# 2022–23 Holstein Kiel season

The 2022–23 season was the 123rd in the history of Holstein Kiel and their sixth consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

## Players

    As of 26 January 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 | Tim Schreiber (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Mikkel Kirkeskov |
| 3 | DF | GER | Marco Komenda |
| 4 | DF | GER | Patrick Erras |
| 5 | DF | GER | Stefan Thesker |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marcel Benger |
| 8 | MF | GER | Alexander Mühling |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Benedikt Pichler |
| 10 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby |
| 11 | FW | GER | Fabian Reese |
| 14 | MF | GER | Steven Skrzybski |
| 16 | MF | GER | Philipp Sander |
| 17 | DF | GER | Timo Becker |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Kwasi Okyere Wriedt |
| 19 | DF | GER | Simon Lorenz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | GER | Fiete Arp |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Dähne |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Ignjovski |
| 23 | DF | GER | Julian Korb |
| 24 | DF | GER | Hauke Wahl (captain) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Marvin Schulz |
| 26 | MF | GER | Lucas Wolf |
| 27 | FW | GER | Finn Porath |
| 28 | FW | GER | Noah Awuku |
| 30 | FW | GER | Marvin Obuz |
| 31 | FW | GER | Fin Bartels |
| 32 | MF | GER | Jonas Sterner |
| 33 | GK | GER | Timon Weiner |
| 35 | GK | GER | Robin Himmelmann |
| 36 | FW | ISL | Hólmbert Friðjónsson |

### 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 |
| — | DF | USA | Nico Carrera (at FSV Zwickau until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Ahmet Arslan (at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Joshua Mees (at Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 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 % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 16 July 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 31 July 2022 | 31 July 2022 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 034.29 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 55 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 46 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 46 |
| 9 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 44 |

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.