2021–22 1. FC Union Berlin season

The 2021–22 season is 1. FC Union Berlin's 57th season in existence and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. The club are participating in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Union Berlin
2021–22 season
ChairmanDirk Zingler
ManagerUrs Fischer
StadiumStadion An der Alten Försterei
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Taiwo Awoniyi (7)
All:
Taiwo Awoniyi (9)

Players

Squad
As of 30 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 Andreas Luthe
3 DF  GER Paul Jaeckel
4 DF  NED Rick van Drongelen
5 DF  GER Marvin Friedrich (Vice-captain)
6 DF  NOR Julian Ryerson
7 MF  GER Levin Öztunalı
8 MF  GER Rani Khedira
9 FW  GER Andreas Voglsammer
10 FW  GER Max Kruse
11 FW  NGA Anthony Ujah
12 GK  DEN Jakob Busk
14 FW  NGA Taiwo Awoniyi
15 MF  POL Paweł Wszołek
17 FW  GER Kevin Behrens
18 MF  JPN Keita Endo
19 GK  DEN Frederik Rønnow
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  GER Grischa Prömel
23 DF  GER Niko Gießelmann
24 MF  JPN Genki Haraguchi
25 DF  GER Timo Baumgartl (on loan from PSV Eindhoven)
26 DF  POL Tymoteusz Puchacz
27 FW  SUR Sheraldo Becker
28 DF  AUT Christopher Trimmel (Captain)
29 MF  GER Laurenz Dehl
31 DF  GER Robin Knoche
33 MF  GER Sebastian Griesbeck
35 MF  GER Fabio Schneider
36 FW  GER Cedric Teuchert
38 FW  GER Leon Dajaku (on loan from Bayern Munich)
39 FW  NGA Suleiman Abdullahi
— MF  GER Kevin Möhwald
— DF  GER Bastian Oczipka

Background
Main article: 2020–21 1. FC Union Berlin season

Having finished the 2019–20 season, their first in the Bundesliga, in 11th-place, Union started the 2020–21 season strongly and were in fifth-place and one point behind third-place after 16 matches.[2] Union picked up just seven points from their next 8 matches before a return to fitness for Max Kruse saw an upturn in the club's form as they secured a seventh-placed finish and qualification to the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League after Kruse scored a stoppage time winner in a final day victory over RB Leipzig.[2][3]

Friendly matches
Pre-season match details
DateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef.
14 July 202117:30Viktoria BerlinAway5–2Behrens 4', Ingvartsen 56', Baumgartl 67', Voglsammer 80', 85'1,179[4]
17 July 202114:05Dynamo DresdenHome3–0Ingvartsen 37', Voglsammer 45', Knoche 54'3,278[5]
6 October 202117:30St. GallenHome1–3Jaeckel 69'[6]

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2021–22 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Mainz 05 16 7 3 6 25 16 +9 24 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 16 6 6 4 26 24 +2 24
8 Union Berlin 16 6 6 4 22 21 +1 24
9 RB Leipzig 16 6 4 6 30 20 +10 22
10 1. FC Köln 16 5 7 4 26 27 −1 22
Updated to match(es) played on 15 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.[7]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
15 6 5 4 22 21  +1 23 5 2 1 12 8  +4 1 3 3 10 13  −3

Last updated: 12 December 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by matchday
Matchday12345678910111213141516
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDDWDLWWWDLDWLWL
Position7128887755665656
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June.[8]

DateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
14 August 202115:30Bayer LeverkusenHome1–1Awoniyi 7'11,000Tobias Reichel[9]
22 August 202115:30TSG HoffenheimAway2–2Gießelmann 10', Awoniyi 47'8,014Sascha Stegemann[10]
29 August 202115:30Borussia MönchengladbachHome2–1Gießelmann 22', Awoniyi 41'11,006Felix Brych[11]
11 September 202115:30FC AugsburgHome0–010,207Martin Petersen[12]
19 September 202117:30Borussia DortmundAway2–4Kruse 57', Voglsammer 81'25,000Sven Jablonski[13]
25 September 202115:30Arminia BielefeldHome1–0Behrens 88'11,000Marco Fritz[14]
3 October 202115:30Mainz 05Away2–1Awoniyi 69', 73'16,000Tobias Stieler[15]
16 October 202115:30VfL WolfsburgHome2–0Awoniyi 49', Becker 82'10,978Sascha Stegemann[16]
24 October 202117:30VfB StuttgartAway1–1Awoniyi 31'32,535Florian Badstübner[17]
30 October 202115:30Bayern MunichHome2–5Gießelmann 43', Ryerson 65'16,509Harm Osmers[18]
7 November 202117:301. FC KölnAway2–2Ryerson 9', Prömel 45+1'49,000Daniel Siebert[19]
20 November 202118:30Hertha BSCHome2–0Awoniyi 8', Trimmel 30'22,012Felix Brych[20]
28 November 202115:30Eintracht FrankfurtAway1–2Kruse 62'24,000Sascha Stegemann[21]
3 December 202120:30RB LeipzigHome2–1Awoniyi 6', Baumgartl 57'13,506Harm Osmers[22]
12 December 202115:30Greuther FürthAway0–10Sven Jablonski[23]
15 December 202120:30SC FreiburgHome

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal
RoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
First round8 August 202115:30Türkgücü MünchenAway1–0Kruse 23'3,500Martin Petersen[24]
Second round26 October 202118:30Waldhof MannheimAway3–1 (a.e.t.)Behrens 18', 118', Awoniyi 94'14,651Benjamin Brand[25]
Round of 1618 January 2022--:--Hertha BSCAway

Europa Conference League
Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
RoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
Play-off round19 August 202118:00Kuopion PalloseuraAway4–0Awoniyi 6', 31', Kruse 29', Voglsammer 90+2'5,632Ivan Bebek[26]
Play-off round26 August 202120:30Kuopion PalloseuraHome0–022,159Halil Umut Meler[27]

Group stage
Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEY SLA UNI MHA
1 Feyenoord 6 4 2 0 11 6 +5 14 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 3–1 2–1
2 Slavia Prague 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–2 — 3–1 1–0
3 Union Berlin 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 1–2 1–1 — 3–0
4 Maccabi Haifa 6 1 1 4 2 7 −5 4 0–0 1–0 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
DateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
16 September 202118:45Slavia PragueAway1–3Behrens 70'15,286Fábio Veríssimo[28]
30 September 202121:00Maccabi HaifaHome3–0Voglsammer 33', Behrens 48', Awoniyi 76'23,342Nick Walsh[29]
21 October 202118:45FeyenoordAway1–3Awoniyi 35'46,100Giorgi Kruashvili[30]
4 November 202121:00FeyenoordHome1–2Trimmel 41'30,000Daniel Stefański[31]
25 November 202118:45[lower-alpha 1]Maccabi HaifaAway1–0Ryerson 66'22,150Michal Ocenáš[32]
9 December 202121:00Slavia PragueHome1–1Kruse 64'4,380Rade Obrenović[33]

Transfers

In
Pos Player From Type Window Fee Ref.
FW Taiwo Awoniyi Liverpool Transfer Summer €6,500,000 [34]
DF Tymoteusz Puchacz Lech Poznań Transfer Summer €3,500,000 [35]
MF Kevin Möhwald Werder Bremen Transfer Summer €1,000,000 [36]
GK Frederik Rønnow Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer €1,000,000 [37]
MF Julius Kade Dynamo Dresden Transfer Summer €500,000 [38]
FW Kevin Behrens SV Sandhausen End of contract Summer – [39]
DF Paul Jaeckel Greuther Fürth End of contract Summer – [40]
MF Genki Haraguchi Hannover 96 End of contract Summer – [41]
MF Rani Khedira FC Augsburg End of contract Summer – [42]
DF Bastian Oczipka Schalke 04 End of contract Summer – [43]
MF Levin Öztunali Mainz 05 End of contract Summer – [44]
FW Andreas Voglsammer Arminia Bielefeld End of contract Summer – [45]
MF Paweł Wszołek Legia Warsaw End of contract Summer – [46]

Out
Pos Player To Type Window Fee Ref.
MF Robert Andrich Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer €6,500,000 [47]
FW Marius Bülter Schalke 04 Transfer Summer €800,000 [48]
MF Julius Kade Dynamo Dresden Transfer Summer €500,000 [49]
MF Nicolai Rapp Werder Bremen Transfer Summer €200,000
MF Akaki Gogia FC Zürich Released Summer – [50]
MF Christian Gentner FC Luzern End of contract Summer –
DF Florian Hübner 1. FC Nürnberg End of contract Summer – [51]
DF Christopher Lenz Eintracht Frankfurt End of contract Summer – [52]

Notes
  1. 19:45 Israel Standard Time

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