2022–23 Delhi Premier League
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 15 July – 29 September |
Champions | Vatika FC (1st title) |
Matches played | 110 |
Goals scored | 403 (3.66 per match) |
Best Player | Ajay Singh[1] |
Highest scoring | Friends United 8–0 Hindustan FC |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → |
The 2022–23 Delhi Premier League was the first season of Delhi Premier League as a top-tier football league under the Delhi Football League. The season started on July 15, and ended on September 29, 2022.[2][3]
Delhi FC were the defending champions. Matches were played in Ambedkar Stadium and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. Debutants Vatika FC were the winners of the league title.[4][5]
Changes in format
[edit]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.[3]
A total of ten clubs from the previous edition were joined by Vatika FC who were the league's first entrants through bidding.[3]
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.[3]
Teams
[edit]Eleven teams competed in the first edition of Delhi Premier League.[6][7]
Teams | Venues |
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Delhi FC | ![]() ![]() |
Hindustan FC | |
Royal Rangers FC | |
Friends United FC | |
Garhwal FC | |
Tarun Sangha FC | |
Rangers SC | |
Sudeva Delhi FC | |
Uttarakhand FC | |
Indian Air Force | |
Vatika FC |
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Vatika FC | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 44 | Champions and qualification for 2023–24 I-League 3 |
2 | Delhi | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 39 | Qualification for 2023–24 I-League 3 |
3 | Garhwal | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 39 | |
4 | Sudeva Delhi | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 37 | |
5 | Royal Rangers FC | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 32 | |
6 | Indian Air Force FC | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 31 | |
7 | Rangers SC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 26 | |
8 | Friends United FC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 23 | |
9 | Tarun Sangha | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 19 | |
10 | Hindustan | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 14 | |
11 | Uttarakhand FC | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 71 | −53 | 9 |
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
Awards
[edit]Ajay Singh of Friends United FC won the Player of the tournament award for scoring 24 goals in 20 games.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ajay Singh - Player of the tournament". Twitter. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Delhi Premier League: Prize Money, Teams, Venues, and All you need to know". Sports Tiger. 13 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Inaugural Delhi Premier League to kickstart on July 15". Khel Now. 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Vatika FC - Debutants crowned Delhi Premier League Champions". 28 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "वाटिका ने प्रीमियर लीग खिताब जीता". Raj Express (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "First-Ever Delhi Premier League to Kick Off on July 15". News18. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "First Delhi Premier League to Kick off on July 15, 2022". LatestLY. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Delhi Premier League". The Away End. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.