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Martyr's Memorial A-Division League^[1]
Season	2019–20
Dates	14 December 2019 – 15 February 2020
Champions	Machhindra FC
Relegated	Saraswati Youth Club
Matches played	91
Goals scored	210 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aashish Lama; (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Machhindra 6–1 Saraswati ; (6 February 2020)
Highest scoring	Sankata 6–2 Saraswati ; (13 February 2020)
Longest winning run	Machhindra (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Nepal Army Club ; (10 matches)
Longest winless run	Brigade Boys Club ; (9 matches)
Longest losing run	Brigade Boys Club ; Nepal APF Club ; Saraswati Youth Club ; (5 matches)
Highest attendance	12,451 ; Machhindra 1–0 Army ; (15 February 2020)
Lowest attendance	201 ; Army 2–1 Friends ; (15 December 2019)
Total attendance	71,921
Average attendance	790
	← 2018–19 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 15 February 2020.

The 2019–20 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League (Nepali: शहीद स्मारक ए डिभिजन लिग २०७६) season, also known as the Qatar Airways Martyr's Memorial A-Division League ^[2] for sponsorship reasons, was the 43rd edition of the Martyr's Memorial A-Division League since its establishment in 1954-55. A total of 18 teams competed in this edition of the league, which began on 14 December 2019 and concluded on 15 February 2020.

Manang Marshyangdi Club were the defending champions.^[3]

Machhindra Football Club were crowned league winners for the first time in the club's history on the last day of the league, after defeating Nepal Army Club 1–0. However, as only one club, Tribhuvan Army Club, could secure AFC club licensing, the second-placed team qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup preliminary round 1.^[4]

Teams

A total of 14 teams, all based in the Kathmandu Valley, contested the league with a relegation system.^[1] As there was no relegation in the previous season, all teams from the 2018–19 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League participated in the league.

Location

Team	Location	Previous Season
Himalayan Sherpa Club	Kathmandu	7th
Machhindra Football Club		13th
Manang Marshyangdi Club		1st
Nepal APF Club		5th
Nepal Army Club		4th
Nepal Police Club		6th
New Road Team		14th
Sankata BSC		2nd
Saraswati Youth Club		9th
Brigade Boys Club	Lalitpur	12th
Chyasal Youth Club		8th
Friends Club		11th
Jawalakhel YC		10th
Three Star Club		3rd

Personnel and kits

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit sponsor
Brigade Boys Club	Sanoj Shrestha	Anil Gurung^[5]	Nepal Investment Bank^[6]
Chyasal Youth Club	Bal Gopal Sahukhala	Santosh Sahukhala	Himalaya College of Engineering,¹^[7] Grace International¹^[7]
Friends Club	Marcus Filipe Sampaio Dantas^[8]	Saroj Yonjan	Nepal Investment Bank
Himalayan Sherpa Club	Sanjeev Budhathoki	Man Bahadur Tamang	Yeti Airlines^[9]
Jawalakhel YC	Naresh Thapa	Kuldeep Karki	Prabhu Bank
Machhindra Football Club	Prabesh Katuwal^[10]	Biraj Maharjan^[5]	San Miguel,^[11] Pepe Pizza^[12]
Manang Marshyangdi Club	Fuja Tope^[13]	Kamal Shrestha^[14]	Nepal Oil Corporation^[15]
Nepal APF Club	Rajendra Tamang	Top Bahadur Bista	Agni Mahindra
Nepal Army Club	Nabin Neupane	Bharat Khawas	Bajaj Pulsar
Nepal Police Club	Ananta Raj Thapa	Bhola Nath Silwal	Nepal Telecom
New Road Team	Raju Kaji Shakya^[16]	Prakash Budhathoki
Sankata BSC	Salyan Khadgi	Saroj Dahal
Saraswati Youth Club	Pradeep Nepal	Dipesh Shrestha
Three Star Club	Megh Raj KC	Bikram Lama	Ruslan Vodka

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

Foreign players

The ANFA allowed a maximum of four foreign players including one from SAARC-affiliated country per team.^[17]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	SAARC Player
Brigade Boys Club	Tajudeen Busari	George Vincent	Isaac Olakaji	Mohammad Saukat
Chyasal Youth Club	Junichi Ozawa^[18]	Tiaga Nakamura	Hayato Wakino	Muhammad Asif
Friends Club	Felipe de Almeida Souza^[19]	Saulo De Aquino^[19]	Wagner De Carmo^[19]	Uttam Rai
Himalayan Sherpa Club	Ulrich Siewe	Stephane Samir	Mohamed Khairy
Jawalakhel YC	Dady Junior Wamba	Fode Fofana	Adama Doumbiya	Kuber Bisht
Machhindra Football Club	Peter Segun^[10]	Oluwaunmi Somide Adelaja^[10]	Andres Nia^[11]
Manang Marshyangdi Club	Femi Adewumi	Florent Koara	Vidal Luis Chissano	Dayanand Singh
Nepal APF Club
Nepal Army Club
Nepal Police Club
New Road Team	Andre Thierry Biyikbiyik	Junior Onguene	Yanick Owona
Sankata BSC	Ernest Tampi	Ajayi Martins	Messouke Oloumou	Prahlad Roy
Saraswati Youth Club	Mbei Andre Ekwem	Meshack Mwankia	Kazeem Busari
Three Star Club	Hamzat Wasiu	Yves Priso	Aliu Olas	Lal Rammarva

Venues

The league was played centrally in three venues in two cities in the Kathmandu Valley.

Kathmandu

Lalitpur

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Nepal

Kathmandu		Lalitpur
Dasarath Rangasala	Halchowk Stadium¹	ANFA Complex
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 6,000

1. ^ Matches were scheduled to be played at Halchowk Stadium,^[20] however, due to the bad condition of the pitch, no matches were played here.^{[citation needed]}

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Machhindra FC (C)	13	10	2	1	25	8	+17	31^[a]
2	Nepal Army Club	13	9	2	2	21	7	+14	29	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup preliminary round 1^[b]
3	Manang Marshyangdi Club	13	8	4	1	20	8	+12	28
4	Three Star Club	13	8	2	3	18	9	+9	26
5	Nepal Police Club	13	6	2	5	15	12	+3	20
6	Jawalakhel YC	13	5	4	4	10	9	+1	19
7	Sankata BSC	13	5	3	5	17	17	0	18
8	New Road Team	13	5	2	6	14	14	0	15^[c]
9	Chyasal Youth Club	13	4	3	6	13	17	−4	15
10	Himalayan Sherpa Club	13	3	5	5	15	18	−3	14
11	Friends Club	13	4	2	7	12	19	−7	14
12	Nepal APF Club	13	2	3	8	15	21	−6	9
13	Brigade Boys Club	13	2	3	8	5	15	−10	9
14	Saraswoti Youth Club (R)	13	1	1	11	10	36	−26	4	Relegation to 2022 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League

Source: ANFA, GoalNepal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Machhindra FC was deducted 1 point for finishing 13th (second-to-last) in the previous season.
^ As the Champion Machhindra FC did not meet the qualification criteria for the 2021 AFC Cup, second placed Nepal Army Club was granted the spot.^{[citation needed]}
^ New Road Team was deducted 2 points for finishing 14th (last) in the previous season

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Team ╲ Round
Machhindra F.C.	4	5	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Nepal Army Club	3	7	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Manang Marshyangdi Club	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Three Star Club	9	4	2	6	4	4	5	4	6	4	4	4	4
Nepal Police Club	7	11	8	5	6	7	6	8	5	8	6	6	5
Jawalakhel YC	8	3	5	4	5	5	8	7	7	6	5	5	6
Sankata BSC	11	8	9	11	7	8	7	6	8	7	8	9	7
New Road Team	5	10	6	8	9	6	4	5	4	5	7	7	8
Chyasal Youth Club	1	2	7	9	10	10	12	9	10	10	10	8	9
Himalayan Sherpa Club	6	9	11	12	12	13	11	12	12	12	11	11	10
Friends Club	10	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	9	9	9	10	11
Nepal APF Club	13	12	12	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Brigade Boys Club	12	6	10	7	8	9	9	11	11	11	12	13	13
Saraswoti Youth Club	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Leader
	Relegation to B-Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Season statistics

As of 15 February 2020^[21]

Scoring

Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aashish Lama	Nepal APF Club	9
2	Santosh Sahukhala	Chyasal Youth Club	7
3	Anjan Bista	Manang Marshyangdi Club	6
	Bimal Rana	Manang Marshyangdi Club
	Nawayug Shrestha	Nepal Army Club
	Kazeem Adegoke Busari	Saraswati Youth Club
6	Bijay Shrestha	Himalayan Sherpa Club	5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Sanjog Rai	Three Star Club	Saraswati Youth Club	4–0^[22]	1 February 2020
Ju Manu Rai	Nepal Police Club	Friends Club	3–0^[23]	13 February 2020

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Deep Karki	Manang Marshyangdi Club	8
2	Bikesh Kuthu	Nepal Army Club	7
	Bishal Shrestha	Machhindra FC
	Yves Priso	Three Star Club
5	Tekendra Thapa	Jawalakhel YC	5
5	Ajit Prajapati	New Road Team	5
7	Alan Neupane	Chyasal Youth Club	4
	Arun Blon	Jawalakhel YC
	Binaya Shrestha	Sankata BSC
	Bishal Sunar	Brigade Boys Club
	Dev Limbu	Friends Club
	Kishor Giri	Himalayan Sherpa Club
13	Roshan Khadka	Nepal Police Club	3
13	Shatrudhan Chaudhary	Nepal Police Club
15	Amrit Kumar Chaudhary	Nepal APF Club	1
15	Pradeep Bhandari	Saraswati Youth Club	1

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 4
- Adama Doumbia (Jawalakhel Youth Club)
- Hem Tamang (Nepal Police Club)
- Prabesh Kunwar (Nepal Police Club)
- Stepahne Samir (Himalayan Sherpa Club)

Most red cards: 2
- Niraj Basnet (Himalayan Sherpa Club)

Team

Most yellow cards: 27
- Chyasal Youth Club

Most red cards: 3
- Manang Marshyangdi Club

Awards

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner^[24]	Club
Goalkeeper	Deep Karki	Manang Marshyangdi Club
Defender	Ananta Tamang	Three Star Club
Midfielder	Bishal Rai	Machhindra FC
Forward	Bharat Khawas	Nepal Army Club
Head Coach	Prabesh Katuwal	Machhindra FC
Mani Bikram Shah Youth Player	Darshan Gurung	New Road Team
Fair Play	Three Star Club

References

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External links

[table_hth_MCH0.79437288585788-21] Machhindra FC was deducted 1 point for finishing 13th (second-to-last) in the previous season.

[table_note_res_ACPO0.79437288585788-22] As the Champion Machhindra FC did not meet the qualification criteria for the 2021 AFC Cup, second placed Nepal Army Club was granted the spot.^{[citation needed]}

[table_hth_NRT0.79437288585788-23] New Road Team was deducted 2 points for finishing 14th (last) in the previous season

[:0-1] "Martyr Memorial 'A' Division League football to be held in December". Republica. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

[2] "Qatar Airways Sponsors Nepal A Division League Worth USD 1,50,000 !". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-12.

[3] "'A' Division League: MMC secure record eighth title". The Kathmandu Post. 28 December 2018. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[4] "नेपाली क्लबले एएफसीका कुनै प्रतियोगिता खेल्न नपाउने !". Hamro Khelkud. Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2020-11-30.

[:3-5] "उपाधि दावेदार मछिन्द्रलाई बीबीसीको चुनौती". Hamro Khelkud. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2019-12-14.

[6] "Manang, Sherpa vent anger at 'poor refereeing' after goalless draw". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[CYC-7] "Martyr's Memorial A Division League: CYC, Nepal APF Share Spoils". Goal Nepal. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[8] "A Division League Warm Up: Friends Club Welcomes Brazilian Coach". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2019-12-01.

[9] "Yeti Airlines Sponsors Himalayan Sherpa Club With Nrs 20 Lakh For A Year". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2019-12-16.

[:1-10] "Machhindra FC Scoops Eight MMC & Six Players From Three Star For Upcoming A Division League". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

[:4-11] "GoalNepal.com - A Complete Nepali Football website". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2019-12-14.

[12] "NEWSHome News Pepe Pizza Giving Away 100 Tees To 100 Machhindra Club Fans TomorrowPepe Pizza Giving Away 100 Tees To 100 Machhindra Club Fans Tomorrow". Goal Nepal. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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[:2-19] "Friends Club Welcomes Three Brazilian Players For Upcoming A Division League". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

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