2020–21 in Australian soccer
The 2020–21 season is the sixteenth season of the current professional domestic soccer competition in Australia.
| Season | 2020–21 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
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
| 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 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Sydney FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to 2021 FFA Cup preliminary seventh round[lower-alpha 2] |
| 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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- 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.
- While the top eight teams qualify for the 2021 FFA Cup entering at the Round of 32, the bottom four teams will play-off for two spots in the Round of 32.[3]
- Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2022 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
W-League
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] Apart from Victoria, competitions resumed in the various member federations between late June and late July.[5][6] A decision on the resumption of competitions in Victoria is yet to be finalised.[7]
It was announced on 3 July that the finals series for the 2020 competition had been cancelled.[8]
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,[4] and cancelled on 3 July,[8] although some of the associated member federation-based competitions recommenced in July (such as the Lakoseljac Cup in Tasmania).[9]
National teams
Men's senior
2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification
World Cup qualification matches also act as 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches.
| 12 November 2020 2022 WCQ | Australia .svg.png){kind=small} | v | .svg.png){kind=small} | TBD, Australia |
| Source |
2021 Copa América
| June 2021 Group Stage | Australia | v |  | Córdoba, Argentina |
| Source | Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes |
| June 2021 Group Stage | Paraguay  | v | | La Plata, Argentina |
| Source | Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata |
| June 2021 Group Stage | Australia | v | .svg.png){kind=small} | La Plata, Argentina |
| Source | Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata |
| June 2021 Group Stage | Argentina  | v | | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Source | Stadium: Estadio Monumental |
| June 2021 Group Stage | Chile  | v | | Córdoba, Argentina |
| Source | Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes |
Men's under 23
Men's under-20
AFC U-19 Championship
| 15 October 2020 Group Stage | Australia | v |  | Namangan, Uzbekistan |
| 19:00 UZT | Source | Stadium: Navbahor Central Stadium |
| 18 October 2020 Group Stage | Laos  | v | | Namangan, Uzbekistan |
| 15:00 UZT | Source | Stadium: Navbahor Central Stadium |
| 21 October 2020 Group Stage | Saudi Arabia  | v | | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 19:00 UZT | Source | Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium |
Men's under-17
AFC U-17 Championship
| 26 November 2020 Group Stage | Australia | v |  | Bahrain |
| Source | Stadium: TBD |
| 29 November 2020 Group Stage | Uzbekistan  | v | | Bahrain |
| Source | Stadium: TBD |
| 2 December 2020 Group Stage | South Korea  | v | | Bahrain |
| Source | Stadium: TBD |
Women's senior
Women's under-20
Women's under-17
Deaths
Retirements
- 12 July 2020: Mile Jedinak, 35, former Australia, Sydney United and Central Coast Mariners midfielder.[10]
- 10 August 2020: Oriol Riera, 34, former Catalonia and Western Sydney Wanderers forward.[11]
- 12 August 2020: Pirmin Schwegler, 33, former Switzerland and Western Sydney Wanderers midfielder.[12]
gollark: We don't have ProjectE.
gollark: NOT being horribly irradiated?
gollark: NOT having SCP-7812 instances there?
gollark: What do you want, any amount of resources spent on aesthetics?!
gollark: ↓ you
References
- "FFA to postpone remaining matches in the Hyundai A-League season due to COVID-19". Football Federation Australia. 24 March 2020.
- "Socceroos' March and June qualifiers postponed". Football Federation Australia. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- Rugari, Vince; Bossi, Dominic (19 December 2019). "A-League's worst teams to play off for spot in FFA Cup". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- "Grassroots football temporarily suspended". Football Federation Australia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Thank you to our Corporate Partners". Football South Australia. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- "MANLY UNITED SET FOR NPL NSW KICK-OFF". Football NSW. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- "Football in parts of VIC on hold as Stage 3 restrictions reimposed". Football Victoria. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- Andrew Cooling (13 July 2020). "Lakoseljac Cup Round of 16 Wrap". Sliceofcheese.net. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- "Mile Jedinak, former Socceroos captain, retires from football with Instagram announcement". ABC News. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- "Oriol Riera se retira: "Se va el Oriol jugador y empieza el Oriol entrenador"" [Oriol Riera retires: "The player Oriol leaves and the coach Oriol begins"]. Marca (in Spanish). 10 August 2020.
- Rugari, Vince (12 August 2020). "Schwegler retires a winner as Wanderers, Victory end woeful seasons". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.