# 2023–24 1. FC Heidenheim season

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
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 | 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |
| 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 |
| FW | Nikola Dovedan | Austria Wien | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Tim Siersleben | VfL Wolfsburg | €500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Marvin Pieringer | Schalke 04 | €1,800,000 | 3 July 2023 |

### 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

## 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 % |
| 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 030.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 7 | TSG Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 8 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 42 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 42 | |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 42 | |
* 1 2 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 | 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 | 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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 2 March 2024
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat. | 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 |
| 6 | DF | 6 | | Patrick Mainka | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 33 | | Lennard Maloney | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | | Stefan Schimmer | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 5 | | Benedikt Gimber | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 20 | | Nikola Dovedan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 34 | 9 | 43 |