# 2023–24 MSV Duisburg season

The 2023–24 MSV Duisburg season was the 124th season in the club's football history. In 2023–24 the club played in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football alongside the Lower Rhine Cup.
Duisburg had a disastrous campaign, with their longest unbeaten run was only three matches and they had only one away win, against SC Verl on 10 February 2024. On 6 May 2024, following Waldhof Mannheim’s 1–1 draw against Ingolstadt, Duisburg were relegated to the Regionalliga for the first time in their history.

## Team

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 | Vincent Müller |
| 2 | DF | GER | Baran Mogultay |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marvin Senger |
| 5 | MF | USA | Santiago Castañeda |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marvin Bakalorz |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kolja Pusch |
| 8 | MF | GER | Hamza Anhari |
| 9 | MF | GER | Alaa Bakir |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Pledl |
| 11 | DF | GER | Niklas Kölle |
| 13 | MF | GER | Erik Zenga |
| 14 | FW | GER | Pascal Köpke |
| 15 | DF | GER | Tobias Fleckstein |
| 16 | MF | GER | Jonas Michelbrink |
| 17 | DF | GER | Marvin Knoll |
| 18 | MF | GER | Caspar Jander |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | GER | Chinedu Ekene |
| 20 | MF | GER | Robin Müller |
| 21 | DF | VEN | Rolf Feltscher |
| 22 | MF | GER | Tim Köther (on loan from Heidenheim) |
| 23 | MF | GER | Niclas Stierlin |
| 24 | GK | GER | Maximilian Braune |
| 26 | DF | GER | Sebastian Mai (captain) |
| 29 | DF | GER | Joshua Bitter |
| 30 | GK | GER | Dennis Smarsch |
| 31 | FW | GER | Benjamin Girth |
| 32 | DF | GER | Batuhan Yavuz |
| 33 | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek |
| 36 | FW | GER | Kaan İnanoğlu |
| 39 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin |
| 40 | FW | GER | Alexander Esswein |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Type |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Santiago Castañeda | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Thomas Pledl | Waldhof Mannheim | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2023 | FW | Pascal Köpke | 1. FC Nürnberg | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2023 | GK | Dennis Smarsch | FC St. Pauli | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2023 | MF | Robin Müller | FC St. Pauli II | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2023 | MF | Alexander Esswein | SV Sandhausen | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2023 | MF | Tim Köther | 1. FC Heidenheim | Loan |
| 8 January 2024 | FW | Daniel Ginczek | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2024 | MF | Ahmet Engin | | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2024 | MF | Erik Zenga | | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Vincent Gembalies | SC Paderborn II | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Leroy Kwadwo | 1860 Munich | End of contract |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Marvin Ajani | Hallescher FC | End of contract |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Marlon Frey | 1860 Munich | End of contract |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | End of contract |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Aziz Bouhaddouz | FSV Frankfurt | End of contract |
| 7 July 2023 | GK | Lukas Raeder | Retired | Retired |
| 14 July 2023 | FW | Julian Hettwer | Borussia Dortmund II | Transfer |
| 25 January 2024 | FW | Phillip König | 1. FC Bocholt | Mutual consent |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos. | Name | Contract length | Contract end |
| 21 June 2023 | MF | Kolja Pusch | 1-year | 2024 |
| 23 June 2023 | FW | Benjamin Girth | 2-year | 2025 |
| 5 January 2024 | DF | Batuhan Yavuz | 2-year | 2026 |
| 19 January 2024 | GK | Maximilian Braune | 2-year | 2026 |

## Competitions

Times from 1 July to 28 October 2023 and from 31 March to 30 June 2024 are UTC+2, from 29 October 2023 to 30 March 2023 UTC+1.

### Overview

| 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 % |
| 3. Liga | 6 August 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 18th place | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 021.05 |
| Lower Rhine Cup | 30 August 2023 | 11 October 2023 | Round 1 | Round 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 48 | 66 | −18 | 022.50 |
Last updated: 18 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### 3. Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 43 | |
| 17 | Hallescher FC (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 40 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 34 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 19 | VfB Lübeck (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 77 | −40 | 32 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 20 | SC Freiburg II (R) | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 30 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches
### Lower Rhine Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | Lower Rhine Cup | Lower Rhine Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Vincent Müller | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Baran Moğultay | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marvin Senger | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | USA | Santiago Castañeda | 33 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marvin Bakalorz | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kolja Pusch | 21 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Hamza Anhari | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GER | Alaa Bakir | 18 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Pledl | 29 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | GER | Niklas Kölle | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Erik Zenga | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Pascal Köpke | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Tobias Fleckstein | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Jonas Michelbrink | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Marvin Knoll | 33 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Caspar Jander | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Chinedu Ekene | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Robin Müller | 28 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | VEN | Rolf Feltscher | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Tim Köther | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Niclas Stierlin | 18 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | GK | GER | Maximilian Braune | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Sebastian Mai | 20 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Phillip König | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Joshua Bitter | 27 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Dennis Smarsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Benjamin Girth | 19 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Batuhan Yavuz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | GER | Kaan İnanoğlu | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Jan-Simon Symalla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein | 33 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Last updated: 18 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Goals

    As of 18 May 2024
| Rank | Player | 3. Liga | LR Cup | Total |
| 1 | Alexander Esswein | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Sebastian Mai | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Ahmet Engin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Benjamin Girth | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Niklas Kölle | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Robin Müller | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Alaa Bakir | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Joshua Bitter | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Daniel Ginczek | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Marvin Knoll | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Pascal Köpke | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Kolja Pusch | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Niclas Stierlin | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Santiago Castañeda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Caspar Jander | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Marvin Knoll | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Tim Köther | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Thomas Pledl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Marvin Senger | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Niclas Stierlin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 41 | 7 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 18 May 2024
| Rank | Player | 3. Liga | LR Cup | Total |
| 1 | Vincent Müller | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dennis Smarsch | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Maximilian Braune | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | LR Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 29 | DF | Joshua Bitter | 6 | | 2 | | 6 | | 2 |
| 26 | DF | Sebastian Mai | 5 | 1 | | | 5 | 1 | |
| 5 | MF | Santiago Castañeda | 10 | | | | 10 | | |
| 40 | MF | Alexander Esswein | 7 | | | | 7 | | |
| 16 | MF | Jonas Michelbrink | 6 | | | | 6 | | |
| 18 | MF | Caspar Jander | 5 | | | 1 | 6 | | |
| 1 | GK | Vincent Müller | 5 | | | | 5 | | |
| 17 | MF | Marvin Knoll | 5 | | | | 5 | | |
| 4 | DF | Marvin Senger | 4 | | | | 4 | | |
| 7 | MF | Kolja Pusch | 4 | | | | 4 | | |
| 9 | MF | Alaa Bakir | 4 | | | | 4 | | |
| 10 | MF | Thomas Pledl | 4 | | | | 4 | | |
| 23 | MF | Niclas Stierlin | 4 | | | | 4 | | |
| 2 | DF | Baran Moğultay | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 15 | DF | Tobias Fleckstein | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 20 | MF | Robin Müller | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| 31 | FW | Benjamin Girth | 2 | | | 1 | 3 | | |
| 6 | MF | Marvin Bakalorz | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 19 | MF | Chinedu Ekene | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 22 | MF | Tim Köther | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 39 | MF | Ahmet Engin | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| 11 | DF | Niklas Kölle | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 13 | MF | Erik Zenga | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 21 | DF | Rolf Feltscher | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| 27 | FW | Phillip König | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| 33 | FW | Daniel Ginczek | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 18 May 2024 Source: Soccerway Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.