2021–22 Karlsruher SC season

Karlsruher SC
2021–22 season
PresidentIngo Wellenreuther
ManagerChristian Eichner
StadiumWildparkstadion
2. Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Philipp Hofmann
(3 goals)
All:
Philipp Hofmann
(3 goals)

The 2021–22 season was Karlsruher SC's 70th season in existence and the club's third consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. The club also participated in the DFB-Pokal.

Background and pre-season

Main article: 2020–21 Karlsruher SC season

Karlsruher SC finished the 2020–21 season in 6th place, 10 points below the automatic promotion places and 12 points below the promotion play-off place.[1]

Friendly matches

Pre-season match details
Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
26 June 2021 14:00 SGV Freiberg Home 2–0 Choi 81' o.g., Hofmann 85' 500 [2][3]
30 June 2021 18:30 Bahlinger SC Away 0–0 — 500 [4][5]
3 July 2021 14:00 Viktoria Köln Neutral[a] 5–1 Wanitzek 56' pen., 72', 77', Kother 60', Hofmann 74' [6][7]
7 July 2021 18:30 FC Kufstein Neutral[b] 4–0 Kobald 11', Schleusener 19', Batmaz 65', Cueto 70' 200 [8][9]
11 July 2021 13:00 Türkgücü München Neutral[c] 0–0 — 0 [10][11]
11 July 2021 16:30 Zenit St. Petersburg Neutral[d] 1–3 Gondorf 52' pen. 300 [12][13]
17 July 2021 14:00 1. FC Saarbrücken Home 1–0 Hofmann 62' 350 [14][15]
4 August 2021 15:30 TSG Hoffenheim Away[e] 0–5 — [16]
2 September 2021 13:00 Mainz 05 Away 0–0 — 500 [17]
  1. ^ Match played in Bad Wörishofen, Germany
  2. ^ Match played at Smaragd-Arena in Bramberg am Wildkogel, Austria
  3. ^ Match played in St. Ulrich am Pillersee
  4. ^ Match played in St. Johann in Tirol
  5. ^ Match played at Akademie-Arena, Kunstrasen

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2021–22 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 +3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 −14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 −1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 −11 41
14 SV Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 −12 41
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.[18]

Matches

2. Bundesliga match details
Match Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position		 Ref.
1 24 July 2021 13:30 Hansa Rostock Away 3–1 Kobald 42', Hofmann 44', Jung 79' 14,500 3rd [19]
2 30 July 2021 18:30 Darmstadt 98 Home 3–0 Hofmann 9', 79', Choi 76' 9,750 1st [20]
3 14 August 2021 13:30 SV Sandhausen Away 0–0 — 4,908 2nd [21]
4 21 August 2021 13:30 Werder Bremen Home 0–0 — 10,000 4th [22]
5 27 August 2021 18:30 1. FC Nürnberg Away 1–2 Batmaz 82' 13,120 6th [23]
6 11 September 2021 13:30 Holstein Kiel Home 2–2 Choi 39', Hofmann 88' 10,000 8th [24]
7 17 September 2021 18:30 Schalke 04 Away 2–1 Choi 1', Wanikzek 88' 24,000 5th [25]
8 25 September 2021 13:30 FC St. Pauli Home 1–3 Schleusener 79' 12,500 9th [26]
9 2 October 2021 13:30 Jahn Regensburg Away 2–2 Wanikzek 14', Thiede 51' 8,790 10th [27]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 9 August 2021 18:30 Sportfreunde Lotte Away 4–1 Schleusener 44', Hofmann 50', Kaufmann 58', Cueto 79' 2,002 [28]
Second round 27 October 2021 18:30 Bayer Leverkusen Away 2–1 Cueto 5', Choi 63' 13,060 [29]
Round of 16 18 January 2022 18:30 1860 Munich Away 1–0 Wanikzek 69' pen. [30]
Quarter-final 2 March 2022 18:30 Hamburger SV Away 2–3 (a.e.t.) Heise 40', Hofmann 50' 25,000 [31]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Name From[a] Fee Ref.
8 June 2021 MF Lucas Cueto Viktoria Köln Undisclosed [32]
8 June 2021 MF Fabio Kaufmann Eintracht Braunschweig Undisclosed [32]
11 June 2021 DF Philip Heise Norwich City Free [33]
25 June 2021 FW Fabian Schleusener 1. FC Nürnberg Undisclosed [34]
1 July 2021 MF Leon Jensen (FSV Zwickau) Free [35]
20 July 2021 GK Niklas Heeger (VfB Stuttgart II) Free [36]

Loans in

Date Position Name Club Return Ref.

Transfers out

Date Position Name To[b] Fee Ref.
20 June 2021 MF David Trivunic FC Nöttingen Undisclosed [37]
30 June 2021 DF David Pisot (SpVgg Unterhaching) Released [38][39]
30 June 2021 DF Alexander Groiß (1. FC Saarbrücken) Released [38][40]
30 June 2021 FW Babacar Gueye Unattached Released [38]
5 July 2021 DF Dirk Carlson Erzgebirge Aue Undisclosed [41]

Loans out

Date Position Name Club Return Ref.
7 July 2021 DF Luca Bolay 1. FC Nürnberg II End of season [42]

Notes

  1. ^ Brackets denote that the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Karlsruher SC.
  2. ^ Brackets denote that the player joined that club after his Karlsruher SC contract expired

References

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  19. ^ "Jung beraubt Hansa aller Hoffnung".
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  27. ^ "Initiator Beste bringt Regensburg ins Spiel zurück".
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  30. ^ "Wanitzek schießt den KSC ins Viertelfinale".
  31. ^ "Heuer Fernandes wird zum Helden: HSV nach Elfmeterschießen im Halbfinale".
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  39. ^ "Reichlich Erfahrung für Haching: Pisot kommt zur SpVgg". kicker (in German). 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  40. ^ ""Ein klarer Schritt nach vorn": Groiß hofft in Saarbrücken auf Einsatzzeit". kicker (in German). 7 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  41. ^ "Wechsel bestätigt: KSC-Verteidiger Carlson geht zum FC Erzgebirge Aue". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). 5 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  42. ^ "Neues aus dem NLZ: Nachschub für den Nachwuchs". fcn.de (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.