2022–23 1. FC Magdeburg season

1. FC Magdeburg
2022–23 season
Chairman	Peter Fechner
Manager	Christian Titz
Stadium	MDCC-Arena
2. Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Moritz Kwarteng (7); All: Moritz Kwarteng (7)
Biggest defeat	Magdeburg 0–4 Eintracht Frankfurt; Magdeburg 0–4 Hannover 96
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 February 2022.

The 2022–23 season is the 57th in the history of 1. FC Magdeburg and their first season back in the second division. The club will participate in the 2. Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 25 January 2023^[1]

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	Dominik Reimann
2	DF	ITA	Cristiano Piccini
3	FW	NED	Luc Castaignos
4	DF	LUX	Eldin Dzogovic
5	DF	GER	Jamie Lawrence (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
6	MF	LBY	Daniel Elfadli
7	DF	UGA	Herbert Bockhorn
8	MF	GER	Moritz Kwarteng
9	FW	GER	Kai Brünker
10	MF	GER	Jason Ceka
11	MF	MAR	Mohamed El Hankouri
12	DF	SYR	Belal Halbouni
13	MF	GER	Connor Krempicki
14	FW	GER	Maximilian Franzke
15	DF	GER	Daniel Heber
16	MF	GER	Andreas Müller
17	FW	BRA	Léo Scienza


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	GER	Florian Kath
19	FW	GER	Leon Bell Bell
20	DF	GER	Julian Rieckmann
21	DF	GER	Tim Stappmann
22	DF	GER	Tim Sechelmann
23	MF	TUR	Barış Atik
24	DF	GER	Alexander Bittroff
25	DF	CIV	Silas Gnaka
26	DF	GER	Luca Schuler
27	DF	GER	Malcolm Cacutalua
28	GK	GER	Tim Boss
29	MF	GER	Amara Condé (captain)
30	GK	GER	Noah Kruth
31	DF	AUT	Maximilian Ullmann (on loan from Venezia)
33	DF	GER	Leon Schmökel
37	FW	JPN	Tatsuya Ito (on loan from Sint-Truiden)
39	GK	GER	Tom Schlitter

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 June 2022 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	BSV Rehden
CEST (UTC+2)

25 June 2022 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	2–1	Viktoria Berlin
CEST (UTC+2)

2 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	1–4	Union Berlin	Magdeburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Atik 33'		Voglsammer 1' Behrens 8' Endo 54' Skarke 87'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 7,955

9 July 2022 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	4–2	Cambuur
CEST (UTC+2)

21 September 2022 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	4–1	Schöningen
CEST (UTC+2)

21 December 2022 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	2–3	Zwickau
TRT (UTC+3)

6 January 2023 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	4–1	Kecskemét
TRT (UTC+3)

11 January 2023 Friendly	Zagłębie Lubin	2–1	1. FC Magdeburg
TRT (UTC+3)

13 January 2023 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	4–2	MTK Budapest
TRT (UTC+3)

20 January 2023 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	2–2	1. FC Magdeburg
TRT (UTC+3)

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	16 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1		21	6	3	12	27	41	−14	028.57
DFB-Pokal	1 August 2022		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Total					22	6	3	13	27	45	−18	027.27

Last updated: November 2022
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	11	12	11	47	48	−1	45
10	Hannover 96	34	12	8	14	50	55	−5	44
11	1. FC Magdeburg	34	12	7	15	48	55	−7	43
12	Greuther Fürth	34	10	11	13	47	50	−3	41
13	Hansa Rostock	34	12	5	17	32	48	−16	41

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.^[2]

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
32	11	7	14	44	54	−10	40	5	4	7	19	22	−3	6	3	7	25	32	−7

Last updated: 12 May 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	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D
Position	12	9	13	16	16	16	17	15	18	13	15	17	15	15	13	14	17	18	18	15	15	14	12	11	13	11	12	13	12	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

16 July 2022 1	1. FC Magdeburg	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Magdeburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krempicki 50'		Hennings 43' (pen.) Klaus 46'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Referee: Arne Aarnink

24 July 2022 2	Karlsruher SC	2–3	1. FC Magdeburg	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wanitzek 37' 63' Gondorf 45+3' Kaufmann 65'	Report	Krempicki 3' Müller 7' Atik 32' Kwarteng 34' El Hankouri 70' Tim Sechelmann 84'	Stadium: BBBank Wildpark Attendance: 16,679 Referee: Benjamin Brand

7 August 2022 3	1. FC Magdeburg	1–2	Holstein Kiel	Magdeburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lawrence 34' 56' Ceka 43' Cacutalua 67' Reimann 85'	Report	Komenda 17' Porath 29' Arp 32' Pichler 59' (pen.) Schulz 80' Mühling 90+3'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 19,511 Referee: Timo Gerach

14 August 2022 4	FC St. Pauli	3–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Hamburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Eggestein 3' 14' Paqarada 27' Irvine 31' Matanović 41' Hartel 77'	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,164 Referee: Florian Badstübner

19 August 2022 5	1. FC Magdeburg	0–4	Hannover 96	Magdeburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bell Bell 43' Schuler 53' El Hankouri 67'	Report	Beier 14' Neumann 36' Kunze 41' Krajnc 44' 79' Köhn 52' Muroya 56' Teuchert 90+1'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 23,908 Referee: Robert Kampka

28 August 2022 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–4	1. FC Magdeburg	Kaiserslautern
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boyd 7' Tomiak 40' Hercher 47' Wunderlich 66' (pen.) Zimmer 90+3'	Report	Kwarteng 11' 22' El Hankouri 17' Condé 64' Bittroff 73' Tomiak 79' (o.g.) Bell Bell 90+3'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 35,643 Referee: Robin Braun

3 September 2022 7	Paderborn	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Paderborn
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rohr 56' Srbeny 75' Pieringer 79'	Report	Müller 7' Lawrence 28' 40' Reimann 42'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 11,213 Referee: Sven Waschitzki

11 September 2022 8	1. FC Magdeburg	2–1	Greuther Fürth	Magdeburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Piccini 38' Kwarteng 86'	Report	Haddadi 34' Michalski 42' Mhamdi 43' John 55' Afimico Pululu 90'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 18,955 Referee: Max Burda

17 September 2022 9	Hansa Rostock	3–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pröger 30' 41' Neidhart 45+2' Fröde 62' 74'	Report	Condé 59' Gnaka 71' Atik 90+4'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 26,500 Referee: Harm Osmers

2 October 2022 10	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	Jahn Regensburg	Magdeburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schuler 68' Elfadli 82'	Report	Albers 39' Owusu 53' Thalhammer 76' Viet 78'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

9 October 2022 11	Sandhausen	1–0	1. FC Magdeburg	Sandhausen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ajdini 50' Kinsombi 74' Bachmann 90' Papela 90+2' Đumić 90+5'	Report	Condé 3' Atik 75'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 5,211 Referee: Florian Exner

15 October 2022 12	1. FC Magdeburg	0–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Magdeburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bockhorn 27' Atik 59'	Report	Pherai 12' Condé 51' (o.g.) Krauße 67' Ujah 81' Henning 86' 90+5'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 25,601 Referee: Martin Petersen

23 October 2022 13	Hamburg	2–3	1. FC Magdeburg	Hamburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vušković 18' Königsdörffer 58' Tom Sanne 90+3'	Report	El Hankouri 11' Bell Bell 38' Atik 51' Rieckmann 88' Schuler 90+4'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 55,304 Referee: Harm Osmers

28 October 2022 14	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Magdeburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gnaka 63' Bell Bell 85' Ito 90+3'	Report	Thomalla 23' Kleindienst 87'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 19,352 Referee: Martin Thomsen

6 November 2022 15	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Nürnberg
13:30 CET (UTC+2)	Dæhli 32' Reimann 64' (o.g.) Schindler 76' Nürnberger 83' Shuranov 84'	Report	Bell Bell 36' Atik 40' Elfadli 49' Piccini 58' 76' (pen.) Krempicki 82'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 30,277 Referee: Nicolas Winter

10 November 2022 16	1. FC Magdeburg	0–1	Darmstadt	Magdeburg
20:30 CET (UTC+2)	Piccini 54' Atik 54' Bittroff 85' Müller 90'	Report	Kempe 42' Pfeiffer 50' 78' Vihelmsson 87' Holland 89'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 18,788 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

13 November 2022 17	Arminia Bielefeld	3–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Bielefeld
13:30 CET (UTC+2)	Consbruch 30' 43' Rzatkowski 33' Gebauer 65' Hack 72'	Report	Bell Bell 59' Ito 73'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 24,148 Referee: Richard Hempel

27 January 2023 18	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	1. FC Magdeburg	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+2)	Kownacki 9' 34' 90' Klarer 36' Sobottka 54' Appelkamp 84' Hennings 89'	Report	Piccini 5' Kwarteng 6' 59' Daniel Heber 29' Rieckmann 32' Atik 85'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 29,433 Referee: Frank Willenborg

5 February 2023 19	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Magdeburg
13:30 CET (UTC+2)	Ceka 89' Elfadli 90+4'	Report	Jung 3' 84' Franke 78'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 19,520 Referee: Robin Braun

11 February 2023 20	Holstein Kiel	2–3	1. FC Magdeburg	Kiel
13:00 CET (UTC+2)	Erras 33' Arp 54' Porath 39' Reese 69' Schulz 72' Sander 76' Schreiber 79' Wahl 85'	Report	Kwarteng 1' 86' Ullmann 40' Elfadli 45' El Hankouri 67' Bockhorn 70' Atik 79' Ceka 79' Daniel Heber 88'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,161 Referee: Florian Heft

DFB-Pokal

1 August 2022 First Round	1. FC Magdeburg	0 - 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Magdeburg
20:45	Tim Sechelmann 80'	Report	Kamada 4' 59' Lindstrøm 31' Jakić 85' Alario 90'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 26,350 Referee: Felix Zwayer

References

^ "Spieler" [Players] (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). 4 March 2023. p. 3.
^ "DFL veröffentlicht 2. Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". Kicker (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[1] "Spieler" [Players] (in German). 1. FC Magdeburg. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

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

[3] "DFL veröffentlicht 2. Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". Kicker (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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