# 2021–22 1. FC Union Berlin season

The 2021–22 season was 1. FC Union Berlin's 57th season in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. The club participated in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 22 February 2022
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 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Paul Jaeckel |
| 6 | MF | NOR | Julian Ryerson |
| 7 | MF | GER | Levin Öztunalı |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira |
| 9 | FW | GER | Andreas Voglsammer |
| 10 | FW | GER | Sven Michel |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Anthony Ujah |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk |
| 13 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Taiwo Awoniyi |
| 17 | FW | GER | Kevin Behrens |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Keita Endo |
| 19 | GK | DEN | Frederik Rønnow |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GER | Bastian Oczipka |
| 21 | MF | GER | Grischa Prömel (vice-captain) |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi |
| 25 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl (on loan from PSV) |
| 27 | FW | SUR | Sheraldo Becker |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Christopher Trimmel (captain) |
| 29 | MF | GER | Laurenz Dehl |
| 30 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche |
| 33 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz |
| 37 | DF | GER | Mathis Bruns |
| 39 | FW | NGA | Suleiman Abdullahi |

### 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 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Rick van Drongelen (on loan to Mechelen until 30 June 2022) |
| 15 | MF | POL | Paweł Wszołek (on loan to Legia Warszawa until 30 June 2022) |
| 26 | DF | POL | Tymoteusz Puchacz (on loan to Trabzonspor until 30 June 2022) |
| 32 | FW | DEN | Marcus Ingvartsen (on loan to Mainz 05 until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 38 | FW | GER | Leon Dajaku (on loan to Sunderland until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | GER | Lennart Moser (on loan to Austria Klagenfurt until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Fabio Schneider (on loan to Kuopion Palloseura until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Tim Maciejewski (on loan to Austria Klagenfurt until 30 June 2022) |

## Background

After finishing the 2019–20 season, their first in the Bundesliga, in 11th-place, Union started the 2020–21 season strongly and were in fifth-place and one point behind third-place after 16 matches. Union picked up just seven points from their next 8 matches before a return to fitness for Max Kruse saw an upturn in the club's form as they secured a seventh-placed finish and qualification to the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League after Kruse scored a stoppage time winner in a final day victory over RB Leipzig.

## Friendly matches

Pre-season match details :
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 14 July 2021 | 17:30 | Viktoria Berlin | Away | 5–2 | Behrens 4', Ingvartsen 56', Baumgartl 67', Voglsammer 80', 85' | 1,179 |
| 17 July 2021 | 14:05 | Dynamo Dresden | Home | 3–0 | Ingvartsen 37', Voglsammer 45', Knoche 54' | 3,278 |
| 6 October 2021 | 17:30 | St. Gallen | Home | 1–3 | Jaeckel 69' | |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
* 1 2 Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, 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 |
Source: DFB

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 14 August 2021 | 15:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | Home | 1–1 | Awoniyi 7' | 11,000 | Tobias Reichel |
| 22 August 2021 | 15:30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Away | 2–2 | Gießelmann 10', Awoniyi 47' | 8,014 | Sascha Stegemann |
| 29 August 2021 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Home | 2–1 | Gießelmann 22', Awoniyi 41' | 11,006 | Felix Brych |
| 11 September 2021 | 15:30 | FC Augsburg | Home | 0–0 | | 10,207 | Martin Petersen |
| 19 September 2021 | 17:30 | Borussia Dortmund | Away | 2–4 | Kruse 57', Voglsammer 81' | 25,000 | Sven Jablonski |
| 25 September 2021 | 15:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | Home | 1–0 | Behrens 88' | 11,000 | Marco Fritz |
| 3 October 2021 | 15:30 | Mainz 05 | Away | 2–1 | Awoniyi 69', 73' | 16,000 | Tobias Stieler |
| 16 October 2021 | 15:30 | VfL Wolfsburg | Home | 2–0 | Awoniyi 49', Becker 82' | 10,978 | Sascha Stegemann |
| 24 October 2021 | 17:30 | VfB Stuttgart | Away | 1–1 | Awoniyi 31' | 32,535 | Florian Badstübner |
| 30 October 2021 | 15:30 | Bayern Munich | Home | 2–5 | Gießelmann 43', Ryerson 65' | 16,509 | Harm Osmers |
| 7 November 2021 | 17:30 | 1. FC Köln | Away | 2–2 | Ryerson 9', Prömel 45+1' | 49,000 | Daniel Siebert |
| 20 November 2021 | 18:30 | Hertha BSC | Home | 2–0 | Awoniyi 8', Trimmel 30' | 22,012 | Felix Brych |
| 28 November 2021 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Away | 1–2 | Kruse 62' | 24,000 | Sascha Stegemann |
| 3 December 2021 | 20:30 | RB Leipzig | Home | 2–1 | Awoniyi 6', Baumgartl 57' | 13,506 | Harm Osmers |
| 12 December 2021 | 15:30 | Greuther Fürth | Away | 0–1 | | 0 | Sven Jablonski |
| 15 December 2021 | 20:30 | SC Freiburg | Home | 0–0 | | 5,000 | Deniz Aytekin |
| 18 December 2021 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Away | 1–0 | Kruse 16' | 13,500 | Tobias Reichel |
| 8 January 2022 | 15:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | Away | 2–2 | Prömel 45', 50' | 0 | Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| 15 January 2022 | 15:30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Home | 2–1 | Voglsammer 22', Prömel 73' | 3,000 | Martin Petersen |
| 22 January 2022 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Away | 2–1 | Kruse 18' (pen.), 84' | 750 | Felix Brych |
| 5 February 2022 | 15:30 | FC Augsburg | Away | 0–2 | | 7,600 | Harm Osmers |
| 13 February 2022 | 15:30 | Borussia Dortmund | Home | 0–3 | | 10,000 | Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| 19 February 2022 | 15:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | Away | 0–1 | | 10,000 | Daniel Schlager |
| 26 February 2022 | 15:30 | Mainz 05 | Home | 3–1 | Haraguchi 8', Becker 56', Awoniyi 75' | 10,000 | Bastian Dankert |
| 5 March 2022 | 15:30 | VfL Wolfsburg | Away | 0–1 | | 15,703 | Patrick Ittrich |
| 12 March 2022 | 15:30 | VfB Stuttgart | Home | 1–1 | Awoniyi 41' (pen.) | 16,509 | Robert Hartmann |
| 19 March 2022 | 18:30 | Bayern Munich | Away | 0–4 | | 37,000 | Harm Osmers |
| 1 April 2022 | 20:30 | 1. FC Köln | Home | 1–0 | Awoniyi 49' | 22,012 | Florian Badstübner |
| 9 April 2022 | 18:30 | Hertha BSC | Away | 4–1 | Haraguchi 31', Prömel 53', Becker 74', Michel 85' | 74,667 | Sven Jablonski |
| 17 April 2022 | 17:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Home | 2–0 | Awoniyi 17', Prömel 21' | 22,000 | Frank Willenborg |
| 23 April 2022 | 15:30 | RB Leipzig | Away | 2–1 | Michel 86', Behrens 89' | 45,770 | Daniel Schlager |
| 29 April 2022 | 20:30 | Greuther Fürth | Home | 1–1 | Michel 72' | 22,012 | Patrick Ittrich |
| 7 May 2022 | 15:30 | SC Freiburg | Away | 4–1 | Prömel 11', Trimmel 30', Becker 41', Schäfer 90' | 34,700 | Felix Brych |
| 14 May 2022 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Home | 3–2 | Prömel 5', Awoniyi 25' (pen.), 88' | 22,012 | Marco Fritz |

### DFB-Pokal

| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| First round | 8 August 2021 | 15:30 | Türkgücü München | Away | 1–0 | Kruse 23' | 3,500 | Martin Petersen |
| Second round | 26 October 2021 | 18:30 | Waldhof Mannheim | Away | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Behrens 18', 118', Awoniyi 94' | 14,651 | Benjamin Brand |
| Round of 16 | 19 January 2022 | 20:45 | Hertha BSC | Away | 3–2 | Voglsammer 11', Stark 50', Knoche 55' | 3,000 | Deniz Aytekin |
| Quarter-finals | 1 March 2022 | 20:45 | FC St. Pauli | Home | 2–1 | Becker 45', Voglsammer 75' | 10,000 | Florian Badstübner |
| Semi-finals | 20 April 2022 | 20:45 | RB Leipzig | Away | 1–2 | Becker 25' | 47,069 | Felix Brych |

### Europa Conference League

| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| Play-off round | 19 August 2021 | 18:00 | Kuopion Palloseura | Away | 4–0 | Awoniyi 6', 31', Kruse 29', Voglsammer 90+2' | 5,632 | Ivan Bebek | |
| Play-off round | 26 August 2021 | 20:30 | Kuopion Palloseura | Home | 0–0 | | 22,159 | Halil Umut Meler | |

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEY | SLA | UNI | MHA |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 16 September 2021 | 18:45 | Slavia Prague | Away | 1–3 | Behrens 70' | 15,286 | Fábio Veríssimo |
| 30 September 2021 | 21:00 | Maccabi Haifa | Home | 3–0 | Voglsammer 33', Behrens 48', Awoniyi 76' | 23,342 | Nick Walsh |
| 21 October 2021 | 18:45 | Feyenoord | Away | 1–3 | Awoniyi 35' | 46,100 | Giorgi Kruashvili |
| 4 November 2021 | 21:00 | Feyenoord | Home | 1–2 | Trimmel 41' | 30,000 | Daniel Stefański |
| 25 November 2021 | 18:45 | Maccabi Haifa | Away | 1–0 | Ryerson 66' | 22,150 | Michal Ocenáš |
| 9 December 2021 | 21:00 | Slavia Prague | Home | 1–1 | Kruse 64' | 4,380 | Rade Obrenović |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee |
| FW | Taiwo Awoniyi | Liverpool | Transfer | Summer | €6,500,000 |
| DF | Tymoteusz Puchacz | Lech Poznań | Transfer | Summer | €3,500,000 |
| MF | Kevin Möhwald | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | €1,000,000 |
| GK | Frederik Rønnow | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | €1,000,000 |
| MF | Julius Kade | Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| FW | Kevin Behrens | SV Sandhausen | End of contract | Summer | – |
| DF | Paul Jaeckel | Greuther Fürth | End of contract | Summer | – |
| MF | Genki Haraguchi | Hannover 96 | End of contract | Summer | – |
| MF | Rani Khedira | FC Augsburg | End of contract | Summer | – |
| DF | Bastian Oczipka | Schalke 04 | End of contract | Summer | – |
| MF | Levin Öztunali | Mainz 05 | End of contract | Summer | – |
| FW | Andreas Voglsammer | Arminia Bielefeld | End of contract | Summer | – |
| MF | Paweł Wszołek | Legia Warsaw | End of contract | Summer | – |

### Out

| Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| MF | Robert Andrich | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | €6,500,000 |
| FW | Marius Bülter | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | €800,000 |
| MF | Julius Kade | Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| MF | Nicolai Rapp | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | €200,000 |
| MF | Akaki Gogia | FC Zürich | Released | Summer | – |
| MF | Christian Gentner | FC Luzern | End of contract | Summer | – |
| DF | Florian Hübner | 1. FC Nürnberg | End of contract | Summer | – |
| DF | Christopher Lenz | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of contract | Summer | – |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Andreas Luthe | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | DEN | Frederik Rønnow | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GER | Paul Jaeckel | 32 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Bastian Oczipka | 21 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann | 37 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl | 35 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Christopher Trimmel | 37 | 3 | 23+2 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche | 46 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Mathis Bruns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NOR | Julian Ryerson | 36 | 3 | 13+15 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Levin Öztunalı | 24 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira | 45 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer | 9 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Keita Endo | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Grischa Prömel | 39 | 8 | 28+1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi | 42 | 2 | 23+7 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Laurenz Dehl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald | 21 | 0 | 3+13 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Andreas Voglsammer | 45 | 6 | 5+27 | 2 | 3+2 | 2 | 1+7 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Sven Michel | 20 | 6 | 2+11 | 3 | 0+2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Anthony Ujah | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Taiwo Awoniyi | 43 | 20 | 29+2 | 15 | 3+1 | 1 | 6+2 | 4 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Kevin Behrens | 34 | 6 | 2+22 | 2 | 1+3 | 2 | 2+4 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | SUR | Sheraldo Becker | 40 | 6 | 22+6 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | NGA | Suleiman Abdullahi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Friedrich | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse | 23 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | POL | Paweł Wszołek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | POL | Tymoteusz Puchacz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Robert Andrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | DEN | Marcus Ingvartsen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | GER | Cedric Teuchert | 11 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 Source: Soccerway