2020–21 SV Sandhausen season

The 2020–21 SV Sandhausen season was the club's 105th season in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, SV Sandhausen participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

SV Sandhausen

2020–21 season
Chairman	Jürgen Machmeier
Head coach	Uwe Koschinat
Stadium	BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
2. Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 18 August 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 Martin Fraisl 2 DF  RUS Aleksandr Zhirov 3 DF  GER Diego Contento 5 MF  GER Marlon Frey 6 MF  GER Denis Linsmayer 7 MF  GER Philip Türpitz 8 MF  GER Mario Engels 9 FW  FRA Daniel Keita-Ruel 10 FW  GER Julius Biada 11 FW  MAR Aziz Bouhaddouz 13 GK  GER Rick Wulle 14 DF  GER Tim Kister 15 GK  GER Philipp Heerwagen 16 FW  GER Kevin Behrens

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GER Erik Zenga 18 DF  GER Dennis Diekmeier (captain) 19 MF  DEN Nikolas Nartey 20 MF  GER Emanuel Taffertshofer 21 MF  VEN Enrique Peña Zauner 22 DF  GER Gerrit Nauber 23 DF  GER Nils Röseler 24 DF  GER Philipp Klingmann 26 MF  KOS Besar Halimi 27 MF  GER Robin Scheu 29 MF  CRO Ivan Paurević 30 DF  GER Sören Dieckmann 33 DF  GER Alexander Rossipal

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

VfB Stuttgart v SV Sandhausen

8 August 2020 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	6–1	SV Sandhausen	Stuttgart, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Förster 22' Castro 33' Didavi 63' Stenzel 76' Endo 84' González 86'	Report	Behrens 39'	Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion

SV Sandhausen v Nancy

15 August 2020 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	3–3	Nancy	Sandhausen, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Engels 37' Bouhaddouz 65' Türpitz 118' (pen.)	Report	Biron 35' Triboulet 50', 69'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
Note: Match was played in four 30-minute quarters.

Mainz 05 v SV Sandhausen

22 August 2020 Friendly	Mainz 05	0–1	SV Sandhausen	Mainz, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Keita-Ruel 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves.

SC Freiburg v SV Sandhausen

6 September 2020 Friendly	SC Freiburg	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Freiburg, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2020–21 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Hannover 96	34	12	6	16	53	51	+2	42
14	Jahn Regensburg	34	9	11	14	37	50	−13	38
15	SV Sandhausen	34	10	4	20	41	60	−19	34
16	VfL Osnabrück (R)	34	9	6	19	35	58	−23	33	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	7	10	17	30	59	−29	31	Relegation to 3. Liga

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]
(R) Relegated

Matches

2. Bundesliga match details

Match	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position[3]	Ref.
1	19 September 2020	13:00	SV Darmstadt 98	3–2	Home	Keita-Ruel 30', 38' pen., 74'	754	4th	[4]
2	27 September 2020	13:30	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	Away		6,505	10th	[5]
3	2 October 2020	18:30	FC St. Pauli	1–0	Home	Buballa 45' o.g.	1,393	4th	[6]
4	17 October 2020	13:00	Karlsruher SC	0–3	Away		1,200	6th	[7]
5	25 October 2020	13:30	SC Paderborn 07	1–1	Home	Scheu 37'	0	8th	[8]
6	31 October 2020	13:00	VfL Osnabrück	1–2	Away	Behrens 61'	0	12th	[9]
7	6 November 2020	18:30	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	Home	Esswein 4', Behrens 27'	0	12th	[10]
8	21 November 2020	13:00	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	Away		0	15th	[11]
9	28 November 2020	13:00	Erzgebirge Aue	1–4	Home	Behrens 19' pen.	0	15th	[12]
10	6 December 2020	13:30	Würzburger Kickers	3–2	Away	Keita-Ruel 18', 70', Paurević 54'	0	15th	[13]
11	11 December 2020	18:30	Greuther Fürth	0–3	Home		0	15th	[14]
12	15 December 2020	18:30	Hamburger SV	0–4	Away		0	16th	[15]
13	20 December 2020	13:30	Holstein Kiel	0–2	Home		0	16th	[16]
14	3 January 2021	13:30	Hannover 96	0–4	Away		0	16th	[17]
15	8 January 2021	18:30	1. FC Heidenheim	4–0	Home	Biada 9', Röseler 32', Rossipal 59', Behrens 82'	0	15th	[18]
16	17 January 2021	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	1–3	Away	Keita-Ruel 6'	0	15th	[19]
17	24 January 2021	13:30	VfL Bochum	1–1	Home	Behrens 44'	0	16th	[20]
18	27 January 2021	18:30	SV Darmstadt 98	1–2	Away	Zhirov 1'	0	17th	[21]
19	31 January 2021	13:30	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Home	Röseler 43', Keita-Ruel 90+1'	0	16th	[22]
20	5 February 2021	18:30	FC St. Pauli	1–2	Away	Behrens 74'	0	16th	[23]
21	13 February 2021	13:00	Karlsruher SC	2–3	Home	Behrens 30', Schmidt 40'	0	16th	[24]
22	20 February 2021	13:00	SC Paderborn 07	1–2	Away	Halimi 15'	0	17th	[25]
23	28 February 2021	13:30	VfL Osnabrück	3–0	Home	Esswein 6' pen., Behrens 63' pen., Klingmann 88'	0	16th	[26]
24	7 March 2021	13:30	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	Away		0	17th	[27]
25	13 March 2021	13:00	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	Home		0	17th	[28]
26	20 March 2021	13:00	Erzgebirge Aue	0–2	Away		0	17th	[29]
27	4 April 2021	13:30	Würzburger Kickers	1–0	Home	Behrens 45' pen.	0	17th	[30]
29	22 April 2021	20:30	Hamburger SV	2–1	Home	Ambrosius 46' o.g., Keita-Ruel 52'	0	17th	[31]
31	25 April 2021	13:30	Hannover 96	4–2	Home	Biada 26', Behrens 68' pen., 90+1', Keita-Ruel 81'	0	15th	[32]
28	28 April 2021	18:30	Greuther Fürth	2–3	Away	Keita-Ruel 36', 52'	0	17th	[33]
30	4 May 2021	18:30	Holstein Kiel	0–2	Away		0	16th	[34]
32	9 May 2021	13:30	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	Away	Keita-Ruel 43'	0	15th	[35]
33	16 May 2021	15:30	Jahn Regensburg	2–0	Home	Bachmann 5', Behrens 42'	0	15th	[36]
34	23 May 2021	15:30	VfL Bochum	1–3	Away	Behrens 60'	0	15th	[37]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details

Round	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	13 September 2020	15:30	TSV Steinbach Haiger	Away	2–1	Biada 23', 45+1'	670	[38]
Second round	23 December 2020	18:30	VfL Wolfsburg	Away	0–4		0	[39]