| 2024–25 season | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| FW | Andrin Hunziker | FC Basel | Loan | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF | Bambasé Conté | TSG Hoffenheim | Loan | 3 July 2024 |
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 | |
| FW | Budu Zivzivadze | 1. FC Heidenheim | Undisclosed | 3 January 2025 |
Friendlies
Pre-season
| 29 June 2024 Friendly | FSV Kappelrodeck-Waldulm | 0–24 | Karlsruher SC | Kappelrodeck |
| 13:00 | Report |
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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 | Stadium: Kufstein-Arena |
| 9 July 2024 Friendly | Karlsruher SC | 0–3 | Górnik Zabrze | Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Austria |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Sportplatz Neukirchen |
| 13 July 2024 Friendly | HNK Rijeka | 0–1 | Karlsruher SC | Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße, Austria |
| 17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Schloßbadarena | |
| Note: Two periods of 60 minutes | ||||
| 20 July 2024 Friendly | Karlsruher SC | 4–1 | TSG Hoffenheim | Karlsruhe |
| 16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Arthur Beier-Stadion Referee: Roy Dingler |
| 24 July 2024 Friendly | Karlsruher SC | 2–0 | 1860 Munich | Karlsruhe |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Arthur Beier-Stadion Attendance: 963 Referee: Marc Heiker |
| 27 July 2024 Friendly | Karlsruher SC | 4–1 | RC Strasbourg | Karlsruhe |
| 15:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Lars Erbst |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
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| 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 | 66.67 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2024 | First round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 71.43 | |||
Last updated: 22 September 2024
Source: Soccerway
2. Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 32 |
| 7 | SC Paderborn | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 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 2 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.
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
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.
(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
Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.
| 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.
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- ^ "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.