# 2022–23 1. FC Heidenheim season

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
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 |
| 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

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 055.56 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.