2020 in association football

Years in association football
2020 in sports

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]

  1. ^ "FIFA statement". FIFA. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ "The country which does not fear COVID-19: "These things happen"". Be Soccer. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Coronavirus: Belarus Premier League attracts global attention as it plays on". BBC Sport. 29 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Last league standing: Belarusian football basks in new-found popularity". 29 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ En el planeta fútbol, solo Nicaragua y Bielorrusia continúan con sus torneos Archived 30 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine la-razon.com (in Spanish)
  6. ^ ""Копетдаг" ушёл от поражения в матче возобновившегося чемпионата Туркменистана по футболу | Спорт". Туркменистан, интернет портал о культурной, деловой и развлекательной жизни в Туркменистане.
  7. ^ "Turkmenistan Higher League to resume on April 19 | Sport". turkmenportal.com.
  8. ^ "Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting". FIFA.com. 3 April 2020.