2020–21 in German football

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Football in Germany

Season

2020–21

Men's football

Bayern Munich

Women's football

Frauen-Bundesliga

Bayern Munich

2. Frauen-Bundesliga

Carl Zeiss Jena
1. FC Köln

DFB-Pokal Frauen

VfL Wolfsburg

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2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 111th season of competitive football in Germany.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Bundesliga	Arminia Bielefeld VfB Stuttgart	Fortuna Düsseldorf SC Paderborn
2. Bundesliga	Würzburger Kickers Eintracht Braunschweig	Wehen Wiesbaden Dynamo Dresden
3. Liga	VfB Lübeck Türkgücü München 1. FC Saarbrücken SC Verl	Chemnitzer FC Preußen Münster Sonnenhof Großaspach Carl Zeiss Jena
Frauen-Bundesliga	Werder Bremen SV Meppen	1. FC Köln Carl Zeiss Jena
2. Frauen-Bundesliga	SpVg Berghofen Borussia Bocholt RB Leipzig 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen Würzburger Kickers	None (season cancelled)^[1]

Post-season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Bundesliga	VfL Bochum Greuther Fürth	Werder Bremen Schalke 04
2. Bundesliga	Dynamo Dresden Hansa Rostock FC Ingolstadt	VfL Osnabrück Eintracht Braunschweig Würzburger Kickers
3. Liga	Viktoria Berlin Borussia Dortmund II SC Freiburg II TSV Havelse	KFC Uerdingen¹ Bayern Munich II VfB Lübeck SpVgg Unterhaching
Frauen-Bundesliga	Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Köln	SV Meppen MSV Duisburg
2. Frauen-Bundesliga	SV Göttelborn SV Henstedt-Ulzburg 1. FC Nürnberg	Borussia Mönchengladbach Turbine Potsdam II Arminia Bielefeld SpVg Berghofen BV Cloppenburg 1. FC Saarbrücken Würzburger Kickers 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen

^1 KFC Uerdingen did not receive a 3. Liga license, sparing SV Meppen from relegation.^[2]

National teams

Win Draw Loss Void

Germany national football team

Kits

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Away
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2020–21 UEFA Nations League

2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	3	2	1	13	3	+10	11	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	6–0	1–0	4–0
2	Germany	6	2	3	1	10	13	−3	9		1–1	—	3–3	3–1
3	Switzerland	6	1	3	2	9	8	+1	6^[a]		1–1	1–1	—	3–0^[b]
4	Ukraine (R)	6	2	0	4	5	13	−8	6^[a]	Relegation to League B	1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.
^ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.

2020–21 UEFA Nations League fixtures and results

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Germany	1–1	Spain	Stuttgart
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Werner 51'	Report	Gayà 90+6'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Switzerland	1–1	Germany	Basel
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Widmer 58'	Report	Gündoğan 14'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Ukraine	1–2	Germany	Kyiv
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Malinovskyi 77' (pen.)	Report	Ginter 20' Goretzka 49'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 17,573 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Germany	3–3	Switzerland	Cologne
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Werner 28' Havertz 55' Gnabry 60'	Report	Gavranović 5', 57' Freuler 26'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the match was played behind closed doors.^[5]

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Germany	3–1	Ukraine	Leipzig
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Sané 23' Werner 33', 64'	Report	Yaremchuk 12'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the match was played behind closed doors.

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Spain	6–0	Germany	Seville
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Morata 17' Torres 33', 55', 71' Rodri 38' Oyarzabal 89'	Report		Stadium: La Cartuja Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, the match was played behind closed doors.

UEFA Euro 2020

UEFA Euro 2020 Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany (H)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4^[a]
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4^[a]
4	Hungary (H)	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–4 Germany.

UEFA Euro 2020 fixtures and results

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15) Group F	France	1–0	Germany	Munich, Germany
21:00 (21:00 UTC+2)	Hummels 20' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

19 June 2021 (2021-06-19) Group F	Portugal	2–4	Germany	Munich, Germany
18:00 (18:00 UTC+2)	Ronaldo 15' Jota 67'	Report	Dias 35' (o.g.) Guerreiro 39' (o.g.) Havertz 51' Gosens 60'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 12,926 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

23 June 2021 (2021-06-23) Group F	Germany	2–2	Hungary	Munich, Germany
21:00 (21:00 UTC+2)	Havertz 66' Goretzka 84'	Report	Ád. Szalai 11' Schäfer 68'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 12,413 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

29 June 2021 (2021-06-29) Round of 16	England	2–0	Germany	London, England
18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)	Sterling 75' Kane 86'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 41,973 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	9	0	1	36	4	+32	27	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	1–2	2–1	6–0	3–0	9–0
2	North Macedonia	10	5	3	2	23	11	+12	18	Advance to play-offs	0–4	—	0–0	0–0	3–1	5–0
3	Romania	10	5	2	3	13	8	+5	17		0–1	3–2	—	1–0	0–0	2–0
4	Armenia	10	3	3	4	9	20	−11	12		1–4	0–5	3–2	—	2–0	1–1
5	Iceland	10	2	3	5	12	18	−6	9		0–4	2–2	0–2	1–1	—	4–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	1	9	2	34	−32	1		0–2	0–4	0–2	0–1	1–4	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification fixtures and results

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Germany	3–0	Iceland	Duisburg
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Goretzka 3' Havertz 7' Gündoğan 56'	Report		Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Romania	0–1	Germany	Bucharest
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report	Gnabry 17'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Germany	1–2	North Macedonia	Duisburg
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Gündoğan 63' (pen.)	Report	Pandev 45+2' Elmas 85'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Friendly matches

7 October 2020 (2020-10-07) Friendly	Germany	3–3	Turkey	Cologne
20:45 UTC+2	Draxler 45+1' Neuhaus 58' Waldschmidt 81'	Report	Tufan 49' Karaca 67' Karaman 90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) Friendly	Germany	1–0	Czech Republic	Leipzig
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Waldschmidt 13'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

2 June 2021 (2021-06-02) Friendly	Germany	1–1	Denmark	Innsbruck, Austria
21:00 (21:00 UTC+2)	Neuhaus 48'	Report	Poulsen 71'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) Friendly	Germany	7–1	Latvia	Düsseldorf
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Gosens 19' Gündoğan 21' Müller 27' Ozols 39' (o.g.) Gnabry 45' Werner 50' Sané 76'	Report	Saveljevs 75'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Germany Olympic football team

Summer Olympics

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to the summer of 2021, from 22 July to 7 August. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Germany women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	8	0	0	46	1	+45	24	Final tournament	—	8–0	3–0	6–0	10–0
2	Ukraine	8	5	0	3	16	21	−5	15	Play-offs	0–8	—	1–0	4–0	2–1
3	Republic of Ireland	8	4	1	3	11	10	+1	13		1–3	3–2	—	1–0	2–0
4	Greece	8	2	1	5	6	21	−15	7		0–5	0–4	1–1	—	1–0
5	Montenegro	8	0	0	8	2	28	−26	0		0–3	1–3	0–3	0–4	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying fixtures and results

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying	Germany	3–0	Republic of Ireland	Essen
14:00 (14:00 UTC+2)	Hegering 8' Marozsán 38' Schüller 41'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Essen Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 11 April 2020, 16:00, to be played at Preußenstadion in Münster, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.^[7] It was played behind closed doors.

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying	Montenegro	0–3	Germany	Podgorica
16:07 (16:07 UTC+2)		Report	Freigang 3' Leupolz 45+2' Lohmann 59'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 14 April 2020, 16:10, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.^[7] It was played behind closed doors.

27 November 2020 (2020-11-27) UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying	Germany	6–0	Greece	Ingolstadt
16:00 (16:00 UTC+1)	Hegering 17' Freigang 21', 39', 45' Dallmann 72' Krumbiegel 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Marta Frías Acedo (Spain)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 19 September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying	Republic of Ireland	1–3	Germany	Dublin
18:00 (17:00 UTC±0)	McCabe 45' (pen.)	Report	Magull 21' (pen.) Waßmuth 29', 85'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 22 September 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Friendly matches

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Friendly	Germany	Cancelled	England	Wiesbaden
16:00 (16:00 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Brita-Arena
Note: The match was cancelled on 25 October 2020 due to a positive COVID-19 test by an English official.^[8]

21 February 2021 (2021-02-21) Three Nations. One Goal	Germany	2–0	Belgium	Aachen
18:00 (18:00 UTC+1)	Huth 2' Schüller 55'	Report		Stadium: New Tivoli Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)

24 February 2021 (2021-02-24) Three Nations. One Goal	Netherlands	2–1	Germany	Venlo
18:30 (18:30 UTC+1)	Groenen 16' Van de Donk 60'	Report	Freigang 44'	Stadium: De Koel Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Viki De Cremer (Belgium)

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) Friendly	Germany	5–2	Australia	Wiesbaden
16:10 (16:10 UTC+2)	Nüsken 11' Hendrich 48' Brand 62' Freigang 64' Dallmann 90+1'	Report	Gielnik 82', 90+2'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Marta Frías Acedo (Spain)

13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) Friendly	Germany	3–1	Norway	Wiesbaden
16:00 (16:00 UTC+2)	Freigang 8' Dallmann 17' Krumbiegel 62'	Report	Reiten 4'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

10 June 2021 Friendly	France	1–0	Germany	Strasbourg
21:10 (21:10 UTC+2)	Dali 30'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

15 June 2021 Friendly	Germany	0–0	Chile	Offenbach
15:00 (15:00 UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Maria Sole Caputi (Italy)

League season

Men

Bundesliga

Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Borussia Dortmund	34	20	4	10	75	46	+29	64
4	VfL Wolfsburg	34	17	10	7	61	37	+24	61
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	12	6	69	53	+16	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	10	10	53	39	+14	52	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Union Berlin	34	12	14	8	50	43	+7	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round^[a]
8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	10	11	64	56	+8	49
9	VfB Stuttgart	34	12	9	13	56	55	+1	45
10	SC Freiburg	34	12	9	13	52	52	0	45
11	1899 Hoffenheim	34	11	10	13	52	54	−2	43
12	Mainz 05	34	10	9	15	39	56	−17	39
13	FC Augsburg	34	10	6	18	36	54	−18	36
14	Hertha BSC	34	8	11	15	41	52	−11	35
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	9	8	17	26	52	−26	35
16	1. FC Köln (O)	34	8	9	17	34	60	−26	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Werder Bremen (R)	34	7	10	17	36	57	−21	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Schalke 04 (R)	34	3	7	24	25	86	−61	16	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[9]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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.

2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	VfL Bochum (C, P)	34	21	4	9	66	39	+27	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Greuther Fürth (P)	34	18	10	6	69	44	+25	64	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Holstein Kiel	34	18	8	8	57	35	+22	62	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Hamburger SV	34	16	10	8	71	44	+27	58
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	16	8	10	55	46	+9	56
6	Karlsruher SC	34	14	10	10	51	44	+7	52
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
12	Erzgebirge Aue	34	12	8	14	44	53	−9	44
13	Hannover 96	34	12	6	16	53	51	+2	42
14	Jahn Regensburg	34	9	11	14	37	50	−13	38
15	SV Sandhausen	34	10	4	20	41	60	−19	34
16	VfL Osnabrück (R)	34	9	6	19	35	58	−23	33	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	7	10	17	30	59	−29	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Würzburger Kickers (R)	34	6	7	21	37	69	−32	25	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[10]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

3. Liga

3. Liga standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Dresden (C, P)	38	23	6	9	61	29	+32	75	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2	Hansa Rostock (P)	38	20	11	7	52	33	+19	71	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
3	FC Ingolstadt (O, P)	38	20	11	7	56	40	+16	71	Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4	1860 Munich	38	18	12	8	69	35	+34	66	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	16	11	11	66	51	+15	59
6	Wehen Wiesbaden	38	15	11	12	57	53	+4	56
7	SC Verl	38	14	13	11	66	55	+11	55
8	Waldhof Mannheim	38	13	13	12	50	55	−5	52
9	Hallescher FC	38	14	10	14	51	58	−7	52
10	FSV Zwickau	38	13	12	13	46	45	+1	51
11	1. FC Magdeburg	38	14	9	15	42	45	−3	51
12	Viktoria Köln	38	13	12	13	52	59	−7	51
13	Türkgücü München	38	12	11	15	45	55	−10	47
14	1. FC Kaiserslautern	38	8	19	11	47	52	−5	43
15	MSV Duisburg	38	11	10	17	52	67	−15	43
16	KFC Uerdingen^[a] (R)	38	11	11	16	38	50	−12	41	Relegation to Regionalliga^[b]
17	SV Meppen	38	12	5	21	37	61	−24	41
18	Bayern Munich II^[c] (R)	38	8	13	17	47	58	−11	37	Relegation to Regionalliga
19	VfB Lübeck (R)	38	8	11	19	41	57	−16	35
20	SpVgg Unterhaching (R)	38	9	5	24	40	57	−17	32

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[13]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ KFC Uerdingen were deducted three points, after they filed for insolvency.^[11]
^ KFC Uerdingen did not obtain a license for the next season and was therefore relegated, sparing SV Meppen from relegation.^[12]
^ Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

DFB-Pokal

Final

13 May 2021

20:45 CEST

RB Leipzig	1–4	Borussia Dortmund
Olmo 71'	Report	Sancho 5', 45+1' Haaland 28', 87'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

DFL-Supercup

30 September 2020

20:30 CEST

Bayern Munich	3–2	Borussia Dortmund
Tolisso 18' Müller 32' Kimmich 82'	Report	Brandt 39' Haaland 55'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 0^{[note 3]}

Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Langenhagen)

Women

Frauen-Bundesliga

Frauen-Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	22	20	1	1	82	9	+73	61	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	VfL Wolfsburg	22	19	2	1	71	17	+54	59	Qualification for Champions League second round
3	1899 Hoffenheim	22	14	2	6	54	23	+31	44	Qualification for Champions League first round
4	Turbine Potsdam	22	12	3	7	41	36	+5	39
5	Bayer Leverkusen	22	10	3	9	32	39	−7	33
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	9	3	10	43	29	+14	30
7	SC Freiburg	22	9	3	10	30	35	−5	30
8	SGS Essen	22	7	4	11	30	37	−7	25
9	Werder Bremen	22	6	1	15	23	67	−44	19
10	SC Sand	22	5	3	14	21	53	−32	18
11	SV Meppen (R)	22	3	5	14	16	52	−36	14	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
12	MSV Duisburg (R)	22	1	4	17	15	61	−46	7	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.^[15]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

2. Frauen-Bundesliga

2. Frauen-Bundesliga North standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Carl Zeiss Jena (C, P)	16	10	5	1	29	11	+18	35	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	FSV Gütersloh	16	10	3	3	37	18	+19	33
3	RB Leipzig	16	8	2	6	32	30	+2	26
4	Borussia Bocholt	16	7	4	5	27	31	−4	25
5	VfL Wolfsburg II^[a]	16	6	4	6	26	19	+7	22
6	Borussia Mönchengladbach (R)	16	6	3	7	22	24	−2	21	Qualification for relegation play-offs
7	Turbine Potsdam II^[a] (R)	16	5	5	6	27	26	+1	20	Relegation to Regionalliga
8	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	16	3	2	11	21	32	−11	11
9	SpVg Berghofen (R)	16	2	2	12	8	38	−30	8
10	BV Cloppenburg^[b] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

^ ^a ^b Reserve teams cannot compete in the Frauen-Bundesliga and are therefore ineligible for promotion.
^ BV Cloppenburg withdrew its women's team after the club's bankruptcy.^[16]

2. Frauen-Bundesliga South standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln (C, P)	16	15	1	0	49	10	+39	46	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Bayern Munich II^[a]	16	8	3	5	30	20	+10	27
3	SG Andernach	16	9	0	7	34	27	+7	27
4	FC Ingolstadt	16	7	5	4	30	24	+6	26
5	Eintracht Frankfurt II^[a]	16	8	1	7	30	22	+8	25
6	1899 Hoffenheim II^[a] (O)	16	6	5	5	36	22	+14	23	Qualification for relegation play-offs
7	1. FC Saarbrücken (R)	16	4	5	7	27	36	−9	17	Relegation to Regionalliga
8	Würzburger Kickers (R)	16	3	2	11	19	35	−16	11
9	1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen (R)	16	0	2	14	4	63	−59	2

^ ^a ^b ^c Reserve teams cannot compete in the Frauen-Bundesliga and are therefore ineligible for promotion.

DFB-Pokal Frauen

Final

30 May 2021

16:00

Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1 (a.e.t.)	VfL Wolfsburg
	Report	Pajor 118'

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}^[18]

Referee: Mirka Derlin

German clubs in Europe

UEFA Super Cup

24 September 2020

21:00 CEST

Bayern Munich	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sevilla
Goretzka 34' Martínez 104'	Report	Ocampos 13' (pen.)

Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Attendance: 15,180^[19]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	ATM	SAL	LMO
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	0	18	5	+13	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	3–1	2–0
2	Atlético Madrid	6	2	3	1	7	8	−1	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	3–2	0–0
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	1	4	10	17	−7	4	Transfer to Europa League	2–6	0–2	—	2–2
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3		1–2	1–1	1–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	BMG	SHK	INT
1	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–3	3–2
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	2	2	16	9	+7	8^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	4–0	2–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	2	2	5	12	−7	8^[a]	Transfer to Europa League	2–0	0–6	—	0–0
4	Inter Milan	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6		0–2	2–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: UEFA

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAR	RBL	MUN	IBS
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	2	13	6	+7	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	2	11	12	−1	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	3–2	2–0
3	Manchester United	6	3	3	15	10	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	5–0	—	4–1
4	İstanbul Başakşehir	6	1	5	7	18	−11	3		0–2	3–4	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–4	Manchester City	0–2	0–2
Lazio	2–6	Bayern Munich	1–4	1–2
RB Leipzig	0–4	Liverpool	0–2	0–2
Sevilla	4–5	Borussia Dortmund	2–3	2–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	4–2	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	2–1
Bayern Munich	3–3 (a)	Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	1–0

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kukësi	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Desna Chernihiv

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AEK Athens	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEV	SLP	HBS	NCE
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	5	1	21	8	+13	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	4–1	6–2
2	Slavia Prague	6	4	2	11	10	+1	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	3–0	3–2
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	4	7	13	−6	6		2–4	3–1	—	1–0
4	Nice	6	1	5	8	16	−8	3		2–3	1–3	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HOF	ZVE	LIB	GNT
1	TSG Hoffenheim	6	5	1	0	17	2	+15	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	5–0	4–1
2	Red Star Belgrade	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	5–1	2–1
3	Slovan Liberec	6	2	1	3	4	13	−9	7		0–2	0–0	—	1–0
4	Gent	6	0	0	6	4	15	−11	0		1–4	0–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	6–3	Bayer Leverkusen	4–3	2–0
Molde	5–3	1899 Hoffenheim	3–3	2–0

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Subotica	0–7	VfL Wolfsburg	0–5	0–2
Ajax	1–6	Bayern Munich	1–3	0–3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	LSK Kvinner	2–0	2–0
BIIK Kazygurt	1–9	Bayern Munich	1–6	0–3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	4–0	Rosengård	3–0	1–0
Chelsea	5–1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	3–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	3–5	Chelsea	2–1	1–4

Notes

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 will be played behind closed doors.^[3]^[4]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.^[14]

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2020–21 in German football

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League competitions

Men

Levels 1–3	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga
Level 4	Bayern Nord Nordost Südwest West
Level 5	Baden-Württemberg Bayern Bremen Hamburg Hessen Mittelrhein Niederrhein Niedersachsen Nordost Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Schleswig-Holstein Westfalen

Women

Cup competitions

Men	DFB-Pokal (Final) DFL-Supercup Verbandspokal (Baden, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein, Niedersachsen, Rheinland, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Südbaden, Südwest, Thüringen, Westfalen, Württemberg)
Women	DFB-Pokal Verbandspokal

European competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League Super Cup
Women	Champions League

Related to national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group F) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (League A) 2022 FIFA World Cup (Qualification: Group J) Joachim Löw
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 (Qualifying: Group I) Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Transfers

Men	Summer 2020 Winter 2020–21
Women	Summer 2020 Winter 2020–21

Men's team seasons
Bundesliga	FC Augsburg Hertha BSC Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga	Erzgebirge Aue VfL Bochum Eintracht Braunschweig Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Düsseldorf Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV Hannover 96 1. FC Heidenheim Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel 1. FC Nürnberg VfL Osnabrück SC Paderborn Jahn Regensburg SV Sandhausen FC St. Pauli Würzburger Kickers
3. Liga	Dynamo Dresden MSV Duisburg Hallescher FC FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Kaiserslautern Viktoria Köln VfB Lübeck 1. FC Magdeburg Waldhof Mannheim SV Meppen 1860 Munich Bayern Munich II Türkgücü München Hansa Rostock 1. FC Saarbrücken KFC Uerdingen SpVgg Unterhaching SC Verl Wehen Wiesbaden FSV Zwickau

Women's team seasons
Bundesliga	Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg SGS Essen SC Freiburg Eintracht Frankfurt 1899 Hoffenheim Bayer Leverkusen SV Meppen Bayern Munich Turbine Potsdam SC Sand VfL Wolfsburg

v t e Seasons in German football
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v t e 2021 in association football
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