2023–24 Karlsruher SC season

Karlsruher SC 2023–24 football season
Karlsruher SC
2023–24 season
PresidentHolger Siegmund-Schultze
Head coachChristian Eichner
StadiumWildparkstadion
2. Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Igor Matanović (14)
All:
Igor Matanović (14)
← 2022–23

The 2023–24 season was Karlsruher SC's 130th season in existence and fifth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 January 2024[1]

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 Germany GER Kai Eisele
2 DF Germany GER Sebastian Jung
4 DF Germany GER Marcel Beifus
5 DF Finland FIN Daniel O'Shaughnessy
6 MF Germany GER Leon Jensen
8 MF Germany GER Jérôme Gondorf (captain)
9 FW Croatia CRO Igor Matanović (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
10 MF Germany GER Marvin Wanitzek
11 FW Georgia (country) GEO Budu Zivzivadze
13 FW Germany GER Lars Stindl
15 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dženis Burnić
16 DF Germany GER Philip Heise
17 MF Germany GER Nicolai Rapp
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Germany GER Daniel Brosinski
20 DF Germany GER David Herold (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
21 DF Germany GER Marco Thiede
22 DF Austria AUT Christoph Kobald
23 GK Germany GER Patrick Drewes
24 FW Germany GER Fabian Schleusener
26 FW Germany GER Paul Nebel (on loan from Mainz 05)
28 DF Germany GER Marcel Franke
29 GK Germany GER Max Weiß
30 MF Turkey TUR Eren Öztürk
31 MF Germany GER Tim Rossmann
32 DF Germany GER Robin Bormuth
39 MF Turkey TUR Efe-Kaan Sihlaroglu

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
— FW Germany GER Stefano Marino (at FC Astoria Walldorf until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
GK Germany Patrick Drewes Germany SV Sandhausen Free 1 July 2023
DF Germany Robin Bormuth Germany SC Paderborn 5 July 2023 [2]
MF Germany Lars Stindl Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Free 31 July 2023 [3]
FW Croatia Igor Matanović Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Loan 17 August 2023 [4]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
GK Germany Marius Gersbeck Germany Hertha BSC €300,000 1 July 2023 [5]
MF Germany Tim Breithaupt Germany FC Augsburg €2,500,000 1 July 2023
DF Serbia Lazar Mirković Released 1 July 2023
FW Turkey Malik Batmaz Germany Preußen Münster Undisclosed 6 July 2023
FW Switzerland Simone Rapp Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Undisclosed 18 July 2023
MF Austria Kelvin Arase Germany Waldhof Mannheim Undisclosed 11 August 2023
FW Germany Stefano Marino Germany Astoria Walldorf Loan 1 September 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Pre-season match details
Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
28 June 2023 18:30 SpVgg Ketsch Away 18–0 Stindl 3', Seidel 10', Marino 21', 35', 42', 54', 57', 85', Ersungur 24', Wanitzek 33', Jensen 44', Rapp 48', 75', Öztürk 61', 69', Nebel 64', Sihlaroglu 78', 81' [6]
2 July 2023 13:00 Türkgücü München Neutral[a] 3–2 [citation needed]
6 July 2023 17:00 AEZ Zakakiou Neutral[b] 6–0 Rossmann 47', 85', Wanitzek 59', Herold 75', Marino 77', 78' [7][8]
10 July 2023 16:00 Viktoria Plzeň Neutral[c] 0–3 [citation needed]
15 July 2023 13:00 TSG Balingen Home[d] 4–0 [citation needed]
19 July 2023 18:30 Liverpool Home 2–4 Stindl 38', Jung 50' 20,000 [9]
22 July 2023 15:30 Darmstadt 98 Home[d] 0–0 [citation needed]
30 July 2023 11:00 FC 08 Homburg Home[d] 1–1 [citation needed]
7 September 2023 14:00 SC Freiburg Neutral[d] 0–1 [10]
12 October 2023 14:30 Strasbourg Home[d] 3–0 Matanović 16', Schleusener 47', Stindl 62' [citation needed]
16 November 2023 14:00 SSV Ulm Home[d] 0–2 [citation needed]
5 January 2024 13:30 SSV Ulm 4–0[e] Dettling 94', Ben Farhat 112', Wanitzek 113', Matanović 114' [citation needed]
9 January 2024 16:00 Luzern Neutral[f] 3–1 Zivzivadze 8', Dettling 84', Schleusener 90' [citation needed]
13 January 2024 14:00 1. FC Nürnberg Neutral[g] 3–1[h] Zivzivadze 24', Matanović 54', 76' [citation needed]
18 February 2024 11:00 Kickers Offenbach Home[d] 1–5 Zivzivadze 65' [11]
21 March 2024 13:30 1. FC Heidenheim Away 1–0 Ersungur 20' [citation needed]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 29 July 2023 19 May 2024 Matchday 1 32 14 10 8 64 46 +18 043.75
DFB-Pokal 11 August 2023 First round First round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 33 14 10 9 65 48 +17 042.42

Last updated: 4 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 18 9 7 72 40 +32 63 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Hamburger SV 34 17 7 10 64 44 +20 58
5 Karlsruher SC 34 15 10 9 68 48 +20 55
6 Hannover 96 34 13 13 8 59 44 +15 52
7 SC Paderborn 34 15 7 12 54 54 0 52
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[12]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 14 10 8 63 45  +18 52 9 5 2 38 20  +18 5 5 6 25 25  0

Last updated: 4 May 2024.
Source: DFB

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[13][14]

2. Bundesliga match details
Match Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position[15]		 Ref.
1 29 July 2023 13:00 VfL Osnabrück Away 3–2 Wanitzek 2', 36', Burnić 87' 15,741 4th [16]
2 6 August 2023 13:30 Hamburger SV Home 2–2 Schleusener 14', Zivzivadze 90+5' 33,000 4th [17]
3 18 August 2023 18:30 Wehen Wiesbaden Away 0–1 10,626 9th [18]
4 27 August 2023 13:30 Eintracht Braunschweig Home 2–0 Jensen 25', Schleusener 67' 23,590 6th [19]
5 1 September 2023 18:30 Fortuna Düsseldorf Away 1–3 Schleusener 4' 27,942 10th [20]
6 16 September 2023 13:00 1. FC Kaiserslautern Home 1–1 Wanitzek 45+5' pen. 33,000 9th [21]
7 23 September 2023 13:00 Greuther Fürth Away 3–4 Bormuth 7', Wanitzek 25', Stindl 45+4' 11,090 12th [22]
8 30 September 2023 13:00 Holstein Kiel Home 0–2 21,982 14th [23]
9 7 October 2023 13:00 1. FC Magdeburg Away 1–1 Schleusener 11' 24,366 14th [24]
10 22 October 2023 13:30 Schalke 04 Home 3–0 Stindl 22', Matanović 37', Matriciani 75' o.g. 33,000 12th [25]
11 28 October 2023 13:00 FC St. Pauli Away 1–2 Matanović 43' 29,125 14th [26]
12 5 November 2023 13:30 SC Paderborn Home 0–3 23,705 16th [27]
13 11 November 2023 20:30 Hertha BSC Away 2–2 Zeefuik 10' o.g., Jensen 81 58,851 15th [28]
14 26 November 2023 13:30 1. FC Nürnberg Home 4–1 Nebel 1', Schleusener 70', Zivzivadze 89', 90+4' 25,966 14th [29]
15 3 December 2023 13:30 Hansa Rostock Home 2–2 Matanović 44', Zivzivadze 81' 23,159 14th [30]
16 8 December 2023 18:30 Hannover 96 Away 2–2 Halstenberg 11' o.g., Stindl 53' 26,200 14th [31]
17 17 December 2023 13:30 SV Elversberg Home 3–2 Burnic 6', Zivzivadze 16', Matanović 53' 23,654 12th [32]
18 19 January 2024 18:30 VfL Osnabrück Home 2–1 Kobald 4', Wanitzek 55' 21,077 11th [33]
19 28 January 2024 13:30 Hamburger SV Away 4–3 Matanović 3', 5', Zivzivadze 46', Wanitzek 81' 51,776 8th [34]
20 2 February 2024 18:30 Wehen Wiesbaden Home 2–2 8th
21 10 February 2024 13:00 Eintracht Braunschweig Away 0–2 11th
22 17 February 2024 20:30 Fortuna Düsseldorf Home 2–2 11th
23 24 February 2024 13:00 1. FC Kaiserslautern Away 4–0 9th
24 2 March 2024 20:30 Greuther Fürth Home 4–0 8th
25 9 March 2024 13:00 Holstein Kiel Away 0–1 9th
26 17 March 2024 13:30 1. FC Magdeburg Home 7–0 Franke 8', Zivzivadze 13', 25', Nebel 40', Beifus 50', Matanović 51', Wanitzek 90+2' pen. 27,028 7th [35]
27 31 March 2024 13:30 Schalke 04 Away 0–0 61,475 6th
28 6 April 2024 20:30 FC St. Pauli Home 2–1 Franke 2', Nebel 69' 34,302 6th [36]
29 13 April 2024 13:00 SC Paderborn Away 1–1 Matanović 25' 12,387 7th [37]
30 21 April 2024 13:30 Hertha BSC Home 3–2 Thiede 16', Matanović 45', Wanitzek 77' 33,000 5th [38]
31 28 April 2024 13:30 1. FC Nürnberg Away 1–0 Matanović 37' 35,162 5th [39]
32 4 May 2024 13:00 Hansa Rostock Away 2–1 Zivzivadze 52', Wanitzek 56' pen. 26,500 5th [40]
33 12 May 2024 13:30 Hannover 96 Home 1–2 Nebel 44' 32,140 5th [41]
34 19 May 2024 15:30 SV Elversberg Away 3–0 Zivzivadze 52', Heise 56', Stindl 79' 9,502 5th [42]

DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 11 August 2023 18:00 1. FC Saarbrücken Away 1–2 Stindl 65' 14,284 [43]

Notes

  1. ^ Match played at Rasenplatz BSA Heinrich-Wieland-Straße
  2. ^ Match played at Sportplatz Neukirchen am Großvenediger
  3. ^ Match played at Waldstadion Westendorf
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Match played at Platz 2 Wildparkstadion
  5. ^ Match was played in two periods of 60 minutes.
  6. ^ Match played at Banús Football Center
  7. ^ Match played at Complejo Deportivo Arroyo Enmedio
  8. ^ Match was played in four periods of 30 minutes.

References

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