# 2021–22 Dynamo Dresden season

The 2021–22 season is the 72nd season of competitive association football played by Dynamo Dresden, a professional football club who play their home matches at the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Having achieved promotion from the 3. Liga during the 2020–21 season, this season marks their return to the 2. Bundesliga after having been relegated in 2020.

## Background

Following their relegation to the 3. Liga, Dynamo Dresden successfully rebuilt their squad and gained immediate re-promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, winning the league ahead of FC Hansa Rostock and FC Ingolstadt 04. Alexander Schmidt retains his role as manager from the previous season, having signed a new two-year contract after managing the team for the last five games of the previous season. The 2021–22 2. Bundesliga season began on 23 July 2021.

## Players

    As of 18 January 2022

### First-team squad

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 | Kevin Broll |
| 2 | DF | GEO | Guram Giorbelidze |
| 3 | DF | GER | Michael Akoto |
| 4 | DF | GER | Tim Knipping |
| 5 | MF | GER | Yannick Stark |
| 7 | FW | GRE | Panagiotis Vlachodimos |
| 8 | MF | DOM | Heinz Mörschel |
| 10 | MF | GER | Patrick Weihrauch |
| 11 | FW | GER | Agyemang Diawusie |
| 14 | MF | GER | Adrian Fein |
| 15 | DF | GER | Chris Löwe |
| 16 | DF | GER | Robin Becker |
| 17 | MF | GER | Morris Schröter |
| 19 | MF | GER | Luca Herrmann |
| 20 | MF | KOR | Seo Jong-min |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | AUT | Michael Sollbauer |
| 22 | GK | RUS | Anton Mitryushkin |
| 23 | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis |
| 24 | GK | GER | Patrick Wiegers |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Brandon Borrello |
| 26 | DF | GER | Sebastian Mai |
| 27 | FW | CZE | Václav Drchal |
| 28 | MF | GER | Paul Will |
| 30 | MF | GER | Julius Kade |
| 31 | GK | GER | Marius Liesegang |
| 33 | FW | GER | Christoph Daferner |
| 34 | MF | GER | Justin Löwe |
| 35 | FW | GER | Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer |
| 37 | FW | GER | Oliver Batista Meier |
| 39 | DF | GER | Kevin Ehlers |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | GER | Pascal Sohm |
| 14 | FW | AUT | Philipp Hosiner |
| 36 | MF | GER | Max Kulke |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Date until | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Morris Schröter | FSV Zwickau | 30 June 2023 | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Seo Jong-min | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 June 2024 | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Luca Herrmann | SC Freiburg II | 30 June 2024 | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Anton Mitryushkin | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 30 June 2022 | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Michael Akoto | 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | 30 June 2023 | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2021 | MF | Brandon Borrello | SC Freiburg | 30 June 2023 | Unknown |
| 7 July 2021 | DF | Michael Sollbauer | Barnsley F.C. | 30 June 2023 | Unknown |
| 21 July 2021 | MF | Julius Kade | 1. FC Union Berlin | 30 June 2024 | Unknown |
| 3 January 2022 | FW | Oliver Batista Meier | FC Bayern Munich II | 30 June 2025 | Unknown |
| 31 January 2022 | GK | Marius Liesegang | 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | 30 June 2022 | Unknown |

### Loans in

| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date until | Fee |
| 5 July 2021 | DF | Antonis Aidonis | VfB Stuttgart | 30 June 2022 | Free loan |
| 11 August 2021 | DF | Guram Giorbelidze | Wolfsberger AC | 30 June 2022 | Free loan |
| 3 January 2022 | FW | Václav Drchal | AC Sparta Prague | 30 June 2022 | Free loan |
| 31 January 2022 | MF | Adrian Fein | FC Bayern Munich | 30 June 2022 | Free loan |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Marco Hartmann | | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Niklas Kreuzer | Hallescher FC | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Leroy Kwadwo | MSV Duisburg | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Stefan Kiefer | | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Maximilian Großer | Hamburger SV II | Contract expired |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | Jonathan Meier | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Return from loan |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Marvin Stefaniak | VfL Wolfsburg | Return from loan |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Julius Kade | 1. FC Union Berlin | Buyback option |
| 31 August 2021 | FW | Simon Gollnack | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | Free transfer |
| 12 January 2022 | FW | Philipp Hosiner | Kickers Offenbach | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2022 | FW | Pascal Sohm | SV Waldhof Mannheim | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date until | Fee |
| 19 July 2021 | FW | Phil Harres | SSV Ulm 1846 | 30 June 2023 | Free loan |
| 12 August 2021 | DF | Jonas Kühn | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 30 June 2022 | Free loan |
| 26 August 2021 | FW | Luka Štor | Apollon Limassol FC | 30 June 2022 | Free loan |
| 11 January 2022 | MF | Max Kulke | ZFC Meuselwitz | 30 June 2022 | Free loan |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 24 July 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 035.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 6 August 2021 | | First round | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 034.78 |
Last updated: 18 January 2022 Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 14 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 41 | |
| 15 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 40 | |
| 16 | Dynamo Dresden (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 32 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 26 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | FC Ingolstadt (R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 65 | −35 | 21 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2022. 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |