# 2021–22 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

The 2021–22 season was the 123rd season in the existence of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Hoffenheim participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Oliver Baumann (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Pavel Kadeřábek |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ermin Bičakčić |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Håvard Nordtveit |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Jacob Bruun Larsen |
| 8 | MF | GER | Dennis Geiger |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Ihlas Bebou |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Mu'nas Dabbur |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Grillitsch |
| 12 | GK | GER | Philipp Pentke |
| 13 | MF | GER | Angelo Stiller |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Christoph Baumgartner |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Kasim Nuhu |
| 16 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rudy |
| 17 | DF | GER | David Raum |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | MLI | Diadie Samassékou |
| 21 | DF | GER | Benjamin Hübner (captain) |
| 22 | DF | GER | Kevin Vogt (3rd captain) |
| 24 | DF | USA | Justin Che (on loan from FC Dallas) |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Kevin Akpoguma |
| 27 | FW | CRO | Andrej Kramarić |
| 28 | DF | USA | Chris Richards (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 29 | FW | DEN | Robert Skov |
| 30 | MF | GER | Marco John |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Georginio Rutter |
| 36 | GK | GER | Nahuel Noll |
| 37 | GK | GER | Luca Philipp |
| 38 | DF | AUT | Stefan Posch |
| 39 | MF | GER | Tom Bischof |
| 44 | FW | GER | Fisnik Asllani |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARM | Sargis Adamyan (at Club Brugge until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GER | Maximilian Beier (at Hannover 96 until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | NED | Melayro Bogarde (at FC Groningen until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ISR | Ilay Elmkies (at Admira Wacker until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | SRB | Mijat Gaćinović (at Panathinaikos until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BRA | Klauss (at Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GER | David Otto (at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | BRA | Lucas Ribeiro (at Ceará until 31 December 2022) |
| — | DF | GRE | Kostas Stafylidis (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Angelo Stiller | Bayern Munich | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | Sebastian Rudy | Schalke 04 | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | David Raum | Greuther Fürth | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| DF | Chris Richards | Bayern Munich | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| DF | Justin Che | FC Dallas | Loan | 21 January 2022 |

### Transfers out

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ilay Elmkies | Admira Wacker | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| DF | Justin Hoogma | Greuther Fürth | Loan | 15 July 2021 |
| DF | Konstantinos Stafylidis | VfL Bochum | Loan | 1 August 2021 |
| FW | Maximilian Beier | Hannover 96 | Loan | 19 August 2021 |
| FW | Ishak Belfodil | Hertha BSC | €500,000 | 23 August 2021 |
| MF | Bruno Nazário | Vasco da Gama | Free | 13 January 2022 |
| DF | Melayro Bogarde | FC Groningen | Loan | 14 January 2022 |
| DF | Lucas Ribeiro | Ceará | Loan | 18 January 2022 |
| DF | Justin Hoogma | Heracles Almelo | Undisclosed | 24 January 2022 |
| FW | Sargis Adamyan | Club Brugge | Loan | 31 January 2022 |
| DF | Joshua Brenet | FC Twente | Free | 31 January 2022 |
| MF | Mijat Gaćinović | Panathinaikos | Loan | 31 January 2022 |
| FW | Klauss | Sint-Truiden | Loan | 31 January 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 14 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 9 August 2021 | 19 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 67 | 67 | +0 | 040.54 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 46 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 46 | |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 45 | |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the UEFA Europa League.

#### 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 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Oliver Baumann | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Philipp Pentke | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GER | Nahuel Noel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | GER | Luca Philipp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CZE | Pavel Kadeřábek | 19 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ermin Bičakčić | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Håvard Nordtveit | 11 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Kasim Nuhu | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | David Raum | 35 | 3 | 31+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Benjamin Hübner | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Kevin Vogt | 33 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Justin Che | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Kevin Akpoguma | 29 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | USA | Chris Richards | 21 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | AUT | Stefan Posch | 31 | 2 | 26+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | GER | Dennis Geiger | 22 | 2 | 17+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Florian Grillitsch | 18 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Angelo Stiller | 29 | 3 | 18+8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | AUT | Christoph Baumgartner | 31 | 7 | 23+6 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rudy | 24 | 3 | 7+14 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MLI | Diadie Samassékou | 25 | 2 | 21+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Marco John | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Tom Bischof | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Umut Tohumcu | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | DEN | Jacob Bruun Larsen | 28 | 5 | 9+16 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Ihlas Bebou | 29 | 7 | 25+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Mu'nas Dabbur | 30 | 5 | 17+10 | 3 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | CRO | Andrej Kramarić | 35 | 9 | 30+2 | 6 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | DEN | Robert Skov | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Georginio Rutter | 36 | 8 | 13+20 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | GER | Fisnik Asllani | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | GER | Nick Proschwitz | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CUW | Joshua Brenet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ALG | Ishak Belfodil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Mijat Gaćinović | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ARM | Sargis Adamyan | 14 | 1 | 2+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | NED | Melayro Bogarde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | GER | Maximilian Beier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 27 | | Andrej Kramarić | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 33 | | Georginio Rutter | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | | Ihlas Bebou | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 14 | | Christoph Baumgartner | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | | Jacob Bruun Larsen | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | | Mu'nas Dabbur | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 13 | | Angelo Stiller | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 16 | | Sebastian Rudy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 17 | | David Raum | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | | Dennis Geiger | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | | Diadie Samassékou | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 25 | | Kevin Akpoguma | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 38 | | Stefan Posch | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 3 | | Pavel Kadeřábek | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 21 | | Benjamin Hübner | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 23 | | Sargis Adamyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 28 | | Chris Richards | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 58 | 9 | 67 |
Last updated: 14 May 2022