# 2022–23 1. FC Union Berlin season

The 2022–23 season was the 57th in the history of 1. FC Union Berlin and their fourth consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal, and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 30 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 | DEN | Frederik Rønnow |
| 2 | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby |
| 3 | DF | GER | Paul Jaeckel |
| 4 | DF | POR | Diogo Leite (on loan from Porto) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Danilho Doekhi |
| 7 | MF | GER | Levin Öztunalı |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Sven Michel |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk |
| 13 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer |
| 14 | MF | GER | Paul Seguin |
| 16 | FW | GER | Tim Maciejewski |
| 17 | FW | GER | Kevin Behrens |
| 18 | DF | CRO | Josip Juranović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GER | Janik Haberer |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Aïssa Laïdouni |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann |
| 25 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl (on loan from PSV Eindhoven) |
| 26 | DF | GLP | Jérôme Roussillon |
| 27 | FW | SUR | Sheraldo Becker |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Christopher Trimmel (captain) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche |
| 32 | MF | SRB | Miloš Pantović |
| 37 | GK | GER | Lennart Grill (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 40 | FW | GER | Jamie Leweling |
| 45 | FW | USA | Jordan Pefok |

### 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 | GER | Dominique Heintz (on loan to VfL Bochum until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | NED | Rick van Drongelen (on loan to Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Laurenz Dehl (on loan to Viktoria Berlin until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | JPN | Keita Endo (on loan to Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 32 | FW | Miloš Pantović | VfL Bochum | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Janik Haberer | SC Freiburg | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 37 | GK | Lennart Grill | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Jérôme Roussillon | VfL Wolfsburg | Undisclosed | 12 January 2023 |
| 18 | DF | Josip Juranović | Celtic | €8,500,000 | 22 January 2023 |
| 20 | MF | Aïssa Laïdouni | Ferencváros | €4,100,000 | 27 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 14 | FW | Taiwo Awoniyi | Nottingham Forest | €17,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Grischa Prömel | 1899 Hoffenheim | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 33 | DF | Dominique Heintz | VfL Bochum | Loan | 11 August 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Julian Ryerson | Borussia Dortmund | €5,000,000 | 17 January 2023 |
| 24 | MF | Genki Haraguchi | VfB Stuttgart | €1,000,000 | 30 January 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 052.94 |
| DFB-Pokal | 1 August 2022 | 4 April 2023 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 September 2022 | 16 March 2023 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 054.17 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 44 | +39 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USG | UBE | BRA | MAL |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Braga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | DEN | Frederik Rønnow | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | GER | Lennart Grill | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | GER | Yannic Stein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GER | Paul Jaeckel | 21 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | Diogo Leite | 40 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Danilho Doekhi | 36 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | CRO | Josip Juranović | 18 | 4 | 10+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Niko Gießelmann | 36 | 0 | 14+12 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Roussillon | 20 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Christopher Trimmel | 36 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche | 46 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby | 34 | 1 | 8+16 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Levin Öztunalı | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira | 46 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer | 23 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Paul Seguin | 25 | 1 | 4+16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Janik Haberer | 45 | 5 | 30+2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Aïssa Laïdouni | 19 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SRB | Miloš Pantović | 14 | 1 | 0+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Fabio Schneider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Aljoscha Kemlein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | GER | Sven Michel | 29 | 6 | 2+19 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+4 | 2 |
| 16 | FW | GER | Tim Maciejewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Kevin Behrens | 46 | 10 | 17+16 | 8 | 1+3 | 2 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SUR | Sheraldo Becker | 48 | 12 | 33+1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 40 | FW | GER | Jamie Leweling | 25 | 1 | 0+16 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | USA | Jordan Pefok | 42 | 5 | 16+15 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | NOR | Julian Ryerson | 21 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | POL | Tymoteusz Puchacz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi | 19 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Andreas Voglsammer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Tim Skarke | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
Source: Soccerway