# 2020–21 1. FC Nürnberg season

The 2020–21 1. FC Nürnberg season was the club's 121st season in existence and the club's 2nd 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 12 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 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 | Patric Klandt |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Asger Sørensen |
| 5 | MF | GER | Johannes Geis |
| 6 | DF | GER | Tim Handwerker |
| 7 | FW | GER | Felix Lohkemper |
| 9 | FW | GER | Manuel Schäffler |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Nikola Dovedan |
| 13 | DF | GER | Pius Krätschmer |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tom Krauß (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 15 | MF | GER | Fabian Nürnberger |
| 17 | MF | GER | Robin Hack |
| 18 | MF | GER | Hanno Behrens |
| 19 | FW | GER | Dennis Borkowski (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 20 | FW | GER | Pascal Köpke |
| 21 | DF | GER | Kevin Goden |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | GER | Enrico Valentini (captain) |
| 23 | FW | GER | Fabian Schleusener |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Mats Møller Dæhli (on loan from KRC Genk) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Oliver Sorg |
| 26 | GK | GER | Christian Mathenia |
| 27 | FW | GER | Paul-Philipp Besong |
| 28 | DF | GER | Lukas Mühl |
| 29 | GK | GER | Christian Früchtl (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 30 | GK | AUT | Andreas Lukse |
| 33 | DF | AUT | Georg Margreitter (vice-captain) |
| 35 | DF | GER | Noel Knothe |
| 40 | DF | GER | Linus Rosenlöcher |
| 43 | MF | GER | Tim Latteier |
| 44 | FW | UKR | Erik Shuranov |

### 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 2021) |
| — | DF | CRO | Jakov Medić (at Wehen Wiesbaden until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | POL | Dominik Steczyk (at Piast Gliwice until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | POR | Iuri Medeiros (at S.C. Braga until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | GER | Lukas Schleimer (at 1. FC Saarbrücken until 30 June 2021) |

## 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 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 032.35 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 12 September 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 031.43 |
Last updated: 27 March 2021 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 44 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 42 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: March 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 | A | H | 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 |
| Result | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |