2020 in association football
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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 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]
Contents
Events
Men's Youth
- 8–26 January: 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in
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South Korea
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Saudi Arabia
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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
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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
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Uganda - : Tanzania
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South Sudan - 4th:
Kenya
- 3–13 December: 2020 COSAFA U-20 Cup in South Africa
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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
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Germany - :
Italy - :
Norway - 4th:
New Zealand
CAF
- 3–14 November: 2020 COSAFA Women's Championship in South Africa
- : South Africa
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Botswana
Women's Youth
- 22 February – 8 March: 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in
Dominican Republic
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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)
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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
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| Region | Tournament | Defending champion | Champion | Title | Last honour |
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| 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 |
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7th | 2018–19 |
National leagues
UEFA
AFC
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CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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 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 |
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 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
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CONMEBOL
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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 Argentina |
2019–20 Copa Argentina | |||||
| 2020 Copa de la Superliga | Tournament abandoned on 28 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional |
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| Brazil |
2020 Copa do Brasil |
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| 2020 Copa do Nordeste |
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 Chile |
2020 Copa Chile | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
 Colombia |
2020 Copa Colombia |
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| 2020 Superliga Colombiana |
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 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 |
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2020 Copa Venezuela | Tournament not held | ||||
OFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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| Cook Islands |
2020 Cook Islands Cup |
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2020 Fiji Interdistrict Championship |
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2020 Coupe de Calédonie |
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| 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 |
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| 2020 Christmas Cup |
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| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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| Gozo |
2019-20 G.F.A. Cup | |||||
| Northern Cyprus |
2020 Cypriot Cup |
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2020 Clericus Cup | Not Held | ||||
Women's leagues
UEFA
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| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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 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 |
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| Argentina |
2019–20 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino | Season abandoned , due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2020 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino |
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 Bolivia |
2020 Bolivian women's football championship | ||||
| Brazil |
2020 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino |
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2020 Chilean women's football championship(Transición) |
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| Colombia |
2020 Colombian Women's Football League |
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| Ecuador |
2020 Ecuadorian women's football championship |
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| Paraguay |
2020 Paraguayan women's football championship | ||||
| Peru |
2020 Peruvian women's football championship | ||||
| Uruguay |
2020 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino |
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| Venezuela |
2020 Venezuelan women's football championship | ||||
OFC
Women's domestic cups
UEFA
AFC
| Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| United States |
2020 NWSL Challenge Cup | Houston Dash | 2–0 | Chicago Red Stars | 1st | — |
CONMEBOL
OFC
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| New Zealand |
2020 Kate Sheppard Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[79] | ||||
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]
- 16 February – Harry Gregg, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1932)[87]
- 18 March – Joaquín Peiró, Spanish football player (b. 1936)[88]
- 19 March – Peter Whittingham, English footballer (b. 1984)
- 26 March – Michel Hidalgo, French footballer and manager (b. 1933)[89]
- 12 April – Peter Bonetti, English footballer (b. 1941)[90]
- 28 April – Michael Robinson, English-Irish footballer and TV commentator (b. 1958)[91]
- 28 June – Marián Čišovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1979)[92]
- 21 August – Pedro Nájera, Mexican footballer (b. 1929)[93]
- 21 August – Hammadi Agrebi, Tunisian footballer (b. 1951)[94]
- 8 September – Alfred Riedl, Austrian football player and manager (b. 1949)[95]
- 17 September – Ricardo Ciciliano, Colombian footballer (b. 1976)[96]
- 22 September – Agne Simonsson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1935)[97]
- 12 October – Carlton Chapman, Indian footballer (b. 1971)[98]
- 20 October – Bruno Martini, French footballer (b. 1962)[99]
- 30 October – Nobby Stiles, English footballer and manager (b. 1942)[100]
- 15 November – Ray Clemence, English football goalkeeper (b. 1948)[101]
- 21 November – Ricky Yacobi, Indonesian footballer (b. 1963)[102]
- 25 November – Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer player and manager (b. 1960 )[103]
- 29 November – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978)[104]
- 9 December – Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (b. 1956)[105]
- 14 December – Gérard Houllier, French football manager (b. 1947)[106]
- 31 December – Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1928)[107]
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