# 2020–21 FC Erzgebirge Aue season

The 2020–21 FC Erzgebirge Aue season is the club's 75th season in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga, following a 7th-place finish in the previous season. The club will also participate in the DFB-Pokal.

## Friendly matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 14 August 2020 | 16:00 | Kickers Offenbach | Neutral | 0–1 | — | 0 |
| 18 August 2020 | 16:00 | Pogoń Szczecin | Neutral | 4–0 | Krüger (3) 51', 75', 80', Strauß 86' | 0 |
| 25 August 2020 | 15:00 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Neutral | 3–1 | Baumgart 25', Gnjatić 31', Zulechner 59' | 452 |
| 29 August 2020 | 14:00 | Bayern Munich II | Neutral | 3–0 | Zulechner 52', Rizzuto 65', Härtel 75' | 0 |
| 5 September 2020 | 14:00 | Erzgebirge Aue | Home | 0–1 | — | 0 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 47 |
| 11 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 44 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 44 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 42 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 38 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.
| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 1 | 19 September 2020 | 13:00 | Würzburger Kickers | Away | 3–0 | Strauß 60', Testroet 63', Baumgart 90+2' | 0 | Siewer |
| 2 | 25 September 2020 | 18:30 | Greuther Fürth | Home | 1–1 | Krüger 23' | 999 | Brych |
| 4 | 18 October 2020 | 13:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Home | 2–1 | Cacutalua 54', Testroet 79' | 500 | Brand |
| 3 | 21 October 2020 | 18:30 | Hamburger SV | Away | 0–3 | — | 1,000 | Günsch |
| 5 | 25 October 2020 | 13:30 | VfL Bochum | Away | 0–2 | — | 300 | Winter |
| 6 | 31 October 2020 | 13:00 | Holstein Kiel | Home | 1–1 | Krüger 2' | 500 | Badstübner |
| 7 | 7 November 2020 | 13:00 | Hannover 96 | Away | 0–0 | — | 0 | Bacher |
| 8 | 22 November 2020 | 13:30 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Home | 3–0 | Testroet 7', 56' (pen.), Nazarov 90+3' | 0 | Thomsen |
| 9 | 28 November 2020 | 13:00 | SV Sandhausen | Away | 4–1 | Krüger 31', Zolinski 40', 63', Testroet 74' | 0 | Cortus |
| 10 | 6 December 2020 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Home | 0–2 | — | 0 | Günsch |
| 11 | 13 December 2020 | 13:30 | FC St. Pauli | Away | 2–2 | Testroet 10', Krüger 78' | 0 | Koslowski |
| 12 | 17 December 2020 | 20:30 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 4–1 | Krüger 2', Testroet 19', 51', Zulechner 89' | 0 | Alt |
| 13 | 20 December 2020 | 13:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Away | 0–1 | — | 0 | Heft |
| 14 | 3 January 2021 | 13:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Home | 3–1 | Krüger 42', 67', Testroet 88' | 0 | Siebert |
| 15 | 10 January 2021 | 13:30 | SC Paderborn 07 | Away | 1–2 | Krüger 6' | 0 | Thomsen |
| 16 | 16 January 2021 | 13:00 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Home | 0–3 | — | 0 | Günsch |
| 17 | 22 January 2021 | 18:30 | VfL Osnabrück | Away | 1–0 | Strauß 13' | 0 | Sather |
| 18 | 26 January 2021 | 18:30 | Würzburger Kickers | Home | 2–1 | Krüger 78', Ballas 85' | 0 | Gerach |
| 19 | 29 January 2021 | 18:30 | Greuther Fürth | Away | 0–3 | — | 0 | Schröder |
| 20 | 5 February 2021 | 18:30 | Hamburger SV | Home | 3–3 | Hochscheidt 26', Fandrich 50', Krüger 61' | 0 | Badstübner |
| 21 | 13 February 2021 | 13:00 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Away | 0–2 | — | 0 | Koslowski |
| 22 | 19 February 2021 | 18:30 | VfL Bochum | Home | 1–0 | Bussmann 29' | 0 | Petersen |
| 23 | 27 February 2021 | 13:00 | Holstein Kiel | Away | 0–1 | — | 0 | Thomsen |
| 24 | 6 March 2021 | 13:00 | Hannover 96 | Home | 1–1 | Testroet 64' | 0 | Aarnink |
| 25 | 13 March 2021 | 13:00 | Darmstadt 98 | Away | 1–4 | Nazarov 79' (pen.) | 0 | Willenborg |
| 26 | 20 March 2021 | 13:00 | SV Sandhausen | Home | 2–0 | Krüger 54', Testroet 70' | 0 | Siewer |
| 27 | 4 April 2021 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Away | 1–1 | Gonther 85' | 0 | Alt |
| 28 | 10 April 2021 | 13:00 | FC St. Pauli | Home | 1–3 | Testroet 73' | 0 | Heft |
| 30 | 20 April 2021 | 18:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Home | 0–1 | — | 0 | Gräfe |
| 31 | 23 April 2021 | 18:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Away | 2–0 | Nazarov 49', Zulechner 82' | 0 | Lechner |
| 29 | 26 April 2021 | 18:00 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 0–0 | — | 0 | Thomsen |
| 32 | 9 May 2021 | 13:30 | SC Paderborn 07 | Home | 3–8 | Nazarov 1', 4', 56' (pen.) | 0 | Sather |
| 33 | 16 May 2021 | 15:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Away | 0–3 | — | 0 | Cortus |
| 34 | 23 May 2021 | 15:30 | VfL Osnabrück | Home | 2–1 | Nazarov 65', 76' | 0 | Petersen |

### DFB-Pokal

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| First round | 12 September 2020 | 18:30 | SSV Ulm | Away | 0–2 | — | 0 | Bacher | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 August 2020 | DF | Florian Ballas | Dynamo Dresden | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2020 | DF | Gaëtan Bussmann | En Avant Guingamp | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2020 | GK | Philipp Klewin | Arminia Bielefeld | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2020 | MF | Ognjen Gnjatić | Korona Kielce | Free transfer |
| 27 August 2020 | GK | Kevin Harr | Hamburger SV | Free transfer |
| 16 September 2020 | FW | Ben Zolinski | SC Paderborn 07 | Free transfer |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Antonio Jonjić | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Dominik Wydra | Eintracht Braunschweig | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | MF | Nicolás Sessa | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2020 | DF | Dennis Kempe | Wehen Wiesbaden | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Robert Jendrusch | Ingolstadt 04 | Free transfer |
| 31 July 2020 | MF | Robert Herrmann | Würzburger Kickers | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2020 | MF | Paul Horschig | VfB Auerbach | Free transfer |