#VFBBMG: Match Facts
All of the key facts and figures ahead of the Foals' final game of the Bundesliga season at VfB Stuttgart (Saturday, 15:30 CEST).
As we take a look back at the year 2021, we cast our gaze once again over May and June. A disappointing end to the season on the pitch combined with goodbyes to players, club legends and even buildings marked out this time of the year.
On the pitch
After success in April, the Foals weren’t able to build on their strong position going into the closing stages of the season. They suffered a bitter 6-0 defeat at record champions FC Bayern before losing 2-1 against VfB Stuttgart in their final home game of the season. At that stage, the Foals no longer had a European place in their hands and were relying on other results to go their way to secure a spot in UEFA’s new Europa Conference League. Under Marco Rose, the team did what they had to do in Bremen, winning 4-2 but Union Berlin scored a last minute winner against RB Leipzig, meaning that Borussia lost out and finished the 2020/21 season in eighth place.
Memorable Moments
Oscar Wendt’s ten year spell at Borussia came to an end. The Bundesliga match at Werder Bremen was the Swede’s 305th and final game for the Foals. The left-back made the move to Borussia in the summer of 2011 from FC Kopenhagen and played 244 times in the Bundesliga (16 goals), 37 times in Europe (1 goal) and 24 times in the DFB-Pokal (2 goals) for the Foals. “I’m very proud, of course, to have been a part of the history of this amazing club,” said Wendt.
Off the pitch
In words: Oscar Wendt
“Everyone who knows me knows what these ten years have meant and will always mean to me. It was a wonderful time for me. I love Borussia, the surroundings, the fans and the boys I was out there on the pitch with every day. This club will always remain in my heart.”