# 2019–20 MSV Duisburg season

The 2019–20 MSV Duisburg season was the 120th season in the club's football history. In 2019–20 the club played in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the matchdays 28 and 29 were postponed and would be rescheduled. On 16 March, the DFB announced that the league would be suspended until 30 April. On 21 May, the DFB announced that the season would be continued on 30 May.

## Team

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 | Leo Weinkauf (on loan from Hannover 96) |
| 4 | MF | ROU | Darius Ghindovean |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Compper |
| 6 | MF | GER | Connor Krempicki |
| 7 | MF | GER | Lukas Scepanik |
| 8 | DF | GER | Migel Schmeling |
| 9 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin |
| 10 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | GER | Arnold Budimbu |
| 13 | MF | GER | Lukas Daschner |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tim Albutat |
| 15 | DF | GER | Matthias Rahn |
| 17 | DF | GER | Arne Sicker |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | GER | Sinan Karweina |
| 20 | FW | GER | Leroy-Jacques Mickels |
| 21 | MF | GER | Maximilian Jansen |
| 22 | GK | GER | Jonas Brendieck |
| 23 | DF | GER | Joshua Bitter |
| 24 | FW | NED | Vincent Vermeij |
| 25 | FW | CRO | Petar Slišković |
| 26 | DF | GER | Vincent Gembalies |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Yassin Ben Balla |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Steven Deana |
| 33 | DF | GER | Lukas Boeder |
| 35 | FW | GER | Cem Sabanci |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Leo Weinkauf | 22 | EU | Hannover 96 | Loan | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 2 | DF | Florian Brügmann | 28 | EU | Carl Zeiss Jena | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 5 | DF | Marvin Compper | 35 | EU | Celtic | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 6 | MF | Connor Krempicki | 24 | EU | KFC Uerdingen | Signing | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 7 | MF | Lukas Scepanik | 25 | EU | Rot-Weiss Essen | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 11 | MF | Arnold Budimbu | 24 | EU | TSV Steinbach | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 17 | DF | Arne Sicker | 22 | EU | Holstein Kiel | Signing | Summer | 2022 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 18 | DF | Thomas Blomeyer | 23 | EU | Sportfreunde Lotte | End of loan | Summer | 2020 | Free | |
| 19 | FW | Sinan Karweina | 20 | EU | Sportfreunde Lotte | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 20 | FW | Leroy-Jacques Mickels | 23 | EU | SSVg Velbert | Signing | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 21 | MF | Maximilian Jansen | 26 | EU | R.E. Virton | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 23 | DF | Joshua Bitter | 22 | EU | Werder Bremen II | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 24 | FW | Vincent Vermeij | 22 | EU | Heracles Almelo | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 25 | FW | Petar Slišković | 28 | EU | VfR Aalen | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 28 | MF | Yassin Ben Balla | 23 | EU | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Loan | Summer | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 30 | GK | Steven Deana | 29 | EU | FC Aarau | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 33 | DF | Lukas Boeder | 24 | EU | SC Paderborn | Signing | Summer | 2021 | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 15 | DF | Matthias Rahn | 29 | EU | Sportfreunde Lotte | Signing | Winter | 2020 | Free | MSV Duisburg |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 2 | DF | Seo Young-jae | 24 | Non-EU | Holstein Kiel | End of contract | Summer | Free | Holstein Kiel |
| 3 | DF | Enis Hajri | 36 | Non-EU | | End of contract | Summer | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 5 | DF | Joseph Baffo | 26 | EU | Halmstads BK | End of contract | Summer | Free | |
| 6 | DF | Gerrit Nauber | 27 | EU | SV Sandhausen | End of contract | Summer | Free | SV Sandhausen |
| 7 | DF | Andreas Wiegel | 27 | EU | Waasland-Beveren | End of contract | Summer | Free | Waasland-Beveren |
| 10 | MF | Fabian Schnellhardt | 25 | EU | SV Darmstadt | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | SV Darmstadt |
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 28 | EU | Pohang Steelers | End of contract | Summer | Free | Reviersport |
| 15 | FW | John Verhoek | 30 | EU | Hansa Rostock | End of contract | Summer | Free | Hansa Rostock |
| 16 | MF | Lukas Fröde | 24 | EU | Karlsruher SC | End of contract | Summer | Free | Karlsruher SC |
| 17 | DF | Kevin Wolze | 29 | EU | VfL Osnabrück | End of contract | Summer | Free | VfL Osnabrück |
| 18 | DF | Thomas Blomeyer | 23 | EU | Austria Klagenfurt | Transfer | Summer | Free | Austria Klagenfurt |
| 20 | MF | Cauly Oliveira Souza | 23 | Non-EU | SC Paderborn | End of contract | Summer | Free | SC Paderborn |
| 21 | MF | Christian Gartner | 25 | EU | | End of contract | Summer | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 23 | DF | Yanni Regäsel | 23 | EU | | End of contract | Summer | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 24 | FW | Borys Tashchy | 25 | EU | FC St. Pauli | End of contract | Summer | Free | FC St. Pauli |
| 25 | FW | Jan-Niklas Pia | 19 | EU | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | End of contract | Summer | Free | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 27 | GK | Daniel Mesenhöler | 23 | EU | Viktoria Köln | End of contract | Summer | Free | Viktoria Köln |
| 28 | FW | Håvard Nielsen | 25 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | End of loan | Summer | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 30 | GK | Felix Wiedwald | 29 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of loan | Summer | Free | MSV Duisburg |
| 36 | MF | Joe Gyau | 26 | EU | FC Cincinnati | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | FC Cincinnati |
| 2 | DF | Florian Brügmann | 28 | EU | Energie Cottbus | Contract terminated | Winter | Free | Energie Cottbus |
| 29 | DF | Sebastian Neumann | 28 | EU | Retired | Retired | Winter | | MSV Duisburg |

### New contracts

| Number | Position | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date |
| 26 | FW | Vincent Gembalies | | | 11 June 2019 |
| 33 | DF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | | | 11 June 2019 |
| 14 | MF | Tim Albutat | 2-year | 2021 | 12 June 2019 |
| 13 | MF | Lukas Daschner | 1-year | 2021 | 17 August 2019 |
| 20 | FW | Leroy-Jacques Mickels | 1-year | 2021 | 18 December 2019 |

## Competitions

Times from 1 July to 27 October 2019 and from 30 March to 30 June 2020 are UTC+2, from 28 October 2019 to 29 March 2020 UTC+1.

### 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 % |
| 3. Liga | 20 July 2019 | 16 May 2020 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 044.74 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 August 2019 | 20 October 2019 | Round 1 | Round 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Lower Rhine Cup | 7 September 2019 | 12 October 2019 | Round 1 | Round 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 81 | 52 | +29 | 045.24 |
Last updated: 4 July 2020 Source: Soccerway

### 3. Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig (P) | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 64 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | FC Ingolstadt | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 63 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 62 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 59 | |
| 7 | SV Meppen | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 58 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 July 2020. Source: DFB

#### Result round 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Lower Rhine Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Lower Rhine Cup | Lower Rhine Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Leo Weinkauf | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ROU | Darius Ghindovean | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Compper | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Connor Krempicki | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Lukas Scepanik | 26 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Migel Schmeling | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin | 24 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 36 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Arnold Budimbu | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Lukas Daschner | 38 | 12 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tim Albutat | 37 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Matthias Rahn | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Arne Sicker | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Sinan Karweina | 16 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Leroy-Jacques Mickels | 41 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Maximilian Jansen | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Jonas Brendieck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Joshua Bitter | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NED | Vincent Vermeij | 36 | 16 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | CRO | Petar Slišković | 28 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Vincent Gembalies | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Yassin Ben Balla | 34 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Steven Deana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Lukas Boeder | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | GER | Cem Sabanci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Florian Brügmann$^†$ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Sebastian Neumann$^†$ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Thomas Blomeyer$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 4 July 2020 Source: Soccerway
* $^†$ Players who left the club mid-season.

### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | LR Cup | Total |
| 1 | Moritz Stoppelkamp | MF | 15 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Vincent Vermeij | FW | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Lukas Daschner | MF | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Sinan Karweina | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Ahmet Engin | MF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Leroy-Jacques Mickels | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Yassin Ben Balla | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Petar Slišković | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Tim Albutat | MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Lukas Scepanik | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Marvin Compper | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Maximilian Jansen | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Connor Krempicki | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 68 | 2 | 11 | 81 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Name | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | LR Cup | Total |
| 1 | Leo Weinkauf | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| 17 | DF | Arne Sicker | 5 | 1 | | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Ahmet Engin | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 7 | | 1 | 8 | |
| 14 | MF | Tim Albutat | 7 | | 1 | 8 | |
| 13 | MF | Lukas Daschner | 5 | | | 5 | |
| 24 | FW | Vincent Vermeij | 5 | | | 5 | |
| 20 | FW | Leroy-Jacques Mickels | 4 | | | 4 | |
| 28 | MF | Yassin Ben Balla | 4 | | | 4 | |
| 7 | DF | Lukas Scepanik | 3 | | | 3 | |
| 11 | MF | Arnold Budimbu | 3 | | | 3 | |
| 21 | MF | Maximilian Jansen | 3 | | | 3 | |
| 23 | DF | Joshua Bitter | 2 | | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | DF | Marvin Compper | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 6 | MF | Connor Krempicki | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 26 | DF | Vincent Gembalies | 2 | | | 2 | |
| 1 | GK | Leo Weinkauf | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | Florian Brügmann | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 8 | DF | Migel Schmeling | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 15 | DF | Matthias Rahn | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 25 | FW | Petar Slišković | 1 | | | 1 | |
Last updated: 4 July 2020 Source: Soccerway Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.