# 2024–25 1. FC Heidenheim season

The 2024–25 season is the 18th season in the history of 1. FC Heidenheim as a legally independent club, and the club's second consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Conference League, their first ever appearance in a major European competition.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 21 January 2025
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 | BRA | Léo Scienza |
| 9 | FW | GER | Stefan Schimmer |
| 10 | MF | GER | Paul Wanner (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 12 | FW | GEO | Budu Zivzivadze |
| 13 | DF | GER | Frans Krätzig (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 14 | FW | GER | Maximilian Breunig |
| 16 | MF | GER | Julian Niehues |
| 17 | MF | AUT | Mathias Honsak |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | GER | Marvin Pieringer |
| 19 | DF | GER | Jonas Föhrenbach |
| 20 | MF | GER | Luca Kerber |
| 21 | MF | GER | Adrian Beck |
| 22 | GK | GER | Vitus Eicher |
| 23 | DF | GER | Omar Haktab Traoré |
| 25 | FW | GER | Christopher Negele |
| 27 | DF | GER | Thomas Keller |
| 30 | MF | GER | Norman Theuerkauf (3rd captain) |
| 31 | FW | GER | Sirlord Conteh |
| 34 | GK | AUT | Paul Tschernuth |
| 36 | MF | GER | Luka Janes |
| 39 | MF | GER | Niklas Dorsch |

### 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 |
| — | FW | DEN | Mikkel Kaufmann (at Karlsruher SC until 30 June 2025) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Julian Niehues | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Paul Wanner | Bayern Munich | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Maximilian Breunig | SC Freiburg | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Sirlord Conteh | SC Paderborn | €730,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Frans Krätzig | Bayern Munich | Loan | 3 January 2025 |
| FW | Budu Zivzivadze | Karlsruher SC | Undisclosed | 3 January 2025 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Eren Dinkçi | Werder Bremen | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Tim Kleindienst | 1. FC Heidenheim | €7,000,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Kevin Sessa | Hertha BSC | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Elidon Qenaj | | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Nikola Dovedan | Fatih Karagümrük | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Jan-Niklas Beste | Benfica | €10,000,000 | 11 July 2024 |

## 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 | 25 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 016.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 17 August 2024 | 30 October 2024 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 22 August 2024 | 20 February 2025 | Play-off round | Knockout phase play-offs | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 029.73 |
Last updated: 9 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Union Berlin | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 26 | |
| 15 | FC St. Pauli | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 22 | |
| 16 | VfL Bochum | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 20 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 17 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 16 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 March 2025. 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 | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.

### UEFA Conference League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 August 2024.

#### League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 30 August 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 14 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 15 | Real Betis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 16 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded) |
| 17 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 18 | Copenhagen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 13 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 16 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |

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

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 20 December 2024.