The 2018 FAO League was the ninth season of the

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. Radha Raman Club are the defending champions. Chauliaganj FC have entered as the promoted team from the FAO 2nd Division League. The FAO League is organised every year by the

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(FAO), the official football governing body of

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. The regular season started on 17 August 2018.

Teams

Teams in Diamond League

*Bidanasi Club * East Coast Railway *Jay Durga Club *

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*Radha Raman Club * Rising Student's Club *

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*Sunrise Club

Teams in Gold League

*Independent Club *Kishore Club *Mangala Club *Radha Gobind Club *Rising Star Club *Rovers Club *Young Utkal Club

Teams in Silver League

*Azad Hind Club *Chand Club *Chauliaganj Club *Club N Club *Lalbag Club * Odisha Government Press (OGP) * SAI-STC *

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*Sunshine Club *Town Club *Western Mahaveer Club *Yuba Vandhu Cultural Group (YVCG)

Officiating

Match Officials

*Sujit Kumar Patro

Referees

*Arun Nayak *Bhim Kumar Chettri *Daitari Karua *Jamal Mohamed *Jyoti Ranjan Swain *Nabin Kumar Naik *R. Palmson Moses *Raju Mohanty *Sapneswar Kanhar *Sheikh Hayat *Sujit Kumar *Sudip Das *Suresh Dash *Tarun Kumar Pradhan

Revamp

League Format

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. The league system currently is a three-tier system consisting of ''Diamond'', ''Gold'' and ''Silver'' leagues. The top four teams of the diamond league and the winners of ''Gold'' and ''Silver'' league would be promoted to the

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i.e. highest state level football league in

Venue

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League stage

Diamond League

League table

Results

Gold League

Silver League

Group stage

=Group A

=Group B

Statistics

Scoring

Hat-tricks

References

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