2024–25 Karlsruher SC season

Karlsruher SC
2024–25 season
Manager	Christian Eichner
Stadium	Wildparkstadion
2. Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Budu Zivzivadze (12); All: ; Budu Zivzivadze (14)
Biggest win	Sportfreunde Lotte 0–5 Karlsruher SC
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 130th season in the history of Karlsruher SC and the sixth consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Stefano Marino	Astoria Walldorf	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Noah Rupp	FC Luzern	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
DF	Benedikt Bauer	SpVgg Unterhaching	Free	1 July 2024
DF	David Herold	Bayern Munich	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
MF	Robin Heußer	Wehen Wiesbaden	Free	1 July 2024	^[2]
FW	Andrin Hunziker	FC Basel	Loan	1 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Bambasé Conté	TSG Hoffenheim	Loan	3 July 2024	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Paul Nebel	Mainz 05	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Igor Matanović	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Lars Stindl		Retired	1 July 2024
DF	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	HJK Helsinki	End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Daniel Brosinski	FV Fortuna Kirchfeld	End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Philip Heise	Dynamo Dresden	End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Jérôme Gondorf		Retired	1 July 2024
MF	Tim Rossmann	Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of contract	1 July 2024
GK	Kai Eisele		End of contract	1 July 2024
DF	Marco Thiede		End of contract	1 July 2024
GK	Patrick Drewes	VfL Bochum	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Budu Zivzivadze	1. FC Heidenheim	Undisclosed	3 January 2025	^[6]

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	FSV Kappelrodeck-Waldulm	0–24	Karlsruher SC	Kappelrodeck
13:00		Report	Burnić 8' Ludwig 10' (o.g.) Geller 12', 20', 36', 40' Stefano Marino 15', 42' Jensen 24', 26' Pedrosa 48' Schleusener 50', 57', 60', 70', 72', 84' Ben Farhat 54', 80' Rupp 61', 64' Wanitzek 78', 79' Franke 87'	Stadium: Rodeck-Stadion Attendance: 2,000

3 July 2024 Friendly	SV Schluchtern	0–16	Karlsruher SC	Schluchtern
		Report		Stadium: GESSMANN-Sportpark

5 July 2024 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Kufstein, Austria
13:30	Vašulín 6' Bello 81'			Stadium: Kufstein-Arena

9 July 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	0–3	Górnik Zabrze	Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Austria
16:00			Krawczyk 36' Zahović 48' (pen.) Buksa 79'	Stadium: Sportplatz Neukirchen

13 July 2024 Friendly	HNK Rijeka	0–1	Karlsruher SC	Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße, Austria
17:00		Report	Schleusener 98'	Stadium: Schloßbadarena
Note: Two periods of 60 minutes

20 July 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	4–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Karlsruhe
16:00	Wanitzek 17' Zivzivadze 21', 42' Schleusener 87'	Report	Tohumcu 38'	Stadium: Arthur Beier-Stadion Referee: Roy Dingler

24 July 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	2–0	1860 Munich	Karlsruhe
14:00	Heußer 25' Geller 35' Burnić 80'	Report		Stadium: Arthur Beier-Stadion Attendance: 963 Referee: Marc Heiker

27 July 2024 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	4–1	RC Strasbourg	Karlsruhe
15:30	Rapp 17' Schleusener 27' Zivzivadze 40' Wanitzek 56'	Report	Sylla 48'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Lars Erbst

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	3 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	6	4	2	0	12	7	+5	066.67
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2024		First round	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Total				7	5	2	0	17	7	+10	071.43

Last updated: 22 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Hannover 96	19	9	4	6	25	19	+6	31
7	SC Paderborn	19	8	7	4	31	26	+5	31
8	Karlsruher SC	20	8	6	6	39	38	+1	30
9	SV Elversberg	20	8	5	7	35	30	+5	29
10	1. FC Nürnberg	20	8	4	8	35	34	+1	28

Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2025. Source: Bundesliga
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.^[7]
(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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W
Position	5	8	4	2	2	2	3	4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[8]

3 August 2024 1	Karlsruher SC	3–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Karlsruhe
				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

10 August 2024 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	Karlsruher SC	Düsseldorf
				Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena

23 August 2024 3	Karlsruher SC	3–2	SV Elversberg	Karlsruhe
				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

1 September 2024 4	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Braunschweig
				Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

13 September 2024 5	Karlsruher SC	2–0	Schalke 04	Karlsruhe
				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

22 September 2024 6	1. FC Magdeburg	2–2	Karlsruher SC	Magdeburg
13:30				Stadium: MDCC-Arena

29 September 2024 7	1. FC Köln	4–4	Karlsruher SC	Cologne
13:30				Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

4 October 2024 8	Karlsruher SC	3–3	SV Darmstadt 98	Karlsruhe
13:30				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

20 October 2024 9	SSV Ulm 1846	0–1	Karlsruher SC	Ulm
13:30				Stadium: Donaustadion

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2024 First round	Sportfreunde Lotte	0–5	Karlsruher SC	Lotte
18:00				Stadium: Stadion am Lotter Kreuz Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

29 October 2024 Second round	Kickers Offenbach	v	Karlsruher SC	Offenbach
18:00				Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg

References

^ "Erster Neuzugang steht fest: KSC verstärkt sich mit Noah Rupp". Badische Neueste Nachrichten. 24 April 2024.
^ "Ablösefrei: Heußer geht nach Karlsruhe". kicker.
^ "Vom FC Basel: Andrin Hunziker kommt auf Leihbasis zum KSC". www.ksc.de.
^ [1]
^ "Bochum complete Drewes capture". Bulinews.Com. 27 June 2024.
^ Heidenheim sign second division's top striker
^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.

[1] "Erster Neuzugang steht fest: KSC verstärkt sich mit Noah Rupp". Badische Neueste Nachrichten. 24 April 2024.

[2] "Ablösefrei: Heußer geht nach Karlsruhe". kicker.

[3] "Vom FC Basel: Andrin Hunziker kommt auf Leihbasis zum KSC". www.ksc.de.

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[5] "Bochum complete Drewes capture". Bulinews.Com. 27 June 2024.

[6] Heidenheim sign second division's top striker

[7] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[8] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.

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