# 2020–21 MSV Duisburg season

The 2020–21 MSV Duisburg season was the 121st season in the club's football history. In 2020–21 the club played in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football alongside the DFB-Pokal and the Lower Rhine Cup.

## Team

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 | Leo Weinkauf (on loan from Hannover 96) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Maximilian Sauer |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dominik Schmidt |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dominic Volkmer |
| 5 | MF | MNE | Mirnes Pepić |
| 6 | MF | GER | Connor Krempicki |
| 7 | MF | GER | Lukas Scepanik |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Darius Ghindovean |
| 9 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin |
| 10 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp (Captain) |
| 13 | FW | GER | Julian Hettwer |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Stefan Velkov |
| 15 | DF | GER | Tobias Fleckstein |
| 17 | DF | GER | Arne Sicker |
| 19 | FW | GER | Sinan Karweina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | GER | Leroy-Jacques Mickels |
| 21 | MF | GER | Maximilian Jansen |
| 22 | GK | GER | Jonas Brendieck |
| 23 | DF | GER | Joshua Bitter |
| 24 | FW | NED | Vincent Vermeij (Vice-captain) |
| 26 | DF | GER | Vincent Gembalies |
| 27 | DF | GER | Niko Bretschneider |
| 28 | MF | GER | David Tomić |
| 29 | FW | SUI | Orhan Ademi |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Steven Deana |
| 31 | FW | GER | Federico Palacios Martínez |
| 35 | FW | GER | Cem Sabancı |
| 36 | MF | COD | Wilson Kamavuaka |
| 37 | MF | GER | Marlon Frey |
| 39 | FW | MAR | Aziz Bouhaddouz |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 27 July 2020 | DF | Niko Bretschneider | Hertha BSC II | Transfer |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Dominic Volkmer | Carl Zeiss Jena | Transfer |
| 7 August 2020 | DF | Maximilian Sauer | Greuther Fürth | Transfer |
| 14 August 2020 | MF | Mirnes Pepić | Hansa Rostock | Transfer |
| 18 August 2020 | DF | Dominik Schmidt | Holstein Kiel | Transfer |
| 24 August 2020 | DF | Tobias Fleckstein | Holstein Kiel | Transfer |
| 31 August 2020 | MF | Wilson Kamavuaka | GKS Tychy | Transfer |
| 1 September 2020 | FW | Orhan Ademi | Eintracht Braunschweig | Transfer |
| 3 September 2020 | MF | David Tomić | VfB Stuttgart II | Transfer |
| 20 January 2021 | FW | Federico Palacios Martínez | Jahn Regensburg | Loan |
| 21 January 2021 | MF | Marlon Frey | SV Sandhausen | Transfer |
| 23 January 2021 | DF | Stefan Velkov | KFC Uerdingen | Transfer |
| 1 February 2021 | FW | Aziz Bouhaddouz | SV Sandhausen | Transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| 6 July 2020 | DF | Migel Schmeling | Borussia Dortmund II | End of contract |
| 8 July 2020 | DF | Matthias Rahn | Energie Cottbus | End of contract |
| 24 July 2020 | DF | Lukas Boeder | Hallescher FC | End of contract |
| 28 July 2020 | MF | Yassin Ben Balla | Eintracht Braunschweig | End of contract |
| 1 August 2020 | DF | Marvin Compper | Retired | Retired |
| 2 August 2020 | MF | Tim Albutat | KFC Uerdingen | Transfer |
| 14 August 2020 | MF | Lukas Daschner | FC St. Pauli | Transfer |
| 29 August 2020 | FW | Petar Slišković | Türkgücü München | Transfer |
| 3 February 2021 | MF | Arnold Budimbu | TSV Steinbach Haiger | Transfer |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos. | Name | Contract length | Contract end |
| 7 July 2020 | MF | Darius Ghindovean | 1-year | 2021 |
| 7 July 2020 | FW | Cem Sabanci | 1-year | 2021 |
| 28 July 2020 | MF | Connor Krempicki | 1-year | 2021 |

## Competitions

Times from 1 July to 25 October 2020 and from 28 March to 30 June 2021 are UTC+2, from 26 October 2020 to 27 March 2021 UTC+1.

### 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 % |
| 3. Liga | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 028.95 |
| DFB-Pokal | 14 September 2020 | 14 September 2020 | Round 1 | Round 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Lower Rhine Cup | 12 May 2021 | 19 May 2021 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 59 | 78 | −19 | 029.27 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### 3. Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Türkgücü München | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 47 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 43 | |
| 15 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 43 | |
| 16 | KFC Uerdingen (R) | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 41 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | SV Meppen | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 41 | |
* ↑ KFC Uerdingen were deducted three points, after they filed for insolvency.
* ↑ KFC Uerdingen did not obtain a license for the next season and was therefore relegated, sparing SV Meppen from relegation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. Source: DFB

#### Result round 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |

#### Matches
### Lower Rhine Cup

The tournament will be played by the seven highest-ranked teams in the german football league system.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Lower Rhine Cup | Lower Rhine Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Leo Weinkauf | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Maximilian Sauer | 33 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dominik Schmidt | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dominic Volkmer | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | MNE | Mirnes Pepić | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Connor Krempicki | 33 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Lukas Scepanik | 27 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Darius Ghindovean | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin | 31 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 34 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Julian Hettwer | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BUL | Stefan Velkov | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Tobias Fleckstein | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Arne Sicker | 34 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Sinan Karweina | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Leroy-Jacques Mickels | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Maximilian Jansen | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Jonas Brendieck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Joshua Bitter | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NED | Vincent Vermeij | 25 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Vincent Gembalies | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Niko Bretschneider | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | David Tomić | 19 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | SUI | Orhan Ademi | 26 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Steven Deana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Federico Palacios Martínez | 13 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | GER | Cem Sabanci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | COD | Wilson Kamavuaka | 28 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Marlon Frey | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | MAR | Aziz Bouhaddouz | 17 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Arnold Budimbu‡ | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway
* $^‡$ Player left the club mid-season

### Goals

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | Player | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | LR Cup | Total |
| 1 | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Vincent Vermeij | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Aziz Bouhaddouz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Ahmet Engin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Orhan Ademi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Federico Palacios Martínez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Wilson Kamavuaka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | David Tomić | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Lukas Scepanik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Arne Sicker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Arnold Budimbu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tobias Fleckstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Darius Ghindovean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Julian Hettwer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sinan Karweina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Connor Krempicki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Leroy-Jacques Mickels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Maximilian Sauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Dominik Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 51 | 0 | 7 | 58 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | Player | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | LR Cup | Total |
| 1 | Leo Weinkauf | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Steven Deana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | LR Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 17 | DF | Arne Sicker | 8 | | 1 | | | | 8 | | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Dominic Volkmer | 5 | | | | 1 | | 5 | | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Dominik Schmidt | 10 | 2 | | | | | 10 | 2 | |
| 36 | MF | Wilson Kamavuaka | 11 | 1 | | | | | 11 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Lukas Scepanik | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | DF | Maximilian Sauer | 10 | | | | | | 10 | | |
| 6 | MF | Connor Krempicki | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | |
| 8 | MF | Darius Ghindovean | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 10 | MF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 19 | FW | Sinan Karweina | 3 | | | 1 | | | 4 | | |
| 21 | MF | Maximilian Jansen | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 26 | DF | Vincent Gembalies | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 37 | MF | Marlon Frey | 4 | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 15 | DF | Tobias Fleckstein | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 39 | FW | Aziz Bouhaddouz | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 9 | MF | Ahmet Engin | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 23 | DF | Joshua Bitter | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 24 | FW | Vincent Vermeij | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 28 | MF | David Tomić | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 29 | FW | Orhan Ademi | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 14 | DF | Stefan Velkov | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| 20 | FW | Leroy-Jacques Mickels | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| 27 | DF | Niko Bretschneider | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 31 | FW | Federico Palacios Martínez | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.