2020–21 Natopian Major League

Natopian Major League

Season	2020–21
Champions	Apertura: Ashington Lions Clausura: Lindström Leopards
2021–22 CTFA Champions' League	TBD
2021–22 CTFA Cup	TBD
Matches played	132
Goals scored	312 (2.36 per match)
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The 2020–21 Natopian Major League season was the 10th professional season of the top-flight football league in Natopia. The season was 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 competed this season.

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

Apertura

Regular season

The Apertura 2020 was the first championship of the season. The regular season began on September 5 and ended on November 14.

League table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Butter Cow City Eucas	11	9	2	0	21	7	+14	29	Advance to Liguilla
Lindström Leopards	11	9	1	1	20	6	+14	28
Mehlville Panthers	11	5	2	4	15	12	+3	17
Ashington Lions	11	4	4	3	17	16	+1	16
Tassity Bulls	11	5	1	5	11	13	−2	16
Avenged City Punks	11	5	1	5	9	11	−2	16
Frenzyville Ferrets	11	4	3	4	14	13	+1	15
Hazelwood City Dukes	11	4	1	6	10	14	−4	13
Micronia Marauders	11	2	5	4	10	12	−2	11
Holstein Harriers	11	2	3	6	11	19	−8	9
Lindström City Goats	11	1	4	6	11	17	−6	7
Tapfer Point Eternals	11	1	3	7	7	16	−9	6

Liguilla – Apertura

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	Butter Cow City Eucas	1
	Ashington Lions	2
					Ashington Lions	1
					Lindström Leopards	0
	Lindström Leopards	3
	Mehlville Panthers	1

• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
• The away goals rule was applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
• If the two teams were tied after both legs, the match would have gone to overtime and, if necessary, a shootout.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Butter Cow City	1–2	Ashington	1–1	0–1
Leopards	3–1	Mehlville	2–0	1–1

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

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ashington	1–0	Leopards	0–0	1–0 (a.e.t.)

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

Apertura 2020 winners:
Ashington Lions 1st Title

Clausura

The Clausura 2021 is the second championship of the season. The regular season began on January 16 and ended on March 27.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Tapfer Point Eternals	11	7	0	4	12	7	+5	21	Advance to Liguilla
Micronia Marauders	11	6	2	3	25	17	+8	20
Avenged City Punks	11	6	1	4	16	10	+6	19
Lindström Leopards	11	6	1	4	17	14	+3	19
Tassity Bulls	11	5	2	4	15	16	−1	17
Frenzyville Ferrets	11	5	1	5	16	13	+3	16
Hazelwood City Dukes	11	4	3	4	13	11	+2	15
Mehlville Panthers	11	3	6	2	13	12	+1	15
Ashington Lions	11	3	4	4	10	13	−3	13
Butter Cow City Eucas	11	3	2	6	7	13	−6	11
Holstein Harriers	11	2	4	5	8	16	−8	10
Lindström City Goats	11	2	2	7	4	14	−10	8

Liguilla – Clausura

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	Tapfer Point	0
	Leopards	2
					Leopards	2
					Avenged City	1
	Micronia	0
	Avenged City	3

• The team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advanced.
• The away goals rule was applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
• If the two teams were tied after both legs, the match would have gone to overtime and, if necessary, a shootout.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tapfer Point	0–2	Leopards	0–2	0–0
Micronia	0–3	Avenged City	0–1	2–0

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

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leopards	2–1	Avenged City	1–0	1–1

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

Clausura 2021 winners:
Lindström Leopards 1st Title

Aggregate table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Lindström Leopards	22	15	2	5	37	20	+17	47
Butter Cow City Eucas	22	12	4	6	28	20	+8	40
Avenged City Punks	22	11	2	9	25	21	+4	35
Tassity Bulls	22	10	3	9	26	29	−3	33
Mehlville Panthers	22	8	8	6	28	24	+4	32
Micronia Marauders	22	8	7	7	35	29	+6	31
Frenzyville Ferrets	22	9	4	9	30	26	+4	31
Ashington Lions	22	7	8	7	27	29	−2	29
Hazelwood City Dukes	22	8	4	10	23	25	−2	28
Tapfer Point Eternals	22	8	3	11	19	23	−4	27
Holstein Harriers	22	4	7	11	19	35	−16	19	Relegated
Lindström City Goats	22	3	6	13	15	31	−16	15

2020−21 Natopian Major League Champions:
Lindström Leopards 1st Title