# 2023–24 1. FC Union Berlin season

The 2023–24 season was 1. FC Union Berlin's 118th season in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Frederik Rønnow |
| 2 | DF | GER | Kevin Vogt |
| 3 | DF | GER | Paul Jaeckel |
| 4 | DF | POR | Diogo Leite |
| 5 | DF | NED | Danilho Doekhi (3rd captain) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Robin Gosens |
| 7 | MF | USA | Brenden Aaronson (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Mikkel Kaufmann |
| 10 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Chris Bedia |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk |
| 13 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Yorbe Vertessen |
| 16 | FW | GER | Benedict Hollerbach |
| 18 | DF | CRO | Josip Juranović |
| 19 | MF | GER | Janik Haberer |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Aïssa Laïdouni |
| 26 | DF | GLP | Jérôme Roussillon |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Christopher Trimmel (captain) |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche |
| 33 | MF | CZE | Alex Král (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 37 | GK | GER | Alexander Schwolow |
| 41 | DF | GER | Oluwaseum Ogbemudia |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | JPN | Keita Endo (on loan to FC Tokyo until 31 December 2024) |
| — | GK | GER | Lennart Grill (on loan to VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GER | Aljoscha Kemlein (on loan to FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | GER | Jamie Leweling (on loan to VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | USA | Jordan Pefok (on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | GER | David Preu (on loan to VfR Aalen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | POL | Tymoteusz Puchacz (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GER | Tim Skarke (on loan to Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2024) |
| — | GK | GER | Yannic Stein (on loan to VfB Lübeck until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | NOR | Morten Thorsby (on loan to Genoa until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| GK | Lennart Grill | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Mikkel Kaufmann | Copenhagen | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Alex Král | Spartak Moscow | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Diogo Leite | Porto | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Brenden Aaronson | Leeds United | 9 July 2023 |
| FW | David Datro Fofana | Chelsea | 11 July 2023 |
| MF | Lucas Tousart | Hertha BSC | 19 July 2023 |
| GK | Alexander Schwolow | Hertha BSC | 26 July 2023 |
| FW | Benedict Hollerbach | Wehen Wiesbaden | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Robin Gosens | Inter Milan | 15 August 2023 |
| FW | Kevin Volland | Monaco | 17 August 2023 |
| DF | Leonardo Bonucci | Juventus | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Kevin Vogt | 1899 Hoffenheim | 11 January 2024 |
| FW | Chris Bedia | Servette | 18 January 2024 |
| FW | Yorbe Vertessen | PSV Eindhoven | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| DF | Niko Gießelmann | Greuther Fürth | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Tim Maciejewski | SV Sandhausen | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Sven Michel | FC Augsburg | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Kevin Möhwald | Eupen | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Levin Öztunalı | Hamburger SV | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Tymoteusz Puchacz | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Paul Seguin | Schalke 04 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | David Preu | VfR Aalen | 2 July 2023 |
| GK | Lennart Grill | VfL Osnabrück | 10 July 2023 |
| DF | Rick van Drongelen | Samsunspor | 11 July 2023 |
| FW | Jamie Leweling | VfB Stuttgart | 13 July 2023 |
| MF | Morten Thorsby | Genoa | 1 August 2023 |
| DF | Mathis Bruns | Stuttgarter Kickers | 24 August 2023 |
| FW | Miloš Pantović | Eupen | 28 August 2023 |
| DF | Dominique Heintz | 1. FC Köln | 31 August 2023 |
| FW | Jordan Pefok | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 31 August 2023 |
| DF | Tim Skarke | Darmstadt 98 | 31 August 2023 |
| MF | Keita Endo | FC Tokyo | 7 January 2024 |
| MF | Aljoscha Kemlein | FC St. Pauli | 7 January 2024 |
| GK | Yannic Stein | VfB Lübeck | 9 January 2024 |
| DF | Leonardo Bonucci | Fenerbahçe | 11 January 2024 |
| FW | Sheraldo Becker | Real Sociedad | 18 January 2024 |
| MF | Laurenz Dehl | Austria Klagenfurt | 23 January 2024 |
| FW | Kevin Behrens | VfL Wolfsburg | 31 January 2024 |
| DF | Mathis Bruns | | 1 February 2024 |

## 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 20 August 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 026.47 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 31 October 2023 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 20 September 2023 | 12 December 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 023.81 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 35 | |
| 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 34 | |
| 15 | Union Berlin | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 33 | |
| 16 | VfL Bochum (O) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | 1. FC Köln (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 27 | 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 |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | NAP | BRA | UNB |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Braga | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 2 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | DEN | Frederik Rønnow | 33 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | DEN | Jakob Busk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | GER | Laurenz Dehl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Kevin Vogt | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Paul Jaeckel | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | Diogo Leite | 31 | 1 | 22+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Danilho Doekhi | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CRO | Josip Juranović | 20 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GLP | Jérôme Roussillon | 26 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Christopher Trimmel | 23 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche | 24 | 1 | 18+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Robin Gosens | 29 | 7 | 19+3 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira | 18 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | HUN | András Schäfer | 13 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Janik Haberer | 24 | 1 | 14+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Aïssa Laïdouni | 25 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart | 21 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | CZE | Alex Král | 28 | 1 | 12+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | USA | Brenden Aaronson | 29 | 1 | 6+15 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Mikkel Kaufmann | 13 | 1 | 1+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland | 24 | 3 | 12+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Chris Bedia | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Yorbe Vertessen | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | GER | Benedict Hollerbach | 20 | 3 | 12+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | CIV | David Datro Fofana | 17 | 2 | 8+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Kevin Behrens | 25 | 4 | 14+4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Tim Skarke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Leonardo Bonucci | 10 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SUR | Sheraldo Becker | 18 | 3 | 7+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 32 | FW | SRB | Miloš Pantović | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Aljoscha Kemlein | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | USA | Jordan Pefok | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | GER | Laurenz Dehl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 8 March 2024 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 24 February 2023
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | DF | 6 | | Robin Gosens | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | | Kevin Behrens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 27 | | Sheraldo Becker | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | | Kevin Volland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 16 | | Benedict Hollerbach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | | Danilho Doekhi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | | David Datro Fofana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 32 | | Miloš Pantović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 23 | | Leonardo Bonucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | | Mikkel Kaufmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 31 | | Robin Knoche | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | | Diogo Leite | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | | Janik Haberer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 33 | | Alex Král | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 7 | | Brenden Aaronson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 13 | | András Schäfer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 23 | 4 | 6 | 33 |