The Delhi football team is an Indian football team representing Delhi in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.[1] Selection is mostly done through Delhi Football League system.
Full name | Delhi football team | ||
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Founded | 1941 | ||
Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | ||
Capacity | 60,254 | ||
Owner | Football Delhi | ||
Head coach | Mohammad Sabir | ||
League | Santosh Trophy | ||
2022–23 | Final Round | ||
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They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals twice, and have won the trophy only once, in 1944-45.
Most recently, a 20-member Delhi football team in the final round of the 69th Senior National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, that held at Jalandhar and Ludhiana from 1 to 15 March.[2]
Honours
edit- Santosh Trophy
- Winners (1): 1944–45
- Runners-up (1): 1941–42
- Swami Vivekananda NFC
- Winners (1): 2023–24[3]
- B.C. Roy Trophy
- Winners (2): 1962–63, 1964–65
References
edit- ^ "Football Delhi (Delhi Soccer Association)".
- ^ PTI (26 February 2015). "Rawat to lead Delhi football team in Santosh Trophy". Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Delhi crowned inaugural Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men's NFC champions on penalties". AIFF. 22 May 2024.