2020 in association football
The following are the scheduled events of association football (soccer) for the year 2020 throughout the world.
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Numerous association football competitions were either postponed or cancelled during the year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On 13 March 2020, FIFA announced that clubs did not have to release players to their national teams during the international windows of March and April 2020, while players also had the option to decline a call-up without any consequences. FIFA also recommended that all international matches during the March and April 2020 windows be postponed.[1]
By April 2020 only four nations were still playing association football league matches: Belarus,[2][3][4] Nicaragua,[5] Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan[6][7]
In April 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup would be postponed and rescheduled.[8]
Events
Men's national teams
CONIFA
- Cancelled: 2020 CONIFA World Football Cup in
North Macedonia
AFC
- 30 November – 13 December: 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup (location TBA)
CAF
SAFF
- 7 – 19 September: 2020 SAFF Championship in
Bangladesh
Men's Youth
- 8 – 26 January: 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in
Thailand : South Korea : Saudi Arabia : Australia - 4th:
Uzbekistan
- 17 February – 5 March: 2020 Arab Cup U-20 in
Saudi Arabia - Cancelled: 2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in
Estonia - TBD: 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in
Northern Ireland - TBD: Olympic Football Tournament in Tokyo
- 16 September – 3 October: 2020 AFC U-16 Championship in
Bahrain - 14 – 31 October: 2020 AFC U-19 Championship in
Uzbekistan - TBA: 2020 OFC U-19 Championship (location TBA)
- TBA: 2020 OFC U-16 Championship (location TBA)
Women's national teams
- 4 – 11 March: 2020 Algarve Cup in
Portugal : Germany : Italy : Norway - 4th:
New Zealand
- TBD: Olympic Football Tournament in Tokyo
CAF
- 28 November – 12 December: 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations
Women's Youth
- 22 February – 8 March: 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in
Dominican Republic : United States : Mexico
- TBD: 2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in
Sweden - 21 July – 2 August: 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in
Georgia - TBD for August: 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in
Costa Rica and Panama - TBC October 2020 (final stage): 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship in
Argentina - TBC November 2020: 2020 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship in
Venezuela - 2 – 21 November: 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in
India
Men's clubs
UEFA
- 17 September 2019 – 20 April 2020: 2019–20 UEFA Youth League (final in
Nyon)
News
- 29 January – In each team's opening match of CONCACAF Olympic qualifying, Christine Sinclair scored two goals in Canada's 11–0 win over Saint Kitts and Nevis. Her second goal was the 185th of her international career, giving her sole possession of the record for international goals (for either men or women) previously held by the USA's Abby Wambach.[9]
- 13 March – FIFA announced that clubs did not have to release players to their national teams during the international windows of March and April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players also had the option to decline a call-up without any consequences.[1]
- 3 April – FIFA announces that the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, scheduled to be held in Panama and Costa Rica in August, and the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, scheduled to be held in India in November, would be postponed and rescheduled.[8]
- 20 April – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only four top-tier football leagues were actively playing as of this date: 2020 Ýokary Liga,[6][7] 2020 Tajikistan Higher League, Belarusian Premier League and Liga Primera de Nicaragua.[5]
Club continental champions
Men
Women
Region | Tournament | Defending champion | Champion | Title | Last honor |
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AFC (Asia) | 2020 AFC Women's Club Championship | ||||
2020 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship | |||||
CONCACAF (North and Central America, Caribbean) |
2020 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship | ||||
CONMEBOL (South America) | 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina | ||||
UEFA (Europe) | 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League | ||||
FIFA (Global) |
National Leagues
UEFA
AFC
CAF
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | |||||
2019–20 Girabola | Season abandoned on 30 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[32] | ||||
2019–20 Benin Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Botswana Premier League | Jwaneng Galaxy[33] | Township Rollers | 1st | — | |
2019–20 Burkinabé Premier League | Season abandoned on 4 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[34] | ||||
2019–20 Burundi Premier League | Le Messager Ngozi[35] | Musongati | 2nd | 2017–18 | |
2019–20 Elite One | PWD Bamenda[36] | Coton Sport | 1st | — | |
2019–20 Ligue 1 | AS Otohô[37] | Diables Noirs | 3rd | 2018–19 | |
2019–20 Linafoot | TP Mazembe[38] | AS Vita Club | 18th | 2018–19 | |
2019–20 Djibouti Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Egyptian Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Equatoguinean Primera División | Season abandoned on 8 June 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[39] | ||||
2019–20 Premier League of Eswatini | |||||
2019–20 Ethiopian Premier League | Season abandoned on 5 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[40] | ||||
2019–20 Gabon Championnat National D1 | |||||
2019–20 GFA League First Division | Season abandoned on 21 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[41] | ||||
2019–20 Guinée Championnat National | Season abandoned on 30 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[42] | ||||
2019–20 Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau | |||||
2019–20 Ligue 1 | |||||
2019–20 Kenyan Premier League | Gor Mahia[32] | Tusker | 19th | 2018–19 | |
2019–20 Lesotho Premier League | |||||
2020 Liberian First Division League | Season abandoned on 5 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[43] | ||||
2019–20 Libyan Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Ligue 1 Mauritania | |||||
2019–20 Mauritian Premier League | Season abandoned on 6 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[44] | ||||
2019–20 Botola | |||||
2019–20 Namibia Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Niger Premier League | Season abandoned on 4 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[45] | ||||
2019–20 Rwanda Premier League | APR[41] | Rayon Sports | 18th | 2017–18 | |
2019–20 Senegal Premier League | |||||
2019–20 South African Premier Division | |||||
2020 South Sudan Football Championship | Season abandoned on 21 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[46] | ||||
2019–20 Sudan Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Tanzanian Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Togolese Championnat National | ASKO Kara[47] | Unisport | 5th | 2006–07 | |
2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | |||||
2019–20 Uganda Premier League | Vipers[48] | KCCA | 4th | 2017–18 |
CONCACAF
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2019–20 Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division | |||||
2019–20 Aruban Division di Honor | Season abandoned on 17 June 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2019–20 Barbados Premier League | |||||
2020 Premier League of Belize Closing | |||||
2020 Premier League of Belize Opening | |||||
2019–20 Bermudian Premier Division | North Village Rams | Dandy Town Hornets | 9th | 2010–11 | |
2019–20 Bonaire League | |||||
2020 Canadian Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Cayman Islands Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Liga FPD–Clausura | |||||
2020–21 Liga FPD–Apertura | |||||
2019–20 Curaçao Promé Divishon | |||||
2019–20 Dominica Premier League | |||||
2019–20 Primera División de El Salvador | Season abandoned on 29 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2019–20 Guadeloupe Division of Honor | AS Gosier | Jeunesse Évolution | 2nd | 2004-05 | |
2020 Clausura | Season abandoned on 21 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2020 Apertura | |||||
2020 Clausura | |||||
2020 Apertura | |||||
2019–20 National Premier League | |||||
2020 Liga MX Clausura | Season abandoned on 22 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2020 Liga MX Apertura | |||||
2019–20 SVB Topklasse | |||||
2020 TT Pro League | |||||
2020 Major League Soccer season |
CONMEBOL
OFC
Nation | Date/Dates | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship | ||||||
2020 FFAS Senior League | ||||||
Domestic cups
UEFA
AFC
- The Emperor's Cup final is traditionally held on 1 January of the next calendar year.
CAF
Nation | Date/Dates | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2020 Angola Super Cup | |||||||
2019–20 Algerian Cup | |||||||
2019–20 Mascom Top 8 Cup | |||||||
2019–20 Egypt Cup | |||||||
2020 Moroccan Throne Cup | |||||||
2019–20 Nedbank Cup | |||||||
2020 Heroes Cup | |||||||
2019–20 Tunisian Cup |
CONCACAF
Nation | Date(s) | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2020 Canadian Championship | |||||||
2019–20 Copa El Salvador | |||||||
2020 Honduran Cup | |||||||
2019–20 Copa MX | |||||||
2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup |
CONMEBOL
Nation | Date/Dates | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2019–20 Copa Argentina | |||||||
13 March – 31 May 2020 | 2020 Copa de la Superliga | Tournament abandoned on 28 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2020 Copa do Brasil | |||||||
21 January – | 2020 Copa do Nordeste | ||||||
2020 Copa Chile | |||||||
19 February – | 2020 Copa Colombia | ||||||
2020 Superliga Colombiana | |||||||
2020 Copa Ecuador | |||||||
2020 Copa Paraguay | |||||||
2020 Copa Bicentenario | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
1 February 2020 | 2020 Supercopa Uruguaya | 1st | — |
Second, third and fourth leagues
UEFA
CONMEBOL
CAF
Nation | Date/Dates | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2019–20 Ligue 2 | ||||||
2019–20 Egyptian Second Division | (Group A) (Group B) (Group C) | |||||
2019–20 National First Division | — |
AFC
Nation | Date/Dates | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2020 China League One | ||||||
2020 China League Two | ||||||
2019–20 Hong Kong First Division League | ||||||
2019–20 I-League 2nd Division | ||||||
2020 Liga 2 | ||||||
2020 Liga 3 | ||||||
2020 J2 League | ||||||
2020 J3 League | ||||||
2020 Japan Football League | ||||||
2019–20 Lebanese Second Division | ||||||
2019–20 Lebanese Third Division | ||||||
2019–20 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League | ||||||
2019–20 Saudi Second Division | ||||||
2020 K League 2 | ||||||
2020 K3 League | ||||||
2020 K4 League | ||||||
2020 Thai League 2 | ||||||
2020 Thai League 3 | ||||||
2019–20 UAE Division 1 | ||||||
CONCACAF
Nation | Date(s) | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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Clausura 2020 Ascenso MX | Season abandoned on 13 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
Apertura 2020 Ascenso MX | ||||||
2019–2020 Serie A | Season abandoned on 23 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2019–2020 Serie B | ||||||
2019–20 Tercera División | ||||||
2020 USL Championship | ||||||
2020 USL League One[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
2020 USL League Two[lower-alpha 1] | Season canceled on 30 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2020 National Premier Soccer League | Season canceled on 28 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
- This league includes teams from both the US and Canada.
Women's leagues
UEFA
Nation | Date(s) | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2019–20 National Championship | ||||||
2019–20 ÖFB-Frauenliga | ||||||
2019–20 Super League | ||||||
2019–20 First League | ||||||
2019–20 First Division | ||||||
2019–20 First Division | ||||||
2019–20 Elitedivisionen | ||||||
29 September 2019 – 16 May 2020 | 2019–20 FA WSL | |||||
2020 1. deild kvinnur | ||||||
24 August 2019 – 30 May 2020 | 2019–20 Division 1 Féminine | |||||
17 August 2019 – 17 May 2020 | 2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga | |||||
2020 Úrvalsdeild | ||||||
2020 National League | ||||||
2019–20 Ligat Nashim | ||||||
2019–20 Serie A | ||||||
2019–20 Eredivisie | Season abandoned on 24 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2020 Toppserien | ||||||
2019–20 Campeonato Nacional | ||||||
2019–20 Liga I | ||||||
2020 Championship | ||||||
2020 SWPL 1 | ||||||
2019–20 Slovenian Women's League | ||||||
2019–20 Primera División | ||||||
2020 Damallsvenskan | ||||||
2019–20 First Football League | ||||||
2019–20 Women's League | ||||||
2019–20 Welsh Premier League |
AFC
Nation | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2019–20 W-League | Melbourne City | Melbourne Victory | 2nd | 2015-16 | |
2019–20 Indian Women's Super League | Gokulam Kerala | KRYPHSA | 1st | — | |
2020 Liga 1 Putri | |||||
2020 Nadeshiko League Division 1 | |||||
2019–20 Lebanese Women's Football League | SAS | Safa | 5th | 2018–19 |
CONCACAF
Nation | Date(s) | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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4 January 2020– | 2020 Liga MX Femenil Clausura | Season abandoned on 22 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
July 2020– | 2020 Liga MX Femenil Apertura | |||||
April–October 2020 | 2020 NWSL season |
CONMEBOL
Nation | Date(s) | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2020 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino |
OFC
Nation | Date(s) | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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2020 National Women's League |
Youth Leagues
UEFA
Nation | Date/Dates | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
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9 August 2019– | 2019–20 Professional U23 Development League | |||||
11 July 2019– | 2019–2020 Youth championship | |||||
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