2023–24 MSV Duisburg season

MSV Duisburg

2023–24 season
Manager	Torsten Ziegner (until 16 September 2023) Engin Vural (18 September 2023 – 9 October 2023) Boris Schommers (9 October 2023 – 23 April 2024) Uwe Schubert (23 April 2024 – 30 June 2024)
Stadium	MSV-Arena
3. Liga	18th
Lower Rhine Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Alexander Esswein (5) All: Alexander Esswein (6)
Highest home attendance	25,845 (vs. Essen)
Lowest home attendance	8,189 (vs. Ingolstadt)
Average home league attendance	12,113
Biggest win	7–0 vs Vohwinkel
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs Munich
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2023–24 MSV Duisburg season was the 124th season in the club's football history. In 2023–24 the club played in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football alongside the Lower Rhine Cup.^[1][2][3]

Duisburg had a disastrous campaign, with their longest unbeaten run was only three matches and they had only one away win, against SC Verl on 10 February 2024. On 6 May 2024, following Waldhof Mannheim’s 1–1 draw against Ingolstadt, Duisburg were relegated to the Regionalliga for the first time in their history.^[4]

Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Vincent Müller 2 DF  GER Baran Mogultay 4 DF  GER Marvin Senger 5 MF  USA Santiago Castañeda 6 MF  GER Marvin Bakalorz 7 MF  GER Kolja Pusch 8 MF  GER Hamza Anhari 9 MF  GER Alaa Bakir 10 MF  GER Thomas Pledl 11 DF  GER Niklas Kölle 13 MF  GER Erik Zenga 14 FW  GER Pascal Köpke 15 DF  GER Tobias Fleckstein 16 MF  GER Jonas Michelbrink 17 DF  GER Marvin Knoll 18 MF  GER Caspar Jander

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  GER Chinedu Ekene 20 MF  GER Robin Müller 21 DF  VEN Rolf Feltscher 22 MF  GER Tim Köther (on loan from Heidenheim) 23 MF  GER Niclas Stierlin 24 GK  GER Maximilian Braune 26 DF  GER Sebastian Mai (captain) 29 DF  GER Joshua Bitter 30 GK  GER Dennis Smarsch 31 FW  GER Benjamin Girth 32 DF  GER Batuhan Yavuz 33 FW  GER Daniel Ginczek 36 FW  GER Kaan İnanoğlu 39 MF  GER Ahmet Engin 40 FW  GER Alexander Esswein

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type	Ref.
1 July 2023	MF	Santiago Castañeda	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Free transfer	[5]
	MF	Thomas Pledl	Waldhof Mannheim		[6]
3 July 2023	FW	Pascal Köpke	1. FC Nürnberg		[7]
4 July 2023	GK	Dennis Smarsch	FC St. Pauli		[8]
8 August 2023	MF	Robin Müller	FC St. Pauli II		[9]
15 August 2023	MF	Alexander Esswein	SV Sandhausen		[10]
30 August 2023	MF	Tim Köther	1. FC Heidenheim	Loan	[11]
8 January 2024	FW	Daniel Ginczek	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Free transfer	[12]
	MF	Ahmet Engin			[13]
31 January 2024	MF	Erik Zenga			[14]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Type	Ref.
1 July 2023	DF	Vincent Gembalies	SC Paderborn II	Mutual consent	[15]
	DF	Leroy Kwadwo	1860 Munich	End of contract	[16]
	MF	Marvin Ajani	Hallescher FC		[17]
	MF	Marlon Frey	1860 Munich		[18]
	MF	Moritz Stoppelkamp	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen		[19]
	FW	Aziz Bouhaddouz	FSV Frankfurt		[20]
7 July 2023	GK	Lukas Raeder	Retired		[21]
14 July 2023	FW	Julian Hettwer	Borussia Dortmund II	Transfer	[22]
25 January 2024	FW	Phillip König	1. FC Bocholt	Mutual consent	[23]

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Name	Contract length	Contract end	Ref.
21 June 2023	MF	Kolja Pusch	1-year	2024	[24]
23 June 2023	FW	Benjamin Girth	2-year	2025	[25]
5 January 2024	DF	Batuhan Yavuz	2-year	2026	[26]
19 January 2024	GK	Maximilian Braune	2-year	2026	[27]

Friendly matches

SV Duissern v MSV Duisburg

30 June 2023 1	SV Duissern	1–14	MSV Duisburg	Duisburg
19:00	Eisenmann 76'	Report	Pusch 15', 31', 35' Pledl 16', 32' König 17', 31' Michelbrink 22' Ekene 47', 58', 60', 80' Girth 54' Bakir 61'	Stadium: Sportanlage SV Duissern Attendance: 2,023 Referee: Fasihullah Habibi

MSV Duisburg v DJK Lösort Meiderich

2 July 2023 2	MSV Duisburg	26–0	DJK Lösort Meiderich	Duisburg
14:00	Pledl 10', 13', 37', 54', 74' Girth 11' Pusch 12', 18', 28' Mogultay 22' König 29' Jander 34', 41' Bitter 39' Hettwer 45', 48' Ekene 47', 52', 62' 59' (o.g.) Fleckstein 60' Bakir 66', 73', 74' Anhari 72' Michelbrink 86'	Report		Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Jonah Njie

1. FC Bocholt v MSV Duisburg

7 July 2023 3	1. FC Bocholt	1–3	MSV Duisburg	Bocholt
19:00	Fakhro 64' (pen.)	Report	Feltscher 68' Bakalorz 72' Anhari 90'	Stadium: Gigaset Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Cedric Gottschalk

Hamborn 07 v MSV Duisburg

8 July 2023 4	Hamborn 07	0–4	MSV Duisburg	Duisburg
15:00		Report	Hettwer 22' König 76', 83', 90+1'	Stadium: Containerbau MiRO Sportarena Attendance: 900 Referee: Felix May

Fortuna Köln v MSV Duisburg

14 July 2023 5	Fortuna Köln	0–1	MSV Duisburg	Brühl
19:00		Report	Kölle 6'	Stadium: Schloßparkstadion Attendance: 630 Referee: Leonidas Exuzidis

Hannover 96 v MSV Duisburg

19 July 2023 6	Hannover 96	3–0	MSV Duisburg	Hanover
15:00	Börner 19' Teuchert 22' Nielsen 51'	Report		Stadium: Erika-Fisch-Stadion Attendance: 0
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

Lokomotive Leipzig v MSV Duisburg

21 July 2023 7	Lokomotive Leipzig	1–0	MSV Duisburg	Heiligenstadt
17:00	Grym 12'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Gesundbrunnen Attendance: 400 Referee: Chris Rauschenberg

MSV Duisburg v De Graafschap

29 July 2023 8	MSV Duisburg	2–1	De Graafschap	Duisburg
14:00	Kölle 6' Bakir 74'	Report	Kaak 14'	Stadium: PCC-Stadion Attendance: 2,253 Referee: Robert Kampka

SSVg Velbert v MSV Duisburg

11 August 2023 9	SSVg Velbert	0–5	MSV Duisburg	Velbert
19:00		Report	18' (o.g.) Pledl 26' Girth 27', 31' Michelbrink 67'	Stadium: IMS Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Cedric Gottschalk

Mainz 05 v MSV Duisburg

9 September 2023 10	Mainz 05	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Mainz
15:30	Krauß 4' (pen.), 68' (pen.)			Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Referee: Tom Bauer

MSV Duisburg v VfL Osnabrück

17 November 2023 11	MSV Duisburg	2–1	VfL Osnabrück	Duisburg
15:30	Pledl 27' Stierlin 58'	Report	Verhoek 78'	Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 0 Referee: Lars Aarts
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

MSV Duisburg v FC Eindhoven

8 January 2024 12	MSV Duisburg	6–1	FC Eindhoven	Duisburg
12:00	Fleckstein 5' Kölle 12' 23' (o.g.) Inanoglu 55' Bakir 66' (pen.), 78'	Report	Limouri 88'	Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Ulankiewicz
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

MSV Duisburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach II

13 January 2024 13	MSV Duisburg	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	Duisburg
14:00	Ginczek 25' Esswein 57' Fleckstein 76'	Report		Stadium: Westender Straße
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

MSV Duisburg v Wuppertaler SV

23 March 2024 14	MSV Duisburg	1–0	Wuppertaler SV	Duisburg
	Stierlin 99'	Report		Stadium: Westender Straße
Note: The match was played behind closed doors and over 4x30 minutes.

Competitions

Times from 1 July to 28 October 2023 and from 31 March to 30 June 2024 are UTC+2, from 29 October 2023 to 30 March 2023 UTC+1.

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
3. Liga	6 August 2023	18 May 2024	Matchday 1	18th place	38	8	10	20	41	65	−24	021.05
Lower Rhine Cup	30 August 2023	11 October 2023	Round 1	Round 2	2	1	0	1	7	1	+6	050.00
Total					40	9	10	21	48	66	−18	022.50

Last updated: 18 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

3. Liga

Main article: 2023–24 3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
16	Waldhof Mannheim	38	11	10	17	51	60	−9	43
17	Hallescher FC (R)	38	11	7	20	50	68	−18	40	Relegation to Regionalliga
18	MSV Duisburg (R)	38	8	10	20	41	65	−24	34
19	VfB Lübeck (R)	38	6	14	18	37	77	−40	32
20	SC Freiburg II[a] (R)	38	8	6	24	37	64	−27	30

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.^[28]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

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
38	8	10	20	41	63	−22	34	7	4	8	26	27	−1	1	6	12	15	36	−21

Last updated: 18 May 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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L
Position	7	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

SC Freiburg II v MSV Duisburg

6 August 2023 1	SC Freiburg II	1–1	MSV Duisburg	Freiburg
16:30	Fahrner 46'	Report	Senger 28'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 2,887 Referee: Christian Ballweg

MSV Duisburg v 1860 Munich

19 August 2023 2	MSV Duisburg	0–3	1860 Munich	Duisburg
14:00		Report	Starke 32' Zwarts 53', 87'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 14,142 Referee: Martin Petersen

Hallescher FC v MSV Duisburg

22 August 2023 3	Hallescher FC	1–1	MSV Duisburg	Halle
19:00	Baumann 10'	Report	Mai 52'	Stadium: Leuna Chemie Stadion Attendance: 6,869 Referee: Timo Gansloweit

MSV Duisburg v SSV Ulm

25 August 2023 4	MSV Duisburg	1–1	SSV Ulm	Duisburg
19:00	Mai 24'	Report	Allgeier 34'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 10,214 Referee: Tobias Wittmann

Jahn Regensburg v MSV Duisburg

3 September 2023 5	Jahn Regensburg	2–1	MSV Duisburg	Regensburg
16:30	Kother 30' Ganaus 76'	Report	Stierlin 33'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 8,630 Referee: Nico Fuchs

MSV Duisburg v SC Verl

15 September 2023 6	MSV Duisburg	2–3	SC Verl	Duisburg
19:00	Bitter 9' Kother 13'	Report	Lokotsch 45' Corboz 56', 90+3'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 10,447 Referee: Luca Jürgensen

Viktoria Köln v MSV Duisburg

23 September 2023 7	Viktoria Köln	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Cologne
14:00	Marseiler 52' Henning 87'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 5,111 Referee: Eric Weisbach

Borussia Dortmund II v MSV Duisburg

27 September 2023 8	Borussia Dortmund II	1–0	MSV Duisburg	Dortmund
19:00	Besong 14'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Rote Erde Attendance: 3,913 Referee: Robert Kampka
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 3 to 4 October 2023, was moved forward due to the Champions League game of Dortmund's first team.[29]

MSV Duisburg v Preußen Münster

30 September 2023 9	MSV Duisburg	0–0	Preußen Münster	Duisburg
14:00		Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 12,928 Referee: Timo Gansloweit

MSV Duisburg v SpVgg Unterhaching

7 October 2023 10	MSV Duisburg	1–0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Duisburg
14:00	Jander 69'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,513 Referee: Martin Speckner

MSV Duisburg v Arminia Bielefeld

21 October 2023 11	MSV Duisburg	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Duisburg
16:30		Report	Klos 38'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 14,446 Referee: Patrick Alt

MSV Duisburg v Rot-Weiss Essen

28 October 2023 12	MSV Duisburg	1–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Duisburg
14:00	Šapina 89' (o.g.)	Report	Obuz 63' Kourouma 90+3'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 25,845 Referee: Florian Lechner

Waldhof Mannheim v MSV Duisburg

5 November 2023 13	Waldhof Mannheim	0–0	MSV Duisburg	Mannheim
13:30		Report		Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 7,728 Referee: Mario Hildenbrand

MSV Duisburg v FC Ingolstadt

11 November 2023 14	MSV Duisburg	1–2	FC Ingolstadt	Duisburg
14:00	Esswein 80' (pen.)	Report	Kopacz 56' Fröde 70'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 8,189 Referee: Tom Bauer

SV Sandhausen v MSV Duisburg

25 November 2023 15	SV Sandhausen	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Sandhausen
14:00	Otto 34' Mai 43' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Cristian Ballweg

1. FC Saarbrücken v MSV Duisburg

29 November 2023 16	1. FC Saarbrücken	0–0	MSV Duisburg	Saarbrücken
19:00		Report		Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 9,595 Referee: Timon Schulz
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 15 October 2023, was postponed, because Caspar Jander was called up for the U-20 national team and would miss the match.[30]

MSV Duisburg v VfB Lübeck

2 December 2023 17	MSV Duisburg	1–0	VfB Lübeck	Duisburg
14:00	Castañeda 90+2'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 8,255 Referee: Felix Weller

Erzgebirge Aue v MSV Duisburg

9 December 2023 18	Erzgebirge Aue	1–1	MSV Duisburg	Aue-Bad Schlema
16:30	Bär 29'	Report	Kölle 61'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 7,505 Referee: Florian Exner

MSV Duisburg v Dynamo Dresden

17 December 2023 19	MSV Duisburg	2–4	Dynamo Dresden	Duisburg
13:30	Pusch 45+2' Müller 87'	Report	Will 5' Kutschke 54' Zimmerschied 56' Meißner 83'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 12,091 Referee: Sören Storks

MSV Duisburg v SC Freiburg II

20 December 2023 20	MSV Duisburg	4–2	SC Freiburg II	Duisburg
19:00	Mai 9' Kölle 12', 45+2' Knoll 70'	Report	Sturm 44' Al Ghaddioui 64'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,243 Referee: Lukas Benen

1860 Munich v MSV Duisburg

20 January 2024 21	1860 Munich	4–1	MSV Duisburg	Munich
16:30	Guttau 16' Schröter 24', 53' Lakenmacher 60'	Report	Bakir 72'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eric Weisbach

MSV Duisburg v Hallescher FC

23 January 2024 22	MSV Duisburg	2–3	Hallescher FC	Duisburg
19:00	Engin 15', 32'	Report	Gayret 27' Baumann 76' Nietfeld 88'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 8,809 Referee: Luca Jürgensen

SSV Ulm v MSV Duisburg

27 January 2024 23	SSV Ulm	2–2	MSV Duisburg	Ulm
14:00	Gaal 25' Kastanaras 61'	Report	Köther 82' Müller 90+2'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 3,777 Referee: Riem Hussein

MSV Duisburg v Jahn Regensburg

4 February 2024 24	MSV Duisburg	0–1	Jahn Regensburg	Duisburg
19:30		Report	Huth 36'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,117 Referee: Jost Steenken

SC Verl v MSV Duisburg

10 February 2024 25	SC Verl	1–3	MSV Duisburg	Verl
14:00	Lokotsch 20'	Report	Ginczek 32', 64' Müller 90+5'	Stadium: Sportclub Arena Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Assad Nouhoum

MSV Duisburg v Viktoria Köln

17 February 2024 26	MSV Duisburg	1–0	Viktoria Köln	Duisburg
14:00	Kölle 40'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 11,426 Referee: Fabienne Michel

Preußen Münster v MSV Duisburg

23 February 2024 27	Preußen Münster	3–1	MSV Duisburg	Münster
19:00	Bouchama 46' Wegkamp 74', 90+5'	Report	Bakir 81'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 11,744 Referee: Robert Kampka

MSV Duisburg v Borussia Dortmund II

3 March 2024 28	MSV Duisburg	2–1	Borussia Dortmund II	Duisburg
19:30	Esswein 12' Pledl 17'	Report	Papadopoulos 75'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 13,114 Referee: Felix Prigan

SpVgg Unterhaching v MSV Duisburg

10 March 2024 29	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–0	MSV Duisburg	Unterhaching
13:30	Maier 64'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 6,850 Referee: Patrick Kessel

MSV Duisburg v 1. FC Saarbrücken

16 March 2024 30	MSV Duisburg	2–0	1. FC Saarbrücken	Duisburg
14:00	Kölle 23' Pusch 60'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 14,063 Referee: Lukas Benen

Arminia Bielefeld v MSV Duisburg

31 March 2024 31	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Bielefeld
19:30	Schneider 27' Klos 43'	Report		Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 23,996 Referee: Robert Kampka

Rot-Weiss Essen v MSV Duisburg

7 April 2024 32	Rot-Weiss Essen	4–1	MSV Duisburg	Essen
16:30	Šapina 45+2' Brumme 57', 90+4' Doumbouya 72' (pen.)	Report	Esswein 37'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 19,962 Referee: Max Burda

MSV Duisburg v Waldhof Mannheim

12 April 2024 33	MSV Duisburg	1–1	Waldhof Mannheim	Duisburg
19:00	Boyd 32' (o.g.)	Report	Fleckstein 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 16,009 Referee: Martin Petersen

FC Ingolstadt v MSV Duisburg

20 April 2024 34	FC Ingolstadt	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Ingolstadt
16:30	Mause 7' Malone 76'	Report		Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 10,490 Referee: Marc Philip Eckermann

MSV Duisburg v SV Sandhausen

26 April 2024 35	MSV Duisburg	3–1	SV Sandhausen	Duisburg
14:00	Esswein 29' (pen.) Girth 32' Bitter 82'	Report	Maciejewski 73'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 10,789 Referee: Alexander Sather

VfB Lübeck v MSV Duisburg

3 May 2024 36	VfB Lübeck	5–3	MSV Duisburg	Lübeck
19:00	Beleme 45', 72' Drinkuth 68' Lehnfeld 77' Gözüsirin 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Girth 18', 48' Castañeda 56'	Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 5,097 Referee: Mario Hildenbrand

MSV Duisburg v Erzgebirge Aue

12 May 2024 37	MSV Duisburg	2–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Duisburg
13:30	Esswein 57' Engin 64' (pen.)	Report	Seitz 43' Stefaniak 61'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 11,509 Referee: Assad Nouhoum

Dynamo Dresden v MSV Duisburg

18 May 2024 38	Dynamo Dresden	4–0	MSV Duisburg	Dresden
13:30	Will 14' Lemmer 15', 51' Castañeda 38' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 31,189 Referee: Eric Weisbach

Lower Rhine Cup

FSV Vohwinkel v MSV Duisburg

30 August 2023 Round 1	FSV Vohwinkel	0–7	MSV Duisburg	Duisburg
19:30		Report	Köpke 8', 42' Stierlin 27' Esswein 35' Burghard 49' (o.g.) Stolle 66' (o.g.) Knoll 70'	Stadium: PCC-Stadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marten Kaufels

KFC Uerdingen v MSV Duisburg

11 October 2023 Round 2	KFC Uerdingen	1–0 (a.e.t.)	MSV Duisburg	Krefeld
19:30	Simoes-Ribeiro 107'	Report		Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Robin Braun

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		3. Liga		Lower Rhine Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Vincent Müller	34	0	34	0	0	0
2	DF	GER	Baran Moğultay	16	0	15	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Marvin Senger	19	1	18	1	1	0
5	MF	USA	Santiago Castañeda	33	2	31	2	2	0
6	MF	GER	Marvin Bakalorz	15	0	14	0	1	0
7	MF	GER	Kolja Pusch	21	2	19	2	2	0
8	MF	MAR	Hamza Anhari	11	0	10	0	1	0
9	MF	GER	Alaa Bakir	18	2	16	2	2	0
10	MF	GER	Thomas Pledl	29	1	29	1	0	0
11	DF	GER	Niklas Kölle	26	1	26	1	0	0
13	MF	GER	Erik Zenga	10	0	10	0	0	0
14	FW	GER	Pascal Köpke	9	2	7	0	2	2
15	DF	GER	Tobias Fleckstein	29	0	27	0	2	0
16	MF	GER	Jonas Michelbrink	26	0	26	0	0	0
17	DF	GER	Marvin Knoll	33	2	31	1	2	1
18	MF	GER	Caspar Jander	22	1	21	1	1	0
19	FW	GER	Chinedu Ekene	11	0	11	0	0	0
20	MF	GER	Robin Müller	28	3	27	3	1	0
21	DF	VEN	Rolf Feltscher	25	0	24	0	1	0
22	MF	GER	Tim Köther	29	1	27	1	2	0
23	MF	GER	Niclas Stierlin	18	2	17	1	1	1
24	GK	GER	Maximilian Braune	6	0	5	0	1	0
26	DF	GER	Sebastian Mai	20	4	19	4	1	0
27	FW	GER	Phillip König	8	0	7	0	1	0
29	DF	GER	Joshua Bitter	27	2	26	2	1	0
30	GK	GER	Dennis Smarsch	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	FW	GER	Benjamin Girth	19	3	17	3	2	0
32	MF	GER	Batuhan Yavuz	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek	14	2	14	2	0	0
36	FW	GER	Kaan İnanoğlu	6	0	6	0	0	0
37	MF	GER	Jan-Simon Symalla	1	0	1	0	0	0
39	MF	GER	Ahmet Engin	18	3	18	3	0	0
40	MF	GER	Alexander Esswein	33	6	31	5	2	1

Last updated: 18 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Goals

As of 18 May 2024

Rank	Player	3. Liga	LR Cup	Total[31]
1	Alexander Esswein	5	1	6
2	Sebastian Mai	4	0	4
3	Ahmet Engin	3	0	3
	Benjamin Girth	3	0
	Niklas Kölle	3	0
	Robin Müller	3	0
7	Alaa Bakir	2	0	2
	Joshua Bitter	2	0
	Daniel Ginczek	2	0
	Marvin Knoll	1	1
	Pascal Köpke	0	2
	Kolja Pusch	2	0
	Niclas Stierlin	1	1
14	Santiago Castañeda	1	0	1
	Caspar Jander	1	0
	Marvin Knoll	1	0
	Tim Köther	1	0
	Thomas Pledl	1	0
	Marvin Senger	1	0
	Niclas Stierlin	1	0
Own goals		2	2	4
Total		41	7	48

Clean sheets

As of 18 May 2024

Rank	Player	3. Liga	LR Cup	Total[31]
1	Vincent Müller	7	0	7
2	Dennis Smarsch	0	1	1
3	Maximilian Braune	0	0	0
Total		7	1	8

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	3. Liga			LR Cup			Total			Notes
29	DF		Joshua Bitter	6		2				6		2
26	DF		Sebastian Mai	5	1					5	1
5	MF		Santiago Castañeda	10						10
40	MF		Alexander Esswein	7						7
16	MF		Jonas Michelbrink	6						6
18	MF		Caspar Jander	5			1			6
1	GK		Vincent Müller	5						5
17	MF		Marvin Knoll	5						5
4	DF		Marvin Senger	4						4
7	MF		Kolja Pusch	4						4
9	MF		Alaa Bakir	4						4
10	MF		Thomas Pledl	4						4
23	MF		Niclas Stierlin	4						4
2	DF		Baran Moğultay	3						3
15	DF		Tobias Fleckstein	3						3
20	MF		Robin Müller	3						3
31	FW		Benjamin Girth	2			1			3
6	MF		Marvin Bakalorz	2						2
19	MF		Chinedu Ekene	2						2
22	MF		Tim Köther	2						2
39	MF		Ahmet Engin	2						2
11	DF		Niklas Kölle	1						1
13	MF		Erik Zenga	1						1
21	DF		Rolf Feltscher	1						1
27	FW		Phillip König				1			1
33	FW		Daniel Ginczek	1						1

Last updated: 18 May 2024
Source: Soccerway
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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