2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
On the same day as the draw against Fulham, the club announced their participation in the proposed European Super League as one of the 12 founding member clubs. The news drew immediate and heavy backlash from fans and commentators, especially considering Arsenal's struggles and subpar league standing this season. Under heavy pressure, and with the other five English clubs withdrawing from the Super League, Arsenal announced their withdrawal on 20 April, just two days after the initial announcement. Despite this, fans continued to protest, calling for American owner Stan Kroenke to leave the club.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
Although Arsenal hoped to return to winning ways after the underwhelming draw against Fulham, their disappointing Premier League form continued on 23 April, as they lost at home to Everton 1–0 thanks to a Bernd Leno own goal late in the game. In the first half, Everton twice had good scoring opportunities, though neither chance was converted.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
At the half-hour mark, Bernd Leno did enough to parry a Richarlison shot out of the reach of a fast-closing Dominic Calvert-Lewin, while Gylfi Sigurðsson hit the top of the crossbar with a free kick from around 27 yards out in the thirty-ninth minute. Six minutes into the second half, Arsenal looked to have been awarded a penalty. As Dani Ceballos tried to dribble the ball away from Richarlison in the box, the latter player appeared to have stuck a foot out and caught Ceballos on the shin, bringing him down.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
Referee Jon Moss pointed to the spot, but video assistant referee David Coote found Nicolas Pépé to be offside in the buildup, thus nullifying the penalty call. At the other end of the field, Everton had a penalty shout of their own, as a Richarlison cutback hit Pablo Marí's arm, but a quick VAR check ruled Marí's arms to be down by his side in a natural defender's position. In the seventy-sixth minute, Allan picked out Richarlison with a long ball over the top.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
The Brazilian winger was able to twice get the better of Granit Xhaka, deputizing at left-back, and fire off a low cross into the box for Calvert-Lewin. However, the slightly mishit cross came to Leno for what should have been an easy scoop-up, but the ball slipped through his hands and deflected off his leg on the way up. The ensuing VAR check confirmed Richarlison to be onside for Allan's pass, thus not sparing Leno's blushes. The Gunners tried to find yet another last-minute equalizer in stoppage time but to no avail.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
Willian tried to pick out the advanced Leno with a cross, but the goalkeeper was marked by Allan, who got to the ball first and could only head it into the path of Martin Ødegaard, whose volley through a crowd of players was saved by Jordan Pickford. Had Ødegaard's volley gone in, it would not have counted, as Moss had already blown the whistle for a Leno foul on Allan as they both leapt for the cross.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
Villarreal and former Arsenal manager Unai Emery welcomed the Gunners to the Estadio de la Cerámica on 29 April for the first leg of the Europa League semifinal. In the opening minutes, Villarreal managed to get on the scoreboard early with the first chance of the game. As Samuel Chukwueze tried to dribble between Granit Xhaka and Dani Ceballos, the ball slipped free for Manu Trigueros to fire a low shot across goal into the far corner. Just before the half hour mark, the Yellow Submarine would double the lead.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
A Dani Parejo corner was headed on by Gerard Moreno for Raúl Albiol to volley in from point-blank range at the far post. A few minutes later, Arsenal looked to seemingly stymie Villarreal's momentum with a penalty. Xhaka played a long pass down the left flank for Nicolas Pépé, and as he tried to dribble past Tottenham loanee Juan Foyth into the box, the former was tripped over by the latter.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
Referee Artur Soares Dias immediately awarded the penalty, but VAR review found Pépé to have handled the ball with his arm before the foul, thus cancelling the penalty call and Foyth's yellow card. Foyth had been repeatedly allowed to make forward runs, and one such run towards the end of the first half was stopped when he was tripped up by Ceballos, who was shown a yellow card as a result.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
Having finished the first half without a shot on target, Arsenal hoped to turn their fortunes around, but Ceballos' sending off ten minutes into the second half put them at an even greater disadvantage. As Cebellos chased after a slightly overhit pass from Pépé, Parejo slid in and poked it away before Ceballos could get to it. However, in doing so, Ceballos stepped on Parejo's outstretched ankle in stride, earning the former a second yellow card, which amounted to a red card and a dismissal.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
Villarreal nearly got a third goal in the sixty-sixth minute: substitute Francis Coquelin, a former Arsenal player, played on Moreno for a one-on-one with Leno, but the resulting shot was right at the goalkeeper, who tipped it over the bar. In the seventy-first minute, Arsenal would get another penalty call . As Bukayo Saka attempted to take on and dribble past several Villarreal defenders, he was tripped up by Trigueros.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
This time, the penalty stood, and with Arsenal's first shot on target, Pépé fired down the middle just past the feet of Gerónimo Rulli, who dived to his right, to halve the deficit. Later on, Villarreal saw themselves also reduced to ten men: Étienne Capoue, who had earlier been awarded a yellow card for a foul on Pépé, put in a late sliding tackle on Saka.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, April
In doing so, Capoue injured himself and was taken off the field on a stretcher, but to add insult to injury, Dias showed him a second yellow card for the foul, amounting to another red card and dismissal. Despite the 2–1 loss, the crucial away goal gave Arsenal more of a fighting chance ahead of the second leg at home in a week's time.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Heading into the last month of the Premier League season, Arsenal headed up north to take on Newcastle United at St James' Park on 2 May. Just like Villarreal did mid-week, the Gunners opened the scoring in the opening minutes. David Luiz played a long pass to find Héctor Bellerín behind the Newcastle defense. Bellerín's first-time cross found Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the box, but the Gunners captain mistimed his shot and the ball ricocheted backwards off his heel.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
The ball bounced to the edge of the box for Mohamed Elneny to volley it, and despite Martin Dúbravka getting a palm to the ball, the pace of the shot carried it into the net for Elneny's first Premier League goal in 66 games. As the game progressed, both goalkeepers were forced to make crucial saves: Allan Saint-Maximin's self-deflected shot was tipped over by Mathew Ryan, while Granit Xhaka's long-range effort was palmed away by Dúbravka.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
On the ensuing set piece from the latter opportunity, Elneny nearly scored again: his header from a Willian corner was headed off the goal line by Miguel Almirón. In the second half, another Arsenal goal helped put the game to bed. After Aubameyang was dispossessed, Martin Ødegaard found Gabriel Martinelli in space out wide on the left flank. Martinelli's first-time cross flew past the outstretched leg of Ciaran Clark to Aubameyang, and this time, he connected well with the ball to volley in from close range. To make matters worse for Newcastle, a poor tackle from Fabian Schär on Martinelli in the nintieth minute resulted in a straight red card and a dismissal from referee Mike Dean, capping off a comfortable 2–0 Gunners win.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
With the home field advantage in the second leg of the Europa League semifinals, Arsenal hoped to overcome the one-goal deficit against Villarreal on 6 May. The visitors, on the other hand, wasted no time trying to increase their lead and put the tie out of reach, as a curling shot from Samuel Chukwueze in the fifth minute forced Bernd Leno to make an acrobatic save. In the twenty-sixth minute, the ball pinballed around the box before falling to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, whose trivela shot hit the far post past a scrambling Gerónimo Rulli.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Another Aubameyang shot, this time in the thirty-ninth minute, was spilled by Rulli between his legs, but the goalkeeper managed to secure the shot before it rolled into the goal. With the score still at 0–0, Arsenal came out of halftime hoping to pick up the intensity. In the first three minutes, shots from Nicolas Pépé and Emile Smith Rowe both curled just wide of the far post.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
With less than fifteen minutes left in the match, the Gunners still continued to search for an equalizer goal, which, with the away goal advantage from the first leg, would have sent Arsenal to the final. However, Aubameyang hit the woodwork once again in the seventy-ninth minute, this time with a header off the near post from a Héctor Bellerín cross. Even with five extra minutes of stoppage time, the Gunners were unable to score; the 0–0 result meant that Villarreal would advance to the Europa League final with the 2–1 result from the first leg. The elimination, combined with the unlikely prospect of finishing seventh at best in the league, means that next season, Arsenal could be missing out on European competition for the first time since the 1995–96 season.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Three days later, Arsenal returned to Premier League action, hoping to do one better against West Bromwich Albion at home. However, the Baggies were the more threatening team early on: Matheus Pereira's hit from outside of the box curled just wide of the far post and Bernd Leno, and while Callum Robinson's chip over Leno hit the crossbar, he was found to be offside regardless.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Twenty-nine minutes in, Willian played the ball down the line for Bukayo Saka, whose low cross found Emile Smith Rowe amongst the West Brom defense to be volleyed in from close range for the latter's first Premier League goal in 19 appearances. To compound West Brom's troubles, Arsenal added a second goal five minutes later. On the right flank, Nicolas Pépé cut inside on Conor Townsend before rifling a left-footed shot from the edge of the box to the near top corner just past Sam Johnstone.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
A third goal nearly came just before the hour mark, as another low cross from Saka was unable to be converted by both Gabriel Martinelli and Smoth Rowe. In the sixty-seventh minute, a cross from Kieran Tierney managed to only find Townsend, who immediately rushed forward out of defense and passed to Pereira near the center circle. Pereira continued to run downfield, holding off Dani Ceballos and Mohamed Elneny, and just as Gabriel was about to put in a tackle just outside the box, he hit a low shot to the far post just past Leno.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
The Gunners' third goal would finally come in the ninetieth minute from a 25-yard Willian free kick; this was Willian's first goal for Arsenal in 25 league games and in 37 games overall. While the 3–1 result saw Arsenal hang on to the slim chance of European football next season, it was more impactful for West Brom, as the loss saw the team officially relegated and manager Sam Allardyce's record of never being relegated broken.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Arsenal faced cross-town rivals Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge on 12 May. From a statistics perspective, Chelsea dominated the game. The Blues had more the double the percent of possession, and outshot the Gunners 19 to 5, with five and two shots on target, respectively. In the first half alone, Chelsea had eight shots, compared to Arsenal's two. However, of those two shots, one was on target, and this would be the difference maker in the game.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
In the eleventh minute, Kai Havertz intercepted a backpass from Gabriel to Pablo Marí to set up a one-on-one with Bernd Leno, but the ensuing shot was skied over the bar. Four minutes later, however, Arsenal were able to capitalize on a similar mistake from Chelsea. As Chelsea tried to play out from the back, Jorginho, under pressure from Emile Smith Rowe, attempted to pass back to goalkeeper Kepa.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
However, because Kepa was out to the left of his goal, he had to scramble back to prevent the pass from rolling into the open net, barely managing to bat the ball off the line at full stretch. The rebound fell to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who centered it for Smith Rowe to score his second Premier League goal in as many games. Chelsea continued their offensive barrage well into the second half, when they looked to have grabbed an equalizer.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Mason Mount's corner in the sixty-first minute was headed onwards by Havertz to the back post for Christian Pulisic, who made a darting run behind the Arsenal defense, to redirect into the net with his chest from close range. However, VAR review found Pulisic to be clearly offside on Havertz's header, and the goal was disallowed.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Just before stoppage time, Chelsea again came close to scoring, but the equalizer was not there: Kurt Zouma's header from Hakim Ziyech's looping cross was tipped onto the crossbar by Leno, and former Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud followed up by also smashing the crossbar with the rebound. The 1–0 win saw Arsenal move up to eighth and within a point of North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, though the latter still had a game in hand. Notably, this was the first time Arsenal completed the double over Chelsea since the 2003–04 Invincibles season.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
In Arsenal's final away game of the 2020–21 Premier League season, they headed across town to Selhurst Park in south London to take on Crystal Palace. This match saw the return of fans, though not at full capacity, and Eagles manager Roy Hodgson's last home game before retirement. The first half hour saw barely any threatening shots from either side until the thirty-second minute, when Christian Benteke headed the ball down for Jeffrey Schlupp to try a volley from just outside the box, which forced Bernd Leno to make a diving fingertip save to his left.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
A few minutes later, after several passes down the left flank between Bukayo Saka and Kieran Tierney, the latter sent in a cross that found Nicolas Pépé, who made a late run into the box to volley the ball in and give Arsenal the lead. A brief physical incident between Benteke and Saka later in the first half saw the former and Mohamed Elneny, who had come to Saka's defense, each get a yellow card from referee Anthony Taylor.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Just after the hour mark, Andros Townsend whipped a free kick into the box, where it was headed in by Benteke to draw Crystal Palace even. However, the Gunners would spoil the occasion with a pair of stoppage time goals to take the win.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Just as the game entered stoppage time, Martin Ødegaard's lofted cross floated over a leaping Gary Cahill to find fellow Gunners substitute Gabriel Martinelli, who ran around the back of the Eagles defence, got to the ball ahead of Joel Ward, lifted the ball over the reach of goalkeeper Vicente Guaita with his first touch, and tapped the ball in with his second. In the final seconds of the game, Calum Chambers sent a long throw-in towards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who headed the ball down into the path of Nicolas Pépé.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Pépé surged forward into the box and held off Cahill and James Tomkins before firing a low shot that went in at the far post before Guaita could get down to make a save. The match ended 3–1 to Arsenal, keeping their slim chances of European football alive ahead of the final matchday.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
For the season ending match, Arsenal hosted Brighton and Hove Albion at the Emirates Stadium on 23 May, with a limited number of fans being allowed in the Emirates for the first time in 2021 and the first time all season since 13 December. The first half was goalless, though the Gunners had several close chances. The first shot from Thomas Partey went just wide of the post, while his second shot later on was tipped over by Robert Sánchez.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Thirty minutes in, a Martin Ødegaard corner was flicked on by Partey to Rob Holding, who poked the ball just over the line before a clearance from Ben White, but Holding was found to be offside on Partey's header. Near halftime, Granit Xhaka's lofted pass found Gabriel at the far post, but the ensuing header hit off the top of the crossbar. In the second half, the deadlock was finally broken in the forty-ninth minute.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Arsenal moved the ball from the left flank to the right flank with a series of passes that ended with Calum Chambers fizzing a low cross into the box for Nicolas Pépé. Pépé controlled the ball before firing in a half-volley with his second touch, and eleven minutes later, he would double his tally and increase Arsenal's lead. Ødegaard played the ball forward for Pépé down the right flank, who drove into the box and hit a low shot through Lewis Dunk's legs that went in at the near post.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
In the seventy-second minute, Partey would have another chance to bag his first Arsenal goal but to no avail: after receiving a pass from Xhaka, he quickly turned and rocketed a volley that came off the crossbar. Brighton, with only one shot on target from Jakub Moder all game, failed to seriously threaten the Gunners, enabling Bernd Leno to keep a clean sheet in a 2–0 win.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
All the matches of the last matchweek kicked off at the same time, and ninth-placed Arsenal needed several results to go their way in order to secure European football for the 25th consecutive season. Heading into the match, Arsenal needed to win against Brighton and have seventh-placed Tottenham Hotspur and eighth placed Everton, who were both a point ahead, draw or lose in order to leapfrog them into seventh and qualify the newly formed UEFA Europa Conference League.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
Despite the 2–0 win and Everton's 5–0 smashing at the hands of the champions Manchester City, which saw Arsenal overtake Everton into eighth, a late brace from Gareth Bale saw Tottenham beat Leicester City 4–2 and retain their seventh place position. As a result, Arsenal missed out on qualifying for any sort of European football for the 2021–2022 season, breaking a 24-year streak dating back to the late 1990s.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Review, May
At the end of the season, Alexandre Lacazette finished as Arsenal's top goalscorer with 17 goals (13 in the Premier League), just ahead of Nicolas Pépé on 16 goals and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on 15 goals (each with 10 in the Premier League); this was the first time Arsenal had three players with more than 10 Premier League goals in the season since the 2016–17 season. Three players tied for the most assists: Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe, and Willian each had seven assists across all competitions, though Willian led the way with five assists in the Premier League. Goalkeeper Bernd Leno made the most appearances with 49, of which 35 came in the Premier League.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Club, Kits
Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Fly Emirates / Sleeve sponsor: Visit Rwanda


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
The round of 32 draw was held on 14 December 2020.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
The round of 16 draw was held on 26 February 2021.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Knockout phase
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final draw. The Gunners' win meant Villarreal's manager Unai Emery would face his former side in the semifinals. Emery had guided Arsenal to the final in 2019, possibly his most notable moment during an 18-month stint at Arsenal between May 2018 and November 2019.


2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season, Awards
Each award winner was chosen via open-access polls on the club's official website.


2020–21 Arsenal W.F.C. season
The 2020–21 season is Arsenal Women's Football Club's 35rd season of competitive football. The club participates in the Women's Super League, the FA Cup and the League Cup and will in addition to that compete in the 2019–20 FA Cup and the 2019–20 Champions League, which could not be completed in the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020–21 Arsenal W.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
As a member of the top two tiers, Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the fourth round.


2020–21 Aruban Division di Honor
The 2020–21 Aruban Division di Honor was the 60th season of the Division di Honor, the top division football competition in Aruba. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Aruba, the season was postponed from its normal November start date and began on 8 May 2021, with a seven-match season. The season ended with the championship game on 24 July 2021.


2020–21 Aruban Division di Honor, Regular season, Table
Pos	 	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P1		RCA	7	5	2	0	15	3	+12	172		Dakota	7	3	3	1	15	10	+5	123		La Fama	7	3	3	1	11	8	+3	124		Nacional	7	3	2	2	12	6	+6	115		Britannia	7	2	2	3	12	11	+1	86		Estrella	7	2	2	3	12	19	-7	87		Caravel	7	1	1	5	8	17	-9	48		Bubali	7	0	3	4	7	18	-11	3


2020–21 Asante Kotoko S.C. season
The 2021–21 season of Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko S.C. The season covered the period from 20 November 2020 to 8 August 2021.


2020–21 Asante Kotoko S.C. season, Season overview
Asante Kotoko ended the 2020-21 season without a trophy after placing second in the domestic the league and was knock out by Berekum Chelsea F.C. in the FA Cup


2020–21 Asante Kotoko S.C. season, Squad, Roaster beginning of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020–21 Asante Kotoko S.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies
The season was delayed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, causing the team to start preparations in September 2020. Kotoko however pitched camp in Koforidua.T


2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 2020–21 Aston Villa Football Club season was the club's 26th season in the Premier League and their 107th season at the top flight of English football. It is also the club's 146th season in existence. In addition to the domestic league, Aston Villa participated in the EFL Cup, being eliminated by Stoke City in the fourth round, and participated in the FA Cup, being eliminated by Liverpool in the third round.


2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season, Pre-season friendlies
On 25 August 2020, it was revealed that Aston Villa's first pre-season friendly would be against Bristol City. However, the location, kick off time and score would not be publicised until the match was finished.


2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
Aston Villa joined the FA Cup along with all other Premier League teams in the third round. The third round draw was made on 30 November 2020, by Robbie Savage on the BT Sport YouTube channel. In the week building up to their third round tie against Liverpool, there was a "significant" COVID-19 outbreak at Villa's Bodymoor Heath Training Ground. Because of this, the entire Aston Villa first team was forced to self-isolate, as well as Dean Smith and his backroom staff. On the morning of 8 January 2021, Aston Villa confirmed that they would be forced to field a team made up of players from the Under-18s and Under-23s squads, managed by Mark Delaney.


2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
Aston Villa joined the EFL Cup in the second round. The second and third round draws were made on 6 September 2020, by Phil Babb on Sky Sports. The fourth round draw was made on 17 September 2020, also on Sky Sports.


2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy
On 18 August 2020, the draw for the EFL Trophy group stage was made on talkSPORT 2. Aston Villa U21 were drawn in Northern Group A, alongside Carlisle United, Fleetwood Town and Sunderland.


2020–21 Aston Villa W.F.C. season
The 2020–21 Aston Villa W.F.C. season was the club's 25th season under their Aston Villa affiliation and the organisation's 47th overall season in existence. It was their debut season in the FA Women's Super League following promotion from the Championship, and as a fully professional team. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.


2020–21 Aston Villa W.F.C. season
Ahead of the campaign the team relocated from the Trevor Brown Memorial Ground to Bescot Stadium in Walsall.


2020–21 Aston Villa W.F.C. season
On 25 January 2021, it was announced Marcus Bignot had been appointed interim manager with the current coaching team, including head coach Gemma Davies, all retaining their positions parallel with the appointment.


2020–21 Aston Villa W.F.C. season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020–21 Aston Villa W.F.C. season, Women's FA Cup
As a member of the top two tiers, Aston Villa will enter the FA Cup in the fourth round proper. Originally scheduled to take place on 31 January 2021, it was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.


2020–21 Aston Villa W.F.C. season, Squad statistics, Appearances
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.


2020–21 Atalanta B.C. season
The 2020–21 season was the 113th season in the existence of Atalanta B.C. and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Atalanta participated in this season's editions of the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 13 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.


2020–21 Atalanta B.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020–21 Atalanta B.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.


2020–21 Atalanta B.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.


2020–21 Athletic Bilbao season
The 2020–21 season was the 122nd season in the existence of Athletic Bilbao and the club's 90th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Athletic Bilbao participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de España. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.


2020–21 Athletic Bilbao season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020–21 Athletic Bilbao season, Players, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020–21 Athletic Bilbao season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020–21 Atlanta Hawks season
The 2020–21 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's 71st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 53rd in Atlanta. On March 1, 2021, head coach Lloyd Pierce was fired after a 14–20 start and replaced by Nate McMillan, who would serve out the remainder of the year as interim head coach. On May 12, the Hawks clinched their first playoff appearance since 2017, ending their four-year playoff drought. On May 15, The Hawks clinched their first Southeast Division title since 2014–15 when the Miami Heat lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 122–108.


2020–21 Atlanta Hawks season
The Hawks surprised many on their playoff run as they went on to defeat the fourth seeded New York Knicks in five games in the first round. Then in a major upset, the Hawks defeated the top seeded Philadelphia 76ers in seven games in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals;  two of their victories involved coming back from large deficits. They advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2015.


2020–21 Atlanta Hawks season
However, their run would come to an end as they lost in six games to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals, coached by former Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer, who had led them to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2015. The team is similar to the 1977-78 Seattle SuperSonics, as both teams struggled early on, made a coaching change, got a better record to surge up the standings, and had an unexpectedly deep playoff run.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
The 2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season is the 45th season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball. The season began with practices in November 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in late November, delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. League play will begin in early January and end in early March.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
The 2021 Atlantic 10 Tournament was originally scheduled to be held from March 10–14, 2021, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, but due to ongoing impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to campus locations.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
The tournament was first scheduled to be played on the same dates but split between the Robins Center at the University of Richmond and the Siegel Center at VCU, but the schedule was later adjusted so that the first four rounds will be played from March 3 to March 6 at those arenas with the championship game to be held March 14 at UD Arena at the University of Dayton.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
Dayton were the defending regular season champion. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no defending Atlantic 10 Tournament champion.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason poll
Prior to the season at the conference's annual media day, awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of the league's head coaches and select media members.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Rankings
*USA TODAY did not release a Coaches Poll for Week 2. AP does not release a final poll.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games: one game vs. eight opponents and two games against five opponents.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Records against other conferences
2020–21 records against non-conference foes as of February 19, 2021. Records shown for regular season only.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Conference awards
On March 10, 2021, the Atlantic 10 announced its conference awards.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, 2021 NCAA Tournament
Two teams from the Atlantic 10 qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Tournament and regular-season champion St. Bonaventure qualified through the conference's automatic bid, while tournament and regular-season runner-up VCU qualified through an at-large bid.


2020–21 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, 2021 NIT
Four teams from the Atlantic 10 earned at-large bids into the NIT.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
The 2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in December 2020 and will concluded in March with the 2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The season marked the 67th season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
The Virginia Cavaliers won the regular season title with a conference record of 13–4. Georgia Tech won the ACC Tournament over Florida State.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Preseason Media Poll
The Preseason Media Poll and Preseason All-ACC teams were announced at a virtual tipoff event that was held on November 11 and November 12. 155 media members voted on the preseason poll and preseason All-ACC teams.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 20 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent. The full conference schedule was announced on November 10, 2020.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named one or two Players of the week and one or two Freshmen of the week.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Records against other conferences
2020–21 records against non-conference foes as of (Feb. 24, 2021). Records shown for regular season only.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, ACC Tournament
The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament was original scheduled to be hosted at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina on November 24, 2020. The Capital One Arena will host the tournament in 2024.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Americans
To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Moses Wright – Georgia TechJustin Champagnie – PittsburghCarlik Jones – LouisvilleMatthew Hurt – DukeSam Hauser – Virginia


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Keve Aluma – Virginia TechJose Alvarado – Georgia TechJay Huff – VirginiaM. J. Walker – Florida StateAamir Simms – Clemson


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
RaiQuan Gray – Florida StateIsaiah Wong – MiamiQuincy Guerrier – SyracusePrentiss Hubb – Notre DameArmando Bacot – North CarolinaScottie Barnes – Florida State


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Michael Devoe – Georgia TechKihei Clark – VirginiaAlan Griffin – SyracuseDavid Johnson – LouisvilleNate Laszewski – Notre DameJericole Hellems – NC StateTyrece Radford – Virginia Tech


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, NBA Draft
The ACC had seven players selected in the 2021 NBA Draft. Over the last eight years (2014–2021) the ACC leads all conferences with forty nine first-round selections.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Attendance
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance was limited at all stadiums for the season. Depending on state regulations, some universities did not allow any fans while some universities operated under reduced total capacity.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season
The 2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in November 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in December 2020 and will conclude in March with the 2021 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off
Prior to the start of the season, the ACC hosted two media days virtually. At the media day, the head coaches voted on the finishing order of the teams, an All-ACC team, a Preseason Player of the Year, and Newcomers to watch. The media day was hosted on November 11&12, 2020. A selected group of student athletes also took questions from the media on this day.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Preseason, ACC Women's Basketball Tip-off
At the media day, both the head coaches and the Blue Ribbon Panel predicted that Louisville would be league champion.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Regular season, Rankings
Note: The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 20 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent. This marked the first year that teams played a twenty-game conference schedule.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix
Duke suspended its season on December 25, 2020.Virginia suspended its season on January 14, 2021.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named a Player(s) of the week and a Rookie(s) of the week.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
The ACC announced its end of season awards on March 2, 2021 ahead of the start of the ACC Tournament.


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Lorela Cubaj – Georgia TechLotta-Maj Lahtinen – Georgia TechDana Evans – LouisvilleElissa Cunane – NC StateJakia Brown-Turner – NC StateMaddy Westbeld – Notre DameKamilla Cardoso – SyracuseElizabeth Kitley – Virginia TechAisha Sheppard – Virginia TechIvana Raca – Wake Forest


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Taylor Soule – Boston CollegeDelicia Washington – ClemsonMorgan Jones – Florida StateKayla Jones – NC StateGina Conti – Wake Forest


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Janelle Bailey – North CarolinaRaina Perez – NC StateJayla Everett – PittsburghKiara Lewis – SyracuseTiana Mangakahia – Syracuse


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Gabby Elliott – ClemsonHailey Van Lith – LouisvilleOlivia Cochran – LouisvilleDeja Kelly – North CarolinaMaddy Westbeld – Notre DameKamilla Cardoso – SyracuseGeorgia Amoore – Virginia TechJewel Spear – Wake Forest


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Taylor Soule – Boston CollegeMorgan Jones – Florida StateLorela Cubaj – Georgia TechDana Evans – LouisvilleJakia Brown-Turner – NC StateElissa Cunane – NC StateKayla Jones – NC StateElizabeth Kitley – Virginia TechAisha Sheppard – Virginia TechIvana Raca – Wake Forest


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Delicia Washington – ClemsonLotta-Maj Lahtinen – Georgia TechMaddy Westbeld – Notre DameKamilla Cardoso – SyracuseGina Conti – Wake Forest


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, Honors and awards, ACC Awards
Janelle Bailey – North CarolinaJayla Everett – PittsburghTiana Mangakahia – Syracuse


2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, WNBA Draft
The ACC had three players selected in the 2021 WNBA Draft. The ACC has had at least one player selected in sixteen straight WNBA Drafts.


2020–21 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season
The 2020–21 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season was the 18th season of play for Atlantic Hockey and took place during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The start of the regular season was delayed until November 19, 2020 and concluded on February 27, 2021.


2020–21 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season, Season, COVID-19
The entire Atlantic Hockey season was held under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic. The season's start was delayed for more than a month while university and health officials could decide on a safe way to play games. In the end, the conference was divided into two regions, East and West, with the two groups of teams only playing one another. This was done to reduce the amount of travel and exposure that the players and staff members would experience throughout the season. As a result of this arrangement, the conference standings would not be altered, however, tournament seeding would continue with east and west teams until the semifinal round.


2020–21 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season, Season, Non-Conference
Unlike other seasons, the 20-21 season would see only a small number of non-conference games being played. This, like many other alterations, was due to COVID-19. This would cause the Pairwise Rankings, which were normally used to determine the at-large bids for the NCAA Tournament, to be rendered useless. However, due to the perception of Atlantic Hockey as the weakest of the six Division I conferences, only the eventual tournament champion would go on to make the national tournament.


2020–21 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season, Statistics, Leading scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2020–21 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2020–21 Atlético Madrid season
The 2020–21 season was the 114th season in the existence of Atlético Madrid and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Atlético Madrid participated in this season's editions of the UEFA Champions League and also participated in the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 14 August 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.


2020–21 Atlético Madrid season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.


2020–21 Atlético Madrid season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.


2020–21 Atlético Madrid season, Statistics, Squad statistics
1Player from reserve team (Atlético Madrid B).2Player left the club during the season.


2020–21 Atlético Madrid season, Statistics, Goalscorers
1Player from reserve team (Atlético Madrid B). 2Player left the club during the season.


2020–21 Atlético Petróleos de Luanda season
The 2020–21 season of Atlético Petróleos de Luanda is the club's 40th season in the Girabola, the Angolan Premier football League and 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Angolan football. In 2020–21,  the club is participating in the Girabola, the Angola Cup and the CAF Champions League.


2020–21 Atlético Petróleos de Luanda season, Angolan League
The 2020-21 season of the Girabola kicked off on December 26th 2020 with Petro de Luanda making their debut on December 28th in a home match win against Bravos do Maquis.


2020–21 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The 2020–21 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The team's head coach is Bruce Pearl in his seventh season at Auburn. The team will play their home games at Auburn Arena in Auburn, Alabama.


2020–21 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
On November 22, 2020, the team announced a self-imposed, one year postseason ban due to former assistant coach Chuck Person's involvement in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal.


2020–21 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, Previous season
The 2019–20 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team finished the 2019–20 season 25–6, 12–6 in SEC play. The Tigers earned the No. 2 seed in the SEC Tournament, but the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA Tournament, in which Auburn was expected to participate, was also cancelled.


2020–21 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, Offseason, Departures
Auburn lost seniors Thomas Collier, Samir Doughty, Will Macoy, J'Von McCormick, Anfernee McLemore, Danjel Purifoy, and Austin Wiley to graduation. In addition, freshman Isaac Okoro declared for the NBA Draft and sophomore Myles Parker transferred to Alabama A&M.


2020–21 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on November 12, 2020.


2020–21 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team
The 2020–21 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team represented Auburn University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by ninth-year head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy, played their home games at Auburn Arena and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They finished the season 5–19 (0–15 SEC) with a loss to Florida in the first round of the SEC Tournament. On March 4, 2021, following a winless SEC season, Williams-Flournoy was fired as head coach.


2020–21 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team, Preseason, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on November 17, 2020 with the Tigers selected to finish in last place in the SEC.


2020–21 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team, Preseason, Preseason All-SEC teams
The Tigers had one player selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.


2020–21 Austin Peay Governors basketball team
The 2020–21 Austin Peay Governors basketball team represented Austin Peay State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by fourth-year head coach Matt Figger, played their home games at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.


2020–21 Austin Peay Governors basketball team, Previous season
The Governors finished the 2019–20 season 21–12, 14–4 in OVC play to finish in third place. They defeated Eastern Illinois in the quarterfinals of the OVC Tournament to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to Murray State. With 21 wins, they were a candidate for postseason play. However, all postseason tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season
The 2020–21 Australian Baseball League season is the eleventh year of the Australian Baseball League (ABL) season. The season is held from  17 December 2020 to 7 February 2021. The Melbourne Aces won their second consecutive title by defeating the Perth Heat in a shortened playoff series.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season
The league was one of the many sports affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with its traditional November start pushed back to December, multiple in-season schedule changes, fixtures reduced to 24 games and the withdrawal of Geelong-Korea and Auckland Tuatara for the season.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Teams
On 12 November 2020, the league announced both Geelong-Korea and Auckland Tuatara had pulled out of the season for financial reasons. This breached Auckland's licensing agreement with the ABL and it was given 28 days to address the breach.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Teams
The league reverted to a six-team league for the first time since the 2017–18 Australian Baseball League season.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
The league had originally planned a staggered 24 game schedule. Both Brisbane and Adelaide were to host week-long 'hubs' starting their season 5 January, later than everyone else, and making up games by playing doubleheaders and mid-week.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
Scheduled doubleheaders consist of a seven inning game followed by a nine inning game. The league uses the WBSC tiebreaker rule for all games going beyond the 9th inning, or extra innings beginning less than one hour to a curfew.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
Due to a more condensed schedule, roster limits were increased from 22 to 24, with no addition of underage development players.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
The ABL roster formation points system was updated to 360 points across 24 games, with non-affiliated overseas players being worth two points, as opposed to four in previous seasons.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
The season began with no state border restrictions until the first round of the season was impacted by the pandemic, with an outbreak of cases in Sydney's Northern Beaches effected both Canberra and Sydney unable to host or travel to multiple states. Sydney after playing the first two games of the season, were unable to play due to border restrictions through to 22 January.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
The second round between Melbourne and Perth was also interrupted due to the previous cluster spreading to Victoria and impacting Western Australia's border closure on the state. After one game, Perth was flown out to Queensland with Canberra playing the remaining three games of the series. The Heat also replaced Melbourne's January fixtures in Brisbane. Canberra's and Melbourne's schedule was amended to play each other three consecutive rounds as the only logistical option with border closures.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
A single COVID case in Queensland on 7 January saw Brisbane's hub that included the Bandits, Heat & Giants end prematurely as all three teams were flown out early to Adelaide as to not be stuck with border closures. Additional fixtures were added to be played in Adelaide to make up for some of these lost games.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
Sydney was finally able to resume their season from 22 January against Canberra in Lismore, New South Wales. By playing in regional New South Wales, the Blue Sox did not have to deal with closed state borders, and Canberra did not have to enter a COVID hotspot.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Regular season
The season was extended out an additional week to allow teams, namely the Blue Sox who had only played two games prior to 22 January, to play at least the benchmark of 14 games to qualify for the postseason.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Postseason
Due to changes in the regular season presented by COVID enforced state border restrictions, the playoff structure was announced mid-season to include five teams. The fourth seed hosted the fifth seed 9 February in an elimination game before the winner joined the other three top seeded teams in a single elimination playoffs 11 & 12 February.


2020–21 Australian Baseball League season, Postseason
The playoffs were originally scheduled to be a double-elimination playoffs over four days, but the host state Victoria experienced an outbreak of COVID, which forced the playoffs to be shortened to be single elimination over two days due to looming Australian state border closures. This meant a game on 12 February between the Giants and Cavalry was played with the premise of it being the losers bracket of the double elimination playoff, before it was changed to effectively a third place playoff retrospectively.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season
Following the devastating 2019–20 bushfires in Australia, authorities were urged to prepare early for the 2020–21 season. The bushfire outlook for July to September 2020 was predicting a normal fire potential in Queensland with a good grass growth in many areas giving an increased risk of grass fires, an above normal season in the Kimberley region of Western Australia as a result of good rains from tropical cyclones, a normal but earlier season in the Northern Territory, an above normal season on the south coast of New South Wales and normal seasons elsewhere.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales
Duranbah FireIn mid-August 2020, a bushfire starting from a burn off quickly got out of control in grassy vegetation in the Duranbah region. The fire burned out around 180 ha (440 acres) of grass and swampland. It threatened the small community of Duranbah near the Queensland and New South Wales border.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales
On 10 October 2020, a bushfire began in the Royal National Park near Waterfall on Kangaroo Ridge, south of Sydney. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS) believes this started due to a spot fire from a hazard reduction burn on the other side of the Princes Highway. The fire severely disrupted highway and railway traffic as both were halted that afternoon. As of 11 October, it was burning out of control in a north-easterly direction and was 286 ha (710 acres) in size. The railway was open and the highway operated at reduced speeds. The 'Marie Bashir', the NSWRFS's Boeing 737 Large Air Tanker water bombing aircraft was used to fight it on 10 and 11 October, the first time the aircraft was used this fire season.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales
On 23 November 2020, a bushfire flared to Watch and Act Level at Glenugie south of Grafton due to a short-lived heatwave which soared temperatures on the North and Far North Coastlines. It crossed the Pacific Highway and caused numerous spot fires adjacent to the Highway.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales
On 28 November 2020 severe fire danger warnings were in place for the Far North Coast, North Coast, Greater Hunter, Greater Sydney Region and North Western region. There was a very high fire danger for Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Central Ranges, New England and Northern Slopes. Total fire bans were in place in all those localities.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales
On 29 November 2020, three fires flared to Watch and Act level as a result of a heatwave of up to 40 °C (104 °F), and 90 km/h (56 mph) winds that had been wreaking havoc since 28 November. The first fire began in the suburb of Northmead, threatening homes there. Multiple RFS crews went to the area, and helicopters scooped water from the Parramatta River to douse flames. One home was fire damaged. By 3pm the fire was under control.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales
The second fire broke out in Faulconbridge, a suburb of the Blue Mountains,and quickly spread by 3 ha (7.4 acres).


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales
The third fire broke out near Kenthurst in Sydney’s Northwest.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Northern Territory
Sixteen fires during the dry season in the Northern Territory followed two record-breaking dry wet seasons meaning that vegetation was drying faster and earlier. The presence of gamba grass, introduced in the 1930s, in the savannah is also problematic with the grass being more combustible than native species.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Queensland (Fraser Island Fire)
A large bushfire was started on 14 October 2020 by an illegal campfire within the Duling Camp Zone of Eastern Beach on Fraser Island. It impacted multiple communities and caused people to flee their homes as it burned out of control.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Queensland (Fraser Island Fire)
In early December interstate assistance, including from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service who provided a Boeing 737-300 Large Air Tanker waterbombing aircraft, was used to fight the fire as Happy Valley township was threatened. Early in the morning (3:35am) the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) issued an emergency warning in which residents were advised to "leave immediately". High temperatures of 32 °C (90 °F), and strong winds hindered fire fighting and QFES Director Brian Cox said "A lot of this fire is burning in inaccessible country …".


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Queensland (Fraser Island Fire)
Heavy rainfall in mid-December helped contain the fire and the QFES was able to hand control back to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS). This was the longest burning fire this fire season up to 14 December 2020 as it had been burning since October, over two months, and as of  that date, more than half the island had been "blackened" by fire. The fire was still burning, but the island was safe for visitors though some walking trails and areas were still restricted for safety. The island reopened on 15 December.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Queensland (Fraser Island Fire)
The area burnt by the fire was estimated at 87,000 hectares (210,000 acres). It is expected that the burned areas will successfully regenerate.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Queensland (Fraser Island Fire)
Four men aged 21 to 24, were charged over the bushfire and on 21 January 2021 at Hervey Bay Magistrates Court two of the four pled guilty to one count each of "unlawfully lighting a fire and leaving a fire unattended", were fined A$667 on each offence, and did not have a conviction recorded. The other two were charged with "unlawfully lighting a fire" but had their cases adjourned to 11 February. A 17-year-old minor was allegedly involved, but not charged and is instead being dealt with through the Youth Justice Act due to his age.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, South Australia
On 10 November, a series of Bushfires took place due to hot and windy conditions contributing to Severe Thunderstorms mainly in the Yorke Peninsula. As of 11:20 pm ACDT there were 63 power outages affecting over 23,000 customers and over 100 incidents the South Australian Country Fire Service had attended throughout the day. This comes after the first Total Fire Bans were issued for South Australia for the first time in the 2020-21 Australian bushfire season.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, South Australia
At 12:48 pm ACDT on 27 November, the South Australian Country Fire Service responded to a grass fire at Templers in the State's Mid North. Shortly after arriving the CFS declared an Emergency Warning and ordered people around Templers, Freeling, Lyndoch and Roseworthy to evacuate. Just after 3pm the fire was declared contained.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, South Australia
At 12:37 pm ACDT on 11 January, an out-of-control bushfire raged in the Lower South East of South Australia near the township of Lucindale. As of 2:36 pm 12 January over 14,000 ha of grass and scrub was burnt. After having over 200 firefighters working around the clock, the fire threat has reduced and contained with help from the Victorian Country Fire Authority.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, South Australia
At 4:15 pm ACDT on 24 January, a Bushfire took hold at Cherry Gardens under Extreme weather conditions, located in the Adelaide Hills. At 4:36pm the first Emergency Warning was issued for people living on Hicks Hill Road, Orchard Road, Lewis Street and Prith Road, soon towns were being notified to evacuate as the fire raged out-of-control towards homes that would pose a threat to lives in its path. As of 7:15pm on 25 January the fire was declared Contained. The South Australian Country Fire Service are still at the scene of this fire as of 29 January to extinguish hot spots and prevent flare ups.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia
A Bushfire Emergency Warning was declared for the City of Swan on 24 December with 5 ha (12 acres) of land being burnt.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia
A bushfire started burning on 2 January in areas to the north of Perth. By 5 January, a total area of 2,000 ha (4,900 acres) of bushland had been burned out and properties threatened in Gingin and Dandaragan with residents of Ocean Farms Estate being ordered to evacuate and farmers east of Lancelin also encouraged to leave. By 7 January, 10,000 ha (25,000 acres) of land over the Gingin and Dandaragan shires had been burned with 200 fire fighters combating the blaze.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia
On 3 January a dangerous bushfire began in Postans and quickly spread through bushland in The Spectacles, Hope Valley and Kwinana Beach, putting industrial buildings and the oil refinery at risk, as well as Perth Motorplex. Strong winds made the fire hard to control, but it was downgraded to a watch and act on 4 January.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia
A bushfire in High Wycombe, a suburb in the east of Perth, on 15 January and burned through about 4 ha (9.9 acres) of bushland requiring some 75 firefighters to contain it. Another fire was also burning in York on 15 January resulting in the loss of one home and shed on a hobby farm near the Great Southern Highway.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia
Another fire started burning on 16 January in a nature reserve in the suburb of Oakford in Perth's southern suburbs resulting in the closure of Kwinana Freeway between Mortimer and Anketell Roads and the loss of one house. Approximately 150 fire fighters and 50 vehicles along with aerial bombers were required to combat the blaze. Over 100 ha (250 acres) of bushland was burned out.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia
On 1 February 2021, the 2021 Wooroloo bushfire started at Werribee Road, Wooroloo. Over 500 fire fighters and 90 fire trucks were required to battle the fire and spread to parts of Wundowie, Gidgegannup and Chidlow. More than three houses, outbuildings and two fire trucks were destroyed. The fire remained uncontrollable overnight, and reached ground just east of The Vines by mid morning on the following day, by that stage it had a 60 km perimeter and was 7000 hectares in size.


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia
At lunch time on 3 February it was confirmed that 71 houses had been lost, with areas of Bullsbrook and Shady hills in Perth's north advised to evacuate due to predicted wind changes combined with steep terrain that is inaccessible to vehicles. By 6 February it had destroyed at least 86 houses and 2 fire trucks and burned out an area of over 10,500 ha (26,000 acres).


2020–21 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Western Australia
On 5 February two new bushfires in the South West were ignited, one near Injidup and the other near Yallingup, with one thought to have been deliberately lit. 100 firefighters were needed to control the fires which were 11 km (6.8 mi) apart, with the Yallingup fire coming close to Ngilgi Cave.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season
The 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season was a below average but very deadly season when most tropical cyclones formed in the Southern Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans between 90°E and 160°E. It produced 8 tropical cyclones with 3 strengthening into severe tropical cyclones. However, it featured the region's third-deadliest cyclone on record—Cyclone Seroja, which brought severe floods and landslides to southern Indonesia and East Timor.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season
The season officially began on 1 November 2020 and started with the formation of Tropical Low 01U on 24 November within the basin, which would later become Tropical Storm Bongoyo in the South-West Indian Ocean, and ended with the dissipation of a tropical low on 24 April, 6 days before the season ended on 30 April. However, a tropical cyclone could form at any time between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021 and would count towards the season total.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season
During the season, tropical cyclones were officially monitored by one of the three tropical cyclone warning centres (TCWCs) for the region which are operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, National Weather Service of Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics. The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and other national meteorological services including Météo-France also monitored the basin during the season.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Season forecasts
In October 2020, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued its tropical cyclone outlook for the 2020–21 season, and in the same month, the agency contributed towards the Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Outlook, along with New Zealand's MetService, NIWA and the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS). Each of the outlooks accounted for analogue seasons and the effects of various climate drivers, which included the state of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Season forecasts
Below average sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and atmospheric conditions indicated a La Niña pattern, and it was declared that a La Niña had emerged on 29 September 2020. The BOM predicted that the La Niña pattern will persist into early 2021, and waters north of Australia and the Southwestern Pacific Ocean will be warmer than average in the coming three months. The bureau also advised that cyclone kits include a supply of face masks and hand sanitisers, owing to the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Season forecasts
The BOM expected an average to slightly above average number of tropical cyclones for the season. The agency predicted a 66% chance of above average activity for the region as a whole, compared with the average of 11 tropical cyclones. They also predicted that the Western and Northwestern sub-regions both had a 63% chance of experiencing more tropical cyclones than usual, the Northern region had a 57% chance of above average activity, and the Eastern region had a 67% chance of more tropical cyclones than the average. The Northwestern sub-region had a probability of two tropical cyclones crossing the Western Australian coast, with a significant risk of at least one of these to be a severe tropical cyclone.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Season forecasts
The Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Outlook covered a portion of the Australian region that comprised waters surrounding Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Coral Sea, and the northern Tasman Sea including Norfolk Island. The outlook called for a reduced level of tropical cyclone activity in the early season, from November to January, but an increased level of activity in the late season, from February to April. Near normal activity during the season was expected for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, while an elevated level of activity was expected in the Coral Sea and the northern Tasman Sea, especially during the late season.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 01U (Bongoyo)
During mid to late November 2020, a moderate strength pulse of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) tracked eastwards across the equatorial Indian Ocean towards the Maritime Continent and Australian longitudes. The presence of the MJO brought an increase in tropical moisture to the atmospheric environment, as well as aiding the formation of Tropical Cyclone Alicia in the South-West Indian Ocean region in mid November.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 01U (Bongoyo)
On 24 November, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported that a tropical low had developed within a trough in the far northwestern corner of the Australian region, located approximately 860 km (535 mi) northwest of the Cocos Islands. The system was assigned the identifier code 01U by the BOM. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) assessed environmental conditions as being only marginally conducive for tropical cyclogenesis, with good poleward outflow and sea surface temperatures near 30 °C (86 °F) being offset by the effects of moderate vertical wind shear. Consequently, the tropical low was expected to have only a low chance of developing into a tropical cyclone prior to moving westwards out of the Australian region later in the week.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 01U (Bongoyo)
Deep convection persisted over the system as the tropical low tracked gradually southwards over the following days, and by early 27 November, a curved convective rainband had developed on the eastern side. Despite this, the system remained mostly disorganised in the marginal environment, with an elongated low-level circulation centre. On 29 November, the tropical low began to be steered slowly towards the west-northwest on the northern side of the subtropical high pressure belt. The system encountered somewhat weaker wind shear along its new track, allowing deep convection to develop closer to the low-level circulation centre.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 01U (Bongoyo)
Before any significant intensification could occur, however, the tropical low exited the Australian region on 30 November, passing into the area of responsibility of Météo-France's tropical cyclone warning centre in Réunion. The system later intensified into Severe Tropical Storm Bongoyo in the South-West Indian Ocean cyclone region on 7 December. At its peak intensity in the Australian region, the BOM estimated the system's minimum atmospheric pressure as 1005 hPa (29.68 inHg) on 25 November. Satellite scatterometer data revealed maximum sustained winds of approximately 45 km/h (30 mph) at 02:30 UTC on 30 November, a few hours prior to the system exiting the Australian region.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 01U (Bongoyo)
Tropical Low 01U made its closest approach to the Cocos Islands on 27–28 November, passing a little more than 500 km (310 mi) to the west. Increased winds, as well as occasional showers and thunderstorms, occurred across the islands while the system was located nearby. Maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 39 km/h (24 mph) with gusts to 46 km/h (29 mph) were observed at the airport on West Island at 04:30 UTC on 27 November. A total of 23.6 mm (0.93 in) of rainfall was also recorded on 24–28 November.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 02U
On 6 December, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported that a tropical low had developed within a monsoon trough near the western end of Java, approximately 200 km (125 mi) north-northeast of Christmas Island. The system was assigned the official identifier code 02U upon formation. Initially located in an unfavourable environment for intensification, the tropical low began to encounter somewhat improved conditions as it tracked towards the southeast. On 7 December, warm sea surface temperatures and strong diffluence in the upper troposphere fuelled the development of deep convection around the system's low-level circulation centre.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 02U
Referencing the tropical low's quickly improving structure and the presence of a weak eye feature in microwave satellite imagery, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert for the system at 05:30 UTC. After tracking in a clockwise path around the northeastern side of Christmas Island, Tropical Low 02U became quasi-stationary on 8 December. Deep convection continued to develop near the centre during the overnight period, and as the low began to track eastwards, the JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical storm on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale at 18:00 UTC on 8 December.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 02U
Tropical Low 02U soon assumed a southeastward course, steered by the influence of a subtropical ridge situated to the east. Environmental conditions remained only marginally favourable for development, however, and the system's deep convection became displaced to the southwest of the centre due to northeasterly vertical wind shear, leaving the low-level circulation centre fully exposed. During this period, the JTWC reported that the tropical low's one-minute sustained winds had decreased to approximately 65 km/h (40 mph), from the earlier peak of 85 km/h (55 mph).


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 02U
By 12:00 UTC on 10 December, the system had begun to accelerate towards the southeast, moving into an environment more favourable for intensification. The interaction with an upper-level trough enhanced the tropical low's poleward outflow channel, allowing deep convection to rebuild over the centre of the system. This enabled the system to strengthen as it rapidly approached the coast of Western Australia at a speed of approximately 40 km/h (25 mph), although vertical wind shear once again began to increase.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 02U
Tropical Low 02U made landfall between Port Hedland and Whim Creek on the Pilbara coastline just after 03:00 UTC on 11 December. About three hours prior to landfall, the JTWC reported that maximum one-minute sustained winds had increased to 75 km/h (45 mph). Sustained gale-force winds were observed at Bedout Island and Port Hedland around the time of landfall, peaking at 70 km/h (45 mph) at both locations. Ten-minute sustained winds also reached 63 km/h (39 mph) on Legendre Island at 00:00 UTC.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 02U
Despite these wind readings, the BOM did not classify the low as a Category 1 tropical cyclone because they determined that gale-force winds did not extend more than halfway around the centre. They attributed the strong winds on the eastern side of the system to a combination of enhanced northwesterly monsoonal flow and the system's fast translational velocity, rather than the low having intensified into a tropical cyclone. The tropical low continued rapidly inland across Western Australia over the next day, accelerating to about 50 km/h (30 mph) soon after landfall.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 02U
Despite tracking over land, the BOM indicated that sustained winds to gale force, accompanied by gusts of up to 100 km/h (60 mph), could still occur near the centre of the system, particularly on the eastern side. The weakening tropical low was last mentioned by the BOM at around 08:00 UTC on 12 December, while located in the southeastern corner of Western Australia.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
The presence of the Madden–Julian Oscillation and an equatorial Rossby wave in the Australian region contributed to the formation of another broad low-pressure system in the monsoon trough over the far eastern Indian Ocean during early December. Initially lacking organised deep convection, the system proceeded to track in a generally southwards direction towards the Kimberley region of Western Australia. By late on 7 December, infrared satellite imagery indicated an improvement in the structure of the low, with the system displaying an increase in flaring deep convection, accompanied by rotation evident in the lower troposphere.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
Owing to the increase in organisation, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) classified the system as a tropical low by 21:00 UTC, when it was located approximately 330 km (205 mi) northwest of Broome. Environmental conditions around the system were conducive for tropical cyclogenesis, with low vertical wind shear, good upper-level outflow and sea surface temperatures near 30 °C (86 °F). Due to the system's proximity to the coast, however, both the BOM and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) forecast only a low chance of development into a tropical cyclone before making landfall.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
As the tropical low tracked southeastwards towards the coast, environmental conditions continued to improve, with sea surface temperatures nearing 31 °C (88 °F) and the system maintaining a robust poleward outflow channel in the upper troposphere. As the system strengthened in the moderately favourable environment, the BOM estimated the minimum atmospheric pressure at the centre of the low to be 997 hPa (29.44 inHg) at 18:00 UTC on 8 December.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
The JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert for the tropical low at 21:30 UTC, noting the presence of convective rainbands wrapping into the system, as well as persistent deep convection over the low-level circulation centre. By this time, however, the system was quickly approaching the Australian coast, so the time available for further intensification was very limited. The tropical low made landfall on the Kimberley coast between Bidyadanga and the Anna Plains cattle station just after 00:00 UTC on 9 December. The system moved inland over the following days, tracking in a generally south-southeasterly direction. The system was last mentioned as a tropical low by the BOM on 11 December while located in central Western Australia.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
The tropical low and associated thunderstorms generated strong winds in coastal and inland areas of the Kimberley and Pilbara regions as it tracked through the area, including sustained winds near gale force at several offshore sites. 10-minute sustained winds of at least 50 km/h (30 mph) persisted for approximately four hours on Adele Island late on 8 December (UTC), peaking at 56 km/h (35 mph) at 21:00 UTC, with a 76 km/h (47 mph) gust observed shortly thereafter.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
Sustained winds also reached 56 km/h (35 mph) at Bedout Island on 8 December, with a peak gust of 67 km/h (42 mph), and Rowley Shoals recorded maximum sustained winds of 52 km/h (32 mph) and gusts to 65 km/h (40 mph).


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
Maximum wind gust speeds recorded on the mainland included 67 km/h (42 mph) at Port Hedland; 65 km/h (40 mph) in Warburton; 63 km/h (39 mph) at Lombadina; 61 km/h (38 mph) at Giles and Telfer, 59 km/h (37 mph) at Christmas Creek; 56 km/h (35 mph) at Broome, Curtin, Derby and Barimunya, 54 km/h (34 mph) at Karratha and Marble Bar; 52 km/h (32 mph) at Roebourne; and 50 km/h (30 mph) at Mandora.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low
As the sprawling tropical low tracked inland, flood watches and warnings were issued for large swathes of the deserts of western central Australia, incorporating parts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 03U
During mid December, favourable conditions from a pulse of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) located over the eastern Maritime Continent contributed to the re-formation of the monsoon trough over northern Australia. The combined influence of the MJO and the monsoonal conditions generated widespread cloudiness and rainfall across the Australian tropics, leading to an increased likelihood of tropical cyclone formation in the region. On 17 December, a low-pressure system developed within the monsoon trough, near the northern coast of the Top End, and began to move westwards.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 03U
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) classified the system as a tropical low by 06:00 UTC the following day while it was located near the Tiwi Islands, and assigned the identifier code 03U. The system soon assumed a southwestward track towards the Kimberley region. Environmental conditions were favourable for tropical cyclogenesis, with low to moderate vertical wind shear, good upper-level outflow and very warm sea surface temperatures nearing 31 °C (88 °F). Despite this, the tropical low's close proximity to land hindered intensification, and only limited development occurred before the system made landfall on 19 December near the Cambridge Gulf, between Wyndham and Kalumburu. Around this time, the BOM estimated the tropical low's central atmospheric pressure to be 995 hPa (29.38 inHg).


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 03U
The system continued towards the southwest over the ensuing hours, paralleling the coast of Western Australia. Despite tracking over land, the tropical low showed signs of organisation, with the generally favourable atmospheric conditions allowing the development of formative convective banding in the system's southern semicircle. After reaching the Dampier Peninsula on 20 December, the system turned sharply to the east and began tracking further inland. By the following day, the tropical low became slow-moving over the southeastern Kimberley region, during which time a minimum atmospheric pressure of 992.5 hPa (29.31 inHg) was recorded at Halls Creek. During the next couple of days, the system continued moving eastward, before dissipating on 23 December.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 03U
Tropical Low 03U generated strong winds in the Kimberley region and on nearby islands for several days while located nearby. Maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 57 km/h (35 mph) with a gust to 72 km/h (45 mph) were observed on Browse Island, and Adele Island recorded sustained winds of 54 km/h (34 mph) with a gust to 69 km/h (43 mph). Troughton Island also experienced a gust of 95 km/h (60 mph) during a thunderstorm on 21 December.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 04U
On 20 December, a tropical disturbance that was being monitored by Météo-France's tropical cyclone warning centre in Réunion crossed into the Australian region from the South-West Indian Ocean basin. Upon entering the region, the system was classified as a tropical low by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), and had an estimated central atmospheric pressure of 1006 hPa (29.71 inHg).


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 04U
Initially situated approximately 825 km (510 mi) west-northwest of the Cocos Islands, the system was located in an environment that was generally unfavourable for intensification, with moderate to strong vertical wind shear offsetting otherwise conducive upper-level outflow and warm sea surface temperatures of 28–29 °C (82–84 °F). It again exited the basin on 28 December without any significant intensification where RSMC Réunion reclassified the system as Tropical Depression 05.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Imogen
On 1 January, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported that a tropical low had formed near Groote Eylandt in the western Gulf of Carpentaria, located about 635 km (395 mi) east-southeast of Darwin. The system was assigned the identifier code 05U by the BOM. Environmental conditions were assessed as being favourable for tropical cyclogenesis, characterised by very warm sea surface temperatures of up to 31 °C (88 °F), low to moderate vertical wind shear and an established poleward outflow channels in the upper levels.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Imogen
Flaring convection began to develop around the consolidating low-level circulation centre as the system tracked southeastward over the Gulf of Carpentaria, and at 00:00 UTC on 2 January, the BOM issued a tropical cyclone watch for parts of the northwestern Queensland coast. The tropical low continued to strengthen as convective rainbands began to wrap into the system's centre, with moist northwesterly cross-equatorial flow from over Indonesia feeding the system in the low to mid troposphere.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Imogen
By 18:00 UTC, vertical wind shear values had decreased further as the tropical low moved underneath an upper-level ridge; however, despite the highly favourable environmental conditions, intensification was limited somewhat by the broad and elongated nature of the low-level circulation center. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert for the system at 20:00 UTC.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Imogen
Tropical Low 05U made landfall on the western coast of Mornington Island at around 02:00 UTC on 3 January, with maximum sustained winds near the centre of 55 km/h (35 mph). Intensification proceeded as the system re-emerged over the Gulf of Carpentaria a few hours later, with spiral rainbands continuing to develop around the centre of the system and deep convection becoming more concentrated. At 06:00 UTC, the tropical low was upgraded to a Category 1 tropical cyclone by the BOM, and was named Imogen, becoming the first tropical cyclone of the 2020–21 season.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Imogen
At the same time, the JTWC indicated that maximum one-minute sustained winds had increased to 65 km/h (40 mph), making Imogen equivalent to a tropical storm on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. In combination with the low-level northwesterly flow, an upper-tropospheric trough situated to the south of the system began to gradually accelerate Imogen towards the southeast. Deep convection continued to concentrate over the centre of the cyclone; however, due to the system's proximity to land, limited time was available for further intensification.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Imogen
Tropical Cyclone Imogen made landfall just to the north of Karumba, Queensland, at 11:00 UTC on 3 January. At the time of landfall, maximum 10-minute sustained winds were estimated at 65 km/h (40 mph), with gusts to 100 km/h (60 mph) and a minimum atmospheric pressure of 994 hPa (29.35 inHg). The JTWC reported that maximum one-minute sustained winds had reached 85 km/h (55 mph) by this time.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Imogen
Despite the centre of the system tracking over land, Imogen maintained its organisation for several hours, assisted by the flat terrain that had been saturated by heavy rainfall generated by the cyclone itself. The BOM reported that maximum 10-minute sustained winds peaked at 85 km/h (55 mph), with gusts to 110 km/h (70 mph), at 15:00 UTC on 3 January—about four hours after landfall—as the cyclone was passing to the northeast of Normanton. At this time, the automatic weather station at the town's airport recorded a minimum atmospheric pressure of 989.3 hPa (0.08859 inHg). The system weakened to a tropical low, before it was last noted to the north-northwest of Townsville.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Joshua
On 13 January, a tropical low developed approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) east-northeast of the Cocos Islands, which the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) designated as 07U. Afterward, the tropical low began moving southwestward, while gradually organizing. On 16 January, gale-force winds started to develop and by 12:00 UTC on the same day, the low had intensified further into Tropical Cyclone Joshua, which became the second named storm both in the 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season and worldwide. Joshua continued to move southwestwards, before moving into the South-West Indian Ocean on 17 January.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 08U
On 15 January, the BoM began monitoring a developing tropical low embedded within a monsoon trough in the Gulf of Carpentaria, near Northern Territory, designating it as 08U. The system moved ashore on Northern Territory near Nhulunbuy and emerged over the Timor Sea the next morning. The tropical low then moved slowly to the southwest for several days. The BoM issued Tropical Cyclone Watches from Bidyadanga to Roebourne on 21 January as they forecasted it to become a Category 1 tropical cyclone before landfall.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 08U
Despite a favorable environment of low wind shear and high sea surface temperatures, the storm remained a tropical low due to lack of outflow. On the same day, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) due to an improvement in the structure of the storm. The JTWC upgraded it to Tropical Storm 14S the next day as the system had gale-force winds; however, the BoM didn't upgrade the tropical low to a Category 1 cyclone. Later, the storm made landfall over Western Australia near Broome, and the JTWC issued its final warning soon thereafter. The low rapidly weakened before dissipating completely on 23 January, as it entered South Australia.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 08U
As early as 20 January, the communities in Pilbara and Kimberley were advised to prepare for the storm's heavy rain and destructive winds, with tourists being urged to evacuate sooner. However, damages are less than initially feared.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Kimi
On 12 January, the Bureau of Meteorology noted that a monsoonal trough could develop within a week, that would make conditions in the Australian Region basin favorable for tropical cyclogenesis. On 16 January, a weak tropical low formed to the northeast of Queensland. Later that day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system. At 02:10 UTC on 17 January, the Bureau of Meteorology upgraded the tropical low into Tropical Cyclone Kimi, while located northeast of Cooktown. A small tropical cyclone, Kimi moved slowly southward while remaining offshore of the Australian coastline.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Kimi
Late on 17 January, radar imagery from Cairns developed low-level convective rainbands, which wrapped into the storm's center of circulation. Around this time, Kimi grew large bursts of deep convection, with a well-defined circulation visible on satellite imagery. However organization began to slow on 18 January, with convection becoming displaced to the west of the center. Radar from Townsville and satellite imagery showed that some unexpected wind shear had caused convection to now become displaced to the southeast of the center as the deep convection began to weaken from the wind shear. The wind shear also caused Kimi began to move away from the coast of Australia. Late on 18 January, Tropical Cyclone Kimi weakened into a tropical low while moving slowly away from the North Queensland coast.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 10U
On 19 January, a tropical low formed to the southeast of Christmas Island, with the BoM designating the system as 10U. The low moved towards the west, prompting the BoM to issue rainfall warnings to the Cocos Islands by that time. The JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the same day and upgraded it as Tropical Storm 13S by the next morning on the Saffir–Simpson scale. It passed very close to the Cocos Islands while having gale-force winds, before turning towards the south late on 21 January.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 10U
Despite favorable conditions, the tropical low remained weak due to persistent high wind shear around the system. The JTWC reported that maximum one-minute sustained winds of 10U peaked at 65 km/h (40 mph) while BoM recorded ten-minute sustained winds of 75 km/h (45 mph). Despite these wind readings, the low was not named due to gale winds not exceeding half of the storm's centre. Without any further intensification, it exited the basin towards the South-West Indian Ocean basin on 27 January and was reclassified as Tropical Depression 09.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Lucas
On 25 January, a tropical low formed from a monsoon trough in the Gulf of Carpentaria, about 210 kilometres (130 mi) to the north of Mornington Island, with the BoM designating the system as 11U. The system slowly moved to the east, before moving ashore over Cape York Peninsula near Pormpuraaw on 27 January. It weakened as it traversed land and on 29 January, it moved offshore on Princess Charlotte Bay as it continued to move eastward. On the afternoon of 31 January, it strengthened further to Tropical Cyclone Lucas while moving away from the Queensland coast. On the afternoon of 1 February, Lucas crossed into the South Pacific cyclone region as a Category 2 tropical cyclone, to the north-northwest of Nouméa, New Caledonia.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 12U
During 25 January, the BoM reported that Tropical Low 12U was forming over the southern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. At that time, the tropical low was already producing heavy rainfall and gusty winds across the Kimberley and Pilbara coast. On 28 January, the BoM reported that the tropical low had developed over the coastal region of the Northern Territory, with the low proceeding to move southwestward, overland. The storm moved in a southwestward direction over Australia's coastal region for the next several days, roughly parallel to the coastline.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 12U
Early on 4 February, 12U emerged over water near Shark Bay, as the storm turned to the west. Upon emerging over water, 12U began to strengthen slowly. However, on 5 February, the BoM issued their final warning for 12U, as it was no longer expected to develop into a tropical cyclone. The JTWC followed suit and issued their final warning on the system. Later that day, the tropical low turned back towards the coast and became extratropical, before proceeding to move south-southeastward, along the coastline of Western Australia. On 8 February, the system left the coast of Australia, before being absorbed into another extratropical storm a day later.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Marian
On 21 February, a tropical low formed, approximately 540 kilometres (340 mi) to the north-northwest of Broome, with the BoM designating the system as 15U. At 03:30 UTC on 25 February the JTWC issued a TCFA on the disturbance, tracking it as Invest 98S. Roughly 24 hours later, the agency released its first warning on the tropical cyclone. By 06:00 UTC that day, the BOM upgraded the tropical low into a tropical cyclone, giving it the name Marian.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Marian
Soon after formation, the storm started to rapidly intensify amid favorable conditions, and early on 28 February, the storm reached Severe Tropical Cyclone status, with a well-defined eye surrounded by intense convection. Meanwhile, the JTWC assessed the storm as a Category 2-equivalent tropical cyclone, before upgrading it to a Category 3-equivalent storm later that day. The storm briefly crossed into the MFR's area of responsibility before abruptly turning to the southeast where it reached the peak intensity. It again reentered into the Australian region basin on 2 March and very slowly weakened. By 6 March, the storm was downgraded to a tropical low as it encountered high wind shear and sea surface temperatures as low as 24 °C, while it rapidly weakened.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Niran
During 27 February, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) began to monitor a developing tropical low off the coast of northern Queensland. The low began to strengthen while remaining offshore the state, within an area favorable for tropical cyclogenesis. On 1 March, the tropical low was upgraded into a tropical cyclone by the BOM, and was provided the name Niran. Later that same day, the strengthening cyclone reached Category 2 status on the Australian scale. Niran soon began to pull away from the coast of Australia while intensifying, reaching Category 3 status on the Australian scale, late on 3 March. Niran later reached category 4 status on the Australian scale late on the next day and Category 5 on 5 March. The storm accelerated southwestwards and crossed into the FMS' area of responsibility on 6 March whilst weakening.


2020–21 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Niran
Niran did an extensive amount of damage to banana crops in Queensland. Farmers assessed the crop damage to range between $180–200 million, and there were fears that the prices for bananas would jump again. Damage to farm infrastructure was labeled "catastrophic" and "severe" by locals. In production nurseries, shade houses and tree crops were damaged. Stephen Lowe, the council chief executive of The Australian Banana Growers’ Council, estimated about 5,000 hectares of crops were affected, and 150 farms were damaged.