2020–21 Würzburger Kickers season

Würzburger Kickers
2020–21 season
President	Daniel Sauer
Manager	Michael Schiele
Stadium	flyeralarm Arena
2. Bundesliga	18th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Würzburger Kickers season is the club's 114th season in existence and the first season back in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Würzburger Kickers participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 5 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 January 2021

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	GER	Fabian Giefer
3	DF	GER	Niklas Hoffmann
4	DF	GER	Lars Dietz
6	DF	GER	Tobias Kraulich
7	MF	SVN	Mitja Lotrič
8	FW	BUL	Vladimir Nikolov
9	FW	GER	Dominic Baumann
10	FW	GER	Marvin Pieringer (on loan from SC Freiburg II)
12	MF	GER	Patrick Sontheimer
14	DF	GER	Hendrik Hansen
17	DF	GER	Umut Ünlü
18	MF	NED	Chris David
19	DF	BRA	Douglas
20	FW	SUI	Ridge Munsy
21	DF	GER	Luke Hemmerich


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	GER	Daniel Hägele (captain)
24	FW	AUT	Stefan Maierhofer
25	MF	GER	Dominik Meisel
26	DF	GER	Lion Schweers
27	MF	COD	Nzuzi Toko
28	DF	GER	Arne Feick
29	MF	POL	David Kopacz
30	DF	BRA	Ewerton
31	DF	VEN	Rolf Feltscher
32	DF	GER	Christian Strohdiek
33	GK	NED	Eric Verstappen
34	DF	GER	Frank Ronstadt
35	MF	CZE	Martin Hašek
37	FW	NED	Rajiv van La Parra
38	DF	GER	Robert Herrmann
39	GK	GER	Hendrik Bonmann

Out on loan

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
—	GK	GER	Maximilian Breunig (at Admira Wacker)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

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 Referee: Max Burda

15 August 2020 Friendly	Mainz 05	6–0	Würzburger Kickers	Mainz, Germany
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Szalai 20', 50' Quaison 22' Burkardt 35' Mustapha 94' Barreiro 111'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 250 Referee: Nicolas Winter
Note: Match was played in four 30-minute quarters.

22 August 2020 Friendly	LASK	Cancelled	Würzburger Kickers	Pasching, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena

9 October 2020 Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	Würzburger Kickers	Frankfurt, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tuta 15' (o.g.) Sontheimer 60', 71'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

15 February 2021 Friendly	FC Augsburg	3–1	Würzburger Kickers	Augsburg, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vargas 19' Sarenren Bazee 33' Douglas 70' (o.g.)	Report	David 2'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Bacher

25 March 2021 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Würzburger Kickers	Stuttgart, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	González 38' Didavi 64' (pen.) Förster 78'	Report		Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

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 %
2. Bundesliga	18 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	000.00
DFB-Pokal	14 September 2020		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					4	0	1	3	4	9	−5	000.00

Last updated: 4 October 2020
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	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.^[1]
(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
32	5	6	21	34	67	−33	21	3	5	8	21	32	−11	2	1	13	13	35	−22

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: Kicker

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	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D
Position	18	18	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[2]

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 1	Würzburger Kickers	0–3	Erzgebirge Aue	Würzburg
13:00		Report	Strauß 60' Testroet 63' Baumgart 90+2'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Thorben Siewer

26 September 2020 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Würzburger Kickers	Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kownacki 82'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann

4 October 2020 3	Würzburger Kickers	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Würzburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Herrmann 2' Baumann 64' (pen.)	Report	Hrgota 26' Bauer 90+2'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 1,877 Referee: Michael Bacher

18 October 2020 4	Würzburger Kickers	0–2	Holstein Kiel	Würzburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Serra 22', 75'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

24 October 2020 5	Hamburger SV	3–1	Würzburger Kickers	Hamburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Terodde 65', 82' Leibold 90+2'	Report	Dietz 40'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1 November 2020 6	Würzburger Kickers	2–3	VfL Bochum	Würzburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Munsy 7' Sontheimer 35'	Report	Novothny 21' Soares 32' Zoller 73'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Thomsen

6 November 2020 7	1. FC Heidenheim	4–1	Würzburger Kickers	Heidenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thomalla 41' Kühlwetter 56' Leipertz 83' Kerschbaumer 90+1'	Report	Lotrič 71'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Kampka

22 November 2020 8	Würzburger Kickers	2–1	Hannover 96	Würzburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Munsy 53' Kopacz 74'	Report	Ducksch 17'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Winter

28 November 2020 9	Jahn Regensburg	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Regensburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beste 83' Stolze 88'	Report	Hansen 90+2'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Heft

6 December 2020 10	Würzburger Kickers	2–3	SV Sandhausen	Würzburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lotrič 42' Hägele 88'	Report	Keita-Ruel 18', 70' Paurević 54'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

13 December 2020 11	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Nuremberg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schäffler 36' Sörensen 90+2'	Report	Baumann 56'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

19 December 2020 13	SV Darmstadt 98	2–0	Würzburger Kickers	Darmstadt
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kempe 55' Platte 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

2 January 2021 14	Würzburger Kickers	2–4	Karlsruher SC	Würzburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wanitzek 32' (o.g.) Kobale 67' (o.g.)	Report	Goller 12' Wanitzek 28', 44' Gondorf 48'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

6 January 2021 12	Würzburger Kickers	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Würzburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pieringer 9' (pen.) Baumann 56' Ewerton 73'	Report	Knoll 8' 41' Becker 39' Benatelli 53' 57' Ohlsson 60' Aremu 68'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Bacher
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

9 January 2021 15	VfL Osnabrück	2–3	Würzburger Kickers	Osnabrück
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Santos 17' Kerk 41' Wolze 73' Ihorst 85'	Report	Pieringer 67' 76'– Kopacz 80'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 0 Referee: Thorben Siewer
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

15 January 2021 16	Würzburger Kickers	0–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Würzburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hägele 25' Strohdiek 66' Sontheimer 76'	Report	Wydra 9' 51' Schwenk 66' Fejzić 68' Kroos 70' May 85' Schlüter 90+4'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Heft
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

23 January 2021 17	SC Paderborn 07	1–0	Würzburger Kickers	Paderborn
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Srbeny 31' Collins 55'	Report	Pieringer 73' Kopacz 75' Meisel 79'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lasse Koslowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

26 January 2021 18	Erzgebirge Aue	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Aue
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Breitkreuz 14' Nazarov 55' Krüger 78' Ballas 85'	Report	Hansen 48' Munsy 52' Kopacz 57' Kraulich 89' Lotrič 90'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Timo Gerach
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

29 January 2021 19	Würzburger Kickers	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Würzburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maierhofer 40' Munsy 41' 43' 67' Douglas 53' Hägele 71'	Report	Hennings 25' Pledl 38' Hoffmann 90+3'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt (referee)
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

7 February 2021 20	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	4-1	Würzburger Kickers	Fürth
13.30 CEST	Abiama 28' Hrgota 50' Hrgota 80' Kehr 87'	Report	Munsy 15'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 0
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

12 February 2021 21	Holstein Kiel	1-0	Würzburger Kickers	Kiel
	Mühling 60'	Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

21 February 2021 22	Würzburger Kickers	3-2	Hamburger SV	Würzburg
13.30 CEST	Hasek 19' Douglas 30' Sontheimer 50'	Report	Dudziak 72' Wood 89'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: Note =

27 February 2021 23	VfL Bochum	3-0	Würzburger Kickers	Bochum
13:00 CEST	Žulj 21' Blum 62' Gerrit Holtmann 81'	Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

12 February 2021 24	Würzburger Kickers	1-2	1. FC Heidenheim	Würzburg
18:30 CEST	Kopacz {goal\|67}}	Report	Thomalla 47' Christian Sthrodiek (o.g.)	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

8 April 2021 25	Hannover 96	1-2	Würzburger Kickers	Hannover
18.30 CEST	Haraguchi 47'	Report	Ronstadt 58' van la Paara 81'	Stadium: HDI-Arena

26 March 2021 26	Würzburger Kickers	1-1	Jahn Regensburg	Würzburg
13:30 CEST	Munsy 22'	Report	Albers 75'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

4 April 2021 27	SV Sandhausen	1-0	Würzburger Kickers	Sandhausen
13:30 CEST	Behrens 45'	Report		Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald

11 April 2021 28	Würzburger Kickers	1-1	1. FC Nürnberg	Würzburg
13:30 CEST	Dietz 78'	Report	Shuranov 5'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

17 April 2021 29	FC St. Pauli	4-0	Würzburger Kickers	Hamburg
13:00 CEST	Marmoush 4' Benatelli 18' Paqarada 22' Daniel Kyereh 50'	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

20 April 2021 30	Würzburger Kickers	1-3	SV Darmstadt 98	Würzburg
18:30 CEST	Dietz 63'	Report	Dursun 45' Skarke 79' Platte 90'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

23 April 2021 31	Karlsruher SC	2-2	Würzburger Kickers	Karlsruhe
18:30 CEST	Choi 26' Kother 45'	Report	Pieringer 36' Dietz {goal\|90}}	Stadium: Wildparkstadion

8 May 2021 32	Würzburger Kickers	1-3	VfL Osnabrück	Würzburg
13:00 CEST	Ronstadt 66'	Report	Santos 51' Taffertshofer 79' Reis 85'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

16 May 2021 33	Eintracht Braunschweig	1-2	Würzburger Kickers	Braunschweig
15:30 CEST	Ben Balla 79'	Report	Pieringer 2' 19'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

23 May 2021 34	Würzburger Kickers	1-1	SC Paderborn 07	Würzburg
15:30 CEST	Nkaka (o.g.)	Report	Michel 11'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena

DFB-Pokal

14 September 2020 First round	Würzburger Kickers	2–3	Hannover 96	Würzburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Feick 89' Herrmann 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Weydandt 23' Kaiser 59' Hübers 78'	Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0^[3] Referee: Patrick Alt

Statistics

Goalscorers

Notes

References

^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "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.
^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

External links

Official website

[1] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[2] "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.

[3] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

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