# 2020–21 Arminia Bielefeld season

The 2020–21 Arminia Bielefeld season was the club's 116th season in existence and the first season back in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Arminia Bielefeld participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Arminia was the team with the lowest budget in the Bundesliga. After a defeat in the first round of the DFB-Pokal they had a quite promising start in the Bundesliga season, but from the 4th matchday onwards they could be found among the last five teams in the league table, from the 6th matchday onwards amongst the last four teams. In March, the manager Uwe Neuhaus was replaced by Frank Kramer. A 2–0 win over VfB Stuttgart on the final matchday secured the 15th rank and thus their spot in the 2021–22 Bundesliga.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 March 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 | Stefan Ortega |
| 2 | DF | GER | Amos Pieper |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Joakim Nilsson |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Jacob Barrett Laursen |
| 6 | DF | NED | Mike van der Hoorn |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Christian Gebauer |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan (on loan from PSV) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Fabian Klos (captain) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Reinhold Yabo |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Masaya Okugawa (on loan from RB Salzburg) |
| 14 | MF | FRO | Jóan Símun Edmundsson |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Nathan de Medina |
| 16 | MF | GER | Fabian Kunze |
| 17 | MF | BEN | Cebio Soukou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | VEN | Sergio Córdova (on loan from Augsburg) |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Manuel Prietl |
| 20 | MF | GER | Nils Seufert |
| 21 | FW | GER | Andreas Voglsammer |
| 23 | DF | ANG | Anderson Lucoqui |
| 27 | DF | SUI | Cédric Brunner |
| 28 | MF | NED | Michel Vlap (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Marcel Hartel |
| 31 | MF | GER | Arne Maier (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 33 | GK | GER | Nikolai Rehnen |
| 34 | GK | SWE | Oscar Linnér |
| 36 | FW | GER | Sven Schipplock |
| 38 | MF | GER | Jomaine Consbruch |
| 40 | GK | GER | Arne Schulz |
| 41 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Cherny |
| 42 | MF | GER | Julian Frommann |

### 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 |
| — | DF | GER | Can Özkan (on loan to Næstved Boldklub) |
| — | MF | GER | Joey Müller (on loan to Wuppertaler SV) |
| — | FW | GER | Sebastian Müller (on loan to VfL Osnabrück) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Mervin Kalac (on loan to SV Lippstadt 08) |
| — | FW | GER | Noel Niemann (on loan to Türkgücü München) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 30 June 2020 | MF | Can Özkan | Alemannia Aachen | End of Loan |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Nikolai Rehnen | Alemannia Aachen | End of Loan |
| 5 July 2020 | FW | Prince Osei Owusu | 1860 Munich | End of Loan |
| 17 August 2020 | FW | Sergio Córdova | FC Augsburg | Loan |
| 5 September 2020 | MF | Ritsu Dōan | PSV Eindhoven | Loan |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Arne Maier | Hertha BSC | Loan |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Jacob Barrett Laursen | OB | Free Transfer |
| 15 July 2020 | FW | Christian Gebauer | SCR Altach | Free Transfer |
| 15 July 2020 | DF | Nathan de Medina | Mouscron | Free Transfer |
| 15 July 2020 | FW | Noel Niemann | 1860 Munich | Free Transfer |
| 4 September 2020 | DF | Mike van der Hoorn | Swansea City | Free Transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type | Transfer Fee |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Ágoston Kiss | Szombathelyi Haladás | End of Loan | Free |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Nils Quaschner | Retired | – | – |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Tom Schütz | – | End of Contract | – |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Jonathan Clauss | RC Lens | Free Transfer | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | DF | Florian Hartherz | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Free Transfer | Free |
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Patrick Weihrauch | Dynamo Dresden | Free Transfer | Free |
| 9 August 2020 | MF | Keanu Staude | Würzburger Kickers | Free Transfer | Free |
| 12 August 2020 | GK | Philipp Klewin | Erzgebirge Aue | Free Transfer | Free |
| 14 August 2020 | DF | Álex Pérez | UD Logroñés | Free Transfer | Free |
| 1 September 2020 | DF | Stephan Salger | 1860 Munich | Free Transfer | Free |
| 18 September 2020 | FW | Mervin Kalac | SV Lippstadt | Free Transfer | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | Prince Osei Owusu | SC Paderborn | Transfer | |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Can Özkan | Næstved BK | Loan | Free |
| 1 January 2021 | DF | Brian Behrendt | Eintracht Braunschweig | Transfer | €100K |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 026.47 |
| DFB-Pokal | 14 September 2020 | 14 September 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 025.71 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 36 | |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 35 | |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 35 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Köln (O) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Werder Bremen (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Stefan Ortega | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Nikolai Rehnen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | SWE | Oscar Linnér | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Amos Pieper | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Joakim Nilsson | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Jacob Barrett Laursen | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NED | Mike van der Hoorn | 22 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Nathan de Medina | 16 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ANG | Anderson Lucoqui | 22 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SUI | Cédric Brunner | 32 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AUT | Christian Gebauer | 23 | 1 | 5+18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Ritsu Dōan | 35 | 5 | 33+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Reinhold Yabo | 13 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Masaya Okugawa | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRO | Jóan Símun Edmundsson | 5 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Fabian Kunze | 26 | 0 | 12+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BEN | Cebio Soukou | 15 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Manuel Prietl | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Nils Seufert | 13 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NED | Michel Vlap | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Marcel Hartel | 23 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 18 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Jomaine Consbruch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Fabian Klos | 35 | 5 | 32+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | VEN | Sergio Córdova | 24 | 2 | 13+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Andreas Voglsammer | 18 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | GER | Sven Schipplock | 32 | 1 | 5+27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 22 | FW | GER | Noel Niemann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source:

### Goalscorers

    As of 28 January 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Ritsu Dōan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Fabian Klos | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Sergio Córdova | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 21 | FW | | Andreas Voglsammer | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | | Jóan Símun Edmundsson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 29 | MF | | Cebio Soukou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 19 | MF | | Manuel Prietl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Reinhold Yabo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 36 | FW | | Sven Schipplock | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | | Amos Pieper | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Christian Gebauer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Masaya Okugawa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 28 | MF | | Michel Vlap | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 26 | 0 | 26 |