2020–21 in Australian soccer

The 2020–21 season is the sixteenth season of the current professional domestic soccer competition in Australia.

Soccer in Australia
Season2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Most events from March 2020 onwards are being disrupted or postponed due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1][2]

Domestic competitions

A-League
Main article: 2020–21 A-League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals Series and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals Series and 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
4 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2021 FFA Cup[lower-alpha 2]
8 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sydney FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 3] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Western Sydney Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBC. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  2. The top eight teams qualify for the 2021 FFA Cup entering at the Round of 32, while the bottom four teams will play-off for a spot in the Round of 32.[3]
  3. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2022 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

W-League
Main article: 2020–21 W-League

Template:2020–21 W-League table

Y-League

2020–21 Y-League

National Premier Leagues

The competition in all member federations was suspended, effective from 18 March, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[4] The Western Australian NPL competition is scheduled to be the first to resume from 3 July.[5]

No decision on whether there will be an overall Final Series has been made; if it goes ahead, it will feature the winner of each Member Federation's league competition in the National Premier Leagues, with the overall winner becoming NPL Champion, qualifying directly for the 2021 FFA Cup Round of 32.

Domestic cups

FFA Cup

The competition was suspended for one month due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, effective 18 March to 14 April,[4] and further extended until at least the end of May.[6] For Western Australia, Football West announced that league competitions would be scheduled to progressively resume from 21 June, but with a decision not to proceed with cup competitions in general.[5]

National teams

Men's senior
Main articles: 2020 Australia national soccer team season and 2021 Australia national soccer team season

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification

World Cup qualification matches also act as 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches.

8 October 2020 2022 WCQAustralia v KuwaitPerth, Australia
Source Stadium: Perth Oval
13 October 2020 2022 WCQNepal   v AustraliaTBD
Source
12 November 2020 2022 WCQAustralia v Chinese TaipeiTBD, Australia
Source
17 November 2020 2022 WCQAustralia v JordanTBD, Australia
Source

2021 Copa América
June 2021 Group StageAustralia v UruguayCórdoba, Argentina
Source Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
June 2021 Group StageParaguay v AustraliaLa Plata, Argentina
Source Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
June 2021 Group StageAustralia v BoliviaLa Plata, Argentina
Source Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
June 2021 Group StageArgentina v AustraliaBuenos Aires, Argentina
Source Stadium: Estadio Monumental
June 2021 Group StageChile v AustraliaCórdoba, Argentina
Source Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes

Men's under 23
Main article: Australia national under-23 soccer team

Men's under-20
Main article: Australia national under-20 soccer team

AFC U-19 Championship
15 October 2020 (2020-10-15) Group StageAustralia v VietnamNamangan, Uzbekistan
19:00 UZT Source Stadium: Navbahor Central Stadium
18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) Group StageLaos v AustraliaNamangan, Uzbekistan
15:00 UZT Source Stadium: Navbahor Central Stadium
21 October 2020 (2020-10-21) Group StageSaudi Arabia v AustraliaTashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UZT Source Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium

Men's under-17
Main article: Australia national under-17 soccer team

AFC U-17 Championship
26 November 2020 (2020-11-26) Group StageAustralia v IndiaBahrain
Source Stadium: TBD
29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) Group StageUzbekistan v AustraliaBahrain
Source Stadium: TBD
2 December 2020 (2020-12-02) Group StageSouth Korea v AustraliaBahrain
Source Stadium: TBD

Women's senior
Main article: Australia women's national soccer team

Women's under-20
Main article: Australia women's national under-20 soccer team

Women's under-17
Main article: Australia women's national under-17 soccer team

Deaths

Retirements

References
  1. "FFA to postpone remaining matches in the Hyundai A-League season due to COVID-19". Football Federation Australia. 24 March 2020.
  2. "Socceroos' March and June qualifiers postponed". Football Federation Australia. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. Rugari, Vince; Bossi, Dominic (19 December 2019). "A-League's worst teams to play off for spot in FFA Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. "Football West competition return date". Football West. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. "Extension of the suspension of grassroots football in Australia". Football Federation Australia. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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