Borussia Dortmund / Season 2020/21

The article deals with the course of the 2020/21 season of the German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund .

Preparation for the season

Personnel changes

The defensively versatile Argentine Leonardo Balerdi , who had only eight appearances for the first team in the previous season, was awarded to runner-up Olympique Marseille to gain further match practice in the French Ligue 1 . Dženis Burnić , former junior national player and most recently on the ball for BVB in spring 2017, was handed over to the second division club 1. FC Heidenheim after several loan positions . Mario Götze , who had had a difficult time with the team at least since the signing of head coach Favre , did not extend his expiring contract and was now available for a free transfer. One of the decisive factors in the past two years had been Achraf Hakimi , who first played defensively and then offensively on the flanks and was involved in many goals; With his home club Real Madrid no agreement could be reached for a firm commitment and the player finally moved to Inter Milan . The 2014 world champion, André Schürrle , never really arrived in Dortmund and finally ended his active career after returning from his second loan. In addition, substitute goalkeeper Eric Oelschlägel and defender Ömer Toprak , who remained in Bremen after relegation , left the club.

The Belgian World Cup third from 2018, Thomas Meunier , from Paris , the 17-year-old Jude Bellingham , who can be used variably in midfield, also joined BVB to strengthen the defensive wing . Bellingham had previously played in the second-rate English championship and took a similar path as his compatriot Jadon Sancho . With the " Zehner " Reinier , an 18-year-old from Real Madrid's youth followed Hakimi; as with this one, a two-year loan deal was agreed. In addition, loan players Marius Wolf and Felix Passlack returned to the team.

Test matches and training camps

After training started on August 3, 2020, BVB traveled as usual to the summer training camp in the Swiss spa town of Bad Ragaz from August 10 to 17 . In Altach , Austria , test matches were played again as in previous years, this time the opponents were the local SCR Altach and repeatedly its top division competitor Austria Wien . Altach was defeated 6-0, against Austria the Dortmunders managed an 11-2. After returning home, two one-hour games were played against third division club MSV Duisburg , who will later play the first round in the cup , as well as Dutch European Cup participant Feyenoord Rotterdam . Two more friendlies followed at the end of the month, the opponents were the second division clubs SC Paderborn 07 and VfL Bochum . The MSV was defeated, while defeats against Feyenoord and Bochum and a draw against Paderborn followed.

In addition to the two newcomers, the entire first team had moved into the training camp, but Marco Reus and Marcel Schmelzer remained in Dortmund and completed rehabilitation measures. In addition, the A-Juniors Nnamdi Collins and Ansgar Knauff, Youssoufa Moukoko , who is still eligible to play for the A-Youth and who is in the professional squad, and the U23 players Stefan Drljača, Taylan Duman , Maximilian Hippe and Immanuël Pherai were allowed to travel with them. Richmond Tachie , Alaa Bakir and Moritz Broschinski from the regional league team also took part in the test matches in Germany .

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All games in detail

The table lists all of the club's games in the 2020/21 season, including the preparatory and test games. Games that have been decided on penalties are counted as a tie (yellow), wins are marked in green and losses are marked in red.

date	home	guest	Result	Goals BVB	place	competition
August 12, 2020	SCR Altach		0: 6 (0: 3)	0: 1 Reyna (14th), 0: 2 Haaland (36th, foul penalty), 0: 3 Haaland (45th), 0: 4 Hazard (75th, foul penalty), 0: 5 Can (86th), 0 : 6 Brandt (90th)	Austria Cashpoint Arena , Altach	Test game
August 16, 2020		FK Austria Vienna	11: 2 (4: 1)	1: 0 Reyna (9th), 2: 0 Reyna (23rd), 3: 1 Guerreiro (41st), 4: 1 Pherai (44th), 5: 1 Sancho (52nd), 6: 2 Can ( 65th), 7: 2 Wolf (73rd), 8: 2 Hazard (76th, penalty kick), 9: 2 Bellingham (77th), 10: 2 Duman (81st), 11: 2 Schulz (86th)	Austria Cashpoint Arena, Altach	Test game
22nd August 2020	MSV Duisburg		1: 5 (1: 3)	0: 1 Reyna (12th), 0: 2 Hazard (14th), 0: 3 Sancho (26th), 1: 4 Knauff (49th), 1: 5 Knauff (60th)	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena , Duisburg	Test game
22nd August 2020		Feyenoord Rotterdam	1: 3 (0: 2)	1: 3 Witsel (52nd)	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg	Test game
August 28, 2020		SC Paderborn 07	1: 1 (1: 0)	1-0 Pherai (30.)	BVB training center Brackel, Dortmund	Test game
August 28, 2020		VfL Bochum	1: 3 (0: 2)	1: 3 Hummels (67th)	BVB training center Brackel, Dortmund	Test game
September 7, 2020		Sparta Rotterdam	: (:)			Test game

Usage statistics

The table shows the competitive stakes (excluding the Supercup) of all players listed in the squad, including their goals. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not listed. Values marked in bold are maximum values within the team.

No.	Nat.	Surname	position
01	Switzerland	Roman Bürki	goal
02	Spain	Mateu Morey	Defense
05	France	Dan-Axel Zagadou	Defense
06th	Denmark	Thomas Delaney	midfield
07th	England	Jadon Sancho	midfield
08th		Mahmoud Dahoud	midfield
09	Norway	Erling Haaland	Storm
10	Belgium	Thorgan Hazard	midfield
11		Marco Reus (C)	Storm
13	Portugal	Raphaël Guerreiro	Defense
14th		Nico Schulz	Defense
15th		Mats Hummels	Defense
16	Switzerland	Manuel Akanji	Defense
18th		Youssoufa Moukoko ^U19	Storm
19th		Julian Brandt	midfield
20th	Brazil	Reinier	midfield
22nd	England	Jude Bellingham	midfield
23		Emre Can	midfield
24	Belgium	Thomas Meunier	midfield
25th		Luca Blunt	goal
26th	Poland	Łukasz Piszczek	Defense
27		Marius Wolf	midfield
28	Belgium	Axel Witsel	midfield
29		Marcel Schmelzer	Defense
30th		Felix Passlack	midfield
32	United States	Giovanni Reyna ^U19	midfield
35	Switzerland	Marwin Hitz	goal
37		Tobias Raschl	midfield
Status: before the start of the season