2023–24 Karlsruher SC season

Karlsruher SC
2023–24 season
President	Holger Siegmund-Schultze
Head coach	Christian Eichner
Stadium	Wildparkstadion
2. Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Igor Matanović (11); All: ; Igor Matanović (11)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is Karlsruher SC's 130th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 August 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	Kai Eisele
2	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung
4	DF	GER	Marcel Beifus
5	DF	FIN	Daniel O'Shaughnessy
6	MF	GER	Leon Jensen
8	MF	GER	Jérôme Gondorf (captain)
9	FW	CRO	Igor Matanović (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
10	MF	GER	Marvin Wanitzek
11	FW	GEO	Budu Zivzivadze
13	FW	GER	Lars Stindl
15	MF	GER	Dženis Burnić
16	DF	GER	Philip Heise
18	DF	GER	Daniel Brosinski


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	GER	David Herold (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
21	DF	GER	Marco Thiede
22	DF	AUT	Christoph Kobald
23	GK	GER	Patrick Drewes
24	FW	GER	Fabian Schleusener
26	FW	GER	Paul Nebel (on loan from Mainz 05)
28	DF	GER	Marcel Franke
29	GK	GER	Max Weiß
30	MF	TUR	Eren Öztürk
31	MF	GER	Tim Rossmann
32	DF	GER	Robin Bormuth
39	MF	TUR	Efe-Kaan Sihlaroglu

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Stefano Marino (at FC Astoria Walldorf until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Patrick Drewes	SV Sandhausen	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Robin Bormuth	SC Paderborn		5 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Lars Stindl	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Free	31 July 2023	^[3]
FW	Igor Matanović	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	17 August 2023	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Marius Gersbeck	Hertha BSC	€300,000	1 July 2023	^[5]
MF	Tim Breithaupt	FC Augsburg	€2,500,000	1 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2023 Friendly	Türkgücü München	2–3	Karlsruher SC	Munich
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rasenplatz BSA Heinrich-Wieland-Straße

6 July 2023 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	6–0	AEZ Zakakiou	Neukirchen am Großvenediger
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Neukirchen am Großvenediger

10 July 2023 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	3–0	Karlsruher SC	Westendorf, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Waldstadion Westendorf

15 July 2023 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	4–0	TSG Balingen	Karlsruhe
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Platz 2 Wildparkstadion

19 July 2023 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	2–4	Liverpool	Karlsruhe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stindl 38' Jung 50' Gondorf 62'		Núñez 3' Gakpo 69' Jota 90+2', 90+3'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Lars Erbst (Germany)

22 July 2023 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	0–0	Darmstadt 98	Karlsruhe
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Platz 2 Wildparkstadion

30 July 2023 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	1–1	FC 08 Homburg	Karlsruhe
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Platz 2 Wildparkstadion

7 September 2023 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	0–1	SC Freiburg	Karlsruhe
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Grifo 39'	Stadium: GRENKE Stadion

12 October 2023 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	3–0	Strasbourg	Karlsruhe
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Matanović 16' Schleusener 47' Stindl 62'		88'	Stadium: Platz 2 Wildparkstadion

9 January 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	3–1	Luzern	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zivzivadze 8' Dettling 84' Schleusener 90'		Ademi 66'	Stadium: Banús Football Center

13 January 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Estepona, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zivzivadze 24' Matanović 54', 76'		Uzun 42'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Arroyo Enmedio
Note: Match was played in four periods of 30 minutes.

21 March 2024 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	Karlsruher SC	Heidenheim
13:30 CET (UTC+1)			Ersungur 20'	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 %
2. Bundesliga	29 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1		31	13	10	8	62	45	+17	041.94
DFB-Pokal	11 August 2023		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					32	13	10	9	63	47	+16	040.63

Last updated: 28 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	32	17	8	7	68	37	+31	59	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Hamburger SV	32	16	7	9	60	42	+18	55
5	Karlsruher SC	31	13	10	8	62	45	+17	49
6	Hannover 96	31	11	13	7	53	39	+14	46
7	SC Paderborn	31	13	7	11	49	50	−1	46

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2024. 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.^[6]
(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
31	13	10	8	61	44	+17	49	9	5	2	38	20	+18	4	5	6	23	24	−1

Last updated: 28 April 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W
Position	4	4	9	6	10	9	12	14	14	12	14	16	15	14	14	14	12	11	8	8	11	11	9	8	9	7	6	6	7	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[7]^[8]

29 July 2023 1	VfL Osnabrück	2–3	Karlsruher SC	Osnabrück
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 15,741 Referee: Michael Bacher

6 August 2023 2	Karlsruher SC	2–2	Hamburger SV	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Felix Brych

18 August 2023 3	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Wiesbaden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee Hyun-ju 22'	Report		Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 10,626 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

27 August 2023 4	Karlsruher SC	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jensen 25' Schleusener 67'	Report	Wahl 37'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 23,590 Referee: Robert Kampka

31 March 2024 27	Schalke 04	0–0	Karlsruher SC	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61475

6 April 2024 28	Karlsruher SC	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Karlsruhe
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Franke 2' Nebel 69'	Report	Irvine 37' Wahl 24' 77'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 34,302 Referee: Michael Bacher

13 April 2024 29	SC Paderborn	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Paderborn
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Conteh 20'	Report	Matanović 25'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 12,387 Referee: Alexander Sather

21 April 2024 30	Karlsruher SC	3–2	Hertha BSC	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiede 16' Matanović 45' Wanitzek 77'	Report	Tabaković 23', 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

28 April 2024 31	1. FC Nürnberg	v	Karlsruher SC	Nuremberg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

4 May 2024 32	Hansa Rostock	v	Karlsruher SC	Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ostseestadion

10–12 May 2024 33	Karlsruher SC	v	Hannover 96	Karlsruhe
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

19 May 2024 34	SV Elversberg	v	Karlsruher SC	Spiesen-Elversberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde

DFB-Pokal

11 August 2023 First round	1. FC Saarbrücken	2–1	Karlsruher SC	Saarbrücken
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Civeja 47' Brünker 90+1'	Report	Stindl 65'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Referee: Arne Aarnink

References

^ "Kader: KSC". Karlsruher SC (in German). Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ "Robin Bormuth kehrt zum KSC zurück".
^ "Official: Stindl returns to Karlsruhe". Bulinews. April 28, 2023.
^ "Per Leihe: Igor Matanović wechselt in den KSC-Sturm".
^ "Marius Gersbeck kommt nach Hause | Hertha BSC". 13 June 2023.
^ "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] "Kader: KSC". Karlsruher SC (in German). Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[2] "Robin Bormuth kehrt zum KSC zurück".

[3] "Official: Stindl returns to Karlsruhe". Bulinews. April 28, 2023.

[4] "Per Leihe: Igor Matanović wechselt in den KSC-Sturm".

[5] "Marius Gersbeck kommt nach Hause | Hertha BSC". 13 June 2023.

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

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

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5 January 2024 SSV Ulm
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dettling 94' Ben Farhat 112' Wanitzek 113' Matanović 114'
Note: Match was played in two periods of 60 minutes.

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