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2020–21 FA Cup
2020-21 FA Cup, the 140th Football Association Challenge Cup, played under COVID rules with no replays; Leicester City beat Chelsea 1-0 in the final on 15 May 2021 for their first title, via Youri Tielemans' 63rd-minute goal.
2020–21 FC Barcelona season
2020-21 FC Barcelona season: Koeman's first campaign; Copa del Rey won 4-0 over Athletic Club (31st title, Messi brace); Champions League last-16 exit; Bartomeu resignation, March 2021 election, and record 481 million euro losses.
2020–21 La Liga
2020–21 La Liga: the 90th Spanish top-flight season, won by Atlético Madrid (86 points, 11th title) over Real Madrid in a four-team race; Messi top scorer with 30; relegation for Valladolid, Eibar, and Huesca.
2020–21 Ligue 1
2020-21 Ligue 1: French top-flight season, 20 clubs, 38 matchdays, played during Covid-19. Lille won the title with 83 points, one ahead of PSG; Nimes and Dijon relegated; Mediapro TV deal collapsed.
2020–21 Liverpool F.C. season
2020-21 Liverpool F.C. season: defending Premier League champions under Jürgen Klopp, disrupted by centre-back injuries and a 7-2 loss at Aston Villa, who recovered to finish third with 69 points and reach the Champions League.
2020–21 Manchester City F.C. season
2020-21 Manchester City F.C. season: City's 119th season, in which Pep Guardiola's side won the Premier League by 12 points and the Carabao Cup, set a 21-game winning run and away records, and reached their first Champions League final.
2020–21 Manchester United F.C. season
2020-21 Manchester United season: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side finished 2nd in the Premier League with 74 points, unbeaten away all season, but lost the Europa League final to Villarreal 11-10 on penalties in Gdansk.
2020–21 National League
2020–21 National League (Vanarama National League), England's fifth football tier. Sutton United won with 84 points; Michael Cheek scored 21 goals; Macclesfield Town folded; North and South divisions voided with no relegation.
2020–21 Premier League
2020–21 Premier League, the 29th English top-flight season (12 September 2020 to 23 May 2021), played largely behind closed doors during COVID-19; Manchester City won the title by 12 points, Leeds returned, Sheffield United were relegated.
2020–21 Real Madrid CF season
2020–21 Real Madrid CF season: Zidane's 117th-season Real Madrid side, La Liga runner-up with 86 points to Atlético, Champions League semi-finalist beaten 3-1 by Chelsea, Copa del Rey and Supercopa eliminations, €874,000 profit amid €300M COVID revenue loss.
2020–21 Russian Premier League
The 2020–21 Russian Premier League, the 29th top-flight Russian season, ran from August 2020 to May 2021 with 16 teams and was won by Zenit Saint Petersburg, finishing eight points clear of Spartak Moscow.
2020–21 Scottish Premiership
2020-21 Scottish Premiership: top-flight season won by Rangers, unbeaten on 102 points, 25 clear of Celtic, ending Celtic's nine-title run; Covid-affected, began 1 August 2020; St Johnstone won both cups.
2020–21 Serie A
2020-21 Serie A, Italian top-flight season 19 September 2020 to 23 May 2021; Inter won its 19th Scudetto under Antonio Conte, ending Juventus's nine-title run; Ronaldo top scorer with 29 goals.
2020–21 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
2020–21 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season: Spurs' Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Europa League campaign; finished 7th, lost the Carabao Cup final to Man City, sacked Mourinho for interim Ryan Mason, Kane won the Golden Boot.
2020–21 UEFA Champions League
2020–21 UEFA Champions League, won by Chelsea 1-0 over Manchester City in the final at Porto's Estádio do Dragão on 29 May 2021, Kai Havertz scoring; venue moved from Istanbul due to COVID-19.
2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage
2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage: 32 clubs (26 direct, 6 play-off winners) in eight groups, 20 October to 9 December 2020; group winners included Bayern, Real Madrid, City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Dortmund, Juventus, PSG; Leipzig eliminated Manchester United.
2020–21 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
2020–21 UEFA Champions League knockout phase: two-legged rounds from 16 February to 29 May 2021, ending with Chelsea beating Manchester City 1-0 in the final at Porto's Estádio do Dragão; holders Bayern lost to PSG on away goals.
2020–21 UEFA Europa League
2020-21 UEFA Europa League, 50th season of UEFA's second club competition. Villarreal beat Manchester United 1-1 aet, 11-10 on penalties, in the 26 May 2021 final at Gdańsk; four players shared seven-goal scoring lead; COVID-19 rules allowed five substitutions.
2020–21 UEFA Futsal Champions League
2020–21 UEFA Futsal Champions League, pandemic edition played as single-leg knockouts ending in an eight-team finals in Zadar, Croatia; Sporting CP beat holders Barça 4-3 in the final for a second title in three years.
2020–21 UEFA Nations League
The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League was the competition's second edition, with 55 teams in four leagues, a 162-game group phase from September to November 2020, and finals won by France over Spain 2–1 in Milan in October 2021.
2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
2020–21 UEFA Nations League A: top division of the second Nations League, 16 teams in four groups; Belgium, France, Italy, Spain reached the October 2021 finals in Italy, where France beat Spain 2–1 to win the title.
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League, 20th edition won by Barcelona Femení, who beat Chelsea 4-0 in the Gothenburg final on 16 May 2021 for their first title, ending Lyon's five-year reign.
2021 AFC Champions League
2021 AFC Champions League, 19th edition, expanded to 40 clubs; won by Al Hilal SFC, beating Pohang Steelers 2-0 in Riyadh for a record fourth title.
2021 AFC Cup
2021 AFC Cup, 17th edition of Asia's second-tier club competition, won by Bahrain's Muharraq Club, which beat Uzbekistan's FC Nasaf 3-0 in the final in Arad on 5 November 2021 for a second title.
2021 Africa Cup of Nations
2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021, CAN 2021): 33rd edition, hosted by Cameroon 9 January to 6 February 2022 after COVID postponements; 24 teams; Senegal won its first title, beating Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the final.
2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification (CAF AFCON qualifiers, Cameroon 2021): 52-team CAF campaign, October 2019 to March 2021, COVID-delayed, deciding 23 finalists; debutants Comoros and Gambia; Daka and Osimhen top scorers on 5 goals.
2021 Ballon d'Or
The 2021 Ballon d'Or was the 65th annual award for the world's best men's footballer, won by Lionel Messi, his record seventh, ahead of Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho.
2021 CAF Women's Champions League
2021 CAF Women's Champions League (TotalEnergies CAF WCL Egypt 2021): inaugural African women's club championship, Cairo, 5–19 November 2021; eight teams, won by Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies over Hasaacas Ladies; no prize money that year.
2021 CONCACAF Champions League
2021 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League, 13th edition, 16-team knockout won by CF Monterrey, beating Club América 1-0 in the October 28, 2021 single-leg final on a Rogelio Funes Mori goal, Monterrey's fifth title.
2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 16th edition of the men's regional championship, ran July 10 to August 1, 2021 in the United States; the USA beat Mexico 1-0 after extra time in Las Vegas for a seventh title.