2019–20 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League

The 2019–20 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League (Nepali: शहीद स्मारक ए डिभिजन लिग २०७६) season, also known as Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial A-Division League[2] for sponsorship reasons, will be the 43rd edition of the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. Manang Marshyangdi Club were the defending champions.[3] The season begun on 14 December and lasted for Two months. Machhindra Football Club were crowned as league winners for the first time in club's history on the 15 February, after defeating Nepal Army Club by 1–0.

Martyr's Memorial A-Division League[1]
Season2019–20
Dates14 December 2019 – 15 February 2020
ChampionsMachhindra FC
RelegatedSaraswati Youth Club
Matches played91
Goals scored210 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerAashish Lama
(9 goals)
Biggest home winMachhindra 6–1 Saraswati
(6 February 2020)
Highest scoringSankata 6–2 Saraswati
(13 February 2020)
Longest winning runMachhindra (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runNepal Army Club
(10 matches)
Longest winless runBrigade Boys Club
(9 matches)
Longest losing runBrigade Boys Club
Nepal APF Club
Saraswati Youth Club
(5 matches)
2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 15 February 2020.

Teams

A total of 14 teams, all based in the Kathmandu Valley, will contest the league with a relegation system.[1]

Location
Team Location Previous Season
Himalayan Sherpa Club Kathmandu 7th
Machhindra Football Club 13th
Manang Marshyangdi Club 1st
Nepal APF Club 5th
Nepal Army Club 4th
Nepal Police Club 6th
New Road Team 14th
Sankata BSC 2nd
Saraswati Youth Club 9th
Brigade Boys Club Lalitpur 12th
Chyasal Youth Club 8th
Friends Club 11th
Jawalakhel Youth Club 10th
Three Star Club 3rd

Personnel and kits
Team Head Coach Captain Kit Sponsor
Brigade Boys Club Khagendra Pun Anil Gurung[4] Nepal Investment Bank[5]
Chyasal Youth Club Bal Gopal Sahukhala Santosh Sahukhala Himalaya College of Engineering,1[6] Grace International1[6]
Friends Club Marcos Filipe[7] Saroj Yonjan Nepal Investment Bank
Himalayan Sherpa Club Sanjeev Budhathoki Man Bahadur Tamang Yeti Airlines[8]
Jawalakhel Youth Club Naresh Thapa Kuldeep Karki Prabhu Bank
Machhindra Football Club Prabesh Katuwal[9] Biraj Maharjan[4] San Miguel,[10] Pepe Pizza[11]
Manang Marshyangdi Club Fuja Tope[12] Kamal Shrestha[13] Nepal Oil Corporation[14]
Nepal APF Club Rajendra Tamang Top Bahadur Bista Agni Mahindra
Nepal Army Club Nabin Neupane Bharat Khawas Bajaj Pulsar
Nepal Police Club Ananta Raj Thapa Rabin Shrestha Nepal Telecom
New Road Team Raju Kaji Shakya[15] Prakash Budhathoki
Sankata BSC Salyan Khadgi Ravi Silwal
Saraswati Youth Club Pradeep Nepal Ramesh Tamang
Three Star Club Megh Raj KC Bikram Lama Ruslan Vodka
1. ^ On the back of shirt.

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 SAARC Player
Brigade Boys Club Tajudeen Busari George Vincent Isaac Olakaji Mohamad Sawcat
Chyasal Youth Club Junichi Ozawa[16] Tiaga Nakamura Hayato Wakino Muhammad Asif
Friends Club Felipe de Almeida Souza[17] Saulo De Aquino[17] Wagner De Carmo[17] Uttam Rai
Himalayan Sherpa Club Ulrich Siewe Stephane Samir Mohamed Khairy
Jawalakhel Youth Club Dady Junior Wamba Fode Fofana Adama Doumbiya Kuber Bisht
Machhindra Football Club Peter Segun[9] Oluwaunmi Somide Adelaja[9] Andres Nia[10]
Manang Marshyangdi Club Femi Adewumi Florent Koara Vidal Luis Chissano Dayanand Singh
Nepal APF Club
Nepal Army Club
Nepal Police Club
New Road Team Andre Thierry Biyikbiyik Junior Onguene Yanick Owona
Sankata BSC Ernest Tampi Ajayi Martins Messouke Oloumou Prahlad Roy
Saraswati Youth Club Mbei Andre Ekwem Meshack Mwankia Kazeem Busari
Three Star Club Hamzat Wasiu Yves Priso Aliu Olas Lal Rammarva

Venues
Nepal
Kathmandu Kathmandu Lalitpur
Dasarath Rangasala Halchowk Stadium1 ANFA Complex
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 6,000
1. ^ Matches were scheduled to be played at Halchowk Stadium,[18] however, due to the bad condition of the pitch, no matches were played here.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Machhindra FC (C) 13 10 2 1 25 8 +17 31[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup
2 Nepal Army Club 13 9 2 2 21 7 +14 29
3 Manang Marshyangdi Club 13 8 4 1 20 8 +12 28
4 Three Star Club 13 8 2 3 18 9 +9 26
5 Nepal Police Club 13 6 2 5 15 12 +3 20
6 Jawalakhel Youth Club 13 5 4 4 10 9 +1 19
7 Sankata BSC 13 5 3 5 17 17 0 18
8 New Road Team 13 5 2 6 14 14 0 15[lower-alpha 2]
9 Chyasal Youth Club 13 4 3 6 13 17 −4 15
10 Himalayan Sherpa Club 13 3 5 5 15 18 −3 14
11 Friends Club 13 4 2 7 12 19 −7 14
12 Nepal APF Club 13 2 3 8 15 21 −6 9
13 Brigade Boys Club 13 2 3 8 5 15 −10 9
14 Saraswoti Youth Club (R) 13 1 1 11 10 36 −26 4 Relegation to 2021 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
Source: ANFA, GoalNepal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Machhindra deducted 1 point for finishing 13th in the previous season.
  2. New Road Team deducted 2 points for finishing 14th in the previous season

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213
Machhindra F.C.4532312222221
Nepal Army Club3743121111112
Manang Marshyangdi Club2111233333333
Three Star Club9426445464444
Nepal Police Club71185676858665
Jawalakhel Youth Club8354558776556
Sankata BSC118911787687897
New Road Team51068964545778
Chyasal Youth Club1279101012910101089
Himalayan Sherpa Club691112121311121212111110
Friends Club10131313131210109991011
Nepal APF Club13121210111113131313131212
Brigade Boys Club126107899111111121313
Saraswoti Youth Club14141414141414141414141414
Leader
Relegation to B-Division
Source:

Season Statistics
As of 15 February 2020[19]

Scoring

Top Scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Aashish Lama Nepal APF Club 9
2 Santosh Sahukhala Chyasal Youth Club 7
3 Anjan Bista Manang Marshyangdi Club 6
Bimal Rana
Nawayug Shrestha Nepal Army Club
Kazeem Adegoke Busari Saraswati Youth Club
6 Bijay Shrestha Himalayan Sherpa Club 5

Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
Sanjog Rai Three Star Club Saraswati Youth Club 4–0[20] 1 February 2020
Ju Manu Rai Nepal Police Club Friends Club 3–0[21] 13 February 2020

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Deep Karki Manang Marshyangdi Club 8
2 Bikesh Kuthu Nepal Army Club 7
Bishal Shrestha Machhindra FC
Yves Priso Three Star Club
5 Tekendra Thapa Jawalakhel Youth Club 5
Ajit Prajapati New Road Team
7 Alan Neupane Chyasal Youth Club 4
Arun Blon Jawalakhel Youth Club
Binaya Shrestha Sankata BSC
Bishal Sunar Brigade Boys Club
Dev Limbu Friends Club
Kishor Giri Himalayan Sherpa Club
13 Roshan Khadka Nepal Police Club 3
Shatrudhan Chaudhary Nepal Police Club
15 Amrit Kumar Chaudhary Nepal APF Club 1
Pradeep Bhandari Saraswati Youth Club

Discipline

Player

Team

Awards

End of season awards
Award Winner[22] Club
Goalkeeper Deep Karki Manang Marshyangdi Club
Defender Ananta Tamang Three Star Club
Midfielder Bishal Rai Machhindra
Forward Bharat Khawas Nepal Army Club
Head Coach Prabesh Katuwal Machhindra
Mani Bikram Shah Youth Player Darshan Gurung New Road Team
Fair Play Three Star Club

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