Derby football league

About the league

The Team Derby Football League offers weekly, officiated games for those who want to play social but competitive football and compete against student teams from across the University. Get your friends together and create a team, you only need a minimum of 6 people to enter!

Our league competition runs between September and May on Friday evenings from 4pm. Team entries for our Autumn league open in September, and in January for the Spring competition.  

Anyone can play and if you are an individual player (not yet part of a team) we can help you join one!

Enter Your Team Here

+1400players since 2012
25term-time competitions
+33student referees
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Keep up to date

Once you have entered your team, the easiest way to keep up to date with upcoming fixtures, results and the league table, is via the UoD Active app. Simply,

  1. Download the app via the Google Play or Apple App Store
  2. Create an account using your university email address
  3. Join the Football League community (your request to join will be approved once your team sheet has been submitted)

For more information or if you have any questions please email Lucy Kenworthy l.kenworthy2@derby.ac.uk.

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @teamderby or on Facebook @teamderbysport.

Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve put together the following questions and answers to provide everything you need to know about our Football League and how you can take part.

Team entries for our Autumn 2024-25 league will open in August 2024 and entries for our Spring Term 24-25 competition will open in January 2025. Matches normally start the last week of September or the first week in October. Matches will start in February for the Spring League.

Teams will need to pay the entry fee in full in order to book a place in the league. Please enter via the University Online Store.

It's first come first served, with 16 team places available in the Autumn term league and 20+ places in the Spring term league. 

For a whole term's worth of football, it's less than £2 per head per game! However, we require one person (e.g. Team Captain) to pay for the whole team entry in advance.
The Early Bird entry fee for the first 4 teams to sign up is £126 per team for one term.
The standard entry fee thereafter is £146 per team for one term.

The league is open to any University of Derby student. Teams require a minimum of six players (max of ten players) per team with a named captain/vice-captain and an original team name.

If you are an individual player (and not yet part of a team) we will help you join up with a team if there are places available.

No more than two players currently representing the University of Derby in the BUCS football competition (2024-25) can be included in your team.

The league will run on Fridays between 4pm and 7pm for 10-11 weeks (Sept to Dec and Feb to May). Kick-off times vary to space out the arrival and departure times of teams. Teams will therefore need to be flexible and able to play fixtures anytime between 4pm - 7pm.

League matches are played at the university's Sports Centre, Upper 3G pitch which is located at the Kedleston Road campus.

There will be 2 leagues of 8 teams and they will be played in a round-robin format over 8 weeks, play-offs between the leagues will then be organised. Fixtures will be played on a quarter of a full-sized pitch with 1 keeper and 5 outfield players using standard FA 6-a-side rules with two 20-minute halves.

There's no limit to the number of substitutions you make during a match - so all of your 10 team players can get to play.

As a team, you will benefit from weekly, officiated matches based on Kedleston Road Campus.

Their will be 1st and 2nd place medals for the top two finishing teams, along with a trophy and a dominoes voucher for the winning team! 

Regular photos will be taken and action shots will be provided to the teams as well as formal team photos taken.