# 2020–21 1. FC Union Berlin season

The 2020–21 1. FC Union Berlin season was the club's 56th season in existence and the second consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga. They also participated in the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 16 January 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 | Andreas Luthe |
| 4 | DF | GER | Nico Schlotterbeck (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Friedrich |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Julian Ryerson |
| 7 | MF | GER | Akaki Gogia |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Anthony Ujah |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Taiwo Awoniyi (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 15 | FW | GER | Marius Bülter |
| 16 | MF | GER | Tim Maciejewski |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Keita Endo (on loan from Yokohama Marinos) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Florian Hübner |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | GER | Loris Karius (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Grischa Prömel |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann |
| 25 | DF | GER | Christopher Lenz |
| 27 | FW | NED | Sheraldo Becker |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Christopher Trimmel (Captain) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Robert Andrich |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche |
| 32 | FW | DEN | Marcus Ingvartsen |
| 33 | MF | GER | Sebastian Griesbeck |
| 34 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner |
| 35 | GK | GER | Lennart Moser |
| 36 | FW | GER | Cedric Teuchert |
| — | MF | GER | Leon Dajaku (on loan from Bayern Munich) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee in € |
| FW | Marius Bülter | 1. FC Magdeburg | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | 1,400,000 |
| FW | Cedric Teuchert | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| FW | Max Kruse | Fenerbahçe | End of contract (terminated) | Summer | ? | – |
| DF | Niko Gießelmann | Fortuna Düsseldorf | End of contract | Summer | 2021 | – |
| MF | Sebastian Griesbeck | 1. FC Heidenheim | End of contract | Summer | 2022 | – |
| DF | Robin Knoche | VfL Wolfsburg | End of contract | Summer | 2022 | – |
| GK | Andreas Luthe | FC Augsburg | End of contract | Summer | 2022 | – |
| FW | Taiwo Awoniyi | Liverpool | Loan | Summer | 2021 | |
| GK | Loris Karius | Liverpool | Loan | Summer | 2021 | |
| FW | Joel Pohjanpalo | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | Summer | 2021 | |
| MF | Keita Endo | Yokohama Marinos | Loan | Summer | 2021 | 300,000 |
| DF | Nico Schlotterbeck | SC Freiburg | Loan | Summer | 2021 | 200,000 |
| MF | Leon Dajaku | Bayern Munich | Loan | Winter | 2021 | |

### Out

| Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee in € |
| FW | Sebastian Andersson | 1. FC Köln | Transfer | Summer | 6,500,000 |
| DF | Neven Subotić | Denizlispor | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Lars Dietz | Würzburger Kickers | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Florian Flecker | Würzburger Kickers | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Julius Kade | Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Joshua Mees | Holstein Kiel | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| DF | Lennard Maloney | Borussia Dortmund II | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Berkan Taz | SC Verl | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| GK | Rafal Gikiewicz | FC Augsburg | End of contract | Summer | – |
| MF | Felix Kroos | Eintracht Braunschweig | End of contract | Summer | – |
| GK | Leo Oppermann | Hamburger SV II | End of contract | Summer | – |
| FW | Sebastian Polter | Fortuna Sittard | End of contract | Summer | – |
| DF | Ken Reichel | VfL Osnabrück | End of contract | Summer | – |
| MF | Manuel Schmiedebach | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | – |
| DF | Michael Parensen | – | Retired | Summer | – |
| MF | Suleiman Abdullahi | Eintracht Braunschweig | Loan | Summer | – |
| MF | Laurenz Dehl | Hallescher FC | Loan | Summer | – |

## 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 | 7th | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 22 December 2020 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 036.11 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 49 | |
| 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Match played behind closed doors
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |

#### 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 | Andreas Luthe | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Loris Karius | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Nikolai Kemlein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | GER | Nico Schlotterbeck | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Friedrich | 23 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Florian Hübner | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Christopher Lenz | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Christopher Trimmel | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NOR | Julian Ryerson | 17 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Akaki Gogia | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Keita Endo | 9 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Grischa Prömel | 16 | 2 | 12+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Robert Andrich | 20 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Sebastian Griesbeck | 19 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | GER | Leon Dajaku | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Joel Pohjanpalo | 8 | 2 | 4+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse | 10 | 6 | 8+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Anthony Ujah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Taiwo Awoniyi | 20 | 5 | 16+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GER | Marius Bülter | 18 | 1 | 5+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | CRO | Petar Musa | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NED | Sheraldo Becker | 18 | 3 | 15+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | DEN | Marcus Ingvartsen | 18 | 2 | 15+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | GER | Cedric Teuchert | 19 | 3 | 5+12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 35 | GK | GER | Lennart Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | GER | Joshua Mees | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | GER | Tim Maciejewski | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 February 2021 Source: Soccerway