2020–21 1. FC Union Berlin season

Union Berlin
2020–21 season
Chairman	Dirk Zingler
Manager	Urs Fischer
Stadium	Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Max Kruse (6); All: ; Max Kruse (6)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 15 January 2021.

The 2020–21 1. FC Union Berlin season is the club's 56th season in existence and the second consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga. They also participated in the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 16 January 2021^[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	Andreas Luthe
4	DF	GER	Nico Schlotterbeck (on loan from SC Freiburg)
5	DF	GER	Marvin Friedrich
6	MF	NOR	Julian Ryerson
7	MF	GER	Akaki Gogia
9	FW	FIN	Joel Pohjanpalo (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
10	FW	GER	Max Kruse
11	FW	NGA	Anthony Ujah
12	GK	DEN	Jakob Busk
14	FW	NGA	Taiwo Awoniyi (on loan from Liverpool)
15	FW	GER	Marius Bülter
16	MF	GER	Tim Maciejewski
18	MF	JPN	Keita Endo (on loan from Yokohama Marinos)
19	DF	GER	Florian Hübner


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	GER	Loris Karius (on loan from Liverpool)
21	MF	GER	Grischa Prömel
23	DF	GER	Niko Gießelmann
25	DF	GER	Christopher Lenz
27	FW	NED	Sheraldo Becker
28	DF	AUT	Christopher Trimmel (Captain)
30	MF	GER	Robert Andrich
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche
32	FW	DEN	Marcus Ingvartsen
33	MF	GER	Sebastian Griesbeck
34	MF	GER	Christian Gentner
35	GK	GER	Lennart Moser
36	FW	GER	Cedric Teuchert
—	MF	GER	Leon Dajaku (on loan from Bayern Munich)

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee in €
FW	Marius Bülter	1. FC Magdeburg	Transfer	Summer	2022	1,400,000
FW	Cedric Teuchert	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free
FW	Max Kruse	Fenerbahçe	End of contract (terminated)	Summer	?	–
DF	Niko Gießelmann	Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of contract	Summer	2021	–
MF	Sebastian Griesbeck	1. FC Heidenheim	End of contract	Summer	2022	–
DF	Robin Knoche	VfL Wolfsburg	End of contract	Summer	2022	–
GK	Andreas Luthe	FC Augsburg	End of contract	Summer	2022	–
FW	Taiwo Awoniyi	Liverpool	Loan	Summer	2021
GK	Loris Karius	Liverpool	Loan	Summer	2021
FW	Joel Pohjanpalo	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan	Summer	2021
MF	Keita Endo	Yokohama Marinos	Loan	Summer	2021	300,000
DF	Nico Schlotterbeck	SC Freiburg	Loan	Summer	2021	200,000
MF	Leon Dajaku	Bayern Munich	Loan	Winter	2021

Out

Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee in €
FW	Sebastian Andersson	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	6,500,000
DF	Neven Subotić	Denizlispor	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Lars Dietz	Würzburger Kickers	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Florian Flecker	Würzburger Kickers	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Julius Kade	Dynamo Dresden	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Joshua Mees	Holstein Kiel	Transfer	Summer	Free
DF	Lennard Maloney	Borussia Dortmund II	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Berkan Taz	SC Verl	Transfer	Summer	Free
GK	Rafal Gikiewicz	FC Augsburg	End of contract	Summer	–
MF	Felix Kroos	Eintracht Braunschweig	End of contract	Summer	–
GK	Leo Oppermann	Hamburger SV II	End of contract	Summer	–
FW	Sebastian Polter	Fortuna Sittard	End of contract	Summer	–
DF	Ken Reichel	VfL Osnabrück	End of contract	Summer	–
MF	Manuel Schmiedebach	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	–
DF	Michael Parensen	–	Retired	Summer	–
MF	Suleiman Abdullahi	Eintracht Braunschweig	Loan	Summer	–
MF	Laurenz Dehl	Hallescher FC	Loan	Summer	–

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 August 2020 Friendly	Union Berlin	2–0	Würzburger Kickers	Berlin, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hübner 38' Teuchert 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0^[a]

22 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–1	Union Berlin	Friedrichshafen, Germany
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Katterbach 11' Córdoba 12' Czichos 23'	Report	Teuchert 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Zeppelinstadion Attendance: 300^[a] Referee: Max Bruda

30 August 2020 Friendly	Ajax	2–2	Union Berlin	Amsterdam, Netherlands
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Traoré 23' Eiting 27' Ekkelenkamp 69'	Report	Ingvartsen 48' Bülter 57' Gießelmann 60'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena

8 October 2020 Friendly	Union Berlin	4–1	Hannover 96	Berlin, Germany
17:20 CEST (UTC+2)	Gogia 27' (pen.) Bülter 69' Teuchert 72', 75'	Report	Sulejmani 49'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 1,759

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	7	8	4	34	24	+10	036.84
DFB-Pokal	12 September 2020	22 December 2020	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total					21	8	8	5	37	27	+10	038.10

Last updated: 30 January 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	12	6	69	53	+16	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
6	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	10	10	53	39	+14	52	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
7	Union Berlin	34	12	14	8	50	43	+7	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[b]
8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	10	11	64	56	+8	49
9	VfB Stuttgart	34	12	9	13	56	55	+1	45

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.^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Match played behind closed doors
^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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	7	8	4	34	24	+10	29	4	5	1	21	12	+9	3	3	3	13	12	+1

Last updated: 30 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	D
Position	14	14	9	10	12	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

19 September 2020 1	Union Berlin	1–3	FC Augsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Trimmel 9' Griesbeck 62' Bülter 75'	Report	Vargas 41' Gregoritsch 82' Hahn 89'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Marco Fritz

26 September 2020 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Union Berlin	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bensebaini 11' Thuram 56'	Report	Trimmel 64' Schlotterbeck 80' Andrich 90+2'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 10,383 Referee: Tobias Stieler

2 October 2020 3	Union Berlin	4–0	Mainz 05	Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kruse 13' Trimmel 33' Ingvartsen 49' Friedrich 63' Pohjanpalo 64'	Report	Mateta 54' Latza 59' Boëtius 67' St. Juste 78'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

18 October 2020 4	Schalke 04	1–1	Union Berlin	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Paciência 69', 77' Skrzybski 71' Harit 83'	Report	Friedrich 55' Prömel 74'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

24 October 2020 5	Union Berlin	1–1	SC Freiburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Andrich 36' Ingvartsen 39'	Report	Grifo 34' Tempelmann 69' Sallai 77' Lienhart 80' Höfler 88'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Robert Schröder

2 November 2020 6	1899 Hoffenheim	1–3	Union Berlin	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Skov 58' Dabbur 80' Baumgartner 90'	Report	Kruse 59' (pen.) Luthe 63' Griesbeck 71' Pohjanpalo 85' Teuchert 90+4'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

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

22 November 2020 8	1. FC Köln	1–2	Union Berlin	Cologne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duda 31' Skhiri 36'	Report	Awoniyi 27' Ingvartsen 35' Kruse 72', 72' Gießelmann 90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

28 November 2020 9	Union Berlin	3–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Andrich 2' Kruse 6' (pen.), 82' Prömel 57' Lenz 61'	Report	Silva 27', 37' Sow 59' N'Dicka 62' Dost 79' Ilsanker 81'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

4 December 2020 10	Hertha BSC	3–1	Union Berlin	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pekarík 51' Piątek 74', 77' Cunha 84'	Report	Awoniyi 20' Andrich 23' Trimmel 36' Ryerson 52' Lenz 64'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

12 December 2020 11	Union Berlin	1–1	Bayern Munich	Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Prömel 4', 72' Knoche 45' Becker 79'	Report	Davies 30' Gnabry 37' Lewandowski 68'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

15 December 2020 12	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Union Berlin	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mavropanos 4' Klimowicz 31' González 56' Kalajdžić 85', 90'	Report	Friedrich 4' Prömel 35' Griesbeck 55' Awoniyi 77' Gogia 90+3'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

18 December 2020 13	Union Berlin	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Awoniyi 57' Bülter 62' Friedrich 78'	Report	Moukoko 60' Witsel 67'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

2 January 2021 14	Werder Bremen	0–2	Union Berlin	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Groß 33' Selke 53'	Report	Becker 12', 68' Andrich 25' Awoniyi 28' Prömel 44' Hübner 50'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

9 January 2021 15	Union Berlin	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Becker 29' Andrich 52' Ingvartsen 65' Hübner 70' Knoche 90+1'	Report	Steffen 10' Arnold 50' Weghorst 57', 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

15 January 2021 16	Union Berlin	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Friedrich 52' Teuchert 88'	Report	Tah 43' Amiri 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner

20 January 2021 17	RB Leipzig	1–0	Union Berlin	Leipzig
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Angeliño 66' Forsberg 70'	Report	Gießelmann 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

23 January 2021 18	FC Augsburg	2–1	Union Berlin	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Niederlechner 17', 47', 55' Strobl 45' Oxford 49'	Report	Ingvartsen 25', 56' Trimmel 67'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

30 January 2021 19	Union Berlin	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Knoche 31' Schlotterbeck 71'	Report	Kramer 8' Zakaria 45' Pléa 59' Neuhaus 63'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

6 February 2021 20	Mainz 05	v	Union Berlin	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Opel Arena

13 February 2021 21	Union Berlin	v	Schalke 04	Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

DFB-Pokal

12 September 2020 First round	Karlsruher SC	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Union Berlin	Karlsruhe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gondorf 27' Fröde 111' Groiß 117'	Report	Schlotterbeck 45', 117' Friedrich 58' Prömel 99' Trimmel 102'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 450 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

22 December 2020 Second round	Union Berlin	2–3	SC Paderborn	Berlin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Prömel 6' Hünemeier 57' (o.g.)	Report	Michel 3', 36' Srbeny 31' Dörfler 63' Schonlau 90'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes

References

^ "1. FC Union Berlin - Squad". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Bayern startet gegen S04: Der komplette Bundesliga-Spielplan 2020/21 zum Durchklicken". kicker (in German). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

External links

Official website

[closed_doors-2] Match played behind closed doors

[table_note_res_ELGS0.022968913439181-3] Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[1] "1. FC Union Berlin - Squad". Bundesliga.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[4] "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.

[5] "Bayern startet gegen S04: Der komplette Bundesliga-Spielplan 2020/21 zum Durchklicken". kicker (in German). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

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