2020–21 2. Bundesliga

The 2020–21 2. Bundesliga is the 47th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 18 September 2020 and conclude on 23 May 2021.[1] The season was originally scheduled to begin on 31 July 2020 and conclude on 16 May 2021,[2] though this was delayed due to postponement of the previous season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Dates18 September 2020 – 23 May 2021
Matches played178
Goals scored525 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerSimon Terodde
(19 goals)
Biggest home winBochum 5–0 Düsseldorf
Hamburg 5–0 Osnabrück
Biggest away winDarmstadt 0–4 Paderborn
Fürth 0–4 Darmstadt
Highest scoringPaderborn 3–4 Hamburg
Karlsruhe 3–4 Darmstadt
Nürnberg 2–5 Hannover
Heidenheim 3–4 St. Pauli
Longest winning run5 games
Düsseldorf
Fürth
Hamburg
Kiel
Longest unbeaten run10 games
Hamburg
Longest winless run13 games
St. Pauli
Longest losing run6 games
Osnabrück
Attendance104,297 (586 per match)[lower-alpha 1]
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 7 February 2021.

The fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[3]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 3 September 2020, the DFL General Assembly voted to extend the use of five substitutions in matches to the 2020–21 season, which was implemented at the end of the previous season to lessen the impact of fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The use of five substitutes, based on the decision of competition organisers, had been extended by IFAB until 2021.[5]

Teams
Locations of the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga teams

Team changes
Promoted from 2019–20 3. LigaRelegated from 2019–20 BundesligaPromoted to 2020–21 BundesligaRelegated to 2020–21 3. Liga
Würzburger Kickers
Eintracht Braunschweig		Fortuna Düsseldorf
SC Paderborn		Arminia Bielefeld
VfB Stuttgart		Wehen Wiesbaden
Dynamo Dresden

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Erzgebirge Aue Aue-Bad Schlema Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711
VfL Bochum Bochum Vonovia Ruhrstadion 29,299
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,000
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600
Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 18,500
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57,000
Hannover 96 Hanover HDI-Arena 49,000
1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699
Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 15,034
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923
VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Stadion an der Bremer Brücke 16,667
SC Paderborn Paderborn Benteler-Arena 15,000[6]
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15,210
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald 15,414
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546
Würzburger Kickers Würzburg Flyeralarm Arena 14,500

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
Erzgebirge Aue Dirk Schuster Martin Männel Nike WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen Leonhardt Group
VfL Bochum Thomas Reis Anthony Losilla Nike Tricorp Workwear Viactiv Betriebskrankenkasse
Eintracht Braunschweig Daniel Meyer Martin Kobylański Erima[7] Heycar
Darmstadt 98 Markus Anfang Fabian Holland Craft Software AG Dialog Minds
Fortuna Düsseldorf Uwe Rösler Adam Bodzek Uhlsport Henkel Toyo Tires
Greuther Fürth Stefan Leitl Branimir Hrgota Puma Hofmann Personal BVUK
Hamburger SV Daniel Thioune Tim Leibold Adidas Orthomol Popp Feinkost
Hannover 96 Kenan Kocak Dominik Kaiser Macron Heinz von Heiden HDI
1. FC Heidenheim Frank Schmidt Marc Schnatterer Nike Kneipp Voith
Karlsruher SC Christian Eichner Jérôme Gondorf Macron Klaiber Markisen CG Gruppe
Holstein Kiel Ole Werner Hauke Wahl Puma Famila Lotto Schleswig-Holstein
1. FC Nürnberg Robert Klauß Enrico Valentini Umbro Nürnberger Versicherung Godelmann Betonstein
VfL Osnabrück Marco Grote Maurice Trapp Puma sunmaker Sievert
SC Paderborn Steffen Baumgart Sebastian Schonlau Saller sunmaker Effect Energy Drink
Jahn Regensburg Mersad Selimbegović Benedikt Gimber Saller Netto Dallmeier electronic
SV Sandhausen Michael Schiele Dennis Diekmeier Puma gymper BWT
FC St. Pauli Timo Schultz Christopher Avevor Under Armour Congstar Astra Brauerei
Würzburger Kickers Bernhard Trares Daniel Hägele Jako BVUK

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Darmstadt 98 Dimitrios Grammozis End of contract 26 February 2020 30 June 2020 Pre-season Markus Anfang 16 April 2020 1 July 2020 [8][9]
FC St. Pauli Jos Luhukay Mutual consent 29 June 2020 Timo Schultz 12 July 2020 [10][11]
Hamburger SV Dieter Hecking End of contract 4 July 2020 Daniel Thioune 6 July 2020 [12][13]
VfL Osnabrück Daniel Thioune Signed for Hamburger SV 6 July 2020 Marco Grote 22 July 2020 [14][15]
Eintracht Braunschweig Marco Antwerpen End of contract 7 July 2020 Daniel Meyer 10 July 2020 [16][17]
1. FC Nürnberg Michael Wiesinger End of contract 11 July 2020 Robert Klauß 30 July 2020 [18][19]
Würzburger Kickers Michael Schiele Sacked 29 September 2020 18th Marco Antwerpen 29 September 2020 [20]
Marco Antwerpen 9 November 2020 Bernhard Trares 9 November 2020 [21]
SV Sandhausen Uwe Koschinat Sacked 24 November 2020 15th Michael Schiele 26 November 2020 [22][23]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hamburger SV 20 12 5 3 46 25 +21 41 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 VfL Bochum 20 12 3 5 38 22 +16 39
3 Greuther Fürth 20 11 5 4 41 24 +17 38 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Holstein Kiel 19 10 6 3 32 19 +13 36
5 Karlsruher SC 20 10 3 7 33 27 +6 33
6 Hannover 96 20 10 2 8 31 22 +9 32
7 Fortuna Düsseldorf 19 9 5 5 28 24 +4 32
8 Erzgebirge Aue 20 8 5 7 30 28 +2 29
9 SC Paderborn 19 7 5 7 24 23 +1 26
10 1. FC Heidenheim 19 7 5 7 26 26 0 26
11 Jahn Regensburg 20 6 7 7 23 26 −3 25
12 1. FC Nürnberg 20 6 5 9 27 32 −5 23
13 Darmstadt 98 20 6 4 10 31 36 −5 22
14 FC St. Pauli 20 5 7 8 31 37 −6 22
15 VfL Osnabrück 20 6 4 10 21 31 −10 22
16 SV Sandhausen 20 5 3 12 22 39 −17 18 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 20 4 5 11 19 41 −22 17 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 Würzburger Kickers 20 3 3 14 22 43 −21 12
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[24]

Results
Home \ Away AUE BOC BRA DAR DÜS FÜR HAM HAN HEI KAR KIE NÜR OSN PAD REG SAN STP WÜR
Erzgebirge Aue — 3–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 3–3 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 2–1
VfL Bochum 2–0 — 2–1 5–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–2
Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 — 0–0 0–3 2–4 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 3–2 0–2 2–1
Darmstadt 98 4–0 — 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–4 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–2 — 3–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Greuther Fürth 3–0 0–4 — 0–1 4–1 0–1 a 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 4–1
Hamburger SV 3–0 1–3 2–1 — 0–1 5–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 3–1
Hannover 96 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 — 2–0 0–3 1–0 4–0 2–3
1. FC Heidenheim 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 — 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–4 4–1
Karlsruher SC 0–1 3–4 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 0–0 3–0
Holstein Kiel 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–3 — 1–0 1–2 1–0
1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–5 1–1 — 0–1 1–0 2–1
VfL Osnabrück 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 — 0–1 2–1 2–3
SC Paderborn 2–1 2–2 3–4 1–0 1–1 0–2 — 3–1 2–0 1–0
Jahn Regensburg 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–4 — 3–1 2–1
SV Sandhausen 1–4 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–3 4–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 — 1–0
FC St. Pauli 2–2 2–3 0–3 a 4–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 —
Würzburger Kickers 0–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–4 0–2 2–3 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will take place on 27 and 30 May 2021.[1]

Statistics

Top scorers
As of 7 February 2021[25]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Simon Terodde Hamburger SV 19
2 Christian Kühlwetter 1. FC Heidenheim 12
3 Simon Zoller VfL Bochum 11
4 Marvin Ducksch Hannover 96 10
Florian Krüger Erzgebirge Aue
Robert Žulj VfL Bochum
7 Serdar Dursun Darmstadt 98 9
Branimir Hrgota Greuther Fürth
Pascal Testroet Erzgebirge Aue
10 Chris Führich SC Paderborn 8
Philipp Hofmann Karlsruher SC
Tobias Kempe Darmstadt 98
Sebastian Kerk VfL Osnabrück
Manuel Schäffler 1. FC Nürnberg

Assists
As of 7 February 2021[26]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 David Raum Greuther Fürth 9
2 Pascal Testroet Erzgebirge Aue 7
3 Jeremy Dudziak Hamburger SV 6
Tobias Kempe Darmstadt 98
Florian Krüger Erzgebirge Aue
Daniel-Kofi Kyereh FC St. Pauli
Marco Meyerhöfer Greuther Fürth
Robert Žulj VfL Bochum
9 Fin Bartels Holstein Kiel 5
Marvin Ducksch Hannover 96
Johannes Geis 1. FC Nürnberg
Genki Haraguchi Hannover 96
Sebastian Kerk VfL Osnabrück
Sonny Kittel Hamburger SV
Marc Lorenz Karlsruher SC

Clean sheets
As of 7 February 2021[27]
Rank Player Club Clean cheets
1 Alexander Meyer Jahn Regensburg 8
2 Michael Esser Hannover 96 7
Florian Kastenmeier Fortuna Düsseldorf
Kevin Müller 1. FC Heidenheim
Manuel Riemann VfL Bochum
6 Ioannis Gelios Holstein Kiel 6
Leopold Zingerle SC Paderborn
8 Sven Ulreich Hamburger SV 5
Marius Gersbeck Karlsruher SC
10 Sascha Burchert Greuther Fürth 4
Martin Männel Erzgebirge Aue
Marcel Schuhen Darmstadt 98

Number of teams by state
Position State Number Teams
1  Bavaria4Greuther Fürth, 1. FC Nürnberg, Jahn Regensburg and Würzburger Kickers
2  Baden-Württemberg31. FC Heidenheim, Karlsruher SC and SV Sandhausen
 North Rhine-Westphalia3VfL Bochum, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn
 Lower Saxony3Eintracht Braunschweig, Hannover 96 and VfL Osnabrück
5  Hamburg2Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli
6  Hesse1Darmstadt 98
 Saxony1Erzgebirge Aue
 Schleswig-Holstein1Holstein Kiel

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.

References
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