# 2020–21 SC Paderborn 07 season

The 2020–21 SC Paderborn 07 season was the 114th edition of SC Paderborn 07's existence, the club's first season return in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany football, following their promotion from the 3. Liga in the 2020–21 season. The club contested in the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 23 January 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 | GER | Moritz Schulze |
| 2 | DF | GER | Uwe Hünemeier |
| 3 | DF | GER | Frederic Ananou |
| 5 | MF | COD | Chadrac Akolo |
| 6 | MF | BEL | Aristote Nkaka (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 7 | FW | GER | Prince Osei Owusu |
| 8 | MF | GER | Ron Schallenberg |
| 9 | MF | GER | Kai Pröger |
| 10 | MF | GER | Julian Justvan |
| 11 | FW | GER | Sven Michel |
| 12 | DF | GER | Jesse Tugbenyo |
| 13 | DF | GER | Sebastian Schonlau (captain) |
| 14 | DF | SUI | Nicolas Bürgy |
| 16 | MF | GER | Johannes Dörfler |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | GK | GER | Leopold Zingerle |
| 18 | FW | GER | Dennis Srbeny |
| 20 | FW | GER | Marco Terrazzino |
| 21 | GK | GER | Jannik Huth |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Christopher Antwi-Adjei |
| 23 | MF | GER | Maximilian Thalhammer |
| 24 | MF | GER | Marcel Heller |
| 25 | DF | POR | Marcel Correia |
| 27 | MF | GER | Chris Führich (on loan from Borussia Dortmund II) |
| 29 | DF | NGA | Jamilu Collins |
| 31 | MF | SWE | Svante Ingelsson (on loan from Udinese) |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Chima Okoroji (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 39 | MF | GRE | Sebastian Vasiliadis |

### 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 |
| — | MF | ENG | Antony Evans (at Crewe Alexandra) |
| — | MF | BIH | Rifet Kapić (at FC Sheriff Tiraspol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Pascal Steinwender (at VfB Lübeck) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 18 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 September 2020 | 2 February 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 037.84 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 51 |
| 8 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 47 |
| 10 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 47 |
| 11 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 44 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Kicker

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.