2022–23 1. FC Heidenheim season

1. FC Heidenheim 2022–23 football season

1. FC Heidenheim

2022–23 season

President

Klaus Mayer

Head coach

Frank Schmidt

Stadium

Voith-Arena

2. Bundesliga

1st (promoted)

DFB-Pokal

Second round

Top goalscorer

League:
Tim Kleindienst (25)
All:
Tim Kleindienst (25)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2021–22

2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 16th in the history of 1. FC Heidenheim and their ninth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal, winning promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time in club history.

Players

As of 5 July 2022^[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
2	DF	GER	Marnon Busch
3	MF	GER	Jan Schöppner
4	DF	GER	Tim Siersleben (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
6	DF	GER	Patrick Mainka (Captain)
8	MF	GER	Andreas Geipl
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	DF	GER	Marvin Rittmüller
19	DF	GER	Jonas Föhrenbach
20	MF	GER	Dženis Burnić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	GER	Adrian Beck
22	GK	GER	Vitus Eicher
23	MF	GER	Merveille Biankadi
24	FW	GER	Christian Kühlwetter
26	MF	GER	Tim Köther
27	DF	GER	Thomas Keller
28	MF	GER	Melvin Ramusovic
30	MF	GER	Norman Theuerkauf
31	MF	GER	Mert Arslan
33	DF	USA	Lennard Maloney
34	GK	AUT	Paul Tschernuth
37	MF	GER	Jan-Niklas Beste
44	FW	KOS	Elidon Qenaj

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

TV Steinheim

1. FC Heidenheim

18 June 2022 Friendly	TV Steinheim	0–6	1. FC Heidenheim	Steinheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kleindienst 31', 39' Geipl 40' Kühlwetter 48', 90' Schimmer 81' Negele 90+1'

FC Römerstein

1. FC Heidenheim

19 June 2022 Friendly	FC Römerstein	0–27	1. FC Heidenheim	Römerstein
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Siersleben 5' Kleindienst 6', 16', 20', 33' Kühlwetter 11', 30', 40' 27' (o.g.) Schöppner 29' Geipl 32' Pick 35' Beste 36' (pen.) Schimmer 46', 49', 57', 65', 72', 73' Keller 53', 67' Köther 59', 83' Qenaj 62', 76', 86', 90' Mainka 78' Busch 82'

Schwäbisch Hall

1. FC Heidenheim

23 June 2022 Friendly	Schwäbisch Hall	0–6	1. FC Heidenheim	Schwäbisch Hall
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Pick 16' Schimmer 31' Kleindienst 34' Köther 68' Siersleben 72' Beck 85'	Stadium: Optima Sportpark Attendance: 1,600

Dynamo Dresden

1. FC Heidenheim

29 June 2022 Friendly	Dynamo Dresden	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Angerberg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Burnić 8'	Stadium: Sportplatz Angerberg Attendance: 200

Universitatea Craiova

1. FC Heidenheim

3 July 2022 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Kematen, Austria
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ivan 45' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen

1899 Hoffenheim

1. FC Heidenheim

9 July 2022 Friendly	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Brackenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 14' Kadeřábek 35'	Report	Maloney 75'	Stadium: Wiesentalstadion Attendance: 1,750

Spfr. Dorfmerkingen

1. FC Heidenheim

21 September 2022 Friendly	Spfr. Dorfmerkingen	1–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Dorfmerkingen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportanlange Felsenstraße

FC Augsburg

1. FC Heidenheim

16 December 2022 Friendly	FC Augsburg	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Demirovic 18' Winther 85'	Report		Referee: Felix Brych

1. FC Heidenheim

Waldhof Mannheim

17 December 2022 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	2–0	Waldhof Mannheim	Heidenheim
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Voith-Arena

FC Ingolstadt 04

1. FC Heidenheim

21 December 2022 Friendly	FC Ingolstadt 04	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Ingolstadt
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kühlwetter 35' (pen.)	Stadium: AUDI Sportpark – Platz 4

VfB Stuttgart

1. FC Heidenheim

24 March 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Stuttgart
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Theuerkauf 49' (o.g.) Anton 55'			Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion

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 %
2. Bundesliga	17 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	34	19	10	5	67	36	+31	055.88
DFB-Pokal	30 July 2022	19 October 2022	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Total					36	20	10	6	69	38	+31	055.56

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Heidenheim (C, P)	34	19	10	5	67	36	+31	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Darmstadt 98 (P)	34	20	7	7	50	33	+17	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Hamburger SV	34	20	6	8	70	45	+25	66	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	17	7	10	60	43	+17	58
5	FC St. Pauli	34	16	10	8	55	39	+16	58

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.^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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	19	10	5	67	36	+31	67	12	4	1	41	16	+25	7	6	4	26	20	+6

Source: DFB

Results by round

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

Hansa Rostock v 1. FC Heidenheim

17 July 2022 1	Hansa Rostock	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Rostock
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Schimmer 50'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1. FC Heidenheim v Eintracht Braunschweig

23 July 2022 2	1. FC Heidenheim	3–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Heidenheim
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Strompf 10' (o.g.) Kleindienst 61' Sessa 90'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 7,088 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Heidenheim

6 August 2022 3	Hamburger SV	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Hamburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Glatzel 42'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 43,094 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Heidenheim

12 August 2022 4	1. FC Nürnberg	0–3	1. FC Heidenheim	Nuremberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thomalla 44' Beck 49' Beste 80'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 27,155 Referee: Florian Lechner

1. FC Heidenheim v Arminia Bielefeld

21 August 2022 5	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Heidenheim
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst 3'	Report	Hack 10'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 8,395 Referee: Nicolas Winter

SV Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Heidenheim

27 August 2022 6	SV Darmstadt 98	2–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Darmstadt
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Manu 36' Ronstadt 76'	Report	Mainka 70' Kleindienst 82'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 13,280 Referee: Arne Aarnink

1. FC Heidenheim v Fortuna Düsseldorf

2 September 2022 7	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Heidenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Beck 22' Kleindienst 87'	Report	Kownacki 59'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 9,468 Referee: Robert Kampka

Karlsruher SC v 1. FC Heidenheim

10 September 2022 8	Karlsruher SC	0–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 17,778 Referee: Florian Exner

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

18 September 2022 9	1. FC Heidenheim	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Heidenheim
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Beste 17' Busch 44'	Report	Boyd 20', 60'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,189 Referee: Tobias Reichel

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Heidenheim

1 October 2022 10	FC St. Pauli	0–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,242 Referee: Sven Waschitzki-Günther

1. FC Heidenheim v Hannover 96

9 October 2022 11	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Hannover 96	Heidenheim
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thomalla 32' Kleindienst 61'	Report	Teuchert 90+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 8,104 Referee: Christian Dingert

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Heidenheim

16 October 2022 12	Holstein Kiel	3–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Kiel
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Skrzybski 45', 51' Wriedt 66'	Report	Thomalla 31'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,936 Referee: Patrick Alt

1. FC Heidenheim v Greuther Fürth

23 October 2022 13	1. FC Heidenheim	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Heidenheim
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mainka 9' Kleindienst 33' Beste 56' (pen.)	Report	Hrgota 52'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Robin Braun

1. FC Magdeburg v 1. FC Heidenheim

28 October 2022 14	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Magdeburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ito 90+3'	Report	Thomalla 23'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 19,352 Referee: Martin Thomsen

1. FC Heidenheim v SC Paderborn 07

5 November 2022 15	1. FC Heidenheim	3–0	SC Paderborn 07	Heidenheim
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beste 35', 90+1' Thomalla 76'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 9,444 Referee: Timo Gerach

SV Sandhausen v 1. FC Heidenheim

9 November 2022 16	SV Sandhausen	3–4	1. FC Heidenheim	Sandhausen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Papela 50' Kinsombi 76' Esswein 80'	Report	Siersleben 31' Kleindienst 40' Kühlwetter 48' Sessa 73'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 3,471 Referee: Richard Hempel

1. FC Heidenheim v Jahn Regensburg

12 November 2022 17	1. FC Heidenheim	5–4	Jahn Regensburg	Heidenheim
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kleindienst 21', 39' Beck 36' Thomalla 76' Schimmer 90+4'	Report	Owusu 14' Makridis 45+1' Shipnoski 55' Yildirim 90+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 9,695 Referee: Florian Heft

1. FC Heidenheim v Hansa Rostock

28 January 2023 18	1. FC Heidenheim	2–0	Hansa Rostock	Heidenheim
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kleindienst 80' Pick 88'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 9,627 Referee: Max Bruda

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Heidenheim

4 February 2023 19	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Braunschweig
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wintzheimer 72' Lauberbach 90'	Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 16,776 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

1. FC Heidenheim v Hamburger SV

11 February 2023 20	1. FC Heidenheim	3–3	Hamburger SV	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Beste 27' Schöppner 30' Kleindienst 41'	Report	Németh 72' Glatzel 79' Jatta 88'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Nürnberg

19 February 2023 21	1. FC Heidenheim	5–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Heidenheim
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kleindienst 18', 23', 38', 81' Busch 86'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,955 Referee: Florian Exner

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Heidenheim

26 February 2023 22	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Bielefeld
13:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Schimmer 70'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 17,251 Referee: Florian Lechner

1. FC Heidenheim v SV Darmstadt 98

4 March 2023 23	1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	SV Darmstadt 98	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Beste 89'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 12,212 Referee: Robert Schröder

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Heidenheim

11 March 2023 24	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Düsseldorf
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Iyoha 27'	Report	Kleindienst 20'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 26,827 Referee: Daniel Schlager

1. FC Heidenheim v Karlsruher SC

17 March 2023 25	1. FC Heidenheim	5–2	Karlsruher SC	Heidenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kleindienst 38', 45+1', 49' Pick 62' Sessa 88'	Report	Jensen 14' Kaufmann 23'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 12,975 Referee: Robin Braun

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Heidenheim

1 April 2023 26	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	de Preville 90+3' Hercher 90+5'	Report	Kleindienst 53' Pick 75'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,543 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1. FC Heidenheim v FC St. Pauli

8 April 2023 27	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	FC St. Pauli	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hartel 41'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Heidenheim

14 April 2023 28	Hannover 96	0–3	1. FC Heidenheim	Hannover
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Beste 31' Kleindienst 35' Thomalla 45+4'	Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena Attendance: 25,200 Referee: Florian Exner

1. FC Heidenheim v Holstein Kiel

23 April 2023 29	1. FC Heidenheim	3–0	Holstein Kiel	Heidenheim
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mainka 2' Kleindienst 68' Beste 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 12,026 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Heidenheim

28 April 2023 30	Greuther Fürth	0–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Fürth
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kleindienst 7' Beste 51'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 11,897 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Magdeburg

7 May 2023 31	1. FC Heidenheim	0–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Heidenheim
13:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

SC Paderborn 07 v 1. FC Heidenheim

14 May 2023 32	SC Paderborn 07	3–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Paderborn
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Klefisch 26' Pieringer 50' Muslija 52'	Report	Kleindienst 30' Thomalla 37'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 11,946 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1. FC Heidenheim v SV Sandhausen

20 May 2023 33	1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	SV Sandhausen	Heidenheim
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beste 68'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Jahn Regensburg v 1. FC Heidenheim

28 May 2023 34	Jahn Regensburg	2–3	1. FC Heidenheim	Regensburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Owusu 51', 56'	Report	Saller 58' (o.g.) Beste 90+3' (pen.) Kleindienst 90+9'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 14,189 Referee: Sören Storks

DFB-Pokal

Illertissen v 1. FC Heidenheim

30 July 2022 First round	Illertissen	0–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Illertissen
15:31 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mainka 57' Beck 80'	Stadium: Voehlin-Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Marco Fritz

Union Berlin v 1. FC Heidenheim

19 October 2022 Second round	Union Berlin	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Puchacz 7' Michel 52' Knoche 90'	Report	Mainka 29' Geipl 62'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Florian Badstübner

References

^ 1. FC Heidenheim squad Archived 21 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine fc-heidenheim.de. Retrieved 3 March 2019
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). 4 March 2023. p. 3.
^ "DFL veröffentlicht 2. Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

2022–23 in German football

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League competitions

Men

Levels 1–3	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga
Level 4	Bayern Nord Nordost Südwest West
Level 5	Baden-Württemberg Bayern Bremen Hamburg Hessen Mittelrhein Niederrhein Niedersachsen Nordost Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Schleswig-Holstein Westfalen

Women

Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga
Regionalliga

Cup competitions

Men	DFB-Pokal (Final) DFL-Supercup Verbandspokal (Baden, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein, Niedersachsen, Rheinland, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Südbaden, Südwest, Thüringen, Westfalen, Württemberg)
Women	DFB-Pokal Verbandspokal

European competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League Super Cup
Women	Champions League

Related to national teams

Men	2022–23 UEFA Nations League (League A) 2022 FIFA World Cup Hansi Flick
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup (Qualification: Group H) Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Transfers

Men	Summer 2022 Winter 2022–23
Women	Summer 2022 Winter 2022–23

Men's team seasons
Bundesliga	FC Augsburg Hertha BSC Union Berlin VfL Bochum Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga	Arminia Bielefeld Eintracht Braunschweig Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Düsseldorf Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV Hannover 96 1. FC Heidenheim 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Nürnberg SC Paderborn Jahn Regensburg Hansa Rostock SV Sandhausen FC St. Pauli
3. Liga	Erzgebirge Aue SpVgg Bayreuth Borussia Dortmund II Dynamo Dresden MSV Duisburg SV Elversberg Rot-Weiss Essen SC Freiburg II Hallescher FC FC Ingolstadt Viktoria Köln Waldhof Mannheim SV Meppen 1860 Munich VfB Oldenburg VfL Osnabrück 1. FC Saarbrücken SC Verl Wehen Wiesbaden FSV Zwickau

Women's team seasons
Bundesliga	Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg SGS Essen Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln Bayer Leverkusen SV Meppen Bayern Munich Turbine Potsdam VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga	SG Andernach Eintracht Frankfurt II SC Freiburg II FSV Gütersloh 1899 Hoffenheim II FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Köln II Carl Zeiss Jena RB Leipzig Bayern Munich II 1. FC Nürnberg Turbine Potsdam II SC Sand VfL Wolfsburg II