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2021–22 1. FC Union Berlin season

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The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

ChairmanDirk Zingler
ManagerUrs Fischer
StadiumStadion An der Alten Försterei
Bundesliga5th
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Union Berlin
2021–22 season
ChairmanDirk Zingler
ManagerUrs Fischer
StadiumStadion An der Alten Försterei
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Taiwo Awoniyi (15)
All:
Taiwo Awoniyi (20)
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Players

Squad

As of 22 February 2022[1]

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Out on loan

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Background

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

After finishing 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

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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]
23 July 202117:00Dynamo KyivHome1–1Zabarnyi 37' o.g.[6]
6 October 202117:30St. GallenHome1–3Jaeckel 69'[7]
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Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2021–22 Bundesliga

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 +33 64 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 +35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 +6 57 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 SC Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 +12 55
7 1. FC Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 +3 52 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a]
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Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[8]
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

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OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 16 9 9 50 44  +6 57 10 5 2 25 17  +8 6 4 7 25 27  −2
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Source: DFB

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDDWDLWWWDLDWLWLDWDWWLLLWLDLWWWWDWW
Position71288877556656568775458977897766765
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Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June.[9]

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DateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
14 August 202115:30Bayer LeverkusenHome1–1Awoniyi 7'11,000Tobias Reichel[10]
22 August 202115:301899 HoffenheimAway2–2Gießelmann 10', Awoniyi 47'8,014Sascha Stegemann[11]
29 August 202115:30Borussia MönchengladbachHome2–1Gießelmann 22', Awoniyi 41'11,006Felix Brych[12]
11 September 202115:30FC AugsburgHome0–010,207Martin Petersen[13]
19 September 202117:30Borussia DortmundAway2–4Kruse 57', Voglsammer 81'25,000Sven Jablonski[14]
25 September 202115:30Arminia BielefeldHome1–0Behrens 88'11,000Marco Fritz[15]
3 October 202115:30Mainz 05Away2–1Awoniyi 69', 73'16,000Tobias Stieler[16]
16 October 202115:30VfL WolfsburgHome2–0Awoniyi 49', Becker 82'10,978Sascha Stegemann[17]
24 October 202117:30VfB StuttgartAway1–1Awoniyi 31'32,535Florian Badstübner[18]
30 October 202115:30Bayern MunichHome2–5Gießelmann 43', Ryerson 65'16,509Harm Osmers[19]
7 November 202117:301. FC KölnAway2–2Ryerson 9', Prömel 45+1'49,000Daniel Siebert[20]
20 November 202118:30Hertha BSCHome2–0Awoniyi 8', Trimmel 30'22,012Felix Brych[21]
28 November 202115:30Eintracht FrankfurtAway1–2Kruse 62'24,000Sascha Stegemann[22]
3 December 202120:30RB LeipzigHome2–1Awoniyi 6', Baumgartl 57'13,506Harm Osmers[23]
12 December 202115:30Greuther FürthAway0–10Sven Jablonski[24]
15 December 202120:30SC FreiburgHome0–05,000Deniz Aytekin[25]
18 December 202115:30VfL BochumAway1–0Kruse 16'13,500Tobias Reichel[26]
8 January 202215:30Bayer LeverkusenAway2–2Prömel 45', 50'0Matthias Jöllenbeck[27]
15 January 202215:301899 HoffenheimHome2–1Voglsammer 22', Prömel 73'3,000Martin Petersen[28]
22 January 202215:30Borussia MönchengladbachAway2–1Kruse 18' (pen.), 84'750Felix Brych[29]
5 February 202215:30FC AugsburgAway0–27,600Harm Osmers[30]
13 February 202215:30Borussia DortmundHome0–310,000Matthias Jöllenbeck[31]
19 February 202215:30Arminia BielefeldAway0–110,000Daniel Schlager[32]
26 February 202215:30Mainz 05Home3–1Haraguchi 8', Becker 56', Awoniyi 75'10,000Bastian Dankert[33]
5 March 202215:30VfL WolfsburgAway0–115,703Patrick Ittrich[34]
12 March 202215:30VfB StuttgartHome1–1Awoniyi 41' (pen.)16,509Robert Hartmann[35]
19 March 202218:30Bayern MunichAway0–437,000Harm Osmers[36]
1 April 202220:301. FC KölnHome1–0Awoniyi 49'22,012Florian Badstübner[37]
9 April 202218:30Hertha BSCAway4–1Haraguchi 31', Prömel 53', Becker 74', Michel 85'74,667Sven Jablonski[38]
17 April 202217:30Eintracht FrankfurtHome2–0Awoniyi 17', Prömel 21'22,000Frank Willenborg[39]
23 April 202215:30RB LeipzigAway2–1Michel 86', Behrens 89'45,770Daniel Schlager[40]
29 April 202220:30Greuther FürthHome1–1Michel 72'22,012Patrick Ittrich[41]
7 May 202215:30SC FreiburgAway4–1Prömel 11', Trimmel 30', Becker 41', Schäfer 90'34,700Felix Brych[42]
14 May 202215:30VfL BochumHome3–2Prömel 5', Awoniyi 25' (pen.), 88'22,012Marco Fritz[43]
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DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal
More information Round, Date ...
RoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
First round8 August 202115:30Türkgücü MünchenAway1–0Kruse 23'3,500Martin Petersen[44]
Second round26 October 202118:30Waldhof MannheimAway3–1 (a.e.t.)Behrens 18', 118', Awoniyi 94'14,651Benjamin Brand[45]
Round of 1619 January 202220:45Hertha BSCAway3–2Voglsammer 11', Stark 50', Knoche 55'3,000Deniz Aytekin[46]
Quarter-finals1 March 202220:45FC St. PauliHome2–1Becker 45', Voglsammer 75'10,000Florian Badstübner[47]
Semi-finals20 April 202220:45RB LeipzigAway1–2Becker 25'47,069Felix Brych[48]
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Europa Conference League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League
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RoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
Play-off round19 August 202118:00Kuopion PalloseuraAway4–0Awoniyi 6', 31', Kruse 29', Voglsammer 90+2'5,632Ivan Bebek[49]
Play-off round26 August 202120:30Kuopion PalloseuraHome0–022,159Halil Umut Meler[50]
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Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group E
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEY SLA UNI MHA
1 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 4 2 0 11 6 +5 14 Advance to round of 16 — 2–1 3–1 2–1
2 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–2 — 3–1 1–0
3 Germany Union Berlin 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 1–2 1–1 — 3–0
4 Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 1 1 4 2 7 −5 4 0–0 1–0 0–1 —
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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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DateTimeOpponentVenueResult
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRefereeRef.
16 September 202118:45Slavia PragueAway1–3Behrens 70'15,286Fábio Veríssimo[51]
30 September 202121:00Maccabi HaifaHome3–0Voglsammer 33', Behrens 48', Awoniyi 76'23,342Nick Walsh[52]
21 October 202118:45FeyenoordAway1–3Awoniyi 35'46,100Giorgi Kruashvili[53]
4 November 202121:00FeyenoordHome1–2Trimmel 41'30,000Daniel Stefański[54]
25 November 202118:45[a]Maccabi HaifaAway1–0Ryerson 66'22,150Michal Ocenáš[55]
9 December 202121:00Slavia PragueHome1–1Kruse 64'4,380Rade Obrenović[56]
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Transfers

In

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Date Pos Player From Fee Ref.
30 April 2021 MF  Keita Endo (JPN)  Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN) Undisclosed [57]
1 June 2021 MF  Julius Kade (GER) Dynamo Dresden €500,000 [58]
15 June 2021DF  Rick van Drongelen (NED) Hamburger SV €500,000 [59]
1 July 2021 FW  Kevin Behrens (GER) SV Sandhausen End of contract [60]
1 July 2021 DF  Paul Jaeckel (GER) Greuther Fürth End of contract [61]
1 July 2021 MF  Genki Haraguchi (JPN) Hannover 96 End of contract [62]
1 July 2021 MF  Rani Khedira (GER) FC Augsburg End of contract [63]
1 July 2021 DF  Bastian Oczipka (GER) Schalke 04 End of contract [64]
1 July 2021 MF  Levin Öztunali (GER) Mainz 05 End of contract [65]
1 July 2021 FW  Andreas Voglsammer (GER) Arminia Bielefeld End of contract [66]
1 July 2021 MF  Paweł Wszołek (POL)  Legia Warsaw (POL) End of contract [67]
1 July 2021 DF  Tymoteusz Puchacz (POL)  Lech Poznań (POL) Undisclosed [68]
20 July 2021 GK  Frederik Rønnow (DEN) Eintracht Frankfurt €1,000,000 [69]
21 July 2021 FW  Taiwo Awoniyi (NGA)  Liverpool (ENG) €6,500,000 [70]
30 August 2021 MF  Kevin Möhwald (GER) Werder Bremen €1,000,000 [71]
31 August 2021 FW  Leon Dajaku (GER) Bayern Munich Undisclosed [72]
31 January 2022 FW  Sven Michel (GER) SC Paderborn Undisclosed [73]
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Out

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Date Pos Player To Fee Ref.
24 June 2021 MF  Nicolai Rapp (GER) Werder Bremen €200,000 [74][75]
25 June 2021 FW  Marius Bülter (GER) Schalke 04 €800,000 [76]
30 June 2021 MF  Akaki Gogia (GER)  FC Zürich (SUI) Released [77]
30 June 2021 MF  Christian Gentner (GER)  FC Luzern (SUI) End of contract
30 June 2021 DF  Florian Hübner (GER) 1. FC Nürnberg End of contract [78]
30 June 2021 DF  Christopher Lenz (GER) Eintracht Frankfurt End of contract [79]
21 July 2021 MF  Julius Kade (GER) Dynamo Dresden €500,000 [80]
16 August 2021 MF  Robert Andrich (GER) Bayer Leverkusen €6,500,000 [81]
11 January 2022 DF  Marvin Friedrich (GER) Borussia Mönchengladbach Undisclosed [82]
30 January 2022 MF  Max Kruse (GER) VfL Wolfsburg €5,000,000 [83][73]
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Loans out

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Date from Pos Player To Date until Ref.
24 June 2021MF Tim Maciejewski (GER)  Austria Klagenfurt (AUT) 30 June 2022[84]
24 June 2021GK Lennart Moser (GER)  Austria Klagenfurt (AUT) 30 June 2022[85]
30 August 2021FW Marcus Ingvartsen (DEN) Mainz 05 30 June 2022[86]
31 August 2021FW Leon Dajaku (GER)  Sunderland (ENG) 30 June 2022[87]
10 January 2022DF Tymoteusz Puchacz (POL)  Trabzonspor (TUR) 30 June 2022[88]
18 January 2022MF Fabio Schneider (GER)  Kuopion Palloseura (FIN) 30 June 2022[89]
27 January 2022MF Paweł Wszołek (POL)  Legia Warszawa (POL) 30 June 2022[90]
31 January 2022DF Rick van Drongelen (NED)  Mechelen (BEL) 30 June 2022[91]
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Statistics

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-PokalUEFA Europa
Conference League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Andreas Luthe 3402702050
12 GK Denmark DEN Jakob Busk 00000000
19 GK Denmark DEN Frederik Rønnow 100700030
Defenders
3 DF Germany GER Paul Jaeckel 32022+203+103+10
20 DF Germany GER Bastian Oczipka 2109+903000
23 DF Germany GER Niko Gießelmann 37325+332+102+40
25 DF Germany GER Timo Baumgartl 3512515050
28 DF Austria AUT Christopher Trimmel 37323+224+1071
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche 4613305180
33 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz 80701000
37 DF Germany GER Mathis Bruns 00000000
Midfielders
6 MF Norway NOR Julian Ryerson 36313+1521+201+41
7 MF Germany GER Levin Öztunalı 2405+130103+20
8 MF Germany GER Rani Khedira 4503204+1080
13 MF Hungary HUN András Schäfer 911+710+1000
18 MF Japan JPN Keita Endo 400+400000
21 MF Germany GER Grischa Prömel 39828+18402+40
24 MF Japan JPN Genki Haraguchi 42223+723+206+10
29 MF Germany GER Laurenz Dehl 1000000+10
30 MF Germany GER Kevin Möhwald 2103+1300+2030
Forwards
9 FW Germany GER Andreas Voglsammer 4565+2723+221+72
10 FW Germany GER Sven Michel 2062+1130+2152
11 FW Nigeria NGA Anthony Ujah 300+300000
14 FW Nigeria NGA Taiwo Awoniyi 432029+2153+116+24
17 FW Germany GER Kevin Behrens 3462+2221+322+42
27 FW Suriname SUR Sheraldo Becker 40622+643+124+40
39 FW Nigeria NGA Suleiman Abdullahi 00000000
Players transferred out during the season
5 DF Germany GER Marvin Friedrich 2101301070
10 FW Germany GER Max Kruse 2381652152
15 MF Poland POL Paweł Wszołek 10000+1000
26 DF Poland POL Tymoteusz Puchacz 7000006+10
30 MF Germany GER Robert Andrich 10001000
32 FW Denmark DEN Marcus Ingvartsen 50200+100+20
36 FW Germany GER Cedric Teuchert 1100+600+101+30
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Last updated: 14 May 2022
Source: Soccerway

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