2021–22 FD Senior Division

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2021–22 FD Senior Division — easy summary

Overview
- The 2021–22 FD Senior Division was the top football league in Delhi.
- It ran from October 9, 2021, to January 7, 2022 (including the Premier League phase).
- Delhi FC won the title, their first FD Senior Division championship.

Format
- 18 teams competed, split into Group A (10 teams) and Group B (8 teams).
- In the group stage, teams played each other in a robin-robin format.
- The top five teams from each group moved on to the Delhi Premier League, the season’s final top-flight phase.
- The Premier League was a round-robin between 10 teams. The league winner was crowned overall champion; bottom teams could be relegated.

Teams
- 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
- Delhi FC: Sérgio Barboza (Brazil), Arthur Kouassi (Ivory Coast), Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Cameroon)
- City FC: Adeyemi Wahab Lasisi (Nigeria), Major Bangaly Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
- Garhwal FC: Oumar Cisse (Ivory Coast), Hamidou Dieye (Senegal)
- Hindustan FC: Cheick Hamza Bamba (Ivory Coast)
- Tarun Sangha FC: Stanley Ifeanyi Eze (Nigeria), Lassine Karamoko (Ivory Coast)
- Rangers SC: Bema Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
- (Uttarakhand FC had players listed in the group’s foreign-player formatting but specific names aren’t provided in the summary table)

Standings

Group A (top five qualified for the Delhi Premier League)
- 1) Royal Rangers FC — 22 points
- 2) Indian Air Force FC — 22 points
- 3) Friends United FC — 19 points
- 4) Uttarakhand FC — 17 points
- 5) Tarun Sangha FC — 15 points
- 6) Youngmen SC — 13 points
- 7) City FC — 9 points
- 8) Ahbab FC — 6 points
- 9) National United SC — 4 points
- 10) Jaguar FC — 3 points

Group B (top five qualified for the Delhi Premier League)
- 1) Delhi FC — 18 points
- 2) Garhwal FC — 17 points
- 3) Hindustan FC — 13 points
- 4) Rangers SC — 12 points
- 5) Sudeva Delhi FC — 12 points
- 6) Delhi United FC — 6 points
- 7) Garhwal Diamond FC — 2 points
- 8) Shastri FC — 1 point

Premier League (final top competition)
- 1) Delhi FC — 22 points (Champions)
- 2) Hindustan — 19 points
- 3) Friends United FC — 16 points
- 4) Royal Rangers FC — 16 points
- 5) Garhwal FC — 14 points
- 6) Indian Air Force FC — 7 points
- 7) Sudeva Delhi FC — 10 points
- 8) Rangers SC — 10 points
- 9) Uttarakhand FC — 6 points
- 10) Tarun Sangha — 8 points

Notes
- Delhi FC’s victory marked their first FD Senior Division title.
- The Premier League phase determined the overall champion and its results also influenced possible qualifications to other competitions.

See also
- 2021–22 season in state football leagues of India
- Other regional leagues and related competitions during the 2021–22 period