2020 in association football
Nowadays, 2020 in association football is a recurring theme in modern society. From politics to technology, culture and education, 2020 in association football has generated a great deal of debate and interest around the world. With the growing importance of this topic, it is crucial to understand its impact on our daily lives and in the future. In this article, we will thoroughly explore the most relevant aspects of 2020 in association football, analyzing its different perspectives and discussing its relevance in the current context. Without a doubt, 2020 in association football is a topic that leaves no one indifferent, and its influence will continue to expand in the coming years.
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The following are the scheduled events of association football (soccer) for the year 2020 throughout the world.
Numerous association football competitions were either postponed or cancelled during the year due to the 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 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
- 19–29 November: 2020 COSAFA Under-17 Championship in
South Africa
- : South Africa
- :
Zambia - :
Angola - 4th:
Malawi
- 20–29 November: 2020 WAFU U-20 Tournament in
Senegal
- 22 November – 2 December: 2020 CECAFA U-20 Championship in
Tanzania
- :
Uganda - : Tanzania
- :
South Sudan - 4th:
Kenya
- 3–13 December: 2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup in South Africa
- :
Mozambique - :
Namibia - : Angola
- 4th: Zambia
- 13–28 December: 2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament in
Tunisia
- 15–23 December: 2020 UNIFFAC U-20 Championship in
Equatorial Guinea
Women's national teams
- 4–10 March: 2020 Turkish Women's Cup in
Turkey
- 4–11 March: 2020 Algarve Cup in
Portugal
- :
Germany - :
Italy - :
Norway - 4th:
New Zealand
CAF
- 3–14 November: 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship in South Africa
- : South Africa
- :
Botswana
Women's youth
- 22 February – 8 March: 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in
Dominican Republic
- :
United States - :
Mexico
- 4–14 November: 2020 COSAFA U-17 Women's Championship in South Africa
Men's clubs
UEFA
- 17 September 2019 – 25 August 2020: 2019–20 UEFA Youth League (final in
Nyon)
- :
Real Madrid - : Benfica
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 honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | 2020 AFC Women's Club Championship |  Nippon TV Beleza
|
Season Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| CONCACAF(North and Central America, Caribbean) | 2020 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship |  Saprissa
|
Season Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina |  Corinthians
|
Ferroviária
|
2nd | 2015 |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League |  Lyon
|
Lyon
|
7th | 2018–19 |
National leagues
UEFA
AFC
CAF
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CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cook Islands
|
2020 Cook Islands Round Cup | Tupapa | Nikao | 16th | 2019 |
 Fiji
|
2020 Fiji Premier League | Suva | Rewa | 4th | 2014 |
 Kiribati
|
2020 Kiribati National Championship | ||||
 New Zealand
|
2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship | Auckland City | Team Wellington | 7th | 2017–18 |
 Papua New Guinea
|
2019–20 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League | Lae City | Vitiaz United | 6th | 2019 |
 American Samoa
|
2020 FFAS Senior League | ||||
 Samoa
|
2020 Samoa National League | Lupe o le Soaga | Vaipuna | 6th | 2019 |
 Solomon Islands
|
2019–20 Solomon Islands S-League | Solomon Warriors | Henderson Eels | 5th | 2018 |
 Tahiti
|
2019–20 Tahiti Ligue 1 | Pirae | Venus | 1st | — |
 Tuvalu
|
2020 Tuvalu A-Division | Nauti | Tofaga | 23rd | 2019 |
 Vanuatu
|
2020 VFF National Super League | Malampa Revivors | Vaum United | 3rd | 2019 |
| 2019–20 Port Vila Premier League | Ifira Black Bird | Galaxy | 1st | — |
Non-FIFA
| Nation | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gozo
|
2019–20 Gozo Football League First Division | Nadur Youngsters | Xewkija Tigers | 11th | 2013 |
 Greenland
|
2020 Greenlandic Football Championship | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| Mayotte
|
2020 Mayotte Division Honneur | ||||
 Northern Cyprus
|
2019–20 KTFF Süper Lig | Mağusa Türk Gücü | Merit Alsancak Yeşilova | 10th | 2018/19 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
2020 Ligue de Football de Saint Pierre et Miquelon | AS Miquelonnaise | AS Saint-Pierre | 1st | — |
 Vatican City
|
2020 Vatican City Championship | Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
Domestic cups
UEFA
AFC
CAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria
|
2019–20 Algerian Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Algerian Super Cup | 2–1 | 2nd | 1995 | |||
 Angola
|
2020 Angola Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Benin
|
2020 Benin Cup | Not Played | ||||
 Botswana
|
2020–21 FA Challenge Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2019–20 Mascom Top 8 Cup | 1–1 (4–3 p) | 2nd | 2016 | |||
 Burkina Faso
|
2020 Coupe du Faso | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Burkina Faso Super Cup | 3–2 | 1st | — | |||
 Burundi
|
2020 Coupe du Président de la République | Musongati | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Rukinzo | 1st | — |
| 2020 Coupe de l'Unité | 2–1 | 1st | — | |||
 Cameroon
|
2020 Cameroonian Cup | Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Super Coupe Roger Milla | ||||||
 Cape Verde
|
2020 Taça Nacional de Cabo Verde | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Cape Verdean Independence Cup | ||||||
| 2020 Supertaça de Cabo Verde | Santo Crucifixo
|
3–1 | 1st | — | ||
 Central African Republic
|
2020 Central African Republic Coupe Nationale | 1–1 (4–3 p) | 7th | 2011 | ||
 Chad
|
2020 Supercoupe du Tchad | |||||
 Comoros
|
2020 Comoros Cup | US Zilimadjou
|
2–0 | 1st | — | |
 Congo
|
2020 Coupe du Congo | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Djibouti
|
2020 Djibouti Cup | 1–0 | 2nd | 2019 | ||
| 2020 Djibouti Super Cup | 4–1 | 4th | 2012 | |||
 DR Congo
|
2020 Coupe du Congo | Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Egypt
|
2019–20 Egypt Cup | 1–1 (3–2 p) | 36th | 2018–19 | ||
| 2019–20 Egyptian Super Cup | 0–0 (4–3 p) | 4th | 2016–17 | |||
 Equatorial Guinea
|
2020 Equatoguinean Cup | Not Held | ||||
 Eswatini
|
2020 Swazi Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Ethiopia
|
2020 Ethiopian Cup | |||||
| 2020 Ethiopian Super Cup | ||||||
 Ghana
|
2020 Ghanaian FA Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Guinea-Bissau
|
2020 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Ivory Coast
|
2020 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Kenya
|
2020 FKF President's Cup | Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Liberia
|
2020 Liberian FA Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Liberian Super Cup | ||||||
 Madagascar
|
2020 Coupe de Madagascar | Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Mali
|
2020 Malian Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Mauritania
|
2020 Mauritanian President's Cup | 2–0 | 5th | 2016 | ||
 Mauritius
|
2020 Mauritian Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2019-20 Mauritian Republic Cup | 4–2 | 6th | 2019 | |||
 Morocco
|
2020 Moroccan Throne Cup | |||||
 Mozambique
|
2020 Taça de Moçambique | Not Held | ||||
 Niger
|
2020 Niger Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Nigeria
|
2020 AITEO Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Rwanda
|
2020 Rwandan Cup | Not Held | ||||
 Senegal
|
2020 Senegal FA Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Senegalese League Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
 Seychelles
|
2020 Seychelles FA Cup | Foresters
|
4–2 | 1st | — | |
| 2020 Seychelles Presidents Cup | 1–0 | Foresters
|
2nd | 2019 | ||
 Somalia
|
2020 Somalia Cup | 3–0 | 9th | 2019 | ||
 South Africa
|
2019–20 Nedbank Cup | 1–0 | 5th | 2014–15 | ||
| 2020 MTN 8 | 2–1 | 10th | 2000 | |||
 South Sudan
|
2020 South Sudan National Cup | Al-Rabita
|
2–0 | Nile City
|
1st | — |
 Sudan
|
2019-20 Sudan Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Tanzania
|
2019-20 Tanzania FA Cup | 2–1 | Namungo
|
3rd | 2016–17 | |
| 2020 Tanzania Community Shield | 2–0 | Namungo
|
9th | 2019 | ||
 Togo
|
2020 Coupe du Togo | Not held | ||||
| 2020 Supercoupe du Togo | ||||||
 Tunisia
|
2019-20 Tunisian Cup | 2–0 | 1st | — | ||
| 2020 Tunisian Super Cup | 0–0 (5–4 p) | 6th | 2019 | |||
 Uganda
|
2020 Uganda Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Zambia
|
2020 ABSA Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Zambian Charity Shield | 2–0 | 17th | 2019 | |||
 Zanzibar
|
2020 Zanzibar FA Cup | Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Zimbabwe
|
2020 Chibuku Super Cup | Not held | ||||
| 2020 Independence Trophy Cup | ||||||
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
2019–20 Copa Argentina | Tournament postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Copa de la Superliga | Tournament abandoned on 28 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional | 1st
|
—
| ||||
| Brazil
|
2020 Copa do Brasil | 3–0
|
4th
|
|||
| 2020 Copa do Nordeste | 4–1
|
2nd
|
2015
| |||
 Chile
|
2020 Copa Chile | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Colombia
|
2020 Copa Colombia | 1–1 (5–4 p)
|
3rd
|
|||
| 2020 Superliga Colombiana | 3–2
|
2nd
|
||||
 Ecuador
|
2020 Copa Ecuador | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Paraguay
|
2020 Copa Paraguay | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Peru
|
2020 Copa Bicentenario | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Uruguay
|
2020 Supercopa Uruguaya | 4–2 (a.e.t.)
|
1st
|
—
| ||
 Venezuela
|
2020 Copa Venezuela | Tournament not held | ||||
OFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Islands
|
2020 Cook Islands Cup | 2–1
|
10th
|
2012
| ||
| Fiji
|
2020 Fiji Interdistrict Championship | 2–1
|
6th
|
2019
| ||
 New Caledonia
|
2020 Coupe de Calédonie | 3–1
|
Ne Drehu
|
4th
|
2015
| |
| New Zealand
|
2020 Chatham Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[79] | ||||
| Tahiti
|
2020 Tahiti Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Tonga
|
2020 Tonga Cup | Veitongo | 4–1 | Lavengatonga | 1st | — |
| Tuvalu
|
2020 NBT Cup | Unknown
|
3rd
|
2010
| ||
| 2020 Tuvalu Independence Cup | Vaitupu
|
Unknown
|
Nukulaelae
|
1st
|
—
| |
| 2020 Christmas Cup | Unknown
|
Unknown
|
2nd
|
2018
| ||
Non-FIFA
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gozo
|
2019-20 G.F.A. Cup | |||||
| Northern Cyprus
|
2020 Cypriot Cup | Yenicami
|
3–1
|
Mağusa Türk Gücü
|
7th
|
2015
|
| Vatican City
|
2020 Clericus Cup | Not Held | ||||
Women's leagues
UEFA
AFC
CAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria
|
2019–20 Ligue nationale | ||||
| Botswana
|
2019–20 GCRFA Region Women's Mini League | ||||
| Burkina faso
|
2019–20 Première Division | ||||
| Burundi
|
2019–20 Première Division | ||||
| Cameroon
|
2019–20 Cameroon Championnat de Ligue 1 | Louves Minproff | AS Awa Filles | 5th | 2019 |
| DR Congo
|
2019–20 Ligue Provinciale Féminine de Kinshasa | ||||
| Djibouti
|
2019–20 Djibouti Championnat National | Forces Armées de Djibouti | GR/SIAF | 5th | 2018–19 |
| Egypt
|
2019–20 Egyptian Women's Premier League | ||||
| Eswatini
|
2019–20 Women Football League | ||||
| Ethiopia
|
2019–20 Ethiopian Women Premier League | ||||
| Ghana
|
2019–20 Women's Premier League | ||||
 Lesotho
|
2019–20 Lesotho Women's Super League | ||||
| South Africa
|
2019–20 SAFA Women's League | Mamelodi Sundowns | TUT Ladies | 3rd | 2015 |
| Tanzania
|
2019–20 Tanzania Women's League | Simba Queens | JKT Queens | 1st | — |
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
| Nation | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
2019–20 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino | Season abandoned , due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2020 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino | 24th
|
2013 In
| |||
 Bolivia
|
2020 Bolivian women's football championship | ||||
| Brazil
|
2020 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino | 2nd
|
|||
| Chile
|
2020 Chilean women's football championship(Transición) | 3rd
|
2019
| ||
| Colombia
|
2020 Colombian Women's Football League | 2nd
|
|||
| Ecuador
|
2020 Ecuadorian women's football championship | Ñañas
|
1st
|
–
| |
| Paraguay
|
2020 Paraguayan women's football championship | ||||
| Peru
|
2020 Peruvian women's football championship | ||||
| Uruguay
|
2020 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino | Peñarol
|
5th
|
2011
| |
| Venezuela
|
2020 Venezuelan women's football championship | ||||
OFC
Women's domestic cups
UEFA
AFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China
|
2020 Chinese Women's FA Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020 Chinese Women's FA Super Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
 Chinese Taipei
|
2020 Taiwan Mulan League Cup | Hualien | 1–0 | Taichung Blue Whale | 1st
|
—
|
 Hong Kong
|
2019–20 Hong Kong Women League FA Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| Japan
|
2020 Empress's Cup | Nippon TV Beleza | 4–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 15th
|
2019
|
| 2020 Nadeshiko League Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
 Lebanon
|
2019–20 Lebanese Women's FA Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Malaysia
|
2020 Piala Tun Sharifah Rodziah | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
CAF
CONCACAF
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States
|
2020 NWSL Challenge Cup | Houston Dash | 2–0 | Chicago Red Stars | 1st | — |
CONMEBOL
OFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand
|
2020 Kate Sheppard Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[79] | ||||
Second, third, fourth, and fifth leagues
CONCACAF
| Nation | League | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada
|
2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | A.S. Blainville | Ottawa South United | 4th | 2019 | |
| 2020 Canadian Soccer League | FC Vorkuta | 2–1 | Scarborough SC | 2nd | 2018 |
Deaths
- 5 January – Hans Tilkowski, German football goalkeeper and manager (b. 1935)[80]
- 6 January – Luís Morais, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)[81]
- 7 January – Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer (b. 1973)[82]
- 17 January – Pietro Anastasi, Italian footballer (b. 1948)[83]
- 21 January – Theodor Wagner, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1927)[84]
- 24 January – Juan José Pizzuti, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1927)[85]
- 29 January – Keith Nelson, New Zealand footballer (b. 1947)[86]
- 2 February – Hugo Bravo, Chilean footballer (b. 1944)[87]
- 16 February – Harry Gregg, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1932)[88]
- 18 March – Joaquín Peiró, Spanish football player (b. 1936)[89]
- 19 March – Peter Whittingham, English footballer (b. 1984)[90]
- 26 March – Michel Hidalgo, French footballer and manager (b. 1933)[91]
- 12 April – Peter Bonetti, English footballer (b. 1941)[92]
- 28 April – Michael Robinson, English-Irish footballer and TV commentator (b. 1958)[93]
- 12 May – Radim Novák, Czech football goalkeeper (b. 1978)[94]
- 28 June – Marián Čišovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1979)[95]
- 21 August – Pedro Nájera, Mexican footballer (b. 1929)[96]
- 21 August – Hammadi Agrebi, Tunisian footballer (b. 1951)[97]
- 8 September – Alfred Riedl, Austrian football player and manager (b. 1949)[98]
- 17 September – Ricardo Ciciliano, Colombian footballer (b. 1976)[99]
- 22 September – Agne Simonsson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1935)[100]
- 12 October – Carlton Chapman, Indian footballer (b. 1971)[101]
- 20 October – Bruno Martini, French footballer (b. 1962)[102]
- 30 October – Nobby Stiles, English footballer and manager (b. 1942)[103]
- 15 November – Ray Clemence, English football goalkeeper (b. 1948)[104]
- 21 November – Ricky Yacobi, Indonesian footballer (b. 1963)[105]
- 25 November – Diego Maradona, Argentine football player and manager (b. 1960)[106]
- 29 November – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978)[107]
- 9 December – Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (b. 1956)[108]
- 14 December – Gérard Houllier, French football manager (b. 1947)[109]
- 31 December – Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1928)[110]
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