2020–21 Natopian Major League

Natopian Major League

Season	2020–21
2021–22 CTFA Champions' League	TBD
2021–22 CTFA Cup	TBD
Matches played	42
Goals scored	93 (2.21 per match)
Biggest home win	Ashington 4×1 Hazelwood City (October 3, 2020)
Biggest away win	Tassity 0×2 Butter Cow City (September 19, 2020) Lindström City 0×2 Avenged City (October 3, 2020) Holstein 0×2 Butter Cow City (October 10, 2020)
Highest scoring	Ashington 4×1 Hazelwood City (October 3, 2020)
Longest winning run	Avenged City Butter Cow City (3 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Butter Cow City (7 games)
Longest winless run	Holstein (7 games)
Longest losing run	Hazelwood City Holstein Lindström City Mehlville Tapfer Point (2 games)

The 2020–21 Natopian Major League season is the 10th professional season of the top-flight football league in Natopia. The season is split into two championships—the Apertura and the Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same twelve teams.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

The following twelve teams will compete this season.

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Ashington Lions	Clifford Carlson	Nelius Marais	Roger Azin	Torfabrik	TBD
Avenged City Punks	Conrad Riley	Tiaan Vermeulen	Max Drury
Butter Cow City Eucas	Stamatios Dimakis	Eon Smith	Christophe von Bagelberry
Frenzyville Ferrets	Lateef Adriaanse	Norris Noble	Sigismund Cowfefe
Hazelwood City Dukes	Harrison Sutton	Bob Flowers	Steve Collins
Holstein Harriers	Veniamin Katsareas	Stephen Anderson	Bram DeMien
Lindström City Goats	Sergio Park	Ade Du Toit	Lordi Pistepirkko
Lindström Leopards	Lencho McKenzie	Aidan Newman	Penley Hook
Mehlville Panthers	Ned Blanton	Wade Kim	Joshua Murphy-Lee
Micronia Marauders	Ben Van Biljon	Spiros Contatos	Archie Gardner
Tapfer Point Eternals	Jace Jimenez	Gazali Levy	Jason Sulls
Tassity Bulls	Alexios Minellis	Peter Price	Stanley Kirk

Apertura

Regular season

The Apertura 2020 is the first championship of the season. The regular season will begin on September 5 and end on November 14.

League table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Butter Cow City Eucas	7	4	3	0	12	4	+8	15	Advance to Liguilla
Avenged City Punks	7	5	0	2	8	4	+4	15
Lindström Leopards	7	4	2	1	11	5	+6	14
Ashington Lions	7	3	3	1	12	8	+4	12
Tassity Bulls	7	4	0	3	8	7	+1	12
Lindström City Goats	7	1	4	2	8	8	0	7
Tapfer Point Eternals	7	1	4	2	5	6	−1	7
Mehlville Panthers	7	2	1	4	6	10	−4	7
Hazelwood City Dukes	7	2	1	4	5	10	−5	7
Micronia Marauders	7	1	3	3	3	6	−3	6
Frenzyville Ferrets	7	1	3	3	9	13	−4	6
Holstein Harriers	7	0	4	3	6	12	−6	4

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 7, but then postponed and played between days 9 and 10, it will be added to the standings for day 9.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ashington Lions	3	3	6	6	4	3	4
Avenged City Punks	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
Butter Cow City Eucas	5	7	4	4	3	2	1
Frenzyville Ferrets	9	10	11	11	12	10	11
Hazelwood City Dukes	4	5	7	8	9	6	9
Holstein Harriers	6	8	10	10	11	12	12
Lindström City Goats	7	6	3	3	6	7	6
Lindström Leopards	2	2	1	2	2	4	3
Mehlville Panthers	11	12	12	12	8	11	8
Micronia Marauders	10	11	9	9	10	9	10
Tapfer Point Eternals	8	9	5	5	7	8	7
Tassity Bulls	12	4	8	7	5	5	5

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs

Results

	ASH	AVC	BCC	FRE	HAZ	HOL	LCG	LSL	MEH	MIC	TPP	TAS
Ashington Lions	–			2–1	4–1					1–1
Avenged City Punks	1–1	–			1–0			1–0
Butter Cow City Eucas			–	3–0				1–1	2–1	2–1
Frenzyville Ferrets				–		2–2	2–2		1–0			1–0
Hazelwood City Dukes					–		1–0			1–0	2–0
Holstein Harriers	1–1		0–2			–		1–2
Lindström City Goats		0–2	1–1			3–0	–				0–0
Lindström Leopards				2–1	3–1			–		2–0		2–0
Mehlville Panthers	2–1	2–0			1–1				–		3–1
Micronia Marauders							2–2			–	0–0	1–0
Tapfer Point Eternals	1–2	2–0				1–1					–
Tassity Bulls		2–1	0–2			2–1			2–0			–

Liguilla – Apertura

Bracket

• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
• The away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to overtime and, if necessary, a shootout.

Semifinals

The first legs will be played on November 21 and the second legs on November 28.

Final

The first leg will be played on December 5 and the second leg on December 12.

Clausura

The Clausura 2021 is the second championship of the season. The regular season will begin on January 16 and end on March 27.

League table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Ashington Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Liguilla
Avenged City Punks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Butter Cow City Eucas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frenzyville Ferrets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hazelwood City Dukes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holstein Harriers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lindström City Goats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lindström Leopards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mehlville Panthers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micronia Marauders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tapfer Point Eternals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tassity Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 7, but then postponed and played between days 9 and 10, it will be added to the standings for day 9.

Team ╲ Round	1
Ashington Lions
Avenged City Punks
Butter Cow City Eucas
Frenzyville Ferrets
Hazelwood City Dukes
Holstein Harriers
Lindström City Goats
Lindström Leopards
Mehlville Panthers
Micronia Marauders
Tapfer Point Eternals
Tassity Bulls

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Last place in table

Results

	ASH	AVC	BCC	FRE	HAZ	HOL	LCG	LSL	MEH	MIC	TPP	TAS
Ashington Lions	–
Avenged City Punks		–
Butter Cow City Eucas			–
Frenzyville Ferrets				–
Hazelwood City Dukes					–
Holstein Harriers						–
Lindström City Goats							–
Lindström Leopards								–
Mehlville Panthers									–
Micronia Marauders										–
Tapfer Point Eternals											–
Tassity Bulls												–

Liguilla – Clausura

Bracket

• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
• The away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
• If the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to overtime and, if necessary, a shootout.

Semifinals

The first legs will be played on April 3 and the second legs on April 10.

Final

The first leg will be played on April 17 and the second leg on April 24.

Aggregate table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Butter Cow City Eucas	7	4	3	0	12	4	+8	15
Avenged City Punks	7	5	0	2	8	4	+4	15
Lindström Leopards	7	4	2	1	11	5	+6	14
Ashington Lions	7	3	3	1	12	8	+4	12
Tassity Bulls	7	4	0	3	8	7	+1	12
Lindström City Goats	7	1	4	2	8	8	0	7
Tapfer Point Eternals	7	1	4	2	5	6	−1	7
Mehlville Panthers	7	2	1	4	6	10	−4	7
Hazelwood City Dukes	7	2	1	4	5	10	−5	7
Micronia Marauders	7	1	3	3	3	6	−3	6
Frenzyville Ferrets	7	1	3	3	9	13	−4	6	Relegated
Holstein Harriers	7	0	4	3	6	12	−6	4