# 2021–22 1. FC Nürnberg season

The 2021–22 1. FC Nürnberg season was the club's 122nd season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Nürnberg participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 30 June 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 | Patric Klandt |
| 2 | DF | GER | Kilian Fischer |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Asger Sørensen |
| 5 | MF | GER | Johannes Geis |
| 6 | MF | GER | Lino Tempelmann (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 7 | FW | GER | Felix Lohkemper |
| 8 | MF | GER | Taylan Duman |
| 9 | FW | GER | Manuel Schäffler |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Nikola Dovedan |
| 11 | FW | GER | Erik Shuranov |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tom Krauß (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 15 | MF | GER | Fabian Nürnberger |
| 16 | DF | GER | Christopher Schindler |
| 17 | MF | GER | Jens Castrop (on loan from 1. FC Köln) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | GER | Dennis Borkowski (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Florian Hübner |
| 20 | FW | GER | Pascal Köpke |
| 21 | MF | GER | Tim Latteier |
| 22 | DF | GER | Enrico Valentini (captain) |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Mats Møller Dæhli |
| 26 | FW | GER | Paul-Philipp Besong |
| 29 | DF | GER | Tim Handwerker |
| 31 | GK | GER | Carl Klaus |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Mario Šuver |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Rausch |
| 35 | DF | GER | Noel Knothe |
| 36 | FW | GER | Lukas Schleimer |

### 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 | SVN | Adam Gnezda Čerin (at HNK Rijeka until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | GER | Linus Rosenlöcher (at Esbjerg fB until 30 June 2022) |

## 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 | 25 July 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | +0 | 041.18 |
| DFB-Pokal | 7 August 2021 | 26 October 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 041.67 |
Last updated: 2 December 2021 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 52 |
| 7 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 51 |
| 8 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 45 |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 2021. Source:

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