# 2020–21 in Indian football

The 2020–21 season is the 133rd competitive association football season in India.

## International Competitions
### Next Gen Cup

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

## AFC competitions
### 2021 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

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

##### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PER | WAH | GOA | RAY |
| 1 | Persepolis | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Al-Wahda | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 | Advance to Round of 16 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Goa (H) | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Al-Rayyan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

### 2021 AFC Cup
#### Preliminary round 2

South Asia Zone :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |

### Group Stage (Gr. D)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AMB | BSK | BFC | MAZ |
| 1 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Bashundhara Kings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | | — | 0−0 | — | — |
| 4 | Maziya (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | | 1–3 | — | 2–6 | — |
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
### Indian Super League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 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 | Qualification to ISL playoffs |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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

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

### I-League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 18 | |
| 9 | Chennai City | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 15 | |
| 10 | Indian Arrows | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 38 | −27 | 10 | |
| 11 | NEROCA | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 8 | |
* ↑ Teams were split into two groups, Championship Stage (Group A) and Relegation Stage (Group B) after each team had played 10 matches.
* ↑ Sudeva Delhi were exempted from relegation for this season, as they had achieved a direct entry into the league.
* ↑ Indian Arrows were exempted from relegation, as they are an AIFF developmental team.
* ↑ NEROCA were relegated, but were reinstated by AIFF after the viewing the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

### I-League 2nd Division
#### Final Round

| 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 | Promotion to 2021–22 I-League |
| 3 | Delhi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Madan Maharaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |

### Indian Women's League
## New clubs

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