2018 FAO League

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 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)

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

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.