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*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wu Lei]] (forward, playing for [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]]) |
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*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Bolton]] (defender, playing for [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]) |
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Revision as of 04:11, 6 April 2020
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing pandemic, which was reported to begin from Wuhan, China. The pandemic soon began to spread to other countries with major outbreaks in East Asia, Europe and Middle East. This coronavirus pandemic has impacted greatly on sports industry, especially football. Football matches in different countries are either cancelled, postponed or played behind closed doors. Some footballers have also been reported to have Coronavirus disease.
Impact on competitions
In China, the 2020 Chinese Super League was postponed as a result of the virus. The AFC Champions League and AFC Cup was also impacted, a number of group stage matches being postponed.
On March 9, 2020, FIFA and AFC announced that 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed to later dates due to the pandemic. Play-off matches between South Korea and China in the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament were also postponed.
In Europe, various knockout matches in the Champions League and Europa League were played behind closed doors in February and March 2020. Two Europa League matches involving Spanish and Italian teams were also postponed indefinitely. On March 12, 2020, UEFA announced that the elite qualification round of the men and women's under-17 and under-19 youth international tournaments had been postponed.
Concerns were raised regarding UEFA Euro 2020, being held in twelve host cities across Europe, and the potential impact of the coronavirus on players, staff and tournament visitors. UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin said the organisation was confident that the situation could be dealt with, while general secretary Theodore Theodoridis stated that UEFA was maintaining contact with the World Health Organization and national governments regarding the coronavirus. UEFA announced that a videoconference would be held on March 17 with representatives of its 55 member associations, along with a FIFPro representative and the boards of the European Club Association and European Leagues, to discuss the response to the outbreak for domestic and European competitions, including Euro 2020.
All matches are canceled
- 2020 International Champions Cup (only matches with venues in Asia)
- Four-team tournament in Qatar from 26-30 March involving Belgium, Portugal, Croatia and Switzerland
- All international friendly matches (21 March – 1 April)
All matches are postponed
2020 Chinese Super League and other Chinese domestic leagues (announced 30 January)
2020 V.League 1 (postponed from 21 February to 7 March)
2020 K League 1 and other South Korean domestic leagues (announced 24 February)
2020 J1 League and other Japanese domestic leagues (since 25 February)- 2019–20 Swiss Super League (since 2 March)
- 2019–20 Persian Gulf Pro League (since 5 March)
- 2020 Thai League One and other Thai domestic leagues (since 7 March)
- 2019–20 Serie A and other Italian domestic leagues (since 9 March)
- 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga and other Austrian domestic leagues (since 10 March)
- 2019–20 La Liga and other Spanish domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Danish Superliga and other Danish domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Eredivisie and other Dutch domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2020 Major League Soccer (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Primeira Liga and other Portuguese domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Belgian First Division A and other Belgian domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2020 League of Ireland Premier Division and other Irish domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Albanian Superliga and other Albanian domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other Bosnian domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Croatian First Football League and other Croatian domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Czech First League and other Czech domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2020 A Lyga and other Lithuanian domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Liga I and other Romanian domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Slovak First Football League and other Slovak domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2019–20 Slovenian PrvaLiga and other Slovenian domestic leagues (since 12 March)
- 2020 Malaysia Super League (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Ligue 1 and other French domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Bundesliga and other German domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- English domestic leagues listed below (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Scottish Premiership and other Scottish domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Cymru Premier and other Welsh domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 NIFL Premiership and other Northern Irish domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 First Professional Football League and other Bulgarian domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Cypriot First Division and other Cypriot domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2020 Meistriliiga and other Estonian domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Superleague Greece and other Greek domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Israeli Premier League and other Israeli domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division and other Luxembourgish domestic leagues (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 Ekstraklasa and other Polish domestic leagues (I and II Liga) (since 13 March)
- 2020 Latvian Higher League and other Latvian domestic leagues (announced 13 March)
- 2019–20 UEFA Champions League (since 13 March)
- 2019–20 UEFA Europa League (since 13 March)
- 2020 Liga 1 and other Indonesian domestic leagues (since 15 March)
- 2019–20 Liga MX and other Mexican domestic leagues (since 15 March)
- 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga and other Serbian domestic leagues (since 15 March)
- English domestic leagues listed below (since 16 March)
- 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I and other Hungarian domestic leagues (since 16 March)
- 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League and other Ukrainian domestic leagues (since 17 March)
- 2019–20 Russian Premier League and other Russian domestic leagues (since 18 March)
- 2019–20 Süper Lig and other Turkish domestic leagues (since 19 March)
- 2019–20 A-League and other Australia domestic leagues (since 23 March)
- 2020 Summer Olympics (initially 24 July – 9 August 2020)
- UEFA Euro 2020 (initially 12 June – 12 July 2021, proposed to be postponed to 11 June – 11 July 2021)
- UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs (postponed from 26–31 March to 4–9 June)
- 2020 Copa América (initially 12 June – 12 July 2021, proposed to be postponed to 11 June – 11 July 2021)
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) (initially 23–31 March, 1–9 June)
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) (initially 26–31 March)
- As of 25 March, almost every countries have suspended their domestic football leagues, except
- 2019–20 Girabola
- 2020 Belarusian Premier League
- 2019–20 Burundi Premier League
- 2020 Singapore Premier League
- 2020 Ýokary Liga
Some matches are postponed
- 2020 AFC Champions League
- All matches involving Chinese clubs (Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG)
- 2020 AFC Cup
- All preliminary stage matches of East Zone
- Several group stage matches, including all of matches in Group A, B, C (West Asia Zone)
- 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
- Round of 16 first leg: Sevilla v Roma, Inter Milan v Getafe (initially 12 March)
- 2019–20 Serie A
- Inter v Sampdoria, Torino v Parma, Verona v Cagliari and Atalanta v Sassuolo (initially 23 February)
- Juventus v Inter Milan, Udinese v Fiorentina, AC Milan v Genoa, Parma v SPAL, Sassuolo v Brescia and Sampdoria v Hellas Verona (initially 29 February – 2 March; played on 8–9 March)
- 2019–20 Coppa Italia
- Semi final second leg: Juventus v AC Milan (Initially 3 March)
- 2019–20 Ligue 1: Strasbourg v PSG (initially 6 March)
- 2019–20 Premier League: Manchester City v Arsenal (initially 11 March)
- 2020 Liga 1: Persija v Persebaya (initially 7 March)
Matches are played behind closed-doors
- 2019–20 UEFA Champions League
- Round of 16 second leg: Valencia v Atalanta, PSG v Borussia Dortmund (10–18 March)
- 2019–20 UEFA Europa League
- Round of 16 first leg: LASK v Manchester United, Olympiakos v Wolves, Wolfsburg v Shakhtar Donetsk, Eintracht Frankfurt v Basel (12 March)
- 2019–20 Serie A
- Juventus v Inter Milan, Udinese v Fiorentina, AC Milan v Genoa, Parma v SPAL, Sassuolo v Brescia and Sampdoria v Hellas Verona (8–9 March)
- 2019–20 Bundesliga: Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Köln (12 March)
- All matches of 2019–20 Botola and other Moroccan domestic leagues (since 5 March)
- All matches of 2019–20 V.League 1 (since 5 March)
- All matches of 2019–20 Saudi Professional League and other Saudi domestic leagues (since 7 March)
- All matches of 2019–20 Superleague Greece and other Greek domestic leagues (since 8 March)
- All matches of 2019–20 First Professional Football League and other Bulgarian domestic leagues (8 March)
- All matches of 2019–20 Liga I and other Romanian domestic leagues (since 9 March)
- All matches of 2019–20 Ekstraklasa and other Polish domestic leagues (since 10 March)
- UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying stage
Others
- Premier League and English Football League have banned pre-match handshake between players (since 6 March)
- The move was followed by UEFA, who's also banning players from handshaking before matches in any UEFA competitions.
Active footballers
- Paulo Dybala (forward, playing for Juventus)
- Ezequiel Garay (defender, playing for Valencia)
- Germán Pezzella (defender, playing for Fiorentina; recovered)
- Marouane Fellaini (midfielder, playing for Shandong Luneng)
- Jonathas de Jesus (forward, playing for Elche)
- Wander Luiz (forward, playing for Persib Bandung)
- Wu Lei (forward, playing for Espanyol)
- James Bolton (defender, playing for Portsmouth)
- Andy Cannon (midfielder, playing for Portsmouth)
- Callum Hudson-Odoi (forward, playing for Chelsea; recovered)
- Haji Mnoga (defender, playing for Portsmouth)
- Sean Raggett (defender, playing for Portsmouth)
- Eliaquim Mangala (defender, playing for Valencia)
- Blaise Matuidi (midfielder, playing for Juventus)
- Omar Colley (defender, playing for Sampdoria; recovered)
- Jannes Horn (defender, playing for Hannover 96)
- Timo Hübers (defender, playing for Hannover 96)
- Luca Kilian (defender, playing for SC Paderborn)
- Fabian Nürnberger (defender, playing for 1. FC Nürnberg)
- Stefan Thesker (defender, playing for Holstein Kiel)
- Marco Sportiello (goalkeeper, playing for Atalanta)
- Patrick Cutrone (striker, playing for Fiorentina; recovered)
- Fabio Depaoli (midfielder, playing for Sampdoria)
- Alessandro Favalli (defender, playing for Reggio Audace; recovered)
- Manolo Gabbiadini (striker, playing for Sampdoria)
- Antonino La Gumina (midfielder, playing for Sampdoria)
- Daniel Maldini (midfielder, playing for Milan)
- Daniele Rugani (defender, playing for Juventus)
- King Udoh (forward, playing for Pianese; recovered)
- Mattia Zaccagni (midfielder, playing for Verona)
- Morten Thorsby (midfielder, playing for Sampdoria)
- Artur Boruc (goalkeeper, playing for Bournemouth)
- Bartosz Bereszyński (defender, playing for Sampdoria)
- Dušan Vlahović (striker, playing for Fiorentina; recovered)
- Suk Hyun-jun (striker, playing for Troyes)
- José Luis Gayà (defender, playing for Valencia)
- Pepe Reina (goalkeeper, playing for Aston Villa)
- Albin Ekdal (midfielder, playing for Sampdoria)
- Leandro Cabrera (defender, playing for Espanyol)
Others
- Thomas Kahlenberg (former footballer)
- Peter Madsen (former footballer)
- Evangelos Marinakis (owner of Olympiacos and Nottingham Forest)
- Paolo Maldini (technical director of Milan)
- Kozo Tashima (president of Japan Football Association)
- Enrique Bonilla (Liga MX president)
- Alberto Marrero (president of Atlético San Luis)
- Jorge Jesus (Flamengo manager; recovered)
- Slaviša Kokeza (president of Football Association of Serbia)
- Jordi Cardoner (vice-president of Barcelona)
- Mikel Arteta (Arsenal manager; recovered)
- Martín Ortega (general director of Leganés)
- Dominique Blanc (president of Swiss Football Association)
- Fatih Terim (Galatasaray manager)
External links
- Coronavirus: How the virus has impacted sporting events around the world – BBC Sport
- Sports events hit by Coronavirus outbreak – Reuters
- Coronavirus and football: How matches & sports events are affected by Covid-19 outbreak
See also
- General information about 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on Wikipedia
- What is Coronavirus? on BBC