2021–22 FD Senior Division
# 2021–22 FD Senior Division

The 2021–22 FD Senior Division was the top-tier 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 Qualifiers.

## Format

18 teams are divided in two groups, comprising 10 teams in group A and 8 teams in group B. 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.

## Teams

18 teams took part in the 2021 regular edition of the league:

### Group A

* 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

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Delhi FC | Sérgio Barboza | Arthur Kouassi | Aser Pierrick Dipanda |
| City FC | Adeyemi Wahab Lasisi | Major Bangaly Coulibaly | |
| Rangers SC | Bema Coulibaly | | |
| Garhwal FC | Oumar Cisse | Hamidou Dieye | |
| Hindustan FC | Cheick Hamza Bamba | | |
| Tarun Sangha FC | Stanley Ifeanyi Eze | Lassine Karamoko | |

## Standings

### Group stage

Source: The Away End

**Group A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Royal Rangers FC | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 22 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 2 | Indian Air Force FC | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 22 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 3 | Friends United FC | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 19 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 4 | Uttarakhand FC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 17 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 5 | Tarun Sangha FC | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 15 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 6 | Youngmen SC | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 13 | |
| 7 | City FC | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 9 | |
| 8 | Ahbab FC | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 6 | |
| 9 | National United SC | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 4 | |
| 10 | Jaguar FC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 3 | |

**Group B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Delhi FC | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5 | +37 | 18 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 2 | Garhwal FC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 17 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 3 | Hindustan FC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 13 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 4 | Rangers SC | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 12 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 5 | Sudeva Delhi FC | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Advanced to Premier League |
| 6 | Delhi United FC | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 30 | -22 | 6 | |
| 7 | Garhwal Diamond FC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | -18 | 2 | |
| 8 | Shastri FC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 36 | -33 | 1 | |

### Premier League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Delhi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 22 | Champions and possible qualification for 2022–23 I-League 2 |
| 2 | Hindustan | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 19 | Possible qualification for 2022–23 I-League 2 |
| 3 | Friends United FC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 16 | |
| 4 | Royal Rangers FC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 16 | |
| 5 | Garhwal | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 14 | |
| 6 | Indian Air Force FC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 7 | |
| 7 | Sudeva Delhi | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | |
| 8 | Rangers SC | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 10 | |
| 9 | Uttarakhand FC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 6 | |
| 10 | Tarun Sangha | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 8 | |

* 1 2 Depending on licensing criteria
