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{{Short description|1st season of JKFA Professional League}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{infobox football league season
| competition = JKFA Professional League
| season = 2021
| dates = 12 – 31 July
| winners = [[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank FC]]<ref>[https://theawayend.co/jkfa-professional-league/ JKFA Professional League 2021: table and standings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711213046/https://theawayend.co/jkfa-professional-league/ |date=11 July 2021 }} ''theawayend.co''. Retrieved 12 August 2021.</ref> (1st title)
| matches =
| matches footnote =
| total goals =
| league topscorer = Aakif (8 goals) [[J&K Bank Football Club]]
| best goalkeeper =
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring = Shaheen FC 5–3 SCFA
| longest wins = 6 matches [[J&K Bank Football Club]]
| longest unbeaten = 7 matches [[J&K Bank Football Club]]
| longest winless = 7 matches SCFA
| longest losses = 5 matches SCFA
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| attendance =
| prevseason =
| nextseason = 2022
| updated =
| extra information =
| relegated =
}}

The '''JKFA Professional League 2021''' is the inaugural season of the [[JKFA Professional League]], the first professional league in the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It is organised by Jammu and Kashmir Football Association and J&K Sports Council.<ref name="khelnow">{{cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/jammu-kashmir-professional-football-league-2021-fixtures-results-standings|title=Jammu Kashmir Professional Football League 2021: Fixtures, results, standings & more|access-date=17 July 2021|publisher=Khel Now}}</ref>

The inaugural season kicked off on July 12, with 8 teams competing for the maiden title and qualification for the [[I-League 2|I-League 2nd Division]].<ref name="greaterkashmir">{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/jkfa-set-to-launch-first-pro-football-league-of-jk|title=JKFA set to launch first Pro Football league of J&K|access-date=17 July 2021|website=Grater Kashmir}}</ref> The 8 teams will play once against each other in a round-robin format. The Top 2 clubs will be nominated for [[2020–21 I-League 2nd Division|I-League 2nd Division]].<ref name="theawayend.com">{{cite web|url=https://theawayend.co/jkfa-professional-league/|title=JKFA Professional League|access-date=17 July 2021|website=theawayend.co|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711213046/https://theawayend.co/jkfa-professional-league/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Teams==
A total of 8 teams participated in the league.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Club
!City/Town
!Head Coach
!Kit sponsors
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Downtown Heroes FC]]
|[[Downtown Srinagar]]
|Idris Lone
|
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Hyderya Sports FC]]
|[[Srinagar]]
|Zahoor Ahmed Teli
|Fast Beetle
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank FC]]
|[[Srinagar]]
|
|None
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|J&K Sports Council Football Academy (SCFA)
|[[Srinagar]]
|[[Mehrajuddin Wadoo]]
|None
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kashmir Avengers FC]]
|[[Srinagar]]
|Sheikh Rizwan
|Aqua Group
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Lonestar Kashmir FC]]
|[[Srinagar]]
|
|None
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Real Kashmir FC|Real Kashmir FC Reserves]]
|[[Srinagar]]
|
|
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Shaheen FC
|[[Jammu]]
|
|
|}

=== Foreign Players ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Team
!Player 1
!Player 2
!Asian Visa
|-
|[[Downtown Heroes FC]]
|{{flagicon|GHA}} Kwesi Sessy
|{{flagicon|}}
| -
|-
|[[Hyderya Sports FC]]
|{{flagicon|CIV}} Dechanel Gnoanrou
|
| -
|-
|[[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank FC]]
| -
| -
| -
|-
|J&K Sports Council Football Academy (SCFA)
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[Kashmir Avengers FC]]
|{{flagicon|LBR}} Kelvin Kollie
|
| -
|-
|[[Lonestar Kashmir FC]]
| {{flagicon|PAN}} Rogelio Juarez
| -
| -
|-
|[[Real Kashmir FC|Real Kashmir FC Reserves]]
| -
| -
| -
|-
|[[Shaheen FC]]
|{{flagicon|CMR}} Mac Donald
|
| -
|}

== Standings==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!
!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
!
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|1
|align=left|'''[[J&K Bank Football Club|J&K Bank]]'''
|7||6||1||0||16||3||+10||'''19'''
|'''Champions''' and
Qualification to [[2020–21 I-League 2nd Division|I-League 2nd Division]] (provisionally)
|-
|-
|2
| align="left" |[[Hyderya Sports FC]]
|7||4||1||2||13||9||+8||'''13'''
|
|-
|3
| align="left" |[[Downtown Heroes FC]]
|7||3||2||2||7||4||+3||'''11'''
|
|-
|4
| align="left" |[[Real Kashmir FC|Real Kashmir FC reserves]]
|7||3||1||3||14||9||+5||'''10'''
|
|-
|5
| align="left" |[[Kashmir Avengers FC]]
|7||3||1||3|| 5 |12||8||+4
|'''10'''
|
|-
|6
| align="left" |[[Lonestar Kashmir FC]]
|7||3||1||3||10||9||+1||'''10'''
|
|-
|7
| align="left" |Shaheen FC
|7||2||0||5||8||16||-8||'''6'''
|
|-
|8
| align="left" |SCFA
|7||0||1||6||5||27||-22||'''1'''
|
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{2021–22 in Indian football}}

[[Category:Football in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:2021–22 in Indian football leagues|3]]
[[Category:2021–22 in Indian football]]

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