# 2020–21 Borussia Dortmund season

The 2020–21 season was the 112th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal, the DFL-Supercup, and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 14 April 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 | SUI | Roman Bürki |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mateu Morey |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dan-Axel Zagadou |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Thomas Delaney |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jadon Sancho |
| 8 | MF | GER | Mahmoud Dahoud |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Erling Haaland |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Thorgan Hazard |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marco Reus (captain) |
| 13 | DF | POR | Raphaël Guerreiro |
| 14 | DF | GER | Nico Schulz |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mats Hummels |
| 16 | DF | SUI | Manuel Akanji |
| 18 | FW | GER | Youssoufa Moukoko |
| 19 | MF | GER | Julian Brandt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Reinier (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jude Bellingham |
| 23 | MF | GER | Emre Can |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier |
| 25 | GK | GER | Luca Unbehaun |
| 26 | DF | POL | Łukasz Piszczek (vice-captain) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Steffen Tigges |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Axel Witsel |
| 29 | DF | GER | Marcel Schmelzer |
| 30 | DF | GER | Felix Passlack |
| 32 | MF | USA | Giovanni Reyna |
| 35 | GK | SUI | Marwin Hitz |
| 36 | MF | GER | Ansgar Knauff |
| 37 | MF | GER | Tobias Raschl |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ARG | Leonardo Balerdi (at Olympique de Marseille until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GER | Jeremy Toljan (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Sergio Gómez (at Huesca until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | NED | Immanuel Pherai (at Zwolle until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | GER | Marius Wolf (at Köln until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 24 | DF | Thomas Meunier | Paris Saint-Germain | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Jude Bellingham | Birmingham City | €25,000,000 | 18 July 2020 |
| 20 | MF | Reinier | Real Madrid | Loan | 19 August 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Mario Götze | PSV Eindhoven | Contract expired | 1 July 2020 |
| 21 | FW | André Schürrle | Retired | Contract expired | 1 July 2020 |
| 40 | GK | Eric Oelschlägel | FC Utrecht | Contract expired | 1 July 2020 |
| 36 | DF | Ömer Toprak | Werder Bremen | €3,500,000 | 15 July 2020 |
| 18 | DF | Leonardo Balerdi | Marseille | Loan | 21 July 2020 |
| 32 | MF | Dženis Burnić | FC Heidenheim | Undisclosed | 3 August 2020 |
| | MF | Immanuel Pherai | PEC Zwolle | Loan | 17 September 2020 |
| 27 | MF | Marius Wolf | 1. FC Köln | Loan | 2 October 2020 |

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Away | Third | UCL Home | UCL Home alt. |

### Goalkeeper

| 1st (2020–21) | 2nd (2020–21) | 3rd (2020–21) | 4th (2020–21) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 058.82 |
| DFB-Pokal | 14 September 2020 | 13 May 2021 | First round | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 100.00 |
| DFL-Supercup | 30 September 2020 | 30 September 2020 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 20 October 2020 | 14 April 2021 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 116 | 65 | +51 | 060.78 |
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 |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### 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 | DOR | LAZ | BRU | ZEN |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |

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

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

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | DFL-Supercup | DFL-Supercup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Roman Bürki | 24 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Luca Unbehaun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | SUI | Marwin Hitz | 28 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Stefan Drljača | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Mateu Morey | 24 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Dan-Axel Zagadou | 13 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | POR | Raphaël Guerreiro | 40 | 6 | 25+2 | 5 | 4+1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Nico Schulz | 18 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Mats Hummels | 48 | 6 | 32+1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SUI | Manuel Akanji | 41 | 2 | 26+2 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier | 33 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | POL | Łukasz Piszczek | 19 | 1 | 5+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Marcel Schmelzer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Felix Passlack | 14 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | DEN | Thomas Delaney | 34 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jadon Sancho | 38 | 16 | 24+2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Mahmoud Dahoud | 31 | 2 | 15+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Thorgan Hazard | 28 | 4 | 8+8 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Julian Brandt | 45 | 4 | 17+14 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Reinier | 19 | 1 | 1+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jude Bellingham | 46 | 4 | 19+10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Emre Can | 40 | 2 | 23+5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Axel Witsel | 22 | 1 | 13+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | USA | Giovanni Reyna | 46 | 7 | 23+9 | 4 | 3+2 | 3 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Tobias Raschl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Dominik Wanner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NOR | Erling Haaland | 41 | 41 | 27+1 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Marco Reus | 49 | 11 | 27+5 | 8 | 3+3 | 2 | 8+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Youssoufa Moukoko | 15 | 3 | 2+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Steffen Tigges | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | GER | Ansgar Knauff | 7 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | DFL-Supercup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | | Erling Haaland | 27 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 41 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | | Jadon Sancho | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | | Marco Reus | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 32 | | Giovanni Reyna | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | 13 | | Raphaël Guerreiro | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | 15 | | Mats Hummels | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | | Thorgan Hazard | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | | Julian Brandt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 22 | | Jude Bellingham | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | 18 | | Youssoufa Moukoko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | | Mahmoud Dahoud | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 16 | | Manuel Akanji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 23 | | Emre Can | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 6 | | Thomas Delaney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 20 | | Reinier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 24 | | Thomas Meunier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 26 | | Łukasz Piszczek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 28 | | Axel Witsel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 30 | | Felix Passlack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 36 | | Ansgar Knauff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 75 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 116 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021