The 2018 FAO League was the ninth season of the

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. Radha Raman Club were the defending champions. Chauliaganj FC 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. Sunrise Club became champions of the 2018 edition of the league, winning their fourth title.

Teams

Teams in Diamond League

*Bidanasi Club *

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*Jay Durga Club *

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*Radha Raman Club * Rising Student's Club * Sports Hostel *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

In a total revamp of the league, the FAO League was converted from premier league of the state to second highest level footballing league in the year 2018 as the premier state level football league was introduced by the

. 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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