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{{Short description|Top-tier football league in Delhi, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = [[Delhi Football League#Delhi Premier League|Delhi Premier League]]
| season = [[2022–23 in Indian football|2022–23]]
| dates = 15 July – 29 September
| winners = Vatika FC (1st title)
| matches = 110
| total goals = 403
| best player = Ajay Singh<ref name="pott"/>
| league topscorer =
| best goalkeeper =
| highest scoring = Friends United 8–0 Hindustan FC
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| prevseason = [[2021–22 FD Senior Division|2021–22]]
| nextseason = [[2023–24 Delhi Premier League|2023–24]]
}}

The '''2022–23 Delhi Premier League''' was the first season of [[Delhi Football League#Delhi Premier League|Delhi Premier League]] as a top-tier [[association football|football]] league under the [[Delhi Football League]]. The season started on July 15, and ended on September 29, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportstiger.com/news/delhi-premier-league-prize-money-teams-venues-and-all-you-need-to-know|title=Delhi Premier League: Prize Money, Teams, Venues, and All you need to know|publisher=Sports Tiger|date=13 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="KN_DPL2022">{{cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/delhi-premier-league-2022-schedule-fixture-venues-announced|title=Inaugural Delhi Premier League to kickstart on July 15|publisher=Khel Now|date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

[[Delhi FC]] were the defending champions. Matches were played in [[Ambedkar Stadium]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in [[Delhi]]. Debutants Vatika FC were the winners of the league title.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-28 |title=Vatika FC - Debutants crowned Delhi Premier League Champions |url=https://www.sportstrumpet.com/vatika-fc-latest-champions-of-delhi-premier-league/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=वाटिका ने प्रीमियर लीग खिताब जीता |url=https://www.rajexpress.co/sports/vatika-won-the-premier-league-title |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Raj Express |language=hi}}</ref>

==Changes in format==
Delhi Premier League, which acted as a final round in the previous edition broke away from the FD Senior Division league to became the top tier league in [[Delhi]], while the former became a second tier league.<ref name="KN_DPL2022"/>

A total of ten clubs from the previous edition were joined by Vatika FC who were the league's first entrants through bidding.<ref name="KN_DPL2022"/>

For the first time ever, the teams played double round robin matches thereby increasing the number of games to 110 with 20 matches per side.<ref name="KN_DPL2022"/>

==Teams==
Eleven teams competed in the first edition of Delhi Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-12 |title=First-Ever Delhi Premier League to Kick Off on July 15 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/first-ever-delhi-premier-league-to-kick-off-on-july-15-5539711.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-12 |title=First Delhi Premier League to Kick off on July 15, 2022 |url=https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/sports-news-first-delhi-premier-league-to-kick-off-july-15-3939457.html |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable
! Teams
! Venues
|-
|[[Delhi FC]]
|rowspan=11|[[File:Ambedkar stadium in delhi at morning.jpg|thumb|[[Ambedkar Stadium]]]] <br/> <br/>[[File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi.jpg|thumb|[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]]]
|-
|[[Hindustan FC]]
|-
|Royal Rangers FC
|-
|Friends United FC
|-
|[[Garhwal FC]]
|-
|Tarun Sangha FC
|-
|Rangers SC
|-
|[[Sudeva Delhi FC]]
|-
|Uttarakhand FC
|-
|[[Indian Air Force (football team)|Indian Air Force]]
|-
|Vatika FC
|}

==Standings==
<onlyinclude>
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source= The Away End<ref name="table">{{Cite web |title=Delhi Premier League |url=https://theawayend.co/delhi-dsa-senior-division-league/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030012316/https://theawayend.co/delhi-dsa-senior-division-league/ |archive-date=2022-10-30|access-date=2022-09-04 |website=The Away End |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|update=complete


|team1=VAT
|team2=DFC
|team3=SUD
|team4=GFC
|team5=ROR
|team6=IAF
|team7=RSC
|team8=FRU
|team9=TSG
|team10=HFC
|team11=UFC

|result1=C |result2=Q

|win_DFC=12 |draw_DFC=3 |loss_DFC=5 |gf_DFC=47 |ga_DFC=26 
|win_FRU=6 |draw_FRU=5 |loss_FRU=9 |gf_FRU=44 |ga_FRU=39 
|win_GFC=10 |draw_GFC=6 |loss_GFC=4 |gf_GFC=39 |ga_GFC=23 
|win_IAF=10 |draw_IAF=1 |loss_IAF=9 |gf_IAF=32 |ga_IAF=31 
|win_HFC=3 |draw_HFC=5 |loss_HFC=12 |gf_HFC=21 |ga_HFC=41 
|win_RSC=7 |draw_RSC=5 |loss_RSC=8 |gf_RSC=40 |ga_RSC=46 
|win_ROR=9 |draw_ROR=5 |loss_ROR=6 |gf_ROR=50 |ga_ROR=32 
|win_SUD=11 |draw_SUD=4 |loss_SUD=5 |gf_SUD=38 |ga_SUD=24 
|win_TSG=5 |draw_TSG=4 |loss_TSG=11 |gf_TSG=30 |ga_TSG=49 
|win_UFC=3 |draw_UFC=0 |loss_UFC=17 |gf_UFC=18 |ga_UFC=71 
|win_VAT=14 |draw_VAT=2 |loss_VAT=4 |gf_VAT=39 |ga_VAT=16 


|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]]
|name_VAT=Vatika FC


|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 qualification for [[2023–24 I-League 3]]
|col_Q=yellow1 |text_Q= Qualification for [[2023–24 I-League 3]]
}}
{{notelist}}</onlyinclude>

== Awards ==
Ajay Singh of Friends United FC won the Player of the tournament award for scoring 24 goals in 20 games.<ref name="pott">{{Cite web |title=Ajay Singh - Player of the tournament |url=https://twitter.com/footballdelhi/status/1575504062686310404 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[2022–23 Indian State Leagues]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{2022–23 in Indian football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 FD Senior Division}}
[[Category:Football in Delhi]]
[[Category:2022–23 in Indian football leagues|3]]
[[Category:2022–23 in Indian football]]

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