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Bangalore Super Division is the top-division football league in the Indian state of Karnataka, started in 2001. The winner is awarded George Hoover trophy. Prior to 2001, the Bangalore A Division was the top tier.[1][2]
The Bangalore Super Division features the ten to fourteen teams of Bangalore affiliated to the Bangalore District Football Association (BDFA) competing for the George Hoover Trophy. Clubs can enter the Super Division by adopting two different ways — either by gaining promotion from the A Division, the second tier of the system, or by paying an amount of ₹10 lakh to the BDFA, gaining direct entry.[3]
The league is played in a single-leg format where all the teams play against each other at least once. All the matches are played at Bangalore Football Stadium in the Ashok Nagar suburb of Bangalore.[3] Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. At the end of the season, a table of the final League standings is determined, based on the following criteria in this order: points obtained, goal difference, and goals scored.
The A Division forms the second tier of the Bangalore football league system which has 10–12 teams participating while the B Division, the third tier, features 14 teams. The bottom-tier is the C division which features almost 90–100 teams. The teams in this division are divided into groups and the winners play another round-robin league before entering a knockout phase. Four teams qualify for the B division while there is no relegation from C division.[3]
Thirteen teams competed in the 2020–21 edition of the league.[4]
Ozone FC and South United FC withdrew from the league. Hence, Students Union who were supposed to be relegated along with last placed AGORC FC were allowed to continue in the top division, while Young Challengers and FC Deccan joined after gaining promotion from Bangalore A Division league.
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