2020_in_association_football

2020 in association football

2020 in association football

Overview of the events of 2020 in association football


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

Women's national teams

CAF

Women's youth

Men's clubs

UEFA

News

Club continental champions

Men

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    Women

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    National leagues

    UEFA

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    AFC

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    CAF

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    CONCACAF

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    CONMEBOL

    OFC

    Non-FIFA

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    Domestic cups

    UEFA

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    AFC

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    1. The GFA Premier League was cancelled due to a judicial process. Instead, a club championship under a different format was played.[61]
    2. The Emperor's Cup final is traditionally held on 1 January of the next calendar year.

    CAF

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    CONCACAF

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    CONMEBOL

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    OFC

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    Non-FIFA

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    Women's leagues

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      AFC

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      CAF

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      CONCACAF

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      CONMEBOL

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      OFC

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      Women's domestic cups

      UEFA

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      AFC

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      CAF

      CONCACAF

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      CONMEBOL

      OFC

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      Deaths


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