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The 2021–22 season was 1. FC Union Berlin's 57th season in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. The club participated in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
2021–22 season | ||||
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Chairman | Dirk Zingler | |||
Manager | Urs Fischer | |||
Stadium | Stadion An der Alten Försterei | |||
Bundesliga | 5th | |||
DFB-Pokal | Semi-finals | |||
UEFA Europa Conference League | Group stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Taiwo Awoniyi (15) All: Taiwo Awoniyi (20) | |||
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After finishing the 2019–20 season, their first in the Bundesliga, in 11th-place, Union started the 2020–21 season strongly and were in fifth-place and one point behind third-place after 16 matches.[2] Union picked up just seven points from their next 8 matches before a return to fitness for Max Kruse saw an upturn in the club's form as they secured a seventh-placed finish and qualification to the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League after Kruse scored a stoppage time winner in a final day victory over RB Leipzig.[2][3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
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14 July 2021 | 17:30 | Viktoria Berlin | Away | 5–2 | Behrens 4', Ingvartsen 56', Baumgartl 67', Voglsammer 80', 85' | 1,179 | [4] |
17 July 2021 | 14:05 | Dynamo Dresden | Home | 3–0 | Ingvartsen 37', Voglsammer 45', Knoche 54' | 3,278 | [5] |
6 October 2021 | 17:30 | St. Gallen | Home | 1–3 | Jaeckel 69' | [6] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
4 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 58 | |
5 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
6 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 55 | |
7 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[lower-alpha 1] |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 |
Source: DFB
Matchday | 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 |
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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 | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
Position | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
The league fixtures were announced on 25 June.[8]
Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
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14 August 2021 | 15:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | Home | 1–1 | Awoniyi 7' | 11,000 | Tobias Reichel | [9] |
22 August 2021 | 15:30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Away | 2–2 | Gießelmann 10', Awoniyi 47' | 8,014 | Sascha Stegemann | [10] |
29 August 2021 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Home | 2–1 | Gießelmann 22', Awoniyi 41' | 11,006 | Felix Brych | [11] |
11 September 2021 | 15:30 | FC Augsburg | Home | 0–0 | 10,207 | Martin Petersen | [12] | |
19 September 2021 | 17:30 | Borussia Dortmund | Away | 2–4 | Kruse 57', Voglsammer 81' | 25,000 | Sven Jablonski | [13] |
25 September 2021 | 15:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | Home | 1–0 | Behrens 88' | 11,000 | Marco Fritz | [14] |
3 October 2021 | 15:30 | Mainz 05 | Away | 2–1 | Awoniyi 69', 73' | 16,000 | Tobias Stieler | [15] |
16 October 2021 | 15:30 | VfL Wolfsburg | Home | 2–0 | Awoniyi 49', Becker 82' | 10,978 | Sascha Stegemann | [16] |
24 October 2021 | 17:30 | VfB Stuttgart | Away | 1–1 | Awoniyi 31' | 32,535 | Florian Badstübner | [17] |
30 October 2021 | 15:30 | Bayern Munich | Home | 2–5 | Gießelmann 43', Ryerson 65' | 16,509 | Harm Osmers | [18] |
7 November 2021 | 17:30 | 1. FC Köln | Away | 2–2 | Ryerson 9', Prömel 45+1' | 49,000 | Daniel Siebert | [19] |
20 November 2021 | 18:30 | Hertha BSC | Home | 2–0 | Awoniyi 8', Trimmel 30' | 22,012 | Felix Brych | [20] |
28 November 2021 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Away | 1–2 | Kruse 62' | 24,000 | Sascha Stegemann | [21] |
3 December 2021 | 20:30 | RB Leipzig | Home | 2–1 | Awoniyi 6', Baumgartl 57' | 13,506 | Harm Osmers | [22] |
12 December 2021 | 15:30 | Greuther Fürth | Away | 0–1 | 0 | Sven Jablonski | [23] | |
15 December 2021 | 20:30 | SC Freiburg | Home | 0–0 | 5,000 | Deniz Aytekin | [24] | |
18 December 2021 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Away | 1–0 | Kruse 16' | 13,500 | Tobias Reichel | [25] |
8 January 2022 | 15:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | Away | 2–2 | Prömel 45', 50' | 0 | Matthias Jöllenbeck | [26] |
15 January 2022 | 15:30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Home | 2–1 | Voglsammer 22', Prömel 73' | 3,000 | Martin Petersen | [27] |
22 January 2022 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Away | 2–1 | Kruse 18' (pen.), 84' | 750 | Felix Brych | [28] |
5 February 2022 | 15:30 | FC Augsburg | Away | 0–2 | 7,600 | Harm Osmers | [29] | |
13 February 2022 | 15:30 | Borussia Dortmund | Home | 0–3 | 10,000 | Matthias Jöllenbeck | [30] | |
19 February 2022 | 15:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | Away | 0–1 | 10,000 | Daniel Schlager | [31] | |
26 February 2022 | 15:30 | Mainz 05 | Home | 3–1 | Haraguchi 8', Becker 56', Awoniyi 75' | 10,000 | Bastian Dankert | [32] |
5 March 2022 | 15:30 | VfL Wolfsburg | Away | 0–1 | 15,703 | Patrick Ittrich | [33] | |
12 March 2022 | 15:30 | VfB Stuttgart | Home | 1–1 | Awoniyi 41' (pen.) | 16,509 | Robert Hartmann | [34] |
19 March 2022 | 18:30 | Bayern Munich | Away | 0–4 | 37,000 | Harm Osmers | [35] | |
1 April 2022 | 20:30 | 1. FC Köln | Home | 1–0 | Awoniyi 49' | 22,012 | Florian Badstübner | [36] |
9 April 2022 | 18:30 | Hertha BSC | Away | 4–1 | Haraguchi 31', Prömel 53', Becker 74', Michel 85' | 74,667 | Sven Jablonski | [37] |
17 April 2022 | 17:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Home | 2–0 | Awoniyi 17', Prömel 21' | 22,000 | Frank Willenborg | [38] |
23 April 2022 | 15:30 | RB Leipzig | Away | 2–1 | Michel 86', Behrens 89' | 45,770 | Daniel Schlager | [39] |
29 April 2022 | 20:30 | Greuther Fürth | Home | 1–1 | Michel 72' | 22,012 | Patrick Ittrich | [40] |
7 May 2022 | 15:30 | SC Freiburg | Away | 4–1 | Prömel 11', Trimmel 30', Becker 41', Schäfer 90' | 34,700 | Felix Brych | [41] |
14 May 2022 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Home | 3–2 | Prömel 5', Awoniyi 25' (pen.), 88' | 22,012 | Marco Fritz | [42] |
Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
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First round | 8 August 2021 | 15:30 | Türkgücü München | Away | 1–0 | Kruse 23' | 3,500 | Martin Petersen | [43] |
Second round | 26 October 2021 | 18:30 | Waldhof Mannheim | Away | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Behrens 18', 118', Awoniyi 94' | 14,651 | Benjamin Brand | [44] |
Round of 16 | 19 January 2022 | 20:45 | Hertha BSC | Away | 3–2 | Voglsammer 11', Stark 50', Knoche 55' | 3,000 | Deniz Aytekin | [45] |
Quarter-finals | 1 March 2022 | 20:45 | FC St. Pauli | Home | 2–1 | Becker 45', Voglsammer 75' | 10,000 | Florian Badstübner | [46] |
Semi-finals | 20 April 2022 | 20:45 | RB Leipzig | Away | 1–2 | Becker 25' | 47,069 | Felix Brych | [47] |
Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
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Play-off round | 19 August 2021 | 18:00 | Kuopion Palloseura | Away | 4–0 | Awoniyi 6', 31', Kruse 29', Voglsammer 90+2' | 5,632 | Ivan Bebek | [48] |
Play-off round | 26 August 2021 | 20:30 | Kuopion Palloseura | Home | 0–0 | 22,159 | Halil Umut Meler | [49] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEY | SLA | UNI | MHA | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |
Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
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16 September 2021 | 18:45 | Slavia Prague | Away | 1–3 | Behrens 70' | 15,286 | Fábio Veríssimo | [50] |
30 September 2021 | 21:00 | Maccabi Haifa | Home | 3–0 | Voglsammer 33', Behrens 48', Awoniyi 76' | 23,342 | Nick Walsh | [51] |
21 October 2021 | 18:45 | Feyenoord | Away | 1–3 | Awoniyi 35' | 46,100 | Giorgi Kruashvili | [52] |
4 November 2021 | 21:00 | Feyenoord | Home | 1–2 | Trimmel 41' | 30,000 | Daniel Stefański | [53] |
25 November 2021 | 18:45[lower-alpha 1] | Maccabi Haifa | Away | 1–0 | Ryerson 66' | 22,150 | Michal Ocenáš | [54] |
9 December 2021 | 21:00 | Slavia Prague | Home | 1–1 | Kruse 64' | 4,380 | Rade Obrenović | [55] |
Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee | Ref. |
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FW | ![]() |
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Transfer | Summer | €6,500,000 | [56] |
DF | ![]() |
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Transfer | Summer | €3,500,000 | [57] |
MF | ![]() |
Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | €1,000,000 | [58] |
GK | ![]() |
Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | €1,000,000 | [59] |
MF | ![]() |
Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 | [60] |
FW | ![]() |
SV Sandhausen | End of contract | Summer | – | [61] |
DF | ![]() |
Greuther Fürth | End of contract | Summer | – | [62] |
MF | ![]() |
Hannover 96 | End of contract | Summer | – | [63] |
MF | ![]() |
FC Augsburg | End of contract | Summer | – | [64] |
DF | ![]() |
Schalke 04 | End of contract | Summer | – | [65] |
MF | ![]() |
Mainz 05 | End of contract | Summer | – | [66] |
FW | ![]() |
Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | Summer | – | [67] |
MF | ![]() |
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End of contract | Summer | – | [68] |
Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee | Ref. |
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MF | ![]() |
Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | €6,500,000 | [69] |
FW | ![]() |
Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | €800,000 | [70] |
MF | ![]() |
Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 | [71] |
MF | ![]() |
Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | €200,000 | |
MF | ![]() |
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Released | Summer | – | [72] |
MF | ![]() |
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End of contract | Summer | – | |
DF | ![]() |
1. FC Nürnberg | End of contract | Summer | – | [73] |
DF | ![]() |
Eintracht Frankfurt | End of contract | Summer | – | [74] |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Europa Conference League | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Andreas Luthe | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
12 | GK | ![]() |
Jakob Busk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | GK | ![]() |
Frederik Rønnow | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
3 | DF | ![]() |
Paul Jaeckel | 32 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||
20 | DF | ![]() |
Bastian Oczipka | 21 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | ![]() |
Niko Gießelmann | 37 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | ||
25 | DF | ![]() |
Timo Baumgartl | 35 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
28 | DF | ![]() |
Christopher Trimmel | 37 | 3 | 23+2 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
31 | DF | ![]() |
Robin Knoche | 46 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
33 | DF | ![]() |
Dominique Heintz | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | DF | ![]() |
Mathis Bruns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
6 | MF | ![]() |
Julian Ryerson | 36 | 3 | 13+15 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 | ||
7 | MF | ![]() |
Levin Öztunalı | 24 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | ![]() |
Rani Khedira | 45 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
13 | MF | ![]() |
András Schäfer | 9 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | MF | ![]() |
Keita Endo | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
21 | MF | ![]() |
Grischa Prömel | 39 | 8 | 28+1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | ||
24 | MF | ![]() |
Genki Haraguchi | 42 | 2 | 23+7 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | ||
29 | MF | ![]() |
Laurenz Dehl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
30 | MF | ![]() |
Kevin Möhwald | 21 | 0 | 3+13 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
9 | FW | ![]() |
Andreas Voglsammer | 45 | 6 | 5+27 | 2 | 3+2 | 2 | 1+7 | 2 | ||
10 | FW | ![]() |
Sven Michel | 20 | 6 | 2+11 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
11 | FW | ![]() |
Anthony Ujah | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | FW | ![]() |
Taiwo Awoniyi | 43 | 20 | 29+2 | 15 | 3+1 | 1 | 6+2 | 4 | ||
17 | FW | ![]() |
Kevin Behrens | 34 | 6 | 2+22 | 2 | 1+3 | 2 | 2+4 | 2 | ||
27 | FW | ![]() |
Sheraldo Becker | 40 | 6 | 22+6 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 4+4 | 0 | ||
39 | FW | ![]() |
Suleiman Abdullahi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
5 | DF | ![]() |
Marvin Friedrich | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | ![]() |
Max Kruse | 23 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
15 | MF | ![]() |
Paweł Wszołek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | DF | ![]() |
Tymoteusz Puchacz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | ||
30 | MF | ![]() |
Robert Andrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | FW | ![]() |
Marcus Ingvartsen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
36 | FW | ![]() |
Cedric Teuchert | 11 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022
Source: Soccerway
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