# 2020–21 BDFA Super Division

The 2020–21 BDFA Super Division was the 18th season of the BDFA Super Division, the fourth tier of the Indian association football system and the top tier of the Karnataka football system. The season started on 12 January 2021. Bengaluru FC 'B' were the defending champions. All games were played at Bangalore Football Stadium. The league was contested by top 12 teams from 2019–20 season as well as Young Challengers and FC Deccan who were promoted from 2019–20 BDFA 'A' division. AGORC were relegated to 2020–21 BDFA A Division.

## Teams

Thirteen teams competed in the league.
After withdrawal of Ozone FC and South United FC from the league, Students Union who were supposed to be relegated along with last placed AGORC FC were allowed to continue in the top division while Young Challengers and FC Deccan joined after gaining promotion from BDFA A Division League.
* Club
* Army Service Corps (ASC)
* ADE
* Bangalore Dream United
* Bangalore Eagles
* Bangalore Independents
* Bengaluru FC 'B'
* Bengaluru United
* FC Deccan
* Income Tax
* Kickstart FC
* Madras Engineer Group (MEG)
* Students Union
* Young Challengers

### Foreign players

| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| ASC | | |
| ADE | | |
| Bangalore Dream United | | |
| Bangalore Eagles | | |
| Bangalore Independents | | |
| Bengaluru FC B | | |
| Bengaluru United | Daniel Carr | Robert Primus |
| FC Deccan | | |
| Income Tax | | |
| Kickstart FC | Uzochi Emmanuel Echebiri | |
| MEG | | |
| Students Union | Taiki Yoshida | |
| Young Challengers | | |

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bengaluru United (C) | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | +31 | 31 | Champions and qualification for 2021 I-League Qualifiers |
| 2 | Bengaluru FC B | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 30 | |
| 3 | MEG | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 26 | |
| 4 | Kickstart FC | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 25 | Nominated for 2021 I-League Qualifiers |
| 5 | Bangalore Eagles | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 24 | |
| 6 | Students Union | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 20 | |
| 7 | ASC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 18 | |
| 8 | FC Deccan | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 15 | |
| 9 | Bangalore Independents | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 11 | |
| 10 | Young Challengers | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 10 | |
| 11 | Bangalore Dream United | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 8 | |
| 12 | ADE | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 5 | |
| 13 | Income Tax | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 72 | −65 | 0 | Relegation to BDFA A Division |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 16 March 2021.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sivasakthi Narayanan | Bengaluru FC B | 15 |
| 2 | Ankith P | Young Challengers | 10 |
| 3 | Magesh Selva | Kickstart FC | 9 |
| 3 | Sudheer Kotikela | Kickstart FC | 9 |
| 4 | Ronaldo Oliveira | Bengaluru United | 8 |
| 4 | Dip Majumder | ASC | 8 |
| 5 | Chaitan Komar Pant | Bengaluru United | 7 |
| 5 | Akashdeep Singh | Bengaluru FC B | 7 |
| 6 | Nihal Colaco | Young Challengers | 6 |
| 5 | Meitei KM | Bengaluru United | 5 |
| 5 | Letholen Khongsai | MEG | 5 |
| 5 | Rahul Ramakrishna | MEG | 5 |
| 5 | Akbar Siddique | MEG | 5 |
| 5 | Dominic Jacob Paul | Bangalore Eagles | 5 |

## Awards
### BDFA Super Division Outstanding players of the week award

Week 1 :
| Player | Position | Club |
| Dilip Velu | Goalkeeper | Young Challengers FC |
| Vivekananda Sagayraj | Defender | Kickstart FC |
| Ajay Alex Antony | Midfielder | MEG FC |
| Sivasakthi Narayanan | Forward | Bengaluru FC 'B' |

### BDFA Super Division League 2020-21 best player awards

| Player | Position | Club |
| Nihal Hussain | Goalkeeper | Bangalore Eagles FC |
| Shafeel | Defender | ASC |
| Nikhil Raj | Midfielder | Kickstart FC |
| Sivasakthi Narayanan | Forward | Bengaluru FC 'B' |