2018 FAO Football League

FAO Football League
Season	2018
Dates	17th August - 29th September
Champions	Sunrise Club; (Diamond League) ; Young Utkal Club; (Gold League)
Relegated	Bidanasi Club; (Diamond League)
Matches played	75
Goals scored	187 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Md. Fayaz KF (9 goals) ; (Sunrise Club) ; Biki Sethi (7 goals) ; (Sunshine Club) ; Sanjit Khora (6 goals) ; (Rising Star Club) ; Prabhat Dansena (5 goals) ; (SAI-STC)
Biggest home win	Sunshine Club 7-0 Western Mahaveer Club; (25 August 2018)
Highest scoring	Town Club 5-2 Yuva Bandhu Cultural Club (YVCG); (4 September 2018) ; Sunshine Club 7-0 Western Mahaveer Club; (25 August 2018)
	← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 21 September 2018.

Last updated July 21, 2019

The 2018 FAO Football League is the 9th season of the FAO Football League. Radha Raman Club are the defending champions. Chauliaganj FC have entered as the promoted team from the FAO 2nd Division Football League. The FAO Football League (FFL) is organised every year by the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, India.^[1] The regular season started on 17 August 2018.

The FAO Football League (FFL) or Odisha First Division League is the second highest state level football league in Odisha following FAO Super Cup. The FAO Football League (FFL) is organised every year by the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, India.

Football Association of Odisha, also simply known as the FAO, is the state governing body of football in Odisha, India. The Odisha Men's Football Team and Odisha Women's Football Team is administrated by the Football Association of Odisha. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the national administrating body for football in India.

Odisha is one of the 29 states of India. Located in eastern India, it is surrounded by the states of West Bengal to the northeast, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west and northwest, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has 485 kilometres (301 mi) of coastline along the Bay of Bengal on its east, from Balasore to Ganjam. It is the 9th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state also has the third largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India. Odia is the official and most widely spoken language, spoken by 36.6 million according to the 2016 Census.

Teams

Teams in Diamond League

Bidanasi Club
East Coast Railway
Jay Durga Club
Odisha Police
Radha Raman Club
Rising Student's Club
Sports Hostel
Sunrise Club

The Odisha Police, abbreviated as either OP or OPS, is the law enforcement agency for the state of Odisha in India. It is headquartered in Cuttack, the former capital of Odisha. The Odisha Police is headed by a Director General of Police, currently Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma, IPS, and falls under the purview of the state's Home Department of the Government of Odisha. The sanctioned personnel strength of Odisha Police is 72,145; comprising women as one-third of it total sanctioned strength in the directly recruited posts of civil constable, sub-inspector and deputy superintendent of police. This feat makes it one of the foremost in that aspect among the police services of India.

Rising Student's Club is an Indian women's football club based in Odisha, India, which plays in the Indian Women's League, the top flight tier of Indian women's football. Rising Student's Club are the reigning champions of the Indian Women's League. Rising Student's Club is one of the most successful football clubs in India.

Government of Odisha legislative, executive and judiciary powers of Odisha, India

The Government of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch.

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
State Bank of India
Sunshine Club
Town Club
Western Mahaveer Club
Yuba Vandhu Cultural Group (YVCG)

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is the apex national sports body of India, established in 1984 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India for the development of sport in India. SAI has 2 Sports Academic institutions, 10 "SAI Regional Centres" (SRC), 14 "Centre of Excellence" (COE/COX), 56 "Sports Training Centres" (STC) and 20 "Special Area Games" (SAG). In addition, SAI also manages Netaji Subhash High Altitude Training Centre as well as 5 stadiums in the national capital of Delhi, such as Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Indira Gandhi Arena, Dhyan Chand National Stadium, SPM Swimming Pool Complex and Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.

The State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body. It is a government corporation statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. SBI is ranked as 216th in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of 2018. It is the largest bank in India with a 23% market share in assets, besides a share of one-fourth of the total loan and deposits market.

Officiating

List of Match Officials

Sujit Kumar Patro

List of 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 Football 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 Football Association of Odisha. 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 FAO Super Cup i.e. highest state level football league in Odisha.^[2]

The FAO Super Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic football, based in Odisha, India. In 2018, the inaugural edition of the Super Cup was played. The Super Cup is organised by and named after the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, India. Sunrise Club of Cuttack were the champions of the inaugural edition of the tournament beating the Rising Student's Club.

Venue

Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha

League Stage

Diamond League

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sunrise Club(Champions)	7	5	1	1	19	3	+16	16	Advance to FAO Super Cup
2	Odisha Police	7	5	1	1	17	8	+9	16
3	Sports Hostel	7	4	3	0	5	1	+4	15
4	Rising Student's Club	7	4	2	1	11	4	+7	14
5	East Coast Railway	7	2	2	3	2	6	−4	8
6	Jay Durga Club	7	1	2	4	5	9	−4	5
7	Radha Raman Club	7	1	0	6	5	16	−11	3
8	Bidanasi Club	7	0	1	6	1	12	−11	1	Relegation to Gold League

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Note: Top four teams of Diamond League would qualify for the FAO Super Cup .

Results

Home \ Away	BC	ER	JD	OP	RR	RS	SC	SH
Bidanasi Club	—	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–5	WO
East Coast Railway	1–0	—	0–0		1–0	0–0	0–3	0–1
Jay Durga Club	0–0	0–0	—	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–2	WO
Odisha Police	3–1	2–0	3–1	—	3–1	2–1	0–4	0–0
Radha Raman Club	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	—	1–3	0–4	0–1
Rising Student's Club	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	—	1–0	2–2
Sunrise Club	5–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	0–1	—	1–1
Sports Hostel	WO	1–0	WO	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 01 October 2018. Source: Orisports
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Gold League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Young Utkal Club(Champions)	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14	16	Advance to FAO Super Cup Promotion to Diamond League
2	Rising Star Club	6	5	0	1	14	6	+8	15
3	Rovers Club	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9
4	Mangala Club	6	2	2	2	2	7	−5	8
5	Kishore Club	5	2	0	3	4	9	−5	6
6	Radha Gobind Club	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1
7	Independent Club	5	0	0	5	0	2	−2	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Note: Top three teams of the Gold League would qualify for the FAO Super Cup .

Silver League

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAI-STC	5	4	1	0	15	2	+13	13	Advance to Knock Out Stage
2	Club 'N' Club	5	3	0	2	13	3	+10	9	Advance to Knock Out Stage
3	Chauliaganj Club	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7
4	Odisha Government Press (OGP)	5	1	2	2	0	7	−7	5
5	Town Club	5	1	1	3	5	13	−8	4
6	Yuba Vandhu Cultural Group (YVCG)	4	0	1	3	2	15	−13	1	Advance to Eliminator

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sunshine Club	5	4	1	0	20	1	+19	13	Advance to Knock Out Stage
2	Chand Club	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8	Advance to Knock Out Stage
3	Lalbag Club	5	1	3	1	2	3	−1	6
4	State Bank of India (Odisha)	5	1	2	2	7	9	−2	5
5	Azad Hind Club	5	1	1	3	5	9	−4	4
6	Western Mahaveer Club	4	0	1	3	1	16	−15	1	Advance to Eliminator

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Statistics

Scoring

As of 5 September 2018

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
M Trinath	SAI-STC	Town Club	5–0	23 August 2018
Biki Sethi	Sunshine Club	Western Mahaveer Club	7–0	25 August 2018
Md. Fayaz KF	Sunrise Club	Bidanasi Club	5–0	26 August 2018
Ramesh Murmu	Chauliaganj Club	Odisha Government Press (OGP)	4–0	28 August 2018
Debraj SA	Club 'N' Club	Town Club	4–0	30 August 2018
Harish Chandra Murmu	Town Club	Yuva Bandhu Cultural Group (YVCG)	5–2	4 September 2018

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References

↑ "FAO First Division League". Orisports. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
↑ "FAO restructures domestic football". Football Association of Odisha . 10 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

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[1] "FAO First Division League". Orisports. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[2] "FAO restructures domestic football". Football Association of Odisha . 10 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

2018 FAO Football League

Contents

Teams

Teams in Diamond League

Teams in Gold League

Teams in Silver League

Officiating

List of Match Officials

List of Referees

Revamp

League Format

Venue

League Stage

Diamond League

League Table

Results

Gold League

Silver League

Group Stage

Group A

Group B

Statistics

Scoring

Hat-tricks

Related Research Articles

References