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

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

TeamPlayer 1Player 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Bengaluru United (C)121011387+3131Champions and qualification for 2021 I-League Qualifiers
2Bengaluru FC B1210023810+2830
3MEG128222817+1126
4Kickstart FC12813357+2825Nominated for 2021 I-League Qualifiers
5Bangalore Eagles127321911+824
6Students Union126241815+320
7ASC125342012+818
8FC Deccan124352818+1015
9Bangalore Independents123271521−611
10Young Challengers123182130−910
11Bangalore Dream United12228627−218
12ADE12129430−265
13Income Tax120012772−650Relegation to BDFA A Division
Source: Garden City Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

January

11 January 2021 1 Kickstart FC 2–1Young Challengers FCBangalore
  • Magesh Selva 43'
  • Sudheer Kotikela 48'
ReportAnkith P 65'Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
11 January 2021 2 ASC 2–0FC DeccanBangalore
  • Dip Majumder 40'
  • Gautam Singh 87'
ReportStadium: 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'
ReportAustin 21'Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 January 2021 4 MEG 1–0Students Union FCBangalore
Lethaolen Khjongsai 27'ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
13 January 2021 5 Bangalore Independents 3–1ADEBangalore
  • Tijo Job 45'
  • Vinod 49'
  • Manivannan 55' (pen.)
ReportClinton 9'Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
13 January 2021 6 Bangalore Eagles 2–0Bangalore Dream UnitedBangalore
  • Gopi 35', 41'
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 January 2021 7Young Challengers0–3 Bengaluru FC B Bangalore
Report
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 January 2021 8FC Deccan1–1Kickstart FCBangalore
  • Sujesh 10'
Report
  • 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'
Report
  • Sudheer Kotikela 45+4'
  • D Majumdar 80' (82), 89'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
18 January 2021 11Students United0–1 FC Bengaluru United Bangalore
ReportStadium: 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'
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
21 January 2021 15ASC2–2Students UnionBangalore
  • Thiyagarajan 33'
  • Shafeel PP 90+4'
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
22 January 2021 16 FC Bengaluru United 4–0ADEBangalore
ReportStadium: 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'
ReportStadium: 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
ReportDip Majumder 40'Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
28 January 2021 21Bangalore Dream United0–6 FC Bengaluru United Bangalore
Report
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
28 January 2021 22Bangalore Eagles FC2–3 MEG Bangalore
  • Shashikumar 43'
  • Shivakumar 45'
Report
  • Deepak Kumar 61' (O.G.)
  • L Khong 79'
  • Akbar 80'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

February

1 February 2021 24 Kickstart FC 7–0ADE FCBangalore
  • Nikhil Raj 3', 61', 74'
  • Vignesh 31'
  • Uzochi Emmanel 45', 54'
  • Karthik 71'
ReportStadium: 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
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)ReportShafeel PP 53'Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
8 February 2021 32 Students Union 3–2Young ChallengersBangalore
  • Vignesh Srinivas 44'
  • Murali Srinivas 72' (pen)
ReportStadium: 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
ReportM. 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'
ReportStadium: 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)
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
11 February 2021 37FC Deccan0–0Students UnionBangalore
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
11 February 2021 38 Young Challengers 3–0ADEBangalore
  • Nikhil Colaco 42'
  • Ankith 50', 62'
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 February 2021 39 ASC 3–0Bangalore IndependentsBangalore
  • Shafeel 23' (pen)
  • T. Krishnakanta 63'
  • Dip Majumder 90+3'
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
12 February 2021 40 Bengaluru United 4–0MEGBangalore
  • N. Meitei 33'
  • Oliveira 38'
  • V. Gunashekhar 74'
  • Chaitan Komar 83'
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 February 2021 41 Bangalore Eagles 1–0Bengaluru FC BBangalore
  • Dominic Jacob Paul 86'
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
15 February 2021 42 Bangalore Independents 2–0Kickstart FCBangalore
  • Sudhir Kotikela 86'
  • Solaimalai 69' (pen)
ReportStadium: 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'
ReportStadium: 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
ReportStadium: 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
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
23 February 2021 50ASC1–2 Bengaluru United Bangalore
  • Thiyagarajan 11'
Report
  • Chaitan Komar 75'
  • Asrar Rehbar 90+4'
Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
24 February 2021 51 FC Deccan 3–0Dream UnitedBangalore
  • Sunil Joshua 11'
  • Sherwin 38'
  • Surya 53'
ReportStadium: 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
ReportStadium: 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'
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

March

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'
ReportStadium: 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 '
ReportStadium: Bangalore Football Stadium
7 March 2021 62Bangalore Independents0–0Bangalore EaglesBangalore
ReportStadium: 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
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'
ReportStadium: 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

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

Week 1 [3]
PlayerPositionClub
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'

References