2020–21 Würzburger Kickers season

Würzburger Kickers
2020–21 season
President	Daniel Sauer
Manager	Michael Schiele
Stadium	flyeralarm Arena
2. Bundesliga	18th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Home colours	Away colours

The 2020–21 Würzburger Kickers season is the club's 114th season in existence and the first season back in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Würzburger Kickers participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 5 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Leon Bätge
4	DF	GER	Niklas Hoffmann
5	DF	GER	Leroy Kwadwo
6	MF	POL	Niklas Zulciak
7	MF	GER	Fabio Kaufmann
8	MF	GER	Dave Gnaase
9	FW	GER	Dominic Baumann
10	MF	KVX	Albion Vrenezi (on loan from Jahn Regensburg)
11	FW	SEN	Saliou Sané
12	MF	GER	Patrick Sontheimer (on loan from Greuther Fürth)
13	DF	GER	Kevin Frisorger
14	DF	GER	Hendrik Hansen
16	FW	GER	Luca Pfeiffer
17	MF	GER	Jonas David (on loan from Hamburger SV)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	GER	Maximilian Breunig
19	MF	GER	Yassin Ibrahim
21	DF	GER	Luke Hemmerich
22	DF	GER	Daniel Hägele
23	DF	GER	Johannes Kraus
24	GK	GER	Nico Stephan
25	MF	GER	Dominik Meisel
27	DF	GER	Sebastian Schuppan
30	MF	GER	Simon Rhein (on loan from 1. FC Nürnberg)
31	FW	GER	Dominik Widemann
33	GK	NED	Eric Verstappen
34	DF	GER	Frank Ronstadt
38	DF	GER	Robert Herrmann (on loan from Erzgebirge Aue)
40	GK	GER	Vincent Müller

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 August 2020 Friendly	Union Berlin	2–0	Würzburger Kickers	Berlin, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hübner 38' Teuchert 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Max Burda

15 August 2020 Friendly	Mainz 05	6–0	Würzburger Kickers	Mainz, Germany
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Szalai 20', 50' Quaison 22' Burkardt 35' Mustapha 94' Barreiro 111'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 250 Referee: Nicolas Winter
Note: Match was played in four 30-minute quarters.

22 August 2020 Friendly	LASK	Cancelled	Würzburger Kickers	Pasching, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

9 October 2020 Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	Würzburger Kickers	Frankfurt, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tuta 15' (o.g.) Sontheimer 60', 71'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	18 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	000.00
DFB-Pokal	14 September 2020		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					4	0	1	3	4	9	−5	000.00

Last updated: 4 October 2020

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Relegation to 3. Liga

Updated to match(es) played on 8 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.[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	1	1	6	12	26	−14	4	1	1	1	8	14	−6	0	0	5	4	12	−8

Last updated: 14 December 2020.
Source: Kicker

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	18	18	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2020. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[2]

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 1	Würzburger Kickers	0–3	Erzgebirge Aue	Würzburg
13:00		Report	Strauß 60' Testroet 63' Baumgart 90+2'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Thorben Siewer

26 September 2020 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Würzburger Kickers	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kownacki 82'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann

4 October 2020 3	Würzburger Kickers	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Würzburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Herrmann 2' Baumann 64' (pen.)	Report	Hrgota 26' Bauer 90+2'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 1,877 Referee: Michael Bacher

18 October 2020 4	Würzburger Kickers	0–2	Holstein Kiel	Würzburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Serra 22', 75'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

24 October 2020 5	Hamburger SV	3–1	Würzburger Kickers	Hamburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terodde 65', 82' Leibold 90+2'	Report	Dietz 40'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1 November 2020 6	Würzburger Kickers	2–3	VfL Bochum	Würzburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Munsy 7' Sontheimer 35'	Report	Novothny 21' Soares 32' Zoller 73'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Thomsen

6 November 2020 7	1. FC Heidenheim	4–1	Würzburger Kickers	Heidenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thomalla 41' Kühlwetter 56' Leipertz 83' Kerschbaumer 90+1'	Report	Lotrič 71'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Kampka

22 November 2020 8	Würzburger Kickers	2–1	Hannover 96	Würzburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Munsy 53' Kopacz 74'	Report	Ducksch 17'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Winter

28 November 2020 9	Jahn Regensburg	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Regensburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beste 83' Stolze 88'	Report	Hansen 90+2'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Heft

6 December 2020 10	Würzburger Kickers	2–3	SV Sandhausen	Würzburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lotrič 42' Hägele 88'	Report	Keita-Ruel 18', 70' Paurević 54'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

13 December 2020 11	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Nuremberg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schäffler 36' Sörensen 90+2'	Report	Baumann 56'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

19 December 2020 13	SV Darmstadt 98	2–0	Würzburger Kickers	Darmstadt
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kempe 55' Platte 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

2 January 2021 14	Würzburger Kickers	2–4	Karlsruher SC	Würzburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wanitzek 32' (o.g.) Kobale 67' (o.g.)	Report	Goller 12' Wanitzek 28', 44' Gondorf 48'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

6 January 2021 12	Würzburger Kickers	v	FC St. Pauli	Würzburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

9 January 2021 15	VfL Osnabrück	v	Würzburger Kickers	Osnabrück
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

16	Würzburger Kickers	v	Eintracht Braunschweig	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

17	SC Paderborn 07	v	Würzburger Kickers	Paderborn
		Report		Stadium: Benteler-Arena

18	Erzgebirge Aue	v	Würzburger Kickers	Aue
		Report		Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion

19	Würzburger Kickers	v	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

20	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	v	Würzburger Kickers	Fürth
		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

21	Holstein Kiel	v	Würzburger Kickers	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

22	Würzburger Kickers	v	Hamburger SV	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

23	VfL Bochum	v	Würzburger Kickers	Bochum
		Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

24	Würzburger Kickers	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

25	Hannover 96	v	Würzburger Kickers	Hannover
		Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena

26	Würzburger Kickers	v	Jahn Regensburg	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

27	SV Sandhausen	v	Würzburger Kickers	Sandhausen
		Report		Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald

28	Würzburger Kickers	v	1. FC Nürnberg	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

29	FC St. Pauli	v	Würzburger Kickers	Hamburg
		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

30	Würzburger Kickers	v	SV Darmstadt 98	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

31	Karlsruher SC	v	Würzburger Kickers	Karlsruhe
		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion

32	Würzburger Kickers	v	VfL Osnabrück	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

33	Eintracht Braunschweig	v	Würzburger Kickers	Braunschweig
		Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

34	Würzburger Kickers	v	SC Paderborn 07	Würzburg
		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

DFB-Pokal

14 September 2020 First round	Würzburger Kickers	2–3	Hannover 96	Würzburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Feick 89' Herrmann 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Weydandt 23' Kaiser 59' Hübers 78'	Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0[3] Referee: Patrick Alt

Statistics

Notes

References

"Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
"Fixtures for the 2020–21 season for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will be published on 7 August 2020". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[2] "Fixtures for the 2020–21 season for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will be published on 7 August 2020". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[3] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

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