2018–19 1. FC Magdeburg season

1. FC Magdeburg
2018–19 season
Chairman	Peter Fechner
Manager	Jens Härtel
Stadium	MDCC-Arena
DFB-Pokal	1st round
Top goalscorer	Christian Beck (4)
Highest home attendance	24,156 v St. Pauli
Lowest home attendance	18,696 v Duisburg
Average home league attendance	20,390
Biggest win	1–0 v Sandhausen
Biggest defeat	1–2 v St. Pauli; 1–2 v Kiel
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 October 2018.

The 2018–19 1. FC Magdeburg season was the 53rd season in the history of 1. FC Magdeburg. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. It is the first season the club played in 2. Bundesliga, and the second season in a second-tier league after they had competed in the DDR-Liga in the 1966–67 season.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 August 2018^[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	BIH	Jasmin Fejzic
3	DF	GER	Christopher Handke
5	DF	GER	Tobias Müller
6	MF	GER	Björn Rother
7	FW	GER	Felix Lohkemper
8	MF	GER	Philip Türpitz
9	DF	GER	Marcel Costly
10	DF	GER	Nico Hammann
11	FW	GER	Christian Beck
12	GK	GER	Mario Seidel
13	MF	GER	Dennis Erdmann
14	DF	GER	Steffen Schäfer
16	DF	GER	Nils Butzen (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Richard Weil
18	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Ignjovski
19	MF	GER	Michel Niemeyer
20	DF	GER	Joel Abu Hanna
21	MF	GER	Rico Preißinger
22	DF	GER	Manfred Osei Kwadwo
23	MF	FRA	Charles-Elie Laprévotte
24	MF	TUN	Tarek Chahed
25	FW	GER	Philipp Harant
26	FW	GER	Marius Bülter
30	GK	GER	Alexander Brunst
33	DF	FRA	Romain Brégerie
37	FW	KOS	Mërgim Berisha (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

30 June 2018	Brandenburger SC Süd 05	0–6	1. FC Magdeburg	Rathenow
13:30		Summary	Beck 22' (pen.), 27', 74', 90' Bülter 34' Erdmann 78'	Stadium: Stadion am Vogelgesang Attendance: 646

30 June 2018	FSV Optik Rathenow	0–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Rathenow
16:00		Summary		Stadium: Stadion am Vogelgesang Attendance: 646

6 July 2018	Eintracht Norderstedt	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Bernburg
12:00	Veselinovic 75'	Summary	Beck 3' Türpitz 72'	Stadium: Sparkassenarena

6 July 2018	Askania Bernburg	0–6	1. FC Magdeburg	Bernburg
14:00		Summary	Preißinger 5' Lohkemper 14', 57' Harant 21', 29' Bülter 33'	Stadium: Sparkassenarena

11 July 2018	VfB Lübeck	2–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Langlingen
16:00	Grupe 32' Sezer 80'	Summary	Weil 15' Beck 56'	Attendance: 350

14 July 2018	1. FC Magdeburg	3–1	FC Energie Cottbus	Barleben
14:00	Müller 12' Türpitz 13' Preißinger 36'	Summary	Mamba 45'	Stadium: Stadion am Anger Attendance: 1512

18 July 2018	Germania Halberstadt	0–5	1. FC Magdeburg	Halberstadt
18:00		Summary	Berisha 23', 26', 38' Bülter 78', 89'	Stadium: Friedensstadion Attendance: 1503

21 July 2018	1. FC Magdeburg	0–0 (4–2 p)	Swansea City	Magdeburg
15:15		Summary		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 5870

21 July 2018	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	Genoa C.F.C.	Magdeburg
16:30	Lohkemper 23' Butzen 53'	Summary		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 5870

25 July 2018	SSV Markranstädt	0–9	1. FC Magdeburg	Markranstädt
18:30		Summary	Lohkemper 29', 35', 60' Laprevotte 31' Weil 45' Bülter 58', 74' Berisha 78' Costly 89'	Stadium: Stadion am Bad Attendance: 350

27 July 2018	SC Paderborn	3–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Paderborn
12:00	Klement 4' Tietz 13' Zolinski 89'	Summary		Stadium: Benteler Arena

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)	1. FC Magdeburg	3–1	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Magdeburg
17:00		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 807

11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Wolfsburg
14:00		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Braunschweig
16:00		Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 704

7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Jerez de la Frontera
14:00		Report		Stadium: Calle Nueva Via Montecastillo

9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	Shenzhen	Chiclana de la Frontera
15:00		Report

11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)	Karlsruher SC	0–3	1. FC Magdeburg	La Línea de la Concepción
11:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19)	Energie Cottbus	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Cottbus
13:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22)	1. FC Magdeburg	3–2	FSV Zwickau	Magdeburg
14:30		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
14	Erzgebirge Aue	34	11	7	16	43	47	−4	40
15	SV Sandhausen	34	9	11	14	45	52	−7	38
16	FC Ingolstadt (R)	34	9	8	17	43	55	−12	35	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	1. FC Magdeburg (R)	34	6	13	15	35	53	−18	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	MSV Duisburg (R)	34	6	10	18	39	65	−26	28	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.^[2]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Win Draw Loss


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	1	5	2	11	12	−1	8	0	3	1	5	6	−1	1	2	1	6	6	0

Last updated: 26 August 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Matchday	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D
Position	12	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2018. Source: kicker.de^[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 1	1. FC Magdeburg	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Magdeburg
13:30	Beck 16'	Report	Buchtmann 29' Marvin Knoll 81'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 24,156

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 2	FC Erzgebirge Aue	0–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Aue
15:30		Report		Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 13,300

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Magdeburg
13:00	Erdmann 29'	Report	Kittel 43'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 18,913

3 September 2018 (2018-09-03) 4	Holstein Kiel	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Kiel
20:30	Türpitz 65'	Report	Mühling 75' Seydel 87'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,314

17 September 2018 (2018-09-17) 5	1. FC Magdeburg	0–0	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	Magdeburg
20:30		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 19,794

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 6	SC Paderborn 07	4–4	1. FC Magdeburg	Paderborn
13:30	Costly 27' Beck 63' Lohkemper 82' Türpitz 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Müller 2' (o.g.) Tekpetey 7' Vasiliadis 62' Schwede 77'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 11,525

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 7	1. FC Magdeburg	3–3	MSV Duisburg	Magdeburg
18:30	Beck 62' Türpitz 64' Handke 84'	Report	Iljutcenko 19' Wolze 66' Daschner 88'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 18,696

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 8	SV Sandhausen	0–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Sandhausen
13:30		Report	Beck 73'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 7,352

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 9	1. FC Magdeburg	2–2	SG Dynamo Dresden	Magdeburg
13:00	Kreuzer 60' (o.g.) Erdmann 63' Rother 88' Bülter 90+1'	Report	Koné 7', 69', 90+1 Aosman 23' Ebert 61'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 23,024 Referee: M. Gräfe

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 10	1. FC Heidenheim	3–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Heidenheim
13:00	Griesbeck 19' Dovedan 43' Schnatterer 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Erdmann 21' Müller 85' 90+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,450 Referee: A. Aarnink

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 11	1. FC Magdeburg	0–1	Hamburger SV	Magdeburg
18:30	Weil 24' Beck 85' Niemeyer 90+1'	Report	Bates 2' 53' Narey 77'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 23,132 Referee: T. Gerach

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 12	SV Darmstadt 98	3–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Darmstadt
13:00	Holland 13' 69' Kempe 37' Dursun 43' Hammann 60' (o.g.) Sulu 80'	Report	Erdmann 37' 63' Bülter 71' Rother 83' Müller 85'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,410 Referee: B. Cortus

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 13	1. FC Magdeburg	2–3	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Magdeburg
13:30	Beck 4' Beck 67'	Report	Grüttner 3' Fein 43' Geipl 63' Correia 80' Al Ghaddioui 90'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena

23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 14	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Fürth
18:30				Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 15	1. FC Magdeburg	v	VfL Bochum	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 16	1. FC Magdeburg	v	1. FC Union Berlin	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

17	1. FC Köln	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Cologne
				Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

18	FC St. Pauli	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Hamburg
				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

19	1. FC Magdeburg	v	FC Erzgebirge Aue	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

20	FC Ingolstadt 04	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Ingolstadt
				Stadium: Audi-Sportpark

21	1. FC Magdeburg	v	Holstein Kiel	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

22	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Bielefeld
				Stadium: Schüco-Arena

23	1. FC Magdeburg	v	SC Paderborn 07	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

24	MSV Duisburg	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Duisburg
				Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

25	1. FC Magdeburg	v	SV Sandhausen	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

26	SG Dynamo Dresden	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Dresden
				Stadium: DDV-Stadion

27	1. FC Magdeburg	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

28	Hamburger SV	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Hamburg
				Stadium: Volksparkstadion

29	1. FC Magdeburg	v	SV Darmstadt 98	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

30	SSV Jahn Regensburg	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Regensburg
				Stadium: Continental-Arena

31	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

32	VfL Bochum	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Bochum
				Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion

33	1. FC Union Berlin	v	1. FC Magdeburg	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

34	1. FC Magdeburg	v	1. FC Köln	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

DFB-Pokal

Win Draw Loss

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 1st	1. FC Magdeburg	0–1	SV Darmstadt 98	Magdeburg
20:45		Report	Kempe 3' (pen.)	Stadium: MDCC-Arena

References

^ "Spieler · 1. FC Magdeburg · 2. Bundesliga 2018/2019" [Players · 1. FC Magdeburg · 2. Bundesliga 2018/2019] (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "1. FC Magdeburg – Alle Termine der Saison 2018/19". kicker (in German). Olympia Verlag. Retrieved 2018-08-26.

[1] "Spieler · 1. FC Magdeburg · 2. Bundesliga 2018/2019" [Players · 1. FC Magdeburg · 2. Bundesliga 2018/2019] (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[2] "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 1 July 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[3] "1. FC Magdeburg – Alle Termine der Saison 2018/19". kicker (in German). Olympia Verlag. Retrieved 2018-08-26.

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