List of Champions of the Delhi Football League:
The Delhi Football League is the league for the clubs in the Indian capital. The Delhi League was started in 1948 but since it's start the league not been finished on twelve occasions. From 1977 until 1981 the league was not finished, due to fractionalism in the Delhi football scene. From 1985 a new format of a league, super league (two groups) followed by knock-out semifinals and final was adopted.

Years Winners - Runners-Up Score 1948 Young Men 1949 Raisina Sporting 1950 Simla Youngs 1951 Young Men 1952 Simla Youngs 1953 New Delhi Heroes 1954 New Delhi Heroes 1955 New Delhi Heroes 1956 New Delhi Heroes 1957 Young Men 1958 New Delhi Heroes 1959 New Delhi Heroes 1960 City Club 1961 Raisina Sporting 1962 Raisina Sporting 1963 City Club 1964 City Club 1965 Young Men 1966 President's Estate 1967 President's Estate 1968 League Unfinished 1969 Young Men 1970 League Unfinished 1971 Indian Air Force (Delhi) 1972 Simla Youngs 1973 Simla Youngs 1974 League Unfinished 1975 Indian Air Force (Delhi) 1976 Simla Youngs 1977 League Unfinished due to factionalism 1978 League Unfinished due to factionalism 1979 League Unfinished due to factionalism 1980 League Unfinished due to factionalism 1981 League Unfinished due to factionalism 1982 League not held 1983 League Unfinished 1984 League Unfinished 1985 Moonlight - Simla Youngs 1-0 1986 Garhwal Heroes - Youngsters Club 1-0 1987 League Unfinished 1988 Shastri FC - Moonlight joint winners 1989 Shastri FC - Moonlight joint winners 1990 Moonlight 1991 Students Club - Simla Youngs 1-0 1992 Shastri FC - Special Area Games 2-1 1993 South India - Simla Youngs 1-0 1994 Shastri FC - Indian Nationals 4-0 1995 Mughals SC - Shastri FC 1-0 1996 Shastri FC - Hindustan FC 1-0 [golden goal] 1997 City Club - Indian Air Force 1-0 1998 Indian Air Force (Delhi) - Hindustan Club 1-1;3-1 [pen] 1999 Indian Nationals FC - Shastri FC 1-1;5-4 [pen] 2000 Indian Nationals FC - Hindustan Club 3-2 2001-02 Hindustan Club - Indian Nationals FC 1-0 2002-03 Indian Air Force (Delhi) - Hindustan Club 2-0 2003 Indian Air Force (Delhi) - Tarun Sangha 3-2 2004 Indian Air Force (Palam) - Indian Air Force (D) 2-1 2005 Simla Youngs - Hindustan Club 2006-07 Indian Air Force (Palam) - Indian Nationals FC 2007-08 New Delhi Heroes - Indian Nationals FC 1-0

Top League Title winners:
7 [0] New Delhi Heroes

6 [3] Simla Youngs
6 [2] Indian Air Force (Delhi)

5 [2] Shastri FC
5 [0] Young Men

4 [0] City Club

3 [0] Raisina Sporting

2 [4] Indian Nationals FC
2 [2] Moonlight
2 [0] President's Estate

1 [5] Hindustan Club
1 [0] Garhwal Heroes
1 [0] Indian Air Force (Palam)
1 [0] Mughals SC
1 [0] South India
1 [0] Students Club

0 [1] Special Area Games
0 [1] Tarun Sangha
0 [1] Youngsters Club

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