2021–22 Arminia Bielefeld season

Arminia Bielefeld
2021–22 season
President	Hans-Jürgen Laufer
Head coach	Frank Kramer; (until 20 April); Marco Kostmann; (caretaker, from 20 April)
Stadium	Bielefelder Alm
Bundesliga	17th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Masaya Okugawa (8); All: ; Masaya Okugawa (9)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 117th season in the existence of Arminia Bielefeld and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of German football. Arminia started the season with three draws, but at the end of October, after only two draws out of seven matches in the league (and a defeat in the second round of the DFB-Pokal) they were in danger of even losing touch to the 16th rank. They started November with 1–0 win away over VfB Stuttgart, their first win in the whole Bundesliga season. That match sort of stabilized Arminias performance. They even won 2–0 away over RB Leipzig in December, and after a 2–2 draw against SpVgg Greuther Fürth in January they climbed up to the 16th rank after having been 17th for about three months. In February they even climbed up to the 14th rank after a 1–0 win over 1. FC Union Berlin. But this match was the last win in the season. Especially two draws and a defeat against the other relegation battlers FC Augsburg, VfB Stuttgart and Hertha BSC Berlin at home and a 4–0 defeat away at VfL Wolfsburg, at least partially a relegation battler in that season, let them fall to the 17th rank. They remained on the 17th rank even after the coach Frank Kramer was dismissed on 20 April^[1] and thus were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

Players

First-team squad

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	Stefan Ortega (vice-captain)
2	DF	GER	Amos Pieper
3	DF	POR	Guilherme Ramos
4	DF	SWE	Joakim Nilsson
5	DF	DEN	Jacob Barrett Laursen
7	MF	GER	Gonzalo Castro
8	MF	AUT	Alessandro Schöpf
9	FW	GER	Fabian Klos (co-captain)
10	FW	FRA	Bryan Lasme
11	MF	JPN	Masaya Okugawa
13	GK	GRE	Stefanos Kapino
15	DF	BEL	Nathan de Medina
16	MF	GER	Fabian Kunze


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	TUR	Burak İnce
18	FW	GER	Florian Krüger
19	MF	AUT	Manuel Prietl (co-captain)
20	MF	AUT	Patrick Wimmer
21	FW	GER	Robin Hack
23	FW	GER	Janni Serra
24	DF	USA	George Bello
27	DF	SUI	Cédric Brunner
30	DF	PAN	Andrés Andrade (on loan from LASK)
34	GK	SWE	Oscar Linnér
35	GK	GER	Arne Schulz
37	MF	RUS	Vladislav Cherny
39	MF	GRE	Sebastian Vasiliadis

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
—	DF	NED	Mike van der Hoorn (at FC Utrecht until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	GER	Jomaine Consbruch (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	AUT	Christian Gebauer (at Ingolstadt until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Noel Niemann (at TSV Hartberg until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	GER	Sebastian Müller (at Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 July 2021 Friendly	SC Verl	3–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Verl, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rabihic 10' Sağlık 64', 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sportclub Arena

10 July 2021 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Hannover 96	Bielefeld, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Serra 48'	Report		Stadium: Trainingsgelände DSC

18 July 2021 Friendly	Krasnodar	Cancelled	Arminia Bielefeld	Schwaz, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Silberstadt Arena

23 July 2021 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Arminia Bielefeld	Kufstein, Austria
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Massimo 34', 39' Thommy 96' Sankoh 105', 114'	Report	Krüger 40' Nilsson 74'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena

31 July 2021 Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	FC Twente	Bielefeld, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klos 61', 67' Kunze 69' Brunner 80'	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 25' (pen.) Unnerstall 47' Troupée 56' Oosterwolde 66'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 3,713

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	17th	34	5	13	16	27	53	−26	014.71
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021	26 October 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	8	6	+2	050.00
Total					36	6	13	17	35	59	−24	016.67

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	FC Augsburg	34	10	8	16	39	56	−17	38
15	VfB Stuttgart	34	7	12	15	41	59	−18	33
16	Hertha BSC (O)	34	9	6	19	37	71	−34	33	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	5	13	16	27	53	−26	28	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Greuther Fürth (R)	34	3	9	22	28	82	−54	18	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

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.^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
34	5	13	16	27	53	−26	28	2	9	5	14	22	−8	3	4	11	13	31	−18

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D
Position	11	13	12	14	13	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[3]

14 August 2021 1	Arminia Bielefeld	0–0	SC Freiburg	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Prietl 17' Laursen 30' Klos 89'	Report	Keitel 34' Gulde 37' Höfler 75' Demirović 90+3'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 13,750 Referee: Sven Jablonski

21 August 2021 2	Greuther Fürth	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Seguin 5' Nielsen 14' Hrgota 50' (pen.) Sarpei 59' Bauer 62'	Report	Klos 45' Schöpf 54' 68'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Daniel Schlager

28 August 2021 3	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bielefeld
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wimmer 86'	Report	Ndicka 7' Hauge 22' Lenz 45' Hrustic 90+7'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 13,750 Referee: Bastian Dankert

12 September 2021 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Mönchengladbach
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stindl 35', 69' Scally 68' Zakaria 72'	Report	Okugawa 45+2' Hack 75'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

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	Union Berlin	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Becker 83' Behrens 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

3 October 2021 7	Arminia Bielefeld	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Bielefeld
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brunner 10' Wimmer 55' Czyborra 66' Ortega 90+2'	Report	Hincapié 7' Diaby 18' Schick 24', 57' Demirbay 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 16,250 Referee: Felix Zwayer

17 October 2021 8	FC Augsburg	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Augsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Oxford 19' Vargas 50' Hahn 74' Córdova 86'	Report	Wimmer 27' Laursen 77'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Robert Schröder

23 October 2021 9	Arminia Bielefeld	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kunze 83' Klos 87' (pen.)	Report	Can 31' (pen.) Hummels 45' Bellingham 72'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

30 October 2021 10	Arminia Bielefeld	1–2	Mainz 05	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Laursen 42' Andrade 52' Prietl 70'	Report	Lee 25' Kohr 58' Burkardt 69' Hack 77' Bell 80'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 19,477 Referee: Bastian Dankert

6 November 2021 11	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Okugawa 19' Brunner 54' Kunze 83' Prietl 90+3'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 33,550 Referee: Christian Dingert

20 November 2021 12	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pieper 2' Okugawa 11' Vasiliadis 47' Klos 54' (pen.) De Medina 89' Schöpf 90+1'	Report	L. Nmecha 22', 63' Weghorst 62'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 19,801 Referee: Martin Petersen

27 November 2021 13	Bayern Munich	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hernandez 64' Sané 71'	Report	Lasme 82'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

4 December 2021 14	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kunze 20' Lasme 60'	Report	Özcan 17' Schindler 31'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 8,231 Referee: Felix Brych

11 December 2021 15	Hertha BSC	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Darida 15' Jovetić 52' Selke 90+5'	Report	Brunner 88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

14 December 2021 16	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Okugawa 51' Wimmer 62', 69' Kunze 81'	Report	Polter 26' Pantović 26'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 13,750 Referee: Benjamin Brand

18 December 2021 17	RB Leipzig	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Andrade 26' Serra 57' Klos 70' Okugawa 75' Kunze 90'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg

8 January 2022 18	SC Freiburg	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haberer 6' Joeng 46' K. Schlotterbeck 53' Gulde 76'	Report	Okugawa 60' Hack 69' Lasme 87'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Harm Osmers

16 January 2022 19	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Bielefeld
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Okugawa 8' Vasiliadis 38' Andrade 43' Nilsson 52' Castro 83' Ramos 86'	Report	Itter 31' Leweling 35' Nielsen 67'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 750 Referee: Christian Dingert

21 January 2022 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rode 51' Hasebe 80' Kostić 90+4' Paciência 90+4'	Report	Wimmer 5' Schöpf 27' Andrade 73' Nilsson 90+4'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel

5 February 2022 21	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Serra 19' Kunze 58' Wimmer 64' Nilsson 74'	Report	Koné 28' Pléa 38', 90+3' Lainer 82'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

13 February 2022 22	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Sinsheim
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hübner 22' Geiger 45+1' Rutter 51' Grillitsch 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

19 February 2022 23	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Union Berlin	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Okugawa 53'	Report	Jaeckel 35' Ryerson 78'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

26 February 2022 24	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 30' Diaby 57', 81'	Report	Kunze 60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

4 March 2022 25	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	FC Augsburg	Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vasiliadis 45+4' Klos 54' Brunner 75'	Report	Caligiuri 21', 50' Gruezo 26' Gregoritsch 73' Valentin 78' Morávek 90+1'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 19,460 Referee: Felix Brych

13 March 2022 26	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Dortmund
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wolf 21' Can 46'	Report	Brunner 19'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

19 March 2022 27	Mainz 05	4–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burkardt 1', 75' (pen.) Kohr 10' Niakhaté 65' (pen.) Ingvartsen 79' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

2 April 2022 28	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brunner 28' Krüger 59'	Report	Kalajdžić 25' (pen.), 29' Anton 33' Tomás 47' Karazor 73' Mangala 90+7'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 26,011 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

9 April 2022 29	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nmecha 11', 38' Arnold 48' Kruse 53'	Report	Nilsson 55'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,512 Referee: Benjamin Brand

17 April 2022 30	Arminia Bielefeld	0–3	Bayern Munich	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kunze 25'	Report	Laursen 10' (o.g.) Nianzou 45' Gnabry 45+7' Kimmich 65' Musiala 85'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 26,419 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

23 April 2022 31	1. FC Köln	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Uth 3', 69' Modeste 43' Özcan 67' Thielmann 86'	Report	Pieper 30' Serra 32' Hübers 33' (o.g.) Wimmer 38'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

30 April 2022 32	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Hertha BSC	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Medina 34' Wimmer 65' Kunze 84' Nilsson 90+1'	Report	Tousart 54' Richter 75'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 26,021 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

6 May 2022 33	VfL Bochum	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Polter 22' Bello 89' (o.g.)	Report	Nilsson 35'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

14 May 2022 34	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	RB Leipzig	Bielefeld
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Serra 70' Nilsson 85'	Report	Adams 88' Orbán 90+3'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 22,719 Referee: Daniel Siebert

DFB-Pokal

7 August 2021 First round	SpVgg Bayreuth	3–6	Arminia Bielefeld	Bayreuth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	T. Weber 4' Knežević 14' Maderer 52' Nilsson 68' (o.g.) Weimar 90+1' F. Weber 90+1'	Report	Laursen 11', 67' Klos 28', 90+1' Lasme 51', 85' Nilsson 73' Pieper 78' Kunze 79'	Stadium: Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

26 October 2021 Second round	Mainz 05	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Arminia Bielefeld	Mainz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Burkardt 53' Onisiwo 59' Ingvartsen 114'	Report	Okugawa 2' Prietl 20' Schöpf 38' Pieper 48' Klos 89'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

References

^ "DSC Arminia Bielefeld entbindet Kramer von seinen Aufgaben" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020.
^ "Bayern-Auftakt in Gladbach - Kracher im Dezember! Der Spielplan 21/22". Sky Sport (in German). 25 June 2021.

[1] "DSC Arminia Bielefeld entbindet Kramer von seinen Aufgaben" (in German). Arminia Bielefeld. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

[2] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020.

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

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