2024–25 1. FC Heidenheim season

1. FC Heidenheim
2024–25 season
President	Holger Sanwald
Head coach	Frank Schmidt
Stadium	Voith-Arena
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
UEFA Conference League	League phase
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 6 October 2024.

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 is participating in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Conference League, their first ever appearance in a major European competition.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Julian Niehues	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Paul Wanner	Bayern Munich	Loan	1 July 2024	^[2]
FW	Maximilian Breunig	SC Freiburg	Free	1 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Sirlord Conteh	SC Paderborn	€730,000	1 July 2024	^[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Eren Dinkçi	Werder Bremen	Loan return	30 June 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^[4]	11 July 2024	^[5]

Friendlies

Pre-season

13 July 2024 Friendly	Schwäbisch Hall	1–3	1. FC Heidenheim	Schwäbisch Hall
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gökdemir 90'	Report	Honsak 3' Breunig 47' Janeš 62'	Stadium: Optima Sportpark Attendance: 2,000

26 July 2024 Friendly

1. FC Heidenheim

4–0

Normannia Gmünd

10 August 2024 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Espanyol	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Voith-Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1	7	3	0	4	12	11	+1	042.86
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2024		First round	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
UEFA Conference League	22 August 2024		Play-off round	4	4	0	0	8	4	+4	100.00
Total				12	8	0	4	24	15	+9	066.67

Last updated: 24 October 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Werder Bremen	8	3	3	2	14	16	−2	12
9	VfB Stuttgart	8	3	3	2	17	16	+1	12
10	1. FC Heidenheim	8	3	1	4	12	11	+1	10
11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	8	3	1	4	11	13	−2	10
12	FC Augsburg	8	3	1	4	12	19	−7	10

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2024. Source: Bundesliga
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.^[6]
(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
7	3	0	4	12	11	+1	9	1	0	2	4	4	0	2	0	2	8	7	+1

Last updated: 19 October 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	W	L	L
Position	2	1	4	9	6	9	10
Points	3	6	6	6	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[7]

25 August 2024 1	FC St. Pauli	0–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Hamburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Irvine 18' Wagner 28'	Report	Maloney 22' Wanner 66' Traoré 74' Gimber 78' Schöppner 90+2'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,157 Referee: Sven Jablonski

1 September 2024 2	1. FC Heidenheim	4–0	FC Augsburg	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wanner 9' (pen.) Scienza 30' Beck 69' Breunig 73' Honsak 90+5'	Report	Gouweleeuw 45+7' Schlotterbeck 67' Rexhbeçaj 69' Vargas 90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

13 September 2024 3	Borussia Dortmund	4–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Malen 11' Adeyemi 17', 41' Gittens 82' Couto 86' Can 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Pieringer 39' Wanner 63' Breunig 74' (pen.) Kaufmann 83'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Robert Schröder

21 September 2024 4	1. FC Heidenheim	0–3	SC Freiburg	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieringer 74'	Report	Dōan 54' Adamu 57' Grifo 59', 65'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

28 September 2024 5	Mainz 05	0–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hanche-Olsen 6' 28' Jenz 49' Kohr 61'	Report	Pieringer 15', 77' Traoré 48' Mainka 49' Gimber 56' Dorsch 80' Schöppner 86'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Florian Exner

6 October 2024 6	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	RB Leipzig	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Föhrenbach 18' Schimmer 85'	Report	Openda 59' Simons 72' Klostermann 90+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

19 October 2024 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Itakura 22' Hack 31' Kleindienst 53', 62', 75' (pen.) Weigl 88'	Report	Scienza 12' Schöppner 39' Gimber 71' Pieringer 80' (pen.) Kerber 83'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,794 Referee: Daniel Siebert

23 November 2024 11	Bayer Leverkusen	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Leverkusen
15:30				Stadium: BayArena

7 December 2024 13	Bayern Munich	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Munich
				Stadium: Allianz Arena

15 January 2025 17	Werder Bremen	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Bremen
				Stadium: Weserstadion

15 February 2025 22	1. FC Heidenheim	v	Mainz 05	Heidenheim
				Stadium: Voith-Arena

22 February 2025 23	RB Leipzig	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Leipzig
				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

1 March 2025 24	1. FC Heidenheim	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Heidenheim
				Stadium: Voith-Arena

8 March 2025 25	TSG Hoffenheim	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Sinsheim
				Stadium: PreZero Arena

29 March 2025 27	VfL Wolfsburg	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Wolfsburg
				Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

12 April 2025 29	Eintracht Frankfurt	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Frankfurt
				Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

26 April 2025 31	VfB Stuttgart	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Stuttgart
				Stadium: MHPArena

10 May 2025 33	Union Berlin	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

DFB-Pokal

17 August 2024 First round	FC 08 Villingen	0–4	1. FC Heidenheim	Villingen-Schwenningen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Liserra 88'	Report	Breunig 43', 48', 54' Wanner 52'	Stadium: MS-Technologie-Arena Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Fabienne Michel

30 October 2024 Second round	Hertha BSC	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion

UEFA Conference League

Play-off round

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

22 August 2024 First leg	BK Häcken	1–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Gothenburg, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rygaard 36' Layouni 45+1'	Report	Conteh 31', 35' Kerber 57' Scienza 65' Maloney 90+2'	Stadium: Bravida Arena Attendance: 4,135 Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine)

29 August 2024 Second leg	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2 (5–3 agg.)	BK Häcken	Heidenheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieringer 21', 30' Kaufmann 72' Scienza 75' Wanner 84', 90' Honsak 90+2'	Report	Youssef 32' Lindberg 50' Inoussa 59', 75' Romeo 62' Rygaard 73' Agbonifo 79'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,600 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 30 August 2024.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Jagiellonia Białystok	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
8	Rapid Wien	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6^[a]	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
9	1. FC Heidenheim	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6^[a]	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10	Shamrock Rovers	2	1	1	5	2	+3	4
11	Borac Banja Luka	2	1	1	2	1	+1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2024. Source: UEFA^[8]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Away goals scored: Rapid Wien 2, 1. FC Heidenheim 1.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W
Position	13	9
Points	3	6

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

3 October 2024 1	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Olimpija Ljubljana	Heidenheim
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Beck 6' Wanner 83', 83', 84' Scienza 88' Kerber 90+5'	Report	Thalisson 37' Agba 65' Blanco 77'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 12,887 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

24 October 2024 2	Pafos	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Limassol, Cyprus
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Luckassen 55'	Report	Mainka 25' Dorsch 46'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 2,511 Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)
Note: The match was played at the Alphamega Stadium in Limassol, instead of Pafos' regular stadium, the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium in Paphos, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

7 November 2024 3	Heart of Midlothian	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Edinburgh, Scotland
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)		Report		Stadium: Tynecastle Park

28 November 2024 4	1. FC Heidenheim	v	Chelsea	Heidenheim
18:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena

12 December 2024 5	İstanbul Başakşehir	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium

19 December 2024 6	1. FC Heidenheim	v	St. Gallen	Heidenheim
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena

References

^ [1]
^ "Der FCH leiht das FC Bayern Top-Talent Paul Wanner aus!" (in German). 1. FC Heidenheim. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "1. FC Heidenheim 1846 e. V. - Mittelstürmer Maximilian Breunig wechselt zum FCH!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.
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^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.
^ "Table & Standings". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[table_hth_RWI0.79104675435976-8] Away goals scored: Rapid Wien 2, 1. FC Heidenheim 1.

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[2] "Der FCH leiht das FC Bayern Top-Talent Paul Wanner aus!" (in German). 1. FC Heidenheim. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[auto-3] "1. FC Heidenheim 1846 e. V. - Mittelstürmer Maximilian Breunig wechselt zum FCH!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.

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[6] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[7] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

[standings-9] "Table & Standings". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

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