2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga

Frauen-Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Dates4 September 2020 – 6 June 2021
ChampionsBayern Munich
RelegatedSV Meppen
MSV Duisburg
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
VfL Wolfsburg
1899 Hoffenheim
Matches played132
Goals scored460 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorerNicole Billa
(23 goals)
Biggest home winWolfsburg 8–0 Bremen
Biggest away winSand 0–8 Munich
Highest scoringBremen 5–3 Duisburg
Sand 0–8 Munich
Munich 7–1 Meppen
Wolfsburg 8–0 Bremen
Longest winning run17 games
Munich
Longest unbeaten run17 games
Munich
Longest winless run20 games
Duisburg
Longest losing run5 games
Bremen
Attendance11,686 (89 per match)[a]

The 2020–21 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 31st season of Germany's premier women's football league. It ran from 4 September 2020 to 6 June 2021.[1]

Seven time champion 1. FFC Frankfurt joined forces with Eintracht Frankfurt and competes under their name.[2]

Bayern Munich won their third title.[3]

The fixtures were announced on 27 July 2020.[4]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 31 August 2020, the DFB Executive Committee decided to extend the use of five substitutions in matches to the 2020–21 season, which was implemented at the end of the previous season to lessen the impact of fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The use of five substitutes, based on the decision of competition organisers, had been extended by IFAB until 2021.[6]

Teams

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Locations of teams in the 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga

Team changes

Promoted from 2019–20 2. Bundesliga Relegated from 2019–20 Bundesliga
Werder Bremen
SV Meppen		 1. FC Köln
USV Jena

Stadiums

Team Home city Home ground Capacity
Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion Platz 12 1,000
MSV Duisburg Duisburg PCC-Stadion 3,000
SGS Essen Essen Stadion Essen 20,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Stadion am Brentanobad 5,500
SC Freiburg Freiburg Möslestadion 18,000
1899 Hoffenheim Hoffenheim Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion 6,350
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen Jugendleistungszentrum Kurtekotten 1,140
SV Meppen Meppen Hänsch-Arena 16,500
Bayern Munich Munich FC Bayern Campus 2,500
Turbine Potsdam Potsdam Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion 10,786
SC Sand Willstätt Kühnmatt Stadion 2,000
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg AOK Stadium 5,200

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 22 20 1 1 82 9 +73 61 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 VfL Wolfsburg 22 19 2 1 71 17 +54 59 Qualification for Champions League second round
3 1899 Hoffenheim 22 14 2 6 54 23 +31 44 Qualification for Champions League first round
4 Turbine Potsdam 22 12 3 7 41 36 +5 39
5 Bayer Leverkusen 22 10 3 9 32 39 −7 33
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 22 9 3 10 43 29 +14 30
7 SC Freiburg 22 9 3 10 30 35 −5 30
8 SGS Essen 22 7 4 11 30 37 −7 25
9 Werder Bremen 22 6 1 15 23 67 −44 19
10 SC Sand 22 5 3 14 21 53 −32 18
11 SV Meppen (R) 22 3 5 14 16 52 −36 14 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
12 MSV Duisburg (R) 22 1 4 17 15 61 −46 7
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 goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[7]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRE DUI ESS FRA FRE HOF LEV MEP MUN POT SAN WOL
Werder Bremen — 5–3 1–3 0–5 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–4 0–2 1–0 1–5
MSV Duisburg 1–2 — 1–6 0–3 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–6 2–3 0–1 0–4
SGS Essen 2–1 2–3 — 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2
Eintracht Frankfurt 5–1 3–0 3–1 — 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 2–3
SC Freiburg 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–3 — 1–5 1–2 5–0 1–5 1–0 2–1 1–1
1899 Hoffenheim 3–1 7–0 0–1 2–2 4–2 — 6–0 1–0 0–4 5–0 0–0 1–4
Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–5 — 2–2 0–4 4–2 2–1 0–4
SV Meppen 3–2 0–0 1–3 0–4 0–1 1–0 0–3 — 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–4
Bayern Munich 7–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 7–1 — 3–0 6–0 4–1
Turbine Potsdam 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 2–3 — 5–2 0–5
SC Sand 6–1 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–8 0–3 — 1–3
VfL Wolfsburg 8–0 5–2 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Austria Nicole Billa 1899 Hoffenheim 23
2 Germany Laura Freigang Eintracht Frankfurt 17
3 Germany Lea Schüller Bayern Munich 16
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Milena Nikolić Bayer Leverkusen 13
5 Hungary Zsanett Jakabfi VfL Wolfsburg 11
6 Germany Sydney Lohmann Bayern Munich 10
7 France Viviane Asseyi Bayern Munich 8
Germany Klara Bühl Bayern Munich
Germany Selina Cerci Turbine Potsdam
Poland Ewa Pajor VfL Wolfsburg

Notes

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.

References

  1. ^ "Rahmenterminkalender der Frauen für 2020/2021 verabschiedet". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Eintracht und FFC Fusion: Eine Chance für beide". fr.de (in German). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ "FC Bayern München ist Meister 2020/2021: "Herausragende Saison"". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Wolfsburg und Essen eröffnen neue Saison". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Fünf Auswechslungen: DFB verlängert Ausnahmeregelung" [Five substitutions: DFB extends exceptional regulation]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Five-substitute option extended into 2021 in response to COVID-19 pandemic". FIFA. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. pp. 56–57. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Goalscorers". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 6 September 2020.