2021–22 FD Senior Division

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]

FD Senior Division

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

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

1. Depending on licensing criteria

See also

• 2021–22 season in state football leagues of India
  • 2021–22 Punjab State Super Football League
  • 2022 Himachal Football League