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.[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.

BDFA Super Division
Season2020–21
Dates12 January 2021 – 16 March 2021
ChampionsBengaluru United (1st title)
RelegatedIncome Tax
Matches played74
Goals scored277 (3.74 per match)
Top goalscorerSivasakthi Narayanan (15 goals)
Biggest home winKickstart 10–0 Income Tax
Biggest away winIncome Tax 0–11 FC Deccan
Highest scoringIncome Tax 0–11 FC Deccan

Teams

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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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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

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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
Source: Garden City Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

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January

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11 January 2021 1 Kickstart FC 2–1Young Challengers FCBangalore
  • Magesh Selva   43'
  • Sudheer Kotikela   48'
Report Ankith P   65' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
11 January 2021 2 ASC 2–0FC DeccanBangalore
  • Dip Majumder   40'
  • Gautam Singh   87'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 January 2021 3 FC Bengaluru United 8–1Income Tax FCBangalore
  • Asrar Rehber   23' (pen)
  • Ronaldo Oliveira  32', 39'
  • Jaison Jordon Vaz   64' *Brandon Green   78'
  • Chaitan Komar Pant   8', 90'
  • Naro Hari Shrestha   88'
Report Austin   21' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 January 2021 4 MEG 1–0Students Union FCBangalore
Lethaolen Khjongsai   27' Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
13 January 2021 5 Bangalore Independents 3–1ADEBangalore
  • Tijo Job   45'
  • Vinod   49'
  • Manivannan   55' (pen.)
Report Clinton  9' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
13 January 2021 6 Bangalore Eagles 2–0Bangalore Dream UnitedBangalore
  • Gopi   35', 41'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 January 2021 7Young Challengers0–3 Bengaluru FC B Bangalore
Report
  • Lalthangliana   13'
  • Sivasakthi   32 '
  • Ratanbi Singh   84'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 January 2021 8FC Deccan1–1Kickstart FCBangalore
  • Sujesh   10'
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  • Sudheer Kotikela   45+4'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
18 January 2021 9Income Tax0–8 ASC Bangalore
Report
  • Gautam S   17', 30', 54'
  • Deepak S   45', 84'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
18 January 2021 10FC Deccan1–1Kickstart FCBangalore
  • Sujesh   10'
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  • Sudheer Kotikela   45+4'
  • D Majumdar   80' (82), 89'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
18 January 2021 11Students United0–1 FC Bengaluru United Bangalore
Report
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
19 January 2021 12MEG0–3 ADE Bangalore
Report
  • Rahul   18'
  • Ajay Alex Antony   55'
  • Lethalo   82'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
20 January 2021 13 Bengaluru FC B 4–2FC DeccanBangalore
  • Kamalesh   ?'
  • Akashdeep Singh   ?'
  • Thoi Singh   ?'
  • Omega Vanlalruaituanga   ?'
Report
  • Kaviarasan   ?'
  • Sajeesh   ?'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
21 January 2021 14 Kickstart FC 10–0Income Tax FCBangalore
  • Nikhil Raj   1', 61'
  • Tharun M   11', oh'
  • Sudheer Kotekela   25' *Satish Kumar   35'
  • Luckey Kelechukukwa   4', 59', 83'
  • Harpreet Singh   50'
  • Vignesh   88'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
21 January 2021 15ASC2–2Students UnionBangalore
  • Thiyagarajan   33'
  • Shafeel PP   90+4'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
22 January 2021 16 FC Bengaluru United 4–0ADEBangalore
  • Jaison Jordon Vaz   9'
  • Chaitain K   30'
  • Meitei KM   72'
  • Ronaldo Oliveira   79'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
25 January 2021 17 FC Deccan 6–2Young ChallengersBangalore
  • Sajeesh   10', 70'
  • Surya   26'
  • Kaviarasan   47'
  • Satlin   82'
  • Antony   90+1'
Report
  • D Prakash   50'
  • Anthony   50'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
25 January 2021 18 Students Union 1–0Kickstart FCBangalore
  • Lokesh   28'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
27 January 2021 19Income Tax FC1–8 Bengaluru FC B Bangalore
  • Anthony Leonard   33'
Report
  • Sivasakthi  3', 15', 29', 32', 50'
  • Ratanbi Singh   ?'
  • Bekey Oram   ?'
  • Shashidharan   ?' (O.G.)
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
27 January 2021 20ADE0–1 ASC Bangalore
Report Dip Majumder   40' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
28 January 2021 21Bangalore Dream United0–6 FC Bengaluru United Bangalore
Report
  • Ronaldo Oliveira   15'
  • Chaitan K   26', 41', 65'
  • M Meitei   33'
  • Standly Fernandes   35'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
28 January 2021 22Bangalore Eagles FC2–3 MEG Bangalore
  • Shashikumar   43'
  • Shivakumar   45'
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  • Deepak Kumar   61' (O.G.)
  • L Khong  79'
  • Akbar   80'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

February

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1 February 2021 24 Kickstart FC 7–0ADE FCBangalore
  • Nikhil Raj   3', 61', 74'
  • Vignesh   31'
  • Uzochi Emmanel   45', 54'
  • Karthik   71'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
1 February 2021 25ASC0–1 Bangalore Dream United Bangalore
Report
  • Dorjee   11'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
2 February 2021 26FC Bengaluru United1–1Bangalore Eagles FC Bangalore
  • Meitei   31'
Report
  • K Gopi   64'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
2 February 2021 27 Bengaluru FC B 5–2Students UnionBangalore
Report
  • Taiki Yoshida   6'
  • Akshay K   89'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
3 February 2021 28 MEG 2–1Bangalore IndependentsBangalore
  • Ajay Anthony   65'
  • Letholen   82'
Report
  • Sathish   83'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
3 February 2021 29 Young Challengers 5–1Income Tax FCBangalore
  • Nihal Colaco   24' (71)
  • Murali Joseph   60', 72'
  • Abhishek Panchamiya   63' (pen.)
Report
  • Austin   87' (pen.)
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
4 February 2021 30ADE0–3 Bengaluru FC B Bangalore
Report
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
5 February 2021 31Bengaluru Eagles1–1ASCBangalore
Deepak Pant   59' (og) Report Shafeel PP   53' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
8 February 2021 32 Students Union 3–2Young ChallengersBangalore
  • Vignesh Srinivas   44'
  • Murali Srinivas   72' (pen)
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
8 February 2021 33Income Tax0–11 FC Deccan Bangalore
Report
  • Shervin D   4'
  • Surya UK   14'
  • Ashik AS   16', 29', 50'
  • Sajeesh E   25', 45'
  • Akhil P   43'
  • Syed Ahmed   64', 85'
  • Stalin Daniel   84'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
9 February 2021 34Bengaluru Independents0–1 Bengaluru United Bangalore
Report M. Meitei   55' Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
9 February 2021 35 Bengaluru FC B 4–0Dream UnitedBangalore
  • Robin Yadav   11'
  • Sivasakthi  51'
  • Akashdeep Singh   81'
  • M. Molla   88'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
10 February 2021 36 Kickstart FC 5–0Bangalore EaglesBangalore
  • Sudhir Kotikela   55'
  • Uzochi Emmanel Echebiri   56'
  • Nikhil Raj  73', 90+3' (90+5)
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
11 February 2021 37FC Deccan0–0Students UnionBangalore
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
11 February 2021 38 Young Challengers 3–0ADEBangalore
  • Nikhil Colaco   42'
  • Ankith   50', 62'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 February 2021 39 ASC 3–0Bangalore IndependentsBangalore
  • Shafeel   23' (pen)
  • T. Krishnakanta   63'
  • Dip Majumder   90+3'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 February 2021 40 Bengaluru United 4–0MEGBangalore
  • N. Meitei   33'
  • Oliveira   38'
  • V. Gunashekhar   74'
  • Chaitan Komar   83'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 February 2021 41 Bangalore Eagles 1–0Bengaluru FC BBangalore
  • Dominic Jacob Paul  86'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 February 2021 42 Bangalore Independents 2–0Kickstart FCBangalore
  • Sudhir Kotikela   86'
  • Solaimalai   69' (pen)
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
16 February 2021 43MEG1–1ASCBangalore
  • Lalthaolen Khongsai   6'
Report
  • Dip Majumder   42'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
16 February 2021 44 Students Union 2–0Income TaxBangalore
  • Murali Srinivas   70' *Ramu Srikanth   79'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
17 February 2021 45Dream United0–2 Young Challengers Bangalore
Report
  • Ankith P   58', 73'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
17 February 2021 46ADE1–1FC DeccanBangalore
  • Santosh V   78'
Report
  • Syed Ahmed   21'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
18 February 2021 47Bangalore IndependentsMatch AbandonedBangalore EaglesBangalore
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
22 February 2021 48Kickstart FC0–1 MEG Bangalore
Report
  • Shubham Rana   90+3'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
22 February 2021 49 Bengaluru FC B 3–0Bangalore IndependentsBangalore
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
23 February 2021 50ASC1–2 Bengaluru United Bangalore
  • Thiyagarajan   11'
Report
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
24 February 2021 51 FC Deccan 3–0Dream UnitedBangalore
  • Sunil Joshua   11'
  • Sherwin   38'
  • Surya   53'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
24 February 2021 52Income Tax0–2 ADE Bangalore
Report
  • Rayesab Benakatti   1', 69'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
26 February 2021 52ASC0–3 Bengaluru FC B Bangalore
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
26 February 2021 53 Bengaluru United 6–0Young ChallengersBangalore
  • Naro Hari Shrestha   12', 86'
  • Ronaldo Oliveira   26'
  • Kiran Saravanan   56'
  • Anup Theres Raj   59'
  • Roland Singh   62'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

March

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1 March 2021 54 MEG 4–2FC DeccanBangalore
  • Rahul R   6', 47'
  • Akbar S   14'
  • Ahmed A   41'
Report
  • Akhil P   38' (pen)
  • Sajaeesh E   72'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
1 March 2021 55 Bangalore Independents 4–1Income TaxBangalore
  • Surendra P   36'
  • Manivanan   65'
  • Narendra   85'
  • Ignatius J   90+2'
Report
  • Amal D   20'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
2 March 2021 56 Bangalore Eagles 1–0Students UnionBangalore
  • Appu   21'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
2 March 2021 57Dream United0–0ADEBangalore
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
3 March 2021 58 Bengaluru United 1–2Kickstart FCBangalore
  • Satish Kumar   1' (og)
Report
  • Sudhir Kotikela   20'
  • Johnson   40'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
4 March 2021 59 Bangalore Independents 3–2Young ChallengersBangalore
  • Narendra Prasad   3'
  • Surendra Prasad   25'
  • Ignatius John   41'
  • Ankith   72'
Report
  • Kishudharan M   86'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
5 March 2021 60ADE0–3 Students Union Bangalore
Report
  • Pawan Kumar   5'
  • Sunil   79' (og)
  • Murali Srinivas   89'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
5 March 2021 61 Bangalore Eagles 2–0FC DeccanBangalore
  • Ananthu Murali   54'
  • Pratik Swami   88 '
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
7 March 2021 62Bangalore Independents0–0Bangalore EaglesBangalore
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
8 March 2021 63 Dream United 2–1Income TaxBangalore
  • Dorjee   52'
  • Jacob John   54'
Report
  • Amal   17' (pen)
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
8 March 2021 64Bengaluru FC B2–3 Bengaluru United Bangalore
Report
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
11 March 2021 65FC Deccan0–1 Bengaluru United Bangalore
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
11 March 2021 66 Students Union 2–1Dream UnitedBangalore
  • Vignesh Srinivas   4'
  • Taki Yoshida   25'
Report
  • Dorjee   29'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 March 2021 67 Kickstart FC 2–0ASCBangalore
  • Sudhir Kotikela  55'
  • Magnesh Selva   87'
Report Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 March 2021 68Young Challengrts3–3MEGBangalore
  • Nihal Colaco  24', 32'
  • Ankith   62'
Report
  • Reagan Singh   16'
  • Rahul Ramakrishna   48'
  • Imaanakuna   61'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
13 March 2021 69Income Tax0–5 Bangalore Eagles Bangalore
Report
  • Niyas Nankuth   11 '
  • Cletus Dominic John   26', 57', 69'
  • Seenu S  85'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
14 March 2021 70 Students Union 3–2Bangalore IndependentsBangalore
  • Vignesh   25'
  • Sunil Kumar   51'
  • Taki Yoshida   80'
Report
  • Narendra   22'
  • Sridhar  42'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 March 2021 71Income Tax2–7 MEG Bangalore
  • Austin   21'
  • Rayan   24'
Report
  • Nitin   9', 65'
  • Asif Khan   61', 68', 86'
  • Akbar Siddiqui   71'
  • Rahul Ramakrishna   85'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 March 2021 72ADE 0–2 Bangalore Eagles Bangalore
Report
  • Nitin   32', 66'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
16 March 2021 73Young Challengers0–1 ASC Bangalore
Report
  • Laishram Prem   77'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
16 March 2021 74 Bengaluru FC B 2–1Kickstart FCBangalore
  • Emboklang Nongkhlaw   20'
  • Inayath   90+5'
Report
  • Satish Kumar   82'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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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
  Sudheer Kotikela
4   Ronaldo Oliveira Bengaluru United 8
  Dip Majumder ASC
5   Chaitan Komar Pant Bengaluru United 7
  Akashdeep Singh Bengaluru FC B
6   Nihal Colaco Young Challengers 6
5   Meitei KM Bengaluru United 5
  Letholen Khongsai MEG
  Rahul Ramakrishna
  Akbar Siddique
  Dominic Jacob Paul Bangalore Eagles

Awards

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BDFA Super Division Outstanding players of the week award

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Week 1 [3]
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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Bengaluru FC Reserves retain the BDFA Super Division League title". 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Defending Champions Bengaluru FC all set for BDFA Super Division League". BengaluruFC.com. 12 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ @IMinnows (18 January 2021). "BDFA Super Division League 2020-21Outstanding Players of the WeekGK: Dilip Velu, Young Challengers FCDF: Vive…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.