2022–23 BDFA Super Division

BDFA Super Division

Season	2022–23
Dates	August – December 2022[1]
Champions	SC Bengaluru (1st title)[2]
Promoted	SC Bengaluru Kickstart FC
Relegated	Bangalore Eagles ADE
Matches played	6
Goals scored	29 (4.83 per match)
Biggest away win	Jawahar Union 0–17 Bengaluru United
Highest scoring	Jawahar Union 0–17 Bengaluru United
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 BDFA Super Division was the 20th season of the BDFA Super Division, the fourth tier league in India, and Karnataka's top-tier football league.^[3] Bengaluru United were the defending champions.^[4]

Changes from last season

Relegated to A Division

• ADE (reinstated for league expansion)

Promoted from A Division

• Rebels FC^[5]
• Friends United FC^[5]

Direct entrants

• Roots FC^[5]
• FC Agniputhra^[5]
• SC Bengaluru^[5]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Bengaluru (C, P)	18	15	1	2	53	11	+42	46	Champions and Qualification to 2023-24 I-League 3
2	Bengaluru United	18	14	3	1	66	12	+54	45
3	Kickstart (P)	18	13	3	2	54	17	+37	42	Qualification to 2023-24 I-League 3
4	Rebels	18	11	3	4	41	17	+24	36
5	Bengaluru B	18	10	3	5	52	16	+36	33
6	Students Union	18	9	4	5	33	24	+9	31
7	Deccan	18	8	5	5	31	19	+12	29
8	Bangalore Independents	18	9	1	8	35	29	+6	28
9	MEG	18	8	4	6	25	20	+5	28
10	ASC	18	5	7	6	33	29	+4	22
11	Friends United	18	5	7	6	28	36	−8	22
12	Bangalore Dream United	18	6	4	8	24	41	−17	22
13	Agniputhra	18	6	3	9	29	35	−6	21
14	Kodagu	18	5	5	8	23	20	+3	20
15	Roots	18	5	5	8	18	23	−5	20
16	Bangalore United FC	18	4	3	11	18	47	−29	15
17	Young Challengers	18	4	1	13	13	56	−43	13
18	Bangalore Eagles (R)	18	1	4	13	11	50	−39	7	Relegation to 2023-24 BDFA A Division
19	ADE (R)	18	0	0	18	7	92	−85	0
20	Jawahar Union (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) ?

Matches

August
Match	Date	Home	Result	Away	Ref.
1	23 August	Jawahar Union	0–17*	Bengaluru United	[6]
2		Bangalore Eagles	0–2	Bangalore United FC
3		MEG	0–1	Roots
4	24 August	ADE	0–2	Students Union
5		ASC	1–1	Friends United
6		Rebels FC	2–3	SC Bengaluru
7	26 August	Kickstart	1–0	Deccan
8		Bangalore Dream United	1–1	Kodagu
9	27 August	Bengaluru B	8–0	Young Challengers
10		Bangalore Independents	2–1	Agniputhra
11	28 August	Bengaluru United	0–0	MEG
12	30 August	Kickstart	6–0	Bangalore United
13		Roots	1–1	Deccan
14		Kodagu	Postponed	Jawahar Union
15	31 August	Rebels	2–1	Bengaluru B
16		Young Challengers	2–2	Bangalore Eagles
17		Students Union	2–1	Bangalore Independents
September
Match	Date	Home	Result	Away	Ref.
18	1 September	SC Bengaluru	0–1	Friends United	[6]
19		ADE	0–5	Bangalore Dream United
20	6 September	Agniputhra	2–1	ASC
21		Bengaluru United	6–0	Bangalore United FC

^*Jawahar Union withdrew

See also

• 2022–23 Indian State Leagues
  • 2022–23 Chennai Senior Division
  • 2022–23 Kerala Premier League

References

1. @SandynoneM (19 August 2022). "Kickstart FC won the C Puttaiah Memorial Trophy. Beat Bangalore Eagles 3-1 in the final. BDFA Super Division will start on 23 and run till December. 20 team league this time. Puttaiah Memorial tournament started in 1949, the trophy is pure silver" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. "Debutants SCB champions". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Bengaluru: The Times of India. TNN. 11 December 2022. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
3. "FC Bengaluru retain Super Division crown". The Times of India. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
4. "FC Bengaluru United retain BDFA Super Division League title". aninews.in. Asian News International (ANI). 6 January 2022. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
5. @IMinnows (23 August 2022). "BDFA Super Division League 2022-23 with 20 participating teams kicks off today, Aug. 23. Rebels FC & Friends United FC have been promoted from A-Division whereas Roots FC, FC Agniputhra & SC Bengaluru are the new teams (direct entry)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. "BDFA Super Division League". The Away End.