2023 FAO League

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox football league season

| image =

| pixels = 250

|competition = FAO League

|season = 2023

|dates = 5 July – 23 August{{cite web|url=https://www.orisports.com/SheduleDetails.aspx?cId=MzE1MA==|title=FAO First Division Football League 2023 Schedule|work=Orisports|date=7 July 2023|accessdate=7 July 2023}}

|winners =

  • Diamond League:
    Sunrise Club
    (6th title)
  • Gold League:
    Rising Star Club
  • Silver League:
    Independent Club

|promoted =

|relegated =

  • Diamond League:
    Odisha Police
  • Gold League:
    Radha Gobinda Club
  • Silver League:
    Lalbag Club

|continentalcup1 = I-League 2nd Division

|continentalcup1 qualifiers =

|continentalcup2 = FAO Super Cup

|continentalcup2 qualifiers =

|matches = 63

|total goals = 214

|league topscorer =

  • Diamond League:
    Dinabandhu Das
    (Young Utkal Club)
    (7 goals)
  • Gold League:
    Bikash Chandra Padhiary
    (Rising Star Club)
    (6 goals)

|best goalkeeper =

|biggest home win =

|biggest away win =

|highest scoring =

|longest wins =

|longest unbeaten =

|longest winless =

|longest losses =

|highest attendance =

|lowest attendance =

|attendance =

|average attendance =

|prevseason = 2022

|nextseason =

|updated = 23 August 2023

}}

The 2023 FAO League was the twelfth season of the FAO League, the top Odia professional football league, since its establishment in 2010. Sunrise Club and Radha Raman Club were the joint defending champions. FAO League is annually organised by the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, in association with Department of Sports & Youth Services (DSYS), Government of Odisha.{{cite web|url=http://orisports.com/SheduleDetails.aspx?cId=NTU2|title=FAO First Division League|work=Orisports|date=28 August 2011|accessdate=16 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://orisports.com/SheduleDetails.aspx?cId=Mjg5NA==|title=FAO First Division League 2022|work=Orisports|date=3 July 2022|accessdate=3 July 2022}}

Teams

=Diamond=

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=Gold=

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  • Chand Club
  • East Coast Railway
  • Kishore Club
  • Jay Durga Club
  • Rising Star Club
  • Mangala Club
  • Radha Gobinda Club

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=Silver=

==Silver A==

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  • Azad Hind Club
  • Lalbag Club
  • Sunshine Club
  • Town Club

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==Silver B==

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  • Chauliaganj Club
  • Eleven Gun Club
  • Independent Club
  • Royal Club

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Venue

Barabati stadium.jpg|Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha

League stage

=Diamond League=

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| source = [https://www.orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=NzgxNA== Orisports]

| update = complete

|team1=SR

|team2=SO

|team3=RR

|team4=YU

|team5=BC

|team6=RS

|team7=RC

|team8=OP

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KK |result4=KK |result8=REL

|win_BC=2 |draw_BC=1 |loss_BC=4 |gf_BC=7 |ga_BC=7

|win_OP=1 |draw_OP=1 |loss_OP=5 |gf_OP=10 |ga_OP=21

|win_RR=4 |draw_RR=1 |loss_RR=2 |gf_RR=13 |ga_RR=6

|win_RC=1 |draw_RC=2 |loss_RC=4 |gf_RC=9 |ga_RC=18

|win_RS=2 |draw_RS=0 |loss_RS=5 |gf_RS=11 |ga_RS=15

|win_SO=4 |draw_SO=2 |loss_SO=1 |gf_SO=14 |ga_SO=11

|win_SR=6 |draw_SR=1 |loss_SR=0 |gf_SR=16 |ga_SR=3

|win_YU=2 |draw_YU=4 |loss_YU=1 |gf_YU=10 |ga_YU=9

|name_BC=Bidanasi Club

|name_OP=Odisha Police

|name_RC=Rovers Athletic Club

|name_RR=Radha Raman Club

|name_RS=Rising Student Club

|name_SO=Sports Odisha

|name_SR=Sunrise Club

|name_YU=Young Utkal Club

|status_SR=C

|status_OP=R

|res_col_header=Q

|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO={{nobreak|Qualification to 2023 FAO Super Cup, and eligible for 2023–24 I-League 3}}

|col_KK=blue1|text_KK={{nobreak|Qualification to 2023 FAO Super Cup}}

|col_REL=red1

|text_REL=Relegation to 2024 FAO Gold League

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

}}

=Gold League=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source= [https://www.orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=NzgxNA== Orisports]

|update= complete

|team1=RS

|team2=KC

|team3=JD

|team4=CC

|team5=MC

|team6=ER

|team7=RC

|result1=KA |result2=KK |result3=KK |result7=REL

|win_CC=1 |draw_CC=3 |loss_CC=2 |gf_CC=10 |ga_CC=13

|win_ER=1 |draw_ER=2 |loss_ER=3 |gf_ER=5 |ga_ER=9

|win_JD=3 |draw_JD=2 |loss_JD=1 |gf_JD=11 |ga_JD=9

|win_KC=4 |draw_KC=2 |loss_KC=0 |gf_KC=14 |ga_KC=8

|win_MC=1 |draw_MC=1 |loss_MC=4 |gf_MC=9 |ga_MC=18

|win_RC=0 |draw_RC=1 |loss_RC=5 |gf_RC=5 |ga_RC=10

|win_RS=5 |draw_RS=1 |loss_RS=0 |gf_RS=18 |ga_RS=5

|name_CC=Chand Club

|name_ER=East Coast Railway

|name_JD=Jay Durga Club

|name_KC=Kishore Club

|name_MC=Mangala Club

|name_RC=Radha Gobinda Club

|name_RS=Rising Star Club

|status_RS=C

|status_RC=R

|res_col_header=Q

|col_KA=green1|text_KA={{nobreak|Promotion to 2024 FAO Diamond League, Qualification to 2023 FAO Super Cup}}

|col_KK=blue1 |text_KK={{nobreak|Qualification to 2023 FAO Super Cup}}

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to 2024 FAO Silver League

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

}}

=Silver League=

==Group stage==

===Group A===

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source= [https://www.orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=NzgxNA== Orisports]

|update= complete

|team1=SC

|team2=TC

|team3=AH

|team4=LC

|result1=KO |result4=REL

|win_AH=1 |draw_AH=0 |loss_AH=2 |gf_AH=5 |ga_AH=13

|win_LC=0 |draw_LC=1 |loss_LC=2 |gf_LC=4 |ga_LC=6

|win_SC=3 |draw_SC=0 |loss_SC=0 |gf_SC=10 |ga_SC=1

|win_TC=1 |draw_TC=1 |loss_TC=1 |gf_TC=9 |ga_TC=8

|name_AH=Azad Hind Club

|name_LC=Lalbag Club

|name_SC=Sunshine Club

|name_TC=Town Club

|res_col_header=Q

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to Promotion Play-off

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Advance to Relegation Play-off

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

}}

===Group B===

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source= [https://www.orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=NzgxNA== Orisports]

|update= complete

|team1=IC

|team2=RC

|team3=CC

|team4=EG

|result1=KO |result4=REL

|win_CC=1 |draw_CC=1 |loss_CC=1 |gf_CC=4 |ga_CC=9

|win_EG=0 |draw_EG=1 |loss_EG=2 |gf_EG=0 |ga_EG=3

|win_IC=2 |draw_IC=1 |loss_IC=0 |gf_IC=10 |ga_IC=1

|win_RC=1 |draw_RC=1 |loss_RC=1 |gf_RC=4 |ga_RC=5

|name_CC=Chauliaganj Club

|name_EG=Eleven Gun Club

|name_IC=Independent Club

|name_RC=Royal Club

|res_col_header=Q

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to Promotion Play-off

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Advance to Relegation Play-off

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

}}

==Promotion Play-off==

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|date = {{Start date|2023|8|23|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:30|5:30}}

|team1 = Sunshine Club

|score = 0–4

|report = https://www.orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=NzgxNA==

|team2 = Independent Club

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

  • Prakash Naik {{goal|5||30}}
  • Chandan Nayak {{goal|64||74}}

|stadium = Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

|attendance =

|referee= Asirbad Kanungo

|penaltyscore =

}}

==Relegation Play-off==

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|date = {{Start date|2023|8|9|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = Lalbag Club

|score = 1–1

|report = https://www.orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=NzgxNA==

|team2 = Eleven Gun Club

|goals1 =

  • Biswabhaban Das {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

  • Babul Singh {{goal|54}}

|stadium = Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

|attendance =

|referee=

|penaltyscore = 4–6

}}

Statistics

= Scoring =

{{updated|2 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=NzgxNA==|title=FAO 1st Division League 2023|work=Orisports|date=7 July 2023|accessdate=7 July 2023}}

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== Diamond League ==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

colspan="4"|Diamond
rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|Dinabandhu Das

|align="left"|Young Utkal Club

|rowspan="1"|7

rowspan="1"|2

|align="left"|Francis Lakra

|align="left"|Rising Student Club

|rowspan="1"|6

rowspan="2"|3

|align="left"|Raisen Tudu

|align="left"|Sports Odisha

|rowspan="2"|5

align="left"|Selwyn Frazier Miranda

|align="left"|Sunrise Club

rowspan="1"|4

|align="left"|Anand Soreng

|align="left"|Odisha Police

|rowspan="1"|4

rowspan="7"|5

|align="left"|Bholeshankar Majhi

|align="left"|Odisha Police

|rowspan="7"|3

align="left"|Bijay Behera

|align="left"|Odisha Police

align="left"|Finto

|align="left"|Sunrise Club

align="left"|Rajesh Nayak

|align="left"|Bidanasi Club

align="left"|Ronik Majhi

|align="left"|Sports Odisha

align="left"|Samir Kerketta

|align="left"|Sunrise Club

align="left"|Tophan Nayak

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club

rowspan="11"|6

|align="left"|Anand Oram

|align="left"|Rising Student Club

|rowspan="11"|2

align="left"|Bapuni Bindhani

|align="left"|Young Utkal Club

align="left"|Chandra Muduli

|align="left"|Rovers Athletic Club

align="left"|D. Sanjay

|align="left"|Sports Odisha

align="left"|Fagu Hembram

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club

align="left"|Jamir Oram

|align="left"|Sunrise Club

align="left"|Kartik Hantal

|align="left"|Rovers Athletic Club

align="left"|Papu Majhi

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club

align="left"|Pintu Samal

|align="left"|Sports Odisha

align="left"|Sanjit Khora

|align="left"|Rovers Athletic Club

align="left"|Sourav Ranjan Hanuman

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club

rowspan="18"|7

|align="left"|Adwin Tirkey

|align="left"|Rising Student Club

|rowspan="18"|1

align="left"|Arpan Lakra

|align="left"|Sunrise Club

align="left"|Artatrana Samal

|align="left"|Young Utkal Club

align="left"|Binay Kisam

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club

align="left"|D. Srinath

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club

align="left"|Dipin A.

|align="left"|Bidanasi Club

align="left"|Jagannath Tudu

|align="left"|Sports Odisha

align="left"|Manoj Swamy Kannan

|align="left"|Sunrise Club

align="left"|Prasanta Srihari

|align="left"|Sports Odisha

align="left"|Prayas Panda

|align="left"|Bidanasi Club

align="left"|Rahul Mukhi

|align="left"|Rovers Athletic Club

align="left"|Rajaganapathy K.

|align="left"|Sunrise Club

align="left"|Rakesh Oram

|align="left"|Rising Student Club

align="left"|Riswan Shoukath

|align="left"|Bidanasi Club

align="left"|Robert Usham

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club

align="left"|Sunil Khilla

|align="left"|Rovers Athletic Club

align="left"|Sunil Munda

|align="left"|Rovers Athletic Club

align="left"|Wangden Lama

|align="left"|Bidanasi Club

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== Gold League ==

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Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

colspan="4"|Gold
rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|Bikash Chandra Padhiary

|align="left"|Rising Star Club

|rowspan="1"|6

rowspan="2"|2

|align="left"|Gopal Oram

|align="left"|Chand Club

|rowspan="2"|5

align="left"|Satyaprakash Pradhan

|align="left"|Mangala Club

rowspan="2"|3

|align="left"|Dashmath Murmu

|align="left"|Kishore Club

|rowspan="2"|4

align="left"|Sanjit Panna

|align="left"|East Coast Railway

rowspan="5"|4

|align="left"|Abhinash Munda

|align="left"|Chand Club

|rowspan="5"|3

align="left"|Bhabagrahi Padhiary

|align="left"|Jay Durga Club

align="left"|Hari Kathayat

|align="left"|Rising Star Club

align="left"|Prabhat Dansena

|align="left"|Kishore Club

align="left"|Roshan Panna

|align="left"|Jay Durga Club

rowspan="5"|5

|align="left"|Abhishek Kerketta

|align="left"|Jay Durga Club

|rowspan="5"|2

align="left"|Abinash Muduli

|align="left"|Rising Star Club

align="left"|Bibek Prasad Bag

|align="left"|Kishore Club

align="left"|Bijay Singh

|align="left"|Rising Star Club

align="left"|Jitu Muduli

|align="left"|Rising Star Club

rowspan="23"|6

|align="left"|Amar Lakra

|align="left"|Kishore Club

|rowspan="23"|1

align="left"|Ankit Behera

|align="left"|Kishore Club

align="left"|Arjun Samantray

|align="left"|Chand Club

align="left"|Ashanur Mallick

|align="left"|Radha Gobinda Club

align="left"|Bighneswar Bhoi

|align="left"|Mangala Club

align="left"|Deepak Biswal

|align="left"|Mangala Club

align="left"|Gokul Oram

|align="left"|East Coast Railway

align="left"|Jagadish Oram

|align="left"|Kishore Club

align="left"|Janmo Xess

|align="left"|Jay Durga Club

align="left"|Krishna Haripal

|align="left"|Kishore Club

align="left"|Kshetrimayum Somokanta Singh

|align="left"|Kishore Club

align="left"|Madhu Jani

|align="left"|Rising Star Club

align="left"|Malaya Nayak

|align="left"|Mangala Club

align="left"|Mrinmay Mondal

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club

align="left"|Prakash Bhoi

|align="left"|Kishore Club

align="left"|Rakesh Kumar Jena

|align="left"|Mangala Club

align="left"|Romi Oram

|align="left"|Chand Club

align="left"|Satender Oraon

|align="left"|Rising Star Club

align="left"|Shaktiraj Kumura

|align="left"|Radha Gobinda Club

align="left"|Sayed Manzar Ali

|align="left"|Rising Star Club

align="left"|Sheikh Nawazish Noor

|align="left"|Jay Durga Club

align="left"|Tushar Kant Nag

|align="left"|Kishore Club

align="left"|Uttam Sil

|align="left"|Jay Durga Club

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== Silver League ==

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Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

colspan="4"|Silver
rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|Trinath Nayak

|align="left"|Royal Club

|rowspan="1"|2

rowspan="5"|2

|align="left"|Abhimanyu Mahakud

|align="left"|Chauliaganj Club

|rowspan="5"|1

align="left"|Ajay Majhi

|align="left"|Sunshine Club

align="left"|Abhinash Samal

|align="left"|Sunshine Club

align="left"|Mohati Samal

|align="left"|Sunshine Club

align="left"|Shyam Sundar Soren

|align="left"|Chauliaganj Club

== Own Goals ==

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Player

!Club

!Match Result

!Date

colspan="4"|Diamond League
align="left"|Laxman Gadnayak

|align="left"|Rovers Athletic Club

|align="left"|Radha Raman Club 5-2 Rovers AC

|align="left"|20 July 2023

align="left"|Pintu Samal

|align="left"|Rising Student Club

|align="left"|Sports Odisha 3-2 Rising Student Club

|align="left"|22 July 2023

References

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