| Competition: | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 2. Frauen-Bundesliga was the 17th season of Germany's second-tier women's football league. The season began on 4 October 2020 and concluded on 6 June 2021. The champions of both divisions were promoted to the Frauen-Bundesliga, while the bottom three teams were relegated to the Frauen-Regionalliga.[1]
This season initially consisted of 19 teams, as there was no relegation from the previous season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[2] USV Jena joined forces with FC Carl Zeiss Jena and competed under their name.[3] In a conference with the clubs, two systems were put to a vote. The majority of the clubs decided on one option, which is to re-divide the league into Nord and Süd. To get back to the desired strength of 14 teams and a single-league, there were six relegated teams: the last three in the ten-team division and last two teams from the nine-team division. The last team was determined between the teams who finished seventh in each division.[4] Before the season, BV Cloppenburg withdrew its women's team from the 2. Bundesliga after bankruptcy and was thus relegated, reducing the league to 18 teams.[5] On 3 November 2020, the league was paused.[6] [7] In late February 2021, it was announced that the season would continue on 21 March.[8]
The fixtures were announced on 4 August 2020.[9]
On 31 August 2020, the DFB Executive Committee decided to allow for the use of five substitutions in matches during the 2020–21 season, which was implemented in other DFB competitions at the end of the previous season to lessen the impact of fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] The use of five substitutes, based on the decision of competition organisers, had been extended by IFAB until 2021.[11]
| Competition: | Nord |
| Winners: | Carl Zeiss Jena |
| Promoted: | Carl Zeiss Jena |
| Relegated: | Turbine Potsdam II Arminia Bielefeld SpVg Berghofen BV Cloppenburg |
| Matches: | 72 |
| Total Goals: | 229 |
| League Topscorer: | Sarah Abu-Sabbah (11 goals) |
| Attendancecalc: | 2852 |
| Highest Scoring: | Leipzig 3–5 Bielefeld |
| Team | Home city | Home ground | Capacity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Berghofen" | Sportplatz im Schwerter Wald | ||||
| data-sort-value="Bielefeld" | 2,500 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Bocholt" | In der Hardt | 1,500 | |||
| data-sort-value="Cloppenburg" | |||||
| data-sort-value="Gutersloh" | Tönnies-Arena | 4,252 | |||
| data-sort-value="Jena" | 10,800 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Leipzig" | Sportanlage Gontardweg | 1,300 | |||
| data-sort-value="Monchengladbach" | Grenzlandstadion | 10,000 | |||
| data-sort-value="Potsdam" | Sportforum Waldstadt | 5,000 | |||
| data-sort-value="Wolfsburg" | AOK Stadion | 5,200 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[12] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Abu-Sabbah | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 11 |
| 2 | Annalena Rieke | FSV Gütersloh | 10 |
| 3 | Sarah Grünheid | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 |
| 4 | Vanessa Fudalla | RB Leipzig | 6 |
| Nelly Juckel | Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
| 6 | Romy Baraniak | VfL Wolfsburg II | 5 |
| Christina Edwards | Borussia Bocholt | ||
| Natasha Kowalski | VfL Wolfsburg II | ||
| Christin Meyer | Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
| Anja Mittag | RB Leipzig | ||
| Marlene Müller | RB Leipzig | ||
| Jolina Opladen | Borussia Bocholt | ||
| Karina Sævik | VfL Wolfsburg II | ||
| Rita Schumacher | VfL Wolfsburg II |
| Competition: | Süd |
| Winners: | 1. FC Köln |
| Promoted: | 1. FC Köln |
| Relegated: | 1. FC Saarbrücken Würzburger Kickers 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen |
| Matches: | 72 |
| Total Goals: | 259 |
| League Topscorer: | Vanessa Leimenstoll (14 goals) |
| Attendancecalc: | 2095 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Hoffenheim II 9–0 Niederkirchen |
| Highest Scoring: | Köln 7–2 Würzburg Hoffenheim II 9–0 Niederkirchen |
| Team | Home city | Home ground | Capacity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Andernach" | Stadionstraße | ||||
| data-sort-value="Frankfurt" | 5,200 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Hoffenheim" | Ensinger-Stadion | 4,000 | |||
| data-sort-value="Ingolstadt" | 11,481 | ||||
| data-sort-value="Köln" | Cologne | 11,748 | |||
| data-sort-value="Munich" | Sportpark Aschheim | 3,000 | |||
| data-sort-value="Niederkirchen" | Sportgelände Nachtweide | 2,000 | |||
| data-sort-value="Saarbrucken" | Kieselhumes | 12,000 | |||
| data-sort-value="Wurzburg" |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[13] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanessa Leimenstoll | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 14 |
| 2 | Mandy Islacker | 1. FC Köln | 12 |
| Ramona Maier | FC Ingolstadt | ||
| 4 | Amber Barrett | 1. FC Köln | 10 |
| 5 | Johanna Berg | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 9 |
| 6 | Sharon Beck | 1. FC Köln | 8 |
| Medina Dešić | Würzburger Kickers | ||
| Antonia Hornberg | SG Andernach | ||
| 9 | Nadine Anstatt | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 7 |
| Annika Wohner | Bayern Munich II |
The relegation play-offs took place on 30 May and 6 June 2021.
1899 Hoffenheim II won 3–1 on aggregate.