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{{Short description|Association football governing body in Delhi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox sport governing body
|name = Delhi Soccer Association (Football Delhi)
|abbrev = DSA
|image =
|sport = [[Association football|Football]]
|jurisdiction = {{flagicon image|Flag of Delhi Capital Territory.svg}} [[Delhi]]
|founded = {{start date|1926}} {{small|(as ''Delhi Football Association'')}}
|aff = [[All India Football Federation]] (AIFF)
|headquarters = [[New Delhi]]
|membership =
|president = Anuj Gupta
|secretary = Aakash Narula
|url = https://footballdelhi.com/
}}
[[File:Football Delhi.svg|thumb|200px|Former logo for Football Delhi (2017–23)]]
The '''Delhi Soccer Association''',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Josh|first=Sumit|date=8 May 2018|title=Football Delhi: A Complete Revival of The Game in The Capital|url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/football/football-delhi-a-complete-revival-of-the-game-in-the-capital|access-date=11 December 2021|website=www.thequint.com|publisher=[[The Quint]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211074618/https://www.thequint.com/sports/football/football-delhi-a-complete-revival-of-the-game-in-the-capital|archive-date=11 December 2021|language=en}}</ref> also known as '''Football Delhi''',<ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Dec 29, 2017|title=DSA: Delhi Soccer Association to get a new name and logo {{!}} Football News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/delhi-soccer-association-to-get-a-new-name-and-logo/articleshow/62292965.cms|access-date=2021-12-11|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|language=en|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211071433/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/delhi-soccer-association-to-get-a-new-name-and-logo/articleshow/62292965.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/dfl.html|title=List of Champions of the Delhi Football League (DSA Senior Division)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024220857/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/dfl.html|archive-date=24 October 2020|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=8 May 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> is one of the 36 [[Indian state football associations]] that are affiliated to the [[All India Football Federation]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=AIFF|first=Football Delhi|title=AIFF|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/association/491|url-status=live|website=All India Football Federation|access-date=11 December 2021|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211071054/https://www.the-aiff.com/association/491}}</ref> It is the governing body of [[Association football|football]]-related sports in the [[National Capital Region (India)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/tibetan-or-indian-footballers-dsa-goofs-up-yet-again/articleshow/4242682.cms|title=Tibetan or Indian footballers? DSA goofs up yet again|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=|date=9 March 2009|access-date=6 January 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106061348/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/tibetan-or-indian-footballers-dsa-goofs-up-yet-again/articleshow/4242682.cms|archive-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> The [[Delhi football team]] is also administered by Football Delhi. It sends state teams for [[Santosh Trophy]] and [[Rajmata Jijabai Trophy]].

==History==
The DSA was originally founded as the '''Delhi Football Association''' in 1926. The parent organisation was founded by Professor Mohammed Zubair Qureshi, along with Sardar Sabha Singh and Youngmen FC secretary RB Sen. Qureshi also served as the first secretary of Delhi FA.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Delhi Football - A trip down memory lane|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/delhi-football-a-trip-down-memory-lane|publisher=Sportskeeda|date=17 November 2012}}</ref> In the 1980s, due to the deep factions, rebel leagues and dual teams emerging for Santosh Trophy from Delhi football environment, the Delhi Soccer Association was formed in order to bring the factions under a single umbrella and reach a compromise following a court ruling in 1992–93. The organisation and logo were rebranded by the then elected President [[Shaji Prabhakaran]] to ''Football Delhi'' in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=DSA: Delhi Soccer Association to get a new name and logo|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/delhi-soccer-association-to-get-a-new-name-and-logo/articleshow/62292965.cms|publisher=The Times of India|date=29 December 2017}}</ref> This was reversed in 2023, following the election of the President Anuj Gupta.

==State teams==
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===Men===
* [[Delhi football team]]
* [[Delhi under-20 football team]]
* [[Delhi under-15 football team]]
* [[Delhi under-13 football team]]
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===Women===
* [[Delhi women's football team]]
* [[Delhi women's under-19 football team]]
* [[Delhi women's under-17 football team]]
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==Club competitions==
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====Men's====
*[[Delhi Football League#Delhi Premier League|Delhi Premier League]]<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>
*[[Delhi Football League#FD Senior Division League|FD Senior Division League]]<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>
*[[Delhi Football League#FD A-Division|FD A-Division]]
*[[Delhi Football League#FD B-Division|FD B-Division]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='B' Division League {{!}} Football Delhi|url=https://www.footballdelhi.com/competitions/b-division-league/|access-date=2021-12-11|language=en-US|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211074103/https://www.footballdelhi.com/competitions/b-division-league/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Delhi Football League#FD C-Division|FD C-Division]]
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===Women's===
*[[FD Women's League|FD Women's Premier League]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women's League {{!}} Football Delhi|url=https://www.footballdelhi.com/womens-league/|access-date=2021-12-11|language=en-US|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613214730/https://www.footballdelhi.com/womens-league/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*FD Women's B-Division League
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===Youth===
*Delhi Future Stars Youth / Grassroot / School League<ref name="Sudeva Supremacy">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FootballDelhi/status/1623374243151941644|title=𝐒𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐘 👑 {{!}} 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🏆 𝗢𝗙 𝗨𝟭𝟴, 𝗨𝟭𝟱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗛𝗜 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮–𝟮𝟯 👊|website=twitter.com (FootballDelhi)|publisher=Football Delhi|date=8 February 2023|access-date=8 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208181758/https://twitter.com/FootballDelhi/status/1623374243151941644|archive-date=8 February 2023}}</ref>

===Futsal===
*FD Futsal League<ref>{{Cite web|title=Futsal League {{!}} Football Delhi|url=https://www.footballdelhi.com/futsal-league/|access-date=2021-12-11|language=en-US|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211192821/https://www.footballdelhi.com/futsal-league/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*FD Women's Futsal League

===Other===
*[[Bhagat Singh|Shaheed Bhagat Singh]] Memorial Cup

==Pyramid==
===Men's===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |[[Delhi Football League]]
|-
!Tier
!Division
|-
!1 (Level 5 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|Delhi Premier League ''↑promote (to [[I-League 3]]) ↓relegate''
|-
!2 (Level 6 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|FD Senior Division League ''↑promote ↓relegate''
|-
!3 (Level 7 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|FD A-Division ''↑promote↓relegate''
|-
!4 (Level 8 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|FD B-Division ''↑promote↓relegate''
|-
!5 (Level 9 on Indian Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|FD C-Division ''↑promote''
|}

===Women's===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |FD Women's League
|-
!Tier
!Division
|-
!I (Level 2 on Indian Women's Football [[Indian football league system|pyramid]])
|FD Women’s Premier League ''↑promote (to [[Indian Women's League 2]]) ↓relegate''
|-
!II (Level 3 on Indian Women's Football [[Indian football league system|Pyramid]])
|FD Women’s Championship ''↑promote''
|}

== Evolution ==
<onlyinclude>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 11px ;"
! colspan="2" |Years
! rowspan="2" |1826
! rowspan="2" |1848– 2020
! rowspan="2" |2020–2021
! rowspan="2" |2021–2022
! rowspan="2" |2022–present
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Level'''
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#0372cf"|'''Men's'''
|-
! rowspan="5" |State leagues
| bgcolor="gold" |'''1'''
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="#A1E6FF" | Formation of [[Football Delhi|Football Delhi (FD) as Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)]]
| colspan="3" bgcolor="gold" |{{nobr|[[Delhi Football League#FD Senior Division League|FD Senior Division League]]}}
| bgcolor="gold" |{{nobr|[[Delhi Football League#Delhi Premier League|Delhi Premier League]]}}
|-
| bgcolor="silver" |'''2'''
| colspan="3" |''None''
| bgcolor="silver" |[[Delhi Football League#FD Senior Division League|FD Senior Division League]]
|-
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |'''3'''
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |''None''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#cc9966" |[[Delhi Football League#FD A-Division|FD A-Division]]
|-
| bgcolor="#dc7f80" |'''4'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#dc7f80" |[[Delhi Football League#FD B-Division|FD B-Division]]
|-
| bgcolor="#399157" |'''5'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#399157" |[[Delhi Football League#FD C-Division|FD C-Division]]
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#fe8300"|'''Women's'''
|-
! rowspan="2" |State leagues
| bgcolor="gold" |'''1'''
| bgcolor="#A1E6FF" |
|''None''
| colspan="3" bgcolor="gold" |[[FD Women's League|FD Women’s Premier League]]
|}</onlyinclude>

==See also==
*[[List of Indian state football associations]]
*[[Football in India]]
*[[Sport in Delhi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Football in India}}
{{Indian state football associations}}

[[Category:Football governing bodies in India|Delhi]]
[[Category:Football in Delhi]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]

Delhi Soccer Association - Revision history

MellissaFortier at 07:46, 27 November 2025