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{{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 = [[Delhi Football League|FD Senior Division]]
| season = [[2021–22 in Indian football|2021–22]]
| dates = 9 October 2021 – 7 January 2022 (including ''Premier League'')
| winners = [[Delhi FC]]<br>(1st title)
| matches =
| total goals =
| league topscorer =
| best goalkeeper =
| highest scoring =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| prevseason = [[2021 Delhi 2nd Division Qualifiers|2021]]
| nextseason = [[2022–23 Delhi Premier League|2022–23]]
}}

The '''2021–22 FD Senior Division'''<ref>{{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}}</ref> was the top-tier [[association football|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 2|I-League Qualifiers]].<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>

==Format==
18 teams are divided in two groups, comprising 10 teams in group A and 8 teams in group B.<ref name=":1" /> 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.<ref name=":0" />

== Teams ==

18 teams took part in the 2021 regular edition of the league:<ref name=":1">{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Group A===
*[[Indian Air Force (football team)|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====
{| 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" |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 (football team)|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===
<onlyinclude>
{{#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 (football team)|Indian Air Force FC]]
|name_DFC=[[Delhi FC|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 FC|Garhwal]]
|name_SUD=[[Sudeva Delhi FC|Sudeva Delhi]]
|name_HFC=[[Hindustan FC|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}}
}}
{{notelist}} </onlyinclude>

==See also==
*[[2021–22 season in state football leagues of India]]
**[[2021–22 Punjab State Super Football League]]
**[[2022 Himachal Football League]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{2021–22 in Indian football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2021-22 FD Senior Division}}
[[Category:Football in Delhi]]
[[Category:2021–22 in Indian football leagues|3]]
[[Category:2021–22 in Indian football]]

2021 22 FD Senior Division - Revision history

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