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 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	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

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

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 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

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