2023–24 Holstein Kiel season

The 2023–24 season was Holstein Kiel's 129th season in existence and seventh consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Holstein Kiel

2023–24 season
Owner	Wolfgang Schwenke
Chairman	Steffen Schneekloth
Head coach	Marcel Rapp
Stadium	Holstein-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	2nd (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Steven Skrzybski (10) All: Steven Skrzybski (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 January 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	GER	Timon Weiner
2	DF	DEN	Mikkel Kirkeskov
3	DF	GER	Marco Komenda
4	DF	GER	Patrick Erras
5	DF	SWE	Carl Johansson
6	MF	SRB	Marko Ivezić
7	MF	GER	Steven Skrzybski
8	FW	GER	Finn Porath
9	FW	AUT	Benedikt Pichler
10	MF	GER	Lewis Holtby
11	FW	SWE	Alexander Bernhardsson
13	FW	JPN	Shuto Machino
15	MF	GER	Marvin Schulz
16	MF	GER	Philipp Sander (captain)
17	DF	GER	Timo Becker

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	GER	Tom Rothe (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
19	FW	ISL	Hólmbert Friðjónsson
20	FW	GER	Fiete Arp
21	GK	GER	Thomas Dähne
22	MF	GER	Nicolai Remberg
23	DF	GER	Lasse Rosenboom
26	MF	GER	Lucas Wolf
27	FW	GER	Joshua Mees
28	MF	GER	Aurel Wagbe
29	MF	GER	Niklas Niehoff
31	GK	GER	Marcel Engelhardt
32	MF	GER	Jonas Sterner
34	DF	GER	Colin Kleine-Bekel
38	DF	USA	Nico Carrera

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	GHA	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2024)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Ba-Muaka Simakala (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Fabian Reese	Hertha BSC	Free	1 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

SC Weiche Flensburg 08 v Holstein Kiel

1 July 2023 Friendly	SC Weiche Flensburg 08	0–1	Holstein Kiel
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Friðjónsson 77'

Holstein Kiel v Hannover 96

7 July 2023 Friendly	Holstein Kiel	1–2	Hannover 96
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Holstein Kiel v Slovácko

12 July 2023 Friendly	Holstein Kiel	1–0	Slovácko
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pichler 18'

Austria Lustenau v Holstein Kiel

15 July 2023 Friendly	Austria Lustenau	1–6	Holstein Kiel
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Match was played in three 45-minute periods.

Union Berlin v Holstein Kiel

22 July 2023 Friendly	Union Berlin	1–2	Holstein Kiel
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Match was played in four 30-minute periods.

Holstein Kiel v AGF

12 October 2023 Friendly	Holstein Kiel	0–1	AGF
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Duncan 74'

Darmstadt 98 v Holstein Kiel

6 January 2024 Friendly	Darmstadt 98	1–2	Holstein Kiel	Oliva, Spain
13:00 UTC+1	Pfeiffer 89'		Holtby 34' Niehoff 84'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Sint-Truiden v Holstein Kiel

9 January 2024 Friendly	Sint-Truiden	1–1	Holstein Kiel
12:00 CET (UTC+1)

Hannover 96 v Holstein Kiel

13 January 2024 Friendly	Hannover 96	3–2	Holstein Kiel
13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	30 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1		33	20	5	8	63	38	+25	060.61
DFB-Pokal	13 August 2023	1 November 2023	First round	Second round	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	050.00
Total					35	21	6	8	68	41	+27	060.00

Last updated: 11 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2023–24 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC St. Pauli (C, P)	34	20	9	5	62	36	+26	69	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Holstein Kiel (P)	34	21	5	8	65	39	+26	68
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

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.
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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
13	7	2	4	23	22	+1	23	3	1	3	13	14	−1	4	1	1	10	8	+2

Last updated: 11 November 2023.
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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	6	2	5	3	2	3	7	4	4	3	4	5	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

Eintracht Braunschweig v Holstein Kiel

30 July 2023 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Braunschweig
13:30 UTC+2		Report	Friðjónsson 90+2'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 20,002 Referee: Arne Aarnink

Holstein Kiel v Greuther Fürth

5 August 2023 2	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Greuther Fürth	Kiel
13:00 UTC+2	Sterner 68' Machino 71' (pen.)	Report	Hrgota 63'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,790 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Magdeburg

20 August 2023 3	Holstein Kiel	2–4	1. FC Magdeburg	Kiel
13:30 UTC+2	Skrzybski 32' Sander 50' Holtby  90'	Report	Schuler 2' Hugonet 21' Castaignos 68' Heber  79' Arslan 90+1' Lawrence  90+4'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Nicolas Winter

Schalke 04 v Holstein Kiel

25 August 2023 4	Schalke 04	0–2	Holstein Kiel	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 UTC+2	Ouwejan  17' Schallenberg  39'	Report	Pichler 15' Sander  43' Machino 59'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,403 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Holstein Kiel v SC Paderborn 07

2 September 2023 5	Holstein Kiel	2–1	SC Paderborn 07	Kiel
13:00 UTC+2	Rothe 31' Skrzybski 61'	Report	Leipertz 12'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,454 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

FC St. Pauli v Holstein Kiel

17 September 2023 6	FC St. Pauli	5–1	Holstein Kiel	Hamburg
13:30 UTC+2	Metcalfe 4' Smith 7' Afolayan 38' Ritzka 69' Hartel 90+4'	Report	Holtby 50'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Holstein Kiel v Hertha BSC

24 September 2023 7	Holstein Kiel	2–3	Hertha BSC	Kiel
13:30 UTC+2	Pichler 54' Skrzybski 57' (pen.)	Report	Prevljak 27' Bouchalakis 39' Reese 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Karlsruher SC v Holstein Kiel

30 September 2023 8	Karlsruher SC	0–2	Holstein Kiel	Karlsruhe
13:00 UTC+2		Report	Pichler 24' Rothe 27'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 21,982 Referee: Patrick Alt

Holstein Kiel v SV Elversberg

8 October 2023 9	Holstein Kiel	1–1	SV Elversberg	Kiel
13:30 UTC+2	Becker 44'	Report	Schnellbacher 70'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 12,675 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Hansa Rostock v Holstein Kiel

22 October 2023 10	Hansa Rostock	1–3	Holstein Kiel	Rostock
13:30 UTC+2	Kinsombi 18'	Report	Arp 33' Remberg 56' Becker 59'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Richard Hempel

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Nürnberg

29 October 2023 11	Holstein Kiel	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Kiel
13:30 UTC+1		Report	Handwerker 68' Uzun 77'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 12,801 Referee: Frank Willenborg

VfL Osnabrück v Holstein Kiel

4 November 2023 12	VfL Osnabrück	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Osnabrück
13:00 UTC+1	Gnaase 55'	Report	Pichler 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 15,456 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Holstein Kiel v Hamburger SV

11 November 2023 13	Holstein Kiel	4–2	Hamburger SV	Kiel
13:00 UTC+1	Skrzybski 20' (pen.) Pichler 57' Porath 83' Sterner 88'	Report	Glatzel 71', 80'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Holstein Kiel

26 November 2023 14	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–3	Holstein Kiel	Kaiserslautern
13:30				Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

Holstein Kiel v SV Wehen Wiesbaden

2 December 2023 15	Holstein Kiel	3–2	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Kiel
13:00				Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

Holstein Kiel v VfL Osnabrück

13 April 2024 29	Holstein Kiel	4–0	VfL Osnabrück	Kiel
13:00				Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Referee: Max Burda

Hamburger SV v Holstein Kiel

20 April 2024 30	Hamburger SV	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Hamburg
20:30 UTC+2	Meffert  67'	Report	Rothe 59' Holtby  72'  73'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

27 April 2024 31	Holstein Kiel	1–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kiel
13:00		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Referee: Florian Badstübner

Wehen Wiesbaden v Holstein Kiel

5 May 2024 32	Wehen Wiesbaden	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Wiesbaden
13:30		Report		Stadium: Brita-Arena

Holstein Kiel v Fortuna Düsseldorf

11 May 2024 33	Holstein Kiel	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kiel
20:30		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

Hannover 96 v Holstein Kiel

19 May 2024 34	Hannover 96	v	Holstein Kiel	Hanover
15:30				Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2023–24 DFB-Pokal

FC Gütersloh v Holstein Kiel

12 August 2023 First round	FC Gütersloh	0–2	Holstein Kiel	Gütersloh
15:30 UTC+2		Report	Friðjónsson 72', 90+3'	Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Referee: Patrick Kessel

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Magdeburg

1 November 2023 Second round	Holstein Kiel	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	1. FC Magdeburg	Kiel
18:00 UTC+1	Heber 61' (o.g.) Piccini 68' (o.g.) Pichler 120+2'	Report	Bockhorn 3' Krempicki 11' Amaechi 93'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,112 Referee: Tom Bauer
	Penalties
	Machino Simakala Kleine-Bekel Rothe Holtby		Conde Amaechi Bockhorn Gnaka Arslan

External links

• Official website