2020–21 Karlsruher SC season

The 2020–21 Karlsruher SC season was the club's 69th season in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Karlsruher SC participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, being eliminated in the first round. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Karlsruher SC

2020–21 season
Chairman	Ingo Wellenreuther
Manager	Christian Eichner
Stadium	Wildparkstadion
2. Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Philipp Hofmann (13 goals) All: Philipp Hofmann (13 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 8 October 2020^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Markus Kuster 2 DF  GER Sebastian Jung 3 DF  GER Philip Heise 4 MF  GER Lukas Fröde 5 DF  GER David Pisot 7 MF  GER Marc Lorenz 8 MF  GER Jérôme Gondorf (captain) 10 MF  GER Marvin Wanitzek 11 MF  KOR Choi Kyoung-rok 16 DF  GER Philip Heise 17 FW  AUT Marco Djuricin 18 MF  GER David Trivunic 19 FW  GER Dominik Kother 20 MF  GER Alexander Groiß

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  GER Marco Thiede 22 DF  AUT Christoph Kobald 23 DF  LUX Dirk Carlson 24 FW  SEN Babacar Guèye 25 MF  GER Janis Hanek 27 DF  GER Marlon Dinger 28 GK  GER Paul Löhr 31 FW  GER Malik Batmaz 32 DF  GER Robin Bormuth 33 FW  GER Philipp Hofmann 34 DF  GER Jannis Rabold 35 GK  GER Marius Gersbeck 39 MF  GER Benjamin Goller

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  GER Marvin Pourié

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

LASK v Karlsruher SC

22 August 2020 Friendly	LASK	0–2	Karlsruher SC	Pasching, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Hofmann 45' Djuricin 85'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 0

Mainz 05 v Karlsruher SC

8 October 2020 Friendly	Mainz 05	2–4	Karlsruher SC	Mainz, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hack 59' Mateta 60'	Report	Goller 27' Batmaz 55' Djuricin 66' Guèye 82'	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 60 Referee: Robert Kampka

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	19 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	5	1	1	3	4	5	−1	020.00
DFB-Pokal	12 September 2020	12 September 2020	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total				6	1	1	4	4	6	−2	016.67

Last updated: September 2020
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2020–21 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Hamburger SV	34	16	10	8	71	44	+27	58
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	16	8	10	55	46	+9	56
6	Karlsruher SC	34	14	10	10	51	44	+7	52
7	Darmstadt 98	34	15	6	13	63	55	+8	51
8	1. FC Heidenheim	34	15	6	13	49	49	0	51

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.^[2]

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
11	5	1	5	17	13	+4	16	2	0	3	8	7	+1	3	1	2	9	6	+3

Last updated: December 2020.
Source: Kicker

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L
Position	16	17	18	17	15	17	15	9	8	5	9

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

Matches

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

Hannover 96 v Karlsruher SC

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 1	Hannover 96	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Hannover
13:00	Kaiser 25' Maina 85'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) 2	Karlsruher SC	0–1	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
13:30		Report	Zoller 14'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marco Fritz

Jahn Regensburg v Karlsruher SC

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 3	Jahn Regensburg	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Regensburg
13:00	Albers 44'	Report		Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 3,042 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

Karlsruher SC v SV Sandhausen

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 4	Karlsruher SC	3–0	SV Sandhausen	Karlsruhe
13:00	Hofmann 3' Kother 30' Kobald 47'	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Nürnberg v Karlsruher SC

23 October 2020 (2020-10-23) 5	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Nuremberg
18:30	Lohkemper 15'	Report	Wanitzek 53'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

Karlsruher SC v SV Darmstadt 98

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) 6	Karlsruher SC	3–4	SV Darmstadt 98	Karlsruhe
13:30	Hofmann 22', 81' Wanitzek 44'	Report	Kempe 9', 90+3' Pálsson 65' Dursun 77'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Arne Aarnink

FC St. Pauli v Karlsruher SC

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 7	FC St. Pauli	0–3	Karlsruher SC	Hamburg
13:30		Report	Thiede 4' Gondorf 50' Hofmann 76'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexander Sather

Eintracht Braunschweig v Karlsruher SC

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 8	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	Karlsruher SC	Braunschweig
13:00	Proschwitz 31'	Report	Choi 14', 63' Wanitzek 18'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer

Karlsruher SC v SC Paderborn 07

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 9	Karlsruher SC	1–0	SC Paderborn 07	Karlsruhe
13:00	Daniel Gordon 7'	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Bacher

VfL Osnabrück v Karlsruher SC

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 10	VfL Osnabrück	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Osnabrück
13:00	Beermann 28'	Report	Dominik Kother 77' Philipp Hofmann 88'	Stadium: Bremer Brücke Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Karlsruher SC v Fortuna Düsseldorf

() 11	Karlsruher SC	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Karlsruhe
13:30	Hofmann 72'	Report	Krajnc 12' Peterson 57'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Erzgebirge Aue v Karlsruher SC

17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) 12	Erzgebirge Aue	v	Karlsruher SC	Aue
20:30		Report		Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 0

Karlsruher SC v Hamburger SV

21 December 2020 (2020-12-21) 13	Karlsruher SC	v	Hamburger SV	Karlsruhe
20:30		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0

Würzburger Kickers v Karlsruher SC

2 January 2021 (2021-01-02) 14	Würzburger Kickers	v	Karlsruher SC	Würzburg
13:00		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0

Karlsruher SC v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) 15	Karlsruher SC	v	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Karlsruhe
18:30		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal

Matches

Karlsruher SC v Union Berlin

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) First round	Karlsruher SC	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Union Berlin	Karlsruhe
18:30		Report	Schlotterbeck 118'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 450 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Notes

References

1. "Kader: KSC". Karlsruher SC (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
2. "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
3. "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.

External links

• Official website