2021–22 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund
2021–22 season
Owner	Reinhard Rauball
Chairman	Hans-Joachim Watzke (CEO)
Head coach	Marco Rose
Stadium	Westfalenstadion
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
DFL-Supercup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Erling Haaland (5); All: ; Erling Haaland (9)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 15 September 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 113th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 46th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund are participating in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League, as well as the DFL-Supercup as winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 31 August 2021^[1]

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	SUI	Gregor Kobel
2	DF	ESP	Mateu Morey
4	DF	FRA	Soumaila Coulibaly
5	DF	FRA	Dan-Axel Zagadou
7	MF	USA	Giovanni Reyna
8	MF	GER	Mahmoud Dahoud
9	FW	NOR	Erling Haaland
10	MF	BEL	Thorgan Hazard
11	FW	GER	Marco Reus (captain)
13	DF	POR	Raphaël Guerreiro
14	DF	GER	Nico Schulz
15	DF	GER	Mats Hummels
16	DF	SUI	Manuel Akanji
18	FW	GER	Youssoufa Moukoko
19	MF	GER	Julian Brandt
20	MF	BRA	Reinier (on loan from Real Madrid)
21	FW	NED	Donyell Malen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	ENG	Jude Bellingham
23	MF	GER	Emre Can
24	MF	BEL	Thomas Meunier
25	GK	GER	Luca Unbehaun
27	FW	GER	Steffen Tigges
28	MF	BEL	Axel Witsel
29	DF	GER	Marcel Schmelzer
30	MF	GER	Felix Passlack
32	MF	GUI	Abdoulaye Kamara
34	DF	CRO	Marin Pongračić (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
35	GK	SUI	Marwin Hitz
36	FW	GER	Ansgar Knauff
37	MF	GER	Tobias Raschl
38	GK	SUI	Roman Bürki
39	MF	GER	Marius Wolf
40	GK	GER	Stefan Drljača

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF		Paris Saint-Germain U19	Free	1 July 2021	^[2]
1	GK	Gregor Kobel	VfB Stuttgart	€15,000,000	1 July 2021	^[3]
32	MF	Abdoulaye Kamara	Paris Saint-Germain	Free	21 July 2021	^[4]
21	FW	Donyell Malen	PSV Eindhoven	€30,000,000	27 July 2021	^[5]
34	DF	Marin Pongračić	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	31 August 2021	^[6]

Out[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15	DF	Jeremy Toljan	Sassuolo	€3,500,000	1 July 2021	^[7]
26	DF	Łukasz Piszczek	LKS Goczałkowice-Zdrój	Free		^[8]
29	DF	Marcel Schmelzer		Free		^[9]
–	MF	Sergio Gomez	Anderlecht	€1,500,000		^[10]
–	DF	Leonardo Balerdi	Marseille	€8,000,000	3 July 2021	^[11]
7	FW	Jadon Sancho	Manchester United	€85,000,000	23 July 2021	^[12]
6	MF	Thomas Delaney	Sevilla	€6,000,000	25 August 2021	^[13]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 July 2021 Friendly	FC Gießen	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	showHeeslingen, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Knauff 34' Tigges 42'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 3,700

17 July 2021 Cup der Traditionen	MSV Duisburg	Cancelled	Borussia Dortmund	showDuisburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: MSV-Arena
Note: The 45-minute match was cancelled after three Duisburg players tested positive for COVID-19.^[14]

17 July 2021 Cup der Traditionen	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	VfL Bochum	showDuisburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pasalic 83'	Report	Novothny 66' Ganvoula 68' Bockhorn 78'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 10,395
Note: The match was extended from the initially planned 45 minutes to 90 minutes following MSV Duisburg's withdrawal from the tournament.

24 July 2021 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	showSt. Gallen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	R. García 50' (pen.) Vivian 57' 60' Vesga 75'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 3,527 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

30 July 2021 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Bologna	showAltach, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reyna 24' Maloney 42', 64' Tigges 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 5,978 Referee: Dominik Ouschan

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	14 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1		4	3	0	1	13	9	+4	075.00
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021		First round		1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
DFL-Supercup	17 August 2021		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
UEFA Champions League	15 September 2021		Group stage		1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total					7	5	0	2	19	13	+6	071.43

Last updated: 15 September 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	VfL Wolfsburg	4	4	0	0	6	1	+5	12	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Mainz 05	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	10
4	Borussia Dortmund	4	3	0	1	13	9	+4	9
5	SC Freiburg	5	2	3	0	6	4	+2	9	Qualification to Europa League group stage
6	1. FC Köln	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2	8	Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. 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.^[15]

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
4	3	0	1	13	9	+4	9	2	0	0	8	4	+4	1	0	1	5	5	0

Last updated: 11 September 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W
Position	3	7	5	3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[16]

14 August 2021 1	Borussia Dortmund	5–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	showDortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus 23' Hazard 32' Haaland 34', 72' Reyna 58'	Report	Passlack 27' (o.g.) Hauge 86'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

21 August 2021 2	SC Freiburg	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	showFreiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grifo 6' Sallai 53' Demirović 86'	Report	Malen 19' Dahoud 34' Keitel 59' (o.g.) Akanji 61' Guerreiro 76'	Stadium: SC-Stadion Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Robert Schröder

27 August 2021 3	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	1899 Hoffenheim	showDortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dahoud 36' Reyna 49' Meunier 54' Bellingham 69' Haaland 90+1'	Report	Baumgartner 1', 61' Posch 7' Geiger 20' Dabbur 90'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

11 September 2021 4	Bayer Leverkusen	3–4	Borussia Dortmund	showLeverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wirtz 9', 60' Schick 45+1' Diaby 55', 86' Frimpong 70' Kossounou 75'	Report	Meunier 20' Haaland 37', 77' (pen.), 60' Brandt 49' Guerreiro 71' Wolf 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 17,605 Referee: Daniel Siebert

19 September 2021 5	Borussia Dortmund	v	Union Berlin	showDortmund
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Signal Iduna Park

25 September 2021 6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v	Borussia Dortmund	showMönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Borussia-Park

DFB-Pokal[]

7 August 2021 First round	Wehen Wiesbaden	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	showWiesbaden
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rieble 9' Goppel 43' Taffertshofer 44'	Report	Haaland 26', 31' (pen.), 51' Schulz 64'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 4,882 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

26 October 2021 Second round	Borussia Dortmund	v	FC Ingolstadt	showDortmund
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park

DFL-Supercup[]

17 August 2021 Final	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	Bayern Munich	showDortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus 25', 64' Dahoud 32'	Report	Süle 23' Lewandowski 41', 74' Müller 50' Sané 83' Choupo-Moting 90+3'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 24,742 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.^[17]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AJX	DOR	BES	SPO
1	Ajax	1	1	0	5	1	+4	3	Advance to round of 16	—	19 Oct	28 Sep	7 Dec
2	Borussia Dortmund	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to round of 16	3 Nov	—	7 Dec	28 Sep
3	Beşiktaş	1	0	1	1	2	−1	0	Transfer to Europa League	24 Nov	1–2	—	19 Oct
4	Sporting CP	1	0	1	1	5	−4	0		1–5	24 Nov	3 Nov	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 September 2021 1	Beşiktaş	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	showIstanbul, Turkey
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Welinton 43' Montero 45', 90+3' Hutchinson 76'	Report	Bellingham 20' Haaland 45+3' Meunier 55' Moukoko 79'	Stadium: Vodafone Park Attendance: 22,445 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

28 September 2021 2	Borussia Dortmund	v	Sporting CP	showDortmund, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Westfalenstadion

19 October 2021 3	Ajax	v	Borussia Dortmund	showAmsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena

3 November 2021 4	Borussia Dortmund	v	Ajax	showDortmund, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Westfalenstadion

24 November 2021 5	Sporting CP	v	Borussia Dortmund	showLisbon, Portugal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade

7 December 2021 6	Borussia Dortmund	v	Beşiktaş	showDortmund, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Westfalenstadion

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League		DFL-Supercup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Gregor Kobel	7	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
25	GK		Luca Unbehaun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Marwin Hitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK		Roman Bürki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Stefan Drljača	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Mateu Morey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Dan-Axel Zagadou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Raphaël Guerreiro	4	1	2+1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	DF		Nico Schulz	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Mats Hummels	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Manuel Akanji	7	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF		Thomas Meunier	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	DF		Marcel Schmelzer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Felix Passlack	5	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF		Marin Pongračić	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Giovanni Reyna	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Mahmoud Dahoud	7	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
10	MF		Thorgan Hazard	2	1	1	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Julian Brandt	4	1	1+2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Reinier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF		Jude Bellingham	7	2	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
23	MF		Emre Can	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Axel Witsel	7	0	4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0
32	MF		Abdoulaye Kamara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Tobias Raschl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Marius Wolf	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
47	MF		Antonios Papadopoulos	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Erling Haaland	7	9	4	5	1	3	1	1	1	0
11	FW		Marco Reus	7	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
18	FW		Youssoufa Moukoko	6	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0
21	FW		Donyell Malen	7	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
27	FW		Steffen Tigges	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW		Ansgar Knauff	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
46	FW		Marco Pašalić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
6	MF		Thomas Delaney	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 15 September 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	DFL-Supercup	Total
1	FW	9	Erling Haaland	5	3	1	0	9
2	MF	7	Giovanni Reyna	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	11	Marco Reus	1	0	0	1	2
	MF	22	Jude Bellingham	1	0	1	0	2
5	MF	10	Thorgan Hazard	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	13	Raphaël Guerreiro	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	19	Julian Brandt	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	0	1
Totals				13	3	2	1	19

Last updated: 15 September 2021

References[]

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