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2020–21 in Indian football

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Football in India
Season2020–21
Men's football
Indian Super LeagueShield: Mumbai City
Cup: Mumbai City
I-LeagueGokulam Kerala
I-League 2nd DivisionRajasthan United
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The 2020–21 season is the 133rd competitive association football season in India.

Men's national team

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India national football team

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Friendlies

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25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) Friendly Oman  1–1  India Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:45 UTC+4:00
[1] Stadium: Maktoom Bin Rashid
29 March 2021 (2021-03-29) Friendly United Arab Emirates  6–0  India Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UTC+4:00 [2] Stadium: Zabeel

Men's U-17

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Friendlies

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10 January 2021 (2021-01-10) Friendly India  1–0 India FC Goa Reserves Goa
18 January 2021 (2021-01-18) Friendly Liwa FC United Arab Emirates 0–1  India Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ebindas Stadium: Spanish Soccer School Ground
21 January 2021 (2021-01-21) Friendly United Arab Emirates  3–0  India Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stadium: UAE FA Stadium
24 January 2021 (2021-01-24) Friendly United Arab Emirates  0–1  India Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Suhail Stadium: UAE FA Stadium
26 January 2021 (2021-01-26) Friendly Sharjah FC United Arab Emirates 2–4  India Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Stadium: Sharjah Football Stadium

Women's national team

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Turkish Women's Cup

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Friendlies

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International Competitions

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Next Gen Cup

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England CHE England MNU India RFYC India FCG England SOU India BEN
1 England Chelsea 5 5 0 0 15 1 +14 15 Champions 1–0 5–0 2–0 4–0
2 England Manchester United 5 3 0 2 12 4 +8 9 0–1  5–1 
3 India RFYC 5 3 0 2 7 4 +3 9 1–3 0–1 0–1
4 India FC Goa 5 3 0 2 4 10 −6 9 0–4  1–0
5 England Southampton 5 0 1 4 2 10 −8 1 1–3 0–3 1–1 
6 India Bengaluru FC 5 0 1 4 3 15 −12 1 0–2 1–2
Source: KhelNow

AFC competitions

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2021 AFC Champions League

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Group stage

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FC Goa qualified for the group stage but did not advance to knockout stage.[1]

Group E
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PER WAH GOA RAY
1 Iran Persepolis 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Advance to Round of 16 1–0 2–1 4–2
2 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13 1–0 0–0 3–2
3 India Goa (H) 6 0 3 3 2 9 −7 3 0–4 0–2 0–0
4 Qatar Al-Rayyan 6 0 2 4 6 12 −6 2 1–3 0–1 1–1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

2021 AFC Cup

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Preliminary round 2

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
South Asia Zone
Bengaluru India 5–0 Nepal Nepal Army Club

Group Stage (Gr. D)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AMB BSK BFC MAZ
1 India ATK Mohun Bagan 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals 1–1 2–0
2 Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 2–0
3 India Bengaluru 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4 0−0
4 Maldives Maziya (H) 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0 1–3 2–6
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

After group stage, ATK Mohun Bagan faced Uzbek club FC Nasaf Qarshi in the inter zonal semi-finals. Soon, the got defeated and knocked out from that season with a scoreline of 0–6.

Club competitions

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Indian Super League

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Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mumbai City (L, C) 20 12 4 4 35 18 +17 40 Qualification to ISL playoffs and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage
2 ATK Mohun Bagan 20 12 4 4 28 15 +13 40 Qualification to ISL playoffs and 2022 AFC Cup play-off round[a]
3 NorthEast United 20 8 9 3 31 25 +6 33 Qualification to ISL playoffs
4 Goa 20 7 10 3 31 23 +8 31
5 Hyderabad 20 6 11 3 27 19 +8 29
6 Jamshedpur 20 7 6 7 21 22 −1 27
7 Bengaluru 20 5 7 8 26 28 −2 22
8 Chennaiyin 20 3 11 6 17 23 −6 20
9 East Bengal 20 3 8 9 22 33 −11 17
10 Kerala Blasters 20 3 8 9 23 36 −13 17
11 Odisha 20 2 6 12 25 44 −19 12
Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners
  1. ^ As the Premiers Mumbai City won the ISL playoffs, the regular season runners-up will qualify for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round.

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
        
1 Mumbai City (p) 2 0 2 (6)
4 Goa 2 0 2 (5)
1 Mumbai City 2
2 ATK Mohun Bagan 1
2 ATK Mohun Bagan 1 2 3
3 NorthEast United 1 1 2

I-League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
1 Gokulam Kerala (C) 15 9 2 4 31 17 +14 29 Champions and Qualification for 2022 AFC Cup group stage
2 Churchill Brothers 15 8 5 2 22 17 +5 29
3 TRAU 15 7 5 3 27 19 +8 26
4 Punjab 15 6 4 5 18 15 +3 22
5 Real Kashmir 15 5 6 4 23 18 +5 21
6 Mohammedan 15 5 5 5 18 20 −2 20
7 Aizawl 14 7 3 4 21 12 +9 24
8 Sudeva Delhi[b] 14 5 3 6 16 14 +2 18
9 Chennai City 14 5 0 9 16 25 −9 15
10 Indian Arrows[c] 14 3 1 10 11 38 −27 10
11 NEROCA[d] 14 2 2 10 14 22 −8 8
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2021. Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams were split into two groups, Championship Stage (Group A) and Relegation Stage (Group B) after each team had played 10 matches.
  2. ^ Sudeva Delhi were exempted from relegation for this season, as they had achieved a direct entry into the league.[2]
  3. ^ Indian Arrows were exempted from relegation, as they are an AIFF developmental team.
  4. ^ NEROCA were relegated, but were reinstated by AIFF after the viewing the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

I-League 2nd Division

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Final Round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rajasthan United (C) 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Promotion to 2021–22 I-League
2 Kenkre 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3 Delhi 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4
4 Madan Maharaj 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: AIFF
(C) Champions

Indian Women's League

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New clubs

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Club Formation Location League Tier
Techtro Swades United FC 29 August 2020 Una, Himachal Pradesh Himachal Football League 4th

References

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  1. ^ "Participation of Indian clubs in AFC Club competitions in 2021". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  2. ^ "Sudeva FC wins bid for direct entry into the I-League - All you need to know | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  3. ^ "AIFF likely to keep relegation on hold in I-League". 29 April 2021.