The 2022–23 Delhi Premier League was the first season of
Delhi Premier League
The Delhi Football League is organised by Football Delhi (FD) as a ladder-based state football competition involving a total of four divisions and over 80 teams in the Indian state of Delhi. Delhi Premier League is the top-division, started in ...
as a top-tier
football
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league under the
Delhi Football League
The Delhi Football League is organised by Football Delhi (FD) as a ladder-based state football competition involving a total of four divisions and over 80 teams in the Indian state of Delhi. Delhi Premier League is the top-division, started in ...
. The season started on July 15, and ended on September 29, 2022.
Delhi FC
Delhi Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Delhi. Founded in 1994, the club competes in both I-League and Delhi Premier League. The club will compete in 2023–24 I-League, the second tier of Indian football, followin ...
were the defending champions. Matches were played in
Ambedkar Stadium
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the Corporation Stadium. It also hel ...
and
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in
Delhi
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. Debutants Vatika FC were the winners of the league title.
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
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, while the former became a second tier league.
A total of ten clubs from the previous edition were joined by Vatika FC who were the league's first entrants through bidding.
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.
Teams
Eleven teams competed in the first edition of Delhi Premier League.
Standings
Awards
Ajay Singh of Friends United FC won the Player of the tournament award for scoring 24 goals in 20 games.
See also
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2022–23 Indian State Leagues
The 2022–23 Indian State leagues season represented the fifth tier of the Indian football league system, a series of state-level football tournaments played as qualifiers to determine teams for the 2023–24 I-League 3.
Overview
State ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 FD Senior Division
Football in Delhi
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2022–23 in Indian football