2023–24 Holstein Kiel season

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)
Average home league attendance	13,919
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 January 2024^[2]

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

Out on loan

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

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	^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Bundesliga
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.^[4]
(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.^[5]^[6]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DFB-Pokal

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

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

References

^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ger/aveger24.htm
^ "Kader – Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e. V." Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.
^ "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.
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External links

Official website

[1] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ger/aveger24.htm

[2] "Kader – Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e. V." Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

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[4] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.

[5] "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.

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