2020 Ligue Haïtienne Explained

Competition:Ligue Haïtienne
Season:2020
Winners:None
Relegated:None
Continentalcup1:Caribbean Club Championship
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2020 Ligue Haïtienne was the 57th season of the Ligue Haïtienne, the top-tier football league in Haiti. The league Championnat National Haïtien Professionnel was supposed to be split into two tournaments — the Série d'Ouverture and the Série de Clôture — each with identical formats and each contested by the same 18 teams.[1] The season began on 29 February 2020.

On 20 March, the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 July, the season was declared abandoned.

Teams

Due to unrest in the country, last season was ended before all the matches were played. It was decided that none of the club from last year's edition of the competition would be relegated.

Two clubs from the Haitian second-level leagues were promoted for this season: Juventus and US Rivartibonitienne. This means the league for this season has expended from 16 to 18 clubs.

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
AméricaLes Cayes, SudParc de Foot Land des Gabions des Cayes2,000
Arcahaie FCArcahaie, OuestParc National du Drapeau1,000
Baltimore SCSaint-Marc, ArtiboniteParc Levelt5,000
AS CapoiseCap-Haïtien, NordParc Saint-Victor9,500
Cavaly ASLéogâne, OuestParc Julia Vilbon1,000
Cosmopolites SCDelmas, OuestParc Larco
Don Bosco FCPétion-Ville, OuestStade Pétion-Ville5,000
FICACap-Haïtien, NordParc Saint-Victor9,500
Juventus FCLes Cayes, Sud
AS MirebalaisMirebalais, CentreCentre Sportif Bayas
Ouanaminthe FCOuanaminthe, Nord-EstParc Notre Dame
Racing Club HaïtienPort-au-Prince, OuestStade Sylvio Cator20,000
Racing FCGonaïves, ArtiboniteParc Stenio Vincent
Real Hope FACap-Haïtien, Nord
US RivartibonitiennePetite Rivière de l'Artibonite, Artibonite
Tempête FCSaint-Marc, ArtiboniteParc Levelt5,000
TriompheLiancourt, ArtiboniteParc Mercinus Deslouches
Violette ACPort-au-Prince, OuestStade Sylvio Cator20,000

Série d'Ouverture

Regular season

The season was abandoned after four rounds were played.

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Finals

Winner qualifies for 2021 Caribbean Club Championship.

Série de Clôture

Regular season

A decision was made to transition the league to a fall-to-spring schedule. Due to this decision, this competition was cancelled.

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Finals

Winner qualifies for 2021 Caribbean Club Championship.

Trophée des Champions

Played between champions of Série d'Ouverture and Série de Clôture. This was cancelled.

Aggregate table

Due to the league's disruption, there was no promotion into or relegation out of the league this season.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/haiti2020.html Haiti 2020