# 2023–24 VfL Osnabrück season

The 2023–24 season was VfL Osnabrück's 125th season in existence and first one back 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 | Lennart Grill (on loan from Union Berlin) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Florian Kleinhansl |
| 4 | DF | GER | Maxwell Gyamfi |
| 5 | DF | KOS | Bashkim Ajdini |
| 6 | MF | GER | Maximilian Thalhammer |
| 7 | MF | GER | Noel Niemann |
| 8 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche |
| 9 | FW | GER | Erik Engelhardt |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (on loan from Holstein Kiel) |
| 11 | MF | GER | Charalambos Makridis |
| 13 | MF | GER | Lukas Kunze |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Oumar Diakhité |
| 15 | MF | COD | Paterson Chato |
| 16 | DF | GER | Henry Rorig |
| 17 | FW | GER | Christian Conteh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | GER | Lars Kehl |
| 22 | GK | GER | Philipp Kühn |
| 23 | FW | NED | John Verhoek |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Manuel Haas |
| 25 | DF | GER | Niklas Wiemann |
| 26 | MF | GER | Dave Gnaase |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Michaël Cuisance (on loan from Venezia) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Florian Bähr |
| 29 | MF | GER | Oliver Wähling |
| 30 | MF | GER | Emeka Oduah |
| 32 | MF | GER | Jannes Wulff |
| 33 | DF | GER | Timo Beermann (captain) |
| 34 | GK | GER | Daniel Adamczyk |
| 36 | GK | GER | Luca Böggemann |
| 38 | FW | GER | Kevin Wiethaup |

### 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 |
| — | DF | TUR | Yiğit Karademir (at SV Meppen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | GER | Leandro Putaro (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Jannik Zahmel (at Blau-Weiß Lohne until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Bashkim Ajdini | SV Sandhausen | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Maximilian Thalhammer | Jahn Regensburg | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Christian Conteh | Feyenoord | Free | 6 July 2023 |

### Out

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

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

| 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 | 18th | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 69 | −38 | 017.65 |
| DFB-Pokal | 14 August 2023 | 14 August 2023 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 017.14 |
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 |
Last updated: 24 February 2024. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.