# 2020–21 1. FC Heidenheim season

The 2020–21 season is 1. FC Heidenheim's 14th season in existence and the club's 7th consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Heidenheim participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 7 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 12 October 2020
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 Müller |
| 2 | DF | GER | Marnon Busch |
| 3 | MF | GER | Jan Schöppner |
| 4 | DF | GER | Oliver Steurer |
| 5 | DF | GER | Oliver Hüsing |
| 6 | DF | GER | Patrick Mainka |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marc Schnatterer (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Andreas Geipl |
| 9 | FW | GER | Stefan Schimmer |
| 10 | FW | GER | David Otto (on loan from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Denis Thomalla |
| 13 | FW | GER | Robert Leipertz |
| 16 | MF | GER | Kevin Sessa |
| 17 | FW | GER | Florian Pick |
| 18 | DF | GER | Marvin Rittmüller |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Jonas Föhrenbach |
| 20 | MF | GER | Dženis Burnić |
| 21 | MF | GER | Maximilian Thiel |
| 22 | GK | GER | Vitus Eicher |
| 23 | MF | COD | Merveille Biankadi |
| 24 | FW | GER | Christian Kühlwetter |
| 25 | MF | GER | Julian Stark |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Konstantin Kerschbaumer |
| 28 | MF | GER | Melvin Ramusović |
| 29 | MF | GER | Tobias Mohr |
| 30 | MF | GER | Norman Theuerkauf |
| 32 | FW | GER | Patrick Schmidt |
| 38 | FW | ITA | Gianni Mollo |
| 39 | GK | GER | Kevin Ibrahim |
| 40 | GK | GER | Diant Ramaj |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 19 July 2020 | DF | Marvin Rittmüller | 1. FC Köln II | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2020 | MF | Dženis Burnić | Borussia Dortmund | €500,000 |
| 5 August 2020 | MF | Jan Schöppner | SC Verl | Free transfer |
| 1 September 2020 | FW | Florian Pick | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2020 | FW | Christian Kühlwetter | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 5 August 2020 | FW | David Otto | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 30 June 2021 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 6 July 2020 | DF | Robert Strauß | Retired | Retired |
| 6 July 2020 | MF | Maurice Multhaup | VfL Osnabrück | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2020 | FW | Andrew Owusu | Sonnenhof Großaspach | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2020 | MF | Sebastian Griesbeck | 1. FC Union Berlin | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2020 | DF | Timo Beermann | VfL Osnabrück | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2020 | MF | Niklas Dorsch | K.A.A. Gent | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2020 | FW | Tim Kleindienst | K.A.A. Gent | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2020 | DF | Arne Feick | Würzburger Kickers | Free transfer |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Gökalp Kilic | SSV Ulm 1846 | 30 June 2021 | |
| 7 August 2020 | DF | Jonas Brändle | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 30 June 2021 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 18 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 016.67 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 September 2020 | 13 September 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 014.29 |
Last updated: 3 October 2020 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 52 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 51 |
| 8 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 47 |
| 10 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 47 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. Source: soccerway

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.