# 2021–22 SC Paderborn 07 season

The 2021–22 season was the 115th season in the existence of SC Paderborn 07 and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of German football. In addition to the domestic league, SC Paderborn participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### 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 | Moritz Schulze |
| 2 | DF | GER | Uwe Hünemeier |
| 3 | DF | TOG | Frederic Ananou |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Jasper van der Werff (on loan from RB Salzburg) |
| 5 | MF | GER | Marcel Mehlem |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Schuster |
| 7 | FW | GER | Prince Osei Owusu |
| 8 | MF | GER | Ron Schallenberg (captain) |
| 9 | MF | GER | Kai Pröger |
| 10 | MF | GER | Julian Justvan |
| 11 | FW | GER | Sven Michel |
| 12 | DF | GER | Jesse Tugbenyo |
| 13 | DF | GER | Robin Yalçın |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Kelvin Ofori |
| 15 | MF | GER | Soufiane El-Faouzi |
| 16 | MF | GER | Johannes Dörfler |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | GK | GER | Leopold Zingerle |
| 18 | FW | GER | Dennis Srbeny |
| 21 | GK | GER | Jannik Huth |
| 22 | MF | GER | Marco Stiepermann |
| 23 | MF | GER | Maximilian Thalhammer |
| 24 | DF | GER | Jannis Heuer |
| 25 | DF | POR | Marcel Correia |
| 27 | FW | ALB | Marvin Çuni (on loan from Bayern Munich II) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Jonas Carls |
| 29 | DF | NGA | Jamilu Collins |
| 30 | MF | KOS | Florent Muslija |
| 35 | MF | GER | Fabrice Hartmann (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 36 | FW | GER | Felix Platte |
| 38 | MF | GER | Adrian Oeynhausen |
| 40 | DF | GER | Justus Henke |

### Players 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 |
| 19 | FW | AUS | John Iredale (at SV Wehen Wiesbaden) |
| — | MF | GER | Luca Marseiler (at Viktoria Köln) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 24 July 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 6 August 2021 | 6 August 2021 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 037.14 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 57 |
| 6 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 52 |
| 7 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 51 |
| 8 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 45 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.