Arminia Bielefeld

2019–20 season
President	Hans-Jürgen Laufer
Head coach	Uwe Neuhaus
Stadium	Bielefelder Alm
2. Bundesliga	1st
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Fabian Klos (21) All: Fabian Klos (22)
Highest home attendance	26,515 vsHamburger SV, 2. Bundesliga, 21 October 2019
Lowest home attendance	15,021 vsErzgebirge Aue, 2. Bundesliga, 17 August 2019
Home colours Away colours
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The2019–20Arminia Bielefeld season was the 115th season in thefootball club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2019 to 28 June 2020. On 16 June, the club was promoted to the2020–21 Bundesliga, returning to Germany's top tier for the first time since2008–09.^[1]

The2018–19 season was Arminia's 4th consecutive season in the2. Bundesliga, following promotion from the3. Liga in the2014–15 season. On 10 December 2018, managerJeff Saibene was sacked with the club 14th in the2. Bundesliga.^[2][3] Bielefeld appointedUwe Neuhaus as their new head coach.^[4] He led them to a 7th-placed finish on 49 points.^[5]

Bielefeld began the season with a 1–1 draw atSt. Pauli, thanks to a 90th minuteManuel Prietl header rescuing a point for Bielefeld.^[6] They also drew their second game, a 3–3 draw at home toVfL Bochum, before recording their first win of the season with a 3–1 victory at home toErzgebirge Aue.^[7][8] Bielefeld picked up 10 points from their next 4 league games before, their unbeaten run was broken with a 1–0 defeat at home toVfB Stuttgart, with a 91st minuteHamadi Al Ghaddioui strike consigning Arminia Bielefeld to their first league defeat of the season.^[9] However, Bielefeld bounced back from this defeat with a 1–0 away victory atVfL Osnabrück.^[10] Following a draw at home toHamburger SV,^[11] They won their next three league games againstDynamo Dresden,Holstein Kiel and1. FC Nürnberg to move to the top of the2. Bundesliga.^[12] Though a 1–1 draw at home toSV Sandhausen meant Hamburger SV returned to the top of the table,^[13] Bielefeld returned to the top of the league with two goals fromFabian Klos and one fromAndreas Voglsammer securing a 3–1 win atSV Darmstadt 98.^[14] Arminia Bielefeld entered the winter break top of the2. Bundesliga on 34 points.^[15] During theJanuary transfer window, Bielefeld signed goalkeeperOscar Linnér fromAIK Fotboll^[16] and young forwardSebastian Müller from1. FC Köln,^[17] whilst no players left the club.

Following the winter break, Bielefeld beatVfL Bochum 2–0 at home on 28 January 2020, before drawing 0–0 at Erzgebirge Aue on 31 January 2020.^[18][19] Bielefeld scored 10 goals in their following two games, recording a 6–0 win at home toJahn Regensburg with six different goalscorers,^[20] followed by a 4–2 victory away atGreuther Fürth.^[21] Bielefeld's next two matches were both 1–0 home victories, first againstHannover 96 and then againstWehen Wiesbaden.^[22][23] Despite going 1–0 down to 2nd placedVfB Stuttgart, a left-footed goal fromCebio Soukou in the 76th minute ensured Bielefeld retain their 6-point league at the top of the 2. Bundesliga.^[24] However, the2. Bundesliga season was postponed later in March due to fears over theCOVID-19 pandemic, leaving Bielefeld's chances of promotion in doubt.^[25]

After two months without football, it was announced on 7 May 2020 that German football could resume behind closed doors from 16 May 2020, meaning Bielefeld's promotion prospects were strong.^[26] Bielefeld returned to action on 17 May 2020, and took the lead against VfL Osnabrück through a 17th minuteFabian Klos penalty before conceding a 94th-minute equaliser, though still extended their lead over second place to 7 points.^[27] Bielefeld's form was inconsistent, with the club winning one and drawing three of their following four matches.^[28] A 4–0 win at home to Dynamo Dresden on 15 June 2020 meant that Bielefeld would secure promotion to theBundesliga if either Hamburger SV or VfB Stuttgart failed to win in their matches on 16 and 17 June respectively.^[29] On 16 June 2020, Bielefeld's promotion to the2020–21 Bundesliga was secured after second-placed Hamburger SV drew 1–1 at home to VfL Osnabrück, rendering it impossible for Bielefeld to finish below second place.^[1] Two days later, on 18 June 2020, Bielefeld won the 2. Bundesliga title following a 1–0 win over SV Darmstadt 98.^[30] Their final two matches saw a 3–3 draw away atKarlsruher SC followed by a 3–0 victory at home to1. FC Heidenheim.^[31][32]

As of 31 January 2020^[33]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Stefan Ortega Moreno 2 DF  GER Amos Pieper 3 DF  GER Brian Behrendt 4 DF  SWE Joakim Nilsson 6 MF  GER Tom Schütz 7 MF  GER Patrick Weihrauch 8 DF  GER Florian Hartherz 9 FW  GER Fabian Klos 10 MF  GER Reinhold Yabo 11 DF  GER Stephan Salger 13 FW  GER Sebastian Müller 14 MF  FRO Jóan Símun Edmundsson 16 MF  GER Fabian Kunze 18 FW  GER Nils Quaschner 19 MF  AUT Manuel Prietl

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  GER Nils Seufert 21 FW  GER Andreas Voglsammer 23 DF  GER Anderson Lucoqui 24 DF  ESP Alejandro Pérez Navarro 25 DF  FRA Jonathan Clauss 27 DF  SUI Cédric Brunner 29 MF  BEN Cebio Soukou 30 MF  GER Marcel Hartel 31 GK  HUN Ágoston Kiss 32 MF  GER Keanu Staude 34 GK  SWE Oscar Linnér 36 FW  GER Sven Schipplock 38 MF  GER Jomaine Consbruch 40 GK  GER Philipp Klewin

Date	Position	Player	From	Type	Ref.
1 July 2019	MF	Cebio Soukou	Hansa Rostock	Transfer	[34]
1 July 2019	MF	Fabian Kunze	SV Rödinghausen	Transfer	[35]
5 July 2019	GK	Ágoston Kiss	Haladás Szombathely	Loan	[36]
11 July 2019	DF	Joakim Nilsson	IF Elfsborg	Transfer	[37]
27 July 2019	MF	Marcel Hartel	Union Berlin	Transfer	[38]
31 August 2019	DF	Alejandro Pérez Navarro	Sporting Gijón	Transfer	[39]
7 January 2020	GK	Oscar Linnér	AIK	Transfer	[40]
9 January 2020	FW	Sebastian Müller	1. FC Köln	Transfer	[41]

Date	Position	Player	To	Type	Ref.
20 May 2019	FW	Christopher Nöthe	N/A	Released	[42]
30 June 2019	MF	Sören Brandy	N/A	Retired	[43]
30 June 2019	MF	Can Özkan	Alemannia Aachen	Loan	[44]
8 July 2019	GK	Nikolai Rehnen	Alemannia Aachen	Loan	[45]
10 July 2019	DF	Julian Börner	Sheffield Wednesday	Transfer	[46]
21 July 2019	GK	Baboucarr Gaye	SG Wattenscheid 09	Transfer	[47]
24 July 2019	MF	Cerruti Siya	FC Differdange 03	Transfer	[48]
26 July 2019	MF	Max Christiansen	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Transfer	[49]
6 August 2019	MF	Semir Ucar	Adanaspor	Transfer	[50]
31 August 2019	FW	Prince Osei Owusu	TSV 1860 Munich	Loan	[51]

VfL Bochum vArminia Bielefeld

2 August 2019 (2019-08-02)2	VfL Bochum	3–3	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
18:30CEST	Blum 74' (pen.) Ganvoula 79' Zoller 85'	Report	Voglsammer 54' Klos 56' Losilla 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium:Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,708 Referee:Martin Petersen

Arminia Bielefeld vSV Sandhausen

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23)14	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Bielefeld
13:00CET	Clauss 19'	Report	Behrens 31'	Stadium:Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 21,012 Referee:Winkmann

Arminia Bielefeld vVfL Osnabrück

17 May 2020 (2020-05-17)26	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	VfL Osnabrück	Bielefeld
13:30CEST	Klos 17' (pen.)	Report	Álvarez 90+4'	Stadium:Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0[a] Referee:Harm Osmers

Holstein Kiel vArminia Bielefeld

30 May 2020 (2020-05-30)29	Holstein Kiel	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Kiel
13:00CEST	Mühling 51'	Report	Clauss 23' Schipplock 90+2'	Stadium:Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 0[a] Referee:Patrick Ittrich

Arminia Bielefeld v1. FC Nürnberg

6 June 2020 (2020-06-06)30	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Bielefeld
13:00CEST	Klos 14'	Report	Erras 43'	Stadium:Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0[a] Referee: René Rohde

Arminia Bielefeld vDynamo Dresden

15 June 2020 (2020-06-15)28	Arminia Bielefeld	4–0	Dynamo Dresden	Bielefeld
20:30CEST	Clauss 10' Voglsammer 62' Klos 65' Soukou 87'	Report		Stadium:Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Johann Pfeifer

Arminia Bielefeld vSV Darmstadt 98

18 June 2020 (2020-06-18)32	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	SV Darmstadt 98	Bielefeld
20:30CEST	Prietl 52'	Report		Stadium:Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

Karlsruher SC vArminia Bielefeld

21 June 2020 (2020-06-21)33	Karlsruher SC	3–3	Arminia Bielefeld	Karlsruhe
15:30CEST	Hofmann 25',70' (pen.),88' (pen.)	Report	Hartel 3' Klos 10' Kobald 20' (o.g.)	Stadium:Wildparkstadion Attendance: 0[a] Referee:Benjamin Brand

Arminia Bielefeld v1. FC Heidenheim

28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)34	Arminia Bielefeld	3–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Bielefeld
15:30CEST	Klos 13' Voglsammer 17' Clauss 53'	Report		Stadium:Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0[a] Referee:Manuel Gräfe

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Stefan Ortega	36	0	34	0	2	0
31	GK	HUN	Ágoston Kiss	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	SWE	Oscar Linnér	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	GER	Philipp Klewin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Amos Pieper	33	0	29+2	0	1+1	0
3	DF	GER	Brian Behrendt	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
4	DF	SWE	Joakim Nilsson	31	1	29	1	2	0
8	DF	GER	Florian Hartherz	33	0	31+1	0	1	0
11	DF	GER	Stephan Salger	17	0	3+14	0	0	0
23	DF	GER	Anderson Lucoqui	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
24	DF	ESP	Alex Pérez	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
25	DF	FRA	Jonathan Clauss	36	5	30+4	5	2	0
27	DF	SUI	Cédric Brunner	27	2	26+1	2	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Tom Schütz	14	0	1+12	0	0+1	0
7	MF	GER	Patrick Weihrauch	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
10	MF	GER	Reinhold Yabo	25	4	16+8	4	1	0
14	MF	FRO	Jóan Símun Edmundsson	23	5	17+5	5	1	0
16	MF	GER	Fabian Kunze	16	0	4+11	0	0+1	0
19	MF	AUT	Manuel Prietl	33	4	31	4	2	0
20	MF	GER	Nils Seufert	17	0	8+7	0	1+1	0
29	MF	BEN	Cebio Soukou	32	6	15+16	5	1	1
30	MF	GER	Marcel Hartel	35	1	32+1	1	2	0
32	MF	GER	Keanu Staude	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
38	MF	GER	Jomaine Consbruch	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	GER	Fabian Klos	35	22	32+1	21	2	1
13	FW	GER	Sebastian Müller	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	GER	Nils Quaschner	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	GER	Andreas Voglsammer	31	13	23+6	12	2	1
36	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock	9	1	1+8	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

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