2024–25 1. FC Heidenheim season

1. FC Heidenheim 2024–25 football season

1. FC Heidenheim

2024–25 season

President

Holger Sanwald

Head coach

Stadium

16th

UEFA Conference League

Knockout phase play-offs

Top goalscorer

League:
Marvin Pieringer (4)
All:
Marvin Pieringer (5)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2023–24

All statistics correct as of 19 December 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
MF	Julian Niehues	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Paul Wanner	Bayern Munich	Loan	1 July 2024
FW	Maximilian Breunig	SC Freiburg	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Sirlord Conteh	SC Paderborn	€730,000	1 July 2024
MF	Frans Krätzig	Bayern Munich	Loan	3 January 2025
FW	Budu Zivzivadze	Karlsruher SC	Undisclosed	3 January 2025

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
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	11 July 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

Schwäbisch Hall

1. FC Heidenheim

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

1. FC Heidenheim

Normannia Gmünd

26 July 2024 Friendly

1. FC Heidenheim

4–0

Normannia Gmünd

1. FC Heidenheim

Espanyol

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	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1		14	3	1	10	18	31	−13	021.43
DFB-Pokal	17 August 2024	30 October 2024	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
UEFA Conference League	22 August 2024		Play-off round		8	5	1	2	12	10	+2	062.50
Total					24	9	2	13	35	43	−8	037.50

Last updated: 19 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2024–25 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	FC St. Pauli	15	4	2	9	12	19	−7	14
15	TSG Hoffenheim	15	3	5	7	20	28	−8	14
16	1. FC Heidenheim	15	3	1	11	18	33	−15	10	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Holstein Kiel	15	2	2	11	19	38	−19	8	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	VfL Bochum	15	1	3	11	13	35	−22	6	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 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.
(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
14	3	1	10	18	31	−13	10	1	1	5	6	14	−8	2	0	5	12	17	−5

Last updated: 15 December 2024.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	2	1	4	9	6	9	10	10	12	14	15	16	16	16
Points	3	6	6	6	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Heidenheim

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. FC Heidenheim v FC Augsburg

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

Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Heidenheim

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

1. FC Heidenheim v SC Freiburg

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

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Heidenheim

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

1. FC Heidenheim v RB Leipzig

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Heidenheim

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

1. FC Heidenheim v TSG Hoffenheim

27 October 2024 8	1. FC Heidenheim	0–0	TSG Hoffenheim	Heidenheim
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pieringer 32'	Report	Stach 33' Berisha 90'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Heidenheim

2 November 2024 9	Holstein Kiel	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Kiel
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Erras 28' Gigović 35' Remberg 38' Porath 59' Knudsen 84'	Report	Siersleben 17' Gimber 33' Mainka 67' Schöppner 70' Pieringer 76'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 14,405 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Heidenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

10 November 2024 10	1. FC Heidenheim	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Heidenheim
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dorsch 29' Föhrenbach 45+1' Pieringer 64'	Report	Gerhardt 3' Dardai 42' Fischer 48' Wimmer 70' Zesiger 74' Grabara 78' Tomás 84', 90' Behrens 90+1'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Heidenheim

23 November 2024 11	Bayer Leverkusen	5–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Palacios 30' Schick 32', 52', 71' Xhaka 82'	Report	Dorsch 10' Honsak 21'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,103 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Heidenheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

1 December 2024 12	1. FC Heidenheim	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Heidenheim
17:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Marmoush 22', 58' Tuta 33' Chaïbi 49' Theate 90+3' Ekitike 90+4'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Florian Exner

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Heidenheim

7 December 2024 13	Bayern Munich	4–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Upamecano 18' Musiala 56', 90+1' Goretzka 84' Peretz 87'	Report	Hosnak 50' Dorsch 85'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sören Storks

1. FC Heidenheim v VfB Stuttgart

15 December 2024 14	1. FC Heidenheim	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gimber 26' Wanner 41' Dorsch 75' Kaufmann 84' Schöppner 88'	Report	Demirović 10' Mittelstadt 20' Woltemade 26', 85' (pen.) Millot 45+2' Rouault 90'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2024–25 DFB-Pokal FC 08 Villingen v 1. FC Heidenheim

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

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Heidenheim

30 October 2024 Second round	Hertha BSC	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scherhant 16' Maza 28' Zeefuik 33' Niederlechner 36' Cuisance 74', 80' Winkler 90+3'	Report	Kaufmann 33' Schimmer 89'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 44,135 Referee: Robert Kampka

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Play-off round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League play-off round

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

BK Häcken

1. FC Heidenheim

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)

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BK Häcken

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

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League league phase

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
14	Olimpija Ljubljana	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
15	Real Betis	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
16	1. FC Heidenheim	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
17	Gent	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	D
Position	13	9	6	9	15	16
Points	3	6	9	9	9	10

Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss 1. FC Heidenheim

Olimpija Ljubljana

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)

Pafos

1. FC Heidenheim

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.

Heart of Midlothian

1. FC Heidenheim

7 November 2024 3	Heart of Midlothian	0–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Edinburgh, Scotland
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)		Report	Maloney 42' Conteh 57' Schöppner 89'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 17,692 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

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Chelsea

28 November 2024 4	1. FC Heidenheim	0–2	Chelsea	Heidenheim
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré 42' Schöppner 85'	Report	Badiashile 1' Casadei 45' 90+6' Nkunku 51' Jörgensen 82' Veiga 85' Mudryk 86'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

İstanbul Başakşehir

1. FC Heidenheim

12 December 2024 5	İstanbul Başakşehir	3–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Türüç 6' Crespo 18' Piątek 68', 73'	Report	Maloney 45' Honsak 61' Schöppner 73' Eicher 90+2'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 4,769 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

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St. Gallen

19 December 2024 6	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	St. Gallen	Heidenheim
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Theuerkauf 30' Kaufmann 39' Wanner 66'	Report	Quintillà 66' Witzig 71' Stanić 77', 81'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas (Spain)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League knockout phase

Knockout phase play-offs

The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 20 December 2024.

Copenhagen

1. FC Heidenheim

13 February 2025 First leg	Copenhagen	v	1. FC Heidenheim	Copenhagen, Denmark
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Parken Stadium

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Copenhagen

20 February 2025 Second leg	1. FC Heidenheim	v	Copenhagen	Heidenheim
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Voith-Arena

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^ "1. FC Heidenheim 1846 e. V. - Mittelstürmer Maximilian Breunig wechselt zum FCH!". www.fc-heidenheim.de.
"Official: Bayern loan Krätzig out to Heidenheim". Bundesliga News in English. January 3, 2025.
"Heidenheim sign second division's top striker". Bundesliga News in English. January 3, 2025.
"Jan-Niklas Beste wechselt von Heidenheim zu Benfica". Sky Sport.
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"2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

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League competitions

Men	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga Regionalliga Oberliga
Women	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Regionalliga Nord Nordost Süd Südwest West

Cup competitions

Men	DFB-Pokal (Final) DFL-Supercup Verbandspokal
Women	DFB-Pokal DFB-Supercup Verbandspokal

European competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League Conference League
Women	Champions League

Related to national teams

Men	2024–25 UEFA Nations League (League A) 2026 FIFA World Cup (Qualification) Julian Nagelsmann
Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying (League A) 2024 Summer Olympics 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League (League A) Horst Hrubesch (caretaker) Christian Wück

Transfers

Men	Summer 2024 Winter 2024–25
Women	Summer 2024 Winter 2024–25

Men's team seasons
Bundesliga	FC Augsburg Union Berlin VfL Bochum Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1. FC Heidenheim TSG Hoffenheim Holstein Kiel RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich FC St. Pauli VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga	Eintracht Braunschweig Hertha BSC Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Düsseldorf SV Elversberg Greuther Fürth Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC 1. FC Köln 1. FC Magdeburg Preußen Münster 1. FC Nürnberg SC Paderborn Schalke 04 SSV Ulm
3. Liga	Alemannia Aachen Erzgebirge Aue Arminia Bielefeld Energie Cottbus Borussia Dortmund II Dynamo Dresden Rot-Weiss Essen Hannover 96 II FC Ingolstadt Viktoria Köln Waldhof Mannheim 1860 Munich VfL Osnabrück Hansa Rostock 1. FC Saarbrücken SV Sandhausen VfB Stuttgart II SpVgg Unterhaching SC Verl Wehen Wiesbaden

Women's team seasons
Bundesliga	Werder Bremen SGS Essen Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg TSG Hoffenheim Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Turbine Potsdam VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga	SG Andernach Union Berlin VfL Bochum Eintracht Frankfurt II SC Freiburg II FSV Gütersloh Hamburger SV FC Ingolstadt SV Meppen Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich II 1. FC Nürnberg SC Sand SV 67 Weinberg

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