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. The regular season started on 17 August 2018. Sunrise Club became champions of the 2018 edition of the league, winning their fourth title.
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
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)
Officiating
Match Officials Sujit Kumar Patro
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 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.
Venue
League stage
Diamond League
League table
Results
Gold League
Silver League
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Statistics
Scoring
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date M Trinath SAI-STC 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 Odisha Government Press (OGP) 4–0 Debraj SA Club 'N' Club Town Club 4–0 Harish Chandra Murmu Town Club Yuva Bandhu Cultural Group (YVCG) 5–2
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