2020–21 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund
2020–21 season
President	Reinhard Rauball
Chairman	Hans-Joachim Watzke
Head coach	Lucien Favre; (until 13 December); Edin Terzić; (interim, from 13 December until the end of season)
Stadium	Signal Iduna Park
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Winners
DFL-Supercup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Erling Haaland (27); All: ; Erling Haaland (41)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 112th season in the existence of Borussia Dortmund and the club's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal, the DFL-Supercup, and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 14 April 2021^[1]

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	SUI	Roman Bürki
2	DF	ESP	Mateu Morey
5	DF	FRA	Dan-Axel Zagadou
6	MF	DEN	Thomas Delaney
7	MF	ENG	Jadon Sancho
8	MF	GER	Mahmoud Dahoud
9	FW	NOR	Erling Haaland
10	FW	BEL	Thorgan Hazard
11	FW	GER	Marco Reus (captain)
13	DF	POR	Raphaël Guerreiro
14	DF	GER	Nico Schulz
15	DF	GER	Mats Hummels
16	DF	SUI	Manuel Akanji
18	FW	GER	Youssoufa Moukoko
19	MF	GER	Julian Brandt


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	BRA	Reinier (on loan from Real Madrid)
22	MF	ENG	Jude Bellingham
23	MF	GER	Emre Can
24	DF	BEL	Thomas Meunier
25	GK	GER	Luca Unbehaun
26	DF	POL	Łukasz Piszczek (vice-captain)
27	FW	GER	Steffen Tigges
28	MF	BEL	Axel Witsel
29	DF	GER	Marcel Schmelzer
30	DF	GER	Felix Passlack
32	MF	USA	Giovanni Reyna
35	GK	SUI	Marwin Hitz
36	MF	GER	Ansgar Knauff
37	MF	GER	Tobias Raschl

Out on loan[edit]

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	ARG	Leonardo Balerdi (at Olympique de Marseille until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	GER	Jeremy Toljan (at Sassuolo until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ESP	Sergio Gómez (at Huesca until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Immanuel Pherai (at Zwolle until 30 June 2021)^[2]
—	MF	GER	Marius Wolf (at Köln until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
24	DF	Thomas Meunier	Paris Saint-Germain	Free	1 July 2020	^[3]
22	MF	Jude Bellingham	Birmingham City	€25,000,000	18 July 2020	^[4]
20	MF	Reinier	Real Madrid	Loan	19 August 2020	^[5]

Out[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
10	MF	Mario Götze	PSV Eindhoven	Contract expired	1 July 2020	^[6]
21	FW	André Schürrle	Retired	Contract expired	1 July 2020	^[7]
40	GK	Eric Oelschlägel	FC Utrecht	Contract expired	1 July 2020
36	DF	Ömer Toprak	Werder Bremen	€3,500,000	15 July 2020	^[8]
18	DF	Leonardo Balerdi	Marseille	Loan	21 July 2020	^[9]
32	MF	Dženis Burnić	FC Heidenheim	Undisclosed	3 August 2020	^[10]
	MF	Immanuel Pherai	PEC Zwolle	Loan	17 September 2020	^[11]
27	MF	Marius Wolf	1. FC Köln	Loan	2 October 2020	^[12]

Kits[edit]

Home

Home alt.

Away

Third

UCL Home

UCL Home alt.

Goalkeeper[edit]

1st (2020–21)

2nd (2020–21)

3rd (2020–21)

4th (2020–21)

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

12 August 2020 Friendly	Rheindorf Altach	0–6	Borussia Dortmund	Altach, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Reyna 14' Haaland 36' (pen.), 45+2' Hazard 75' (pen.) Can 85' Brandt 90'	Stadium: Cashpoint-Arena Attendance: 0

16 August 2020 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	11–2	Austria Wien	Altach, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reyna 9', 23' Guerreiro 41' Pherai 44' Sancho 52' Can 65' Wolf 73' Hazard 76' (pen.) Bellingham 77' Duman 81' Schulz 86'	Report	Monschein 33' Jukic 53'	Stadium: Cashpoint-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Heiß (Austria)

22 August 2020 Traditions Cup	MSV Duisburg	1–5	Borussia Dortmund	Duisburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Engin 28'	Report	Reyna 13' Hazard 14' Sancho 26' Knauff 49', 60'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played in two 30-minute halves.

22 August 2020 Traditions Cup	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	Feyenoord	Duisburg, Germany
16:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Witsel 53'	Report	Jørgensen 17', 34' Botteghin 24'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played in two 30-minute halves.

28 August 2020 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	SC Paderborn	Dortmund, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pherai 30'	Report	Pröger 67'	Stadium: BVB-Fußballpark Hohenbuschei Attendance: 0

28 August 2020 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	VfL Bochum	Dortmund, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hummels 67'	Report	Ganvoula 17', 46' Zoller 25'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0

7 September 2020 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Sparta Rotterdam	Dortmund, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus 63' Pherai 66'	Report	Emegha 81'	Stadium: BVB-Fußballpark Hohenbuschei Attendance: 0

10 October 2020 Friendly	Borussia Dortmund	Cancelled	Anderlecht	Dortmund, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: BVB-Fußballpark Hohenbuschei
Note: The match was called off after an Anderlecht club member tested positive for COVID-19.^[13]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	19 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	3rd	34	20	4	10	75	46	+29	058.82
DFB-Pokal	14 September 2020	13 May 2021	First round	Winners	6	6	0	0	20	3	+17	100.00
DFL-Supercup	30 September 2020		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
UEFA Champions League	20 October 2020	14 April 2021	Group stage	Quarter-finals	10	5	2	3	19	13	+6	050.00
Total					51	31	6	14	116	65	+51	060.78

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	24	6	4	99	44	+55	78	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	RB Leipzig	34	19	8	7	60	32	+28	65
3	Borussia Dortmund	34	20	4	10	75	46	+29	64
4	VfL Wolfsburg	34	17	10	7	61	37	+24	61
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	12	6	69	53	+16	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]

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.^[14]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	4	10	75	46	+29	64	11	2	4	40	20	+20	9	2	6	35	26	+9

Source: DFB

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	3	10	5	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	8	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3

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

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[15]

19 September 2020 1	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Akanji 13' Reyna 35' Haaland 54' (pen.), 77'	Report	Stindl 39'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Felix Brych

26 September 2020 2	FC Augsburg	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gregoritsch 29' Khedira 30' Gouweleeuw 31' Uduokhai 40' Caligiuri 54'	Report	Haaland 30' Meunier 38' Witsel 71' Can 76'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

3 October 2020 3	Borussia Dortmund	4–0	SC Freiburg	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haaland 31', 66' Can 47' Hummels 55' Passlack 90+2'	Report	Kwon 57'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Guido Winkmann

17 October 2020 4	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Posch 58'	Report	Reus 76' Reyna 90'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 6,030 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

24 October 2020 5	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Schalke 04	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Akanji 55' Haaland 61' Hummels 78'	Report	Mascarell 13'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Felix Zwayer

31 October 2020 6	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Brunner 26'	Report	Hummels 53', 71' Delaney 63'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

7 November 2020 7	Borussia Dortmund	2–3	Bayern Munich	Dortmund
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reus 45' Delaney 45+3' Haaland 83' Witsel 90+1'	Report	Kimmich 36' Alaba 45+4' Lewandowski 48', 82' Sané 80'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

21 November 2020 8	Hertha BSC	2–5	Borussia Dortmund	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cunha 33', 79' (pen.), 61'	Report	Guerreiro 10', 70' Haaland 47', 49', 62', 79'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

28 November 2020 9	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	1. FC Köln	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Can 54' Hazard 74'	Report	Skhiri 9', 60', 29' Jakobs 90+1'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Arne Aarnink

5 December 2020 10	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kamada 9', 47' Ndicka 41' Rode 60' Sow 64' Kostić 82' Abraham 85'	Report	Reyna 56' Can 88'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

12 December 2020 11	Borussia Dortmund	1–5	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Can 26' Reyna 39' Morey 66'	Report	Silas 26' (pen.), 53', 50' Mavropanos 28' Endo 40' Förster 60' Coulibaly 63' González 90+1'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

15 December 2020 12	Werder Bremen	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Möhwald 28' Groß 54' Woltemade 87' Schmid 90+2'	Report	Guerreiro 12' Reus 35', 77', 78' Witsel 60'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

18 December 2020 13	Union Berlin	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Awoniyi 57' Bülter 62' Friedrich 78'	Report	Moukoko 60' Witsel 67'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

3 January 2021 14	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hummels 25' Delaney 40' Akanji 66' Haaland 80' Sancho 90+1'	Report	Steffen 38'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

9 January 2021 15	RB Leipzig	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Leipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sørloth 90'	Report	Delaney 32' Sancho 55' Haaland 71', 84' Akanji 73'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

16 January 2021 16	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Mainz 05	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Can 68' Meunier 73' Reus 76'	Report	Mwene 40' Hack 47' Öztunalı 57'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

19 January 2021 17	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Diaby 14', 78' Bailey 73' Wirtz 80'	Report	Brandt 67' Hummels 90+1' Delaney 90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

22 January 2021 18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Elvedi 11', 32' Bensebaini 49' Thuram 78' Kramer 90'	Report	Haaland 22', 28'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

30 January 2021 19	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	FC Augsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haaland 21' Delaney 26' Sancho 63' Uduokhai 75' (o.g.)	Report	Hahn 10' Iago 20'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

6 February 2021 20	SC Freiburg	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jeong 49' Schmid 52' Haberer 90+4'	Report	Moukoko 76' Bellingham 78' Akanji 90+2'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

13 February 2021 21	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Delaney 21' Sancho 24' Akanji 67' Haaland 81' Dahoud 81'	Report	Rudy 27' Dabbur 31', 85' Bebou 51' Grillitsch 57' Vogt 59' Posch 60' Samassékou 65' Gaćinović 90+2'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

20 February 2021 22	Schalke 04	0–4	Borussia Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hoppe 14' Kolašinac 66'	Report	Sancho 42' Haaland 45', 79' Guerreiro 60' Bellingham 63' Dahoud 64'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

27 February 2021 23	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dahoud 48' Sancho 58' (pen.) Reinier 81'	Report	Pieper 57' Kunze 72' Prietl 83'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

6 March 2021 24	Bayern Munich	4–2	Borussia Dortmund	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lewandowski 26', 44' (pen.), 90', 28' Goretzka 88'	Report	Haaland 2', 9' Meunier 29'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

13 March 2021 25	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Hertha BSC	Dortmund
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schulz 23' Brandt 54' Moukoko 90+1'	Report	Zeefuik 59' Darida 80'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

20 March 2021 26	1. FC Köln	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Duda 35' (pen.) Jakobs 65', 90+2'	Report	Haaland 3', 90' Bellingham 34'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

3 April 2021 27	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hummels 45'	Report	Schulz 11' (o.g.) Kostić 25' Sow 33' Rode 76' Silva 87'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

10 April 2021 28	VfB Stuttgart	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalajdžić 17' Sosa 21' Förster 28' Kempf 50' Didavi 78' Anton 82'	Report	Hummels 31' Bellingham 47' Reus 52' Knauff 80' Hitz 90+2'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

18 April 2021 29	Borussia Dortmund	4–1	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reyna 29' Haaland 34' (pen.), 38' Dahoud 48' Hummels 87'	Report	Rashica 14' Friedl 60' Veljković 66' Groß 77' Moisander 85'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

21 April 2021 30	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Union Berlin	Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haaland 27' Reus 27' Bellingham 70' Hummels 72' Guerreiro 88'	Report	Knoche 48'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

24 April 2021 31	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Paulo Otávio 72'	Report	Haaland 12', 68' Bellingham 13' 59' Meunier 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

8 May 2021 32	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	RB Leipzig	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus 7' Sancho 51', 87' Hummels 74'	Report	Klostermann 63' Olmo 77' Haidara 90+1'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert

16 May 2021 33	Mainz 05	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Quaison 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Guerreiro 23' Reus 42' Brandt 80'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

22 May 2021 34	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haaland 5', 84' Reus 51'	Report	Bender 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal[edit]

14 September 2020 First round	MSV Duisburg	0–5	Borussia Dortmund	Duisburg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Karweina 25' Volkmer 38'	Report	Sancho 14' (pen.) Bellingham 21', 30' Witsel 26' Hazard 39', 48' Reyna 50' Reus 58'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Robert Kampka

22 December 2020 Second round	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Braunschweig
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Balla 19' Nikolaou 88'	Report	Hummels 12' Bellingham 24' Morey 44' Sancho 90+2'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

2 February 2021 Round of 16	Borussia Dortmund	3–2 (a.e.t.)	SC Paderborn	Dortmund
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Can 6' Sancho 16' Delaney 77' Haaland 95' Dahoud 120+3'	Report	Srbeny 51' Ingelsson 52' Ananou 75' Justvan 79' Owusu 90+7' (pen.) Antwi-Adjei 104'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

2 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl 32' Bensebaini 90+2'	Report	Dahoud 29' 90+2' Reus 50' Sancho 66' Hitz 90+5'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1 May 2021 Semi-finals	Borussia Dortmund	5–0	Holstein Kiel	Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reyna 16', 23' Reus 26' Hazard 32' Bellingham 42'	Report	Hauptmann 37' Lorenz 87'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

13 May 2021 Final	RB Leipzig	1–4	Borussia Dortmund	Berlin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Upamecano 45+1' Olmo 71', 81'	Report	Sancho 5', 45+1', 81' Can 15' Bellingham 25' Haaland 28', 87' Dahoud 50' Hummels 90'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

DFL-Supercup[edit]

30 September 2020 Final	Bayern Munich	3–2	Borussia Dortmund	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tolisso 18' Müller 32' Hernandez 66' Kimmich 82'	Report	Brandt 39' Haaland 55'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.^[17]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOR	LAZ	BRU	ZEN
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–0	2–0
2	Lazio	6	2	4	0	11	7	+4	10	Advance to knockout phase	3–1	—	2–2	3–1
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	1–1	—	3–0
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1		1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 October 2020 1	Lazio	3–1	Borussia Dortmund	Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Immobile 6' Hitz 23' (o.g.) Luis Alberto 42' Akpa Akpro 76' Strakosha 84'	Report	Reyna 62' Delaney 62' Haaland 71'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

28 October 2020 2	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sancho 78' (pen.) Haaland 90+1'	Report	Kuzyayev 25' Karavayev 78'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

4 November 2020 3	Club Brugge	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hazard 14' Haaland 18', 32'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

24 November 2020 4	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Club Brugge	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haaland 18', 60' Sancho 45'	Report	Rits 71'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

2 December 2020 5	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Lazio	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Guerreiro 44'	Report	Immobile 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

[table_note_res_ELGS0.27239265678096-14] Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	4	10	75	46	+29	64	11	2	4	40	20	+20	9	2	6	35	26	+9

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	4	10	75	46	+29	64	11	2	4	40	20	+20	9	2	6	35	26	+9