# 2020–21 VfL Osnabrück season

The 2020–21 season is VfL Osnabrück's 122nd season in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Osnabrück will participate in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Friendly matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| 9 August 2020 | 19:00 | Schalke 04 | Home | 1–5 | Henning 55' | 0 | |
| 15 August 2020 | 15:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | Away | 1–1 | Amenyido 40' | 0 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 18 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 033.33 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 September 2020 | | First round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
Last updated: September 2020 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 38 | |
| 15 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 34 | |
| 16 | VfL Osnabrück (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 33 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 31 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | Würzburger Kickers (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 25 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 December 2020. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | | |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | |

#### Matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 1 | 20 September 2020 | 13:30 | Greuther Fürth | Away | 1–1 | Santos 26' | 3,000 | Kampka |
| 2 | 25 September 2020 | 18:30 | Hannover 96 | Home | 2–1 | Santos 33' (pen.), 47' | 3,200 | Aarnink |
| 3 | 2 October 2020 | 18:30 | VfL Bochum | Away | 0–0 | — | 4,231 | Sather |
| 5 | 25 October 2020 | 13:30 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Away | 1–1 | Amenyido 61' | 0 | Dingert |
| 4 | 28 October 2020 | 18:30 | Darmstadt 98 | Home | 1–1 | Ihorst 78' | 0 | Schmidt |
| 6 | 31 October 2020 | 13:00 | SV Sandhausen | Home | 2–1 | Beermann 42', Ajdini 45' | 0 | Siewer |
| 7 | 8 November 2020 | 13:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Away | 4–2 | Kerk 22' (pen.), 41', 72' (pen.), Amenyido 64' | 0 | Gerach |
| 8 | 23 November 2020 | 20:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Home | 1–4 | Kerk 90+1' (pen.) | 0 | Zwayer |
| 9 | 27 November 2020 | 20:30 | FC St. Pauli | Away | 1–0 | Blacha 86' | 0 | Jöllenbeck |
| 10 | 5 December 2020 | 13:00 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 1–2 | Beermann 28' | 0 | Ittrich |
| 11 | 13 December 2020 | 13:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Away | 2–0 | Kerk 3', Multhaup 65' | 0 | Thomsen |
| 12 | 16 December 2020 | 18:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Away | 0–3 | — | 0 | Lechner |
| 13 | 19 December 2020 | 13:00 | SC Paderborn 07 | Home | 0–1 | — | 0 | Petersen |
| 14 | 3 January 2021 | 13:30 | Holstein Kiel | Away | 2–1 | Schmidt 27', Kerk 40' | 0 | Osmers |
| 15 | 9 January 2021 | 13:00 | Würzburger Kickers | Home | 2–3 | Kerk 41', Ihorst 85' | 0 | Siewer |
| 16 | 18 January 2021 | 20:30 | Hamburger SV | Away | 0–5 | — | 0 | Schlager |
| 17 | 22 January 2021 | 18:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | Home | 0–1 | — | 0 | Sather |
| 18 | 26 January 2021 | 20:30 | Greuther Fürth | Home | 0–1 | — | 0 | Thomsen |
| 19 | 1 February 2021 | 20:30 | Hannover 96 | Away | 0–1 | — | 0 | Gräfe |
| 20 | 6 February 2021 | 13:00 | VfL Bochum | Home | 1–2 | Kerk 64' | 0 | Waschitzki |
| 21 | 14 February 2021 | 13:30 | Darmstadt 98 | Away | 0–1 | — | 0 | Ittrich |
| 22 | 20 February 2021 | 13:00 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Home | 1–2 | Santos 88' | 0 | Kampka |
| 23 | 28 February 2021 | 13:30 | SV Sandhausen | Away | 0–3 | — | 0 | Storks |
| 25 | 14 March 2021 | 13:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Away | 1–1 | Heider 73' | 0 | Waschitzki |
| 26 | 21 March 2021 | 13:30 | FC St. Pauli | Home | 1–2 | Heider 79' | 0 | Thomsen |
| 27 | 3 April 2021 | 13:00 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 1–0 | Santos 49' | 0 | Lechner |
| 28 | 11 April 2021 | 13:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Home | 0–4 | — | 0 | Stegemann |
| 24 | 14 April 2021 | 18:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Home | 0–1 | — | 0 | Bacher |
| 29 | 18 April 2021 | 13:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Home | 0–3 | — | 0 | Jablonski |
| 30 | 21 April 2021 | 18:30 | SC Paderborn 07 | Away | 2–2 | Santos 14', Heider 84' | 0 | Jöllenbeck |
| 31 | 24 April 2021 | 13:00 | Holstein Kiel | Home | 1–3 | Kerk 53' | 0 | Cortus |
| 32 | 8 May 2021 | 13:00 | Würzburger Kickers | Away | 3–1 | Santos 51', Taffertshoffer 79', Reis 85' | 0 | Waschitzki |
| 33 | 16 May 2021 | 15:30 | Hamburger SV | Home | 3–2 | Santos 34', Multhaup 61', Heider 84' | 0 | Siebert |
| 34 | 23 May 2021 | 15:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | Away | 1–2 | Kerk 25' | 0 | Petersen |

#### Play-offs

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| 27 May 2021 | 18:15 | FC Ingolstadt | Away | 0–3 | — | 250 | Stegemann | |
| 30 May 2021 | 13:30 | FC Ingolstadt | Home | 3–1 | Heider 6', 20', Amenyido 81' | 2,000 | Stieler | |

### DFB-Pokal

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Ref. |
| First round | 12 September 2020 | 15:30 | SV Todesfelde | Away | 1–0 | Klaas 77' | 500 | Ittrich | |
| Second round | 22 December 2020 | 18:30 | 1. FC Köln | Away | 0–1 | — | 0 | Hartmann | |