2023–24 1. FC Heidenheim season

1. FC Heidenheim
2023–24 season
President	Holger Sanwald
Head coach	Frank Schmidt
Stadium	Voith-Arena
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tim Kleindienst (12); All: ; Tim Kleindienst (14)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was 1. FC Heidenheim's 17th season as a legally independent club and first ever season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[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	GER	Kevin Müller (vice-captain)
2	DF	GER	Marnon Busch (4th captain)
3	MF	GER	Jan Schöppner
4	DF	GER	Tim Siersleben
5	MF	GER	Benedikt Gimber
6	DF	GER	Patrick Mainka (captain)
8	FW	GER	Eren Dinkçi (on loan from Werder Bremen)
9	FW	GER	Stefan Schimmer
10	FW	GER	Tim Kleindienst
11	FW	GER	Denis Thomalla
16	MF	GER	Kevin Sessa
17	MF	GER	Florian Pick
18	FW	GER	Marvin Pieringer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Jonas Föhrenbach
20	FW	AUT	Nikola Dovedan
21	MF	GER	Adrian Beck
22	GK	GER	Vitus Eicher
23	DF	GER	Omar Haktab Traoré
24	FW	GER	Christian Kühlwetter
27	DF	GER	Thomas Keller
30	MF	GER	Norman Theuerkauf (3rd captain)
33	DF	USA	Lennard Maloney
34	GK	AUT	Paul Tschernuth
36	MF	GER	Luka Janes
37	MF	GER	Jan-Niklas Beste
44	FW	GER	Elidon Qenaj

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Tim Köther (at MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Omar Traoré	VfL Osnabrück	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Benedikt Gimber	Jahn Regensburg	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Eren Dinkçi	Werder Bremen	Loan	1 July 2023	^[2]
FW	Nikola Dovedan	Austria Wien	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
DF	Tim Siersleben	VfL Wolfsburg	€500,000	1 July 2023	^[4]
FW	Marvin Pieringer	Schalke 04	€1,800,000	3 July 2023	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
DF	Marvin Rittmüller	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Andreas Geipl	Jahn Regensburg	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Dženis Burnić	Karlsruher SC	Free	17 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

22 July 2023 Friendly	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Ingolstadt
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Keidel 86'	Report	Beste 26'	Stadium: AUDI Sportpark - Platz 4 Attendance: 400 Referee: Assad Nouhoum

26 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Empoli	Kirchbichl, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieringer 40' Pick 43'	Report	Ekong 90'	Stadium: SVK-Arena Attendance: 500

1 August 2023 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	Pafos	Schwaz
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schimmer 54'	Report	Kvída 78'	Stadium: Silberstadt-Arena Attendance: 150

5 August 2023 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	Hellas Verona	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mainka 11' Pieringer 49' Kleindienst 59'	Report	Đurić 4', 26' Ngonge 25' Ceccherini 58'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 5,414 Referee: Florian Badstubner

7 September 2023 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	3–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Nuremberg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wekesser 45' (pen.) Kania 78' Geis 82'		Kühlwetter 53'	Stadium: Sportpark Valznerweiher

21 March 2024 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	Karlsruher SC	Heidenheim
13:30 CET (UTC+1)			Ersungur 20'	Stadium: Voith-Arena

Competitions

Overall record

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 August 2023	18 May 2024	Matchday 1	8th	34	10	12	12	50	55	−5	029.41
DFB-Pokal	13 August 2023	31 October 2023	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	9	3	+6	050.00
Total					36	11	12	13	59	58	+1	030.56

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	11	14	9	51	50	+1	47	Qualification for the Europa League league phase^[a]
7	TSG Hoffenheim	34	13	7	14	66	66	0	46	Qualification for the Europa League league phase^[a]
8	1. FC Heidenheim	34	10	12	12	50	55	−5	42	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round^[a]
9	Werder Bremen	34	11	9	14	48	54	−6	42
10	SC Freiburg	34	11	9	14	45	58	−13	42

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.^[6]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal winners, Bayer Leverkusen, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the spot reserved for the DFB-Pokal winners (Europa League league phase) was passed to the seventh-placed team, and the Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the eighth-placed team.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	12	12	50	55	−5	42	7	5	5	30	26	+4	3	7	7	20	29	−9

Source: DFB

Results by round

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W
Position	15	16	15	11	13	10	10	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[7]

19 August 2023 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wind 6', 27' Gerhardt 36' Wimmer 45+5' Vrancx 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,620 Referee: Florian Badstübner

26 August 2023 2	1. FC Heidenheim	2–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Beste 16', 26' Dinkçi 38' Pieringer 58'	Report	Bülter 25' Akpoguma 40' Grillitsch 70' Beier 77' Kadeřábek 80', 82' Kramarić 90' (pen.) Weghorst 90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1 September 2023 3	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brandt 7' Can 15' (pen.), 90+3' Bensebaini 61' Haller 82'	Report	Dinkçi 35', 61' Beste 57' Pieringer 61' Kleindienst 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Tobias Reichel

17 September 2023 4	1. FC Heidenheim	4–2	Werder Bremen	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst 5' (pen.) Dinkçi 44', 68' Traoré 50' Beste 76'	Report	Ducksch 49', 49' Weiser 64' Stark 90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

24 September 2023 5	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boniface 9', 74' (pen.) Palacios 31' Hofmann 63' Adli 82'	Report	Theuerkauf 37' Dinkçi 58'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,557 Referee: Christian Dingert

30 September 2023 6	1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	Union Berlin	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieringer 48' Beste 59'	Report	Leite 40' Král 77'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

8 October 2023 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Frankfurt
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngankam 11', 30' Larsson 39' Max 65' Knauff 72'	Report	Beste 23' Müller 28' Mainka 46'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 55,800 Referee: Daniel Schlager

22 October 2023 8	1. FC Heidenheim	2–5	FC Augsburg	Heidenheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst 17', 31' Beste 18' Beck 51' Siersleben 90+3'	Report	Tietz 29' Valentin 41', 45+2' Demirović 42' Uduokhai 64' Bauer 83' Rexhbecaj 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

28 October 2023 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pléa 4' Föhrenbach 51' (o.g.)	Report	Dinkçi 38', 45+2' Pick 61' Pieringer 77'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,541 Referee: Robert Hartmann

5 November 2023 10	1. FC Heidenheim	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Heidenheim
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Theuerkauf 44' Schöppner 70' Dinkçi 75' Kleindienst 90+4'	Report	Silas 57' Karazor 67' Anton 74'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

11 November 2023 11	Bayern Munich	4–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mazraoui 3' Kane 14', 44' Guerreiro 72' Choupo-Moting 85'	Report	Kleindienst 67' Beste 70'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

26 November 2023 12	1. FC Heidenheim	0–0	VfL Bochum	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dinkçi 51' Schöppner 51' Beste 58' Traoré 77'	Report	Daschner 27' Schlotterbeck 65' Antwi-Adjei 90+3'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

2 December 2023 13	RB Leipzig	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Openda 29' (pen.) Poulsen 44' Simakan 60' Baumgartner 88'	Report	Gimber 45+2', 88' Pieringer 86'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

9 December 2023 14	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	Darmstadt 98	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schöppner 42' Kleindienst 55' Dinkçi 63' Mainka 69', 71'	Report	Skarke 52' Maloney 60' (o.g.) Müller 62' Karić 82'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

16 December 2023 15	Mainz 05	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Krauß 38' Ajorque 44' Gruda 90+3'	Report	Pieringer 12' Gimber 30' Busch 34' Beste 57'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 27,200 Referee: Bastian Dankert

20 December 2023 16	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	SC Freiburg	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schöppner 33' Föhrenbach 37' Dinkçi 52' Gimber 64' Kleindienst 84' Ginter 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Gulde 5' Höler 7', 64' (pen.) Sildillia 36' Röhl 60' Höfler 76'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

13 January 2024 17	1. FC Köln	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Chabot 12' Selke 29' Hübers 41'	Report	Pieringer 16' Beck 55'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

20 January 2024 18	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jenz 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Černý 7' Gerhardt 45+4'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Timo Gerach

27 January 2024 19	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić 45+7' (pen.) Stach 59' Akpoguma 72' Brooks 89' Grillitsch 90+5'	Report	Dinkçi 29'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 20,120 Referee: Tobias Welz

2 February 2024 20	1. FC Heidenheim	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Maatsen 80' Malen 90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

10 February 2024 21	Werder Bremen	1–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmid 19' Deman 45'	Report	Kleindienst 2' Maloney 12', 43' Beste 18'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

17 February 2024 22	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Föhrenbach 27' Gimber 32' Kleindienst 87'	Report	Frimpong 45+2' Adli 81' Andrich 90+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

24 February 2024 23	Union Berlin	2–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gosens 44', 45' Schäfer 45+2' Juranović 53'	Report	Dovedan 3' Beste 71' Traoré 87'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,341 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

2 March 2024 24	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pieringer 59' Dinkçi 62'	Report	Dina Ebimbe 25' Koch 31' Gimber 39' (o.g.) Nkounkou 49' Ekitike 77' Trapp 86'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sören Storks

9 March 2024 25	FC Augsburg	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gouweleeuw 22' Mbabu 27'	Report	Gimber 74' Pick 90+3' Theuerkauf 90+4'	Stadium: Augsburg Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Frank Willenborg

16 March 2024 26	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré 36' Dinkçi 66' Schmidt 90+2'	Report	Hack 9' Weigl 18' Kramer 22' Wöber 64'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

31 March 2024 27	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	1. FC Heidenheim	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 41' Stiller 53' Anton 90+3' Undav 90+8'	Report	Nübel 62' (o.g.) Kleindienst 84', 85' Dovedan 90+6'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

6 April 2024 28	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	Bayern Munich	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sessa 50' Kleindienst 51', 79' Gimber 62' Dinkçi 89'	Report	Kane 38' Gnabry 45'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

13 April 2024 29	VfL Bochum	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Passlack 35' Bernardo 45' Losilla 52' Bero 58' Schlotterbeck 90'	Report	Kleindienst 60' Schlotterbeck 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,414 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

20 April 2024 30	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	RB Leipzig	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gimber 61' Dovedan 69' Schöppner 83' Traoré 90+8'	Report	Henrichs 33' Šeško 42' Openda 85'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

28 April 2024 31	Darmstadt 98	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Darmstadt
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Karić 52' Kempe 60'	Report	Gimber 43' Dovedan 90+1'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,416 Referee: Bastian Dankert

5 May 2024 32	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	Mainz 05	Heidenheim
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gimber 35' Kleindienst 65', 77'	Report	Barreiro 27' Burkardt 37', 69' Kohr 84'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

11 May 2024 33	SC Freiburg	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dōan 29' Grifo 64'	Report	Sessa 18', 38'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,700 Referee: Daniel Siebert

18 May 2024 34	1. FC Heidenheim	4–1	1. FC Köln	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dinkçi 16', 22' Sessa 36' Kleindienst 76' Beste 78'	Report	Kainz 30' Hübers 52' Tigges 64' Maina 77'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

DFB-Pokal

13 August 2023 First round	Rostocker FC	0–8	1. FC Heidenheim	Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weiß 32' Mietzelfeld 54'	Report	Beck 9' Kleindienst 12', 15' Maloney 18' Pieringer 38', 72' Dinkçi 53' Schimmer 87'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Nicolas Winter
Note: The match took place at the Ostseestadion, instead of Rostocker FC's home stadium, the Sportpark am Damerower Weg in Rostock.^[8]

31 October 2023 Second round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Mönchengladbach
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pefok 3', 9' Hack 44'	Report	Beck 78'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Timo Gerach

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 2 March 2024

Rank	Pos	No.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	10	Tim Kleindienst	7	2	9
2	FW	8	Eren Dinkçi	7	1	8
3	FW	37	Jan-Niklas Beste	7	0	7
4	FW	18	Marvin Pieringer	3	2	5
5	MF	21	Adrian Beck	1	2	3
6	MF	3	Jan Schöppner	2	0	2
	DF	6	Patrick Mainka	2	0	2
	MF	33	Lennard Maloney	1	1	2
9	FW	9	Stefan Schimmer	0	1	1
	MF	5	Benedikt Gimber	1	0	1
	FW	20	Nikola Dovedan	1	0	1
Own goals				2	0	1
Totals				34	9	43

References

^ 1. FC Heidenheim squad Archived 21 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine fc-heidenheim.de. Retrieved 3 March 2019
^ "Dinkci stürmt für Werders direkten Konkurrenten: Bremer wechselt per Leihe nach Heidenheim". kreiszeitung. 2 July 2023.
^ "Zurück beim FCH – Nikola Dovedan unterzeichnet einen Einjahresvertrag!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.
^ "Innenverteidiger Tim Siersleben bleibt beim FCH!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.
^ "Vertrag bis 2027 – Marvin Pieringer unterschreibt beim FCH!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.
^ "Pokalspiele terminiert: Hansa und Rostocker FC am Sonntag". zeit.de (in German). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELLS0.68612053510087-6] Since the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal winners, Bayer Leverkusen, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the spot reserved for the DFB-Pokal winners (Europa League league phase) was passed to the seventh-placed team, and the Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the eighth-placed team.

[1] 1. FC Heidenheim squad Archived 21 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine fc-heidenheim.de. Retrieved 3 March 2019

[2] "Dinkci stürmt für Werders direkten Konkurrenten: Bremer wechselt per Leihe nach Heidenheim". kreiszeitung. 2 July 2023.

[3] "Zurück beim FCH – Nikola Dovedan unterzeichnet einen Einjahresvertrag!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.

[4] "Innenverteidiger Tim Siersleben bleibt beim FCH!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.

[5] "Vertrag bis 2027 – Marvin Pieringer unterschreibt beim FCH!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.

[7] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[8] "DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.

[9] "Pokalspiele terminiert: Hansa und Rostocker FC am Sonntag". zeit.de (in German). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

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