# 2020–21 Karlsruher SC season

The 2020–21 Karlsruher SC season was the club's 69th season in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Karlsruher SC participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, being eliminated in the first round. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 8 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 | AUT | Markus Kuster |
| 2 | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung |
| 3 | DF | GER | Philip Heise |
| 4 | MF | GER | Lukas Fröde |
| 5 | DF | GER | David Pisot |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marc Lorenz |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jérôme Gondorf (captain) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Marvin Wanitzek |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Choi Kyoung-rok |
| 16 | DF | GER | Philip Heise |
| 17 | FW | AUT | Marco Djuricin |
| 18 | MF | GER | David Trivunic |
| 19 | FW | GER | Dominik Kother |
| 20 | MF | GER | Alexander Groiß |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marco Thiede |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Christoph Kobald |
| 23 | DF | LUX | Dirk Carlson |
| 24 | FW | SEN | Babacar Guèye |
| 25 | MF | GER | Janis Hanek |
| 27 | DF | GER | Marlon Dinger |
| 28 | GK | GER | Paul Löhr |
| 31 | FW | GER | Malik Batmaz |
| 32 | DF | GER | Robin Bormuth |
| 33 | FW | GER | Philipp Hofmann |
| 34 | DF | GER | Jannis Rabold |
| 35 | GK | GER | Marius Gersbeck |
| 39 | MF | GER | Benjamin Goller |

### 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 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Marvin Pourié |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 19 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 020.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 12 September 2020 | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 016.67 |
Last updated: September 2020 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 58 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 56 |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

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

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | | | | | |
| Position | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.