# 2020–21 TSV Hartberg season

The 2020–21 TSV Hartberg season was the club's 75th season in existence and its third consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Hartberg participated in this season's editions of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 5 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 16 October 2020.
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 | AUT | René Swete |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Michael Huber |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Manfred Gollner |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Andreas Lienhart |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Julius Ertlthaler |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Samson Tijani (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Rajko Rep |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Stefan Rakowitz |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Matija Horvat |
| 14 | DF | AUT | Christian Klem |
| 17 | MF | BFA | Abdoul Yoda |
| 18 | FW | AUT | Philipp Sturm |
| 20 | FW | AUT | Marc Andre Schmerböck |
| 21 | GK | AUT | Florian Faist |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Florian Flecker |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Tobias Kainz |
| 24 | FW | AUT | Dario Tadić |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Lukas Ried |
| 28 | MF | AUT | Jürgen Heil |
| 29 | MF | AUT | Sascha Horvath |
| 31 | DF | AUT | Thomas Rotter |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Felix Luckeneder |
| 34 | FW | NGA | Emmanuel Igbonekwu |
| 35 | GK | AUT | Raphael Sallinger |
| 37 | MF | AUT | Michael John Lema (on loan from Sturm Graz) |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Stefan Gölles |
| 42 | MF | MLI | Bakary Nimaga |
| 44 | GK | AUT | Maximilian Pusswald |
| 45 | FW | AUT | Seifedin Chabbi |

### 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 | AUT | Marcel Schantl (at FC Blau-Weiß Linz) |

## 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

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Austrian Football Bundesliga | 11 September 2020 | 21 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 037.50 |
| Austrian Bundesliga play-offs | 24 May 2021 | 24 May 2021 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Austrian Cup | 30 August 2020 | 25 November 2020 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2020 | 17 September 2020 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 037.84 |
Last updated: 24 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Bundesliga
#### Regular stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Wolfsberger AC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | WSG Tirol | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Hartberg | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Austria Wien | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | St. Pölten | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 March 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

#### Relegation round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAR | AWI | RIE | ALT | ADM | STP |
| 1 | Hartberg | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off semi-final | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Austria Wien (O) | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off semi-final | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Ried | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 25 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Rheindorf Altach | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 23 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Admira Wacker Mödling | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 19 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | St. Pölten (R) | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 13 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs will be played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |