2021–22 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2021–22 season
President	Kristian Baumgärtner (interim)
Head coach	Sebastian Hoeneß
Stadium	Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ihlas Bebou (5); All: ; Ihlas Bebou (5)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 15 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 123rd season in the existence of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the club's 14th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim are participating in this season's edition of the 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	GER	Oliver Baumann (vice-captain)
2	DF	CUW	Joshua Brenet
3	DF	CZE	Pavel Kadeřábek
4	DF	BIH	Ermin Bičakčić
6	DF	NOR	Håvard Nordtveit
7	FW	DEN	Jacob Bruun Larsen
8	MF	GER	Dennis Geiger
9	FW	TOG	Ihlas Bebou
10	FW	ISR	Mu'nas Dabbur
11	MF	AUT	Florian Grillitsch
12	GK	GER	Philipp Pentke
13	MF	GER	Angelo Stiller
14	MF	AUT	Christoph Baumgartner
15	DF	GHA	Kasim Nuhu
16	MF	GER	Sebastian Rudy
17	DF	GER	David Raum


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	MLI	Diadie Samassékou
20	MF	SRB	Mijat Gaćinović
21	DF	GER	Benjamin Hübner (captain)
22	DF	GER	Kevin Vogt (3rd captain)
23	FW	ARM	Sargis Adamyan
25	DF	NGA	Kevin Akpoguma
27	FW	CRO	Andrej Kramarić
28	DF	USA	Chris Richards (on loan from Bayern Munich)
29	FW	DEN	Robert Skov
30	MF	GER	Marco John
32	DF	NED	Melayro Bogarde
33	FW	FRA	Georginio Rutter
36	GK	GER	Nahuel Noll
37	GK	GER	Luca Philipp
38	DF	AUT	Stefan Posch
39	MF	GER	Tom Bischof

Players out on loan[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Maximilian Beier (at Hannover 96 until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ISR	Ilay Elmkies (at Admira Wacker until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	NED	Justin Hoogma (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	BRA	Klauss (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	BRA	Bruno Nazário (at América Mineiro until 31 December 2021)
—	FW	GER	David Otto (at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	BRA	Lucas Ribeiro (at Internacional until 31 December 2021)
—	DF	GRE	Kostas Stafylidis (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2022)

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Angelo Stiller	Bayern Munich	Free	1 July 2021	^[2]
MF	Sebastian Rudy	Schalke 04	Free		^[3]
MF	David Raum	Greuther Fürth	Free		^[4]
DF	Chris Richards	Bayern Munich	Loan	31 August 2021	^[5]

Transfers out[]

Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ilay Elmkies	Admira Wacker	Loan	1 July 2021	^[6]
DF	Justin Hoogma	Greuther Fürth	Loan	15 July 2021	^[7]
DF	Konstantinos Stafylidis	VfL Bochum	Loan	1 August 2021	^[8]
FW	Maximilian Beier	Hannover 96	Loan	19 August 2021	^[9]
FW	Ishak Belfodil	Hertha BSC	€500,000	23 August 2021	^[10]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2021 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Heidenheim, Germany
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst 6'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena

24 July 2021 Friendly	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Rottach-Egern, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bruun Larsen 41' Rutter 87'	Report	Hrgota 2' Nielsen 37'	Stadium: Sportplatz Birkenmoos
Note: The match was played in four quarters 30 minutes each.

31 July 2021 Friendly	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	Reims	Sinsheim, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rudy 29' Baumgartner 45+1' Kramarić 68'	Report	Sierhuis 67'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 3,419

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	14 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	16	8	3	5	34	25	+9	050.00
DFB-Pokal	9 August 2021		First round	2	2	0	0	8	3	+5	100.00
Total				18	10	3	5	42	28	+14	055.56

Last updated: 15 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	SC Freiburg	17	8	5	4	28	16	+12	29	Qualification to Champions League group stage
4	Bayer Leverkusen	17	8	4	5	40	28	+12	28	Qualification to Champions League group stage
5	1899 Hoffenheim	17	8	4	5	35	26	+9	28	Qualification to Europa League group stage
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	17	7	6	4	27	24	+3	27	Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
7	Union Berlin	17	7	6	4	23	21	+2	27

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 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.^[11]

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
17	8	4	5	35	26	+9	28	5	2	1	18	8	+10	3	2	4	17	18	−1

Last updated: 18 December 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round[]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[12]

14 August 2021 1	FC Augsburg	0–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gouweleeuw 89'	Report	Raum 19' Bruun Larsen 37' Rudy 62', 90+5' Adamyan 79' Rutter 87'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 9,124 Referee: Felix Brych

22 August 2021 2	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	Union Berlin	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Akpoguma 14' Bruun Larsen 30' Samassékou 80'	Report	Gießelmann 10' Khedira 45' Awoniyi 47' Friedrich 82' 90+4'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 8,014 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

27 August 2021 3	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
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	1899 Hoffenheim	0–2	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaćinović 39' Vogt 70'	Report	Burkardt 21' Ingvartsen 77' Hack 86'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 8,427 Referee: Marco Fritz

18 September 2021 5	Arminia Bielefeld	0–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wimmer 45' Lasme 68'	Report	Kramarić 86'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 13,750 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

25 September 2021 6	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 45+2' Kadeřábek 50', 82' Baumgartner 74' Grillitsch 78'	Report	Baku 25' Arnold 78' Roussillon 80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 8,523 Referee: Daniel Siebert

2 October 2021 7	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kempf 18' Mavropanos 60' Massimo 81'	Report	Samassékou 43' Bruun Larsen 84'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 24,211 Referee: Harm Osmers

15 October 2021 8	1899 Hoffenheim	5–0	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bebou 31', 49' Kadeřábek 33' Baumgartner 51' Geiger 74' Posch 87'	Report	Czichos 81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 14,309 Referee: Tobias Reichel

23 October 2021 9	Bayern Munich	4–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gnabry 16' Lewandowski 30' Choupo-Moting 82' Coman 87'	Report	Samassékou 10' Rudy 60' Raum 75' Grillitsch 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

29 October 2021 10	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	Hertha BSC	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 19' Rudy 36' Akpoguma 66' Vogt 75'	Report	Ascacíbar 75' Boyata 76'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 8,127 Referee: Sven Jablonski

6 November 2021 11	VfL Bochum	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stafylidis 53' Novothny 66' Riemann 75' Pantović 90+7'	Report	Posch 29' Vogt 38' Grillitsch 73' Kramarić 75' Rudy 78'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Frank Willenborg

20 November 2021 12	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	RB Leipzig	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Samassékou 12' Grillitsch 42' Dabbur 68' Nordtveit 90+3'	Report	Silva 35' Angeliño 84'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 13,233 Referee: Tobias Welz

27 November 2021 13	Greuther Fürth	3–6	1899 Hoffenheim	Fürth
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Leweling 22' Tillman 46' Christiansen 49' Hrgota 68'	Report	Bebou 32', 62', 80' Rutter 40', 58' Meyerhöfer 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 3,385 Referee: Bastian Dankert

4 December 2021 14	1899 Hoffenheim	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Geiger 6', 24' Samassékou 19', 59' Rutter 30'	Report	Borré 15' Sow 29' Paciência 64', 72'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

11 December 2021 15	SC Freiburg	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lienhart 16' Schlotterbeck 21' Grifo 62' Kübler 87' Höler 90' Günter 90'	Report	Raum 3' Posch 38' Akpoguma 61' Vogt 80' Richards 90+4'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 750 Referee: Frank Willenborg

15 December 2021 16	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schick 37', 63'	Report	Stiller 80' Dabbur 83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 13,272 Referee: Tobias Stieler

18 December 2021 17	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kadeřábek 55' Akpoguma 90+1' Geiger 90+4'	Report	Embolo 35' Bensebaini 62' Lainer 90+4'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Referee: Sven Jablonski

DFB-Pokal[]

9 August 2021 First round	Viktoria Köln	2–3 (a.e.t.)	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Buballa 31' Handle 33' Greger 36', 102' Amyn 45'	Report	Stiller 25' Kramarić 27' (pen.), 107' Baumgartner 31' Akpoguma 63' Dabbur 94'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 3,402 Referee: Franz Bokop

26 October 2021 Second round	1899 Hoffenheim	5–1	Holstein Kiel	Sinsheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van den Bergh 3' (o.g.) Wahl 32' (o.g.) Akpoguma 46' Stiller 59' Dabbur 72' Bruun Larsen 84'	Report	Neumann 47' Lorenz 68'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 5,033 Referee: Robert Hartmann

19 January 2022 Round of 16	1899 Hoffenheim	v	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: PreZero Arena

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Oliver Baumann	17	0	16	0	1	0
12	GK	GER	Philipp Pentke	2	0	1	0	1	0
36	GK	GER	Nahuel Noel	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	GK	GER	Luca Philipp	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	CUW	Joshua Brenet	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	CZE	Pavel Kadeřábek	8	1	5+3	1	0	0
4	DF	BIH	Ermin Bičakčić	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	NOR	Håvard Nordtveit	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
15	DF	GHA	Kasim Nuhu	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	GER	David Raum	18	1	15+1	1	2	0
21	DF	GER	Benjamin Hübner	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	GER	Kevin Vogt	17	0	15	0	2	0
25	DF	NGA	Kevin Akpoguma	17	2	12+3	2	2	0
28	DF	USA	Chris Richards	14	1	8+5	1	1	0
32	DF	NED	Melayro Bogarde	1	0	0	0	1	0
38	DF	AUT	Stefan Posch	16	1	13+1	1	1+1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	GER	Dennis Geiger	12	2	10+1	2	1	0
11	MF	AUT	Florian Grillitsch	12	0	11+1	0	0	0
13	MF	GER	Angelo Stiller	14	2	7+5	1	2	1
14	MF	AUT	Christoph Baumgartner	14	3	8+5	3	1	0
16	MF	GER	Sebastian Rudy	13	2	7+4	2	1+1	0
18	MF	MLI	Diadie Samassékou	14	2	10+3	2	0+1	0
20	MF	SRB	Mijat Gaćinović	6	0	1+3	0	0+2	0
30	MF	GER	Marco John	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
39	MF	GER	Tom Bischof	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	DEN	Jacob Bruun Larsen	12	4	6+4	3	1+1	1
9	FW	TOG	Ihlas Bebou	13	5	12+1	5	0	0
10	FW	ISR	Mu'nas Dabbur	14	5	7+5	3	1+1	2
23	FW	ARM	Sargis Adamyan	13	1	2+10	1	0+1	0
27	FW	CRO	Andrej Kramarić	18	4	14+2	2	2	2
29	FW	DEN	Robert Skov	7	0	2+4	0	0+1	0
33	FW	FRA	Georginio Rutter	19	4	5+12	4	2	0
44	FW	GER	Fisnik Asllani	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
19	FW	ALG	Ishak Belfodil	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	GER	Maximilian Beier	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 18 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

Rank	Pos	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	9	Ihlas Bebou	5	0	5
1	FW	10	Mu'nas Dabbur	3	2	5
3	FW	7	Jacob Bruun Larsen	3	1	4
	FW	27	Andrej Kramarić	2	2	4
	FW	33	Georginio Rutter	4	0	4
6	MF	14	Christoph Baumgartner	3	0	3
7	MF	8	Dennis Geiger	2	0	2
	MF	13	Angelo Stiller	1	1	2
	MF	16	Sebastian Rudy	2	0	2
	MF	18	Diadie Samassékou	2	0	2
	DF	25	Kevin Akpoguma	2	0	2
12	DF	3	Pavel Kadeřábek	1	0	1
	DF	17	David Raum	1	0	1
	FW	23	Sargis Adamyan	1	0	1
	DF	28	Chris Richards	1	0	1
	DF	38	Stefan Posch	1	0	1
Own goals				1	2	3
Totals				35	8	43

Last updated: 18 December 2021

References[]

^ "Squad First team". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "Angelo Stiller joins on free transfer from Bayern Munich". TSG Hoffenheim. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Record appearance-maker Rudy signs until 2023". TSG Hoffenheim. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "David Raum to join Hoffenheim on a free transfer this summer". 13 January 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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^ "Hoogma to join Greuther Fürth on loan". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "VfL sign Stafylidis on loan". VfL Bochum. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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^ "Belfodil moves to Hertha BSC". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Bayern-Auftakt in Gladbach - Kracher im Dezember! Der Spielplan 21/22". Sky Sport (in German). 25 June 2021.

[1] "Squad First team". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[2] "Angelo Stiller joins on free transfer from Bayern Munich". TSG Hoffenheim. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[3] "Record appearance-maker Rudy signs until 2023". TSG Hoffenheim. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[4] "David Raum to join Hoffenheim on a free transfer this summer". 13 January 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[5] "Richards reinforces TSG defence". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[6] "Elmkies joins Admira Wacker on loan". TSG Hoffenheim. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[7] "Hoogma to join Greuther Fürth on loan". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[8] "VfL sign Stafylidis on loan". VfL Bochum. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[9] "Beier to join Hannover 96 on loan". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[10] "Belfodil moves to Hertha BSC". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[11] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[12] "Bayern-Auftakt in Gladbach - Kracher im Dezember! Der Spielplan 21/22". Sky Sport (in German). 25 June 2021.

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