2020–21 Bundesliga

The 2020–21 Bundesliga was the 58th season of the German Bundesliga. It began on September 18, 2020, and ended on May 22, 2021.[1] Bayern Munich are now the defending champions of the Fußball-Bundesliga of this season.

Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Dates18 September 2020 – 22 May 2021
ChampionsBayern Munich
30th Bundesliga title
31st German title
RelegatedWerder Bremen
Schalke 04
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
RB Leipzig
Borussia Dortmund
VfL Wolfsburg
Europa LeagueEintracht Frankfurt
Bayer Leverkusen
Europa Conference LeagueUnion Berlin
Matches played306
Goals scored928 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Lewandowski
(41 goals)
Biggest home winMunich 8–0 Schalke
Biggest away winDortmund 1–5 Stuttgart
Köln 0–4 Leverkusen
Schalke 0–4 Munich
Bielefeld 1–5 Frankfurt
Schalke 0–4 Dortmund
Highest scoringMunich 8–0 Schalke
Wolfsburg 5–3 Bremen
Longest winning run7 games
Dortmund
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Leverkusen
Munich
Longest winless run14 games
Schalke
Longest losing run7 games
Bielefeld
Bremen
Attendance163,705 (535 per match)[upper-alpha 1]

Teams

A total of 18 teams will participate in the 2020–21 edition of the Bundesliga.

Team changes

Promoted from
2019–20 2. Bundesliga
Relegated from
2019–20 Bundesliga
Arminia Bielefeld
VfB Stuttgart
Fortuna Düsseldorf
SC Paderborn

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
FC Augsburg Augsburg WWK Arena 30,660 [2]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649 [3]
Union Berlin Berlin Stadion An der Alten Försterei 22,012 [4]
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300 [5]
Werder Bremen Bremen Wohninvest Weserstadion 42,100 [6]
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 81,365 [7]
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park 51,500 [8]
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Schwarzwald-Stadion 24,000 [9]
1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim PreZero Arena 30,150 [10]
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 49,698 [11]
RB Leipzig Leipzig Red Bull Arena 42,558 [12]
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210 [13]
Mainz 05 Mainz Opel Arena 34,000 [14]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,057 [15]
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 75,000 [16]
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271 [17]
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 60,449 [18]
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 [19]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
FC Augsburg   Markus Weinzierl   Jeffrey Gouweleeuw Nike WWK Siegmund
Hertha BSC   Pál Dárdai   Dedryck Boyata Nike Homeday[20] Hyundai
Union Berlin   Urs Fischer   Christopher Trimmel Adidas Aroundtown wefox
Arminia Bielefeld   Frank Kramer   Fabian Klos Macron Schüco JAB Anstoetz Textilien
Werder Bremen   Thomas Schaaf   Niklas Moisander Umbro Wiesenhof 188bet
Borussia Dortmund   Edin Terzić (interim)   Marco Reus Puma 1&1 Ionos Opel
Eintracht Frankfurt   Adi Hütter   Makoto Hasebe Nike Indeed.com dpd
SC Freiburg   Christian Streich   Christian Günter Hummel Schwarzwaldmilch ROSE Bikes
1899 Hoffenheim   Sebastian Hoeneß   Benjamin Hübner Joma SAP SNP
1. FC Köln   Friedhelm Funkel   Jonas Hector Uhlsport REWE DEVK
RB Leipzig   Julian Nagelsmann   Marcel Sabitzer Nike Red Bull CG Immobilien
Bayer Leverkusen   Hannes Wolf (interim)   Charles Aránguiz Jako Barmenia Versicherungen Kieser Training
Mainz 05   Bo Svensson   Danny Latza Kappa Kömmerling fb88.com
Borussia Mönchengladbach   Marco Rose   Lars Stindl Puma flatex Sonepar
Bayern Munich   Hansi Flick   Manuel Neuer Adidas Deutsche Telekom Qatar Airways
Schalke 04   Dimitrios Grammozis   Sead Kolašinac Umbro Gazprom Harfid
VfB Stuttgart   Pellegrino Matarazzo   Gonzalo Castro Jako Mercedes-Benz Bank Mercedes-Benz EQ
VfL Wolfsburg   Oliver Glasner   Josuha Guilavogui Nike Volkswagen Linglong Tire

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
1899 Hoffenheim   Matthias Kaltenbach [de]
  Marcel Rapp
  Kai Herdling (interim)
End of caretaker spell 9 June 2020 30 June 2020 Pre-season   Sebastian Hoeneß 27 July 2020 [21][22][23]
Schalke 04   David Wagner Sacked 27 September 2020 18th   Manuel Baum 30 September 2020 [24][25]
Mainz 05   Achim Beierlorzer 28 September 2020 17th   Jan-Moritz Lichte (interim) 28 September 2020 [26]
Borussia Dortmund   Lucien Favre 13 December 2020 5th   Edin Terzić (interim) 13 December 2020 [27]
Schalke 04   Manuel Baum 18 December 2020 18th   Huub Stevens (interim) 18 December 2020 [28]
  Huub Stevens (interim) End of caretaker spell 22 December 2020   Christian Gross 27 December 2020 [29]
Mainz 05   Jan-Moritz Lichte (interim) Sacked 28 December 2020 17th   Jan Siewert (interim) 28 December 2020 [30]
  Jan Siewert (interim) End of caretaker spell 4 January 2021   Bo Svensson 4 January 2021 [31]
Hertha BSC   Bruno Labbadia Sacked 24 January 2021 13th   Pál Dárdai 25 January 2021 [32][33]
Schalke 04   Christian Gross 28 February 2021 18th   Dimitrios Grammozis 2 March 2021 [34][35]
Arminia Bielefeld   Uwe Neuhaus 1 March 2021 16th   Frank Kramer 2 March 2021 [36][37]
Bayer Leverkusen   Peter Bosz 23 March 2021 6th   Hannes Wolf (interim) 23 March 2021 [38]
1. FC Köln   Markus Gisdol 11 April 2021 17th   Friedhelm Funkel 12 April 2021 [39][40]
FC Augsburg   Heiko Herrlich 26 April 2021 13th   Markus Weinzierl 26 April 2021 [41]
Werder Bremen   Florian Kohfeldt 16 May 2021 16th   Thomas Schaaf (interim) 16 May 2021 [42]

League table

Template:2020–21 Bundesliga table

Results

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Relegation play-offs

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Overview

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Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
1. FC Köln (B) 5–2 Holstein Kiel (2B) 0–1 5–1

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Matches

26 May 2021 (2021-05-26)
18:30
1. FC Köln 0–1 Holstein Kiel RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Attendance: 0[upper-alpha 2]
Referee: Felix Zwayer
https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/relegation/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2323091
29 May 2021 (2021-05-29)
18:00
Holstein Kiel 1–5 1. FC Köln Holstein-Stadion, Kiel
Attendance: 2,334
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/relegation/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2323092

1. FC Köln won 5–2 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[43]
1   Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 41
2   André Silva Eintracht Frankfurt 28
3   Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund 27
4   Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim 20
  Wout Weghorst VfL Wolfsburg
6   Saša Kalajdžić VfB Stuttgart 16
7   Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach 14
8   Lucas Alario Bayer Leverkusen 11
  Max Kruse Union Berlin
  Thomas Müller Bayern Munich
  Silas VfB Stuttgart

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[44]
1   Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 18
2   Filip Kostić Eintracht Frankfurt 14
3   Daichi Kamada Eintracht Frankfurt 12
4   Jonas Hofmann Borussia Mönchengladbach 11
  Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund
6   Kingsley Coman Bayern Munich 10
  Moussa Diaby Bayer Leverkusen
  Vincenzo Grifo SC Freiburg
  Raphaël Guerreiro Borussia Dortmund
  Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
  Serge Gnabry Bayern Munich Schalke 04 8–0 (H) 18 September 2020
  Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln 3–2 (A) 19 September 2020
  Niclas Füllkrug Werder Bremen Schalke 04 3–1 (A) 26 September 2020
  Robert Lewandowski4 Bayern Munich Hertha BSC 4–3 (H) 4 October 2020
  Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Eintracht Frankfurt 5–0 (H) 24 October 2020
  Erling Haaland4 Borussia Dortmund Hertha BSC 5–2 (A) 21 November 2020
  Jean-Philippe Mateta Mainz 05 SC Freiburg 3–1 (A) 22 November 2020
  Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt 3–3 (A) 15 December 2020
  Matthew Hoppe Schalke 04 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 (H) 9 January 2021
  Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund 4–2 (H) 6 March 2021
  Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart 4–0 (H) 20 March 2021
  Joel Pohjanpalo Union Berlin Werder Bremen 3–1 (H) 24 April 2021
  Josip Brekalo VfL Wolfsburg Union Berlin 3–0 (H) 8 May 2021
  Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Borussia Mönchengladbach 6–0 (H) 8 May 2021
  • 4 Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[45]
1   Péter Gulácsi RB Leipzig 15
2   Koen Casteels VfL Wolfsburg 14
3   Stefan Ortega Arminia Bielefeld 11
4   Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich 9
5   Lukáš Hrádecký Bayer Leverkusen 8
  Alexander Schwolow Hertha BSC
7   Rafał Gikiewicz FC Augsburg 7
  Marwin Hitz Borussia Dortmund
9   Oliver Baumann 1899 Hoffenheim 6
  Florian Müller SC Freiburg
  Jiří Pavlenka Werder Bremen
  Yann Sommer Borussia Mönchengladbach

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Goal of the Month Ref.
Player Club Player Club Player Club
September   Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim   Jude Bellingham Borussia Dortmund   Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich [46][47][48]
October   Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich   Mateo Klimowicz VfB Stuttgart   Yussuf Poulsen RB Leipzig
November   Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund   Silas Wamangituka   Valentino Lazaro Borussia Mönchengladbach
December   Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach   Leon Bailey Bayer Leverkusen
January   André Silva Eintracht Frankfurt   Matthew Hoppe Schalke 04   Nadiem Amiri
February   Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund   Silas Wamangituka VfB Stuttgart   Marcel Sabitzer RB Leipzig
March   Filip Kostić Eintracht Frankfurt   Ritsu Dōan Arminia Bielefeld   Deyovaisio Zeefuik Hertha BSC
April   Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund   Jamal Musiala Bayern Munich   Ondrej Duda 1. FC Köln
May N/A N/A   Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich

Annual awards

Award Winner Club Ref.
Player of the Season   Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund
Rookie of the Season   Silas Wamangituka VfB Stuttgart [47]
Goal of the Season   Valentino Lazaro Borussia Mönchengladbach

Team of the season

Pos. Player Team
GK   Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich
DF   Alphonso Davies Bayern Munich
  Angeliño RB Leipzig
  Mats Hummels Borussia Dortmund
  Ridle Baku VfL Wolfsburg
MF   Leon Goretzka Bayern Munich
  Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich
  Thomas Müller Bayern Munich
FW   Andre Silva Eintracht Frankfurt
  Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich
  Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund

Notes

  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allowed a different number of spectators.
  2. The relegation play-offs are being played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

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