Pixels: | 250 |
Competition: | FAO League |
Season: | 2018 |
Dates: | 17 August - 29 September |
Winners: | Sunrise Club (4th title) (Diamond League) Young Utkal Club (Gold League) |
Relegated: | Bidanasi Club (Diamond League) |
Continentalcup1: | FAO Super Cup |
Matches: | 75 |
Total Goals: | 187 |
League Topscorer: | 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) |
Highest Scoring: | Town Club 5-2 Yuva Bandhu Cultural Club (YVCG) (4 September 2018) Sunshine Club 7-0 Western Mahaveer Club (25 August 2018) |
Prevseason: | 2017 |
Nextseason: | 2019 |
Updated: | 21 September 2018 |
The 2018 FAO League was the ninth season of the FAO League. 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 Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, India.[1] The regular season started on 17 August 2018. Sunrise Club became champions of the 2018 edition of the league, winning their fourth title.
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 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]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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M Trinath | Town Club | 5–0 | |||
Biki Sethi | Sunshine Club | Western Mahaveer Club | 7–0 | ||
Md. Fayaz KF | Sunrise Club | Bidanasi Club | 5–0 | ||
Ramesh Murmu | Chauliaganj Club | 4–0 | |||
Debraj SA | Club 'N' Club | Town Club | 4–0 | ||
Harish Chandra Murmu | Town Club | Yuva Bandhu Cultural Group (YVCG) | 5–2 |