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
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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

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	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

1. FC Magdeburg v BSV Rehden

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Viktoria Berlin

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Union Berlin

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Cambuur

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Schöningen

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Zwickau

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Kecskemét

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

Zagłębie Lubin v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v MTK Budapest

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

Legia Warsaw v 1. FC Magdeburg

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
					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

Main article: 2022–23 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	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.

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.

1. FC Magdeburg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Karlsruher SC v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Holstein Kiel

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

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Hannover 96

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

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

Paderborn v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Greuther Fürth

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

Hansa Rostock v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Jahn Regensburg

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

Sandhausen v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Eintracht Braunschweig

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

Hamburg v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v 1. FC Heidenheim

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

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Darmstadt

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

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

1. FC Magdeburg v Karlsruher SC

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

Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Magdeburg

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

Main article: 2022–23 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Magdeburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

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