2022–23 MSV Duisburg season

MSV Duisburg
2022–23 season
Manager	Torsten Ziegner
Stadium	MSV-Arena
3. Liga	12th
Lower Rhine Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: ; Moritz Stoppelkamp (7); All: ; Benjamin Girth; Kolja Pusch; Moritz Stoppelkamp (7)
Highest home attendance	28,200 (vs Essen)
Lowest home attendance	9,077 (vs Köln)
Average home league attendance	11,778
Biggest win	Duisburg 4–0 Zwickau
Biggest defeat	Duisburg 0–5 Dortmund II
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 MSV Duisburg season was the 123rd season in the club's football history. In 2022–23 the club played in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football alongside the Lower Rhine Cup.^[1]^[2]

Team

As of 24 January 2024^[3]

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	Maximilian Braune
2	DF	GER	Moritz Montag
5	DF	GER	Tobias Fleckstein
6	DF	CRO	Franko Uzelac
7	MF	GER	Jakob Bookjans
8	MF	GER	Jonas Michelbrink
9	FW	LBN	Malek Fakhro
10	MF	GER	Thomas Pledl
13	FW	GER	Gerrit Wegkamp
14	FW	GER	Luis Hartwig
17	DF	GER	Mert Göckan
18	FW	GER	Steffen Meuer
19	MF	GER	Leon Müller
20	FW	SUI	Kilian Pagliuca


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	GER	Jannik Zahmel
22	FW	GER	Thilo Töpken
23	MF	GER	Jan-Simon Symalla
24	GK	GER	Julius Paris
27	DF	TUR	Can Coşkun
28	MF	GER	Florian Egerer
29	DF	GER	Joshua Bitter
30	FW	GER	Dustin Willms
31	MF	GER	Maximilian Dittgen
32	DF	GER	Batuhan Yavuz
33	MF	GER	Jesse Tugbenyo
37	MF	GER	Patrick Sussek
42	DF	GER	Alexander Hahn (captain)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type	Ref.
1 July 2022	GK	Vincent Müller	PSV	Free transfer	^[4]
	DF	Joshua Bitter	Energie Cottbus		^[5]
	DF	Niklas Kölle	1899 Hoffenheim II		^[6]
	DF	Sebastian Mai	Dynamo Dresden		^[7]
	DF	Marvin Senger	FC St. Pauli		^[8]
	FW	Phillip König	Holstein Kiel II		^[9]
19 July 2022	GK	Lukas Raeder	Lokomotiv Plovdiv		^[10]
21 July 2022	FW	Gordon Wild	Free agent		^[11]
24 August 2022	FW	Benjamin Girth	Eintracht Braunschweig		^[12]
26 August 2022	MF	Jonas Michelbrink	Hertha BSC		^[13]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Type	Ref.
1 July 2022	GK	Jo Coppens	Sint-Truidense	End of contract	^[14]
	GK	Roman Schabbing	Preußen Münster	End of contract	^[15]
	GK	Leo Weinkauf	Hannover 96	End of loan	^[16]
	DF	Niko Bretschneider	FK Auda	End of contract	^[17]
	DF	Oliver Steurer	VfB Oldenburg		^[18]
	DF	Stefan Velkov	Vejle Boldklub		^[19]
	DF	Dominic Volkmer			^[16]
	FW	Orhan Ademi	UTA Arad		^[20]
	FW	John Yeboah	Śląsk Wrocław	End of loan	^[21]
19 August 2022	MF	Rudolf Ndualu	SV Babelsberg	Free transfer	^[22]
29 January 2023	FW	Gordon Wild	1. FC Bocholt	Mutual consent	^[23]

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Name	Contract length	Contract end	Ref.
16 May 2022	DF	Tobias Fleckstein	3-year	2025	^[16]
22 May 2022	MF	Moritz Stoppelkamp	1-year	2023	^[24]

Friendly matches

19 June 2022 1	MTV Union Hamborn	1–13	MSV Duisburg	Duisburg
16:00	Amadi 19'	Report	Knoll 15' Ekene 17', 42' (pen.) Pusch 25' Wild 47', 82' Ndualu 52', 54' Hettwer 56' Bouhaddouz 65', 66', 73' Frey 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Bezirkssportanlage Warbruckstraße Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Martin Ulankiewicz

25 June 2022 2	Hannover 96	5–2	MSV Duisburg	Hanover
13:00	Börner 30' Weydandt 42' Teuchert 69' (pen.) Stolze 89' Tresoldi 116'	Report	Stoppelkamp 28' Seaton 118'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Robert Schröder
Note: The match was played over 2x60 minutes.

1 July 2022 3	MSV Duisburg	1–1	Preußen Münster	Duisburg
18:00	Hettwer 115'	Report	Ghindovean 107'	Stadium: Westender Straße Referee: Thibaut Scheer
Note: The match was played over 2x60 minutes.

8 July 2022 4	1. FC Düren	4–2	MSV Duisburg	Düren
18:30	Brašnić 3', 61' Stromberg 81' Kühnel 89'	Report	Bouhaddouz 60' Wild 79'	Stadium: Westkampfbahn Attendance: 1,197 Referee: David-Markus Koj

9 July 2022 5	Bayer Leverkusen	6–1	MSV Duisburg	Velbert
15:30	Bravo 3', 49', 50' Aourir 9' Fosu-Mensah 22' Sinkgraven 44'	Report	Hettwer 41'	Stadium: IMS Arena Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Martin Thomsen

17 July 2022 6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	MSV Duisburg	Duisburg
16:00	Mai 13' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 6,022 Referee: Thibaut Scheer
Note: The match was played over 45 minutes.

17 July 2022 7	MSV Duisburg	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Duisburg
18:00	Serrano 20'	Report	Ajani 35'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 6,022 Referee: Luca Marx
Note: The match was played over 45 minutes.

Cancelled 8	VfL Tönisberg	v	MSV Duisburg
Note: The match was cancelled due to a construction site at the pitch in Tönisberg.^[25]

29 July 2022 9	MSV Duisburg	4–1	SV Lippstadt	Duisburg
19:00	Ekene 24', 73' Stoppelkamp 69' Bakir 83'	Report	Delifer 63'	Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 500 Referee: Jan Peter Weßels

16 December 2022 10	MSV Duisburg	2–1	SBV Vitesse	Duisburg
14:00	Girth 29' Stoppelkamp 58'	Report	Białek 38'	Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 0
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

17 December 2022 11	MSV Duisburg	2–3	VfB Oldenburg	Duisburg
16:00	Hettwer 9' Bouhaddouz 47'	Report	Krasniqi 27' Starke 31' Hasenhüttl 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Westender Straße Referee: Jan Peter Weßels

22 December 2022 12	MSV Duisburg	1–1	Fortuna Sittard	Duisburg
16:00	Girth 80'	Report	Cissé 90'	Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 0
Note: The match will be played behind closed doors.

5 January 2023 13	MSV Duisburg	6–0	KFC Uerdingen	Duisburg
	Bouhaddouz 3', 77', 82' Girth 11' Pusch 17' Ajani 29'	Report		Stadium: Westender Straße Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Ulankiewicz
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

7 January 2023 14	SC Paderborn	4–0	MSV Duisburg	Paderborn
	Hünemeier 48' Leipertz 56' Rohr 64' Conteh 68'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Leonidas Exuzidis
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

Competitions

Times from 1 July to 29 October 2022 and from 26 March to 30 June 2023 are UTC+2, from 30 October 2022 to 25 March 2023 UTC+1.

Overview

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 %
3. Liga	22 July 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	12th place	38	11	13	14	54	58	−4	028.95
Lower Rhine Cup	25 August 2022	23 September 2022	Round 1	Round 2	2	1	0	1	9	2	+7	050.00
Total					40	12	13	15	63	60	+3	030.00

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	SC Verl	38	13	10	15	60	58	+2	49
11	FC Ingolstadt	38	14	5	19	54	56	−2	47
12	MSV Duisburg	38	11	13	14	54	58	−4	46
13	Borussia Dortmund II^[a]	38	13	6	19	47	49	−2	45
14	Erzgebirge Aue	38	12	9	17	49	62	−13	45

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.^[26]
Notes:

^ 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	11	13	14	54	58	−4	46	4	10	5	28	28	0	7	3	9	26	30	−4

Last updated: 27 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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	L
Position	16	13	10	8	5	6	9	10	12	10	11	12	12	11	12	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	12

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

Matches

22 July 2022 1	VfL Osnabrück	1–0	MSV Duisburg	Osnabrück
19:00	Köhler 82'	Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 14,256 Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer

5 August 2022 2	MSV Duisburg	2–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Duisburg
19:00	Bakalorz 6' Stoppelkamp 52'	Report	Engelmann 67' Ennali 71'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 28,200 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

9 August 2022 3	FSV Zwickau	0–1	MSV Duisburg	Zwickau
19:00		Report	Ekene 36'	Stadium: Stadion Zwickau Attendance: 5,224 Referee: Martin Speckner

15 August 2022 4	MSV Duisburg	3–1	SC Freiburg II	Duisburg
19:00	Bitter 30' Bouhaddouz 49' Stoppelkamp 58'	Report	Fahrner 68'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,731 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

21 August 2022 5	SV Meppen	0–3	MSV Duisburg	Meppen
14:00		Report	Fedl 35' (o.g.) Müller 65' Stoppelkamp 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 9,452 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

29 August 2022 6	MSV Duisburg	1–1	VfB Oldenburg	Duisburg
19:00	Girth 72'	Report	Krasniqi 47'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 13,407 Referee: Richard Hempel

3 September 2022 7	1860 Munich	4–1	MSV Duisburg	Munich
14:00	Vrenezi 2', 32' Lakenmacher 12' Deichmann 35'	Report	Hiller 42' (o.g.)	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

11 September 2022 8	MSV Duisburg	0–1	Dynamo Dresden	Duisburg
13:00		Report	Kutschke 72' (pen.)	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 13,577 Referee: Patrick Kessel

18 September 2022 9	SC Verl	1–0	MSV Duisburg	Paderborn
14:00	Knost 57'	Report		Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 1,761 Referee: Tom Bauer

1 October 2022 10	MSV Duisburg	1–0	Hallescher FC	Duisburg
14:00	Bakalorz 65'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,084 Referee: Lars Erbst

8 October 2022 11	SV Elversberg	3–0	MSV Duisburg	Elversberg
14:00	Mustafa 10' Koffi 82' Fernández 90'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 4,048 Referee: Marc Philip Eckermann

16 October 2022 12	Borussia Dortmund II	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Wuppertal
14:00	Broschinski 38' Pašalić 68'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 2,542 Referee: Felix Bickel

22 October 2022 13	MSV Duisburg	1–1	Viktoria Köln	Duisburg
14:00	Bouhaddouz 61'	Report	Siebert 30'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,077 Referee: Timo Gerach

28 October 2022 14	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–3	MSV Duisburg	Wiesbaden
19:00	Wurtz 62'	Report	Jacobsen 54' (o.g.) Pusch 56' Stoppelkamp 89'	Stadium: Brita-Arena Attendance: 3,593 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

5 November 2022 15	MSV Duisburg	1–1	SpVgg Bayreuth	Duisburg
14:00	Kölle 65'	Report	Nollenberger 38'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 10,243 Referee: Richard Hempel

8 November 2022 16	Erzgebirge Aue	0–2	MSV Duisburg	Aue
19:00		Report	Sorge 26' (o.g.) Pusch 49'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Martin Speckner

12 November 2022 17	MSV Duisburg	0–1	FC Ingolstadt	Duisburg
14:00		Report	Brackelmann 58'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 10,161 Referee: Mitja Stegemann

14 January 2023 18	1. FC Saarbrücken	2–3	MSV Duisburg	Saarbrücken
14:00	Grimaldi 87' Rabihic 90'	Report	Jander 9' Girth 22' Bitter 72'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 10,705 Referee: Tobias Welz

23 January 2023 19	MSV Duisburg	1–3	Waldhof Mannheim	Duisburg
19:00	Mai 43'	Report	Martinović 24' Lebeau 47' Pledl 55'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 10,582 Referee: Florian Exner

28 January 2023 20	MSV Duisburg	0–0	VfL Osnabrück	Duisburg
14:00	Stoppelkamp 50'	Report	Kleinhansl 18' Tesche 36'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 11,358 Referee: Patrick Kessel

5 February 2023 21	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–1	MSV Duisburg	Essen
14:00	Alonso 53'	Report	Stoppelkamp 89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer

11 February 2023 22	MSV Duisburg	4–0	FSV Zwickau	Duisburg
14:00	Fleckstein 25' Stoppelkamp 41' Stierlin 49' Pusch 67'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,116 Referee: Christian Ballweg

18 February 2023 23	SC Freiburg II	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Freiburg
14:00	Schmid 9', 49'	Report		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 1,643 Referee: Nico Fuchs

25 February 2023 24	MSV Duisburg	0–0	SV Meppen	Duisburg
14:00		Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 10,466 Referee: Timo Gansloweit

5 March 2023 25	VfB Oldenburg	2–3	MSV Duisburg	Hanover
14:00	Starke 26' Hasenhüttl 87'	Report	Hettwer 20', 23' Feltscher 40'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 5,197 Referee: Assad Nouhoum

11 March 2023 26	MSV Duisburg	2–2	1860 Munich	Duisburg
14:00	Hettwer 77' Bakir 80'	Report	Boyamba 61' Fleckstein 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 12,388 Referee: Lars Erbst

15 March 2023 27	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Dresden
19:00	Kammerknecht 66' Girth 76' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 21,904 Referee: Patrick Kessel

18 March 2023 28	MSV Duisburg	3–3	SC Verl	Duisburg
14:00	Girth 12' Hettwer 45+1' Bakir 85'	Report	Baack 27', 50' Wolfram 45+2'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,177 Referee: Felix Bickel

24 March 2023 29	Hallescher FC	2–2	MSV Duisburg	Halle
19:00	Bolyki 10' Müller 58'	Report	Bakalorz 17' Ajani 60'	Stadium: Leuna Chemie Stadion Attendance: 9,012 Referee: Michael Bacher

8 April 2023 30	MSV Duisburg	0–5	Borussia Dortmund II	Duisburg
14:00		Report	Papadopoulos 24' Njinmah 57' Eberwein 67' Senger 70' (o.g.) Pfanne 75'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 11,073 Referee: Jonas Brombacher

17 April 2023 31	Viktoria Köln	2–2	MSV Duisburg	Cologne
19:00	Meißner 30' Mai 33' (o.g.)	Report	Frey 4' Knoll 17'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 5,136 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

22 April 2023 32	MSV Duisburg	1–1	Wehen Wiesbaden	Duisburg
14:00	Pusch 90' (pen.)	Report	Wurtz 26'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,214 Referee: Mitja Stegemann

25 April 2023 33	MSV Duisburg	2–2	SV Elversberg	Duisburg
19:00	Kölle 31' Girth 62'	Report	Woltemade 13', 39'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 9,087 Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 1 April 2023, was postponed due to bad weather.^[27]

29 April 2023 34	SpVgg Bayreuth	0–4	MSV Duisburg	Bayreuth
14:00		Report	Kölle 7', 55' Hettwer 65' Feltscher 76'	Stadium: Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion Attendance: 4,129 Referee: Alexander Sather

5 May 2023 35	MSV Duisburg	3–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Duisburg
19:00	Girth 23' Kölle 62' Pusch 65'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 11,199 Referee: Timo Gansloweit

12 May 2023 36	FC Ingolstadt	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Ingolstadt
19:00	Civeja 42' Schmidt 58'	Report		Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 3,730 Referee: Nico Fuchs

21 May 2023 37	MSV Duisburg	2–2	1. FC Saarbrücken	Duisburg
14:00	Michelbrink 27' Becker 41' (o.g.)	Report	Rizzuto 38' Rabihic 56'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 16,643 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

27 May 2023 38	Waldhof Mannheim	3–1	MSV Duisburg	Mannheim
13:30	Martinović 6' Pledl 18' Taz 72'	Report	Bouhaddouz 87'	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 9,414 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

Lower Rhine Cup

25 August 2022 Round 1	Victoria Mennrath	0–8	MSV Duisburg	Mönchengladbach
19:30		Report	Bouhaddouz 7' Ekene 28', 34' Pusch 38', 45+1' Girth 58', 80' Wild 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportanlage Mennrath Attendance: 700 Referee: Felix May

23 September 2022 Round 2	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	2–1	MSV Duisburg	Oberhausen
19:00	Winter 50' Ngyombo 64'	Report	Bouhaddouz 83'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 9,770 Referee: Christian Bandurski

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		3. Liga		Lower Rhine Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Vincent Müller	33	1	31	1	2	0
2	DF	GER	Baran Mogultay	28	0	26	0	2	0
4	DF	GER	Marvin Senger	29	0	28	0	1	0
5	DF	GER	Leroy Kwadwo	10	0	10	0	0	0
6	MF	GER	Marvin Bakalorz	31	2	30	2	1	0
7	MF	GER	Kolja Pusch	34	7	32	5	2	2
8	MF	MAR	Hamza Anhari	3	0	2	0	1	0
9	MF	GER	Alaa Bakir	15	1	15	1	0	0
10	MF	GER	Moritz Stoppelkamp	28	7	28	7	0	0
11	FW	MAR	Aziz Bouhaddouz	29	5	27	3	2	2
13	FW	GER	Julian Hettwer	27	5	25	5	2	0
15	DF	GER	Tobias Fleckstein	22	1	20	1	2	0
16	MF	GER	Jonas Michelbrink	14	1	13	1	1	0
17	DF	GER	Marvin Knoll	9	1	9	1	0	0
18	MF	GER	Caspar Jander	30	1	29	1	1	0
19	FW	GER	Chinedu Ekene	25	3	23	1	2	2
20	MF	GER	Marvin Ajani	37	1	35	1	2	0
21	DF	VEN	Rolf Feltscher	17	2	17	2	0	0
23	MF	GER	Niclas Stierlin	30	1	28	1	2	0
24	GK	GER	Maximilian Braune	6	0	6	0	0	0
26	DF	GER	Vincent Gembalies	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	GER	Phillip König	20	0	18	0	2	0
28	DF	GER	Sebastian Mai	26	1	26	1	0	0
29	DF	GER	Joshua Bitter	31	2	30	2	1	0
31	FW	GER	Benjamin Girth	20	7	19	5	1	2
32	DF	GER	Niklas Kölle	31	5	29	5	2	0
33	GK	GER	Lukas Raeder	2	0	2	0	0	0
37	MF	GER	Marlon Frey	35	3	33	3	2	0
	MF	GER	Rudolf Ndualu †	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	GER	Gordon Wild †	6	1	5	0	1	1