2020–21 Bundesliga

The 2020–21 Bundesliga is the 58th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 18 September 2020 and will conclude on 22 May 2021.[1] The season was originally scheduled to begin on 21 August 2020 and conclude on 15 May 2021,[2] though this was delayed due to postponement of the previous season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[3]

Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Dates18 September 2020 – 22 May 2021
Matches played178
Goals scored549 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Lewandowski
(24 goals)
Biggest home winMunich 8–0 Schalke
Biggest away winDortmund 1–5 Stuttgart
Köln 0–4 Leverkusen
Schalke 0–4 Munich
Bielefeld 1–5 Frankfurt
Highest scoringMunich 8–0 Schalke
Wolfsburg 5–3 Bremen
Longest winning run5 games
Freiburg
Leverkusen
Munich
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Leverkusen
Munich
Longest winless run14 games
Schalke
Longest losing run7 games
Bielefeld
Attendance161,255 (906 per match)[lower-alpha 1]
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2021.

Bayern Munich are the eight-time defending champions.

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] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season is expected to begin with matches behind closed doors or at reduced capacity due to restrictions across German states. Leipzig will allow up to 8,500 spectators to begin the season, while regulations in Berlin allow for up to 5,000 supporters.[6]

Teams
Locations of the 2020–21 Bundesliga teams

A total of 18 teams will participate in the 2020–21 edition of the Bundesliga.

Team changes
Promoted from
2019–20 2. Bundesliga		 Relegated from
2019–20 Bundesliga
Arminia Bielefeld
VfB Stuttgart		 Fortuna Düsseldorf
SC Paderborn

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
FC Augsburg Augsburg WWK Arena 30,660 [7]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649 [8]
Union Berlin Berlin Stadion An der Alten Försterei 22,012 [9]
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300 [10]
Werder Bremen Bremen Wohninvest Weserstadion 42,100 [11]
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 81,365 [12]
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park 51,500 [13]
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Schwarzwald-Stadion 24,000 [14]
1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim PreZero Arena 30,150 [15]
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 49,698 [16]
RB Leipzig Leipzig Red Bull Arena 42,558 [17]
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210 [18]
Mainz 05 Mainz Opel Arena 34,000 [19]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,057 [20]
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 75,000 [21]
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271 [22]
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 60,449 [23]
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 [24]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
FC Augsburg Heiko Herrlich Jeffrey Gouweleeuw Nike WWK Siegmund
Hertha BSC Pál Dárdai Dedryck Boyata Nike Homeday[25] Hyundai
Union Berlin Urs Fischer Christopher Trimmel Adidas Aroundtown wefox
Arminia Bielefeld Uwe Neuhaus Fabian Klos Macron Schüco JAB Anstoetz Textilien
Werder Bremen Florian Kohfeldt Niklas Moisander Umbro Wiesenhof Toutou
Borussia Dortmund Edin Terzić (interim) Marco Reus Puma 1&1 Ionos Opel
Eintracht Frankfurt Adi Hütter Makoto Hasebe Nike Indeed.com dpd
SC Freiburg Christian Streich Christian Günter Hummel Schwarzwaldmilch Badenova
1899 Hoffenheim Sebastian Hoeneß Benjamin Hübner Joma SAP SNP
1. FC Köln Markus Gisdol Jonas Hector Uhlsport REWE DEVK
RB Leipzig Julian Nagelsmann Marcel Sabitzer Nike Red Bull CG Immobilien
Bayer Leverkusen Peter Bosz Charles Aránguiz Jako Barmenia Versicherungen Kieser Training
Mainz 05 Bo Svensson Danny Latza Kappa Kömmerling fb88.com
Borussia Mönchengladbach Marco Rose Lars Stindl Puma flatex Sonepar
Bayern Munich Hans-Dieter Flick Manuel Neuer Adidas Deutsche Telekom Qatar Airways
Schalke 04 Christian Gross Sead Kolašinac Umbro Gazprom Harfid
VfB Stuttgart Pellegrino Matarazzo Gonzalo Castro Jako Mercedes-Benz Bank Mercedes-Benz EQ
VfL Wolfsburg Oliver Glasner Josuha Guilavogui Nike Volkswagen Linglong Tire

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
1899 Hoffenheim Matthias Kaltenbach
Marcel Rapp
Kai Herdling (interim)		 End of caretaker spell 9 June 2020 30 June 2020 Pre-season Sebastian Hoeneß 27 July 2020 [26][27][28]
Schalke 04 David Wagner Sacked 27 September 2020 18th Manuel Baum 30 September 2020 [29][30]
Mainz 05 Achim Beierlorzer 28 September 2020 17th Jan-Moritz Lichte (interim) 28 September 2020 [31]
Borussia Dortmund Lucien Favre 13 December 2020 5th Edin Terzić (interim) 13 December 2020 [32]
Schalke 04 Manuel Baum 18 December 2020 18th Huub Stevens (interim) 18 December 2020 [33]
Huub Stevens (interim) End of caretaker spell 22 December 2020 Christian Gross 27 December 2020 [34]
Mainz 05 Jan-Moritz Lichte (interim) Sacked 28 December 2020 17th Jan Siewert (interim) 28 December 2020 [35]
Jan Siewert (interim) End of Caretaker spell 4 January 2021 Bo Svensson 4 January 2021 [36]
Hertha BSC Bruno Labbadia Sacked 24 January 2021 13th Pál Dárdai 25 January 2021 [37][38]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 20 15 3 2 58 26 +32 48 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 RB Leipzig 20 12 5 3 35 17 +18 41
3 VfL Wolfsburg 20 10 8 2 32 19 +13 38
4 Bayer Leverkusen 20 10 5 5 37 21 +16 35
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 19 8 9 2 38 28 +10 33 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 Borussia Dortmund 20 10 2 8 39 29 +10 32 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 20 8 8 4 37 31 +6 32
8 SC Freiburg 20 8 6 6 35 33 +2 30
9 Union Berlin 20 7 8 5 34 25 +9 29
10 VfB Stuttgart 20 6 7 7 37 34 +3 25
11 Werder Bremen 19 5 7 7 24 27 −3 22
12 1899 Hoffenheim 19 6 4 9 29 34 −5 22
13 FC Augsburg 20 6 4 10 20 32 −12 22
14 1. FC Köln 20 5 6 9 20 33 −13 21
15 Hertha BSC 20 4 5 11 25 36 −11 17
16 Arminia Bielefeld 19 5 2 12 15 32 −17 17 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Mainz 05 20 3 4 13 19 40 −21 13 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Schalke 04 20 1 5 14 15 52 −37 8
Updated to match(es) played on 6 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.[39]

Results
Home \ Away AUG BSC UNB BIE BRE DOR FRA FRE HOF KÖL LEI LEV MAI MÖN MUN SCH STU WOL
FC Augsburg — 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–4 0–2
Hertha BSC — 3–1 1–4 2–5 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–1
Union Berlin 1–3 a — 5–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–2
Arminia Bielefeld 0–1 1–0 — 0–2 1–5 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–4 3–0
Werder Bremen 2–0 1–4 0–2 1–0 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Borussia Dortmund 3–1 — 4–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–3 3–0 1–5 2–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 3–1
SC Freiburg 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 — 5–0 2–4 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–1
1899 Hoffenheim 3–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 — 3–0 0–1 4–1 3–3
1. FC Köln 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–3 — 0–4 1–3 1–2 2–2
RB Leipzig 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 — 1–0 3–1 4–0
Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 — 4–3 1–2 5–2 0–1
Mainz 05 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 — 2–3 2–2 1–4 0–2
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–0 — 3–2 4–1 1–1
Bayern Munich 4–3 1–1 a 5–0 2–1 4–1 3–3 5–2 — 8–0 2–1
Schalke 04 1–1 0–1 1–3 a 0–2 4–0 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–4 — 1–1 0–2
VfB Stuttgart 2–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 —
VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 2–1 5–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 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 26 and 29 May 2021.[1]

Statistics

Top scorers
As of 6 February 2021
Rank Player Club Goals[40]
1 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 24
2 André Silva Eintracht Frankfurt 16
3 Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund 14
Wout Weghorst VfL Wolfsburg
5 Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim 13
6 Silas Wamangituka VfB Stuttgart 11
7 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 10
8 Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach 9
9 Lucas Alario Bayer Leverkusen 8
Saša Kalajdžić VfB Stuttgart

Top assists
As of 6 February 2021
Rank Player Club Assists[41]
1 Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich 10
Thomas Müller Bayern Munich
3 Kingsley Coman Bayern Munich 9
4 Jonas Hofmann Borussia Mönchengladbach 8
5 Raphaël Guerreiro Borussia Dortmund 7
Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund
7 Nadiem Amiri Bayer Leverkusen 6
Leon Bailey Bayer Leverkusen
Moussa Diaby Bayer Leverkusen
Daichi Kamada Eintracht Frankfurt
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich
Christopher Trimmel Union Berlin

Hat-tricks
See also: List of Bundesliga hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
Serge Gnabry Bayern Munich Schalke 04 8–0 (H) 18 September 2020
Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln 3–2 (A) 19 September 2020
Niclas Füllkrug Werder Bremen Schalke 04 3–1 (A) 26 September 2020
Robert Lewandowski4 Bayern Munich Hertha BSC 4–3 (H) 4 October 2020
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 (H) 24 October 2020
Erling Haaland4 Borussia Dortmund Hertha BSC 5–2 (A) 21 November 2020
Jean-Philippe Mateta Mainz 05 SC Freiburg 3–1 (A) 22 November 2020
Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt 3–3 (A) 15 December 2020
Matthew Hoppe Schalke 04 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 (H) 9 January 2021
  • 4 Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets
As of 6 February 2021
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[42]
1 Péter Gulácsi RB Leipzig 10
2 Koen Casteels VfL Wolfsburg 8
3 Lukáš Hrádecký Bayer Leverkusen 5
Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich
Stefan Ortega Arminia Bielefeld
Alexander Schwolow Hertha BSC
7 Roman Bürki Borussia Dortmund 4
Rafał Gikiewicz FC Augsburg
Andreas Luthe Union Berlin
10 Oliver Baumann 1899 Hoffenheim 3
Timo Horn 1. FC Köln
Florian Müller SC Freiburg
Jiří Pavlenka Werder Bremen
Yann Sommer Borussia Mönchengladbach

Number of teams by state
Position State Number Teams
1  North Rhine-Westphalia6Arminia Bielefeld, Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Schalke 04
2  Baden-Württemberg3SC Freiburg, 1899 Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart
3  Bavaria2FC Augsburg and Bayern Munich
 Berlin2Hertha BSC and Union Berlin
5  Bremen1Werder Bremen
 Hesse1Eintracht Frankfurt
 Lower Saxony1VfL Wolfsburg
 Rhineland-Palatinate1Mainz 05
 Saxony1RB Leipzig

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Goal of the Month Ref.
Player Club Player Club Player Club
September Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim Jude Bellingham Borussia Dortmund Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich [43][44][45]
October Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Mateo Klimowicz VfB Stuttgart Yussuf Poulsen RB Leipzig
November Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund Silas Wamangituka Valentino Lazaro Borussia Mönchengladbach
December Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach Leon Bailey Bayer Leverkusen

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

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