The 2019 FAO League was the tenth season of the FAO League, the top Odia professional football league, since its establishment in 2010. Sunrise Club were the defending champions whereas Bidanasi Club were relegated from the Diamond League last season and played in the Gold League in the 2019 edition. The FAO League is annually organised by the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, India. The regular season started on 24 July. Sunrise Club were the defending champions, ending up at the top with sixteen points having a positive goal difference of fifteen. Odisha Police ended their 2018 FAO League stage at the runners-up spot with sixteen points, having a positive goal difference of nine.
Odisha Sports Hostel won their maiden title, ending up at the top with sixteen points having a positive goal difference of seven. Rising Student's Club were the runners up with fifteen points. In the Gold Division, Rovers Club topped the table with eleven points, having a positive goal difference of nine. Rising Star Club ended their group stage campaign with eight points having a positive goal difference of one. In the Silver Division, SAI-STC and Club N Club qualified for the Silver Play-Off. However, Club N Club failed to put up a team for the play-off, hence SAI-STC were crowned as the champions of the Silver Division.
Teams
Diamond
Sunrise Club Odisha Police Sports Hostel Rising Students Club East Coast Railway Radha Raman Club Jay Durga Club Young Utkal Club
Gold
Bidanasi Club Rising Star Club Rovers Club Mangala Club Radha Gobinda Club Sunshine Club
Silver
Silver A
SAI-STC Cuttack Chand Club Lalbag Club State Bank of India Azad Hind Club
Silver B
Independent Club Chauliaganj Club Club N Club Town Club Royal Club
Venue
League stage
Diamond League
League table
Note: Top four teams of Diamond League would qualify for the FAO Super Cup.
Results
Gold League
Note: Top three teams of the Gold League would qualify for the FAO Super Cup.
Silver League
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Playoffs
Final
Statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1Arunanshu GuptaRovers Club92Chandra Sekhar BeheraChand Club63Antarjami NayakRadha Gobinda Club5Dara Singh JamudaChauliaganj ClubFrancis LakraSports HostelPravat DansenaSAI-STC Cuttack4Johnson KiroRising Student's Club4Sheikh FaridChand ClubShibo KindoIndependent Club5Arun BudulaOdisha Police3Basudev NayakAzad Hind ClubDinabandhu DashYoung Utkal ClubJagdish OramSAI-STC CuttackMd. Fayaz KFSunrise ClubPranab BarikRoyal ClubRichard Omuah KissiRadha Raman ClubSanatan LoharEast Coast Railways5Abhinash SamalSAI-STC Cuttack2Adwin TirkeyRising Student's ClubArjun MuduliRising Star ClubArpan LakraSunrise ClubBadal Kumar BhoiSunshine ClubBhabagrahi PadhiarySports HostelBijay GhallanOdisha PoliceDeepak BiswalYoung Utkal ClubDhiraj Prakash MeherRadha Raman ClubJaysingh GagrayiSports HostelM TrinathSAI-STC CuttackManjit KissanSports HostelManoj Kumar DasBidanasi ClubMd. AfridiChand ClubMd. JavedLalbag ClubMukhwinderjit SinghSunrise ClubOpara NdubuisiJay Durga ClubPabitra MinzIndependent ClubPapu MajhiMangala ClubPradyumna SwainIndependent ClubPramod Kumar DasOdisha PoliceRajesh NayakRising Student's ClubRaju BisarRising Student's ClubSanjeet PannaEast Coast RailwaysSanjit KhoraRadha Gobinda ClubSheikh Imtiaz AliChand ClubShyam Sundar SorenChauliaganj ClubSunil SardarSunrise ClubTofan NayakMangala Club7Ajay BarwaSAI-STC Cuttack1Ajay BeheraBidanasi ClubAkash DasSunshine ClubAkash OramRovers ClubAlmaz PervezBidanasi ClubAmbika LakraSunrise ClubArbind LakraRising Student's ClubArjun NayakRadha Raman ClubBabul RoutMangala ClubBapi SorenRoyal ClubBasanta KaloAzad Hind ClubBetal LakraRadha Raman ClubBijay Kumar BarikYoung Utkal ClubBikash BarlaClub N ClubBikash SahooYoung Utkal ClubBlacky LakraEast Coast RailwaysDhananjay MajhiRadha Raman ClubEdwin TirkeyRising Student's ClubGanga OramClub N ClubGovinda SenapatiOdisha PoliceGurpreet SinghSunrise ClubHemant HansdaSAI-STC CuttackJagan DasTown ClubJagmohan JeraiOdisha PoliceJayanta Kumar BeheraState Bank of IndiaJayanta MahantaRadha Raman ClubJugeswar BagIndependent ClubJanmo XessRadha Gobinda ClubJamir OramRadha Gobinda ClubKarfulla LakraBidanasi ClubKartik HantalRising Star ClubKeshab MajhiAzad Hind ClubKhitish DansenaClub N ClubKishan OramJay Durga ClubKrisanu DasMangala ClubKwabena KemavorRadha Raman ClubLaxman BindhaniSports HostelMahendra SorenChauliaganj ClubMalay NayakMangala ClubMano KarangiaChauliaganj ClubMd. BilalChand ClubMihir BhoiIndependent ClubNaren SunaRovers ClubNaresh BhumiRising Star ClubNirmal KumarSunrise ClubNitesh MondalRadha Raman ClubPurna Chandra SamalSunshine ClubRaj Kumar DasJay Durga ClubRaja DasRovers ClubRajiv DasClub N ClubRamesh Chandra MurmuChauliaganj ClubRamesh OramSunrise ClubSanjay HembramRoyal ClubSanjay KhadiaClub N ClubSaroj BeheraRoyal ClubShasikant SandylChand ClubSheikh MustakimEast Coast RailwaysSheikh ShahidLalbag ClubSheikh ShahzadSAI-STC CuttackSheikh ZahidRising Student's ClubSheikh ZuberJay Durga ClubSona HaraRovers ClubSourav MukherjeeRising Star ClubSS AlamRising Student's ClubSukru OramRovers ClubSumit OramRadha Gobinda ClubSunil ToppoClub N ClubSyed Abu HureraJay Durga Club Source:
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Francis Lakra Sports Hostel Sunrise 3–0 Sheikh Farid Chand Lalbag 6–1 Pravat Dansena SAI-STC Cuttack Lalbag 7–1 Richard Omuah Kissi Radha Raman Young Utkal 6–1 Dara Singh Jamuda Chauliaganj Club Independent 6–3 Chandra Sekhar Behera Chand Club State Bank of India 6–0 Chandra Sekhar Behera Chand Club Azad Hind Club 6–1 Antarjami Nayak Radha Gobinda Club Mangala Club 4–1
Own Goals Ajit Rout (Mangala Club) Bibhu Ranjan Nayak (State Bank of India) Emanuel Tirkey (Jay Durga Club) Kshitish Dansena (Club N Club) Md. Javed (Lalbag Club)
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