# 2023–24 FC Hansa Rostock season

The 2023–24 season was FC Hansa Rostock's 58th season in existence and third consecutive in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 September 2023
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 | Markus Kolke (captain) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Damian Roßbach |
| 5 | DF | GER | Oliver Hüsing |
| 6 | MF | GER | Dennis Dressel |
| 7 | DF | GER | Nico Neidhart |
| 8 | MF | GER | Simon Rhein |
| 9 | FW | GER | Kai Pröger |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Nils Fröling |
| 11 | FW | GER | Serhat-Semih Güler |
| 13 | FW | GER | Kevin Schumacher |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Svante Ingelsson |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Lukas Hinterseer |
| 17 | DF | GER | Jonas David (on loan from Hamburger SV) |
| 18 | FW | COL | Juan José Perea (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Sebastian Vasiliadis |
| 20 | MF | GER | Lukas Scherff |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | GER | Alexander Rossipal |
| 22 | DF | SUI | Jasper van der Werff (on loan from SC Paderborn 07) |
| 23 | GK | GER | Nils Körber |
| 24 | DF | PHI | John-Patrick Strauß |
| 25 | DF | GER | Thomas Meißner |
| 26 | MF | GER | Janik Bachmann |
| 27 | MF | GER | Christian Kinsombi |
| 28 | MF | NZL | Sarpreet Singh |
| 29 | DF | GER | Felix Ruschke |
| 30 | GK | GER | Max Hagemoser |
| 33 | DF | CMR | Salomon Patrick Amougou Nkoa |
| 35 | MF | GER | Joshua Krüger |
| 36 | MF | POL | Miłosz Brzozowski |
| 37 | MF | GER | Louis Köster |
| 38 | GK | GER | Elias Höftmann |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Júnior Brumado (on loan from Midtjylland) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Sarpreet Singh | Bayern Munich | Free | 5 July 2023 |
| FW | Juan José Perea | VfB Stuttgart | Loan | 4 August 2023 |
| DF | Jonas David | Hamburger SV | Loan | 29 August 2023 |
| FW | Júnior Brumado | FC Midtjylland | Loan | 1 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 28 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 026.47 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 1 November 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 025.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 38 | |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 | |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 32 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock (R) | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 31 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | VfL Osnabrück (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 69 | −38 | 28 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 4 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.