# 2020–21 Dynamo Dresden season

The 2020–21 season is the 71st 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. Their 18th-place finish in the 2019–20 season meant that it would be the clubs first season in the third-tier of German football, the 3. Liga, since the 2015–16 season.

## Background

The 2019–20 season saw Dynamo Dresden finish bottom of the 2. Bundesliga on 32 points and were thus relegated to the 3. Liga. Markus Kauczinski retains his role from the previous season despite relegation, having been appointed in December 2019. It was originally planned for the 3. Liga season to begin on 24 July 2020, though as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the beginning of the 2020–21 season was delayed until 18 September 2020.

## Season summary

After mixed results in pre-season friendlies, Dynamo saw a strong start to their season with wins against first round DFB-Pokal opponent Hamburger SV, a 2. Bundesliga side, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, but subsequently struggled, losing four of the following eight games. Results improved after a 2–1 home victory over TSV 1860 Munich in round 10, however, with Dynamo going on an eight-game-long lossless streak. A goalless draw against KFC Uerdingen 05 in round 14 made them league leaders, and Dynamo would go on to lose only two more league games until March 2021, although they dropped out of the DFB-Pokal after a 0–3 second round loss against SV Darmstadt 98 on 22 December 2020.
Having now spent much of the season as the league's comfortable leader, things took a sudden turn for the worse when, in late March and April 2021, Dynamo lost three out of four league games in a row, culminating in a 0–3 home loss against Hallescher FC, at the time a team located firmly in the second half of the table. The situation was further complicated by the occurrence of several COVID-19 cases in the team, leading to quarantine periods and the rescheduling of several league games; round 34 was played before rounds 32 and 33. Following the loss against Halle and a sudden drop from the league's top position, head coach Markus Kauczinski was sacked and replaced by Alexander Schmidt on 25 April. Schmidt was able to reverse the team's fortunes immediately, winning five of the remaining six games without conceding a single goal, thus regaining the top position soon after his installation. Dynamo ultimately won the league four points ahead of FC Hansa Rostock and was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

## Players

    As of 25 May 2021

### First-team squad

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 | Kevin Broll |
| 3 | DF | GER | Leroy Kwadwo |
| 4 | DF | GER | Tim Knipping |
| 5 | MF | GER | Yannick Stark |
| 6 | DF | GER | Marco Hartmann |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Vlachodimos |
| 8 | MF | DOM | Heinz Mörschel |
| 9 | FW | GER | Pascal Sohm |
| 10 | MF | GER | Patrick Weihrauch |
| 11 | MF | GER | Agyemang Diawusie |
| 13 | MF | GER | Marvin Stefaniak |
| 14 | FW | AUT | Philipp Hosiner |
| 15 | DF | GER | Chris Löwe |
| 16 | DF | GER | Robin Becker |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | GER | Maximilian Großer |
| 19 | DF | GER | Jonathan Meier |
| 20 | MF | GER | Julius Kade |
| 22 | DF | GER | Niklas Kreuzer |
| 24 | GK | GER | Patrick Wiegers |
| 26 | DF | GER | Sebastian Mai |
| 28 | MF | GER | Paul Will |
| 33 | FW | GER | Christoph Daferner |
| 34 | MF | GER | Justin Löwe |
| 35 | MF | GER | Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer |
| 36 | DF | GER | Max Kulke |
| 37 | FW | GER | Luka Štor |
| 39 | DF | GER | Kevin Ehlers |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 July 2020 | DF | Tim Knipping | SSV Jahn Regensburg | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2020 | MF | Yannick Stark | SV Darmstadt 98 | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2020 | MF | Panagiotis Vlachodimos | Sonnenhof Großaspach | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2020 | DF | Sebastian Mai | Hallescher FC | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2020 | FW | Philipp Hosiner | Chemnitzer FC | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2020 | FW | Pascal Sohm | Hallescher FC | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2020 | FW | Agyemang Diawusie | FC Ingolstadt 04 | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2020 | DF | Robin Becker | Eintracht Braunschweig | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2020 | MF | Julius Kade | 1. FC Union Berlin | Free transfer |
| 7 August 2020 | FW | Christoph Daferner | SC Freiburg | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Patrick Weihrauch | Arminia Bielefeld | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2020 | MF | Paul Will | Bayern Munich II | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2021 | DF | Leroy Kwadwo | Würzburger Kickers | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2021 | MF | Heinz Mörschel | KFC Uerdingen 05 | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2021 | MF | Niklas Kreuzer | Unsigned | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 6 August 2020 | DF | Jonathan Meier | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 30 June 2021 | |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Marvin Stefaniak | VfL Wolfsburg | 30 June 2021 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Linus Wahlqvist | IFK Norrköping | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Jannik Müller | Dunajská Streda | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Tim Boss | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Florian Ballas | FC Erzgebirge Aue | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | René Klingenburg | FC Viktoria Köln | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Simon Makienok | FC St. Pauli | Contract expired |
| 13 July 2020 | DF | Jannis Nikolaou | Eintracht Braunschweig | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Matthäus Taferner | Wolfsberger AC | Undisclosed |
| 11 September 2020 | DF | Brian Hämäläinen | Lyngby BK | Released |
| 11 September 2020 | FW | Osman Atılgan | SC Preußen Münster | Released |
| 5 January 2021 | FW | Alexander Jeremejeff | BK Häcken | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 3 August 2020 | FW | Alexander Jeremejeff | FC Twente | 31 December 2020 |
| 3 August 2020 | FW | Vasil Kušej | FK Ústí nad Labem | 30 June 2021 |
| 3 February 2021 | FW | Simon Gollnack | FK Ústí nad Labem | 30 June 2021 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 | 18 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 29 | +32 | 060.53 |
| DFB-Pokal | 6–9 August 2021 | | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 060.00 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Dresden (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 29 | +32 | 75 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | Hansa Rostock (P) | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 71 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 3 | FC Ingolstadt (O, P) | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 71 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | 1860 Munich | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 66 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 59 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 May 2021. Source: Kicker

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Saxony Cup
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Kevin Broll | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Leroy Kwadwo | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Tim Knipping | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Yannick Stark | 29 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Hartmann | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Vlachodimos | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Heinz Mörschel | 14 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Pascal Sohm | 23 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Patrick Weihrauch | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Agyemang Diawusie | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Marvin Stefaniak | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | AUT | Philipp Hosiner | 31 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Chris Löwe | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Robin Becker | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Maximilian Großer | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Jonathan Meier | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Julius Kade | 30 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Niklas Kreuzer | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | GER | Stefan Kiefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | GER | Patrick Wiegers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Sebastian Mai | 26 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Jonas Kühn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Paul Will | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | AUT | Sascha Horvath | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Christoph Daferner | 36 | 12 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Justin Löwe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | GER | Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer | 31 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Max Kulke | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | SVN | Luka Štor | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Kevin Ehlers | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Last updated: 2 May 2021
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