{2021–22 in Indian football}}
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