Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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10/03 10:30 | - | Royal Rangers FC vs Delhi FC | 3-3 |
10/03 07:30 | - | Garhwal FC vs Tarun Sangha FC | 2-1 |
05/31 13:10 | - | United Bharat FC vs National United SC | 1-1 |
05/31 10:30 | - | Hindustan FC vs Shastri FC | 2-0 |
05/29 06:00 | - | Ajmal FC vs National United SC | 1-3 |
05/29 03:30 | - | Indian Air Force vs Shastri FC | 2-2 |
05/26 06:00 | - | Indian Air Force vs Hindustan FC | 1-4 |
05/26 03:30 | - | Shastri FC vs National United SC | 0-2 |
05/24 03:30 | - | Jaguar FC (India) vs City FC New Delhi | 0-0 |
05/23 06:00 | - | Indian Air Force vs United Bharat FC | 1-3 |
05/23 03:30 | - | National United SC vs Hindustan FC | 4-2 |
05/12 05:30 | - | Shastri FC vs City FC New Delhi | 1-1 |
The Delhi Football League is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian union territory of Delhi, organised by Football Delhi (FD) as part of the state leagues. Delhi Premier League is the top-division, started in 1948 as DSA Senior Division.
The first parent body of Delhi football was formed in 1926, with professor Mohammed Zubair Qureishi as secretary. There was no proper local league but the clubs used to participate in private tournaments organised by sport enthusiasts. Due to the violence and upheaval caused by the Partition of India, the Delhi League was suspended after 1946. It resumed in 1948 and the oldest club in the capital Young Men has won it that year. From 1948 onwards, the Delhi League took a particular shape. It had three divisions. The top 10 teams played in the A division, on a double-leg basis, with all matches being held at the Ambedkar Stadium, earlier known as the Delhi Gate Stadium. The B and C division matches took place at either the nearby Crescent Ground or the President's Estate Ground. Except for transport allowance, kit and refreshment, there was no payment to the players. However, club officials would strive to get their top players jobs in leading public sector concerns like Delhi Audit, Northern Railway, State Bank of India, Central Secretariat Service, Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking (DESU), Food Corporation of India (FCI) and so on. A competitive institutional league was also held annually.