# 2023–24 Holstein Kiel season

The 2023–24 season was Holstein Kiel's 129th season in existence and seventh consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 24 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Timon Weiner |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Mikkel Kirkeskov |
| 3 | DF | GER | Marco Komenda |
| 4 | DF | GER | Patrick Erras |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Carl Johansson |
| 6 | MF | SRB | Marko Ivezić |
| 7 | MF | GER | Steven Skrzybski |
| 8 | FW | GER | Finn Porath |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Benedikt Pichler |
| 10 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Alexander Bernhardsson |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Shuto Machino |
| 15 | MF | GER | Marvin Schulz |
| 16 | MF | GER | Philipp Sander (captain) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Timo Becker |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | GER | Tom Rothe (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 19 | FW | ISL | Hólmbert Friðjónsson |
| 20 | FW | GER | Fiete Arp |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Dähne |
| 22 | MF | GER | Nicolai Remberg |
| 23 | DF | GER | Lasse Rosenboom |
| 26 | MF | GER | Lucas Wolf |
| 27 | FW | GER | Joshua Mees |
| 28 | MF | GER | Aurel Wagbe |
| 29 | MF | GER | Niklas Niehoff |
| 31 | GK | GER | Marcel Engelhardt |
| 32 | MF | GER | Jonas Sterner |
| 34 | DF | GER | Colin Kleine-Bekel |
| 38 | DF | USA | Nico Carrera |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GHA | Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Ba-Muaka Simakala (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

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

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Fabian Reese | Hertha BSC | Free | 1 July 2023 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 30 July 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 060.61 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 1 November 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 060.00 |
Last updated: 11 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC St. Pauli (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 69 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel (P) | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 68 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 63 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 58 | |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 55 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 November 2023. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.