2020–21 VfL Osnabrück season

The 2020–21 season is VfL Osnabrück's 122nd season in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Osnabrück will participate in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

VfL Osnabrück

2020–21 season
Chairman	Manfred Hülsmann
Head coach	Marco Grote (until 15 February 2021) Florian Fulland (15 February 2021 – 3 March 2021) Markus Feldhoff (from 3 March 2021)
Stadium	Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
2. Bundesliga	16th (relegated via play-offs)
DFB-Pokal	Second round
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Transfers

Friendly matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Time[a]	Opponent	Venue	Result[b]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
9 August 2020	19:00	Schalke 04	Home[c]	1–5	Henning 55'	0[d]	[1]
15 August 2020	15:30	Arminia Bielefeld	Away	1–1	Amenyido 40'	0[d]	[2]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	18 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	033.33
DFB-Pokal	11 September 2020		First round	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total				4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	050.00

Last updated: September 2020
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2020–21 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

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.^[3]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
11	5	4	2	16	13	+3	19	2	1	2	7	9	−2	3	3	0	9	4	+5

Last updated: 13 December 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win

Draw

Loss

Match	Date	Time[a]	Opponent	Venue	Result[b]	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
1	20 September 2020	13:30	Greuther Fürth	Away	1–1	Santos 26'	3,000	Kampka	[4]
2	25 September 2020	18:30	Hannover 96	Home	2–1	Santos 33' (pen.), 47'	3,200	Aarnink	[5]
3	2 October 2020	18:30	VfL Bochum	Away	0–0	—	4,231	Sather	[6]
5	25 October 2020	13:30	1. FC Heidenheim	Away	1–1	Amenyido 61'	0[d]	Dingert	[7]
4	28 October 2020[e]	18:30	Darmstadt 98	Home	1–1	Ihorst 78'	0[d]	Schmidt	[9]
6	31 October 2020	13:00	SV Sandhausen	Home	2–1	Beermann 42', Ajdini 45'	0[d]	Siewer	[10]
7	8 November 2020	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	Away	4–2	Kerk 22' (pen.), 41', 72' (pen.), Amenyido 64'	0[d]	Gerach	[11]
8	23 November 2020	20:30	1. FC Nürnberg	Home	1–4	Kerk 90+1' (pen.)	0[d]	Zwayer	[12]
9	27 November 2020	20:30	FC St. Pauli	Away	1–0	Blacha 86'	0[d]	Jöllenbeck	[13]
10	5 December 2020	13:00	Karlsruher SC	Home	1–2	Beermann 28'	0[d]	Ittrich	[14]
11	13 December 2020	13:30	Eintracht Braunschweig	Away	2–0	Kerk 3', Multhaup 65'	0[d]	Thomsen	[15]
12	16 December 2020	18:30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Away	0–3	—	0[d]	Lechner	[16]
13	19 December 2020	13:00	SC Paderborn 07	Home	0–1	—	0[d]	Petersen	[17]
14	3 January 2021	13:30	Holstein Kiel	Away	2–1	Schmidt 27', Kerk 40'	0[d]	Osmers	[18]
15	9 January 2021	13:00	Würzburger Kickers	Home	2–3	Kerk 41', Ihorst 85'	0[d]	Siewer	[19]
16	18 January 2021	20:30	Hamburger SV	Away	0–5	—	0[d]	Schlager	[20]
17	22 January 2021	18:30	Erzgebirge Aue	Home	0–1	—	0[d]	Sather	[21]
18	26 January 2021	20:30	Greuther Fürth	Home	0–1	—	0[d]	Thomsen	[22]
19	1 February 2021	20:30	Hannover 96	Away	0–1	—	0[d]	Gräfe	[23]
20	6 February 2021	13:00	VfL Bochum	Home	1–2	Kerk 64'	0[d]	Waschitzki	[24]
21	14 February 2021	13:30	Darmstadt 98	Away	0–1	—	0[d]	Ittrich	[25]
22	20 February 2021	13:00	1. FC Heidenheim	Home	1–2	Santos 88'	0[d]	Kampka	[26]
23	28 February 2021	13:30	SV Sandhausen	Away	0–3	—	0[d]	Storks	[27]
25	14 March 2021	13:30	1. FC Nürnberg	Away	1–1	Heider 73'	0[d]	Waschitzki	[28]
26	21 March 2021	13:30	FC St. Pauli	Home	1–2	Heider 79'	0[d]	Thomsen	[29]
27	3 April 2021	13:00	Karlsruher SC	Away	1–0	Santos 49'	0[d]	Lechner	[30]
28	11 April 2021	13:30	Eintracht Braunschweig	Home	0–4	—	0[d]	Stegemann	[31]
24	14 April 2021[f]	18:30	Jahn Regensburg	Home	0–1	—	0[d]	Bacher	[33]
29	18 April 2021	13:30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Home	0–3	—	0[d]	Jablonski	[34]
30	21 April 2021	18:30	SC Paderborn 07	Away	2–2	Santos 14', Heider 84'	0[d]	Jöllenbeck	[35]
31	24 April 2021	13:00	Holstein Kiel	Home	1–3	Kerk 53'	0[d]	Cortus	[36]
32	8 May 2021	13:00	Würzburger Kickers	Away	3–1	Santos 51', Taffertshoffer 79', Reis 85'	0[d]	Waschitzki	[37]
33	16 May 2021	15:30	Hamburger SV	Home	3–2	Santos 34', Multhaup 61', Heider 84'	0[d]	Siebert	[38]
34	23 May 2021	15:30	Erzgebirge Aue	Away	1–2	Kerk 25'	0[d]	Petersen	[39]

Play-offs

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Time[a]	Opponent	Venue	Result[b]	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
27 May 2021	18:15	FC Ingolstadt	Away	0–3	—	250	Stegemann	[40]
30 May 2021	13:30	FC Ingolstadt	Home	3–1	Heider 6', 20', Amenyido 81'	2,000	Stieler	[41]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Time[a]	Opponent	Venue	Result[b]	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Ref.
First round	12 September 2020	15:30	SV Todesfelde	Away	1–0	Klaas 77'	500	Ittrich	[42]
Second round	22 December 2020	18:30	1. FC Köln	Away	0–1	—	0[d]	Hartmann	[43]

Notes

1. Time shown in local time
2. VfL Osnabrück's score shown first
3. Match played at Quitt-Stadion, Ankum
4. Match played behind closed doors
5. Match originally due to be played on 18 October 2020 at 13:30, but postponed and rescheduled due to cases of COVID-19 within Osnabrück's squad.^[8]
6. Match originally due to be played on 7 March 2021, but postponed and rescheduled due to cases of COVID-19 within Regensburg squad.^[32]