# 2020–21 RB Leipzig season

The 2020–21 season was the 12th season in the existence of RB Leipzig and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, RB Leipzig participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal and in the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 19 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 2 February 2021
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 | HUN | Péter Gulácsi (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Angeliño |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán (3rd captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer (captain) |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen (4th captain) |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Emil Forsberg |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Hwang Hee-chan |
| 13 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner |
| 14 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Alexander Sørloth |
| 20 | MF | GER | Lazar Samardžić |
| 21 | FW | NED | Justin Kluivert (on loan from Roma) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Dani Olmo |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Konrad Laimer |
| 33 | GK | ESP | Josep Martínez |
| 35 | FW | GER | Fabrice Hartmann |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Hugo Novoa |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs (on loan from Monaco) |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl |
| 47 | MF | GER | Joscha Wosz |

### 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 |
| — | GK | GER | Tim Schreiber (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | URU | Marcelo Saracchi (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GER | Frederik Jäkel (at Oostende until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Tom Krauß (at FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman (at Fulham until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GER | Eric Martel (at Austria Vienna until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Dennis Borkowski (at FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | AUT | Hannes Wolf (at Borussia Mönchengladbach until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | BRA | Luan Cândido (at Red Bull Bragantino until 30 June 2021) |
| — | GK | SUI | Yvon Mvogo (at PSV until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | CRO | Joško Gvardiol (at Dinamo Zagreb until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 33 | GK | Josep Martínez | Las Palmas | €2,500,000 | End of season |
| 29 | FW | Jean-Kévin Augustin | Leeds United | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Hwang Hee-chan | Red Bull Salzburg | €9,000,000 | 8 July 2020 |
| 39 | DF | Benjamin Henrichs | Monaco | Loan | 8 July 2020 |
| 20 | MF | Lazar Samardžić | Hertha BSC | €1,000,000 | 8 September 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Angeliño | Manchester City | Loan | 8 September 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Alexander Sørloth | Crystal Palace | €20,000,000 | 22 September 2020 |
| — | DF | Joško Gvardiol | Dinamo Zagreb | €16,000,000 | 28 September 2020 |
| 21 | FW | Justin Kluivert | Roma | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Dominik Szoboszlai | Red Bull Salzburg | €20,000,000 | 17 December 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Angeliño | Manchester City | €18,000,000 | 12 February 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Angeliño | Manchester City | Loan return | End of season |
| 11 | FW | Timo Werner | Chelsea | €50,000,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| 21 | FW | Patrik Schick | Roma | Loan return | End of season |
| 26 | DF | Ethan Ampadu | Chelsea | Loan return | End of season |
| 19 | MF | Hannes Wolf | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Loan | 21 July 2020 |
| 28 | GK | Yvon Mvogo | PSV Eindhoven | Loan | 25 August 2020 |
| — | DF | Joško Gvardiol | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 28 September 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Ademola Lookman | Fulham | Loan | 30 September 2020 |
| 29 | FW | Jean-Kévin Augustin | Nantes | Free | 6 October 2020 |
| 45 | DF | Eric Martel | Austria Wien | Loan | 15 January 2021 |
| 41 | FW | Dennis Borkowski | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | 29 January 2021 |
| 32 | GK | Tim Schreiber | Hallescher FC | Loan | 1 February 2021 |

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Home alt. 3 | Home 2021–22 | Away | Away 2021–22 | Third | Fourth |

## 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 20 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 055.88 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 13 May 2021 | First round | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 083.33 |
| UEFA Champions League | 20 October 2020 | 10 March 2021 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 86 | 53 | +33 | 058.33 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 99 | 44 | +55 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, 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.

#### 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

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | RBL | MUN | IBS |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 5–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 | | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ The Werder Bremen v RB Leipzig match, originally scheduled on 2 May 2021, 20:30, was rescheduled to 30 April 2021 for undisclosed reasons.
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 47 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ESP | Josep Martínez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | Angeliño | 37 | 8 | 24+2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán | 40 | 5 | 25+4 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano | 41 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Ibrahima Konaté | 21 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 29 | 1 | 15+8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele | 40 | 4 | 21+7 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg | 31 | 2 | 19+5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Benjamin Henrichs | 20 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer | 39 | 9 | 24+3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Amadou Haidara | 43 | 6 | 21+10 | 3 | 5+1 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Tyler Adams | 37 | 1 | 21+6 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Dominik Szoboszlai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku | 40 | 7 | 19+9 | 6 | 3+2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Lazar Samardžić | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ESP | Dani Olmo | 46 | 7 | 26+6 | 5 | 5+1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Konrad Laimer | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SVN | Kevin Kampl | 39 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | GER | Joscha Wosz | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 41 | 11 | 14+13 | 5 | 2+4 | 5 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Emil Forsberg | 41 | 9 | 20+9 | 7 | 1+4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | KOR | Hwang Hee-chan | 26 | 3 | 3+15 | 0 | 2+3 | 3 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Alexander Sørloth | 37 | 6 | 13+16 | 5 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | NED | Justin Kluivert | 27 | 4 | 8+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+7 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | GER | Fabrice Hartmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Hugo Novoa Ramos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | GER | Tim Schreiber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | GER | Dennis Borkowski | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | GER | Eric Martel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Yussuf Poulsen | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Marcel Sabitzer | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Emil Forsberg | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Angeliño | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 18 | MF | | Christopher Nkunku | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Dani Olmo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Amadou Haidara | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 19 | FW | | Alexander Sørloth | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Willi Orbán | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | 21 | FW | | Justin Kluivert | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 22 | DF | | Nordi Mukiele | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 11 | FW | | Hwang Hee-chan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 23 | DF | | Marcel Halstenberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 5 | DF | | Dayot Upamecano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | DF | | Ibrahima Konaté | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 14 | MF | | Tyler Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 16 | DF | | Lukas Klostermann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 60 | 15 | 11 | 86 |