2023–24 1. FC Magdeburg season

1. FC Magdeburg
2023–24 season
President	Jörg Biastoch
Manager	Christian Titz
Stadium	MDCC-Arena
2. Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Luca Schuler (6); All: ; Luca Schuler (7)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was 1. FC Magdeburg's 125th season in existence and second consecutive in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 July 2023^[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	GER	Dominik Reimann
2	DF	ITA	Cristiano Piccini
3	DF	KOS	Andi Hoti
4	DF	LUX	Eldin Džogović
5	DF	GER	Jamie Lawrence (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
6	MF	LBY	Daniel Elfadli
7	DF	UGA	Herbert Bockhorn
8	MF	GER	Ahmet Arslan
9	FW	NED	Luc Castaignos
10	MF	GER	Jason Ceka
11	MF	MAR	Mohamed El Hankouri
12	DF	SYR	Belal Halbouni
13	MF	GER	Connor Krempicki
15	DF	GER	Daniel Heber


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ZIM	Jonah Fabisch
17	FW	GER	Alexander Nollenberger
19	FW	GER	Leon Bell Bell
20	FW	ENG	Xavier Amaechi
23	MF	TUR	Barış Atik
24	DF	FRA	Jean Hugonet
25	DF	CIV	Silas Gnaka
26	FW	GER	Luca Schuler
27	DF	GER	Malcolm Cacutalua
29	MF	GER	Amara Condé (captain)
30	GK	GER	Noah Kruth
34	DF	GER	Tarek Chahed
37	FW	JPN	Tatsuya Ito
42	GK	GER	Julian Pollersbeck

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ahmet Arslan	Holstein Kiel	Undisclosed	1 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Andi Hoti	Inter Milan	Undisclosed	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Jean Hugonet	Austria Lustenau	Free	1 July 2023	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	4–0	SV Westerhausen	Thale
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Castaignos 62', 79' Lawrence 68' Arslan 86'	Report		Stadium: Wolfsberg-Arena Attendance: 1,292 Referee: Tim Kohnert

4 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	VSG Altglienicke
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gnaka 22' (pen.) Amaechi 79'

8 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	8–1	AEZ Zakakiou
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

14 July 2023 Friendly	FC Nordsjælland	0–2	1. FC Magdeburg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)			58' 68'

14 July 2023 Friendly	FC Kitzbühel	0–1	1. FC Magdeburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: Match was played in two periods of 30 minutes.

23 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	3–1	Sevilla	Magdeburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schuler 14' Bell Bell 40' Atik 43'		Schuler 18' (o.g.) Jordán 45' Nianzou 61' Ocampos 76' Romero 77'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Daniel Bartnitzki (Germany)

7 September 2023 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	FC Erzgebirge Aue
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)

12 October 2023 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	4–2	Eintracht Braunschweig
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)

6 January 2024 Friendly	Dynamo Dresden	2–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Kutschke 8' Lemmer 54'		Fabisch 84' Arslan 85'
Note: Match was played in two periods of 60 minutes.

9 January 2024 Friendly	Sepsi OSK	2–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)
Note: Match was played in four periods of 30 minutes.

12 January 2024 Friendly	MTK	2–4	1. FC Magdeburg	Turkey
13:00 TRT (UTC+3)

21 March 2024 Friendly	Union Berlin	3–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Berlin
12:00 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	28 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	14th	34	9	11	14	46	54	−8	026.47
DFB-Pokal	14 August 2023	5 December 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	1	1	1	6	6	+0	033.33
Total					37	10	12	15	52	60	−8	027.03

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	1. FC Nürnberg	34	11	7	16	43	64	−21	40
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	11	6	17	59	64	−5	39
14	1. FC Magdeburg	34	9	11	14	46	54	−8	38
15	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	11	5	18	37	53	−16	38
16	Wehen Wiesbaden (R)	34	8	8	18	36	50	−14	32	Qualification for relegation play-offs

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.^[5]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(R) Relegated

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 25 November 2023.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W
Position	10	5	2	4	3	5	6	7	8	10	13	13	14	13

Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[6]^[7]

29 July 2023 1	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Wiesbaden
13:00				Stadium: Brita-Arena

6 August 2023 2	1. FC Magdeburg	2–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

20 August 2023 3	Holstein Kiel	2–4	1. FC Magdeburg	Kiel
13:30				Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

27 August 2023 4	FC St. Pauli	0–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Hamburg
13:30				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

2 September 2023 5	1. FC Magdeburg	6–4	Hertha BSC	Magdeburg
13:00				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

16 September 2023 6	Schalke 04	4–3	1. FC Magdeburg	Gelsenkirchen
20:30				Stadium: Veltins-Arena

22 September 2023 7	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	SC Paderborn	Magdeburg
18:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

1 October 2023 8	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Nürnberg
13:30				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

7 October 2023 9	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Magdeburg
13:00				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

20 October 2023 10	Hannover 96	2–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Hannover
18:30				Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion

29 October 2023 11	1. FC Magdeburg	1–2	SV Elversberg	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

4 November 2023 12	Hamburger SV	2–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Hamburg
20:30				Stadium: Volksparkstadion

12 November 2023 13	1. FC Magdeburg	1–2	Hansa Rostock	Magdeburg
13:30		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena

25 November 2023 14	VfL Osnabrück	0–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Osnabrück
13:00		Report	Atik 52' Schuler 71'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 15,741 Referee: Robert Kampka

2 December 2023 15	1. FC Magdeburg	4–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Magdeburg
20:30		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 25.214 Referee: Marco Fritz

9 December 2023 16	Greuther Fürth	1–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Fürth
13:00		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 10.796

16 December 2023 17	1. FC Magdeburg	2–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Magdeburg
		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 20.647

21 January 2024 18	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	Wehen Wiesbaden	Magdeburg
		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 22.582

27 January 2024 19	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Braunschweig
		Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22.582

3 February 2024 20	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Magdeburg
		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 20.097

10 February 2024 21	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Magdeburg
		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 25.187

16 February 2024 22	Hertha BSC	3–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 52,652 Referee: Florian Exner

24 February 2024 23	1. FC Magdeburg	3–0	Schalke 04	Magdeburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 27,038 Referee: Christian Dingert

3 March 2024 24	SC Paderborn	0–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Paderborn
13.30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 13.566 Referee: Nicolas Winter

9 March 2024 25	1. FC Magdeburg	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Magdeburg
20.30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 26.500 Referee: Tobias Reichel

17 March 2024 26	Karlsruher SC	7–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Karlsruhe
13.30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 27.000 Referee: Sören Storks

31 March 2024 27	1. FC Magdeburg	0–3	Hannover 96	Magdeburg
13.30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 26.440 Referee: Florian Lechner

6 April 2024 28	SV Elversberg	0–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Spiesen-Elversberg
13.00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 8:864 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

14 April 2024 29	1. FC Magdeburg	2–2	Hamburger SV	Magdeburg
13.30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 27.090 Referee: Robert Kampka

21 April 2024 30	Hansa Rostock	0–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Rostock
13.30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 27.500 Referee: Daniel Schlager

28 April 2024 31	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	VfL Osnabrück	Magdeburg
13.30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 25.882

4 May 2024 32	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Kaiserslautern
20.30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

11 May 2024 33	1. FC Magdeburg	0–0	Greuther Fürth	Magdeburg
				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

18 May 2024 34	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Düsseldorf
				Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena

DFB-Pokal

14 August 2023 First round	Jahn Regensburg	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Regensburg
18:00				Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg

1 November 2023 Second round	Holstein Kiel	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	1. FC Magdeburg	Kiel
18:00				Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

5 December 2023 Round of 16	1. FC Magdeburg	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Magdeburg
18:00				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

References

^ "Mannschaften" [Team] (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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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] "Mannschaften" [Team] (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. Retrieved 5 July 2023.

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

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

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