The 2020–21
2. Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2. Frauen-Bundesliga is the second league competition for women's association football in Germany. For its first 14 seasons the league was divided into two groups: Nord and Süd. The winner and the runner-up are promoted to the Bundesliga (unle ...
was the 17th season of Germany's second-tier
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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
The Frauen-Bundesliga (German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany. In 1990 the German Foo ...
, while the bottom three teams were relegated to the
Frauen-Regionalliga
The Frauen-Regionalliga is the third-tier of German women's association football. The Frauen-Regionalliga is made up of five separate leagues. Until 2017, the champion of each league was promoted to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga for the next season, so ...
.
This season initially consisted of 19 teams, as there was no relegation from the previous season, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
joined forces with
FC Carl Zeiss Jena and competed under their name. 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. 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.
On 3 November 2020, the league was paused. In late February 2021, it was announced that the season would continue on 21 March.
The fixtures were announced on 4 August 2020.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
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. The use of five substitutes, based on the decision of competition organisers, had been extended by
IFAB until 2021.
Teams
Team changes
North
Stadiums
League table
Results
Top scorers
South
Stadiums
League table
Results
Top scorers
Relegation play-offs
The relegation play-offs took place on 30 May and 6 June 2021.
Overview
Matches
''1899 Hoffenheim II won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Notes
References
External links
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2020–21 in German women's football leagues