2020–21 BDFA Super Division explained

Competition:BDFA Super Division
Season:2020–21
Winners:Bengaluru United (1st title)
Relegated:Income Tax
Matches:74
Total Goals:277
League Topscorer:Sivasakthi Narayanan (15 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Kickstart 10–0 Income Tax
Biggest Away Win:Income Tax 0–11 FC Deccan
Highest Scoring:Income Tax 0–11 FC Deccan
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22

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.[1] 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.[2]

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

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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

Matches

March

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 16 March 2021.

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Sivasakthi NarayananBengaluru FC B15
2 Ankith PYoung Challengers10
3 Magesh SelvaKickstart FC9
Sudheer Kotikela
4 Ronaldo OliveiraBengaluru United8
Dip MajumderASC
5 Chaitan Komar PantBengaluru United7
Akashdeep SinghBengaluru FC B
6 Nihal ColacoYoung Challengers6
5 Meitei KMBengaluru United5
Letholen KhongsaiMEG
Rahul Ramakrishna
Akbar Siddique
Dominic Jacob PaulBangalore Eagles

Awards

BDFA Super Division Outstanding players of the week award

Player!scope="col"
PositionClub
Dilip VeluGoalkeeperYoung Challengers FC
Vivekananda SagayrajDefenderKickstart FC
Ajay Alex AntonyMidfielderMEG FC
Sivasakthi NarayananForwardBengaluru FC 'B'

BDFA Super Division League 2020-21 best player awards

PlayerPositionClub
Nihal HussainGoalkeeperBangalore Eagles FC
ShafeelDefenderASC
Nikhil RajMidfielderKickstart FC
Sivasakthi NarayananForwardBengaluru FC 'B'

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bengaluru FC Reserves retain the BDFA Super Division League title. 5 January 2020.
  2. News: Defending Champions Bengaluru FC all set for BDFA Super Division League . 12 December 2019 . BengaluruFC.com . 12 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191212133235/https://www.bengalurufc.com/2019/bfc-b/defending-champions-bengaluru-fc-set-bdfa-super-division-league/ . 12 December 2019.