The 2020–21 2. Bundesliga was the 47th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 18 September 2020 and concluded on 23 May 2021.[1] The season was originally scheduled to begin on 31 July 2020 and conclude on 16 May 2021,[2] though this was delayed due to postponement of the previous season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The relegation games were scheduled to be held between 26 and 30 May 2021. From 22 December 2020 to 1 January 2021, the season was interrupted by a shortened winter break. A total of 306 league and four relegation games were to be played, including three English weeks.[3]

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2. Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Dates18 September 2020 – 23 May 2021
ChampionsVfL Bochum
PromotedVfL Bochum
Greuther Fürth
RelegatedVfL Osnabrück (via play-off)
Eintracht Braunschweig
Würzburger Kickers
Matches played306
Goals scored908 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerSerdar Dursun
(27 goals)
Biggest home winBochum 5–0 Düsseldorf
Hamburg 5–0 Osnabrück
Biggest away winAue 3–8 Paderborn
Highest scoringAue 3–8 Paderborn
Longest winning run5 games
Düsseldorf
Fürth
Hamburg
Kiel
St. Pauli
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Hamburg
Longest winless run13 games
St. Pauli
Longest losing run9 games
Osnabrück
Attendance103,582 (339 per match)[a]
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The fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[4]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

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The season was originally scheduled to open on 31 July 2020 and end on 16 May 2021. As the pre-season operation was suspended for several weeks between 11 March and 16 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the international club competitions of the same season did not end until August 2020, a postponement of the start of the season became necessary. The DFB and the DFL, in consultation with FIFA, also adapted the summer transfer period (in principle 1 July to 31 August). The transfer window was open on 1 July (change period I.1) and from 15 July to 5 October 2020 (change period I.2). The first one-day phase was planned, in particular for the registration of contracts already concluded, starting on 1 July.[5]

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.[6] The use of five substitutes, based on the decision of competition organisers, had been extended by IFAB until 2021.[7]

On 15 September 2020, three days before the opening of the new season, the premiers and representatives of the league agreed on a concept that would allow a spectator count of 20 percent of the stadium capacity by the end of October.[8] In the end, 13 of 54 matches had to be played in the first six days of the season, but on average only 1,900 spectators were allowed into the stadiums until then. Following a decision by the Prime Ministers on 29 October, a general exclusion of spectators was finally ordered at least for match days 7 to 9. The background was the shutdown, which was initially only valid for November nationwide, but did not include the general operation of the two Bundesligen.[9]

Teams

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Team changes

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Stadiums and locations

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only partial utilisation of the respective total capacities is permitted indefinitely, there are regional differences resulting from decisions of the respective state governments. In addition, since the 7th day of play, only ghost games may be played with the exclusion of the public.[10]

Personnel and kits

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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Darmstadt 98 Greece Dimitrios Grammozis End of contract 26 February 2020 30 June 2020 Pre-season Germany Markus Anfang 16 April 2020 1 July 2020 [13][14]
FC St. Pauli Netherlands Jos Luhukay Mutual consent 29 June 2020 Germany Timo Schultz 12 July 2020 [15][16]
Hamburger SV Germany Dieter Hecking End of contract 4 July 2020 Germany Daniel Thioune 6 July 2020 [17][18]
VfL Osnabrück Germany Daniel Thioune Signed for Hamburger SV 6 July 2020 Germany Marco Grote 22 July 2020 [19][20]
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Marco Antwerpen End of contract 7 July 2020 Germany Daniel Meyer 10 July 2020 [21][22]
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Michael Wiesinger End of contract 11 July 2020 Germany Robert Klauß 30 July 2020 [23][24]
Würzburger Kickers Germany Michael Schiele Sacked 29 September 2020 18th Germany Marco Antwerpen 29 September 2020 [25]
Germany Marco Antwerpen 9 November 2020 Germany Bernhard Trares 9 November 2020 [26]
SV Sandhausen Germany Uwe Koschinat Sacked 24 November 2020 15th Germany Michael Schiele 26 November 2020 [27][28]
VfL Osnabrück Germany Marco Grote 15 February 2021 Germany Florian Fulland (interim) 15 February 2021 [29]
SV Sandhausen Germany Michael Schiele 16th Austria Stefan Kulovits / Germany Gerhard Kleppinger (interim) [30]
VfL Osnabrück Germany Florian Fulland (interim) End of caretaker spell 3 March 2021 15th Germany Markus Feldhoff 3 March 2021 [31]
Würzburger Kickers Germany Bernhard Trares Sacked 2 April 2021 18th Germany Ralf Santelli / Germany Sebastian Schuppan (interim) 2 April 2021 [32]
Hamburger SV Germany Daniel Thioune 3 May 2021 3rd Germany Horst Hrubesch (interim) 3 May 2021 [33]
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 VfL Bochum (C, P) 34 21 4 9 66 39 +27 67 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Greuther Fürth (P) 34 18 10 6 69 44 +25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 +22 62 Qualification for promotion play-offs
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
9 SC Paderborn 34 12 11 11 53 45 +8 47
10 FC St. Pauli 34 13 8 13 51 56 5 47
11 1. FC Nürnberg 34 11 11 12 46 51 5 44
12 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 8 14 44 53 9 44
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
18 Würzburger Kickers (R) 34 6 7 21 37 69 32 25
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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.[34]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AUE BOC BRA DAR DÜS FÜR HAM HAN HEI KAR KIE NÜR OSN PAD REG SAN STP WÜR
Erzgebirge Aue 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–8 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–1
VfL Bochum 2–0 2–0 2–1 5–0 0–2 0–2 4–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 5–1 3–1 2–2 3–0
Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–4 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2
Darmstadt 98 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 5–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 3–3 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0
Greuther Fürth 3–0 1–2 3–0 0–4 3–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 4–1
Hamburger SV 3–0 1–3 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 5–2 5–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 3–1
Hannover 96 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 3–3 1–3 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–3 1–2
1. FC Heidenheim 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–4 4–1
Karlsruher SC 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–4 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–2
Holstein Kiel 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 1–0
1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–5 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1
VfL Osnabrück 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–3
SC Paderborn 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 2–4 3–4 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0
Jahn Regensburg 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–4 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1
SV Sandhausen 1–4 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 4–2 4–0 2–3 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
FC St. Pauli 2–2 2–3 2–0 3–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 4–0
Würzburger Kickers 0–3 2–3 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1
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Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 27 and 30 May 2021.[1]

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Ingolstadt 4–3 VfL Osnabrück 3–0 1–3
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Matches

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FC Ingolstadt3–0VfL Osnabrück
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FC Ingolstadt won 4–3 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, while VfL Osnabrück are relegated to the 3. Liga.

Statistics

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Clean sheets

Highs of the season

  • The highest-scoring match was FC Erzgebirge Aue's 8–3 home loss to SC Paderborn 07 on Matchday 32, when eleven goals were scored. Only in three games in the history of the second division have more than eleven goals been scored.[37]
  • The highest victories were by five goals difference each:
  • The highest-scoring draws were six goals each:
    • Fortuna Düsseldorf's 3–3 draw against SpVgg Greuther Fürth on Matchday 17;
    • FC Erzgebirge Aue's 3–3 draw against Hamburger SV on Matchday 20;
    • Hannover 96's 3–3 draw against Hamburger SV on Matchday 27.
  • The highest-scoring matchday was Matchday 32, which was also the highest-scoring matchday in second division history with 46 goals.[38]
  • Serdar Dursun (SV Darmstadt 98) scored the most goals in a match in his team's 5–1 win over 1. FC Heidenheim.

Number of teams by state

Notes

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

References

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