2021–22 Holstein Kiel season

The 2021–22 season was Holstein Kiel's 122nd season in existence and the club's fifth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. The club also participated in the DFB-Pokal.

Holstein Kiel

2021–22 season
Manager	Ole Werner
Stadium	Holstein-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
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Background

Main article: 2020–21 Holstein Kiel season

Kiel finished the 2020–21 season in 3rd place, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, but lost 5–2 to 1. FC Köln over two legs.^[1]

Friendly matches

Kiel announced pre-season friendly matches against Randers FC on 2 July, Brøndby IF on 10 July, VfL Wolfsburg on 14 July and Hallescher FC on 17 July.^[2][3][4]

Friendly match details

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
2 July 2021	15:30	Randers FC	Home^[a]	1–2	Mees 13'	0	^[5]
10 July 2021	13:00	Brøndby IF	Home^[a]	1–1	Komenda 66'		^[6]
14 July 2021	16:00	VfL Wolfsburg	Away	1–0	Mühling 60'	399	^[7]^[8]
17 July 2021	14:00	Hallescher FC	Away	2–2	Sterner 69', Mees 88'	2,000	^[9]
2 September 2021	13:00	Vejle BK	Home^[a]	1–2	Benger 74'		^[10]
7 October 2021	14:00	Silkeborg IF	Home^[a]	0–0	—	0	^[11]^[12]

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2021–22 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	SC Paderborn	34	13	12	9	56	44	+12	51
8	1. FC Nürnberg	34	14	9	11	49	49	0	51
9	Holstein Kiel	34	12	9	13	46	54	−8	45
10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	11	11	12	45	42	+3	44
11	Hannover 96	34	11	9	14	35	49	−14	42

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.^[13]

Matches

2. Bundesliga match details

Match	Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position	Ref.
1	25 July 2021	13:30	FC St. Pauli	Away	0–3	—	8,900	17th	^[14]
2	1 August 2021	13:30	Schalke 04	Home	0–3	—	4,100	18th	^[15]
3	14 August 2021	13:30	Jahn Regensburg	Home	0–3	—	3,700	18th	^[16]
4	20 August 2021	18:30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Away	2–2	Mühling 5', Skrzybski 65'	16,349	17th	^[17]
5	28 August 2021	13:30	Erzgebirge Aue	Home	3–0	Porath 29', Arp 37', Mees 81'	3,848	15th	^[18]
6	11 September 2021	13:30	Karlsruher SC	Away	2–2	Mees 78', Bartels 80'	10,000	15th	^[19]
7	18 September 2021	13:30	Hannover 96	Home	0–3	—	8,125	15th	^[20]
8	25 September 2021	13:30	SC Paderborn	Away	2–1	Porath 51', Mees 78'	6,656	14th	^[21]
9	2 October 2021	13:30	Hansa Rostock	Home	0–2	—	9,240	15th	^[22]
10	16 October 2021	13:30	FC Ingolstadt	Away	1–1	Pichler 14'	9,402	15th	^[23]
11	23 October 2021	13:30	Darmstadt 98	Home	1–1	Mühling 37' (pen.)	7,009	15th	^[24]

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	7 August 2021	15:30	SC Weiche Flensburg 08	Away^[b]	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Arp 94' (pen.), Sander 105', Reese 120', Bartels 120+4'	1,700	^[25]
Second round	26 October 2021	18:30	TSG Hoffenheim	Away	1–5	Neumann 47'	5,033	^[26]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	MF	Marcel Benger	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Free	^[27]
1 July 2021	MF	Julian Korb	—	Free	^[28]
17 August 2021	MF	Lewis Holtby	Blackburn Rovers	Free	^[29]
30 August 2021	FW	Benedikt Pichler	Austria Wien		^[30]

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	Club	Return	Ref.

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	DF	Jannik Dehm	Hannover 96	Released	^[31]^[32]
1 July 2021	FW	Benjamin Girth	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free	^[33]
1 July 2021	MF	Lee Jae-sung	Mainz 05	Released	^[31]^[34]
1 July 2021	MF	Jonas Meffert	Hamburger SV	€500,000	^[35]
1 July 2021	GK	Dominik Reimann	1. FC Magdeburg	Free	^[36]
1 July 2021	FW	Janni Serra	Arminia Bielefeld	Free	^[37]
13 July 2021	FW	Makana Baku	Göztepe		^[38]
6 August 2021	FW	David Atanga	KV Oostende		^[39]
22 August 2021	FW	Lion Lauberbach	Eintracht Braunschweig	Released	^[40]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	Club	Return	Ref.

Notes

1. Match played at Citti-Fussball-Park in Kiel
2. Match played at Manfred-Werner-Stadion in Flensburg.

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