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The 2022–23 Delhi Premier League was the first season of Delhi Premier League as a top-tier
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
league under the Delhi Football League. The season started on July 15, and ended on September 29, 2022.
Delhi FC Delhi Football Club is an Indian professional football club founded in 1994 in Delhi. The club competes in both the I-League 2 and the Delhi Premier League. The club debuted in the 2023–24 I-League, the second tier of Indian football, foll ...
were the defending champions. Matches were played in
Ambedkar Stadium Dr. Ambedkar Stadium is a football stadium in New Delhi, India. The stadium is named after Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, social reformer and architect of the Indian Constitution. It was earlier known as Corporation Stadium. It has held competitions like ...
and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in
Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
. 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 Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
, 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

* 2022–23 Indian State Leagues


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 FD Senior Division Football in Delhi 3 2022–23 in Indian football