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Durand Cup, the now discontinued DCM trophy and Subroto Cup; these are just some of the prominent tournaments that Delhi’s Ambedkar Stadium has played host to. Today though, the aforementioned and other venues alike hardly see any football played on their turf. Looking back with lament, these tourneys have definitely been the city’s most potent gift to football. Their magic did not just lie in the demeanour of the players or the teams for that matter. It lies in the manner in which the massed took the game and received it with gusto, for it certainly seemed, rather like the rise of cricket, to make sport seem a mass euphoria.
So today, some 9 months after the scheduled start of the annual DSA Super League, when the governing body for the game has finally announced the advent of the same from tomorrow, August 1, it came as a massive relief for the now sparse football crazy population in the city. To be played over a round robin format, 14 teams will vie to be crowned the champions of Delhi-NCR over next 7 weeks or so.
Talking exclusively to Sportskeeda on the eve of the tourney, DSA chairman NK Bhatia said, “Due to crisis of funds, we had to delay the league this year. It’s difficult to organize a full fledged league now.
We however have assimilated enough resources to have a curtailed series and are hoping people from Delhi will respond to it with much vigour and throng in to the stadiums again.”
Announcing lucrative prize money and scholarships worth 3 lakhs, Bhatia added, “We wanted to do it properly, there is no point in conducting a league without incentivizing it for the players and teams.”
More than half of that chunk shall be handed out to the winners of the joust which starts tomorrow with Hindustan FC taking on the newly promoted Indian Air Force team. In the 2nd match of the day, I League B Divison regulars- Simla Youngs will fight it out with Delhi FC at 4:45 pm.
In a move to ease off the pressure on players in Delhi’s sweltering heat, the duration of all preliminary round matches will be of 40 minute each half i.e. 80 minute total duration with an interval of 10 minute.
In order to give more chances to the locals, only three foreign players (a reduced number) can be registered by a club and can field them in a match. There will be no relegation this year from senior division to lower division, however, participation in the league is mandatory and non participating team(s) or team (s) withdrawing in the middle of the competition will be relegated.
Additionally, COSCO India were unveiled as official partners for their event and they will be providing all kits for players and officials alike throughout.
Groupings for the Super Divison:
Group A: Indian National FC, Hindustan FC, Delhi FC, Goodwill FC, Youngmen SC, Shimla Youngs, Indian Air Force ( Palam)
Group B: Garhwal Heroes FC, Tarun Sangha FC , National United, Delhi United FC, City FC, Ahbab FC, Moonlight SC
Detailed Fixtures:
M.No
Date & Day
Time
GRP
Team
V/s
Team
1
2
01/08/2015
SAT
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
A
Indian Air Force(Palam)
Simla Youngs FC
v/s
v/s
Hindustan FC
Delhi FC
3
4
02/08/2015
SUN
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
B
Youngmen SC
Moonlight FC
v/s
v/s
Goodwill FC
Tarun Sangha FC
5
6
03/08/2015
MON
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
B
Ahbab FC
City FC
v/s
v/s
National United SC
Delhi United FC
7
8
04/08/2015
TUE
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
A
Indian National FC
Indian Air Force(Palam)
v/s
v/s
Delhi FC
Goodwill FC
9
10
05/08/2015
WED
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
B
Simla Youngs FC
Garhwal FC
v/s
v/s
Youngmen SC
National United SC
11
12
06/08/2015
THU
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
B
Moonlight FC
Ahbab FC
v/s
v/s
Delhi United FC
City FC
13
14
07/08/2015
FRI
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
A
Hindustan FC
Indian National FC
v/s
v/s
Goodwill FC
Youngmen SC
15
16
08/08/2015
SAT
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
B
Indian Air Force(Palam)
Tarun Sangha FC
v/s
v/s
Simla Youngs FC
Delhi United FC
17
18
09/08/2015
SUN
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
B
Garhwal FC
Moonlight FC
v/s
v/s
City FC
Ahbab FC
19
20
10/08/2015
MON
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
A
Delhi FC
Hindustan FC
v/s
v/s
Youngmen SC
Simla Youngs FC
21
22
11/08/2015
TUE
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
A
National United SC
Indian National FC
v/s
v/s
City FC
Indian Air Force(Palam)
23
24
12/08/2015
WED
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
B
Tarun Sangha FC
Garhwal FC
v/s
v/s
Ahbab FC
Moonlight FC
25
26
13/05/2015
THUR
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
A
Goodwill FC
Delhi FC
v/s
v/s
Simla Youngs FC
Indian Air Force (Palam)
14/08/2015 (FRIDAY) NO MATCH
27
28
15/08/2015
SAT
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
A
Delhi United FC
Hindustan FC
v/s
v/s
Ahbab FC
Indian National FC
29
30
16/08/2015
SUN
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
B
Tarun Sangha FC
National United SC
v/s
v/s
Garhwal FC
Moonlight FC
31
32
17/98/2015
MON
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
A
Delhi FC
Youngmen SC
v/s
v/s
Hindustan FC
Indian Air Force(P)
33
34
18/08/2015
TUE
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
A
City FC
Goodwill FC
v/s
v/s
MOONLIGHT FC
INDIAN NATIONAL FC
35
36
19/08/2015
WED
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
B
Delhi United
National United SC
v/s
v/s
GARHWAL FC
TARUN SANGHA FC
37
38
20/08/2015
THU
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
A
Simla Youngs FC
Youngmen SC
v/s
v/s
Indian National FC
Hindustan FC
39
40
21/08/2015
FRI
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
A
B
Goodwill FC
Ahbab FC
v/s
v/s
Delhi FC
Garhwal FC
41
42
22/08/2015
SAT
03.00 PM
04.45 PM
B
B
City FC
Delhi United FC
v/s
v/s
Tarun Sangha FC
National United SC
