2017–18 Holstein Kiel season

Holstein Kiel
2017–18 season
Manager	Markus Anfang
Stadium	Holstein-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Marvin Ducksch (10 goals); All: Marvin Ducksch (11 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 December 2017.

The 2017–18 Holstein Kiel season is the 118th season in the football club's history. Kiel are playing in the 2. Bundesliga for the first time since 1981, after finishing second in the 2016–17 3. Liga. They also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 2 February 2018^[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
2	DF	GER	Arne Sicker
3	DF	GER	Dominik Schmidt
4	DF	AUT	Niklas Hoheneder
5	DF	GER	Rafael Czichos (captain)
6	DF	GER	David Kinsombi
7	DF	GER	Sebastian Heidinger
8	MF	GER	Alexander Mühling
9	MF	GER	Tom Weilandt (on loan from VfL Bochum)
10	FW	GER	Marvin Ducksch (on loan from FC St. Pauli)
11	MF	GER	Manuel Janzer
12	GK	PHI	Bernd Schipmann
13	MF	GER	Dominic Peitz
14	FW	GER	Aaron Seydel (on loan from Mainz 05)
15	DF	GER	Johannes van den Bergh
16	DF	GER	Christopher Lenz (on loan from Union Berlin)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Steven Lewerenz
18	GK	USA	Kenneth Kronholm
19	DF	GER	Patrick Herrmann
20	MF	GER	Joel Gerezgiher
21	MF	GER	Tim Siedschlag
22	MF	GER	Atakan Karazor
23	MF	GER	Luca Dürholtz
24	FW	GER	Dominick Drexler
27	DF	GHA	Kingsley Schindler
28	FW	GER	Noah Awuku
29	MF	GER	Amara Condé (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
31	MF	GER	Max Besuschkow (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
34	GK	GER	Lukas Kruse

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

23 June 2017	Gettorfer SC	0–13	Holstein Kiel
18:00		Summary

25 June 2017	Tellingstedt	0–9	Holstein Kiel
17:00		Summary

27 June 2017	FC Angeln 02	0–4	Holstein Kiel
18:00		Summary

1 July 2017	Holstein Kiel	2–0	OB
13:00		Summary

5 July 2017	Holstein Kiel	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
17:30		Summary

15 July 2017	Sportfreunde Lotte	1–2	Holstein Kiel
14:00		Summary

19 July 2017	Holstein Kiel	5–3	Hamburger SV	Neumünster
19:00		Summary		Stadium: Grümmi-Arena

23 July 2017	SC Weiche Flensburg 08	0–0	Holstein Kiel
14:00		Summary

31 August 2017	Holstein Kiel	3–1	Hamburger SV II
14:00		Summary

6 October 2017	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Werder Bremen II
14:00		Summary

12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Sint-Truiden	La Manga
14:00		Report		Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium

16 January 2018 (2018-01-16)	Holstein Kiel	1–2	FC Seoul	La Manga
14:00		Report		Stadium: La Manga Club Football Stadium

26 March 2018 (2018-03-26)	Holstein Kiel	3−2	1. FC Union Berlin	Kiel
14:30	Siedschlag 22' Weilandt 62' Janzer 74'	Report	Leistner 8' Hosiner 63'	Stadium: Leistungszentrum Projensdorf Kunstrasen Attendance: 644 Referee: Patrick Schult

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Düsseldorf (C, P)	34	19	6	9	57	43	+14	63	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1. FC Nürnberg (P)	34	17	9	8	61	39	+22	60	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Holstein Kiel	34	14	14	6	71	44	+27	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Arminia Bielefeld	34	12	12	10	51	47	+4	48
5	Jahn Regensburg	34	14	6	14	53	53	0	48

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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
34	14	14	6	71	44	+27	56	8	7	2	36	19	+17	6	7	4	35	25	+10

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W
Position	7	11	8	6	3	1	5	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: kicker
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 July 2017 1	Holstein Kiel	2–2	SV Sandhausen	Kiel
15:30	Kronholm 34' Lewerenz 75' Ducksch 90+5' 90+5'	Report	Sukuta-Pasu 14' (pen.) Kister 26' Klingmann 35' 43' Linsmayer 82'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,513 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

4 August 2017 2	Union Berlin	4–3	Holstein Kiel	Berlin
18:30	Kreilach 14' Skrzybski 24' 52' Hedlund 27' Kroos 56' Trimmel 81'	Report	Schindler 12' Pedersen 16' (o.g.) Drexler 32' Mühling 55' Lenz 64'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,242 Referee: Frank Willenborg

20 August 2017 3	Holstein Kiel	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Kiel
13:30	Ducksch 25' 84' Schmidt 32' Heidinger 69' Drexler 76' (pen.) Czichos 90+2'	Report	Gjasula 11' Maloča 78' Wittek 88'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Markus Schmidt

26 August 2017 4	Jahn Regensburg	1–2	Holstein Kiel	Regensburg
13:00	Knoll 43' 90+1' Sørensen 44' Grüttner 66' Stolze 70'	Report	Schindler 20' 88' Ducksch 30' Herrmann 53' Mühling 60'	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Patrick Alt

9 September 2017 5	Holstein Kiel	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kiel
13:00	Schindler 31' Lewerenz 44' Schmidt 60' Weilandt 69' Vučur 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Marcel Correia 29' Andersson 62' Ziegler 68'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,318 Referee: Alexander Sather

15 September 2017 6	Erzgebirge Aue	0–3	Holstein Kiel	Aue
18:30	Rapp 19' Nazarov 55' Riese 69'	Report	Mühling 15' Ducksch 41' 77' Heidinger 84' Peitz 87'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

19 September 2017 7	Holstein Kiel	0–1	FC St Pauli	Kiel
18:30	Drexler 43' Herrmann 53' Heidinger 70'	Report	Zander 35' Bouhaddouz 39' Flum 44' 87' Sobiech 45+1'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,935 Referee: Harm Osmers

22 September 2017 8	MSV Duisburg	1–3	Holstein Kiel	Duisburg
18:30	Hajri 23' Bomheuer 54' Flekken 87' Fröde 90+2'	Report	Schindler 9' Peitz 56' Schmidt 60' Drexler 64' 73' 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 13,578 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

30 September 2017 9	Holstein Kiel	3–0	VfL Bochum	Kiel
13:00	Riemann 22' (o.g.) Czichos 42' Drexler 68'	Report	Eisfeld 26' Tesche 45' Wurtz 57'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,201 Referee: Patrick Alt

15 October 2017 10	1. FC Heidenheim	3–5	Holstein Kiel	Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:30	Schnatterer 9' 52' Kraus 26' Dovedan 37' Wittek 42' Busch 48' Feick 75'	Report	Ducksch 24' 40' 43' (pen.) 83' Czichos 51' Drexler 53' Peitz 58' Kinsombi 81'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Felix Zwayer

21 October 2017 11	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Kiel
13:00	Peitz 5' Weilandt 17' Drexler 60' Ducksch 65' Lewerenz 68' 90+1'	Report	Klos 28' Teixeira 34' Börner 45+2' Czichos 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,224 Referee: Tobias Reichel

28 October 2017 12	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Darmstadt
13:00	Platte 5' Hamit Altıntop 27'	Report	Kinsombi 33' Drexler 42' Mühling 78' Peitz 88'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Benjamin Brand

5 November 2017 13	Holstein Kiel	3–0	Dynamo Dresden	Kiel
13:30	Ducksch 24' Kinsombi 69' Lewerenz 83' Schindler 88'	Report	Kreuzer 55'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,487 Referee: Rene Rohde

18 November 2017 14	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	Holstein Kiel	Nuremberg
13:00	Behrens 54' Ishak 62' Löwen 77'	Report	van den Bergh 23' Seydel 70' Mühling 88' 89'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 27,274 Referee: Daniel Siebert (referee)

25 November 2017 15	Holstein Kiel	0–0	FC Ingolstadt 04	Kiel
13:00	Kinsombi 28'	Report	Lezcano 66' Cohen 73'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,701 Referee: Harm Osmers

2 December 2017 16	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kiel
13:00	Czichos 28' Schindler 55' Drexler 70'	Report	Ayhan 27' Raman 43' Zimmer 61' Hennings 85'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,748 Referee: Martin Petersen

8 December 2017 17	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–0	Holstein Kiel	Braunschweig
18:30	Fejzić 65'	Report	Schmidt 62' Drexler 86' Czichos 87'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,075 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

17 December 2017 18	SV Sandhausen	3–1	Holstein Kiel	Sandhausen
13:30	Kister 49' Paqarada 58' 63' Höler 61' (pen.) Sukuta-Pasu 71' Schuhen 86'	Report	Herrmann 19' Czichos 56' Schmidt 61' Mühling 66' Peitz 78'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 4,829 Referee: Thorben Siewer

23 January 2018 19	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Union Berlin	Kiel
20:30	Weilandt 7' 9' Drexler 19' Lewerenz 71' Kinsombi 84'	Report	Hartel 22' Skrzybski 32' Kroos 71' Polter 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,503 Referee: Aarne Aarnink

27 January 2018 20	Greuther Fürth	0–0	Holstein Kiel	Fürth
13:00 CET	Ayçiçek 37' Gugganig 77' Caligiuri 82'	Report	Schindler 26' Herrmann 43' Drexler 70' van den Bergh 71'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 7,755 Referee: Robert Kempter

3 February 2018 21	Holstein Kiel	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	Kiel
13:00 CET	Ducksch 4' 36' Mühling 27' Czichos 74' Herrmann 76'	Report	Gimber 26' Grüttner 28' Lais 74'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,506 Referee: Martin Thomsen

9 February 2018 22	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1	Holstein Kiel	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CET	Borrello 2' Moritz 45' (pen.) 81' Osawe 51'	Report	Hermann 5' Ducksch 13' Kinsombi 24' 32' van den Bergh 84'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 20,664 Referee: Guido Winkmann

17 February 2018 23	Holstein Kiel	2–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Kiel
13:00 CET	Heidinger 1' Ducksch 12' Drexler 25'	Report	Cacutalua 36', 38' Köpke 67' Fandrich 71'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,702 Referee: Daniel Schlager

25 February 2018 24	FC St Pauli	3–2	Holstein Kiel	St. Pauli
13:30	Neudecker 11', 74' Nehrig 25' Avevor 89'	Report	Schindler 14' Czichos 16' Ducksch 19' Peitz 31' Van den Bergh 83'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Brych

3 March 2018 25	Holstein Kiel	5–0	MSV Duisburg	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

10 March 2018 26	VfL Bochum	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Bochum
		Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

16 March 2018 27	Holstein Kiel	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

1 April 2018 28	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Bielefeld
		Report		Stadium: SchücoArena

7 April 2018 29	Holstein Kiel	0–0	Darmstadt 98	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

14 April 2018 30	Dynamo Dresden	0–4	Holstein Kiel	Dresden
		Report		Stadium: DDV-Stadion

23 April 2018 31	Holstein Kiel	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

29 April 2018 32	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–5	Holstein Kiel	Ingolstadt
		Report		Stadium: Audi Sportpark

6 May 2018 33	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	Holstein Kiel	Düsseldorf
		Report		Stadium: Esprit Arena

13 May 2018 34	Holstein Kiel	6–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kiel
		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

DFB-Pokal

11 August 2017 (2017-08-11) First round	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Kiel
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Drexler 71' (pen.) Ducksch 77'	Report	Nyman 48'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,052 Referee: Guido Winkmann

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24) Second round	Mainz 05	3–2	Holstein Kiel	Mainz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fischer 22' Fischer 67' Brosinski 101'	Report	Schindler 54' (pen.) Drexler 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,441 Referee: Daniel Schlager

References

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