2020–21 Arminia Bielefeld season

Arminia Bielefeld
2020–21 season
President	Hans-Jürgen Laufer
Head coach	Uwe Neuhaus
Stadium	Bielefelder Alm
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	First round
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 January 2021.

The 2020–21 Arminia Bielefeld season is the club's 116th season in existence and the first season back in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Arminia Bielefeld participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 October 2020^[1]

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	Stefan Ortega
2	DF	GER	Amos Pieper
3	DF	GER	Brian Behrendt
4	DF	SWE	Joakim Nilsson
5	DF	DEN	Jacob Barrett Laursen
6	DF	NED	Mike van der Hoorn
7	MF	AUT	Christian Gebauer
8	MF	JPN	Ritsu Dōan (on loan from PSV)
9	FW	GER	Fabian Klos (captain)
10	MF	GER	Reinhold Yabo
13	FW	GER	Sebastian Müller
14	MF	FRO	Jóan Símun Edmundsson
15	DF	BEL	Nathan de Medina
16	MF	GER	Fabian Kunze


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	BEN	Cebio Soukou
18	FW	VEN	Sergio Córdova (on loan from Augsburg)
19	MF	AUT	Manuel Prietl
20	MF	GER	Nils Seufert
21	FW	GER	Andreas Voglsammer
22	FW	GER	Noel Niemann
23	DF	ANG	Anderson Lucoqui
27	DF	SUI	Cédric Brunner
30	MF	GER	Marcel Hartel
31	MF	GER	Arne Maier (on loan from Hertha BSC)
33	GK	GER	Nikolai Rehnen
34	GK	SWE	Oscar Linnér
36	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock
38	MF	GER	Jomaine Consbruch

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Can Özkan (on loan to Næstved Boldklub)
—	MF	GER	Joey Müller (on loan to Wuppertaler SV)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Mervin Kalac (on loan to SV Lippstadt 08)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type	Ref.
30 June 2020	MF	Can Özkan	Alemannia Aachen	End of Loan
30 June 2020	GK	Nikolai Rehnen	Alemannia Aachen
5 July 2020	FW	Prince Osei Owusu	1860 Munich
17 August 2020	FW	Sergio Córdova	FC Augsburg	Loan	^[2]
5 September 2020	MF	Ritsu Dōan	PSV Eindhoven		^[3]
5 October 2020	MF	Arne Maier	Hertha BSC		^[4]
1 July 2020	DF	Jacob Barrett Laursen	OB	Free Transfer	^[5]
15 July 2020	FW	Christian Gebauer	SCR Altach
15 July 2020	DF	Nathan de Medina	Mouscron
15 July 2020	FW	Noel Niemann	1860 Munich		^[6]
4 September 2020	DF	Mike van der Hoorn	Swansea City		^[7]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Type	Transfer Fee	Ref.
30 June 2020	GK	Ágoston Kiss	Szombathelyi Haladás	End of Loan	Free
1 July 2020	FW	Nils Quaschner	Retired	–	–
1 July 2020	MF	Tom Schütz	–	End of Contract	–
1 July 2020	DF	Jonathan Clauss	RC Lens	Free Transfer	Free	^[8]
4 August 2020	DF	Florian Hartherz	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Free Transfer	Free
7 August 2020	MF	Patrick Weihrauch	Dynamo Dresden	Free Transfer	Free	^[9]
9 August 2020	MF	Keanu Staude	Würzburger Kickers	Free Transfer	Free	^[10]
12 August 2020	GK	Philipp Klewin	Erzgebirge Aue	Free Transfer	Free
14 August 2020	DF	Álex Pérez	UD Logroñés	Free Transfer	Free	^[11]
1 September 2020	DF	Stephan Salger	1860 Munich	Free Transfer	Free	^[12]
18 September 2020	FW	Mervin Kalac	SV Lippstadt	Free Transfer	Free
5 October 2020	FW	Prince Osei Owusu	SC Paderborn	Transfer
5 October 2020	MF	Can Özkan	Næstved BK	Loan	Free
1 January 2021	DF	Brian Behrendt	Eintracht Braunschweig	Transfer	€100K	^[13]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 August 2020 Friendly	FC Preußen Espelkamp	0–5	Arminia Bielefeld	Espelkamp, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Mittwald

15 August 2020 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	VfL Osnabrück	Bielefeld, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Bielefelder Alm

25 August 2020 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	0–0	Feyenoord	Kufstein, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kufstein Arena

29 August 2020 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Kufstein, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kufstein Arena

2 September 2020 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	3–2	MSV Duisburg	Bielefeld, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos 19' (pen.) Córdova 63', 88'		Stoppelkamp 16' Engin 48'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Thomsen

6 September 2020 Friendly	FC Groningen	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Groningen, Netherlands
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Euroborg

9 October 2020 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Blum 55'	Report	Consbruch 52'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion

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 %
Bundesliga	19 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1		19	5	2	12	15	32	−17	026.32
DFB-Pokal	14 September 2020		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					20	5	2	13	15	33	−18	025.00

Last updated: 31 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	FC Augsburg	34	10	6	18	36	54	−18	36
14	Hertha BSC	34	8	11	15	41	52	−11	35
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	9	8	17	26	52	−26	35
16	1. FC Köln (O)	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Werder Bremen (R)	34	7	10	17	36	57	−21	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[14]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
19	5	2	12	15	32	−17	17	4	0	6	10	16	−6	1	2	6	5	16	−11

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: DFB

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L
Position	8	6	10	14	14	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[15]

19 September 2020 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dost 33' Barkok 55' Silva 62'	Report	De Medina 7' Soukou 51' Brunner 70'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Benjamin Brand

26 September 2020 2	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	1. FC Köln	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos 45' Edmundsson 78' Soukou 89' Schipplock 90+1'	Report	Hector 17' Czichos 43' Sørensen 90+2'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 5,460 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

3 October 2020 3	Werder Bremen	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bittencourt 27' Friedl 40' Eggestein 90+1'	Report	Lucoqui 52' Van der Hoorn 90+4'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

17 October 2020 4	Arminia Bielefeld	1–4	Bayern Munich	Bielefeld
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Doan 58' De Medina 74'	Report	Müller 8', 51' Lewandowski 26', 45+1' Tolisso 76'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

25 October 2020 5	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Weghorst 19' Arnold 20', 49' Philipp 78'	Report	Klos 10' Schipplock 80'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 4,519 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

31 October 2020 6	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Brunner 26'	Report	Hummels 53', 71' Delaney 63'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

7 November 2020 7	Union Berlin	5–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Endo 3' Andrich 13' Becker 45+2' Kruse 52' (pen.) Teuchert 89'	Report	Van der Hoorn 59'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

21 November 2020 8	Arminia Bielefeld	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hrádecký 47' (o.g.)	Report	Bailey 27' Dragović 65', 88'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

28 November 2020 9	RB Leipzig	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Angeliño 29' Nkunku 47' Sørloth 73' Orbán 85' Kampl 90+1'	Report	Van der Hoorn 38' Klos 75' Lucoqui 77'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

5 December 2020 10	Arminia Bielefeld	2–1	Mainz 05	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Prietl 21' Dōan 31' Schipplock 74' Hartel 85' Kunze 90+4'	Report	Niakhaté 49' St. Juste 66' Stöger 82'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

12 December 2020 11	SC Freiburg	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Höler 26' Höfler 66' Grifo 79' (pen.), 80' Jeong 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

16 December 2020 12	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	FC Augsburg	Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kunze 19'	Report	Framberger 45+1' Gruezo 80' Gouweleeuw 85'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

19 December 2020 13	Schalke 04	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Oczipka 26' Serdar 57' Mendyl 60' Harit 85' Raman 90' Sané 90+6'	Report	Prietl 31' Klos 53' Pieper 55' Brunner 66' Schipplock 74' Dōan 86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

2 January 2021 14	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Medina 20' Ortega 62'	Report	Neuhaus 40' Embolo 58'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

10 January 2021 15	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Hertha BSC	Bielefeld
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laursen 26' Yabo 64'	Report	Pekarík 51'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

16 January 2021 16	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	John 37'	Report	Nilsson 77'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

20 January 2021 17	Arminia Bielefeld	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Klos 27' Kempf 47' (o.g.) Yabo 60' Doan 86'	Report		Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

23 January 2021 18	Arminia Bielefeld	1–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kunze 30' Córdova 36' Seufert 66'	Report	Silva 25', 33' Kostić 27' N'Dicka 39' Younes 45+2' Nilsson 51' (o.g.) Jović 75'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

31 January 2021 19	1. FC Köln	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wolf 10', 28' Jakobs 42' Duda 54' Rexhbeçaj 63'	Report	Soukou 64' Córdova 73'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

7 February 2021 20	Arminia Bielefeld	v	Werder Bremen	Bielefeld
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bielefelder Alm

15 February 2021 21	Bayern Munich	v	Arminia Bielefeld	Munich
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Allianz Arena

DFB-Pokal

14 September 2020 First round	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Essen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Engelmann 33', 73' Grote 49' Backszat 59' Kehl-Gómez 67' Condé 90+5'	Report	Prietl 74'	Stadium: Stadion Essen Attendance: 300 Referee: Harm Osmers

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 28 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	Total
1	8	MF	Ritsu Dōan	3	3
1	9	FW	Fabian Klos	3	3
2	14	MF	Jóan Símun Edmundsson	1	1
	29	MF	Cebio Soukou	1	1
	19	MF	Manuel Prietl	1	1
	10	MF	Reinhold Yabo	1	1
	18	FW	Sergio Córdova	1	1
	36	FW	Sven Schipplock	1	1
Own Goal				2	2
Totals				14	14

Notes

References

^ "Das Team 2019/2020". DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Venezolanische Verstärkung für Arminia-Angriff". DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Football: Japan winger Ritsu Doan joins Bielefeld on loan from PSV". Kyodo News. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ Gjerulff, Rune (October 5, 2020). "Arne Maier signs new Hertha deal and joins Bielefeld on loan". Bulinews. Retrieved 2021-01-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ""Offensivstarker Außenverteidiger": Bielefeld holt Barrett Laursen". kicker (in German). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ "Vierter Neuzugang: Arminia verpflichtet Noel Niemann von 1860 München". Neue Westfälische (in German). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ Ahlers, Jan (4 September 2020). "Arminia holt Niederländer van der Hoorn für die Innenverteidigung". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ Trésarrieu, Flavien (11 May 2020). "L'étonnant parcours de Jonathan Clauss, la nouvelle recrue du RC Lens". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ Kreutzer, Philipp (7 August 2020). "Dynamo Dresden verpflichtet Patrick Weihrauch". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Der FWK verpflichtet Keanu Staude von Erstliga-Aufsteiger Arminia Bielefeld". Würzburger Kickers (in German). 9 August 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "El defensa Álex Pérez, primer refuerzo blanquirrojo para La Liga Smart Bank" [Defender Álex Pérez, first white-and-red addition for La Liga Smart Bank] (in Spanish). UD Logroñés. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ Westfälische, Neue (1 September 2020). "Abschied nach acht Jahren: Stephan Salger wechselt zu 1860 München". nw.de (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ Ahlers, Jan (23 December 2020). "Arminia-Abgang: Brian Behrendt wechselt zu Eintracht Braunschweig". Neue Westfälische. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "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

[1] "Das Team 2019/2020". DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[2] "Venezolanische Verstärkung für Arminia-Angriff". DSC Arminia Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[bielefeld-3] "Football: Japan winger Ritsu Doan joins Bielefeld on loan from PSV". Kyodo News. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[4] Gjerulff, Rune (October 5, 2020). "Arne Maier signs new Hertha deal and joins Bielefeld on loan". Bulinews. Retrieved 2021-01-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] ""Offensivstarker Außenverteidiger": Bielefeld holt Barrett Laursen". kicker (in German). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[6] "Vierter Neuzugang: Arminia verpflichtet Noel Niemann von 1860 München". Neue Westfälische (in German). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[7] Ahlers, Jan (4 September 2020). "Arminia holt Niederländer van der Hoorn für die Innenverteidigung". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[8] Trésarrieu, Flavien (11 May 2020). "L'étonnant parcours de Jonathan Clauss, la nouvelle recrue du RC Lens". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[9] Kreutzer, Philipp (7 August 2020). "Dynamo Dresden verpflichtet Patrick Weihrauch". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[10] "Der FWK verpflichtet Keanu Staude von Erstliga-Aufsteiger Arminia Bielefeld". Würzburger Kickers (in German). 9 August 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[11] "El defensa Álex Pérez, primer refuerzo blanquirrojo para La Liga Smart Bank" [Defender Álex Pérez, first white-and-red addition for La Liga Smart Bank] (in Spanish). UD Logroñés. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[12] Westfälische, Neue (1 September 2020). "Abschied nach acht Jahren: Stephan Salger wechselt zu 1860 München". nw.de (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[13] Ahlers, Jan (23 December 2020). "Arminia-Abgang: Brian Behrendt wechselt zu Eintracht Braunschweig". Neue Westfälische. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

[14] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[15] "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.

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