2020–21 Karlsruher SC season

Karlsruher SC 2020–21 football season

Karlsruher SC

2020–21 season

Chairman

Ingo Wellenreuther

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:
Philipp Hofmann
(13 goals)
All:
Philipp Hofmann
(13 goals)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2020–21 Karlsruher SC season was the club's 69th season in existence and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the second flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Karlsruher SC participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, being eliminated in the first round. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 October 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUT	Markus Kuster
2	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung
3	DF	GER	Philip Heise
4	MF	GER	Lukas Fröde
5	DF	GER	David Pisot
7	MF	GER	Marc Lorenz
8	MF	GER	Jérôme Gondorf (captain)
10	MF	GER	Marvin Wanitzek
11	MF	KOR	Choi Kyoung-rok
16	DF	GER	Philip Heise
17	FW	AUT	Marco Djuricin
18	MF	GER	David Trivunic
19	FW	GER	Dominik Kother
20	MF	GER	Alexander Groiß


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	GER	Marco Thiede
22	DF	AUT	Christoph Kobald
23	DF	LUX	Dirk Carlson
24	FW	SEN	Babacar Guèye
25	MF	GER	Janis Hanek
27	DF	GER	Marlon Dinger
28	GK	GER	Paul Löhr
31	FW	GER	Malik Batmaz
32	DF	GER	Robin Bormuth
33	FW	GER	Philipp Hofmann
34	DF	GER	Jannis Rabold
35	GK	GER	Marius Gersbeck
39	MF	GER	Benjamin Goller

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	GER	Marvin Pourié

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

LASK

Karlsruher SC

22 August 2020 Friendly	LASK	0–2	Karlsruher SC	Pasching, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Hofmann 45' Djuricin 85'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 0

Mainz 05

Karlsruher SC

8 October 2020 Friendly	Mainz 05	2–4	Karlsruher SC	Mainz, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hack 59' Mateta 60'	Report	Goller 27' Batmaz 55' Djuricin 66' Guèye 82'	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 60 Referee: Robert Kampka

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	19 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	5	1	1	3	4	5	−1	020.00
DFB-Pokal	12 September 2020	12 September 2020	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total				6	1	1	4	4	6	−2	016.67

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
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

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.

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	1	5	17	13	+4	16	2	0	3	8	7	+1	3	1	2	9	6	+3

Last updated: December 2020.
Source: Kicker

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L
Position	16	17	18	17	15	17	15	9	8	5	9

Updated to match(es) played on December 2020. Source: Kicker
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

Hannover 96 v Karlsruher SC

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 1	Hannover 96	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Hannover
13:00	Kaiser 25' Maina 85'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) 2	Karlsruher SC	0–1	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
13:30		Report	Zoller 14'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marco Fritz

Jahn Regensburg v Karlsruher SC

3 October 2020 (2020-10-03) 3	Jahn Regensburg	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Regensburg
13:00	Albers 44'	Report		Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 3,042 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

Karlsruher SC v SV Sandhausen

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 4	Karlsruher SC	3–0	SV Sandhausen	Karlsruhe
13:00	Hofmann 3' Kother 30' Kobald 47'	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Nürnberg v Karlsruher SC

23 October 2020 (2020-10-23) 5	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Nuremberg
18:30	Lohkemper 15'	Report	Wanitzek 53'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

Karlsruher SC v SV Darmstadt 98

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) 6	Karlsruher SC	3–4	SV Darmstadt 98	Karlsruhe
13:30	Hofmann 22', 81' Wanitzek 44'	Report	Kempe 9', 90+3' Pálsson 65' Dursun 77'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Arne Aarnink

FC St. Pauli v Karlsruher SC

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 7	FC St. Pauli	0–3	Karlsruher SC	Hamburg
13:30		Report	Thiede 4' Gondorf 50' Hofmann 76'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexander Sather

Eintracht Braunschweig v Karlsruher SC

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 8	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	Karlsruher SC	Braunschweig
13:00	Proschwitz 31'	Report	Choi 14', 63' Wanitzek 18'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer

Karlsruher SC v SC Paderborn 07

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 9	Karlsruher SC	1–0	SC Paderborn 07	Karlsruhe
13:00	Daniel Gordon 7'	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Bacher

VfL Osnabrück v Karlsruher SC

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 10	VfL Osnabrück	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Osnabrück
13:00	Beermann 28'	Report	Dominik Kother 77' Philipp Hofmann 88'	Stadium: Bremer Brücke Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Karlsruher SC v Fortuna Düsseldorf

() 11	Karlsruher SC	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Karlsruhe
13:30	Hofmann 72'	Report	Krajnc 12' Peterson 57'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Erzgebirge Aue v Karlsruher SC

17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) 12	Erzgebirge Aue	v	Karlsruher SC	Aue
20:30		Report		Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 0

Karlsruher SC v Hamburger SV

21 December 2020 (2020-12-21) 13	Karlsruher SC	v	Hamburger SV	Karlsruhe
20:30		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0

Würzburger Kickers v Karlsruher SC

2 January 2021 (2021-01-02) 14	Würzburger Kickers	v	Karlsruher SC	Würzburg
13:00		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 0

Karlsruher SC v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) 15	Karlsruher SC	v	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Karlsruhe
18:30		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal

Matches

Karlsruher SC v Union Berlin

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) First round	Karlsruher SC	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Union Berlin	Karlsruhe
18:30		Report	Schlotterbeck 118'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 450 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Notes

References

"Kader: KSC". Karlsruher SC (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
"Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
"Fixtures for the 2020–21 season for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will be published on 7 August 2020". bundesliga.com. Bundesliga. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

External links

Official website

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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

Categories:

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	1	5	17	13	+4	16	2	0	3	8	7	+1	3	1	2	9	6	+3

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	1	5	17	13	+4	16	2	0	3	8	7	+1	3	1	2	9	6	+3

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	1	5	17	13	+4	16	2	0	3	8	7	+1	3	1	2	9	6	+3