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 |
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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]
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]
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 |
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 |
Ajay Singh of Friends United FC won the Player of the tournament award for scoring 24 goals in 20 games. [1]